10 The Compass March, 2000
Bookstore Manager explains ordering procedure
By Terrell Fennell
Each year complaints are
lodged by students that the
Elizabeth City State University
bookstore either does not have
books available when classes
start or that they do not arrive
on time for the first day of
classes. These complaints,
which cause a complicated
scenario, have come from
students and some faculty as
well.
According to Mr. Pedro
Holley, manager of the ECSU
bookstore, neither students nor
faculty need to experience any
New parking
By Margaret Fisher
The parking situation for stud
ents has reached peak disappoint
ment as construction crews have
taken over many previous parking
spaces. All is not to be despaired,
though, because a new parking lot
is slowly emerging.
The new lot is being built where
the old gravel lot had been, as well
as about an equal amount of space
from the grass area behind it. The
lot will have 120 spaces.
"It will be paved with curb and
gutter," said Chief George
Mountain. It will also have five
pole lights similar to other lighting
on campus.
Facilities officials had hoped to
have 192 spaces extending all the
way to Hoffler Street, but because
of the amount of space and close
roximity to the road, they would
ave haa to build a retaining pond
that would catch run-off water
when it rained. To hold expenses
down, they chose to make a small
er lot.
Parking improvements have cost
Elizabeth City State University
$107,000. This includes adding
handicap access and improving the
driveway at the Facility and Staff
Senates on Harrington and
Weeksville Roads. It also includes
adding handicap spaces and ramp
at Human Resources off the
Parkview Drive.
Funding came from Capitol
Project appropriations form the
state for upgrades, repairs and
renovations.
Extreme weather conditions
have delayed the project, which
was scheduled to be completed in
early spring. Rains, snow and ice
have held the project back from its
estimated completion of 45 days.
Delays were also felt at the con-
inconvenience at the beginning
of the semester if they follow a
simple set of procedures.
Each semester the
department chairperson is
asked to submit a book request
based on the number of books
that each professor selects and
return it to the bookstore.
However, we do have some
areas who have amnesia and
do not get their requests in on
time."
According to Mr. Holley,
the ordering procedure has the
following steps: first, the
department chairperson is
asked to submit a book request
lot to be built
struction of an addition to the
Vaughn Center When completed,
there will be 30 parking spaces,
about 20 less than before construc
tion began.
The deadline was originally
scheduled for the end of February
and later changed to April. But
more than 23 bad weather days
have extended the completion date
to no sooner than May.
Until construction is complete,
students will have to continue to
park in designated parking spaces
to prevent being towed, even if it
means parking further away than
before.
"As always, overflow parking
for the campus is at the Roebuck
Stadium," said Greg Magee, the
director of facilities management.
"There isn't any place on campus
to do it."
Parking regulations are still
being strictly enforced. More vehi
cles are towed on Mondays,
Wednesday and Fridays when
there are more student on campus.
Generally, Campus Police handout
25 to 40 tickets and tow about 5 to
10 vehicles a day.
Chief Mountain said cars that
are unregistered on-campus are
particularly targeted because of the
lack of spaces available for stud
ents. They also look for vehicles
illegally parked in faculty and
handicap spaces, and fire and no
parking areas.
"We have to make sure that peo
ple without decals are cleared out
so people with decals can park," he
said.
Visitors may park in front of the
library facing Parkview Drive, in
front of the bookstore, at the
University Center on the side that
faces the tennis courts and at the
Administration Building.
each semester; second, the
chairperson consults each
professor in his or her
department to select books that
are required or have been
approved by the University.
After the forms are filled out
they are sent back to the
department chairperson to be
submitted to the bookstore.
The chairperson's requisition
must contain the course
number, title, publisher, author,
I.D. and ISBN number. In
addition to turning in a
completed requisition, the
chairperson should make an
appointment with the
bookstore's textbook
coordinator to go over each
title. This step insures that: the
ISBN number is a student's
edition and not a teacher's
edition; usage is in the United
States and verification for
upgrade if the book can be
used for the next three years.
The University approves one
book per course, according to
state law, Mr. Holley said.
Because the University's
Business Office policy requires
students to charge books to
their accounts, a request to
charge it should be made 4-6
weeks prior to the end of the
previous semester. This
insures that books will be
available for students to rent
rather than buy, and helps
them to save money.
For example, for books that
a student would buy at a cost
of $450, the rental cost for
students would only be $110.
Pre -paid, p r e-registered
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that Ellis was a general
assignment reporter at
WHDH from 1985 to 1988.
Ms Ellis began her broad
cast career at WJIB radio in
Boston. She later worked at
WINS News Radio in new
York and KDKA-TV in
Pittsburgh, where she served
as a morning anchor and
reporter until 1985.
She is the recipient of
numerous awards for her
reporting and has received an
Emmy for her work. She has
students are allowed to pick up
their books one week before
official registration. Mr. Holley
insists that it is crucial for
students to take advantage of
this opportunity. If they do ^
not, he says, other students
who enter into a class after
official registration will have
the opportunity to get the
books of the previously
registered students. 'T'm just
telling it like it is," Mr. Holley
said of the procedure.
Most students want their
books in the bookstore at the
beginning of classes because if
they're not it causes a setback
for them as well as professors, t
Because the University has a
rental system, pre-paid and
pre-registered students can get
their books on time. "Each
professor would like to start
their classes on time but when
each students don't have the
assigned book, it is somewhat
impossible to go ahead and
instruct a class," Mr. Holley i
said that students purposely
fail to pick up books on time
anyway because when the
books aren't in the bookstore
on time as an excuse.
"1 am encouraging each ,■
student and professor to do the
assigned tasks given to receive
books so that everyone may
attend and instruct class
accordingly. It takes the help of
everyone to stop these alleged
book limitations and help '
ECSU to continue to be a
prospero us learning
institution," said Holley.
also garnered several AFTRA
and MATRIX Awards, as well
as multiple awards from the
Associated Press and the
National Association of Black
Journalists.
Ms Ellis received her B.A.
from Simmons College in^
Boston and a M.A. from the
Columbia University
Graduate School of
Journalism in New York City.
Prior to that she lived for two
years as a volunteer high
school teacher in Tanzania,
West Africa.
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