Over-enrollment, student apathy
blamed for bookless bookstore
By Land du Pont
Of th« Emerald
Studying for a midterm is a
lot like arguing with Bible
quoting preachers — if you
don’t do the reading, you’re
not going to get very far.
Some students are without
textbooks this late in the term,
and while that shortage can
damage a student’s perfor
mance in class, many pro
fessors and the University
Bookstore say it’s the
students’ fault.
English professor Don
Taylor says students were
confused about which of the
nearly identical texts to buy
for his English survey class.
As a result, Taylor’s class fell
five books short of the 50
needed.
“It's frustrating for the
students and the teacher,’*
Taylor says. Since they cannot
complete reading aassign
ments, bookless students
can't take part in class
discussions
But Taylor, whose books
came in Tuesday, praises
bookstore efforts to get
replacements.
The replacements came in
two weeks after he ordered
them — just as promised, he
says.
The bookstore traditionally
must reorder several hundred
different titles for about a hun
dred classes each term.
Henrickson blames a com
bination of over-enrollment
and student apathy for
prematurely empty shelves.
“The University has no com
punction about overenrolling
classes." and the bookstore
orders the number of texts a
professor requests, he says.
And students who drop
classes often don’t return
books until the third or fourth
week of classes when no one
wants them, contributing to
another bookstore headache,
he says.
“We ll reorder 20 books for
some sociology class and end
up with 34 on the shelves."
Henrickson says.
While the bookstore can
return most unsold books,
Henrickson says, the costs of
three or four extra staff people
and shipping charges add up.
He says the problem affecting
most students is cost in
creases due to unsold books
“It's a hell of a lot of
dollars,'’ he says That cost
"substantially” lowers the tex
tbook discount.
A 50-cent restocking fee in
stituted last fall reduced tex
tbook returns about 10 percent
but has not compensated the
bookstore for its expenses,
Henrickson says.
Balfe appoints Spence to IFC
ASUO Pres C.J. Balfe has
appointed an independent
candidate from last year's
ASUO elections to replace a
recently removed Incidental
Fee Committee member.
Balfe selected Mark
Spence, a senior political
science and international
studies major, to replace IFC
member Rick Braun, a second
year law student. IFC chairer
Bart Hill removed Braun from
the committee at Thursday's
committee meeting.
Hill declared Braun's posi
tion vacant under a section of
the ASUO Constitution that
specifies removal of elected
officials who fail to fulfill their
duties for three weeks
"I have not seen posted of
fice hours," Hill said
IFC duties include atten
ding committee meetings and
keeping five posted office
hours per week.
"I appointed Mark because
he was one of the few people
who knew what they were talk
ing about in last year's elec
tions," Balfe says.
That knowledge will help
Spence adapt to his commit
tee role, which is crucial
because IFC budget hearings
start this week, Balfe says.
"I also was impressed by
his turnout as an independent
candidate," Balfe says. “He
was definitely a people's
choice."
Spence finished 13th out of
14 IFC candidates in the ASUO
general elections last spring
Spence says because he is
six months behind in the
issues, he will not come to the
committee with any set
philosophy.
"I’ll just be catching up," he
says
Spence has been a member
of ASUO-funded programs
such as the International
Studies Association, the
Political Science Student
Union and the Model United
Nation.
Spence's appointment is
subject to approval by the Stu
dent University Affairs Board.
A special approval hearing is
set for early this week
If SUAB does not approve
Spence, Balfe says he will
resubmit Spence s name for
approval after specifying why
he chose the appointee.
"I can’t see any good reason
why they wouldn't (approve
him)," he says.
French teacher dies of cancer
Henry oooper, a senior in
structor in the romance
languages department, died of
cancer last week. He was 54.
Cooper had taught first
through third year French at
the University since 1960 and
was head adviser of the
French department for seven
years and head of the
language lab until his death.
He also served as a member
of the academic requirements
committee for three years and
worked with the friendship
family program, a program
working with foreign students,
for 10 years.
Cooper received his
bachelor’s degree at
Willamette University and his
masters degree at Middlebury
College in Vermont. He taught
at Willamette University
before coming to the
University.
He is survived by his wife,
Paulette, and two children.
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