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The Wolverine Observer
Bookstore Blues
October 27, 1980
Fall
Fashions
The Shetland Outbreak
By Cornilius Benton (Mr. B)
Hey guys, guess what’s new in
this year's fall fashions for men?
It's the Shetland Look. Many
guys will be wearing Shetland
sweaters and Shetland sport
coats which will combine perfec
tly with the ever - popular
pleated wool - flannel pants. The
added touches of a cotton shirt
and a silk tie with matching silk
square will be the eye - catcher
for all Shetland wearers. And, by
all means, let’s not forget the
proper foot gear: get into the
Jonathan Richards “street
combers” and leave fashion
footprints others want to follow.
Campus Digest News Service
Monogrammed sweaters, button-
down shirts, and penny loafers are the
“in” look on campuses this fall, as
the “Preppie Look” continues to
dominate fashion. The western look is
also . influencing fashions, however,
with western ties being worn with
traditional clothing.
And the advent of the cowboy hat
in women’s fashion has also brought
a new crop of hats. Many of the
popular ones are in the styles so
popular in the 20’s and 40’s. Flapper-
types and Andrews Sisters-style hats
are in. Berets are also popular on
campus. The new wave of hats are
often trimmed with decorative
touches, such as flowers, ribbons, net
and feathers. The "fedora,” a wide-
brimmed style from the 20’s, has
become one of the favorites.
Box Offices
Suffer From
Lack Of Viewers
THE BLUES BROTHERS: How
could this loud, noisy, destructive,
comedy have ever been made? John
Belushi and Dan Ackyroyd smash
more cars, destroy more buildings,
chase and get chased by more people,
than possibly immaginable. There is
also some great blues music to inter
rupt and it’s performed by James
Brown, Aretha Franklin and Ray
Charles. This is a big, brassy, fun
time and it’s hard to figure out how
they could waste so much money in
the same city where the baseball team
would rather finish last every year
than buy one capable ball player. No
matter. Chicago serves as a great
demolition-derby-background for this
mammoth picture.
BRUBAKER: Robert Redford stars
as a reform-minded warden in this
prison movie that suffers from two
problems: l) The script is too
mechanical and never gives the
characters enough room to be seen as
real people and 2) Robert Redford is
all wrong for the role. We always see
him as a movie star instead of the
character he’s supposed to be.
FAME: Not that bad of a movie
Out a major disappointment consider
ing how good it could have been.
“Fame” studies eight students enroll
ed at New York’s high school of per
forming arts. It opens with an inviting
burst of energy but the movie never
slows down to let us really get to
know its subjects.
It’s that time of year again for
Morris Brown, Clark,
Morehouse, Atlanta University,
and I.T.C. to all pile up on the
corner of Fair and Chestnut to
buy books for the first semester
of 1980-81.
It’s bad enough we have to
stand in a line outside the door
for 20 minutes, but when you get
inside the store you have to stand
in another line for 30 minutes
just to pay for your books.
In your freshman and
sophomore years you will be
able to buy books for under
$15.00, but by the time you’re a
junior or senior a book will start
at $18.95 and may end at $59.95.
Remember, I am talking about
one book.
I think it’s awful we have to pay
so much for our books at A.U.C.
Bookstore while Georgia State
has the same books for $.30 to
$1.00 cheaper.
To find out why A.U.C.
Bookstore was higher than
Georgia State's Bookstore I
asked the manager of A.U.C.
Bookstore, Chuck Sekula. I was
One October evening an in
cident occu rred that effected the
lives of many. No one was killed,
yet the outcome was quite
threatening. I'm speaking of the
Mass student body meeting held
Tuesday Oct. 7,1980.
The purpose of this meeting
was to constructively voice our
concerns to the Administration
of Morris Brown College;
however, instead of voicing our
concerns we yelled out our com
plaints. There is supposed to be
power in numbers, but that night
it was mainly mass confusion.
