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Thursday, Nov. 3, 1994
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, But Ml:Graw-tlilJ ar , , , th,H thc polic it 1' gucs ex,css stock within a ri.:asonablc time. _The prohlcm is nm l1nly facing them again. hut it has also c..w alatcd. he said. Previously, 1..·xccss invi.:nrc.: stoc.kin g p_ol u.: y, Bo h tory was returned at n1) :iddi • Chnsu c . pre side nt or th . tional cost. But h.:c.:au!II: some co.mpn.ny's college divisioni.; ~~i'urn ;Nhilc a fi ve percent bookstores arc returmng in $3,id. ' ~ argc is as.•icsscd for returns excess of 40 pcrci:nt of their The pu blis her. whic h ~n cxccss ~f 20 (>Crccnt, Mark initial order. M,Graw-Hill is r.inks ~mo~g ~he top fi vl.! in 1!a~rop, director of puhlic re - forced 10 produce thous:inds the nauon. 1s ~1ssa1isficd with , lions fo r McGraw-Hill . of excess hooks each yc:ir. a lcllcr that 1s hcing circu- said. the return of which r.:os1s the lated to college and univ. . "Hopefu lly, whal we arc publishers millions of dollars, sity adm inistra1i vc and f;i: to do is control the de - Christie said. ulty memhcrs by Barnes & o f over-ordering Harrop .said although hi.~ Nohkcampus hookstorcs o vc rs t0 d ing and over~ company deal., with hook"That lcuer grossly ~ is- returning." he said. stores on :in individual hasis, rc~rcscnL,;_ou~ policy and the The problem surfaced it is the Barnes & Nohlc r:iuo~alc lor.. mstituting a n.: - scv~n yc~rs ago. Harrop said. storl.!s that urc frequently stocking kc. Christie said. Thi.: N:itton:il Association of guilty of excessive shel f. • ~n~cr t~c nc":' policy, Co llege s tores talked stocking. McGraw:_H1\I now intends 10 :4cGr-J w-Hi11 out of initiating "They return .'6 of every assess a live percent charge a re st0ckmg fee. The com- 100 texts ordered while some on all books that arc returned pany th en offcn:d incentives :ire rc1Urning 40 pcrrcnt nr by 1hc hookstorc," the Barnes sui.:h as fn:ight allowances t;, more," he said. "We're rnn& Nohlc lcucr s1a1cd. · booksiorcs which have low ccmcd with the level <if ovcr,_. • returns and send back their ordering. We cannot sit and
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Sc~1. I cha~cs :~t~sur:uc to the pcrccnta •c ooks that art! returned g cc For c xa~plc , a 2.5 J)crfo~~ rc.-.tockmg kc is chargr.:d a I 5-20 percent textbook
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Reporter Donna Arp Lo uer and other sclec1ed MSU alumni were honored .21 the Homecoming Brunch Oct. 22. Each ac:idcmic dcpartment reviews its alumni and suhmits names 10 the selcc.:tion commiucc for 1hc respective awards based on out.~landing achievements ,1J1d community service.
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MSU student charged with theft By Timberly EySSt!n Staff Wrilt!r
Thd 1 ch:irgcs have been filed against a student employee of the campus police department. according to MSU chief of police H.G. Evans. Ninetccn-yc:ir-old Misty Bledsoe, a freshman studying eleme ntary cduca1ion, is acc used of Stl!ali ng S29 1 from thl! office cash dr:iwcr. Ev:ins said.
