Wednesday, november 5, 1975
daily nebraskan
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Other campuses support cooperative ventures
By Dana Green
Student coop programs across the country exist in vary
ing stages from development to deterioration, according to
university sources. However, a common problem hindering
them is getting area businesses to sponsor or affiliate with
the discount programs.
The University of Wisconsin student discount program
doesn't include any affiliation with community businesses.
According to Wisconsin Student Association (WSA) repre
sentative Jay Koritsinsky, the WSA student discount pro
gram exists through an underwriter's insurance agency.
"We (WSA) sponsor a student group insurance plan in
conjunction with the company, Koritsinsky said. "Stu
dents are issued a WSA card automatically when they apply
for the group insurance.
WSA charges four dollars to the student who purchases
the card independently without buying the health insur
ance, according to Koritsinsky. This card enables Wisconsin
students to get discounts at concerts, symposiums and
other activities sponsored by the. WSA.
Discontinued agreements
Koritsinsky said several years ago some area businesses
offered discounts to student card holders. They since have
discontinued the discount agreements. Koritsinsky said that
"maybe later" the WSA would try to reenact the store dis
count arrangements.
"Numerous problems" caused a WSA-sponsored student
discount store to fold, Koritsinsky said.
"Three to five years ago the WSA store averaged about
$500,000 worth of business annually," he said. "However,
employer-employe relationships weren't very good and then
a reinstorm caused some flooding that did considerable
damage to the store."
Along with the WSA store, which sold packaged grocery
items, students could use their cards at a WSA pharmacy.
Koritsinsky said the pharmacy is now independently
operated, but still carries the WSA name.
Starting program
The University of Pittsburgh is just starting their co-op
program, according to student government finance repre
sentative Larry Piatt.
'The biggest problem is in staffing,' Piatt said. "We
don't know how to maintain continuous student operation
with the high degree of turnover."
"About 30 freshmen are earning college credit here in a
program that enables them to do projects instead of taking
conventional classes," he said. "We'd like to get them to
take on the operation of the co-op program as a -continuing
project."
Piatt said three co-op categories exist-food, bicycle and
book co-ops. The bicycle co-ops would order bikes whole
sale for students.
Food buying club
'The food co-op would actually be a food buying club,"
he said. "We'd like to get people to join, then order food in
large quantities to save money, and do our own pickup."
The food co-op also would enable us to eliminate the
business middleman, because we would buy our products
directly from the producer, like in fanner's markets."
Piatt said that a student discount program with Pitts
burgh businesses "isn't quite as important here."
"We're on the fringes of the city," Piatt said, "few stu
dents shop regularly in the business district because they're
across town. It just isn't that appealing to the businesses."
Piatt said that Georgetown Univeisity.Penn. State and
Michigan University have long-standing co-op programs
similar to the one being designed at Pittsburgh.
'Cater to elite
Although Princeton University supplies the city business
es with a high percentage of business, "they prefer to cater
to the elite instead of the student, which is really too bad,"
according to a Princeton Dean of Students spokesman.
"Because of thi3 we don't have a discount co-op with
the businesses," said the spokesman. "However, the stu
dents do have an independent food co-op they organize
themselves."
According to the Dean of Students source, students
volunteer time to man a food co-op store. They buy natural
foods from area businesses and farmers which students can
buy at wholesale prices
"It hasn't been started yet this year, but I know there
are plans to reorganize it," the source said. "There isn't as
much interest in it now as when it was started a few years
ago."
Paid administrator
The Princeton co-op administrator is paid for his work as
if he held a student aid job. The co-op is not affiliated with
any student government program.
There aren't plans at Princeton to form any business
co-ops but the students have formed various "agencies'
from time to time, the Dean of Students source said.
'The students will get a bunch of things together
occasionally and just sell them," according to the source,
who added students often sell jeans, shirts and other used
clothing articles.
The University of Iowa doesn't have a co-op program as
yet, "but we're very interested in starting one," said Steve
Mucenmaier, IU Activities Board member.
'The Student Activities office does sell coupon books
enabling students to get discounts from area businesses," he
said. "But the only other similar program we have is our
sale of homecoming buttons."
According to Muncenmaier, student government com
mittees sell buttons at homecoming that some Iowa City
bars and lounges recognize for student c:scounts.
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