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I V lWI I^I f / I ii iv^ lj^ii i^iii<^/i hi i^iyo ; logy and JORS: ^fobationDepj, ons open lo, t, testers.»«, Tnal justice w wer or call 815. Cooperative Ei Harr 's Co» IBn ' tsei /our propos. locVsa able rales, ion Sewitjj (side iil :i °ns, etc. OS liversity, 8ft im isscrtationa, re 4424, 'ism, • dissertations 2-5027. ift,, 1878 /ANTED Line. fumisM ties. Paul. M inn • share ilupln i. fenced \inl . 779-1467. IN, WOMEIi esent and lit routes. Bait) iers rolled bj l/month. 16-0396 . 2tt 0 GOLD i, worn out gold I Room ping Center t., Bryan 18 ■8111 •5010 P.M. ET OANA£. Textbooks First day buying rush can be avoided by Tim Widdison Battalion Reporter It’s almost like it day at Disney land when you try to buy tex tbooks on the first day of c lasses. Long lines of students can be found everywhere. Many Texas A&:M students wait until the first day of class to buy their textbooks says Mart ha Camp, owner of University Bookstores, Inc., because they wait for professors to tell them what books they need. Students don’t have to wait that long, though, Camp says, because the bookstores already have the information on what books are needed for each class. She said University Bookstore has had the lists of books used for each course for the fall semester since the beginning of summer. The book lists, known as re- auisitions, are compiled by each department head from inf orma tion provided by the professors. The professors decide what books will be used each semes ter, Camp said. The requisition lists are then sent to the Texas A&M Bookstore in the Memo rial Student Center. Shri Kant, hook manager for Loupots Bookstore, said the Texas A&M Bookstore provides acopy of each list for each of the local bookstores which sell tex tbooks for students at Texas A&M. The lists also provide an esti mate of how many students are expected to register for each class so the bookstores can deter mine how many copies of each book to order, Camp said. The first group of lists usual ly are made available just before students register for the follow ing semester, she said. After determining how many books are in stock, Camp either phones or writes to the different book publishers and orders the amount of books she needs. Used books are ordered f rom a used book warehouse. The bookstores are depen dent on the publishers and the post office or freight serv ices as to when the books will arrive, she said. She said she tries to order the books as soon as possi ble so they wall arrive before the beginning of the semester. The prices for new books are determined by the publishers. Camp said. At University Book store used prices are 20 percent less than new' prices. When the books arrive they are unpacked and stuf fed with several different magazine ordering forms. Camp says the magazine “stuffers” are pro vided for students who want to order magazines at substantial discounts through, magazine clearing houses rather than pay the full subscription price through the magazine. Once the books are priced they are put in the book bins with used books on top of new. Sales clerks pull used books first, unless the student requests new books. Camp said. New books are crisscrossed while used books are stacked spine facing outward so sales clerks can tell used hooks from new at a glance. When students go into the store to buy textbooks they need to tell the sales clerk which courses they are taking. The clerk will get the necessary books. For some courses where diffe rent classes use different books, the section number also is neces sary to determine what books are needed. If a book has not arrived at the store or has been sold out, students can special order books for a non-refundable $3 deposit which is applied to the price of the book, Camp said. Special order books normally take one to three weeks to arrive, de pending on the publisher and how the book is sent, she said. Before the semester begins, hooks also can be reserved at both Loupots and University bookstores without paying a de posit. Students who find out they have bought the wrong book or decide to drop a class can return books for a full refund. Howev er, there is a limit on the time they have to return textbooks. The return period for tex tbooks bought at University Bookstore is one w'eek after school starts during the fall and spring semesters. The return period at Loupots is two weeks in the fall and one week in tfie spring. After the return period ends, students can self books back to the bookstores, Camp said. The price offered depends on whether the book is being used the next semester, how many copies the store has on hand and whether the book is coming out in a new edition, she said. University Bookstore is the only bookstore in the nation that buys back old edition books, she says. For most students, the only alternative is to use the books for reference or throw them away. Camp says she hates to throw' away books so she stores them in warehouses. The bookstore has been using the old railroad de pot on Wellborn next to the