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Some textbooks may get scarce and higher in cost By Nevillt Ltwis Associa1, Ed itor Come next scmc1;1er, stu-
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pm:cs and a shorta~c of 1e:u books. McGraw-H11l. ont.: of 1hc nauon·s 1::irgc:M 1cx1hook pub·
hshcrs and one of the campus's ffiJJOr supphcrs. mti:nds
to assess a f1,•c percent charge on all hooks that ::ire returned by the t't<wkqorc.
Peter Rook. MSU Book.'iton: manJgcr, s:ud Th,s ~hart;c alter,; the cost M of 1hc bonk and forces us 10 add this 111cn::men1al cos1 lO
the fin:i l selling pnccs," he said. Prior to Sep1. I. textbooks were sold to hooks1orcs on a
rcturnahle !'Iasis which al• lowed hnokswrcs 10 return the unsold ones a1 1he end of each semester. Instead of waumg un1d close to the heg1nnmg of 1he scmes1cr when enrollment T.
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MSU Slutlcnu matrhed acroq cam ('Ill nig.ht,
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Cnann Lonon/Th, 1Virl111an the homecoming lfrth light ITWCh 10 the bonrirt on ThuDday .
By Charles Cage St:aff Writer Vo,cts. Midwes te rn 's ycarly literary m::iga,.rne. ha.._ cx1cndcd its s ubmissio n deadline to Dec. 9. Submissions s hou ld he p'3ccd in the Voicn suhm1ss1on box on the 2nd floor of lhc H:irdm building or turned in to Roben Johnson, associ:itc professor of English and Voirts' adviser. :i cc c fl ts Vv i c r s submissions of prose fit: tiun. poetry Jnd brief dramati(: pieces, Johnson ~1d.
Johnson said Vmcrs mlends to continue its high school poctry :mdjunior collcge t'S\a y C(1nteMs Thi-. year's essay topu: will he ~The Effect~ of News Media ·- Print :ind Elcc1romc .. CHI PuhlicOpi ninn.N The Junior colk!!C ess:iy Winners :ire sdec1ed by a blind jury consntinsrof foe- competition he1;3n l3SI )ear ulty :ind studeni from many and was very succe\sful, he. dcp3ttment'l, Johnson said. said. This is Vmct .r' e1g.htccn1h He s:ud the iur)' will nor know the au1hors of the year of puhliC:Jt1on. Thb submissions. nor will the au- year's puhlicauon will ag-ain thors know the nJffll"S of 1hc he til:ick and " hitc dut:' w budget cons1raints ;ury. John;;on cncourJgcd stu• denlSfrom all dep:irtmenlS IO submit and s:ud. ~vo,c,s is n01 owned by 30)' one depar1mcn1 •- the result of which is that !here's a lot of autonomy.~
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Psychology clinic open to students, staff, public By Timbtrly Eyssen Slaff Rr portr r MSU stutknts and MJff suffcnng from tcM an:\1CI)' or mild depression cJn get help at the MSU Psychology Clinic, s:11d Tht.-resJ Wo,.cn crafl. assis1an1 profo!>~Or uf pJychology. Four graduJIC s1udcn1s o f psychology arc counscling for a \anl·ty of disordc1s :md an "<u·tu:~. \ he said.
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Timberly Eyssen StafTWriter Scve.n1cen-ycar-olJ Todd W. Ernest, nnt 3 s1udcnt of MSU, was a~tt·r.l off campus on 0 <.: t. 21 for ::ii;i;rava1cd assault and for CJrrying a firearm 01110 [\.·tSU Around 11 :20 pm .. 1he MSU police depanmcn1 received 3 phone l·all ahuu1 3 white pickup truck p.irkcd bchmd Killtngswor1h Hall. Erne,t and an u111dcn111icd comp:rn1on .111.: Jccuscd of pullini; J shnti;un 0n Sl'Yl'rJI MSU \ ludcnh in a argument concenung i.e\cral len1Jh.:s. By the 1imt: ti.lSU polKc offi . ccr T1mo1hy SwcJ huri; arrived, lhc truck and o<....:upants had aln:ady lei t the 'tlem; The 11uck <lrovc hy ag:im as the olllt. cr wa, tJkini; st::itcmcnlS fo1m ._,udcnts :ind w11ncssc~. The 11fticer pursuL•d o1nd smppcJ 1hc vchidc driven h)' Erne:,,.t, JI 1he corner or M:iplcwood .md M1dwc~tcrn
Pa1kv..1y Oll n. ~·r Swedhurg Jrrestcd Erne:,,.\ ,ind confis<.·atcJ a ,h11tl!un Jnd a ~mall h:asehJII hJi" that had hL•cn 3llcrcd tnhl J cluh. Pos,l•q 1o n o f hoth weapons Jrc t.nn,1di:n:d third degree lclOO!L''l when lhe)' an: C3rrtl'd Onto JO)' 1'l hool CJtn· pus. Aix ordm~ In lhL' Justice nf thl' Pl·:1cc ,\ nhur B W1\11.im~·~ puhln: r.;cPrth, S:;1. ThomJs Slnan 11kd 1he wJrrJnt~ fin hl:halt' of the U01\C1\ ily Erne, , ha'i hccn rclc:hed on '-1 SOIi tl(lnd 0
Clinic StafT All \C\'1t -n, Jrc \lnclh confo.knliJI Coun-.clor~ J r~ t:rJdu.alc stud.:nh tn th;; p\) i.:hol,i~y dcpJ1 lnH:nt. \\ Ith Wo1:.:m:ra f1. J l!tcn/il'd P~) d hl hlg1:-.t. \ U('\:1\ bin!;
