thursday, november 13, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 9
Bookstore . . .
Continued from Page 1
The proposed bookstore renovation would consolidate
it into one area. That area would include the present
bookstore, bowling alley, games room, the Cellar, the bar
bershop and storage spaces.
Swanson said if the bookstore were to continue to
operate as it is, with three different stores in three differ
ent locations, and pay rent to the union, student fees
would possibly increase, and there would be no advantage
to the union budget.
"I think the bookstore is well-managed," he said.
"They have done remarkably well with what they have. If
the management was to transfer to the union, I'd be
pleased if the current managers transferred also."
Union management of college bookstores is becoming
a national trend, Swanson said.
"Approximately one-third of college-operated book
stores arc under union management," he said. "Most
others arc paying rent or are under the ownership of a pri
vate contractor."
"We have a unique situation here," Swanson said. "We
have a bookstore operated by the business office, occupy
ing space, not paying rent this kind of 'free-rent ' arrange
ment is very rare."
Kay Coffey, business manager for the UNI. department
of business and finance, said union management of the
bookstore would not be beneficial.
"It (the bookstore) is more economical the way it is,"
he said.
Coffey said renovating the bookstore would cost more
money than it would receive back in book sales, and stu
dents might have to pay higher prices for books in order
to cover operating costs of the larger store.
"We sell books at a reasonable price, and offer guaran
teed buybacks and discounts," he said.
The bookstore also supplies needy students, whose
names are given to them by the Financial Aids Office,
with books and supplies.
"A state law sets the price for our books at no more
than the publisher's list price," he said. "Students pay
S2 to S3 more for books elsewhere."
The nookstore has repaid a debt of SI 42 ,588 incurred
in 1975 as a result of unsalable books, and is now operat
ing on a break-even basis, he said. This will make it pos
sible for the bookstore to continue student discounts and
buybacks, and increase the book scholarship fund.
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