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Students battling the ever-increasing financial burden that is a Harvard education have found a new adversary this term: the $500 coursepack. While that sets in, it must be emphasized that this is not some premise for a Harvard-themed Twilight Zone episode or a cheesy horror movie à la Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. The $464.50 compendium of readings and articles for Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy Robert Putnam’s Government 90qa, Community in America class is very real and currently available on the shelves of the Harvard Coop bookstore...
Most disturbingly, the problem of overpriced coursepacks is widespread. Harvard’s Digital Printing Services lists nine classes with offerings of more than $100 each, while at least a half dozen other packs from the Coop exceed this threshold as well; the readings price tag for Women Gender and Sexuality 1003, Theories of Sexuality, for example, is more than $300. Professors need to do a better job of factoring in coursepack costs when they select readings for their courses. Otherwise, students are faced with the unattractive dilemma of skipping expensive but worthwhile classes, or illegally reproducing coursepacks in defiance...
...Print Services, which, in turn, deal with acquiring the appropriate copyrights, and pay little regard to the bill to be passed on to students. According to an undergraduate this semester, one professor claimed to be “shocked” and surprised by the high price of a coursepack in response to a complaint about the matter. But this reaction occurred after the term had already started when nothing could be done...
...Freshman. This irritating species usually surfaces in Core classes. He is distinguished by his coursepack, the pages of which are colored neon green and orange. When his hands aren’t raised, his grubby paws clasp either a highlighter or pound against the keyboard of his Apple PowerBook. This student arrives on time, sacrifices sleep in the name of impressing the teacher, but still earns a B+ on the midterm like everyone else. Muhaha...
...separate renovation project within the Science Center, a technology showcase and student repair center in the basement is also nearing completion. The Computer Product and Repair Center will be located in the space formerly used as the coursepack copying and distribution site...