Bookstore explains rising prices By Jackie Easley While controversy still s tirs over increased ASB card fees at Palomar and students demand refunds to purchase needed textbooks, the prices in the ASB bookstore are quietly soaring. Textbooks --the tools of knowl edge-are becoming more and more difficult to buy on the used level, and almost a n impossibility for the average s tudent when purchased new. Palomar's increased book prices are shared by every college and campus bookstore, and contrary to student belief, are not born on the bookshelves but in the publishing houses . Increaseing production and editorial expenses outweigh t hose of the bookstore operating expenses and profits . Figures from the Ame rican Educational Publishers Institute and the Na-
tional Association of College Stores illustrate that over 59. 7~ of the new textbook dollar goes directly to the publis her ( 7.8~ to the publisher; 5.5~ in publisher's services; 6 . 3~ in other publisher's expense s , 13~ in publisher's lisher's sales and promotional expenses , and 27.1~ in publisher's production and editorial expense). The remainder of the breakdown on the student dollar is a surprising 12.3 ~ to the author; 8~ in taxes ; 7~ in bookstore operating expenses; 10 ~ in bookstore salaries, and 3 ~ to the college bookstore. Mrs. Virginia Dower, bonkstore manager at Palomar, is aware of the i nc r eas ing publication costs of tex tbooks, but is also acutely aware of the small percentage of the book dollar the bookstore receives. "I'd
like students to be aware of the
breakdown of the new textbook dollar. Many students at Palomar seem to think that $9.50 of every $10 paid for a book is going into someone's pocket," Mrs. Dower said.
"We have to have this 20%tooperate," Mrs. Dower said. "Otherwise there would be no ASB funds , and we would go into the r ed -- it wouldn't pay to have a bookstore."
"The books we get as texts are prepriced. We cannot sell them for any more or any less. Publishers wi ll refuse s hipment to a bookstore that raises or lowers book prices that have already been set. We have to comply. "
Comparing Palomar's book prices with San Diego State's lower prices, Mrs. Dower explained that in order to sell cheaper you must buy cheaper - - and that buying for a school with a 10,000 day student enrollme nt is considerably different than that of a school with a 2800 day student enrollm ent.
Mrs. Dower explained that r epresentatives of the publishing house s come in and check to make sure that the ASB bookstore is not cutti ng prices on any book. Every book that comes through the Palomar bookstore receives a s tandard 20% mark-up. Out of this percentage comes funds for bookstore operating costs and employee salaries .
The used book policy at Palomar allows fo r a 25% mark up. Fifty-percent of the c urrent new book price is paid for books that have not been published in a newer revised edition. "Suppose you pay $5 for a new book at the beginning of a semester. The buyback value of the book is $2. 50. If you
bought the same book used at $3.35 and it is in good condition, you will still get $2. 50," Mrs. Dower explained. She believes that the bookstore should he lp make the ASB card worth having a nd plans on having s pecial sales for ASB cardholders only. Mrs. Dower will make a report to the ASB counc il on the bookstore at today ' s council meeting, and hopes to work along with the council in making the ASB card "worth something." "I know textbooks are expensive. My books were expensive when I went to college, and dollars were a lot dearer then that they are now," Mrs. Dower concluded . Wi th no easy solution to soaring book costs in sight, the American college students will spend more than $3 million dollars for textbooks this year -- and t he students at Palomar will defi nitely pay their s hare.
ETELESC Palomar College
Volume 23 Number 4
¡ A Publication of the Associated Students
Dead line set for Student Curriculum Committee posts Students interested in becoming members of the Student Advisory Curriculum Committee have until Wednesday noon to submit applications. One student from each department will be elected in class e lections tentatively scheduled for the second c lass meeting following nominations. The Student Cu rriculum Committee is a s ubsidary of the Faculty Curriculum Committee. The chairman and vicechairman of the student committee are voting members of the faculty committee. Composed of one student from each department and two students appointed by the ASB, the committee's purpose is to 1) advise the Faculty Curriculum Committee of s tudent opinion on matters pertinent to curriculum; 2) provide a forum for student discussion of proposals requesting additions, deletions from, or modifications of the existing curriculum; and 3) hear comments pertaining to a teacher's failu re to present the subject matter listed under the course description in the Palomar catalog. Stude nts who wish to become members of the committee must be carrying 12 units of study and must have maintained a 2. 0 grade point average in their last semeste r of college or high school work. They must submit a s heet of pape r with their name, telephone, t he department they wish to represe nt, a nd a short statement to be printed on the ballot telling why they want to be part of the committee and any personal background that would be helpful. Applications can be turned in to the T ELESCOPE office, R- 4.
