Pro: Keep textbooks

SHAYNE TAMKIN Reporter

Textbooks are a vital tool to assist both the student in gaining—and the professor in delivering—the information.

Without textbooks, it would be difficult for students to help each other, because they wouldn’t get the same information from the same place. Also, tutors would not be able to help students because there would not be a standard place for them to reference to.

Another issue is the cost of textbooks. But there are a multitude of solutions to the dilemma of high textbook costs.

The first is that they allow students across schools in multiple states to gain the same knowledge in the same way. This gives people the ability to move schools, if necessary, and still have the same basis to progress in their courses.

With many people being able to gain the same information from the same source, there is a sense of ease knowing that others have learned things the same way.

The second way is that if students are looking to get the same textbook, then it is likely that other students will need those transcripts as well. There are a multitude of websites that will help you sell back your textbooks at a very reasonable value.

These sites not only give students the ability to sell their books back, but are also a great way to buy textbooks at a discounted rate.

Although the cost of textbooks can be high, there are sites that can assist. One that is especially helpful is BookScouter.com. This site gives you the option to sell or buy books to multiple sites all in one easy location.

These sites also offer access to online textbooks. And although online textbooks are harder, or are even sometimes impossible to sell, they are also cheaper to purchase initially.

You can also get your textbook free. It may sound odd to get a textbook for free, especially since they are normally so expensive. But there are indeed sites that allow you to access these scripts for no charge.

These sites such as OpenStax, give students access to thousands of textbooks without charging them, giving students an easier way to gain knowledge and eliminating the hassle of buying books.

As long as students can remember the resources at their disposal, as well as utilize them, then there is nothing standing in a student's way but a simple Google search and an open mind.

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Great Hall would be used much more for movie panels and for guest speakers who depend on presentations. Custom blinds or curtains could have the Pierce logo with the Brahma Bull in school colors as well.

Pierce could even host a contest for each club to create a design for custom window covers and the winner could get priority on hosting an event in the building.

The Great Hall can house (check maximum occupancy), but most events don’t reach capacity. Events hosted in the building are many times dependent on something being projected to the room, and with the windowed doors light can pose an issue for those in attendance.

It may not seem like a big deal, but for Pierce to be considered a legitimate institution, using butcher paper or clothing to block the sun should not be required.

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