NEWS
BOOKSTORE GETS LOW, WITH PRICES OFFERS PRICE MATCH FOR BOOKS PURCHASED ONLINE
BRIANNE SCHAER NEWS DIRECTOR
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his semester the University Bookstore is offering an all-new textbook price matching guarantee. That means you can no longer complain about the prices at the bookstore, arguing you can find the book cheaper on Amazon. Well, sort of. The price match guarantee does not work with websites like eBay, Craigslist, half.com, or from any individual seller. Basically, the price match only works on products sold from an established company similar to the Bookstore. Prices
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from websites like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Chegg will be matched. “This is just one of the things that we’ve tried to do to address the cost of textbooks,” said Rosa Hernandez, director of communications for 49er Shops, who manages the bookstore. Hernandez said there has been a push over the past few years to address the cost of textbooks, like offering digital books and rental books. “We’ve got to do as much as we can for
students,” she said. “Every year we’re doing more and more. A lot of students have really responded to a lot of services that we’re providing for them.” The rules for guaranteeing your price match are pretty simple. You must bring a printout of the listing for the textbook you are purchasing, ensuring that the ISBN numbers match, and your CSULB ID card to the Customer Service Counter. Already bought the book? If it has been less than three days, you can still bring in the
receipt and the above listed materials to get cash back for the price difference. The price match works for new, used, and rental books. Used books cannot be compared to listings from an individual seller, and rental books must be reserved for an entire semester-worth of time. Although you won’t be able to match the Bookstore price with that of a used book from Nowhere, Minnesota for 5 cents, you can still find some books with notable price differences than that of the Bookstore.
and the people playing assorted trading and non-trading card games, for the Union Weekly’s Open Meeting. All are welcome. All are welcome. No need to be a journalism major or even a writer to join. If you can draw, enjoy taking pictures, soft kisses, laughing, and the awkwardness of having someone talk at you awkwardly for ten to fifteen minutes, then this is the place for you. Meetings are at 7 p.m. If you ask for Marco, I will tell you the story about how someone threw up on me or I will start sweating and stuttering nervously while learning the ability to put words together in a sentence. If you’re not too worn out from one day of classes (school takes some adjusting to after several months of not doing anything productive), you should join every organization on campus on Wednesday and Thursday at the Org fair. Here’s your chance to learn more about that one organization that you’ve always wanted to join but have been too afraid to go to the meetings. It’s
also the perfect opportunity to stock up on pens and to fill your belly with whatever free things this year’s Org Fair offers. Head to Upper Campus from 11 p.m. - 2 p.m. and ask the information desk to find out where the Org of your dreams lies. Friday is SMORGASPORT. You squeeze together a graham cracker, a piece of chocolate, and a melted marshmallow into the shape of your sport ball of choice and kick it. Confession time: As a child, I was deprived of experiencing the majesty that is the s’more. I think it affected me somehow. I blame my parents, school, and my middle school science teacher (for telling me to pursue my dreams) for how I turned out. Actually, Smorgasport is a yearly event held on campus that’s just a big party with free food, games, and other equally awesome free things like bowling and video games! It starts at 7 p.m. and the first 500 people get a free shirt. Like USU Program Council on Facebook for more information.
STATE OF THE BEACH SHAKE OFF THAT START OF THE SEMESTER STRESS MARCO BELTRAN SENIOR EDITOR
I spent the night prior to writing State of the Beach looking up videos of people high on “bath salts” to prepare myself for what I’m hoping will be a shorter and less stressful version of the first week of school. I would complain about the parking, but I’m tired of talking about how shitty parking was this past week. In an act of defiance and rebelliousness, I will refrain from acknowledging the act of parking, anything car related, and my plans to build a floating parking structure that requires every student to purchase a giant eagle or other flying creature to reach. I guess if everyone had a giant flying creature there would be no need for parking or parking passes, ever, and it would make the person who develops the genetically engineered load-bearing, flying creatures a billionaire. Maybe I shouldn’t print my billion dollar ideas in a free publication. Warning: IF YOU ARE AN OLD PERSON WITH LARGE AMOUNTS
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OF DISPOSIBLE INCOME AND ARE SIMILAR IN DELUSION TO THE OLD MAN FROM JURASSIC PARK, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM STEALING MY IDEAS. Thank you and here are your events for the week: Monday was Labor Day and there was no school, so that makes this entry in State of the Beach completely irrelevant to everyone in labor or planning on doing laborious things on Monday. Also, all freshmen and freshwomen were supposed to show up to campus in order to receive the check for the $100 deduction from their tuition. I guess if you missed it you’re feeling pretty stupid right now as you read this, but fear not! For you will also feel stupid for believing that this campus would give free money on Labor Day. Dummy. Now that I’ve insulted you, your intelligence, your wallets, and the old man from Jurassic Park, come on down to the first floor of the USU, next to the pool tables