THE BAYLOR LARIAT NEWS Summer 2010 9 DANIEL CERNERO | STAFF PHOTO G RA P HER JED DEAN | PHOTO EDITOR The Baylor Bears huddle before warming up for their Elite Eight match-up against the No. 1-seed Dallas sophomore Courtney Janick and Houston sophomore Tristan Hammer (not pictured) start an Duke Blue Devils during the NCAA tournament at Reliant Stadium in Houston. impromptu snow fight on Feb. 11, the first snow day of the year, outside Moody Memorial Library. STE P HEN GREEN | ROUND UP PHOTO G RA P HER Members of the Baylor football team gear up for a game on their home turf at Floyd Casey Stadium while members of the Baylor Line cheer them on. The Bears will play their first game of the 2010-2011 season on Sept. 4 in Waco. A Year in Review JED DEAN | PHOTO EDITOR SARAH GROMAN | STAFF PHOTO G RA P HER The Baylor Sciences Building was evacuated for more than two hours on Oct. 13 after a hazardous Baylor alum Jay Battles holds his son, Burnie, during the 2009 homecoming parade. Jay was a Baylor chemical spill occurred in a second-floor chemistry lab. No injuries occurred. Yell Leader as was his dad, Burnie Battles Sr., a Baylor professor for 46 years before his death in June 2009. THE BAYLOR LARIAT 10 Summer 2010 NEWS On the hunt: Students weigh textbook options BY BRENT SALTER The bookstore not only strives are going to be long lines.” “We even gave away fi ve iPhones Camden, Ark., freshman Aun- sired book is made. REPORTER to serve students by helping them The average wait during times over the course of fi ve days last drea Payne also used Chegg for Faben Cruz, a sophomore fi nd the right textbooks, but the of heavy business is 10 to 15 min- semester.” her textbooks. from the Philippines, used isbns. Life is full of choices, especial- business also donates a percent- utes, but Nors said students can These three bookstores are “If I would have purchased com for the fi rst time this semes- ly at the beginning of a semester age of its sales to benefi t the uni- avoid lengthy lines by coming convenient for students, but some my books from the bookstore ter to fi nd a better price for a sci- when students have to decide versity and has a $2,000 annual early in the morning or late in the students said they are more con- they would have been $996, but ence textbook he needed. where to live, which classes to need-based scholarship awarded afternoon and by taking advan- cerned about price than they are I rented them for $195,” Payne “At fi rst, I decided to just take, which professors are best through Baylor’s fi nancial aid of- tage of extended business hours about convenience when shop- said. Renting textbooks online is get a used [Organic Chemistry] and how to structure their sched- fi ce. during the fi rst weeks of the se- ping for textbooks. still a new idea to some students, textbook from UBS which cost ules. Many students said they were mester. “Price was defi nitely most but students can also rent their $178.61,” Cruz said. “I was ad- One such decision is choosing upset by the long lines that fi ll the Two alternatives to the Baylor important to me,” said Emily books through programs at the vised to check out ISBNS.net and among places to purchase text- store at either end of the semes- Bookstore are the UBS bookstore Tichenor, a freshman from De- UBS bookstores and, beginning found that the same textbook books, such as the Baylor Book- ter. Nors said this is not exclusive at 500 Bagby Ave. and the UBS Land, Fla. “Saving even $5 on this fall, at the Baylor Bookstore. was about $17. I was quite sur- store, the UBS bookstores, rental to his bookstore. Bookstore and Spirit Shop at 1205 each book adds up when you Another service for students prised.” programs or Internet sites. “I’ve been in this industry for S. Eighth St. need 10 or more books.” who would like to buy textbooks Though the lower priced book While these options may pro- over a decade, and the fi rst days Matt Marquez, a sales repre- Bulverde sophomore Jessica for low prices while supporting was an international version of vide the same product, the well- of class are always bad,” Nors sentative at the Babgy Avenue Silva said she chose an alterna- fellow Baylor students is BU- the textbook Cruz saw at the UBS informed student knows there said. “I came from a university location, said UBS differs from its tive source for her textbooks this Books.com. Bookstore, he said it worked well are pros and cons to each. with 35,000 students. Sometimes competitors because of the stores’ semester. The