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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.
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nation of
white was prettvn
lar in the
as bright colors,
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like the way tfc
contrasting colors
plement each
because it bring:
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that so long as
does not get cr
away with neon
ors, a few
accessories
acceptable.
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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.
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“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
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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
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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
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