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friday, november It, 1977 vol. 101 no. 40 lincoln, nebraska
Students pay for bookstore health item convenience
By Rod Murphy
It's Friday night and you're getting ready for a big
date when suddenly you realize you're out of Ban Roll-on
deodorant. What do you do?
Well, if you want to save money, you would hop in the
car and drive to Treasure City, 27th and Highway 2,
where you could buy your Ban for $ 1 .09.
However, if you're pressed for time or don't want to
brave the elements, you could invest an extra 50 cents
and buy the same product at either Nebraska Bookstore
or University Bookstore for $1 .59.
In fact, on ten representative over-the-counter drug
items, health and beauty aids. Treasure City offered a
consistently better price than either campus bookstore.
The items included Maalox (12 oz.), Triaminicin
(12), Gillette Trac II (9), Tampax (40), Ban Roll-on
(1.5 oz.) Bames-Hind wetting solution (3 oz.), Vicks
Formula 44D (3 oz.) Colgate Shaving Cream (12 oz.),
Scope mouth wash (18 oz.), and Crest (3 oz.).
No outrageous profits
Managers of the campus stores said they are not
making the outrageous profits the price difference might
imply.
The reason for the higher prices at Nebraska Book
store, according to manager John Wehr, can be accounted
for in higher wholesale costs his store pays.
Larry Behrends, manager of the University Bookstore
also cited higher wholesale costs for the price
discrepancy.
Both campus stores buy drug, health and beauty items
from Lincoln Drug, a local wholesaler. '
Ihey pay more since they buy in smaller quantities
than a discount store, Wehr said. Neither campus store
carries the inventory a full drug department handles.
There is simply not enough demand, according to Wehr.
The campus stores handle health and beauty lines, for
the convenience of their customers, according to Beh
rends. More convenient
Wehr said it is "foolish" to shop for a month's supply
person who does not Own a car or just needs a tube of
toothpaste, his store offers convenience, he said.
Behrends said the margin of profit on these items is
smaller than other merchandise since it costs more to buy
wholesale.
Treasure City, on the other hand, is able to buy
directly from the manufacturer at greatly reduced prices,
according to David Teche, health and beauty department
manager.
Treasure City buys greater quantities which means
lower wholesale costs, he said. 1
A discount store such as Treasure City is set up to
attract large numbers of people through smaller mark-ups,
he said. The high quantity of goods sold means the firm
can buy larger quantities from the manufacturer. That
means Iqwer prices for the merchant and customer, he
said.
Lower prices
, Treasure City, like many chain operations, sells "house
brands," or the same brands as nationally advertised
items at a lower price.
The brand name for these items at Treasure Gty Drug
is DeKoven.
One example of the price difference is aspirin. A bottle
of 100 Bayer aspirin costs 97 cents at Treasure City. A
bottle of 50 costs $1.09 at University Bookstore. De
Kovan brand aspirin costs 39 cents for 100.
Teche said the formulas are exactly the same for the
two brands. However, Bayer is more expensive because of
its national advertising budget.
Teche said he sells these items because a customer
remembers a 60-cent savings and comes back.
"I'm not in business to screw customers, Teche said,
"I'm in business to make friends.
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Ten over-the-counter health items checked indicate prices are consistently higher at campus bookstores.
Students in semester crunch turning to counselors
By Mary Jo Howe
So you're thirteen chapters behind in history, you just
found out that 20-page term paper for English is due to
morrow, and you haven't even bought your sociology
book yet?
Don't despair, the Counseling Center and Mental
Health Center officials say you are not alone. .
The mid-to-end of the semester crunch is the rush
season for the Counseling and Mental Health Centers, ac
cording to Katharine Brzezinski-stein, psychological coun
selor for the Counseling Center.
The influx begins about pre-registration time and
continues through finals, she said.
Tensions from pre-registration, mid-terms, papers and
worrying about falling behind in school, cause students to
seek help, she said.
Pre-registration causes concern about what students
will do with their lives, Brzezinski-stein said. It makes the
student look into the future, which can be a scary thing,
she added.
During mid-terms the students may experience anxiety
from concerns that they are falling behind in school and
because ' there often is pressure from school conflict
ing with work and extracurricular commitments, .
Problems occur
It also seems to be a time when roommates get on each
other's nerves and problems occur between boy and girl
friend, she said.
Brzezinski-stein said many students seek vocational
counseling as well.
These students take a vocational interest inventory.
They are also given career materials to help them make
a decision about their career, she said.
For most students, the staff discusses their situation
and then helps them to set priorities and organize their
time, she said.
The counseling center sees about 75 to 80 students a
week during the mid-term to finals period, Brzezinski
stein said.
The Counseling Center is open S a.m. to ,5 p jn., Mon-
Women Demos to campaign statewide
to inform people of senators' low pay
Nebraska senators may be on the road to a salary
hike, that Is, if a group of Nebraska women get their way.
The Democratic Women of the Second Congressional
District are planning a statewide campaign to alert Nebras
kans to the low salaries senators receive, according to
group chairman M rs. Russel E. Clark.
Nebraska legislators earn about $4,800 a year, she said,,
and receive travel expenses for only one trip to and from
Lincoln.
"Most people don't understand that the senators jobs
are more than a 60 or 90 day thing Clark said. "We feel
there are many people qualified to run for the Legislature
who simply can not afford to."
Senators who are farmers in western Nebraska and
must commute periodically have to pay their own
expenses, she said.
Clark said legislators should not have to hold down
other jobs to support themselves.
"We believe it is time our legislators don't have to be
subsidized by some other business or company,' Clark
said. "The message has not gotten across to the people of
Nebraska that It's time they (senators) became full-time."
Clark said the women's group will study the problem
until March, when they will begin their campaign. The
. group currently is working with a senator who is draw
ing up a bill for next session that would raise salaries, she
said.
There are about 300 women in the group and Clark
said, "We're very vocal."
Wc plan to educate the women so they can go out and
speak knowledgcably on the issui."
day through Friday. Students can make an appointment
or walk in.
Business increasing
Dr, Carman Grant, a clinical psychologist at the
Mental Health center said business began increasing about
two weeks ago.
This is a stressful time of year, Dr. Grant said. Finals,
trips home and dealing with families all contribute to the
stress, she said.
"Most people think that finals week would be the most
difficult time for students, but that does not seem to be
the case," Dr. Grant said. "It seems that students have
pulled themselves together by finals time,"
Students who seek help at the Mental Health Center
usually show signs of anxiety and depression resulting
from academic pressures, Grant said.
A staff member may help the student simplify their
life by suggesting they cut back on some of their activities.
This could include work, extracurricular activities or
course loads, she said.
Cutting back on activities seems to be a difficult
thing for many students to accept, Grant said. They look
at other individuals who are carrying big loads and are re
luctant to set their own limitations, she said.
It is important that the student deal with the realities
of their situation and stop making comparisons between
themselves and others, she said.
inside fridat1
Growing boys: Caloric-burning UNL athletes are
given more food than their residence hall
counterparts p. 6
Soul searching: Does the soul survive? Reporter
Marjic Lundstrom takes a look , ,p. 7
Strike: East Campus students offer views on
proposed farmers strike p. 9
