Word: coops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff is right to berate the Coop for its uncompetitive pricing, of books, but it goes too far when it asks for the Coop to buy back books at half their original cost. Such a high percentage is out of line with some of the very bookstores the staff would have the Coop emulate. We need a competitive Coop, not a compassionate Coop...
...much can you get for $1? Although we didn't expect much in return for a Harvard Coop membership, we certainly didn't expect to get ripped off. We understand that the Coop was losing money, but instead of reaching deep into students' pockets, perhaps it can restrict its uncompetitive prices to items popular among the hordes of tourists who are dropped off by the bus load in the Yard almost every...
...Coop enters a new phase of growth and change in the coming months, I encourage her, and everyone else, to take a fresh perspective on the Coop. Go in with an open mind; you just might be surprised. --Jon D. Caramanica '97, member of the board of directors, Harvard Cooperative Society
...without a doubt, it was a different edition, another fact conveniently omitted from her article. She also did not mention the fact that other cheaper versions of the book in question are available at the Coop, as are more expensive versions at Harvard Book Store...
Shoddy journalistic tactics and half-truths aside, it seems Hennessy-Fiske would like what we all would like: an improved Coop, more attentive to students' needs...