By Emily Losito Contributing Writer Harley Winkleman sat with her laptop in her room and looked at the list of required textbooks for the semester. Her accounting professor listed a $200 book. Winkleman, a junior, scribbled her past textbook prices down, and the amount – $3,000 – stared back at her. A Huffington Post article,…
By Harrison Leone Managing Editor Rod Stewart once said “I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school.” Today, Mr. Stewart would be forking over so much money on those textbooks he’d have to hustle pool to balance his budget. As most students are likely aware, textbooks are one of the…
By Kevin Rogers Editor-In-Chief One of the more dreaded prospects for students at the beginning of a new semester is the inevitable textbook list that materializes a few weeks before classes begin. Once the books are purchased, some students question how useful the investment truly is. “Textbooks are overpriced and underused,” Vivien Pat, a freshman…
Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor There I sat, two days before the spring semester was set to begin, staring at a list of required textbooks. As a journalism and mass communication major, I admittedly spend far less money on books than a business or science major would. And I’ve been around the textbook block before. I’ve…
By: Kevin Rogers Managing Editor There are few things more disappointing than selling back textbooks at the end of the semester and getting a few bucks back for a book that cost $100. The financial sting is much deeper if, after 15 weeks of class, the book was hardly ever needed. In my experience, Moodle…