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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.
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Commuter spots up, official says
By Steve Smith
Senior Reporter
Knowing construction on the north
end of campus would cut into com
muter parking spaces in the fall, UNL
parking officials worked diligently
over the summer to fmd places for
students to park.
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.
But the main events of Big Red
Welcome will be Friday at die Bob
Devaney Sports Center, 1600 Court
St.
Chancellor Graham Spanier will
speak at the All-University Welcome
Festival, which starts at 1:30 p.m. at
the Devaney Center. Lincoln busi
nesses and student organizations will
have information booths at the
Devaney Center also.
Other events include an all-univer
sity picnic at 5 p.m. Friday at Broyhill
Fountain, and volleyball, basketball
and frisbee games at various resi
dence halls Saturday afternoon.
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