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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Tuesday, September 26, 1978 ETTERS LETTERS Housing increase unfair Page Nine -L- Editor: In reviewing a copy of our lease in relation to the announced rent recently it has come to our increase, attention that in Section 3. paragraph (e) of the lease it states, "Rental rates can be increased upon 60 days notice to the residents by the I'niversity..." Since the lease makes no differentiation between rent and utilities, the proposed raie increase cannot be instituted until Dec. 1, 1978. As a result, the Student Family Housing will receive the usual $143 for a apartment during each of the next two months. The required $150 will be delivered on December 1. two-bedroo- To m We ieel that this tental increase is very unfair since it is the fourth increase in the last 15 months, since July of 1977. We also feel it is a very increase since it Carter's prime time timing WASHINGTON. D C It was only days ago that the pollsieisand politicians were predicting i9i's0 electoral doom for Jimmy Carter when suddenly the tables turned. Here in Washington, wheie even elevator operators knowingly assess Kennedy's chances against Blown, Charter's upturn hardly went unnoticed. But just how sudden was this shot in the arm to Carter's sinking star, and how much did it concern popularity rather than just peace? Indeed, this city that oozes with political gossip began to digest the president's Middle East success eagerly. Especially intriguing was the journalistic treatment of the entire evert. It seems it was no coincidence that the dramatic peace accords announcement garnered prime v iewing time on all three networks during the most popular television night of the week. In fact, even the setting of the Sunday deadline in ill-tim- coincides with the payment of tuition and the pur- chasing of textbooks, creating a possible hardship on married students who are on a tight budget. We as residents deserve a little more y consideration than the 10-da- notice we received. A copy of this letter is being sent to University President Gardner, the Daily Utah Chronicle, and the Village Line. ntjiimmt rkMrwd ltil I lak t hfinn Ir tin mil ihr ntiimul u(r ill ihr m ihr I ii ihr jliiiiiiiitjiiim tullM-- f jnd tpfiiig qiulKl irkirjit liming u u nl jml W b Publu ihr 1'imntiti i4 l uh PuMishrtl ihirr jiiom Council tjturirt birjUl luiwt urrlU dm iiik uimmrr iuilrt Hubu npiumt $20 irt mm. 1H i a. ji1 iiiii wrrkt mtiu r lot thjngr ii ldirv uid I qiuilrt. All wbu riMi4m muM hr all mhvfiption 4 wrr spondriw r u: Subufipuon M.iuk'"I W I lak ( ktonulr. I'nion Building, t'nurruit tit luh. Sail I air f jit. I uh ml 12 Lrunt loihrrdiKW mun br ivprdanddoublr-kpatrlrt(rtttt IMOhouUim kxikill br Rivrn puoriiv Addrrtt to "I mm to ihr Hikm " Ihr ( humulr hat Itprwrurri atailablr (w tout utr Wr rrtrrtr ihr right lo rdil (k hbrl. imkhiin and I lu- - Rulon Ebert Toni Ebert l iinrwiiili KiMtvtni ihr iit-- i Published daiU dining (jll. store or not to store Editor: It is time to voice serious criticism of the management practices of the University Book Store. We, the students and faculty of the University isa michele hunt obligation is to fulfill that function. It is time for the University community to demand that this be the case. Rodney D. Millar HHb-tiibt- r4rd community, are being grievously taken in by the exploitive policies of the University Book Store. The primary function of the University Book Store, as its name implies, is to serve the University community as an outlet for books and materials (such as paper, pencils and other academic supplies) which should be readily on hand to specialize in those books and materials which a general community book store would not likely handle. Sfitf - Iter rk Extraordinary Gifts Imported Wicker Items: Hampers, Baskets, Large Mats - - Decorator Lamps Come The situation at the University Book Store hardly fulfills this function. One gets the distinct impression that it is more a gift and variety store than a book store. More than half the ground floor is stocked with such "academic necessities" as a basket loft, candy store, junk food store, nick-nack- Mem the talks ma haie been planned solelv with the media in mind. Caiier's new i.ijmci cf ihr media Gerald Rafshoon is certainly no dummy. I It- inuc hae known well that Sunday is historic all v the slowest new sday of the week and the last day to squeeze into next week's issue of Time and Xewsweek. It has been reported that (latter originally notified the netwoiks of a 3:45 p.m. announcement. the networks were inexplicably kept waiting until 10:30 p.m. Gould the chance to simultaneously interrupt the Emmys. a Battlestar Galactica premiere and the conclusion of King Kong have been too much for Rafshoon to bypass? Ratings during the first day of the first week of a spanking new tele ision season are always high, but during the prime hour of prime time they are nothing short of phenomenal. moment of glory Early reports show that Carter's may have reached more viewers than any other single event in television history. Vet. as one network executive put it. "Why try to make this into a negative thing?" In this electronic age, isn't Carter just playing the game by the most effective and politcally keen rules? Surely a little presidential manipulation of the media is nothing more than tossing journalism some of its own medicine. A good case could be made that the distortion of Carter by the press in the first place has caused us to unjustly lose faith in him. (Yes, public opinion has responded to the gentle proddings of journalists at least once or twice in the past ) And if Carter takes advantage of the media in return who's to say the country isn't the better for it we may beable once again to believe in a leader who APPEARS to be the master of the nation's destiny. Those of us who feel comforted by this new and euphoric appearance can pat Rafshoon on the back. Those a little more skeptical need only wait until the next gripping installment of the series. But don't you dare touch that dial. & See! THE BASKET LOFT In The University Bookstore s, m i - greeting cards, wall hangings, stereo equipment, color photo enlarging equipment, hardware items, etc.; not one item of which has a necessary legitimate academic function at the University. Why, one may ask, has the textbook section been moved to the second floor, neatly separating it from the reference book section, making it necessary to pass through the basket loft, candy store, etc., in order to get from one to the other? Is it to ensure exposure to and increase sales in the oriented nonacademically store? of the goods Why does the Book Store, if it is supposed to be a book store, charge a handling fee for special ordering a book when no other book store in the valley does? This policy reflects the fact that books seem to be only a sideline to the stocking priorities of the Book Store, i.e., basket loft, candy store, etc. Why is it that it is easier and more likely to find a particular book at one of the other book stores in the valley than at the University Book Store? What kind of service to the University community is this? I may have to travel downtown to find a particular reference book, but not if I want a stereo, or a basket, or a bag of candy. THIS IS WRONG! university bookstore HEWLETT-PACKAR- i RUSH WEEK HOURS D INTRODUCES PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS FOR A STUDENT'S BUDGET. FOR SCIENCE ENGINEERING. The $60; Trigonometry, exponentials and math. Metric conversions. Fixed scientific display modes. Decimal degree conversions. 4 addressable memories. OUR PRICE $54.00 SAT. SEPT. 23 10-- 3 MON. SEPT. 25 8-- TUES. SEPT. 26 8-- 8 WED. SEPT. 27 8-- 5 THURS.SEPT. 28 8-- 5 FRI. SEPT. 29 8-- 5 SAT. SEPT. 30 10-- 3 Suggested Retail $60.00 ' REGULAR HOURS RESUME 10578 WILL BE OPEN ONLY ON SEPT. 27, 28 & OCT. 5 FROM 5:00 p.m.-8:0- 0 p.m. MINI-STOR- E 2-- The University Book Store ought not to be in competition with Grand Central, Inkley's, Broadway Music or other merchandise stores. The University Book Store has a unique function in the valley, and its only PACKARD 8 university bookstore university bookstore |
