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January 26, 2005
Bookstore: maybe not a rip
Katie Wilson
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The Clackamas Print
A complaint generally made
by students, if not the expense
of tuition, is the expense of text­
books.
One thing the college-owned
and run bookstore wants to make
clear is that the high prices are
not their fault.
“The bookstore and campus
are very concerned about text
prices,” said bookstore Manager
David Holcomb. “We are well
aware of the issue and are looking
for possible solutions ... Some of
us are students as well.”
Holcomb explained that the
reason textbooks cost so much
is because they take more time
to make, they are distributed
to a smaller audience and have
more “stuff” in them. They have
colored text, glossy high-qual­
ity pages, graphs, charts and pic­
tures.
He added that the bookstore is
at the mercy of the publishers in
most respects. It’s the publishers
who put out new editions and
help determine whether a certain
edition is going to be continued.
They also have a habit of “bun­
dling” books together and then
students have to pay for shrink
wrap in addition to their books,
not to mention the add-ons in the
form of CD learning aids.
“Of course if you use the
CD in your class, it’s invalu­
able,” Holcomb said. “Publishers
believe strongly that these add­
ons are going to help students a
lot and some students will use
every tool they can buy. Others
don’t and that’s a personal pref­
erence.”
One thing about the book­
store: they don’t mind buying
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The art department is putting
on a new promotion this term,
and they would like to invite
you to come and have “Lunch
and a Movie” with them.
During the fall term, the
art department purchased 10
DVDs, all about art.
Some
are historical, some about indi­
vidual artists, and some are art
theme films. One of the films
is even considered a work of
art itself.
The art department came
up with the idea of exhibiting
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books back ... that is, as long as
the books are still useful.
“If you use [a book] for two to
three terms, cost isn’t that bad,”
said Holcomb.
But sometimes the textbook
edition isn’t continued over from
one term to the next. For example,
some textbooks are only used in
fall term. Students trying to sell
such a book back at the beginning
of winter term find out that there is
little or no demand for it because
nobody is using it to teach with
and thus no other students need it.
“Everybody wants to get back
half-price on their books—we’d
love to give it to them,” Holcomb
said. “Who wants to stand in front
of a student and get cursed at?”
For students dissatisfied with
the bookstore, or for those that
can’t afford even the used text­
book prices, an obvious source
for textbooks is the Internet.
The math text book “Functions
Modeling Change,” generally
used in Math 111 courses here
at the college, can be purchased
at the bookstore for $116 new
or $87 used. Students can get
it through Amazon.com for as
low as $65.49—and that price
includes shipping. Of course, stu­
dents’ money is given to an online
seller upon whose word they are
relying that the book is “good as
new with a few pencil marks.” In
some cases, books arrive look­
ing like the “rainbow child went
through them,”—as Holcomb put
it. Check out www.addall.com for
textbook prices from hundreds of
different online sellers.
Another option is the ASG
Book Exchange, which gives stu­
dents the chance to sell their text­
books to other students at their
own price.
The exchange goes from finals
week to the first two weeks of
the next term. Stop by their new
offices by the cafeteria for more
information.
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these films to students every
other Wednesday, which started
Jan. 19 (last Wednesday), from
noon - 1:30 p.m.
“It’s certainly a good way
to spend your lunch hour,”
said art history instructor
and Department Chair Nora
Brodnicki. “You get to learn
about art. Most of the films are
pretty cool.”
On the first Wednesday,
the art department showed a
film called “Women Artists,”
which attracted five people.
According to Brodnicki, “There
were a couple technical diffi­
culties, but in the end it worked
out.”
On Feb. 2, the depart­
ment will be showing “The
Eyes on the Horizon,” which
is a biography of sculptor and
painter Alberto Giacometti.
Giacometti is one of the artists
most closely associated with
the existentialist movement.
On Feb. 16, the department
will be showing a film about
the “camera obscura,” a cam­
era-like device that artist David
Hockney, who is featured in the
video, claims many of the “Old
Masters,” such as Leonardo da
Vinci, Michelangelo Merisi da
Caravaggio, Diego Velazquez,
and Jan Van Eyck, used to
paint some of their master-
pieces. The DVDs were pur­
chased through an endowment
from the college’s Foundation.
“We’re very fortunate in hav­
ing an endowment and being
able to do things like that,” said
sculpture instructor Rick True,
who, along with Brodnicki,
helped spearhead the “Lunch
and a Movie” program.
“They’re always sending us
magazines for films [the art
department] can get.
I was
looking through [a magazine],
and I thought ... I’d really
like to show these,” True said.
“Hopefully after more and
more people see these, it will
get more and more popular.”
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Meth user alert
For an ongoing investigation into
Governor Kulongoski’s war against
Methamphetamine, and how it affects the
students of Clackamas, The Print is seeking
students who would like to grant an anony­
mous interview pertaining to how the new
laws affects their use. Confidentiality will be
respected and anonymity observed. Contact
Ben Maras at The Print, ext. 2309, or via e-
mail at newsed@clackamas.edu.
Transfer Day
Those seeking to transfer out of Clackamas
will want to mark their calendars for tomor­
row, for Clackamas’ Transfer Day! The day
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that 25 universities and colleges throughout
Oregon and other states will visit the col­
lege to promote their four-year education
plans to interested students. The event will
take place in the Gregory Forum from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m., and door prizes will be given
away (to ease the agony of planning to leave
Clackamas, of course).
Got Politik?
Feel like working your bum off only to
have people think you’re a lazy lying scoun­
drel? Then politics could be for you. Stop
by the ASG office in CC152 to pick up your
application for student government today.
Wanna Be Published?
Attention poets, writers, and otherwise
crazy artsy people (not that there’s anything
wrong with that!), your work could be pub­
lished in the literary magazine, synesthesia.
You can submit up to 3 poems, 1 essay, and
1 piece of fiction. Submit 4 copies of each
set of entries. On each entry include the
title and your student ID number. The cover
page for each entry should include the title,
category, your name, ID number, address,
and phone number. Include floppy disk with
your work on it. Submit your entries to
Allen Widerburg, RR 222, ext. 2359.
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