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Page 4 The Pendulum editorials Thursday, April 7, 19 PSST, HEy KID, COME here/ HRVE. YOU HEflRO P6urr SOA’s Effort tk>6w& students a FfMft6HfiKE ON 6d6K JiUVlNfa? TMEN HRVEN»t it YtT IfeWr IT5 Cj61N& Tb Pf iTUOCNT RflN. T^LU S^U A rerl depl'e^ kid/ laiu SGA book co-op welcomed According to last week’s Pendulum story on the 1983-84 tuition, room and board increase, attending Elon next year wiU cost $4,900 if one wishes to live and eat on campus. Added to this, among other expenses, is the rising cost of books. Students cannot avoid the increased tuition, room and board increases, but the Student Government Association (SGA) is proposing a book co-op program that could help students beat the monopoly held by the Campus Shop on text books. Currently, students must buy their books from the Campus Shop. The Campus Shop will buy books back from students and resell the used books at a cheaper rate than new books or offer less expensive paper back versions of books. However, when the bookstore buys books back from students, it offers students half of the original price of the books and resells them at 75 percent of the original price. For example, if the new price of a book is $18.50, the Campus Shop will buy the book back from the student (whether the student bought it new or used) for $9.50. The Campus Shop will resell the same book for $14.25. Although some students avoid this by trying to make it through their classes without ever buying books, those who find it necessary to buy books are subject to the Campus Shop’s monopoly. The SGA is suggesting that students adopt a book co-op program. In this system, each hall of a dorm posts a list of books that members of that hall want to sell. A list of books that the Campus Shop will buy back and the prices for which the Shop will buy and resell the books accompanies the first hst. This serves as a price gauge to help determine fair prices that will benefit the student buyer and seller. In the previous example of the book originally sold for $18.50, the used price for the book sold within the co-op program would fall between $9.50 and $14.25. That would allow the seller to make more and the buyer to pay less than if they went through the bookstore. Students would check each hall’s book hstings to discover where needed books are available and buy the books from a student instead of the book store. The buyer could check several students selling books to find the best bargain. The SGA plans to begin the co-op this semester, and if students support the program, it will be an advantage to students seUing or buying books. One advantage would be that stu dents selling books could get higher prices by selling directly to other students instead of selling their books back to the book store. On the other hand, students buying books could get better deals from other students, who would sell their books at lower prices than the book store. Although the SGA book co-op plan would benefit all students, its success will depend upon student support. This semester will be a trial for the program; hopefully students will help themselves by participating in the SGA book co-op. Student questions maturity of those who ruin pubhcit; To the editor Within the past two weeks, students at Elon Col lege have obviously noticed the campaign banners and posters around campus. As one may have guess^, it is time for the annual Student Government Association Elections. The time has come for the seniors current ly holding office to abandon their posts and pass them on to someone newly elected. Many qualified and respons ible people are running for these positions. Publicity has been made available to stu dents to inform them as to who% is running for what position. Without this pub- ' students would be «.w(Hmed, thus making it impossible to vote. While the publicity is very benefic ial to most students, there are those few who think that it is unnecessary and are very determined to prove their point. Much of the publicity that has been placed on campus has been removed due to vandalism, much of it has been removed by unknown sources, and it is usually found in the wastebaskets near its original placement. One would think that college students would have more important obligations in life than to waste their time sketching moustaches and writing obscenities on candi dates’ publicity. Officers are elected depending upon their qualifications and not popu larity, it does not make any difference what one’s per sonal opinion of a candidate is. Afterall, popularity does not get the work accomp lished. It takes someone with experience, determinatic i who is willing to wc I for the entire campus co i munity. If the Candida were trying to win a poji larity contest, one could i positive that a differtt approach would be taken. i This year’s campai 1 seems to have taken an t time low. Not only has lb candidates’ publicity b« vandalized, but one can date has received persoiy harassment. Some studetji have decided to let tjj candidate know exactly hig they feel by writing obsccj ties on the candidate’s do« | One must admit that soi^ are working deviously |, express their opinion, seems obvious that th{( students are too immature ^ express their opinion to t^, candidate face to faCy, Instead, they must resort these childish actions. This year we must face t|j, reality that qualificatiot), determine the candidat(,^ suitability for the office, a popularity do not ma. the difference. If one fe compelled to participate “ such devious actions, should be concerned as whether or not he is matii enough to make the decisii of whom he will select represent him. After all, t candidate selected will set" for a term of one year, a ° during this time many dec*® ions will be made concemi “ the entire student populro tion. Please take this mati« seriously because your de® sion will determine what w ^ be occuring on campus 1® the next school year. Danny Sprinl dc !tl Or Pr The Padahui wdcomcs letters, limited to 250 wor oar resden. Longer material may be submitted optoloa artidw for page 3. Editors reaerre the right to tt for kagth, Ubd, good taste and accuracy. The Pendulum Staff EdHor-lB-CUcf Maaagl^ Editor Ncwi Editor Ad Manger Cart oo silt Head Photognqiher Sporti Editor Adriior The staff mecti Tbundaya at 9:30 a.m. Room 208 In Long Student Center Jo Cravt Doug Norwofl Loukia Loul Belinda Peoph -awau* WUUan Ron Kropi Tom Westenlilil Robert Nowi ^ CoBunnnications Media Board of Elon CoU*|* hvrvHSr* **" Octoiier 14, W74 u the itudent newspaper senring the B* ^voHege comannit;, the Pendulum b published each Thursday durlfl the regniar terms exccpt for examination and holiday periods.
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