tracks across from Cain Hall as a warehouse since the 1950s, she said. Camp wants to open a bargain store and sell those books to peo ple interested in purchasing old copies of current textbooks or reference books. The average life expectancy of a book is three years before the next edition comes out, Camp said. That’s because the publishers need to get the used hooks off the market in order to tops EDG kits. LOWEST PRICE IN TOWN $OC95 '*'*'*'*irSPECIA L OFFER irir*'k'k Buy a 7-Pen Set for the Price of a 4-Pen Set THE > OFFICE PRODUCTS storeJ 2316 Texas Ave. So. College Station, Tx 77840 Telephone 409/690-7639 make any money. Because of this, Camp says, the textbook business is like a game of Russian roulette when she’s trying to guess whether a book will be coming out in a new edition. If a book is used only one semester each year. Camp says, she can’t afford to take a chance on sitting on the books and wait ing to see whether a new edition will come out. Instead, she re turns them to the publisher and reorders the books later if they are added to the requisition lists. ’82 death rate hits new low United Press International WASHINGTON — Amer ica’s death rate from accidents dropped 6 percent in 1982, compared with 1981, making it the lowest death rate on record. A newsletter from the American Council of Life Insurance said the ’82 rate w'as an estimated 40.8 per 100,000 population. We Are Celebrating Our fANNIVERSARVl ' 10%-50%off s ENTIRE STOCK (Does Not Include Consignment Items) UNIQUE GIFTS AND DECORATING ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AT AFFORDABLE PRICES (§i3) £V«*?*«* IMPORTS 505 UNIVERSITY DR. SUITE 303 846-6000 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE CRIMES OF THE HEART O BLUES IN THE NIGHT The Best of Broadway is back in Bryan-College Station! MSG Town Hall / Broadway is bringing Broadway back to Texas A&M for another triumphant sea son! Last year Town Hall/Broadway offered its first season ticket package to rave reviews. This year should be even better: more shows, more songs, more dance, more laughter. More of the finest the atre in New York, brought to Bryan-College Station for you! And all at a savings! You get the same seats for every performance, a 20% discount from individual ticket prices and priority seating for the 1984-85 season. We’re bring ing Broadway back—just for you! THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Starring Maria Muldaur, October 23, 1983 Winner of three Tony Awards, this band of fierce yet totally fallible swashbucklers is pursued by their former apprentice, who is honor bound to exter minate them. They may yet be saved by their pur suer’s starry-eyed love for the fetching Mabel, played by pop recording star Maria Muldaur. A giddy, rollicking adaptation of the original Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. “If you go to the theatre only once this year, this is the show!"—Newsweek. CRIMES OF THE HEART February 2, 1984 This Pulitzer Pi ize winning tragi-comedy takes us to an evening with the MaGrath sisters: Babe, out on bail from shooting her husband; Meg, the strug gling singer on leave from a psycho ward; and Lenny, coming to grips with life as an old maid. A wonder of Southern Gothic humor. “A crime for anyone interested in the theatre not to see this play."—New York Post. BLUES IN THE NIGHT Starring Della Reese, March 27, 1984 A sultry, sizzling show about three women in 1938 hotel rooms crying the blues. Defiant, nostalgic memories of women who can neither live with men nor without them. Great blues and jazz. “One of the best musical scores to hit Broadway in many a year!’—Newark Star Ledger. PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES April 16, 1984 Take Highway 57 from Smyrna towards Frog Level. Watch close and you’ll find a gas station right across from the Double Cupp Diner, run by them Cupp sisters, Prudie and Rhetta. Roll into the sta tion and them “Pump Boys” — Jim Jackson, Eddie and L.M. — will fall all over you, (if you’re buying the beer, of course). Or just pull off on the side and get your ears filled with high octane down-home country rockabilly, bluegrass, gospel and blues. “As refreshing as an ice-cold beer after a bowl of five alarm chili!’—New York Times. MSC Town Hall/Broadway 1983-84 Season Ticket Order “Broadway is Back at Texas A&M!" CHECK ONE: O NEW ORDER O RENEWAL SEATING PREFERENCE: Same Seats / Section Row NAME TAMU ID# ADDRESS APT.# CITY ST./ZIP . Best Available / Orchestra . Explain Seating Preference: J st Choice . 2nd Choice. Balcony ORCH. BAL. Zn. 1 AA-L A-K Zn. 2 M-Z L Q Zn. 3 — R-ZZ Regular Student Payment: □ Visa □ MasterCard Zone Zone Zone # 2 3 Zone Tickets x Price = Total $ $44 0U $42.00 $39.00 $30 50 $36.73 $34.23 Handling □ Check (to MSC Town Hall) Grand Total 1.00 CAROMOLDER S N AME CARD NUMBER / EXPIRATION DATE Mail order form andpayment to: MSC Box Office * TAMLJ • P.O. Box J-l • College Station, TX 77844. If you have any questions please call the MSC'. Box Office, Monday thru Friday between 8:30 a.m. ana 4:30 p.m. at (409) 845-1234.