AWS, WRA to host slumber party here The Associated Women Students a nd Women's Recreation Association are hosting a slumber party and dinner tonight. The event, a casual get- together for Palomar College women to get acquainted will be held in the Dance Studio of the Women's P.E. Department. Dean Marjorie Wallace and Mrs. Viola Jeffery are sponsoring the event scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
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Karate, mud slinging highlight activities
Nationally famous author- satirist Richard Armour addressed a capacity c rowd
Tuesday morning in the Student Union in the first Community Service lecture.
Humorist Armour reveals key to light verse, satire By Lois Cavalier "In attempting to write about what human beings are most interested in, it has been my experience that the battle of the sexes is second only to the subject of money," Richard Armour told a capac ity audience in the Student Union Tuesday. "This battle has been over for some time and we all know who won it, but it is still possible in an academic and theoretical sort of way to write about it," he said. Armour added a vari ety
Campus coed goes afloat Debbie Trout, Rancho Santa Fe , a student at Palomar College, has been ad m itted to the World Campus Afloat program of Chapman College for the fall 1969 semester at sea. Miss Trout will join 500 other college students representing 200 colleges a nd universities in nearly all the 50 states on Oct. 9 to board the S. S. Ryndam in New York harbor for the study-voyage to ports in western Europe, the Mediterranean and South America. Students carry a regular semester's units on the shipboard campus. T hey attend c lasses six days a week at sea on the vessel which is equipped with classrooms, laboratories, library, art studio and student union. Ashore the academic program continues with pre- arranged lectures, semi-
Oct. 3, 1969
Now in its fifth year , World Campus Afloat is administered by Chapman College, one of California's oldest liberal arts institutions, located in Orange , California.
La Jolla museum hosts exhibition La Jolla's Museum of Art will host an exhibition of approximately 25 works by internationally acclaimed artists. The contemporary masterworks from private collections are being displayed to give the San Diego community the opportunity of seeing some of the work of these masters -- artists who have achieved recognition since the advent of abstract expressionism in the early '50's according to Lawrence Urrutia, the museum's assistant director. Concurrent with the contemporary masterworks exhibition will be the first display of contemporary California artists works by 26 artists living and working in the state. It is being circulated by the California Arts Commission. Both exhibitions will be open to the public viewing daily, except Monday through November 2.
of topics to his announced subject, "My Life With Women" . Armour's lecture was liberally interspersed with exampl es of the light verse and humorous prose which have made him one of America's leading satirists. Many of his works are based on what he refers to as "incongruous news items". "I prefer to be known as a satirist rather than a humorist," Armour said . "A humorist's job is to entertain and relax, and this is a very worthy purpose since people cannot think or function well unless they are relaxed . " He expressed concern about those who become over- emotional about a "cause", as he feels that "rationality and uncontrolled emotion do not mix" . Satire might be described as acid while humor is alkline , but both are involved with the "sudd en recognition of incongruity", he expl ained. Armour has written 38 books , some of which are serious and scholarly biographies and literary criticisms, and has contributed to over 200 magazines. "One element of the human race is that of imperfection, and I fee l that all people are just packages of different combinations of imperfections. I deal with only the minor ones, .leaving the major imperfections to philosophers, preachers and police . " "The satirist ' s job is to debunk, deflat e and point out a wrong", he continued . "He does not attempt to correct the wrong, only to exaggerate it enough so that people will notice and do something themselves" Armour claims that the use of technique in writing light verse replaces the lofty thoughts and images of the serious writer. He cited the value of the parody and the couplet in writing humor. "The main advantage of writing in verse is that thoughts are more compressed," he said. "From two to twelve short lines can say what would normally take a whole chapter of prose." A discussion period followed the lecture in R-5, with Dr. Armour present to answer questions. The lecture was the first in the Paloma r College Community Service s e ries.
