UNIVERSITY
Discount rate drops at bookstore
By Chris Bouneff
Emerald News Editor
Students can expect faster
lines but higher prices for
books at the University Book
store this year because of a new
computer system being in
stalled at the campus-oriented
business.
Purchasing the $600,000 sys
tem forced the bookstore to
drop its discount rate for stu
dents from 11 percent to 9 per
cent this year, said fames Wil
liams. bookstore general man
ager.
When fully installed, the
computer system will allow the
store to better manage invento
ry in all departments, includ
ing textbooks, Williams said.
Also included in the system
are new cash registers
equipped with optical scanning
bars, which are helping to push
students through book-purchas
ing lines more quickly, he said.
The 2 percent reduction
means that the average stu
dent's total bill for text books
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Bookstore employee Rachel Carey uses the store ’s new computer
scanners to ring up textbook purchases.
this year will be $7 more than it
was last year, Williams said.
Although the discount rate is
subject to review by the book
store's board of directors each
year, the decrease is the first
since the store became a non
profit organization in 1973,
Williams said.
The 9 percent level, which
covers both course books and
general books, is also the low
est discount rate ever offered by
the store. When it first opened
as a non-profit organization, it
offered a 10 percent markdown
for textbooks, he said.
"The need to improve is very
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Smeal to speak at pro-abortion rally today
Students for Creative Anachronism meets at
8 p.m. in Agate Room 1. For more information
call 485-8608.
The Active Christians Taking a Stand is
holding a Bible study meeting from 11:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. in EMU Century Room E. Also, the
group meets at 7:30 p.m. in EMU Cedar Room A
for a time of worship, prayer and fellowship. For
more information call 485-2980.
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Students for the Ethical Treatment of Ani
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The Gay and Lesbian Alliance is holding a
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The Navigators is holding a rally "Starting
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8 to 10 p.m. For more information call 344-1061.
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