Vol5,No.6 University of Maryland. Augsburg Campus March 1993· No major construction planned for this term by CURT. HARTMANN Staff Reporter The installation of fIre safety doors in Building 12 is the last major project planned for this semester at Augsburg Campus, Residence Life director Steve Curtis said. The news should come as a relief t6 dorm students as last seme..... ter was full of loud and inconvenient projects. such as the beating system replacement in Building 46. However, he said that the RLO has received complaints from residents in Building 12 because of the noise and dust involved in installing the doors. Another problem with the building is the ongoing trouble with the plumbing system caused by studeuts dumping food down the drain, he said. Minor projects scheduled for this term include painting the Building 51 attic and Students looking at tour info. installing new stalls in one of the second-floor bathrooms in Building 51, he said. He added Public Affairs file photo that those should be in soon. Minor internal maintenance and repair will still be done as needed arollnd the dorm Study Tours buildings, Curtis said. The Cultural Activities and Study The planned renovations to widen the door to the dance floor on the second floor of the Tours Office in Building 46 has "tons Student Union Building have been canceled because the fire marshall has approved the size of information" for students who want. of the existing door, he said. to travel, said Michael Dickinson, The benches upstairs are completed and a few cosmetic upgrades are planned for the deejay director. "My fIling cabinets are full of booth, he'\iaid. pamphlets and fliers." When the weather gets better, work will begin on the park-like mall to be created in the parking lot in front of the SUB. Benches and flowers will be added to the area, Curtis said. Students from allover attend campus i by AMY WEICHEL and universities. there," he added. I Managing Editor Bauder said the educational system in He said after completing his associates, he Venezuela was much "stricter and harder" and plans to continue his education to reach his Some might call Augsburg Campus "little that it takes a lot longer to accomplish the goal of a doctorate in International Business. America," but students from all over the same sort of degree there. ''1' 11 be studying for the rest of my life world can be found here. He said he has also lived in Brazil. probably," he said. Federico Bauder, a native of C.aracas, Canada, New York City and ConnecticuL He He said he felt lucky to have the chance Venezuela, is a 20-year-old third-semester added that he is fluent in English, which he to study at an American university. student at the campus. learned as a child in the United States, and al­ He added that about 80 percent of the popu­ Bauder said he is in Germany because his most as fluent in German. lation in Venezuela is poor and that "not parents, both Venezuelan, are with the Veue­ Bauder expressed dissatisfaction with Augs­ many people get the .chance for a higher zuelan Embassy in Bonn. He added that he burg Campus. He said he found that the education." wanted to study at an American university to basic education was good, but the living Bauder said he has been in Germany for stay in Europe. conditions were not the last two and a half years and plans to "They're easy," he said of U.S. schools "1 liked Munich better. 1 was used to it continued on page 3 Inside this issue: opinions. p. 4; crosswords. p. 7; stateside news, p. '8 2 AJJgsburg Cbserver March 1993 Bookstore introduces coffee bar by HEATHER DAVIS Textbooks change from term to term However, problems often arise with their Staff Reporter because of revised editions, change of instruc­ arrival, she said. Shipments are often mis­ tors or in campus curriculum, she said. placed in transit, therefore delaying the Students can not only go to the campus The bookstore is a non-profit organi­ books' arrival. bookstore these days to buy books, but also zation, .she noted. This means that the . At the end of each semester, the bookstore just to read and enjoy a cup of coffee. "prices of the books depend on what we pay buys back books in saleable condition from The bookstore recently opened a Cappu­ for them." the students, she said. Only books that can ccino and Espresso bar and now has a The average price range of the textbooks is be used the next semester will be bought discount book selection, said Anita Brew­ from $3.95 to $67.95 for this semester. back. ster, bookstore manager. "All of the prices are calculated by the "We p~y one half of the original price for "We want the students to come in to read original cost of the book, the postage and a hardback books and one fourth the original something other than textbooks," she said. sman mark-up to maintain the bookstore's price for paperbacks," Brewster said. Textbooks, however, are probably what exPenses," Brewster said The used hardback books, then, are resold are on most students' minds at the start of "The books are so expensive because most at 70 percent of the new textbook price, each semester. books are only published by one company. while used paperback books go for 50 Each semester around 100 textbooks are This allows the .publishers to monopolize percent of the new textbook price, she said. ordered from more than 50 publishers, she the prices," she continued. Students can also buy last term's text­ said. Orders are placed in November for spring books from other students. Students can ad­ She said instructors choose the textbooks term textbooks and in June for fall term vertise their books on a bulletin board (out­ that are to be used in each of their classes. textbooks. side of the bookstore. Murphy helps rec,over stolen microwave by THOMAS BARTHMUS up next to Building 46, she said. T'wo soldiers are awaiting a summary Staff Reporter Murphy then filed an official police report martial and risk being discharged from the with' the military police and reported the army, she noted, The microwave that was stolen by U,S. license number of the suspected car. The microwave will be returned as soon as soldiers from Building 46 on Nov. 8, .1992, The trace revealed that the car was a rental the case has gone through court. is in the process of being returned to the car from Augsburg, rented to a group of According to Murphy, "The microwaves university. soldiers from Schweinfurt, she said. are bolted to the'wall now." It is being returned, thanks to the help of An investigation then proved that the She also said she was thankful for the Karen Murphy, Augsburg Campus area coor­ individuals in the car had indeed stolen the students' cooperation and help during the dinator. microwave. incident Murphy was outside of Building 46, mak­ ing ber usual roiJ.nds, when she noticed a car with its lights out pull up to the side of the Returning students eligible building, she said. She took note of the license plate, just for a variety of scholarships because it seemed so out of place, Murphy by NICOLE PELTIER the campus. said. Staff Reporter "If there is a student who thinks they're Earlier that evening, four soldiers from returning and wonld make a good candidate, Schweinfurt had been inside Building 46, Three scholarships are being offered to they shonld come to see Mi. McMahon," using the microwaves, she said. fIrst-year students who will be returning to said Mary Fiedler, director of Admissions Two microwaves had just been placed in Augsburg Campus next year. and Registration. the hallway of the first floor of Building 46 The first is the Franz Josef StrauB Mark McMahon is the coordinator of the for the students' use and were not yet chained Scholarship, which is a $500 scholarship. Augsburg Campus Scholarship Program. to the wall. It is based upon academic excellence. To be considered for one of the scholar­ The microwaves were pnt out so as to no which means a 3.0 GPA, and a knowledge of ships, a student must be nominated by one longer inconvenience the students, she said, current political/cnlturai developments in or more members of the AC faculty or even though Residence Life bad not had time Germany. staff, Fiedler said. to secure them to the wall. The second is the Augsburg Campus She said before the nominations begin, a Shortly after 9 p,m.; Murphy noticed that Performing Arts Scholarship, w!Ji~i! are two committee is formed by the AC faculty and one of the microwaves was missing. $500 scholarships awarded to students with staff on a volunteer basis. The committee In an effort to Imd the stolen property, outstanding accomplishments in performing rounds down the applicants to four or five Murphy started checking rooms. arts and with a solid academic record. candidates per scholarship. She did not want to do it, bnt she had no The third is the Wilson H. Elkins Schol­ This process begins at the beginning of other ideas at the time, she said. arship, which is a $500 scholarship. April, she said. Thanks to the students' cooperation, It is based upon academic excellence, The winners of the scholarships will be Murphy was able to piece together the crime which means a 3.0 GPA, and evidence of announced at the end of the semester and at and she was reminded of the car that pulled leadership during the student's IIISt year at the awards ceremony on May 8,.