tuesday, September 29, 1981
daily nebraskan
page 3
Bookstore tossing' old texts
' By Pat Higgins
The Nebraska Union Bookstore ware
house is currently tossing out about 100
tons of textbooks. The books are worth
about $10 a ton on the open market for
the paper.
The books are useless to the bookstore.
The industry operates with a type of plan
ned obsolescence because a new edition is
frequently needed.
"Every three years or so new editions of
textbooks come out and that means we
have to discard the older ones," Hank
Baum, operations manager, said. "Many
writers have clauses in their contracts re
quiring new editions every few years and
the book companies also want this so they
can continue to sell books."
Most of the new editions do not change
appreciably over just a few years, Baun
said. He added obselescence is a standard
business practice.
GOP gains
members
Democrats, who once
had a 30 percent advantage
over Republicans in voter
registration, have no advan
tage today, the executive di
rector of the Republican
Party of Nebraska told UNL
College Republicans.
William Hamilton addres
sed about 30 students last
Thursday, citing a current
upsurge in the popularity of
the Republican Party.
The Republicans are
bringing Vice President
GeoTge Bush to Lincoln in
November. Hamilton said
Bush may be the next Re
publican candidate for presi
dent. Hamilton said becoming
involved in the Republican
Party because of its present
success was not reason
enough. He urged a deep
commitment to the party
among new members.
Backing Reagan's poli
cies, Hamilton said a strong
economy can be obtained
by producing "real jobs"
and "releasing the power of
minorities." Democrats
have failed to do this, he
said. However, he did not
say how this was to be
done.
J.T. Powell, chairman of
the Nebraska College Re
publican Federation, said
that group is sponsoring a
school for the students Oct.
23 through 25. It will cover
the basics of political cam
paigns and various skills
needed in campaign work,
he said. With congressional
races beginning soon, now is
a prime time to get involv
ed, he said.
Debaters
get awards
The UNL debate team
participated in a tournament
at the University of North
ern Iowa last weekend.
The Senior Division team
of Ed Sisson of Omaha and
Mike Overing of Lincoln
compiled a record of 7-1 in
the preliminary rounds, earn
ing them the No. 2 seeding
going into the quarterfinal
round. They lost during the
elimination round.
The Junior Division team
of David Jensen of Lincoln
and Karen Goldner of Oma
ha each received an award
for their performances. Jen
sen was the second place
speaker and Goldner was
the seventh place speaker.
"Actually the new editions are a way to
keep kids from trading books with one
another because that would eliminate new
sales Baum said.
Most of the old English, business and so
ciology books have already been elimina
ted. "It is simply not economical for us to
try to recycle these books becuase it would
take so much time to rip the covers off of
them before a paper company would take
them, " Baum said.
Some of the obsolete textbooks are do
nated to the Asia Foundation, which sends
the books overseas. Political science books
are excluded from this donation. Some
books are sent to the campus branch for
the traditional "all you can carry for dol
lar" sale.
"We check the computers and if there
have been no sales for a couple of years
then it is time to clear those books out,"
Baum said.
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