Vot 68 No. 1 Louisville Kentuck.
Students receive
invite onto Web
+Students now
have access to WWW·
and newsgroups
By Roland Wells
Staff Writer
While the changes may not be as
heralded as the release of the new
Windows 95, U of
much-talked-about feature of the
Internet called newsgroups.
Newsgroups are little more than col­lections
of e-mail sent to the same
destination and which focus on an
agreed-upon topic.
Thanks to the NNR service, U ofL
students now have access to groups
such as alt.fan, alt.sex., and alt.
college.fraternities. Such groups per­mit
students to communicate with oth-ers
around the
L' s Information
Technology has
been working on
some computer use
expansions which
could affect stu­dents
significantly.
Students who
have recently
checked the
Internet connec­tion
that is avail­able
through your
"It is archaic to
post messages to
newsgroups, ...
and anyone who
has trouble can
(call) 852-4315."
world on subjects
of common inter­est.
Still the addi­tions
to student ac­cess
might be a
little late, consid­ering
the rapid
pace of change in
this field.
-Jim Cocks "It is archaic to
post messages to
newsgroups," said
Jim Cocks, a senior academic con­sultantofiT's
consulting services who
added that he is available to help stu­dents.
"Very complicated ... and any­one
who has trouble with it can con­tact
me at 852-4315 and I will walk
them through it."
electronic mail account, ,have prob­ably
noticed the additions of the World
Wide Web browser and the Network
News Reader.
The WWW browser allows students
to "cruise" the Web; all it takes is
knowing an appropriate destination
address, which tells the computer
where to go on the Web. (That's the
string of character after "http://".)
These addresses are similar to e-mail
addresses.
The NNR allows access to the
· IT is now working on written di­rections
for posting in news groups,
but has not yet set a release date the
instructions. However, if there is a
high demand for help, the release date
will be moved up.
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Staff Photo by Ron Johnson
Soon students won't be able to use the excuse, "I didn't know what
time it was," because the clock tower will sound every 15 minutes and
play various melodies on the hour. Construction workers began
installing the chimes on Aug. 21 and the first tune will chime the
morning of Aug. 28.
INDEX
Editorial A14
Comics A15
Sports B1
Arts B8
Classified 'ads - A 11
1995 28 Pa es An linde endent Student News a er
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Steep ·book.
prices not
stores' fault
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Staff:Wnter * ~' .
"The 'first thing we do is
kill all the lawyers."
Ever feel like that line
ought to. be am•ended to in­c.
lude textbook dealers?
- After all;' shelling out an
add.itional $200 to $300 each
semester for books is
enoughto dampen even a
bibliophiliclove for reading.
However, a revolutionary
call to arms may-not be in
order just yet. High book
prices, say industry experts,
are anyone's fault but those
who sell them· to students.
''The thing to remember,"
said Gari$ Distelhorst, ex­~
cutiV~;;;(ji~g}or 0{ the :~~"
,,. tiQn~IAss<;)ciation of Cone·ge
. 'Stor~s~ "is {hat by and large
the book, store had little to
do with the price you pay for
text books."
Most stores, he said, sell
the books for about 20 to 23
percent over what they paid
-' the· publisher for them.
. Barrie Morris, general
manager of the U of L Barnes
and Noble' store, said his
store typically charges 20
percent over costs -,-out ot
which all store expenses
must be paid.
Staff Photo by Maria Armstrong
B~rnes and Noble bookstore, pictured above, and Gray's College Bookstore in Cardinal Shopping
'Center, have a new competitor in College Book Warehouse, on Fourth Street.
Still, Distelhorst said stu­dents
' nationwide have
1• grown increasingly weary of
inflated book prices.
See BOOKS, Page 7
TEXTBOOK Collej!e Book Gray's College UniYersity
Warehouse Bookstore Bookstore
(1) Blolocy 102; All (!)New Book; (l)New Book; (I) New Book;
Sections not available not available $57.!i6
Biology- Concepts and U.ed Book; Used Book; Used Book;
Connections $39.95 $40.50 $43.25
(2) English 101; Vnrlol1'l (2)New Book; (2)New Book; (2) New Book;
~lions $23.95 not available $26.00
Handbook for Writers Used Book; Used Book; Used Book;
$16.90 $1825 $19.50
(3) En Klish 102; (3)New Book; · (J)New Book; (3) New Book;
Se<:llons 15,16,17 not available not available $13.95
Writing Research Used Book; u .. d Book; UsrdBook;
P;Jpers $9.15 $9.40 $10.00
(4) Finlle Math 107; AU (4)New Book; (4)Ncw Book; (4) New Book;
Se<:tlons not available not available not available
Finite Mathematics Used: $42.50 Used; $46.40 Used; $47.00
(S) Accountlnc 201; (5)New Book; (S) New Book; (5) New Book;
Se<:tlons 2-S, 78, 99 not available $62.95 $65.65
Financial Accounting Used; $43.38 Used:$46.10 Used; $49.25
(6) Physics IU; Sectloos (6)Ncw Book; (6)New Book; (6) New Book;
1·10, 75,76 · not available not available not available
Modem Technical Used Book; Used Book; Used Book;
Physics $38.95 $41.25 $44.00
(7) American Govt. (7)New Book; (7)New Book; (7) New Book;
PoD. Sd. 201·75 not available not avail•ble not •voilable
The Challenge of Used !'!f)Ok; Used Book; Used Book:
Democracy $36.10 $37.3.S $39.75
Student government extends
welcome, invitation to students
By Molly Franco
Contributing Writer
When asked on Aug. 23 where and
what is SGA, only two-sevenths of stu­dents
could even hazard a guess as to the
mysterious acronym. However, this
-year's student officers would like to
change that.
