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Bookstore:
Rates keep
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selects the cash register by drawing a
number out of a hat. When the mo
ment arrives, bookstore staff mem
bers approach the winner as they
blow into their “duck lips,” making a
loud quacking noise.
“We love our duck lips here,”
Williams said.
There will be one more chance to
win this term at the bookstore’s annual
meeting. Anyone who would like to be
on the board of directors (composed
mostly of students), has questions for
the bookstore or wants a shot at free
books should attend. It will be April 19
at 3:30 p.m. in the Gerlinger Lounge.
Williams will give his “State of the
Bookstore Address,” and board nomi
nations will take place.
If the student awarded has already
purchased most of his or her books,
that person will be reimbursed.
Creighton-Neiwert said that upon
doling out the prizes, Williams has
been called an angel “multiple times.”
Williams explained that once a
woman was at the register about to put
$320 toward books and told the
cashier that after the purchase, she did
n’t know how she would afford to feed
her daughter that night.
When Williams asked if he could
buy the books for her, she hugged him
crying and said he was an angel. He
admitted getting a little misty-eyed on
that occasion.
Williams said he wants students to
know that the bookstore really does
feel the financial burden they undergo.
Most people don’t realize that students
collectively own the bookstore.
Williams said they have one of the
lowest bookstore profit margins in the
country. The 10 percent discount saved
students over $1,031,000 last year.
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