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...More than 800 students eat flyby lunch daily. The amount of grants awarded to student groups is up 25 percent this year as a direct result of U.C. lobbying. The MAC is open at 7 a.m. A new House moves toward universal access almost every week. Prices at the Coop have been lowered, and there are thousands of new used books available this year because of council efforts. Cable television will make a small entrance into every House by January. University Health Services is being looked at for the first time in memory. Springfest last spring was both better-attended...
Robinson's practical ideas for dealing with this disparity include evaluating the need for course packs and getting the Coop to provide a guarantee that it will buy back more expensive textbooks as well...
Murphy says the Coop isn't really concerned...
...challenge is, can you find the 12 or 14 books that you need [at another store] while I know you can get those here," Murphy says. "We take it upon ourselves to carry every book requested, regardless of the quantity." Moreover, textbook purchases at the Coop are not taxed, while those at Harvard Book Store...
...given that the players in the industry--from the Coop, to publishers and authors, to professors, to even the financial aid office--are either unable or unwilling to lessen the burden of textbook prices, using technology to give students more choice over what to read may be the only way to significantly lower the bill. --Sasha A. Haines-Stiles contributed to the reporting of this article...