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figures are more st3 hlc. McGraw -Hil l's previous policy allowed the books111re to order and havi: in place sufficient hooks to mi:et every class's demand hcfore the first d:iy of cla._s, Rook said. Coupled with a new 1n:nd which secs a greater number of non-tradi11onal studcntS cnrollin1, m colleges and universiucs. thi: new McGraw Hill pohcy makes ii dtfficult to correctly estimate 1he number of books to order per class and effectively control the rc1urn of excess inveniory, he said. It 1.s for this reason that Rook 1s 3dvising professors th3t · if they can find a possihie way of avo iding McGraw-Hill. 11 might be in (1he1r) mtcresi and (their) s1udcnts' mtcrest • Fear of the new McGrawMill policy hJvmg a ripple c:f. feet on tcxthook puhlishmg m the United St:ite/i 1s .1 m:ajor concern "If this 1H ucccs~ful, every pul'tlisher will follow the same suit Ullim3tcly II :Ufccts us all.~ he saiJ. •w~·re fighting that this docs nm hecome a lrc:nd across the industry.~
Keeping prices al a min1mum is a maJor goal of the bookstore, Rook s:ud. ~students are 3Jre.:1dy unhappy about the pnccs or 1ex1~ A lot of times, they don't sec 1he value for their dollar People are so cost-conscious 1hat 1hcy have to see the value. ~The bookstore 1s fighting to keep prices down. We're doing evcrytheng th:ll we possihly can to keep 1t (pncc) inexpensive. It is m the SIU · dents .:1nd our mterest: he said. Since 11 is a ·b!.lnket policy," which ul!ima1ely affects all booksellers, 1he MSU Bookstore and other rnllege campus hoo~stores ;ire mountmg a unified t·.ffort to thwarl McGraw- I-fills plan. . Rook Slid. . ~o~ever. he rem~ms o_p11i:ri1st1c McGraw- Hill will withdraw the new policy. "I'~ ~onfident that. they'll see this 1s a bad dcc1s1on :rn_d th_cy .will cha_n ge. th_eir m10~s. Ro~k s.:11d. I think they re wa11i~g to sec what the backl:ish 1s going 10 he We have had 01her puhlishers trymg to cu1 pnces and <.'ut losses. Th:11 IS the way ii is supposed to he ·
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Celtic New Year/Halloween shar e annual celebration By Cl1ris1ine Dreher R~porter W11h H3llowcen near, m::any people arc making elahorurc plans on how to spend their time around the dJy so heavily cclcbr:11cd. A<.· tivmcs rangi: from par11cs m tnck-or-trcating Ye1 one _o f 1hc most intercslrn g muals 1s 1hc
along with ii. -semainM 1s significant for 3 number of reasons. Dunng this time there w2s a fear that the sun would not return and chaos would surround 1he earth Also. 1hc harrier between th~ living and 1he dl·ad was lowcn:d and spmlS took on forms ·• supcm3tural figures who walked the earth •. in con-
~::~~;,cac~i~~~~ ~~ ~c~~·:1!} t:~1~~;~1.h other uneanhly ~tJr~s:~a: _ :~~s ~ 1~~rl! ~~~~ To remind th~ sun 10 wnh lauthta :ind fu n. plus return and avo,d these occurrc~ccs, the CclL\ \\ Ould soml! cUucation;il msi~ht II i~ tht· Celli,,; NL•w Year ~ngag~ m .:1 _numtl\:r o~111uals, and :ill Eni:h:.h Club mem- mcludmg light1~g b_,g. honhers and ihcir fuend~ arc fires_and man:hmg 10 ccre.wckomc 1o auend. Activities momal processions. Wheninclude catrng. ndme horses ever the boundary of 1hc 03l· ond chanting. The cVcnt has u_ral ~nd supernatural w :is n:· been called r:vcrything from lmqu1~h~d. the Celu _would voodoo right~ 10 pai;anism, have v1s1ons of good thmgs to come. winch arc hmh int'om..·ct. ~The participation and ,c. The Ccl11(' calendar has an :igncullural. r:ithcr lhan a so- cnac1mcnt in soml·thing 1h:it l~r basis. There arc four sis- has been 1rad1tional for al~tficant dates w11hm the c~I- m~st 1500 yc3rs 1:. the hvmg i.:~d~r.' al~ S(gn1fymg spec11!c e_v1dcnce of 1he way Chu!>~1v1s1~n! . in the ~e~sons. t1an1ty ah~orhcd pagan trndt· Scm:un 1.s lhe most ~1~n1fi • lions and t·ulture,~* T:i.ylur cnnt of these, ht:c:iu\C ll 1s 1hc s.11d · dins1on hcl\l.\:Cn au111mn and Hence every year in order winter ·s c:m.un 1._ rclcl'lrateJ on Nov. I. Th1.: uthi.:r!> l rc to ensure a w1~h for a fruitful "fmboh,:," the tli, is wn he- Ha.llowcen. the Ccl11c New l\\.Cen v.inic, ,md spring, Year 1s cclcbr:itcJ . Through "Bclraint..',N the 1,l·ginnrng of 1his, the power or the o ld summer anJ frn.1ll y "Lug- ways rnnlrnuc.._, but in Chn:.nJ..\ ld. ih..: hcgmnmg. ol au- 11.:1n form. The corn god is tumn. All ,sif thl''ic date,;, mJrk burned :ind Chn<.11.1n prayer 1hc ht.:!!innin~ of an agncul- ~:~:JcmcntetJ tor a g,lod 1ur.i.l t'Vt..'01, ~m:h J\ pn.•p;irint: 10
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