1QATbo Daily tar HeelThursday, August 27, 1987
The high price of college textbooks
may leave your hank account low
Dy JUSTIN McGUIRE
Staff Writer
Lugging armloads of books from
UNCs Student Stores is painful in
more ways than one.
By the time most students leave
the maze of textbooks and check
books, their wallets hurt more than
their lower backs. As every student
knows, college textbooks are
expensive and the prices keep
getting higher.
Rutledge Tufts Jr., general man
ager of student stores, said national -textbook
prices have risen 9 per
cent over the last year, according
to research done by a Missouri
book company.
Prices are high because text
books are critical to the education
process, Tufts said. And since
students must have the books their
professors choose, textbook sales
are unot quite a free market."
-In 999 out of 1,000 cases, the
professor is trying to get the best
book for the class," Tufts said. I
think they feel if youYe going to
spend $1,000 on college, what
difference does five or ten dollars
make."
Statistics have shown that only
3 percent of a student's overall
college costs are for textbooks,
Tufts said. uSo in a sense it's not
that expensive," he said. "I guess
it seems expensive because it all
comes at once."
Many students said they think
the prices are too high.
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Mark Mickle, a sophomore
biology major from Morganton,
said he was expecting to pay
between $250 and $300 on books
for this semester.
"Some of the books are too
expensive," Mickle said. "There's
an Organic Chemistry book for
$40, and they don't have it used."
In an effort to lessen the burden
on students, the bookstore has a
large used-book program, Tufts
said. By buying books back for as
much as half-price and selling them
for less than the original price, the
store saves students money, he said.
This brings up a typical com
plaint from students: selling used
books back to the Student Stores
often means accepting less than
half-price for them.
Tufts said books that are still
needed will be bought back for
half-price if they are in reasonably
good condition.
If a book is not on order, the
store is left with three options.
First, the store may simply refuse
to buy back the book. Second, the
book may be bought back for 10
to 30 percent of its original cost
and sold wholesale to used-book
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The store's third option is buying
back the book at an estimated
price. This process is not often
used, Tufts said.
Often, books are not on order
because new editions have, been
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said.
"Although some books go out
of date quickly, making new edi
tions necessary, the reason (for
publishers to come out with new
editions) often is to stymie the used
book market," Tufts said.
Since used-book dealerships are
in direct competition with publish
ers, it is in a publisher's best interest
to bring out new editions, he said.
Also, students can buy books
from places other than the
bookstore.
One popular option is the Alpha
Phi Omega (APO) book co-op.
The co-op allows students to bring
books in and fill out a form setting
their own price on their books.
The books will be on sale in
rooms 211 and 212 of the Student
Union today, Friday and Monday.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday students can bring in
their claim checks and receive the
money for the books that were sold.
The Undergraduate Library has
put textbooks for 40 high
enrollment courses on reserve this
year, according to Gillian Debrec
zeny, circulation and reserve librar
ian. Having the books on reserve is
mostly to benefit students who
cant afford to buy them, Gillian
said, although it will also be
convenient for students who get to
the library and realize they've
forgotten their books.
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The Orange County Women's
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area on Henderson Street, although
neighbors are looking for an alter
native site.
Center officials and residents of
Cobb Terrace and North Street met
at a June 15 public hearing to debate
whether the Chapel Hill Town Coun
cil should rezone the house at 210
Henderson St. from residential to
office-and-institutional use.
The center is not a shelter, and no
women will live in the house, said
Ginger Travis, a member of the board
of directors. She said the center
reaches out to women who are
newcomers to the community.
Town manager David Taylor
endorsed the special zoning permit,
and the Town Council will vote on
the rezoning Sept. 14.
Assistant town manager Sonna
Lowenthal said, "We think there are
arguments to be made on both sides
of the issue, but on balance, we think
the request for rezoning would be
consistent with the town's compre
hensive (land-use) plan."
According to this plan, downtown
neighborhoods must be protected,
but social service agencies should also
receive help finding office space.
The residents object to office-and-institutional
use of a house in their
neighborhood, which is part of
Chapel Hill's historic district.
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we're opposed to," Cobb Terrace
resident Joe Herzenberg said.
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Herzenberg said the neighborhood
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Jim Haar, president of the Alliance
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She added that there are student
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"They are not just single-family
homes," she said.
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property. He determined that the
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