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Concerns Arise Over Handling of Course Boo Stony Brook Wins I -' r A%s IIa AL AUAs r.A.A %,. 71---r_|I Thurcrlav- FPhnrlarv z/. IyY / - Volume Aij, NruMuerII aX1 __^ jUI Vxa%, J_,--- 7y--- - Concerns Arise Over Handling of Course Boo k are left at a disadvantagewithout books Studentsv r rrr ~ in--- biolovgyc w class not BY ALEXANDRA CRUZ to $85.00 for the spring. "They're in competition with anyone," said Jill Statesman Editor , - During the past couple of weeks Costie, Wallace's Bookstore director. concerns have sprung up about the "Publishers have a monopoly on that Campus Bookstore's handling of item. The instructor uses what they books for the Biology 152 course. want and we have to get that." According to Professor Raghu Sarma Folchetti said bookstores who is in charge of teaching and prefer to buy books from used coordinating the course, problems wholesalers because they can make arose over the handling of the course's up to a 100 percent profit. She also book that he said left several students added that the net price of the book without the text for the first exam. had only gone up $1.80. "The only reason I found out there "That's incorrect," said Costie, was a problem was because some of who said she had invoices that said my students came to me," Sarma said. the price of the book had gone up. He said he even received a call from a "That's what shocked me," she parent who was "rightfully upset." said. Costie said publishers would Sarma said he then decided to find out prefer it if bookstores did buy what the problem was. books from them because they Sarma said he contacted both the would make more money. "I ..Y~1Antotn riirp inrrP..q;e.. hut I bookstore and the publisher. "The understanu 1priu usll-lwovuz s percent of the courses that are offered. bookstore and the publisher both gave me don't think it's fair to do it during different stories," Sarma said. He said the the academic year. deciding how many books to sell, was are less expensive Costie said "We cannot carry a publisher, W.H. Freeman and Company's "Used books that the bookstore thought BIO 152 said. She also book for every single student in that representative told him if the bookstore for the student," Costie was a continuation of BIO 151 and regulated by the class." She said that certain factors had placed an order through them they added that they are most of the students would already Association, which such as competition from other would have shipped them overnight. Faculty Student have the book. "We didn't know that to sell used bookstores, students selling books to "They didn't order the books from us," does not allow them the course could be taken out of than a 33 percent each other and students who don't buy said Nicole Folchetti, marketing manager textbooks for more sequence." textbooks for books, causes a need for her to guess for Biology textbooks, for W.H. Freeman profit margin, or new Sarma said he feels students would profit margin. how many students are actually going and Co. more than a 25 percent have paid the difference because what audits on the bookstore to buy the book. "It's a risk game," Sarma said Wallace's decided to "We've done would have mattered to them was to have a junior she said. "We're penalized when we purchase used books from a wholesaler in the past," said Lisa DeSetto, He said, "In the end the ones not return the books to the publisher." the book. because the selling price of the book had who has worked with FSA. "They're the students." O Another factor that went into who suffer are gone up from $65.00 from the fall semester overcharging the students." r I -- Stony Brook Wins It's A Fair! $500,000 Grant for Research According to the students, 40 percent are involved Monday, Febuary 24 edition in research. Stony Brook's five of Newsday, the Stony year plan includes "vital Brook was one of the 10 integration" of research and research institutions education with the added nationwide to recieve a advantage of developing a course National Science Foundation introducing freshmen to research. award for intergrating For more information concerning teaching and research. the award log on at A ceremony was held by http:www.sunysb.edu/ire/ the foundation on Friday to present Recognition Awards for the Integration of Research and Education in science, math and engineering. IN Each award has a $500,000 grant designated 1-3 Activities Center's NEW S ...................... Over 25 clubs and organizations were on hand in the Student to it. .................... 4-5 a low student EDITORIAL. lobby eager to give out info to perspective members. 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