Show Books are too expensive teachers are to blame is concerned Books As far as a student’s pocketbook to injury insult adds which is the expense buying books every quarter for housing meals tuiHaving to pay an arm and a leg tion and fees is easy for students to understand or at least books every quarter can accept But facing up to the cost of be an upsetting experience litde The Bookstore is not to blame for the cost It makes are manufacturers book The textbooks profit by selling hardback in texts partly to blame as they publish college students could care bindings with fancy cover designs that less about are the But the real culprits in the big textbook rip-o- ff teachers who insist on assigning books at the expense of students Books are necessary for a college education and no one inexpects to have teachers quit assigning them But more the when made be choices can making telligent assignments The most common mistake made by teachers in choosing books is assigning the ones which are too expensive Students frequently pay for pretty packaging when a more functional design would do Single books often cost $20 or more Teachers who plan their book assigning carefully as some do can often assign several paperback books for the cost of one of the more elaborate models The cost of the books is compounded by many teachers when they insist on changing texts for a course every other quarter Many students can recover some of their investment by selling used books but when the book is no longer required in classes the resale value is destroyed An even worse habit practiced by some teachers is that of requiring expensive books and then only using a few chapters Thanks a lot And then there is the final blow in the fight with the textbooks Once a student has scratched up the money to purchase a book the teacher has not ordered enough of them That means a three-wee- k wait for the Bookstore to reorder a text so that the student can have the privelege of spending his or her money on it That also means the student’s money is worth less than usual— —by the time the book arrives the course has already covered a good deal of the material in the book Some teachers at USU have sincerely tried to resolve these problems Many only pay the problems lip service The Utah Statesman hopes that more teachers will realize the difficulties which can be created by the quarterly g ordeal of After all they are the controlling factor in the great textbook battle book-buyin- fte I Ttah Statesman USPS 532-64- 0 John Ward editor Catherine Zalk managing editor Larry Baker faculty adviser IU TV Suutmt s is written and edited by students of Utah State University Editorial opinions ate solely those of the editorial board and those writers with signed articles They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Utah State University or ASUSU LETTER POLICY: The editor reserves the right to edit refuse or print any letter Letters that are typewritten and limned to 800 words or less will receive first Letters must be signed with the author's true name student number and phone number TV Siunui is puhlished thrice-week- ly during the school year except during finals and school holidavi IU EDITORIAL OFFICES are in Room SIS Taggart Student Center Business office is in SC Room SIT phone 9 Mail is received at LMC 01 P O Box 12 Logan 84322 SECOND CLASS mailmg paid in Logan Utah 84321 sfcu ssy you uant (dorii have house ? lo&n & any collo&ep&l but ay CfARf ra Srresmyncau Adoption - the choice for coeds To the editor: I appreciate the comments made by Lisa Vogel in Wednesday' issue of the Even though there are several points that I agree with I cannot agree with your statement in relation to abortion “for most female students it is the only moral choice" May I suggest another alternative? Instead of abortion why not put the child up for adoption? It is true that pregnancy can be stressful and or expensive and it’s true that it’s too late to talk about birth control but why punish the unborn child for the actions of an ir- - Statesman that you’ve worked so hard! obtain And the child bst denied the gift of life itsdf By adopting out you k mother are giving the OJF sal tunity for responsible mea women to become parents I dream that cannot alwsysh fulfilled any other way Lisa I respect your vion but I think James Lunod responsible individual— you the mother? Why deny the child those precious things that you are so adamant about giving up such as the time to develop his ideas talents and choices? Why deny him the opportunity to live to go to college to learn and develop into an individual who can contribute much to society? The only reason is because a prospective mother is too in- & Burtchaell summed it up doa "America he wrote love children Hardly a surpn W we should be killing them for® love our it is as much by children as much as My terested in her own selfish desires to accept the responsibility of her actions On the other hand by adopting out you not only help the baby but yourself you don't have to give up your dreams self-absess- duty that we shall be judged Jiaa H t Student objects to MX editoria editor As we replace the our 10581 editorial showed a complete relinquishment of decision-makin- g processes to the influence of a staged media event What do we gain in this so called "realistic” plan? 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