Show Thursday October 20 1988 Book costs add to student frustration "Yea that's what you all say" the kid droned These expensive books (that I will have to work for over 33 hours to stair writer pay for) are cheap books They have paper covers there is not a single Glub Glub Glub Ssssssss hard back They are printed on low quality paper with ink that smears "Mommy! Bo woke up!" An author of a bode may try to defend the extravagant cost by I still had six hours before my first class on my first day of school at declaring the value of the bode is the information it contains the College of Eastern Utah but the leaky toilet and my two-yeold How come that information has become so expensive? New revised son were not about to let me sleep in cm such an important day editions are printed cheapen with a few typing corrections and an I oozed out of bed and into the kitchen to try and make a pot of update but basically the same information Yet the cheaper revised coffee I had three coiTee filters left but were stuck by Kirsten Christensen ar only they together edition costs the student more Often the bulk of the data in the text can be found in other bodes with copy rights dated decades ago Can the rewording of the standard I fixed them with masking tape data and the addition of the recent information really have such a high My coffee really stuck to my ribs that morning After my third cup I was finally able to begin functioning I searched dollar amount placed on it? The bookstore adds to the student's dilemma They require that a the morning paper looking for the hororscopcs I found it next to the student must produce a dnopadd slip and a receipt before they can get a obituaries I searched the little drawings of the zodiac signs and code refund for a book in perfect condition So if a student should be numbers that deciphered into the advice for the day Next to the Virgo drawing there were no code numbers Instead there fortunate enough to meet someone who will lend or sell a used book to him he can not return his unopened book without dropping from the was a drawing of a large virle man chasing the Virgo Even to my flaw befuddled mind the meaning was dear this is the day the virgin gets Educators need to take another look at this colossal cost in education screwed Perhaps updates can be printed separately and made available for those The "screwing" happened at the campus bookstore when I purchased who purchase used texts Maybe a new section of student government the books I needed for three classes can be organized to help with the process of recycling old texts “That will be $16813 for these bodes" the kid at the register There has got to be another choice for students than pay the high cost fowled or face the loss of education "Ohm God" 1 gasped by a concoction of gummi worms and honey While attempting to pull them apart I tore them in half Anything goes on US campus activities Anything goes — including skydiving and windsurfing — when it comes to student activities this fall From blood drives to vampire movies from lectures to dancing in the streets there's something for everyone Yet despite the variety there are detectable trends Student activities are not the same this year as they were a few years ago — or will be in the future Several schools — including the U of North Dakota — kicked off their fall schedule with an event that combined fun with a cause or charity More than 300 students danced the night at UND's Club-Coc- a Cola party and the kickoff raised $3000 for Special Olympics " The University Programming Council has more interest this year in issues" and educational programs says Turner Hudson "Later in the semester we're going to promote Alcohol and Drug Awareness Week and next semester we're going to sponsor several programs on environmental issues" Turner Hudson is currently making final plans for UND's handout money whenever somebody screams they need something second annual "Safer Sex Week" There are solutions to every problem and there is no exception to this by Richard llickmon The school will distribute two one staff writer kinds of packets containing Making the transaction from high school to college means My question is why do they hire so many people to work in the information about sexually transmore work and more time needed to study and do research The CEU library during the week? Why can't the administration cut down on mitted diseases and AIDS One library continually will not accommodate the students by staying open personnel during the week and let a skeleton crew open the library to packet will include several later on Friday nights nor open at all on Saturdays Many complaints students on weekends and Friday nights That would be a simple condoms and a button reading "I have been made by students but time and time again the school turns solution to a problem that prohibits the students access to the library support Safer Sex" The other them away Does the student's education come first or whatever facilities I believe this would increase the quality of many papers won't contain condoms but will conveniences CEU and its library administration? turned in by students and be well worth CEU's investment in their include information on abstinence I realize the school is given a tight budget and can not freely students and a "Just Say No" button CEU library prohibits weekend studies fai Guvs seemv Bouev experiment r m Editor STORED Lee Mathle Feature Editor NIMNMMNHMIH iaMMftMMieeMMaMeeieHMMeaMMMMii Theresa Green Entertainment EdltOfaMaaBaaMaaMaMaMm MHfitiMiamiiaHHaaHia Chris Korenko —Slacee Pene MtaaaaaaaMaMaoaaMMaMMaMsaai Sports Editor Mann Gina Howard Jennifer Brackenbury --Travis Reporters- Kirsten Christensen Patrick Dunn Kristie Eliason Garth Frandsen Jan Halli-daRichard Hickmon Ragun Larkin Anna Murphy Renee Olsen Kathryn Painter Kelly Shewmake Cordy West Denise Morinos and Scou Warren Photographers aaaaaaaaavaaaMaaaaaaaasaaaM -- C Hamaker and Kirsten Christensen Shane Krughton Business y hianager— Advisor IIINIHHNMMININIIilHIMHIM HMHIHIHIHNIIMMtllNIMIHH Susan A Pols ter Tht Etglt if tfu official ttudtnl publication of tht Colltgt ofEaHtrn Ui Opinion! txprtutd in ikit publication may or may not reflect tht official opionion ofCEU or the Atsociattd Student! of tht Coll ft of Easitrn Utah Tht Eaglt offict it local td in Room IN of the Main Building N THE BUS L ? |