The News Argus May 1996- Page 4
CAMPUS HAPPENINGS
WSSU Will Operate
Bookstore Beginning July 1
BY KENYATTA JENNINGS & MONICA
ALEXANDER
Siaff Writers
With all the changes taking place on
our campus recently, you may or not have
noticed the big sale in the campus
bookstore. But what’s it all about? The
campus bookstore, owned and managed
by Follet Bookstores Inc., has come to the
end of it’s contract period and,will as of
July 1 be owned and operated by
Winston-Salem State University.
This action comes in the form of a
mandate by the UNC System President C.
D. Spangler. Spangler stipulated that
when the the contracts at all of the
universities in the UNC System ran out
they were not to be renewed. At that
time, the Institutions were expected to
lake over these stores themselves.
So what does this mean for the
students at WSSU? Presently , it means
lower prices in bookstore as they try to
liquidate their inventory.
“Right now there is a 45 pcrcent sale
on all items except computer software,
textbooks, CD’s, cassettes, and candy,”
said Reggie Eldridge, the current
bookstore manager. “We plan to sell as
much of the inventory that we possibly
can sell. Book buy backs will go on as
usual, students will still be able to sell
their textbooks back at the end of the
semester. We will prepare for the first
and second sessions of summer school as
usual so there will be books available for
both sessions.”
In respect to employment, so far, the
current bookstore employees don’t know
what is ahead for them. “All of the
present employees will have to apply to
the University and we will see from
there,” said the Eldridge.
Deborah Mack, one of the bookstore
employees says, “1 think this will be a
good thing for the school. It will be belter
in terms of prices and personality.”
So what about the New Bookstore?
What will be different?
There will definitely be more space,
an estimated 7800 square feet. WSSU
apparel will still be available for purchase
and eventually there will be more of the
styles that the students want. “We hope
to have more student input about the
items sold in the bookstore,” said
Norman Williams, director of Auxiliary
Services. “Because it will be run by the
University, we can hopefully involve
work study students as employees.”
Will the textbook prices be lower?
The answer to this question is still up in
the air. “The book pricing system is
waiting for a recommendation from a
committee. It is possible that prices will
be lower, but the prices are pretty much
set by the publisher,” said Williams.
“The retail prices will be the same, they
will not increase, and we will continue to
buy back books.”
Although the bookstore will be taken
over by the University on July 1, it will
remain in the Hauser Student Union
building until the middle of the fall
semester. It will then relocate to the new
Cleon and Edwina Thompson Student
Union. “We are currently working hard
to make it a smooth transition,” said
Williams.
VOTE: It Is Not
Too Late To Register
BY A.MY PHIPPS
Staff Wnler
Although the deadline for registering to vote in the May
presidential and local primaries has passed, it is still not too late
to register to vole in the November Presidential, Senatorial and
State elections. That deadline is October 11, 1996.
It is important that we take it upon ourselves to have a part
in deciding who will represent the Democratic and Republican
parties.
If you have questions, as many voters do, concerning the
qualifications and goals of the candidates there is an easy way to
find answers. The local Democratic and Republican Party’s
Headquarters can provide listings of all current candidates
complete with addresses and phone numbers. That information
may be used to contact the candidates or their representatives.
As election dales draw closer the headquarters will also
distribute literature which is provided by the candidates. Once
the presidential election campaign is in full swing the
Democratic Party will open a downtown campaign office to
distr butc flyers and buttons and to answer voter questions.
Democratic Women, an organization unaffiliated with
iheDemocratic Party, sponsors a luncheon every third
Wednesday at Quincy’s Sleakhouse featuring Democratic
candidates and/or office holders as speakers. The luncheon is
open to the public but the meal is Dutch treat.
You can find voter registration forms at the Forsyth County
Board of Elections downtown on Fourth Street. Ballots are
also available at the Democratic and Republican Party’s
Headquarters. Both headquarters are located in the Business
and Science Technology Center at 1001 Marshall Street. To
reach any of the above by telephone call:
***Forsyth County Board of Elections
727-2162
‘‘‘Democratic Party Headquarters
724-5941
“‘Republican Party Headquarters
724-6000
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