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VOt. 97 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. 70
Faculty error affects book buybacks
■ Since bookstores aren’t
notified of new textbooks,
students lose on the dollar.
By EJrin Gibson
Senior Reporter
If every undergraduate tries
to sell back $200 worth of books
this fall, students could lose a
total of about $430,000 because
faculty members turned in lists
of spring course materials too
late.
According to the directors of
University Bookstore and
Nebraska Bookstore, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty
members have yet to notify the
stores of about 25 percent of the
books students must purchase for
classes this spring.
When bookstores begin buy
ing back fall semester books next
week, they will buy used books
they know are needed next
semester at 50 or 60 percent of
the books’ new prices. But they
will buy unneeded books back at
5 to 30 percent of their original
price.
As a result, when faculty
members do not turn in required
book lists for their spring courses
before fall textbook buyback
starts, students are paid less for
their used books.
“Students have lost a lot of
actual cash,” said Viann
Schroeder, interim director of the
University Bookstore.
The bookstore campaigned
heavily this semester for faculty
to turn in their book lists on time,
she said. The store even offered
to buy cookies for departments
getting the lists in promptly.
This fall, more faculty mem
bers have turned in book lists,
but only two UNL academic
units, the construction manage
ment department and the School
of Accountancy, turned in book
lists by the Oct. 24 deadline,
Schroeder said.
When other departments miss
the deadline, bookstores are left
to speculate which books will be
needed for the spring semester,
said Ken Johnson, general man
ager of the Nebraska Bookstore.
The stores cannot afford to
speculate when textbook buy
back rolls around, he said.
“We don’t try to second-guess
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Shiver me studies
Daniel Luedert/DN
CHAO PAISLEY, a University of Hebraska-Uncoln freshman, finds a warm place to study
Wednesday evening at Love Library. Lincoln had received 1 to 2 Inches of snow by
Cancellation costs
retain hall residents
By Erin Gibson
Senior Reporter
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When UNL freshman Brandyn Sauer
arrived at the university ih August, she felt
forced to enter into a residence hall contract,
she said.
Under university rules, unmarried stu
dents under 19 must live in either a universi
ty residence hall, a greek house or with a
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So Sauer moved her things into Able
Residence Hall and agreed to pay room and
board through spring of 1998.
Now she wants to be released from that
contract and move into a Lincoln apartment.
“It’s too expensive to live here,” Sauer
said.
But, before she moves into an apartment
this spring, Sauer will face another expense -
a $570 residence hall contract cancellation
fee, she said.
Those wishing to cancel a residence hall
contract this year must pay 40 percent of
their remaining room and board contract.
During the 1996-97 academic year, cancel
ing a contract costs $350.
Because of the fee increase, students
«
Its too expensive to
live here ”
Brandyn Sauer
UNL freshman
wishing to cancel their housing contracts this
month for the spring semester could pay up
to about $870, if they hold a contract for a
single-occupant room and a full meal plan.
The cancellation fee for a double-occupant
room and full meal plan would be about
$720.
The minimum cancellation fee is $500
for most residence halls, and $350 for both
Love Memorial or Husker halls.
Students who cancel a contract because
of graduation, involuntary military service
or attending an academic program outside of
Lincoln are exempt from paying the fee.
Doug Zatechka, University of Nebraska
Lincoln housing director, said his office
raised the cancellation fee to keep the cost of
Please see COSTS on 8
Academic checks lack
effectiveness for some
By Josh Funk
Assignment Reporter
The future of every University of
Nebraska-Lincoln undergraduate rests in the
hands of five clerics in die records office.
These clerics are responsible for completing
the senior and final checks that indicate which
students receive their degrees and which ones
register for another semester.
The university uses the check system to
help guide students through their graduation
requirements, but some students say they’re not
always such a help.
Students can wait weeks or even months to
receive thefinal word on their graduation, said
Linda Pence, who has been checking records
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tor 17 years.
“I regret that senior checks are not done
with enough notice to do anything,” said Will
Norton, dean of the College of Journalism and
Mass Communications.
‘Outofluck’
After students have completed 85 to 90
credit hours toward their undergraduate degree,
they must apply for senior checks. The checks
list all classes students must complete before
they can graduate.
Applying early may not guarantee that stu
dents will get their checks before they have to
register for their final semester.
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