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Price said he is tired of the
1<« k of privacy and the disre
spectful attitudes of some of his
neighbors Since learning he
could move into his fraternity
the middle of winter term.
Price has been unsuccessfully
peddling his dorm contrai t
"The $11.25 per week for a
t-line ad in the Emerald got to
be too much,'' he said
Some students find alterna
tive living arrangements and
then try to sell their dorm < oil
tracts
"1 think it is really stupid
and <i big pain that we have to
sell our dorm contracts." said
Natasha Topol, a former Si ha
fer resident now living in a
quad
"You should be writing
about the food." Topol said
She said she left the dorms
"because the food is so bad. we
feel sick when we're done (eat
ing)
University Housing does not
part it ipate in resident replace
ment searches Students who
want to sell their contracts are
encouraged to go to the lions
in# offic e at the tceginning of
winter and spring terms and
talk with dorm applicants, hut
other than that, the' are on
their own
Marjorv Ramey. l'niversit\
Housing director, said reso
dents must sell their contracts
to "approved persons and ap
proval has to do w ith the num
ber of spaces available The
seller can't guarantee a single
room. Kornev said
"The reason we have to be
hard-nosed is because we are
an auxiliary service," she said
We owe more than $1 million
in debt-service to the state at
the tcegmning of each vear
The t 'niversitc is one ot eight
schools in the Slate1 S\stem ol
Higher Kducation that partic ■
pate in the state's student hous
ing debt service pool. Kurnev
said The state sells bonds to
build student housing, which
.ire1 paid bac k over a 10-vear pe
riod
Housing departments for
each institution participate
equally in paving hue k their al
lotted debt-services Ramey
said
The t 'Diversity s "fair share"
of the debt pool is determined
fin h spring by the number of
im oupit'tl boils. Kamov said.
t'mversitv Housing's $10 ">
million budget ini hides room
and board for students in i am
pus and familv housing units
All revenues tome from stu
dent fees Kurnev said the hous
ing department receives no
state monev
When students det ide to
leave their dorms they leave
empty lieds In order to meet
debt serviie payments, t imer
sdv Housing needs to i ompen
sate for these defit lem les Ka
mev saiil
Having students pav SI a dav
until they sell their i ontrai t
"takes i -ire of a portion of that
contrat I’s debt servii e for the
year and part of the overhead
i osts.'' she said
Although the University Kes
idem e Hall (iovername (ami
mittee oversees and maintains
dorm polii ies and events, it has
no input in determining the
debt serviie Kurnev said, add
ing that the only way a dorm
i ontrai t i an he i am eled is hi
offii tally withdraw ing Irom the
I niv ersitv
COPY
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recycled paper costing about 10
percent extra, said Wayne Mer
ritt. University Printing Ser
vices Director and Campus
(!opy supervisor
In addition, the stores i barge
royalty fees for many pa< kets il
the material is copied from a
large portion of a hook or if it is
still in print The fees range
from $1 to $ > a par kel and .ire
usually designated on the out
side cover
Also, cops (enters give free
desk (opies to professors and
their OTPs to teach from and
pro-rate the extra < ost by add
ing it onto the students' price
of the packets
Merritt and Cibson said (lam
pus Copy orders large quanti
ties of recycled paper from the
Past Coast at wholesale prii.es
and then sells roughly half of
the paper to kinko's at cost
The money they save is
passed on to students, but some
students and professors have
the impression that the costs
are still too high, said Chris Pe
terson. kinko's campus repre
sentative
"Because of the whole corpo
rate image, students see us as a
monolith," she said "frankly,
students get ripped off ill every
area, so they're skeptical I re
member feeling like a number
in Oregon Hall when 1 was a
student . 'Oh. kinko's. they
just want my money ’
"1 really believe firmly that
we try to be as equitable as pos
sible with students." she said.
Political Si if in e Professor
John Orbell said he uses Cain
pus Copy because it’s cheaper
anil a better deal for the stu
dents
"If Is inker's i ould coine down
in price, I'd go to them." he
said "Simple as that 1 like
hinko's, they're a good busi
ness but they're lust not com
petitive enough."
History Professor David ( as
tie said d the information on
the prii e difference was well
known. more professors would
probably go to Campus Copy
However some professors
choose a copy store not only
bei ause of its business philoso
phy, but because of the stores 's
location
"1 chose Campus Copy be
cause it's i onvenient. close .md
I know .ilmul it." said James
Pettinari, associate professor of
architecture "It’s on my wav
to work .md I walk by it on my
way home from work every
day
Merritt said many students
have been put off by the long
lines at Campus Copy, but he
says they have workers inside
and outside taking people's or
tiers and getting tIn* pai kets so
the wait is not at tually that
long
"The lines are ominous," he
said "People see them and
they think. Oh my Cod, look at
that line, but the line moves
surprisingly quick
both Hibson and Merritt said
the proposed Ballot Measure r>
cuts would affect them,
"If the budget cuts happen,
we will fie hit drastically tie
cause we have the majority of
par kets from the College of I III
man Development and Perfor
mam e," Merritt said
lit; said from the students'
perspective. paying $25 for a
pat ket compared to paving Sl'i
tor ttie same pat ket at Campus
Copy, (especially when vmi
consider vou just throw them
a w a \ w he ti finis he d wit h
them) is too unit h of a dif
ference m price
I here is also the student
who will say , I wouldn't stand
m the lines .it l umpus t 'opy tor
anything, so I II pay inv si\
Inn ks more and go somew here
else ’ Merritt said
"When you huv a pat ket that
is fairly thu k and you pay $15
or $20. it seems you could go
out anti get a textbook tor tile
same prii e so the Xerox should
lie a lot 1 lieaper said \aron
(,'udek a fine and applied arts
graduate
Hut loyalty to Kiuko s re
mains faith with students ami
professors
1 think that kinko s t osts
too much, hut they're come
ment and they have a salt water
at|uarium.' said Kvan Sass. a
senior Knglish major "And
anyways kinko's is open 24
hours and they have some ot
the best ( ottee in toys 11
Cibson said tie is proud ol
ttie people who work .it
kinko's
“It's a real vibrant, exciting
plate to work." he said "We
started 1 t years ago where we
were doing all the binding by
hand and I was living in the
bac k ot the store
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