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...repressive society itself. Joseph Brodsky, the great Russian poet of the late 20th century, began to hate Lenin at about the time he was in the first grade, "not so much because of his political philosophy or practice...but because of the omnipresent images which plagued almost every textbook, every class wall, postage stamps, money, and what not, depicting the man at various ages and stages of his life...This face in some ways haunts every Russian and suggests some sort of standard for human appearance because it is utterly lacking in character...coming to ignore those pictures...
...also continued a discussion from their March meeting about text-book prices at the Coop. John Paul Rollert '00 and other council members surveyed textbook prices at various universities and found that books were 10 percent more expensive at the Coop on average...
...work on foreign policy aimed at the general public must strike the difficult balance between academic scholarship and public accessibility. The essays in Reversing Relations may be more interesting than a foreign policy textbook, but can hardly be called riveting. Ironically, those interested in reading Reversing Relations probably already know most of the information the book presents; anyone who has been around since the 1950s and kept up with current events will have seen nearly all the events offered here unfolding as they happened...
...There is a lot of disorganization within the Coop," Rollert said. "There is a different computer system within the new bookstore and the textbook part, which is the reason the Coop gives for different prices within the store...
...just for one semester," Bossert said of his term on the CUE committee. "I think it is very interesting. There are more things that we can actually do something about--like textbook prices and classroom spaces on this committee...