lydgate@reed.UUCP (Chris Lydgate) (03/24/85)
<munch munch munch> Here at Reed there has been a lot of argument recently about how decisions involving the college community should be made. Although the community Constitution gives enormous powers to an elected Senate, made up of students and faculty, some people feel that these decisions are being made instead by the administration. Examples such as the locking of dorms at 7 pm, the removal of free phones in dorms, and interference in disciplinary cases, are often cited by people who feel that the administration is making decisions in areas traditionally reserved for students and faculty. Have any other collges or universities on the net had similar controversies? What degree of influence/control do students or faculty have over the running of other institutions? Mail, postings, flames, all appreciated. -- chris lydgate c/o the information vortex !tektronix!reed!lydgate
swift@reed.UUCP (Theodore Swift) (03/24/85)
operations, and whether their *management* of the Reed Co-op would result in a radical change for the worse in terms of service (e.g.,prices, selection, community control over stock composition) and atmosphere (e.g., commercial marketing tech- niques). As in any situation, there is lots of potential for good or bad in this proposal. I'm looking for impressions pro or con about other netland folk's experience with B&N stores *expecially* college and university bookstores (of which all are presently on the East Coast. Specifically, are prices reasonable, is the book selec- tion diverse or limited to "bestsellers", does the store seem to be primarily an academic bookstore (as opposed to a craft or com- puter store), and does anyone have experience with special or rush orders of hard-to-find or out-of-print books (e.g., where there additional charges or paperwork hassles)? Whew. Get all that? Any impressions are welcome. Please reply either to the news- group (maybe someone else is interested) or just to me (either through net mail or ol' paper mail). Thanks in advance for any help you can give us. Netspace: Ted Swift at tektronix!reed!swift Real World: box 750, Reed College, Portland Oregon 97202.