Dr. Archur F. Beyt!r Distinguished A lumnus
Donna Arp Lotter of Colleyville was awarded the 1994 Dr. Arihur F. Beyer Dis tin g uis he d Alumnus Award from the MS U Ex.Students' Association. Lotter was a 1974 Hardin Scholar at Midwestern. She graduated in 1975 with a h:ichclor of sciem:c in cdut"a• tion and again in 1979 with a master's o f educati on in counseling. She has post• gradualc work at the Uni versity of North Tex.as. Loiter is prcsidcnt of Arp Loua ln vestmen1s. an in\'l'Slmcnl and marke1ing firm in the Dallas/Fort Wonh area whirh spcciali1.cs in in vest· men!.\ in srn:1II husincSSC!i and JS marketing Clmsuhants to ~mall and mid-si;,cd com pa• ntr~. Shi: is also chairman of thr hoard for Lifestyle Commumi:ations. Inc .. a puhlishing anJ r omm uniratw 1.1s com pany lu:ad4uarh.:rcJ 111 81.' dtiirJ . PnN 10 s1arting her own l\1mpJny in 19 SJ . Lo uer was Jn Jn,:a mJuag\·r for Pr11c.:1l.'r JnJ Gamhk ('11.• anJ wa:- 1hc fir.,1 k mak managi.:r for ll~l' comp.my 111 thl' Sou1hwi.:s1 1ll lhl' Pa11i.: n1 Care PrmJurt:l)i\·i., ion. She hirl'd :ind trJ1th:d thi.: initial markl·ting fort\' for Pnll:llT and G:un hlL' in th,: Southwe:-t for 1hc nL'w d1vi,mn fo e.· and CtHmt•po/1"111 m~l'.Minl'S h:1vc t'catur,·J :.tr· IILb on Lonr r'., hu~im.:!'>.,l''-. !n llJKlJ, ~he wa1- n,1min.11cJ f,.r the J,ir /~k rrill Ly111.: h E~trcprcnl'IJr.<1f1hc Yl'Jf Shl' 'currl'ntly nnmin.1ll'd f l 1r tlw
lel it h:ippcn." Though Barnes & Nohlc operates ahoul 300 i.:ampus hookstores, they arc not 1he hil:igcst chair.. Follct's i.~ a hi~gcr chain, yet their rc1urn :average is lower. Harrop said. "And we're not getting th,; saml· form of leucr writing carnp:iign. Barnes & Nnhlc seems to he the only one. (l'Ompl;1ining)." He m:iintains that his company will s1and firm on its policy. "They're !he middlemen. They're charging a fee for what is basically their incflicicncy," H:im)p said. Peter Rook, manager of the MSU campus hooks1ore (managed hy the Barnes & Nohlc grciup). said. "The inefficicn(:y (as tamed hy McGr:iw-Hill) is trying to make sure 1hc student has ev ery book avai lahle IO him at the heginn ing of the semester." "You have 10 huy :i ccrt:iin amount of hooks from them per semester in the firs1 ,..._ _ _ _ _ _.-.. place" to avoid having IO pay the 2.5 percent fee, Rook Tht n:hlblt " lnntr Vbiom " uptm tod11y 111 th.: Unlvns lly Art G11llt r )' In t' a ln t' Jne Art., C, ntn. t'icluud l• Waltn Wining, N,L~on, ~, 1r. See page 3
Evan.'i said the mon..::y lilkcn was "for tickets and decals. hut tickets were processed and shown 10 he paid. No one wi ll h..: contacted for a l:i1c ticket th:it ha.~ :i.c:1Ually hccn paid." According 10 Evans, the money was stolen over a period of a month. with small amount-. taken each day. Retci pts showed the theft started Sept. 19 and occurred until Oc:t. 24 . The only
monl!y recovered was the SI 2 she had stolen that J :iy. Evans said. Blcdsoc turned herself in 10 the Wichita Fall\ Pol ii.:c 01.!partment on ( k t. 27. Shl' has hccn arrested and char!!cd wi1h mi.~dcmc:i nor thclL Blcd.~oc has hccn rclcaSl'd on S2fXI hond. Philip Birdine. MSU dl.'an of studcnL'i. said di.~ciplinary action is hcing considi.:rl!d against Bledsoe.
Experts examine world politics, economics By Neville Lewis, A~ oci:ate
Donna Arp Lotter Li.:p c,;y ot' W11men Award. whid1 rccognizcs five ou1:-1:1nding women in the fields of husiness. arls and volun ll't.:rini;. Loner's rnmmuni ty invo [\',: mc nt indudcs vice: d iairm:in fur 1hc hoard. ol trusk'CS of Baylor Hosp11al. IY95 pn.:sidenl of lhl' Colk yvil k Chamhcr of Comnll•rcc. t,oard of governors of till' Nlirthi.:ast Tarrant Co.unty t\rb \ ,l·aguc. hoa.rd of dtri.:t,.'\lir:- uf thl' J\ml'rK~n Cance~ Si)C!l'IY, h,)ard of d1n:c1.ors ol the Nlir11K·a:-t L1..·,1dcrsh1p ~Orum EJuc.,tion:il F,lu'.1d:1.110~ :inJ bn,irJ 1,f Jircct.Ms 111 1111.: ('(ilk, vilk \\ ,111\l'll s Cluh. L;,lll'r 1-. 0r,~111all) from Ri n1!~1,td. Shl' ,11~J her hu:· hJrhl. Brun·. ha\ !.: 1w,1 s,m~. IJt,1nd11n :.ind C~l hn. Tlw y fl . ,i,k 111 CPlkyv1llc.