"Incense and Peppermints" will abound Monday as Homecoming Week 1969 gets underway. A week of ASB and club sponsored activities will c limax with the Palomar-Riverside Community College game at Escondido High Saturday night. A karate demonstration will open the week's activities Monday, and c lubs will be selling ince nse and peppermints. A Kangaroo Court is also on Monday's age nd a. Tuesday a waterballoon fight wi.ll be held on the lawn in front of the ASB council offices, and the rally girls and students will face the football players . Wednesday is "Sal e and Game Day" at Palomar. Each club on campus will be selling merchandise. A mud war and water-dunking booth will be set up, and the International Tea will be held. Dr. Frederick Huber, president of the college, Dean Robert Bowman and members of the ASB Council will be in the dunking booth. Thursday an intramural basketball game will take place between Navy and Marine Corps students . On Friday the big effort will be underway to psych everyone up for the game. The cheerleaders will conduct a pep rall y and a bonfire will be held at 8 p.m. in the upper parking lot with various people burned in effigy and various marshmallows burned for real. There will be a rock jam session with three bands that evening. The Homecoming game with Riverside will highlight Saturday's ac tivities at Memorial Field in Escondido with kickoff time set for 8 p. m. A version of the National Anthem will be performed by local folk s inger Tina Sarno. Father Gallagher of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Escondido will recite the pre- game prayer. Halftime activities will feature the unveiling of Palomar's HomecomingQueen by members of Circle K and the cheerl eaders. Immediately following the game, the focus of attention will shift to the Student Union for the Homecoming dance.
Sandi and the Classics will be on hand to provide the sounds for the evening. Nominations for candidates for Homecoming Queen must be s ubmitted to the ASB office by 3 p.m. Monday. Theelections will take place on Wednesday. Any campus c lub or organization is e ligible to s ubmit a cand idate for queen the candidate must be an ASB card holder, however.
Read, Easley selected for editorial posts Chris Read and Jackie Eas ley were appointed editors of two campus publications Wednesday by the Student Publications Commi ttee. Read, last spring's edi torial page editor on the THE TELESCOPE , was appointed as ed itor-in-chief of that publication for this semester. Miss Easley, who was appointed as editor of FOCUS this fall was responsible for a large portion of that publication last spring. She is also in her third semester as a staff member of the TELESCOPE, and now holds the position of editor of of the editorial page , Tuesday edition. She also now holds a job with the Times Advocate in the display adve rtisment department. Miss Easley attended Palomar last year on a scholarship she won last year in the Honors Day competition in 1968. Read worked this summer as North Cou nty editor of the La Jolla Light and Journal. He has also held positions on the TELESCOPE includ ing a semester as sports editor.
ASB Council rules on card cases refunds full payments to students Nearly 50 students, who have claimed that they were coerced into purchasing the non- mandatory ASB card,weregr annted fu ll refunds in three separate sessions before the ASB Council. Only one student failed to receive a refund. Students feeling that they were "misrepresented" by registration personnel admissions office employees or college literature, appeared before the council and explained the circumstances oftheir case. At the e nd of each session the council voted on those heard that particular day. The voting was held in "Executive Session" . According to ASB Judicial Chairman, Tim Messer, "The reason for the closed session was so that the discussion would be among the council members only. This was to prevent viewers. I don't feel that this move was made to keep the meeting secret, since the minutes are public and the
vote was made as a roll- call and each representative was responsible for his vote to the students . It was done for the sake of expedience, not for the sake of secrecy." A motion to close the list was defeated, which means as of this writing, no deadline has been set to appear befo r e the council. However, ASB officials are expecting a similar motion at the next meeting and do not feel that it will be defeated at that time. Another refund session will take place Tuesday at 11 a.m. in R-3. Those wishing to appear before the council must sign a list on the bulletin board_ in the ASB office. The Board of Governors will hear a report from Dr. Frederick Huber, college president, at their next meeting Tuesday evening. Dr. Huber is expected to discuss the administration's role in t he ASB card controversy.