Contrary to poplular belief, Student
Government Association is not a stu­dent
organization for a select few cho­sen
in spring elections. Instead, U ofL's
SGA officials say they try to include
every single student enrolled here.
"We're going to be publicizing a lot
more things this year," said SGA Presi­dent
Renita Edwards. "I want to make us
more visible .. " Edwards also said she
strives to make "more student services
to be more student friendly."
According to Jeff Adamson, SGA's
exectutive vice-president, the
organization's goal is."to create a more
proactive student life."
SGA tries to link students interests to
those of the administration by represent­ing
all students, not just those in office.
The administration comes to the SGA
for information on the intrests of the
students. SGA works on the student dis­count
cards, student telephone direc­tory,
one-on-one mentor program , and
with student legal advising.
"We oversee student councils and
allocate money to student activties,"
Adamson said.
One new SGA program is the peer
education program. The· progran is
jointly coordinated with the Informa­tion
Tecnology center to help students
understand just what e-mail is, exactly,
and how to use it.
Thirty sessions are in the works for
the fall samester and a healthy reaction
to this new program will facilitate the
need for 50 sections in the spring. This
program is set up to facilatate learning
for the students at U of L.
By educating students on how to gain
access to the information superhighway.
SGA can then communicate its message
· via e-mail. SGA has also opened a bul­letin
board on the Interneet that can be
reached at via the World Wide Web at
http://www. Louisville edu/groups/sga­www.
"We're trying to update it as much as
possible," Edwards said.
On another SGA note, Tom Fischer,
director of Student Advocates For Edu­cation,
or SAFE, is working with
Edwards and state legislators to increase
public support for higher education.
Their goals are to lower tuition and to
make U ofL an influence on the legisla­tors'
decisions involving education. The
SGA runs letter campaigns, meetings,
and dinners with students and govern­ment
athorites to execute in an attempt
to achieve its goals.
Recently, Edwards was invited to
speak to lawmakers in Frankfort about
the mission statement of the Kentucky
·Bookstore offers "U of L
connection, low prices
By J. Grant DeLaney
Contributing Writ~r
Where can students go for the lowest
priced textbooks in town? Until now,
University of Louisville students had to
choose between the on-campus book­store
and Gray's Bookstore for su·ch pur­chases.
Now Louisville offers another
option.
College Book Warehouse attacked
the text market to give the establ ished
booksellers on campus a run for stu­dents'
money. The new business is run
by two senior accounting students from
. the Univex:sity of Lou isville, Bill
Edmonds and Ron Ferro, and former U
of L student Jesse Combs.
Combs said he was "looking for
something to get into" when he de­cided
to enter the textbook market,
and claims Louisville can support
three stores, noting that Barnes and
Noble (U of L's store) and Gray's
were the only previous establish­ments.
Guaranteeing the lowest price in
tc:<wn, Comqs said, "No matter when
a book is returned, even two weeks
into school' we will refund 150 per­cent
of the price difference if a stu­dent
finds it cheaper elsewhere." A
See STORE, Page 7
Staff Photo by Ron Johnson
SGA President Renita Edwards works at her third-floor office in the
SAC. Edwards and other SGA officials invite students to take part.
Council on Higher Education, draft cop­ies
of which have been circulated in
recent weeks.
"I told them what I thought was good
about the pol icy," said Edwards, "but I
also told them what was wrong with the
policy."
Fischer said SAFE would like to be
"a proactive force in shaping legisla­tures
decisions.
"We want to impact when they are
drafting (the laws pertaining to educa­tion),"
Fischer said.
With a new University president in
place at U of L, Jeff Adamson wants
SGA to be "part of the vision for the
institution of U of L."
"Everything we're doing is going to
b.~ beneficia.! to students in some way,"
said Edwards.
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