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University Bookstore brings
authors, community together
Pulling in more than 500 attendees, 'Fight Club' author
Chuck Palahniuk was invited to the bookstore last year
BY AMY LICIITY
PULSE EDITOR
For many University students, the
last week of summer freedom con
sists of moving into the residence
halls or a new apartment, partying,
sleeping in as much as possible and,
of course, purchasing textbooks.
Naturally, the University Bookstore,
at 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street,
is always packed this time of the
year as students swarm in to make
their purchases.
At the beginning of every term,
students rush in out of the bookstore.
Many students have never bothered
to look closer at the bookstore; it is
more than meets the eye.
The University Bookstore is non
profit. As much as students complain
about the high prices of their re
quired texts, there isn’t any money
going into the pockets of some CEO
(of the bookstore’s anyway). The
bookstore is an independent and lo
cally owned bookseller and is gov
erned by an elected Board of Direc
tors consisting mostly of students.
The bookstore also provides many
job opportunities for students.
The bookstore’s employees take
pride in providing service to the com
munity and the students of the Uni
versity by supplying many opportu
nities for students to interact with
one another and the community,
such as author events, a long-run
ning tradition of bringing in authors
to read and discuss their work. These
events are often held in the upper
floor of the bookstore, where text
books are located.
“The big thing is to promote au
thors and books, which is what we’re
all about,” Book Events Coordinator
Laura Carroll White said. “But when
we do events in the store, part of that
is trying to get people to realize that
we have this fabulous book depart
ment up here because a lot of times
people forget that we’re even up here.
They’re just here to get their text
books or they’re running around get
ting coffee downstairs. We like to let
people know that we’re here and that
we’re set up to serve the students and
the campus community. ”
From Chuck Palahniuk and David
Sedaris to lesser-known local authors
and professors, author events have
brought in a wide range of talents
and subjects. This fall, White has
many exciting things planned to
bring in a larger audience. Beginning
Friday at 7 p.m., the first author
event of this school year will be
about the students, of course.
“During the Week of Welcome,
we’re going to have an event on stu
dent success; basically what it takes
to be successful in college,” White
said. “We’re going to have an author,
David Conley, who wrote ‘College
Knowledge,’ and Cindy Ingram, who
wrote an essay for the book, ‘Kids,
Have You Seen My Backpack...?,’
which is about nontraditional stu
dents. So we’re going to have a little
bit of both sides of the story of what
campus life is all about and what
tools you can use to be successful.”
Author events can sometimes
bring in as many as 150 people and
are typically free.
“Having these events is not going
to make us a ton of money, but it’s
something that serves as a goodwill
thing for the community and some
thing that we do for the campus that
is above and beyond just book sell
ing,” General Book Buyer Colin Rea
said. “We do a lot of events that are
tied specifically to the University, stu
dents and staff. It’s something that
this store has always prided itself on:
Making an emphasis of having these
events and keeping them going even
though they may not necessarily be
something that drives the business.”
But without the interests of stu
dents, the author events are difficult
to keep up, especially as many of
Eugene’s other independent book
stores shut down. But the bookstore
has set goals to make sure these
events don’t go up in smoke.
“We really want to start bringing in
some names that go above and be
yond the regional scope that we usu
ally contend with,” Rea said.
“When Chuck Palahniuk — who’s
probably the biggest name we’ve ac
tually brought in the past few years
— came here, about 500 to 600 peo
ple showed up. The vast majority of
those were students and that’s great
because that’s something that (the
students) will get out and come to.
But that’s rare. Usually, when we
have students come to an event, it’s
usually because an English professor
or writing professor has said, ‘If you
go and write something, you’ll get ex
tra credit.’ So, we’d like to bring in
the right kind of author that will get
people out here without that prod
ding from the faculty.”
But showing up to these events is
beneficial to the students in more
ways than one.
“The more people that come out to
these events and support them, be it
an author event or an art event be
cause the art department does a lot of
events downstairs, the better the
store is off financially, and the longer
we we’re going to be able to offer dis
counted textbooks,” Rea said. “Hon
estly, that is what this whole store is
about. Because we make money off
all of the other parts of the store,
we’re able to keep the textbook prices
low, and that’s what we’re always
trying to stress.
But even above and beyond that,
this is the students’ bookstore. We’re
here for them, and we want to put on
events that will be of interest to them
and make their time here at college a
little more interesting.”
For more information on the up
coming author events and other
events the bookstore is hosting, log
on to the bookstore’s Web site at
www.uobookstore.com.
amylichty@dailyemerald.com
Store: Classical CD sales in steady decline
Continued from page 16D
current location, in a storefront next
to his old friends at Bradford’s.
“I took over the place where their
car stereo store used to be,” Lambdin
said. “Without them I wouldn’t have
gotten any of this going. ”
Lambdin credits the initial suc
cess of his business to the introduc
tion of the compact disc, since col
lectors soon began replacing their
vinyl records with the more durable
CD format.
“That surge topped off around
1995 and it’s been in decline since
then,” Lambdin said. “I don’t think
any other technology will cause a
boost in sales like that. Most people
believe that CDs can’t be improved
on, so new formats such as Super
Audio CDs don’t sell as well.”
Though Musique Gourmet still
does well enough to stay in business,
Lambdin doesn’t have high hopes for
the future of his store.
“I doubt I’ll still have the store
five years from now,” he said. “The
audience for classical music is gray
ing. Many of my original customers
are becoming elderly. So am I. And
the younger people aren’t getting as
interested in it as they used to. I
don’t know if it has something to do
with education in the schools or if
attention spans are getting shorter
and people don’t want to sit and lis
ten to a 40-minute symphony. ”
But while he’s still open, Lamb
din hopes to provide the best possi
ble service for those looking for
classical recordings.
“I’ve spent years researching the
best sounding recordings,” he said.
“If you buy something here you can
be sure that it will be good. ”
ryannybarg@dailyememld.com
Fashion: Long, looped and layered jewelry is in
Continued from page 18D
Audrey Hepburn-inspired heels and
jeweled sandals.
“It’s all about the bling bling and
Grammy looks for sure,” Cathy Jean
employee Magen Quinn said. She
also said that although they aren’t
carrying many boots yet, every style
of boot will be hugely popular for
both men and women this fall.
“Cowboy boots are also in, but I
think only because of Jessica Simp
son’s new movie,” she said.
Next, delve into the alluring array
of theme-appropriate jewelry avail
able. Layering several necklaces or
bracelets is the most popular trend
for fall, according to Zweben.
“Anything that is long and can be
looped around, or just wearing two
or three different length necklaces,
looks great,” she said.
As for metals and jewels, Aman
da Singer of Kay Jewelers in Valley
River Center said the look is “a little
more dressed up than before.” She
said that the demand has been high
for white gold, pink jewels and
princess and antique-cut jewels.
However, the antique pieces re
quested seem to be more overstat
ed, with several more jewels than
the typical antique style.
“I think it’s a great time in fash
ion right now,” Kolego said. “It’s
great that you can take everything
that’s in right now, the Victorian in
spired, the preppy and all of the dif
ferent eras, and mix it all up.”
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