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Show Paqe 4 The Tfumderbird Monday, January 9, 1984 Students can solve buyback problems SSjBsTm As always at the beginning of a new quarter, woeful tales of the great sums of money spent on textbooks abound. Books are expensive. Thats a fact, but that doesnt mean nothing can be done about it. So what is being done? Most faculty members do their share to ease student book expenses by ordering textbooks, when available, in paper back. Other faculty members manage some of their classes by distributing handouts and lecturing from their own books. Of course some classes require the use of textbooks there is no way around it. Instructors are aware of the costs students must incur to purchase texts. Through careful text selection and consideration of their students needs, most faculty members do their part to combat the problem. The question is, are students doing their share to improve the problem? No one is happy with the bookstores textbook prices. It is routinely criticized for the low book buyback rates. But how many students have taken the time to find out why the bookstore has the prices it does and how many upon understanding the situation take the time and effort to find solutions or alternatives to the way the books are handled fM you SOAR Vi 30V luHEM vrowep this coukse THEY 0 JEK.B PORC EV TO CRMCEL XT F(3RDR S6 THES BOOK, you PHIP WHIC-- YHIKIV VOLlttRS F&K, JS u;0RTH rbOUT TEN CENTS. C UO PE YOU'RE MOT f i pLflMMmr TO UjCRK UJtfLL STREET OKI. Y3U CUHEM rffli GRfWRTf.-- - NEXT Susiutsr erwA j gmv holt Tf-r- 9 . JXRe V- - now? It appears to be few if any. One means of lessening textbook costs to students is a student sponsored book exchange. Although some effort to use this avenue has been made, it has proven, at least in the recent past, very unsuccessful. The basic reasons for failure are undoubtedly lack of good organization and too little student interest to make such an undertaking a success. We recognize there are students who devote much energy to improving or solving problems at SUSC, but it seems these students are far and few between. We wonder how sincere the majority of those students u ho complain about textbook prices actually are. Enough to improve or even possibly solve the situation? It is our hope at The Thunderbird that students will become more actively engaged in solving their campus concerns. The solutions exist to improve the textbook stituation and other situations students are unhappy with exist. This year let us see them utilized. Che CtninderbircC THt TT.DENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE CULLEUE CEDAR CITY Andy Rose: i think if people are dedicated enough to get up that early. ..they should be able to get in. Andy is a freshman from Tremonton, Utah, and has not yet declared his major. " - n ...J I I i Jason Allred: I think theres enough people on this campus now that it should be available as much as possible to the student body. Jason is a freshman from Pleasant Grove, Utah, majoring in physical education. 4 UTAH Volume 78f Number 13 Editor Tamara Rumbaugh Associate Editor Mike Fuller Senior Staff Writer Fletcher Matson Production Manager Donna Messerly Copy Editor Karen Golberg Photo Editor Anthony Ford Advertising Manager Scott Mitchell Editor Paul Husselbee Sports Faculty Adviser Larry Baker Hu? Thunderbird is published each Monday of the academic year by and for rhe student body of Southern Utah State College. The views and opinions expressed in The Thunderbird are the opinions of the publications individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views and of the institution, opinions aculn, staff or student body in general. The unsigned editorial directly above is the opinion of The Thunderbird as a single entity. Letters to the editor must include the name, student number (if from a student) and phone number. Only the name will be printed. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances and the editor reserves the right to edit letters for length and to preclude libel. Letters must be submitted by noon Friday for inclusion in the following week's edition. The Thunderbird: editorial and advertising offices at 529 West 200 South, Cedar City, UT 84720. Mail at SUSC Box 384, Cedar City, UT 84720. (801) 5867757 7758. Do you think that its fair that students are not allowed to use the P.E. budding in the mornings, even when the Quarterback Club members are not using it? Kari Frisco: No, because were all students and its a student facility. Kari is a freshman from Pleasant Grove, Utah, majoring in physical therapy. Aaron Sampson: v w , I dont know the policy but I feel everybody should be able to use it especially if the Quarterback Club isnt there. For some people the mornings are the best time to work out especially for working students. Aaron is a senior from San Bernardino, Calif., majoring in communications. "N Tai Vaimoana: The Quarterback Club pays to here. Students just dont come to work out in the come in morning. Theres just no students willing to get up at 6:00 to work out here. Tai is a senior from Samoa, majoring in Police Science. S' 'K |