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B e hre nd Briefs
Attention ALL Student Clubs and
Organizations: The Student Organization
Council will hold its November meeting
tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Reed Lecture Hall.
All representatives are required to attend.
New Health and Wellness Site: The
Center is now located in the blue house south
of Police and Safety on Jordan Road. For more
information call 898-6217.
Psi Chi Speaker: Dr. Russell E. Gruber,
Assistant Professor of Psychology at Eastern
Illinois University, will present "The
Functions of Dreaming" on Saturday, Nov.
9 at 7 p.m. in the Reed Lecture Hall.
Essay Contest: The Lion Ambassadors will
sponsor the "Why Penn State-Bchrend is
Special to Me" contest through Nov. 15. Best
essay will be awarded a $5O prize. Essays can
be turned in to the Development Office, 2nd
floor Glenhill.
Flu Shots Available: Flu vaccine is now
available at the Health Center for the 91-92
flu season. The cost is $8 per injection.
Free Tutoring Available: All Behrend
students are welcome to utilize the Learning
Assistance Center's services. For more
information call 898-6014 or drop by the
Center located in the South Cottage.
Spring 1992 Schedule of Classes
Available: The Registrar's Office will be
accepting advance registration requests Oct.
28 - Nov. 8.
Best Student Competition: This
annual contest, sponsored by USA Today, i s
open to all full-time undergraduates. For
more information call Mari Trenkle at 898-
6160.
Planning Meeting: Students, faculty and
staff interested in establishing an
organization for Jewish students are invited
to attend the meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 8
p.m. in the Apartments Community Center.
New Course Offered: "Peer Education," a
3 credit course about Drugs and Alcohol, is
offered this spring. Class size is limited to 20.
See class schedule booklet for more info.
Commu Majors: Lambda Pi Eta Honor
Society in Communication will meet every
Monday at 6:30 p.m. in Reed 116. Anyone
interested in working with the society is
encouraged to attend.
Wanna Brief? If your organization has
information you would like to see run in the
Behrend Briefs, write it down and bring it to
The Collegian office.
Delta Sigma Pi Guest Speaker: Carl
J. Schlemmer will speak on Thursday, Nov. 14
in the Reed Lecture Hall at 7 p.m. All
students, faculty and staff are invited to
attend.
MEC Meeting: The Mechanical
Engineering Club will hold its monthly
meeting tonight at 5 p.m. in Reed 116.
The Collegian
Textbook prices
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without reason.
"There arc books we order in
July, but will have to order again
in September because we
underordered," said Nancy Flamed,
bookstore manager at Edinboro
University.
"We (the bookstore) will sec a
price increase of S 6-8 per book
on our second order." The
bookstores usually absorb these
costs, she said.
Most schools, including
Rehrend, have an independent
hook company who buys the
hooks back from the student.
This can be an advantage to the
students as well as the bookstore.
For example, if a student
wants to sell back Western
American Civilization, fourth
edition , a hook that may not be
used at Bchrend next year, the
book company will usually buy
it back.
More than likely, it will be
able to find another college using
the hook and sell it to them. If
not, the company will usually
History of a textbook
1) Textbook is produced
by publisher
2) Bookstore sells
textbooks to students
3) "Book broker" buys
books back from students
4) Used textbooks stored a
warehouse
5) Used textbooks shipped
to bookstore
6) Used textbooks sold
back to students at higher
price
Police Re
Police and Safety officers
cite underage drinkers
b Jeff Johnson
The Collegian
On Saturday a driver was
arrested for underage drinking
after Police and Safety officers
noticed he had failed to stop at a
stop sign. The driver's keys were
taken, and he was released to a
companion.
store the book until it finds a
school who will be using it in
the coming semester.
Typically, these companies
pay about half the face value for a
textbook. While this may seem
low, "book brokers" have to
compensate for high overhead and
also earn a profit.
Sometimes they pay less than
half of the original price for a
textbook. This could be due to a
high level of that particular book
in stock or a new addition might
be hitting the shelves soon.
"Publishers generally issue a
new addition about every four
years," said MacDonald.
"Sometimes the changes hardly
seem worth making, generally
collusion is how prices stay so
high. I've been in this businc'
for 23 years and I have not been
able to get a straight answer from
the publishers."
"A lot of books go to
paperback and a lot of colored ink
is added, but this seems to be, in
my opinion, a ploy," said
Harned. "It makes the books
ACME Warename
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An additional arrest was made
on Sunday for underage drinking.
Police and Safety officers stopped
a student in the apartment
parking lot. The student was
taken back to Perry Hall where he
was issued a citation and released.
Projector Theft
On Thursday the Instructional
Communications Center reported
that an overhead projector had
Thursday, November 7, 1991
prettier but not more valuable.
Someone is making some
bucks."
Bookstore managers say
they're not the one's making the
bucks. The bookstores in most
colleges are run as independent
non-profit organizations.
"We add a flat 20% to our
cost," says Harned. "Whatever
money we make goes back into
the bookstore to pay our costs of
business."
MacDonald said most of the
profit from Behrend's bookstore
come from non-hook items.
"Most of the money we make is
on the knick-knack items, such
as t-shirts and mugs. On occasion
some hooks bring no profit at
all."
Many people feel the prices of
hooks are out of control. "When I
first got in this business," said
MacDonald, "I could honestly say
books were a minor cost to one's
education. I can't say that any
more."
been stolen. The projector was
taken from a classroom in
Lawrence Hall. The incident is
still under investigation.
On Sunday a student reported a
robbery to Police and Safety.
The student said $42 in cash and
20 compact discs had been iliken
from his apartment. The incident
is currently under investigation.
Robbery