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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1993)
William Lauer/DN Die-hard hats Tha Albino Rhino, a gift store near 14th and O streets, advertises hard hats for die-hard Nebraska fans. Their window display includes pictures of the recent collapse of a section of Memorial Stadium. Bookstores cater to students By Shane Tucker Staff Reporter In addition to the burdens of pay ing tuition and boarding, returning University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu dents can lode forward to investing a healthy chunk of their savings into books. Three bookstores near campus are: University Bookstore, in the base ment of the Nebraska Union; Nebras ka Bookstore, located at 1300 Q St.; and Page One, a used paperback - dealership at 206 N. 13 St. Although Page One may offer the most affordable deals, half-off the . cover price according to management, it doesn’t carry hard-cover textbooks, which many students may need for their classes. Nebraska and University book stores sell books for introductory class es, such as chemistry 109 or English 150. With a 23 percent mark-up from wholesale on textbooks, Nebraska Bookstore offers slightly cheaper text books than its competitor, store man ager Jerry Mullinix said. University Bookstore has a 25 per cent mark-up on its textbooks, text book manager Gwen Bchrends said, but offers a credit program. Its Ex press Charge program allows students to charge books, interest-free until about one month after purchase, with their student identification card Both the University and Nebraska bookstores sell used books discount ed about 25 percent off the new book price.For general reading material, the Nebraska ami University book stores both sell books at the cover price, which is a 40 percent mark-up over the list price that most outlet booksellers charge, the managers said. Students can save dollars by shop ping for these bodes in used book stores or at various chain discount stores that sell new books for 10 per cent off the cover price. But students can find some relief from high book prices. They can use area bookstores’ used book buy-back policies at the end of the semester. Page One has a 30 percent buy back policy. University Bookstore will buy back used books at 60 percent of the new book price until its inventory is filled. As soon as the inventory is filled, books are bought back at a used-book wholesale price, which can be as low as 20 percent, Behrends said. And mass market books, such as those used in many literature courses, are often bought for as little as lOcentson the dollar, Behrends said. Seniors! Jf* Last year CPPC sent approximately 7,000 resumes of registrants to 475 different organizations, including: EDS, Mutual of Omaha, Information Technologies, Dale Electronics, Senator Kerrey, Anderson Consulting. Brauns, United Airlines and ConAgra. Last year CPPC registrants had IJUA interviews with 200 organiza tions including: Berkshire Hathaway, Cargill, Federal Reserve Bank, Union Pacific, U.S. West, and Younkers. 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And with the fall semester around the corner, Michael Cacak, manager of transportation services, said park ing officials found themselves in a better position than they were in last year. “Right now, I'd say we’ve got more commuter spots,” he said. But construction nearthe 501 Build ing, the Beadle Center and on the 10th Street viaduct forced parking offi cials to swallow losses of parking spaces this summer, he said. Cacak said the work on the 10th Street viaduct carved about 190 spots from the commuter lots west of Harp er-Schramm-Smith residence hall complex and north of Memorial Sta dium. However, with the increased num ber of commuter stalls at the new Beadle Center, 18th and Vine streets, and other renovations, those driving to school should have little trouble finding spots. “We’ U sell commuter permits as to what we sold last year minus what we lost from construction,” Cacak said. Once those permits have been bought, Cacak said, the parking de partment will begin issuing Area 21 permits, which are exclusively for the Beadle Center parking lot, to make up for the shortage of commuter spots. The parking department also re surfaced and re-striped most lots, in cluding the 776-stall area west of the Harper- Schramm-Smith residence hall complex and the faculty-corn muter space north of Memorial Stadi um. Thanks to resurfacing and re-strip ing techniques, the Area 10 and 20 lot was expanded from 372 stalls to 379. In addition, Cacak said, a small lot for commuters was finished near 10th and V streets, the former site of the Early Learning Center. Interim Business Manager Paul Carlson said those buying the reserved stall permits would see a color-code change in their hangtags. Reserve permits—purple in past years—will now be yellow. Carlson said purple reserved-stall hangtags and blue dorm hangtags had previously been confused. “When people would come in at night, they couldn't distinguish the difference between the two colors in the daric,” Carlson said. “Then we’d have people parking where they weren’t supposed to. Big Red Welcome has events for all students From staff reports The many events at Big Red Wel come are not just for new students but also for returning students, said Deb Dohmen, die event’s coordinator. “It** a great chance for students to familiarize themselves with the uni versity and what it has to offer,” she said. “It’s also a good way to meet other students.” Big Red Welcome starts at 2 p.m. today with a reception for parents at the Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St. From 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday and on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m., upperclass students will show new students where their classes are locat ed. 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