textbooks
H.J. Raymond Rim
Issue date: 4/30/07 Section: News
Mt. SAC students with concerns or questions about textbook prices are encouraged to attend the textbook symposium at 11:30 a.m. on May 7 at the building 9C stage. The meeting will run until 1 p.m.
The symposium will feature a panel discussion as well as an open forum for students to directly interact with Mt. SAC faculty and student government.
Student Trustee Gisselle Regalado, a biology major, organized the symposium in hopes that the Mt. SAC student body would have a better understanding of textbook prices.
"I want the students to be aware of where their money is going," Regalado said. "I think this will answer a lot of their questions." She also added, "I feel that something about the prices of the textbooks can be done."
There are also a number of other options that are available that could possibly benefit Mt. SAC's student body, as well as the environment.
"There are colleges such as Foothill College and De Anza College that have email books."
The student trustee's goal is "to eliminate or reduce paper textbooks or create a rental program within the library and or bookstore so that the students of Mt. SAC can save money by renting and buying textbooks."
Using either an email textbook system or a textbook rental program would reduce paper usage, while also possibly providing students the added benefit of saving money.
On the question of whether the Mt. SAC bookstore will be amenable to any changes, trustee Regalado thinks so.
"They're working with what they have to but if students have a voice that's loud enough, they will hear and make any changes necessary."
Depending on what the panelists say and student opinion, the hope is that the Mt. SAC administration will form a policy that would minimize unnecessary costs for Mt. SAC students.
If changes are decided necessary trustee Regalado hopes that they'd go into effect for the Spring 2008 semester, but added, "there'd have to be a lot of work done by administrators, and student body government, and students themselves."
The symposium will feature a panel discussion as well as an open forum for students to directly interact with Mt. SAC faculty and student government.
Student Trustee Gisselle Regalado, a biology major, organized the symposium in hopes that the Mt. SAC student body would have a better understanding of textbook prices.
"I want the students to be aware of where their money is going," Regalado said. "I think this will answer a lot of their questions." She also added, "I feel that something about the prices of the textbooks can be done."
There are also a number of other options that are available that could possibly benefit Mt. SAC's student body, as well as the environment.
"There are colleges such as Foothill College and De Anza College that have email books."
The student trustee's goal is "to eliminate or reduce paper textbooks or create a rental program within the library and or bookstore so that the students of Mt. SAC can save money by renting and buying textbooks."
Using either an email textbook system or a textbook rental program would reduce paper usage, while also possibly providing students the added benefit of saving money.
On the question of whether the Mt. SAC bookstore will be amenable to any changes, trustee Regalado thinks so.
"They're working with what they have to but if students have a voice that's loud enough, they will hear and make any changes necessary."
Depending on what the panelists say and student opinion, the hope is that the Mt. SAC administration will form a policy that would minimize unnecessary costs for Mt. SAC students.
If changes are decided necessary trustee Regalado hopes that they'd go into effect for the Spring 2008 semester, but added, "there'd have to be a lot of work done by administrators, and student body government, and students themselves."
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