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- From: hougen@focus.csl.uiuc.edu (Darrell Roy Hougen)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: High Prices of Math Books. I am pissed.
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 03:18:08 GMT
- Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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- goddard@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Bart E. Goddard) writes:
-
- % In articles <> several well-meaning but misguided souls write:
- %% Have they suddenly lost the ability to use the libraries?
- % Just how many copies of a text book do you suppose a library carries?
-
- You said that college students didn't have the opportunity to read,
- *not* just that text books were expensive. But if you want to devise
- a solution, why not ask professors to require less expensive books in
- their courses? There are many very high quality books that appear as
- paper backs.
-
- %% The idea that some are going without food is ridiculous.
-
- % No it isn't. I can't imagine a time in my future when I will cease to be
- % bitter about the ignorant comments made by middle-class frat boys who've
- % had everything handed to them on a silver-plated platter.
-
- I resent that. I have never belonged to a fraternity, I attended an
- inexpensive undergraduate institution for lack of much choice and I
- have worked hard for every penny in grad school. But I cannot see
- sticking it to others to make my life easier. Enough of special
- interest politics.
-
- Darrell R. Hougen
-