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Early challenge is just what Nelson ordered
and we have some great athletes as well,” Warren said. “We’re just focused on what’s going on, on our side of the net.” Though Friday’s games will have ASU circled for the majority of UNM fans, Saturday night’s contest is no light task either. The Lobos will face Fairfield that evening, a team invited to the NCAA tournament last year. That game will follow New Mexico’s match against Idaho in the morning. “Just in these first three weeks, we have a number of really big tests,” Nelson said. “This weekend it’s not just ASU. All the teams are good.” Warren said she has never seen a team more prepared than the 2016 club in her four preseasons as a Lobo, emphasizing that the high caliber of focus and preparedness have really stood out in the offseason. That is something Warren sees could lead to early-season success. “This is the first year since I’ve been here that I personally feel like I can rely on the team,” she said. “I think we’re really there for each other, and I don’t think that’s really been there in the past.” The start of the season is far different than once teams are deep into the schedule, Nelson said. He said he likes the way the team can focus solely on themselves and getting ready for the first serve, as opposed to long hours in the film room. “We don’t really have scouting reports because it is the first weekend. Teams have Daniel Ward / Daily Lobo / @DailyLobo new players, teams have lost players,” Nelson Victoria Spragg, right, attempts a spike over UNM Alumna Skye Gullatt on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at the Johnson Center as part of the Cherry and said. “It’s the one weekend where we don’t Silver Alumni game. get a lot of film. So we’ve just got to go out and play.” participate in the UNM Tournament this ASU and New Mexico faced off twice By Liam Cary-Eaves Warren said the opening weekend of weekend. in the spring in the newly acquired beach her final season in a UNM uniform has not “It’s going to show us right away where volleyball program, where the Lobos proved @Liam_CE really hit her yet. However, she is by no we are at,” Nelson said. “It’s going to expose that the squad has the talent to effectively means taking for granted the significance what we need to work on and hopefully be match up with the elite athletes of the Pac-12. of this season. New Mexico is not shying away from the start of a great season run.” Though the dual-team sport played on “I’m really taking it one week at a time, heightened competition at the start of the The Lobos will face off against Abilene forgiving sand is much different than the team 2016 campaign, and that’s just how head Christian Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. for effort on the hardwood, senior Julia Warren one practice at a time. I think all of the seniors, we’re not looking forward to the coach Jeff Nelson likes it. the opening action of the year, followed by an said the team is not focused on the hype of end,” Warren said. “We want to make this a Two of last year’s top competitors in the Arizona State (ASU) squad that was nationally playing a Power Five conference opponent. really special and a really exciting season.” nation will be heading to Johnson Gym to ranked just a season ago. “We know they have some great athletes
Bookstore to lower costs, appeal to online buyers By Cathy Cook @Cathy_Daily
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Charles Walker flips through a book at the UNM Bookstore on Tuesday, August 23, 2016. The Bookstore has worked to improve affordability of materials for students.
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The UNM Bookstore has actively worked to reduce textbook costs in recent year, the average price dropping from $88 to $69 per book, according to Bookstore Director Carrie Mitchell. The Bookstore’s business practices have undergone a number of changes to increase affordability for students, including where it purchases textbooks from. “Before there were standard margins in the college bookstore industry,” Mitchell said. “We have thrown those out and now look at what is a more competitive price, whenever we are able. We also source from more market place vendors than before.” Some UNM students use a similar strategy of shopping around for their own textbook purchasing needs. Adrian Flaco, a freshman biology student, said he uses both the bookstore and online outlets to get his materials. In order to find the best deal, Flaco said he uses the Bookstore’s price comparison tool. Mitchell said many students who use the tool ultimately
decide to shop at the Bookstore. “Students go on our website, select the books they are needing and the tool then compares our prices to Amazon, Chegg and several other sites,” Mitchell said. “The statistics show that 70 percent of students choose the (UNM) Bookstore to order their books.” The facility has also increased the number of books it offers as rentals for students who don’t plan to keep them beyond the semester. “Rental book prices have been very competitive with many online sellers. Of course we can’t compete with someone selling one title here or there. We have to buy in large numbers, and those aren’t always at the level of a one off,” Mitchell said. According to Student Monitor - a website which aggregates data and research from higher education institutions across the country - more students across the country rented textbooks or purchased e-books during 2015-2016 than in the previous year. However, UNM students were already heavily relying on e-books, Mitchell said.
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