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Wednesday, December 6, 2000
Cldckamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
Volume XXXIV, Issue 8
High-tech innovations set for bookstore
have an affordable choice next term.
“We are being very aggressive
Staff Writer
at getting as many books as pos­
I Buying texts online next term and sible back from students,” said
lew high-tech tools are part of Holcomb. “If we can offer used
v hat the bookstore is offering to books it would help make the edu­
help students get their books cational experience a little easier.”
quickly and save them time.
Holmes, who is new this year at
I In addition, employees have Clackamas, came here from Orange
Itarted stocking shelves in prepa­ Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA.
ration for sales of winter term texts According to Holmes, he contin­
that will be available starting Dec. ues to work at a national level look­
11.
ing at book is­
I The bookstore
sues, meeting
Lili be open 9 a.m.
with presi­
We are looking at
to 5 p.m. during win­
dents of pub-
ter break except for
1 i c a t i o n
everything. . .and
Christmas Day, Dec.
houses and
trying to make
trying to es­
E6, and New Year’s
bay. Bookstore Di­
tablish a part­
this a better expe­
rector, and President
nership with
rience for the
lot the National As­
them. He’s
students.
sociation of College
also involved
Bookstores
in
student
David Holcomb
INACB), David
watch
re­
Bookstore Directore
Holcomb, suggests
search that ex­
shopping in the first
amines stu­
kveek of January to
dent buying
peat the crowds.
habits and national trends so he
“Ideally the first three days is a can help the bookstore better rep­
good time to buy texts,” said resent student needs.
Holcomb. “We will have five regis­
E-commerce is the newest chal­
ters going to make it a faster expe­ lenge for the bookstore that
rience. To me, your time is very Holmes is working hard to imple­
¡important.”
ment this year. He is hoping that
The bookstore will begin to buy students will be able to buy texts
back books during finals week. online starting winter term.
“There are a lot of technical rea­
Holcomb expressed that students
can get up to 50 percent back on sons why it may not be up and run­
texts and he hopes to have more ning,” expressed Holmes. “Stu­
used books available so students dents should check during the holi­
JENNY CHAVEZ
days but we will definitely have
that sight up and running by spring
term.”
The web site for buying texts is
www.ccc.books.com. The online
sight is convenient for distance
learning students and students
who live out of town, according to
Holmes. Once books are ordered,
students should receive their texts
within 48 hours. There will be a
small shipping charge. He also en­
courages any students to check out
the service and give feedback so it
can be perfected to meet student
needs.
A new technological addition to
the bookstore this year is a hand
held cash register, which commu­
nicates live through a radio fre­
quency broadcast to the main
computer system. It’s the size of a
palm pilot and connects to a small
unit that prints receipts. With this
device, the backroom process for
e-commerce will go much quicker,
according to Holmes. He also
hopes to use it to do sales out in
front of the bookstore, or at other
campus sites, to reduce the crowds
in the bookstore.
“It’s a good system, (but) it’s
complicated,” expressed Holmes.
“We’re having to upgrade the com­
puter system.”
A backpack check-in table will
also be available winter term to
guarantee that students’ belong­
ings will be safe. If students buy
texts before the first week of
school, there are lockers available
Christmas is in the air
JENNY CHAVEZ / Clackamas Print
College Bookstore Director David Holcomb demonstrates the
new, palm sized cash registers that will be used for on-line
purchases and in Clackamas' alternative campus purchase sites.
in front of the bookstore, inside of the bookstore entrance.
“We think this is a great ser­
McLoughlin Hall. According to
Holmes, there were also concerns vice,” said Holmes. “We are look­
about violating the fire marshal’s ing at everything in here and try­
safety codes because of excessive ing to make this a better experience
amounts of book bags piled in front for the student.” e>
How Santa
Claus came
MAGGIE JIRASEK
Feature Co-Editor
JENNY CHAVEZ/ Clackamas Print
Students, faculty and campus visitors came to enjoy the Associated Student Government (ASG)-
sponsored Craft Fair held in the Skylight dining room Monday and Tuesday. Holiday wreaths,
homemade candles, soaps, ponchos, blankets and jewelry were just some of the creative crafts
available for shoppers to purchase.
A long time ago, a bishop named
Nicholas lived in what is now
known as the country of Tur­
key. Stories about him tell
us that he was a friendly
man, helping out chil­
dren who were in need.
Many years after his
death, he was made
a saint and he be­
came the patron
saint of children.
Today, Dec. 6, is
the date of Nicholas’
death, and is being re­
membered in many parts of
Europe. Children put out their
shoes and stockings Dec. 5, be­
lieving that Saint Nicholas will visit
them during the night and leave
behind little gifts as well as candy.
Dressed as a bishop, wearing a
red or white robe and a tall pointed
hat, Nicholas visits towns and cit­
ies, leads parades, talks to children
and often hands out small gifts.
He is accompanied by his loyal
helper, who is known as “Black Pe­
ter” in the Netherlands, “Knecht
Ruprecht” in Germany, “Pere
Fouettard” in France and
‘Hoesecker” in Luxem­
bourg.
All children
love Saint Nicholas, but his
elper gives them quite a
fright, since he is the one
keeping track of who was
good and who was naughty.
Naughty children may even
be carried away in the
helper’s bag until they learn
to be good.
Dutch settlers in America con­
tinued to celebrate Saint Nicho­
las Day by giving him the name
Sinterklaas, which later became
Santa Claus.
GRAPHICS BY LIESL MUGGLI