After the meeting was ad
journed, the majority of the
crowd believed that their S.G.A.
told that A.U.C. Bookstore adds
freight charges to the cost of our
books; whereas the Georgia
State Bookstore does not.
Mr. Sekula also stated that the
bookstore has been operating
on a loss for the past 3 years. He
said it looks like they might break
even this year, and they don’t
know yet about last year? Now
this was shocking news to me
because I thought the bookstore
made plenty of money. I told him
this, and then he explained some
of the ways they lose money.
One way they lost money is by
books sitting on shelves. He said
if a book sits on the shelf for 12
months they can’t sell it. They
send it back to the company or
sometimes sell it to customers at
a great discount.
Another way they lost money
is by students stealing. I asked
him how people can steal when
they have to leave their book
bags and other belongings up
front. He said, "if you strip some
of the customers you'll find some
shocking things." I was amazed
to find out people stick books
down their clothes. I asked
president, Michael K. Bouie was
an M.B.C. guinea pig. The com
plaint was that Bouie has a
"cushioned heart".
Now it is time to sit back and
study yourself. Michael Bouie
did as he had promised. He
brought your grievances to the
administration, but because you
did not see results as quick as the
speed of lightyou castjudgment
upon him, judgment which you
are not able to bear yourself. To
confirm my accusations I spoke
to Cassandra Ward, a freshman
from Macon, Georgia. Despite
all the petty arguments against
Michael Bouie, he is doing an
earnest job and if many of us
whether more males did this
than females. He said more
males did it. He said, “when it
comes to students stealing each
other’s book bag from out front,
or taking books from other
students the frequency is equally
male and female but sticking
things down your clothes is
mainly male. Usually when we
catch someone stealing we call
A.U.C. Police, but since things
have gotten so bad we are going
to call the Atlanta Police."
They also lost money by
students writing bad checks. This
practice has become so common
that each school has adopted the
policy that anyone who writes a
bad check to the school will get
thrown out. I don’tthink this rule
will apply to the bookstore. I
asked him which school has
written the most bad checks to
the bookstore. He said
Morehouse was in first place,
then Clark, Atlanta University,
Morris Brown, Spelman and
I.T.C. He said Spelman’s
bookstore had over $1,000.00 in
bad checks this year.
would become involved in the
S.G.A. we would be able to see
for ourselves the positive
changes that he has brought
about.
Cassandra noted, "Michael is
doing a good job. He knows
what he is doing and beyond that
he truely cares and
understands.” “When Michael
speaks, he carries compassion
instead of a sword.”
As to the response of the
students Cassandra commented,
"The students are cold and many
of their attitudes are
disrespectful. They seem to be
out for themselves, but they are
I asked him whether he
thought each school should
open up its own bookstore to
lessen the confusion and trouble
at the A.U.C. Bookstore. He said
no because when each school
had its own bookstore it
operated at a loss, but I found
out that this wasn’t true for
Morris Brown. The reason
Morris Brown closed down their
bookstore was because they
received a letter stating that all
schools in the A.U.C. were to
cooperate with the A.U.C.
Bookstore. I don't know who the
letter came from. It seems as
though each school agreed to
this except for Spelman.
Since right now M.B.C. has no
plans to re-open its bookstore, it
looks like we'll be heading for
Fair and Chestnut or Georgia
State once again. But look on the
bright side, Mr. Sekula said, "As
the bookstore gets better
organized, the prices will drop.”
The prices probably won't
bother me by then because I
plan to be through with college
by 2001. By Carol Gibbs
forgetting that “Together we can
and together we will”.
Michael is not perfect and
neither are we. It’s not Michael’s
job to shift with the wind as the
tree limbs do. Those limbs may
one day snap. Michael believes
in his ideas and juit because they
do not pamper our desires we
have no justification to destroy
his purpose. When you do that
you destroy yourself because
Michael is in office for the
welfare of the student body.
How can Michael and his ad
ministration support you if you
do support him?
By Susan J. Ashe
It Only Takes A Few