1991_02 The Daily Collegian February 1991

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The Collegian * February 5, 1991
ASI senator proposes book exchange
•Similarprogram at Cal Poly,
San Luis Obispo sets example
By Eric Dumey
Staff Writer of The Collegian
CyndiMcCollisterisfedupwith
the Kennel Bookstore.
Since the waning weeks of the
fall semester, the ASI Senator of
Social Sciences has been working
to establish a book exchange for
CSUF students who want to sell
back or buy used textbooks.
She said that there has to be a
better way for students to obtain
their textbooks than to have the
Bookstore profit from them on the
buyback.
'The basic idea is that students
could get moremoney (on theend-
of-semester buyback)," she said.
"The Bookstore only give?
students 50 percent of their money
back on used books, and thafs
wrong.
"There should not be an entity
on campus designed to make a
profit on students," McCoilister
added. "1 feel if s unethical to do
that They (The Bookstore)operate
as a business corporta tion and we
get screwed all the way around."
McCoilister said several
students
approached herat
the end of last
semester because
they believed that
they were being
cheated.
She said that
many students
already work around the
Books tore by posting flyersaround
campus to advertise their books
for sale.
That,coupled with thesrudents'
concern with being ripped off,
prompted McCoilister to bring the
item up for discussion to the ASI
Senate three weeks before the fall
semester ended.
"It makes sense that the ASI does
something for students," she said.
"There's a lot of room for us to do
something to benefit the students.
Why else are we here?"
McCollisterattemptedtogetthe
item on the Senate agenda for
discussion as soon as it was
brought to her attention. It took
three tries, but the topic was
discussed at the final meeting.
"Everyone agreed that it was a
good idea, and many senators
The Bookstore only gives students 50
percent of their money back on used
books, and that's wrong.
Cyndi McCoilister
agreed to help," she said. "1 worked
with some of the students to see
how we can get people involved."
McCoilister said she is
continuing to work with the ASI
and students at large to establish
the groundwork for a used book
exchange as soon as possible.
ASI Administrative Vice
President Tony Castelli said he
does not know of any legal
ramifications with the Bookstore
that would prohibit progress, and
that the ASI is currently exploring
its options in setting up the
exhange.
"There are a lot of questions to
be answered before we can even
think about getting started,"
Castelli said. "Other campuses
have established off-campus book
exchanges, so we need toconsider
that. We also need to decide
whether it will be
portable or
permanent.
"Finances and
student interest
must be
considered, first
of all," he
continued. "It
would be worthless if no one
would use it, and if we were going
todoit,lefsdoitrightand establish
it with the intention of keeping it
going for years to come."
Castelli said that Cal Poly-San
I.uisObispo is a notable California
college which has successfully
established such an exchange. He
added that the University of
Michigan, Michigan State
University and a numberof private
East Coast colleges have done
likewise.
McCoilister, a 23-year-old
sociology major, wants to finalize
a policy and procedures manual
for the project and add it to the six
existing ASI Senate committees.
"I want to see this through and
make sure if s still here long after
I'm gone," she said. "1 don't want
this to be another committee that
dies at the end of the semester."
She also currently serves on an
ad-hoc committee for violence
against women. She hasn't spoken
to Bookstore representatives, but
McCoilister said thatthe Books tore
may threaten to raise textbook
pricesin retaliation to successfully
establishing a used book exchange
among students.
If this takes place, McCoilister
plans to organize a student ban of
the Bookstore.
"Ifs ridiculous of them tothink
that we'll affect their profit
margin," she said. "Wedon't hate
the Bookstore and we don't want
any trouble.
'There wouldn'tbea problem if
they didn't operate fora profit. All
we want is a better deal for our
used books."
$15,000 in CSUF citrus lost to freeze
•Lemons a total
loss, fruit tree
recovery, may,...
take 3 to 4 years
By Eric Burney
Staff Writer of The Collegian
Last December's record freeze
in Fresno County caused an
estimated 590,492,200 in losses
while also doing its share to set
back CSUF's agriculture
department.
Harry Karle, associate dean of
agriculture operations, said
CSUF suffered S15,000 in citrus
damage, including a complete
loss of lemon trees. He said that it
will take two to three years to
harvest a new lemon crop.
"It will take us about a year to
recover from the citrus damage,"
Karle said.
"There will probably be a
reduction in next year's crop. I
haven't seen any more split tree
trunks, so thafs good."
As a result of the freeze and
continuing drought, CSUF's
energy bills for the department
have risen 15 "ercen' Ksri** vd
the cost will continue to rise.
Karle said that due to the long-
term drought, the department
will examine cropping patterns
and decide soon whether or not
to go ahead and plant crops as
scheduled.
"Wemay not plant any corn,"
he said, "and we'll have to water
less because we don't know how
much surface water we'll get.
We could deplete the
underground supply because of
the drought."
The department's trees and
vineyards are kept damp
through irrigation, which started
two weeks ago — four to six
weeks earlv.
Because of damage to the test
plots, Karle said the students in
spring classes will get a crash
course in orchard rejuvenation.
"We'll switch gears and talk
about how to handle worst-case
scenarios like this," he said.
Karle said the test plots have
trees containing peaches,
nectarines, almonds, walnuts, figs,
plums, citrus fruits and apples.
"Since there are about 13 types
of apples, students are trained to
curtail sunburn [of the applesl,"
Karle said.
Karle said that no department
personnel have been yet been laid
off, but added that more effort has
been put forth to get rid of the
frozen fruit, which could lead to
further crop damage if left
unnoticed.
One positive, Karle said, has
been less weed growth due to
the lack of rainfall.
"Bu t the wea ther will push the
weeds out later this year," he
said.
Karle, who has been at CSUF
since 1962, said he has never
experienced a freeze quite like
the latest one.
"There was a freeze in themid
'60s, but not like this," he said.
"There were some low
temperatures, but not that long
over a period of time.
"We had some pretty good
losses, but we'll survive."
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