Each division honorl~d ;m outstanding alumnus al the Homecoming Brunch. Division or Malhtmatical Sciences The Division of ~fa thl'· matical Scicncl'S hnn0rl:d Dr. Will ium R. Jones 11f Wu:hita F:ills. Hi.: is a physici:in at the Wichi1a Falls Clinil' and prl'S• idcn: of North Tcx.1., SurciCi.:nll'r. ~ fonl·~ is J ffil'lllhl'r ~)f thi.: corporJtl' l"Olllll1 it11.' l' of the W1..:h11.1 F.111., ~h1,eu111 and Art$ Ccllll'r. I le rl'l'l'iv1..·d the B l':>!
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tion will examine Soulh Korea's cc.:11ruunic deveh1pmen1. 7.h:.io llai shcni;. Chinese cu lwral i.:nnsul in I lous1on, will adJrl'si. contem porary China's , ul1uro and sod,.;ty. The aim llf the .~ympusium i.\ to develop greater und1..· r• s1anding rl'l'.arding glohal issue~ wilhin the i.:ummunity,
Thi.! event ah o ofrl'rs to st udents an alte rnati ve method of learning. MSU's fi fth annual World Le:iming should not he ju,1 View Symposium will showin 1hc classroom. Pred:.i said. case several world poli1 ical "It's a way to learn wi1hnut science, economics and culregular fo rm:ll lecture and lural intellectuals. exams. Studcnts in Wichita The highlight of !he No\'. Falls can learn a little hit 7-17 event will he thl! Intermore ahout lhi.: world." national Night Nov. 10 when The symposium is orgamcmhcrs nf the International Michael Preda, director of the Students Associ:ition will division of political scil!ncc nized in conjunction wi1h the Artisl Lec ture Series. the display cultural 1.·os1uml'S, and puhlic administra1ion, Faculty Forum Series and the music. dam:e and food. said. cc.:nnomic lecturer on campu'-. Topping the list of speakers is Carlos F11cn1es. tine of Latin America·i. most dis1inp 1ished novelis1s and a forrnl'r Mexican amhassador 10 Mnnd,r Nun ml1tr 7 1994 • France. llr. i,_..1d J . J k k Un~ 11!,~inSrl.1><0 11.11 14-l -• 11 ..m 1 " C urrt nl l.~1lon Arntrk-im T"nd1o: Th Mun To,ur,h l}t nn1r11Hutl11n" Ernl.'.~t Dover. associate Dr. fa no t A. l)on·r 1<.111.tt Sludtnl Cmtn -- 11,p.rn,, professor of poli1ical si.::icm:e, " W ind., o r t:h11n1:I' in Suu th Afrk 11: A l'11lllk11l l n kr11~1lu n A1111ruac h" will addrcs11 the "\Vind.~ n.f Chm1x1• in Sn111h Africa." Tv,~d;,1· Nonml1tr M Da vid Jickling. an 111 Amha,~ador t'arlt" t u r nlt~ t,\~,n AuJil.,nun, - i p "' , tcrnational consultant wh(I has v.w kcd e:1.:tcnsi\'cly in Wulnr:,dit\' N11n:ml1tr>! Latin Arni:ri,:1. Eurnpl' . thc Dr I 'hu lcs J. Ol,un {t:SC"llot-.i,.. .. ltf•.m 1 Pacific bl.inds, AfrirJ and " (;r,ula,h l.:a11ltalbn1: ll unt u~··, i::11, rrKtnl't' frnm lht t:11,t lllt,,:" A111:.i. will take u politil'al hiok JI i.:um.:nt m:nd11 ot' Llltin Ihvrnlu N•m rnht:r 10 Arnl' n i.:an nathms 111wards i'.h11u ll ahh~nt 1t:St: fhuln -· 1la.m,I " Co111~111p nur~Chln11. l b Culhirt 11 nd ~udtt,1·" clcl·entral11ation. lr!lt rnal ~1nal Nlthl tC.::-l· ti.u,,,.,.,, •. ~ - ll!p. m.J On th,: othcr hand. ('h,ir:, ., l ll~t'hllU S7.~II Ohnn, J forml'r pcr:-1111ncl dirl'Ct11r at tlw US emhassy in \\ tdornJu 'fornnhrc 16 BudJpc~t. wi ll !ipcak on ! Ir llun~ ' ont l.n rc-.c IIMllrooni ,. 7p ni.l l-lung:1ry\ i.:mcrgcnl·c from the Communist Bloc. Agricu lture pn ik ., ~or llong Yoni; Ll'..::·, pr,:,e111a Editor and J t!remy Kingston, Reporter
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