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FEBRUARY21,19n THE GOLD BUG PAGE THREE Profile Tribby; "It's fun being together..." by Becky Williams We are here at this time and place, and no other Along with this the basic structure of the college experience will ever be felt exactly as we feel the curriculum could be loosened in order to allow experiences of this moment. It is the active ex- more choice in the students' approach. Bill stresses pression of our existence and our sense of being together that is of value to us now. Bill Tribby of the ~~~d~~[:i;~~~~in~s g~todstr~~~n~s i~xt~~l:n!aj~~~~ drama department feels it is important we work but he feels some students would work especially with each other to discover this sense 9f being well with the freedom and choice of a true liberal together. Thus, it is his love for the students and the arts education. opportunity to communicate and work with them -Education in this sense would provide for that are his primary reasons for being at'Western an interrelating between all courses of study, Maryland. f with emphasis away from departmental Within the drama department, Bill feel'that he hierarchies. Bill describes it further as an alone sets thelimits on his work. With support from HIERARCHIES. Bill describes it further as an." educational experience in which interdisciplinary ~~e:i~~n~~%~ti~~:~:~g~~ P:Z~~~~?a7eO:kt;:t~~~ training could take place. He sees this as a mosphere of being able to' criticize where it is challenge not only to WMC but to any small college, needed. To this Bill adds that when we find fault where the size might allow more freedom in ex- with something, we also love it, and perhaps it is perimentatlon. because we love it that we see the fault. For his sabbatical last semester, Bill planned no While he loves Western Maryland, Bill observes formal program, but decided instead to open the that changes should be made. A larger represen- four months to whatever would be most meaningful tation of minority students and faculty members at that time. With the memory of the Francis would provide us with a broader spectrum and Asbury film and the rewarding experience of more viewpoints for the situations that involve us. working with Dr. Griswold and Mr. Van Hart, Bill Bill realizes that there are limits to how much the tra veled to Los Angeles to see Chicano Street college can do, but states because there are so Theaters, and was able to work with filming them many differences among people, there is rfi\Jch that for Dr. Griswold's Mexican-American project. needs to be done. Bill was also involved with films being made for deaf preschool children and their parents. He visited the National Theater of the Deaf in Con- necticut to watch and adapt some concepts of their DR. WILLIAM B. TRIBBY is no newcomer to work to the films. the WMC scene. His most familiarrole has been Bill is very interested in the Deaf Ed program as 'head of the drama department; his absence because of the opportunity it gives students to become involved in definite activities. He feels it trom campus las~ semester his recent helps illustrate what can be done in an in- involvement in several film productions is, we terdisciplinary program, where people need each feel. sufficient warrant to present him as our other and find it is more fun to be together. latest PROFllE- Publishers, not bookstore, set textbook prices ,by Nellie Arrington small profit of about fifteen hundred dollars a year, He compared this rate to the approximate fifty Textbook- policies are set with a twenty percent which goes into the college financial aid funds. percent mark-up given such items by department mark-up by publishers, not the college bookstore, . Despite' their apparent popularity among store chains such as Hcchchild's and Sears. according to William P. Rudrow, bookstore students, Mr. Rudrow does not want to deal in In closing, Mr. Rudrow noted a recent reliable manager. second-hand texts because of the. bookkeeping survey said a national average of textbook costs, Mr. Rudrow explained publishers print limited problems and the necessary mark-up in the price to not including supplies such as notebooks, accounted quantities of educational materials on order and the student buyer for increased bookstore overhead for about three percent of the total costs of a college price them at the twenty percent mark-up figure. due to handling. "I would much prefer the students education. He noted that trade books, hard-backed best sell them (books) among themselves. In that way, sellers, are sold in private bookstores at a the student benefits more financially and it saves a publisher's markup of approximately forty per- lot of administrative detail and red tape ..." Mr. cent. Rudrow noted dealing in second-hand books could the Gold Bug The twenty percent gross profit just about covers cause hard feelings when, for instance, a student the operating cost of the bookstore, Mr. Rudrow sold a ten dollar book for three dollars to the stated. He feels few students realize salaries and bookstore which then sold it for five dollars. February 21, 1972 overhead of the college post officestation are in- Students do sell books to dealers who come around Volume 49, Number 3 cluded in bookstore expenses. "As far as I know, at the end of the year, but Mr. Rudrow doesn't think I expect we're the only bookstore that carries the they give the students the best deal. "They would be overhead of the post office and the salaries." better off to sell to their classmates, because they'd Editor-in-ehief Cathy Nelson Return policies of the publishers also cut into the get more than either Icould give them or a man who bookstore profits, mentioned Mr. Rudrow. He said comes around and buys second-hand books." Associate Editor Francois Derasse most publishers allow twenty percent of the total The bookstore also sells stationery, supplies, and _CopyEditor NellieArrington value of a set of books to be returned to them by some toilet articles. "The prices on supplies are Robert Ramsdell bookstores, provided the texts are the current comparable to the prices in any other store with the Sports Editors edition and are kept no more than one year. This exception of toilet articles, which are probably Tom Trezise means, he explained, that if he buys one thousand priced a little higher than in the chain stbres, Mr. Photog~aphy DaveKorbonits dollars worth of a specific book but only sells five Rudrow stated. The price of sundries lsvbased on . Art Editor. hundred dollars, he can return just a two hundred the quantity bought by the store, making bookstore Jim Sollers dollar value, lea ving three hundred dollars worth of prices slightly higher due to smaller quantities. Mr. lBusinessMana.Qer CindyThayer books. Mr. Rudrow noted he keeps leftovers without Rudrow noted he is phasing out some of the toilet returning any to the publisher if he thinks the Mticles,. keeping basic necessities there for Specialthanks to Miss,NancyLeeWinkleman professor will use the same text the next year, since students, convenience. " ...On regular supplies I'm for press releases. they would probably be more expensive when or- in competition with the average store, but on tooth- dered the second time. However, Mr. Rudrow paste and things like that, I can't compete with any ,~~~~~s :=tO~~i~~,s2~~~i~eac~~: ~a~t:~~~~. stressed if the leftovers were not used by a later large chain." Where the manufacturers do not suggest any paid at .we!ttminder~ Published bv and fOIthe ~ai~~ ~e tto~S~;::u~noau~~ ~e~~~~~~:u~~SSoff tm~ retail price, Mr. Rudrow marks up the price about students of Western Maryland C~"ege. return policy, Mr. Rudrow reported the bookstore thirty percent, depending on the article. He said The opinions expressed in this paper do not "had a-bad year" last year. gym outfits are priced on a very low mark-up basis neccessarilyreflect those of the administration. The manager said he hopes presently the because they are required for students by the bookstore will break even. "At best, it's a minimal college physical education department. Other such :Address mailto Box 394, Western MarylandCollege operation, with the added overhead of the post articles get a mark-up between thirty-three and a Westminster, Maryland21151' , office." Rudrow stated the operat!on works on a. third percent and forty percent, said Mr. Rudrow.