Show March 15 1974 Page 7 Profits go to owners? 1 4VVT Bookstore raises controversy by Susan Coltharp for Student Life Professor William Carigan of the English Department pointed out that there was a bookstore that tried to open downtown and sell books for the univeristy classes This store found they couldn’t sell them It was too large an inventory to handle Carigan said “The bookstore here on campus does a good enough job that it put the other attempt out of business” Carigan said The cash register rang the total with a cold hard sound “That will be $52” said the girl as she tore off the receipt and stuck it inside the top book The student with a jSfiTETTTkpression face paid ths money picked up his three books and walked out Taking his place in line another student staggered to the counter and dropped an armful of books Watching the total with a look of surprise a grin could be seen when the amount came to on his Dean Haslam has been manager of the bookstore for 23 years and he has a lot to say when it comes to the problem of books and the bookstore $25 A few minutes earlier both students had entered the bookstore realizing that they would have to spend anywhere from $10 to $80 on books They had to be patient because there were many others looking for books too Many would have difficulty in locating the required books others would find theirs easily Owned by university “The bookstore is o£ned by the university and not privately The Board of Trustees controls it” he said “The prices in the bookstore are not higher or lower than town prices We are a school so we can’t undersell the w S' merchants in almost every student on campus Despite the fact that books are an essential part of attending school they still provide what g seems to be a source for complaint and debate Here on the Utah State campus the bookstore is the main if not the only place in which the students can buy their books This may be one reason that there is so much controversy Many students have complained because there is no competition for the bookstore never-endin- 2 most here at ter of classes begins and creates another books have a 20 percent mark-u- p but the cost of doing business is 22 percent” Haslam said Here is where another problem enters in Haslam said The bookstore doesn’t sell all of the books ordered and it has to take a loss on them he said There may be approximately $80000 worth of books left at the end of a quarter (Continued on page 8) FAMILY RESTAURANT 0 INFLATION DEFLATOR COUPON BREAKFAST COUPON 51 QA1- - 1 Ufa ORDER OF PANCAKES I WITH EACH ORDER PURCHASED Sale Amount ONE COUPON Credit PER ORDER CaAotes FIOUCAS Geers PoATivG5 Total (No Substitutions) Date & Initials USU Void ofter March 3 1 1 974 2 INFLATION DEFLATOR COUPON GOOD ANYTIME! 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