website allows students to for his needs. Though it could be mistaken there would be 500 kids waiting dedication to the customer. “I bought most of my books list their textbooks online without The website will even show as a Baylor affi liate, store director outside in the summer heat to get “Our prices are better and our on Chegg.com,” Silva said. “You any fee and gives them the ability the shipping costs to students’ William “Billy” Nors is quick to into the campus bookstore.” staff is very friendly,” Marquez rent them and send them back to sell directly to other students location beforehand, so they can point out that the Baylor Book- Nors said the lines in his store said. “We will even match the at the end of the semester. Some while eliminating the often costly make an informed decision on store at 1201 S. Fifth St. is an in- are similar to those found at Bay- prices of the campus bookstore.” books are just ridiculous to buy middleman. which book would be the best dependent business. lor’s Cashier’s Offi ce, the fi nan- The store adds a touch of ex- and then sell back for not even An additional resource for buy. “The store was established in cial aid and parking services at citement to the shopping experi- half their price.” students who are looking for the As many students have found, 1986 by Follett Higher Education the beginnings and ends of se- ence at the beginning of semes- According to their website, best price when textbook shop- sometimes choosing the right Group, a company that has 135 mesters. ters by having a prize wheel that Chegg is the No. 1 provider of ping is isbns.net, a website that place to buy a book is as diffi cult years of experience in the book- “The fi rst day of class is pretty customers can spin after making rental textbooks, having saved searches 60,000 booksellers in- as trying to fi nd the book in the selling industry and over 900 much like going shopping on a purchase of $150 or more. students more than $175.6 million cluding Amazon.com, Half.com, store itself, but with some guid- locations, making it the largest the day after Thanksgiving or “We give away prizes like can- off list prices of new textbooks Abebooks.com, Chegg.com and ing help from people who have bookstore provider to universi- making returns on the day after dy, $10 and $50 iTunes gift cards since the company’s launch in Alibris.com. After the search, a experience, textbook searching is ties in the U.S.,” Nors said. Christmas,” Nors said. “There and Snuggies,” Marquez said. 2007. list of the best prices for the de- made easier. BEARS from pg.1 PARENTS from pg.1 Big 12 by the coaches. But with However, their impact on the is also likely to break the Baylor Saturday morning will include a “There are special events the blessing of transfer Ekpe program will never be forgotten. and Big 12 scoring record next special parent-faculty event. planned that you won’t be able Udoh and the astute leadership Baylor only won four games dur- season and could wind up as a “Parents have the unique to experience any other time dur- of players like Tweety Carter ing the duo’s freshman year, and preseason All-American after a opportunity to chat with their ing the school year,” Todd said. and LaceDarius Dunn, the Bears the two used determined attitudes successful NCAA tournament students’ professors at an early “It will be really nice to return Follow us: glided through the Big 12, the to reverse Baylor’s basketball for- performance. The sharpshooter morning coffee where we serve back to campus.” Parents Week- highest-rated RPI conference. tunes. “When I fi rst got here, we contributed 19.6 points per game coffee, juice and breakfast pas- end also offers students and their twitter.com/ “The coaches didn’t even only won four conference games, and will be relied on even more tries,” said Dr. Betsy Willis, a guests a different view of campus. think this team would make the and I kind of wondered what I heavily for the Bears this season. faculty sponsor for Chamber. “This is a weekend for [students] bulariat Elite Eight in the Big 12,” athletic had gotten myself into,” Carter However, Dunn doesn’t feel Students will also be able to eat a and their families to see Baylor in director Ian McCaw said of the said. “Through all those years, like he will have to shoulder all barbecue lunch with their family a different way and a new way,” Bears, who fi nished tied for sec- we continued to push ourselves of the responsibility with the con- on Baylor’s campus during Din- Haddad said.