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WHICH MEANS, YEAR AFTER YEAR, MORE PEOPLE BUY HONDA AFTER HONDA. WHY? BECAUSE YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. WHY SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS?! VERY TRULY YOURS, A G G I L S HELPING AGGIES Wednesday, April 10, 2002 AGGIfl AGGIELIF th e battJthe BATT TOTALLY '80 Students embrace some y 80s trends while hoping others never resurface By Crystal Dobson THE BATTALION Ashley Hernandez, a junior management major, says spiked collars and pleather gloves, along with other 1980s trends, need to stay in the past. Many students, like Hernandez, are finding themselves with de'ja' vu as they see ’80s trends reappearing in classrooms across campus. While many students agree that ’80s trends such as hypercolor shirts should never make a comeback, most are willing to see some styles resurface. “I particularly like the reappearance of the Ray-Ban sunglasses,” Hernandez said. “Other reworn styles I have noticed are Swatch Watches, super-skinny or wide more bandanas being worn.” Carrie Despenzero, a sophomore economics major, hasra color trends reemerging. “The color cg nation of white was prettvn lar in the as bright colors, 1 have noticed people wei Despenzero saii like the way tfc contrasting colors plement each because it bring: a classy look." Despenzero that so long as does not get cr away with neon ors, a few accessories acceptable. Jean jackets also become A have accessory for season. Somestudi still seem to be get away with wear their jean jacket 10 years ago. Beto Villarreal sophomore micro!)! ogy major, said he no problem with reappearance of jackets. However, said he would not S a comeback of oi 1980s trends such as T-shirts tied over one hip, hot pants or with a happy face. B( ew NEW YOR oppel have i [he late-night Robert Igei statement Mt Nightline,’ o The two d strong bid t< placed “N chose to sta; Stung by t publicly calk count on set more than 1 A month Koppel said stronger thai Statements promises. Bi the conditior time slot for “It took so with how it’s Iger said: ‘ Christii about < IV net> NEW YORK learned how watching TV which are su such behavio “1 did get Lifetime mov to do," the 2 issue of Jane “There was Flockhart wh bulimic and Tupperware ■ closet. It was son it was ap Now at 5-fc does not stru than anyone tvangi contin I >1 »Ts RANDALL FORD THE BATTALION “I never quite understood the purpose of girls wearing tht| j n pairs of socks at once,” Villarreal said. “I absolutely despised A Hammer pants and would never think about wearing them agair Other students simply reminisce about the ’80s fashion milestones such as cone-shaped bustiers prom dresses. -' April Conn, a junior marketing major, recalled many popuVavsty from the decade and said she is content with leaving thembentnd. “New Kids On The Block T-shirts, crimped hair and jelly ^ are all styles that remind me of the ’80s,” Conn said. “Iwould* nitely like to keep these, as well as jams, excessive amountsOty elry, bicycle shorts and side ponytails, left in the ’80s.’’ Guild fights to get used books off Amazon.com urges members to remove Website links n I H g, Ci RVS ■ I d C FALLS RICHARD RUSSO NEW YORK (AP) — Angered at Amazon.com for offering used editions of current books, the Authors Guild is urging members to remove links on their Websites to the online retailer. “Amazon ’ s practice does dam age to the publish ing industry, decreasing royalty payments to authors and profits to publishers,” the Guild said in a statement Tuesday. “We believe it is in our members’ best interests to de-link their Websites from Amazon. There’s no good reason for authors to be complicit in undermining their own sales. It just takes a minute, and it’s the right thing to do.” The Guild urged members to link their sites to Barnesandnoble.com and, “espe cially,” BookSense.com, the online site for independent booksellers. “Obviously, selling used books along side new ones could hurt sales of new ones,” said Barnesandnoble.com CEO Marie Toulantis. “And, strategically, it doesn’t work for us. Our focus is on new titles.” Amazon, which began selling used copies of new books in November 2000, defended its policy Tuesday. “It encour ages customers to explore authors or gen res they might not otherwise try because of the price,” said spokeswoman Patty Smith. “That ends up helping authors and pub lishers.” The Guild has protested before, without urging specific action from members. In December 2000, it sent a joint of letter of protest with the Association of American Publishers to Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos. An Amazon spokesPERSON at the time offered a similar defense, saying everyone would benefit in the long run. Used editions are traditionally associat ed with out of print or obscure titles, but Amazon customers can get old copies of current, popular books. For example, anyone interested in this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, Richard Russo’s Empire Falls, can buy it in hardcover for $18.16 or used for $12.35. Michael J. Fox’s Lucky Man, which just came out, is available in hardcover for $16.07 or used for $14.99. Amazon itself does not sell the book. Instead, customers are allowed to offer used through online Amazon JACKS0N\ Graham, wh Sunday after several day: checkup at spokesperso There wer outpatient s sinus infecti editions the retailer, collects a 99 cent fee for each sale, plus 15 percent of the purchase price. Neither the author nor publisher receives royalties. The actual impact is difficult to assess. Paul Aiken, executive direct 0 Author’s Guild, acknowledged *ie statistics indicating that used ° , detracting from sales of new ° nes ' j| it has been negligible, but that ni the case a year from now, he sai ■ Smith said about 15 P er ^ e fjd Amazon sales in the final quar e including videos, CDs and ot erp came from used purchases. a But she did not have a percen^, books and could not cite an ^ genre helped by the availabt i y editions. ,„n\lar> The Authors Guild, the na i f society of published aut ^ 0 , rS t Lj r es# more than 8,000 writers an ^ Aiken said more than 700 have Stumped on the PERFECT graduation present for your S/\AGGlELANtj -444 o Order Now! and get it in time for graduation? (allow 3 weeks for delivery...)
