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By FRED SLOCUM
Staff Writer
For many students, buying text
books conjures up images of endless
lines and depleted bank accounts, but
there are ways of coping with text
book rush through the three outlets
for textbooks in Chapel Hill.
According to Rutledge Tufts,
general manager of Student Stores,
students can avoid the longest lines
by arriving early in the morning or
late in the afternoon. During peak
hours, the length of the wait varies
according to what students pay for
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their books with, Tufts said. A wait
of 30 to 45 minutes is possible if
students pay with credit cards. "All
transactions must be verified, and
each of these takes two or three
minutes," Tufts said.
The textbook department keeps
extra hours during the first few days
of the semester. Located on the
second floor of the Student Stores,
the department is open from 8 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Aug. 30 through Sept. 2;
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 3; and 8 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Sept. 6. Beginning Sept.
7, the textbook department will
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resume regular semester hours, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 would
be an excellent time to buy books,
since it is on Labor Day weekend,
Tufts said.
Students should attend the first day
of class before buying textbooks to
ensure that the professor will be using
them, Tufts said.
No refunds are granted on books
purchased during the last four weeks
of classes to prevent students from
buying the book the night before a
final exam and returning it the next
day.
He recommended that students
wait until final exams to sell books
back. At the end of the semester, the
store gets orders for books that will
be used again the following semester,
and in most cases, students will get
a much better price for their books,
Tufts said.
Used books comprise about 30
percent of the store's inventory
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Sovntes students to participate
By ANDREW LAWLER
Staff Writer
Students on campus have the
opportunity to earn between $7 and
$10 an hour as subjects in studies by
the Environmental Protection Agen
cy's Health Effects Laboratory,
located behind North Carolina
Memorial Hospital, testing short
term effects of such common air
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storewide, Tufts said. They are used
most for the larger introductory
classes, and students can save money
by buying books early to get the best
selection of used books.
For students who do not wish to
buy textbooks at Student Stores,
there are alternatives. The APO Book
Co-op, offered each semester by
Alpha Phi Omega, a service frater
nity, is held in the Student Union.
Students who participate can often
buy and sell used books at better
prices than those in the Student
Stores, whose revenues from text
book sales go to the general schol
arship fund.
Still another alternative for stu
dents is ' the new Pop's Tar Heel
Textbooks on Franklin Street. Man
ager Darren Evans said his prices
were comparable to those at Student
Stores. "All used books are priced 25
percent less than new book prices,"
Evans said.
pollutants as carbon monoxide and
ozone, EPA officials say.
The studies simulate conditions in
major cities as well as the environ
ments of new buildings. The studies
only work with short-term exposure
to these pollutants, so there is little
danger to volunteers health.
"In fact," said Sharon Pannell,
manager of the recruitment program,
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Pop's will buy back textbooks at.
half price if they are being used the
following semester, Evans said.
Otherwise, they will be bought back
at wholesale prices.
Like Tufts, Evans said the best time
for students to sell books back was
at the end of the semester. The return
policy at Pop's is about the same as
that at the Student Stores, Evans said.
Tufts said the presence of Pop's
would mean the Student Stores
would have to be more careful in
stocking books.
"It will be harder for us to deter
mine how many books we will need
for future semesters. We will have to
make some adjustments in our inven
tory," he said.
In the long run, the presence of
Pop's, which opened April 21, will
be helpful to Student Stores, and also
to the students, Tufts said. More used
books would become available, and
students would have more of a choice.
"there has been more ozone in the
atmosphere lately than the amounts
we've been testing with."
People wishing to volunteer must
go through a fairly extensive screen
ing program. After listening to a
recorded message, they call Pannell's
office to answer some preliminary
health and schedule questions. Then
they undergo two and a half hours
of medical and psychological tests to
gauge their fitness for the study, and
they undergo a complete physical at
the. lab. If everything checks out,
students are eligible to participate in
the studies for a year.
There are usually 15 to 20 studies
going on that demand several
hundred people. Most subjects are
between 18 and 35 years of age, with
the greatest need being for white and
black males. Studies take between 12
and 20 hours per week.
Interested students can call collect
966-1532 for information.
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