Yesterday afternoon the undergraduate Council reported the theft of its $2,500 sound system to the Harvard University Police.

This system, which the council regularly loans to students groups, was also missing last December due to a miscommunication among council members.

But as of yesterday afternoon, when both council members and former borrowers had been notified of the system's disappearance, its whereabouts were still a mystery.

According to Samuel C. Cohen '00, council vice-president, when the system was found last December, "we made it very clear...that it would be treated as theft" were it to vanish a second time.

The council is currently investigating whether the system is insured, Cohen said.

Dean of students Archie C. Epps III said the system is not insured by the College. Epps said the College does not offer specific guidance for student groups on how to insure their valuable property.

"I would point out, however, that this system was missing before, and I would suggest that they keep looking for it," Epps said.

According to Epps, the International Relations Council (IRC) has "missed a computer once a year," and other organizations frequently also lose property from offices on campus.

"we are looking into getting insurance, and its from the University," Deepti Choubey '98, IRC president. Organizations must value their equipment, then purchase a policy which, according to Choubey, is "actually quite cheap."

The council does not yet know how it will changes its procedures with regard to the sound system. Currently the Campus Life Committee (CLC) appoints a point person before they lend the system to a student group, according to Trevor S. Blake '00, CLC chair.

"The problem is not that [former point personM. Daniel Hughes '01] wasn't making himselfavailable," Blake said. "People just weren'tutilizing him."

If and when the system is found, Blake said,council members will be asked to "always tell[current point person Evelyn H. Sung '99] whenthey're using it."

The system has been missing from the counciloffice in Holworthy Basement since the week afterintersession, according to Cohen.

Although no one know exactly how many studentshave keys to the council office, they have beenavailable to nonexecutives in the past