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The Red and Black
Tuesday. March 30. 19H2
Prices steep—but here’s the silver lining
By MELISSA JORDAN
R*4 .Ml BUrk Bull WrtUI
Seemingly endless hours of waiting
in line and checkbooks overdrawn
because of high textbook prices make
buying books at the University
Bookstore a dreaded first-of-the-
quarter chore for most students But
bookstore and financial-aid officers
say to struggling students Beglad.it
could be worse
Textbooks from the bookstore are
one of the few bargains left at the
University, contends bookstore
manager Bill Powell "Our prices
are 5 percent off publishers' list
prices As far as I know , we re the on
ly bookstore that offers that discount
to students, " Powell said
Powell said that most book
stores add a freight charge to the
publisher s list price, but the Univer
sity Bookstore does not
A recent survey by the National
Association of College Stores, of
which the University is a member,
indicated that the price of college
textbooks increased by 15 percent
this year Fifty-eight percent of all
text book prices went up. and the
average price increase was $2 14
Powell said no formal survey had
been conducted here, but estimated
that University Bookstore prices
have increased about 10 percent
since last year "I know prices on
textbooks have been going up, but
considering the inflation rate, the in
crease has been reasonable,” he
said
One commonly used University
textbook, the “Harbrace College
Handbook, ’ went from $9 95 in
November 1980 to $10 95 in November
1981 Another text, "Accounting Prin
ciples,” went from $18 95 in
1980 to $21 95 in December 1981, ac
cording to a bookstore employee
These prices are retail list prices set
by the publishers
Associate Financial Aid Director
Bill Harreli said inflation was the
major reason for increased textbook
prices. “We try to tie textbook-price
increases in with the inflation rate,"
Harrell said.
“An allowance of $90 per quarter is
made for textbooks when we
calculate the cost of education." Har
rell said "We make greater
allowances for professional students,
however, because we realize that so
meone in vet or med school is pro
bably going to have to buy more
books, and more expensive books,
than the average student''
University officials say that
although book prices are going up,
most students are still willing to buy
textbooks "Books are just one of
those tools that students have to have
in order to get an education," Powell
said
Some University professors are
easing the situation by making some
book purchases optional or keeping
books on reserve in the library
“About 50 to 60 percent of the
students purchase optional text
books,” estimated bookstore
employee Delores Slay.
Gina Malcolm, a junior in
marketing, chose not to buy an op
tional textbook for her real estate
class
"I probably would have bought the
book if it had been cheaper, but I feel
I'm getting along fine without it,”
Malcolm said last quarter.
Bookstores at other area univer
sities have experienced similar in
creases, and are coping with high
textbook prices in various ways. "I
believe the 15 percent increase cited
by the NACS report fairly accurately
reflects the increases we have felt,”
said Georgia State University
bookstore manager Dave Grubbs.
"When you look at the figures from
the major publishers, I think 15 per
cent is a good figure ' ’
"I believe the increases have af
fected students book-purchasing
habits. More students are sharing
books, and taking advantage of the
opportunity to buy used books and
resell them," he said.
Staff photo/Nam Walter
Christina Craddock, far right, watches the total add up
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By EVE MAJOR
KrB and Black Staff Writer
Plans are now in progress
to expand and pave part of
the Green Street parking lot
near Aderhold Hall this sum
mer, though a new study ex
amining the present parking
situation probably won't be
completed until July, said
Joe Broadhurst, director of
Business Services.
Expansion of the parking
lot is part of an extensive ef
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crowded parking conditions
Harland, Bartholomew
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six-month study of parking
could cost as much as
$25,000
“It's expensive, let me put
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Broadhurst said. The studies
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lots, the traffic situation and
the transit system at the
University.
"Were looking at every
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parking squeeze, Broadhurst
said. “I don't know what
Redesigning present park
ing lots, paving farther from
campus, buying new land
and building multi-deck
parking facilities are possi
ble answers to the parking
problem, he said. Building
lots farther away from cam
pus is hard on the University
transit system, however,
and might force the pur
chase of more buses
Sites closest to the center
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