Students can swap
books for easy cash
■ The book swap provides
students with an alternative
to selling books back to the
University Bookstore
By Jason George
Oregon Daily Emerald
For students who have high
hopes of getting some cash for
their books, the ASUO is sponsor
ing a book swap next Monday
through Thursday in the EMU
Fishbowl lobby.
The ASUO Book Swap uses a
consignment system where stu
dents decide how much they
think their books are worth. Then,
when students return for winter
term, other students can buy back
the books for the assigned price.
Also, if books are not selling for
the set price, students can reas
sign a price for their books.
“It gives the students the pow
er of getting what they want for
their books,” said Peter Larson,
ASUO outreach director.
Jim Williams, University Book
store manager, said he is not
against the book swap. “We be
lieve that we are supportive of the
book swap and we believe op
tions are good for the students,”
he said.
Freshman interior architecture
major Julie Bauer said she is in fa
vor of the program. “A girl in my
hall is going to be taking the same
class, so why not do it?” she said.
But junior fine arts major Anna
Gilmour disagrees. She said she
participated in the program when
she was a student at Portland
State University, but it is too
much trouble now.
“It takes more energy to learn
about something new, than just to
do it the normal way,” she said.
ASUO representatives will be
in the Fishbowl lobby from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. for the swap next
week.
News Briefs
Hearing to focus on
state-funded scholarships
In an effort to brainstorm ideas
for ways to improve access to
higher education for Oregonians,
a public hearing on state funding
for grants and scholarships will
be held at 2 p.m. today at the
Oregon Student Assistance Com
mission, formerly known as the
Oregon State Scholarship Com
mission. The commission funds
scholarships, grants and loans to
Oregon students in higher educa
tion.
Topics include: loans, scholar
ships, state grants, child care and
standardization of high school
transcripts.
A meeting was already held in
Salem on Oct. 8 and the results of
these two meetings will be consid
ered as the commission requests
funding from the Legislature for
2001 and 2002.
The Oregon Student Assistance
Commission is located at 1500
Valley River Drive and the meet
ing will be held in the conference
room on the first floor.
For more information contact
Mary Arendt at 687-7370.
Man dies in logging accident
near Cottage Grove
COTTAGE GROVE — One man
was killed and another was in
jured Wednesday in a logging-re
lated accident about 15 miles
southeast of here.
Oregon State Police said Floyd
Snodgrass, 39, and Joshua Larson,
26, had just finished their work
when they were struck by logging
debris. They both worked for Har
vey’s Logging Co. of Elkton.
Snodgrass, a choker setter from
Springfield, died at the scene, po
lice said.
Larson, a rigging setter from
Coos Bay, was taken to McKenzie
Wilamette Hospital, where he was
listed in fair condition with inter
nal injuries, a nursing supervisor
said Thursday.
The circumstances of the acci
dent were not released, and there
reportedly were no witnesses.
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