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...famous Scopes trial ended 64 years ago, but educators are still grappling with the impassioned evolution vs. creation debate. Last week California's board of education adopted new teaching and textbook guidelines and, responding to Fundamentalist pressure, removed a reference to evolution as "scientific fact." But overall the document strongly supports teaching of evolution. California accounts for 11% of all U.S. textbook sales, and the guidelines could have wide impact...
...Coop, which houses the nation's largest textbook department, made $64 million in sales and netted a profit of nearly $4 million last fiscal year, Argeros said. It employs 600 people and has about 115,000 members...
Midway through the second half Cutone connected with a loose ball and placed it beautifully in the upper corner of the net, but the goal was called back for dangerous play. The Crimson came back and tallied a textbook third goal. Cutone shot a corner in front of Landau, which she stopped for sophomore Sandra Whyte, who launched the ball into...
...other professors still loyal to the Coop say that they are not looking elsewhere for textbook ordering. They say it is often their own inability to predict course enrollments that leads to textbook shortfalls...
Macedo says that his estimate for Gov. 10 enrollment was exceeded by "almost 300 percent." He says that pre-registration--having students sign up for courses well before the semester begins--could solve the enrollment confusion and make textbook ordering more of an exact science...