An update to our previous post...
A senator who served during the 74th Session reminded us that legislation was passed during the 74th Session of the Senate that directed the ASUN President to develop a book swap system for the website. We did some digging, and sure enough, the senator was right. Thanks to the senator for sending us a copy of the legislation, which is reproduced below for your reading pleasure.
Bookswap Directive, 74th Senate Session
As it turns out, the Senate (under the previous ASUN constitution) required then ASUN President Jeff Champagne to develop this system. I'm sure there were many good reasons for not implementing this system, but, as they say, the law is the law.
So, 3 presidents later and almost 3 years later, we're still waiting for a textbook swap function. Seriously folks, does everybody in ASUN treat the law and the people's branch of government with such disdain?
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Books, books, books
Books are an expensive, albeit necessary, evil of college. I can't remember a semester I didn't shell out over $500 for textbooks that I hardly ever cracked open until the week before finals. The Sagebrush editorialized yesterday about the high cost of books and the importance of professors to turn in orders early to keep costs as low as possible.
What the Sagebrush didn't talk about is ASUN's complete neglect of a law the Senate passed a year ago to help mitigate the outrageous cost of textbooks.
Associated Students Statutes at Large Volume 75--Unofficial
The Textbook Swap Program Act of 2008, which the Senate enacted over the President's veto, requires ASUN to create a textbook swap system on its website to allow individual parties to find one another so they may make private arrangements for the swapping of books.
I just searched the ASUN website and I can't find a single thing about textbook swapping.
It's a program that could save students some serious dough, made more important in these down economic times, yet all the students get is more contempt for the law as legitimately passed by the students' representatives.
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What the Sagebrush didn't talk about is ASUN's complete neglect of a law the Senate passed a year ago to help mitigate the outrageous cost of textbooks.
Associated Students Statutes at Large Volume 75--Unofficial
The Textbook Swap Program Act of 2008, which the Senate enacted over the President's veto, requires ASUN to create a textbook swap system on its website to allow individual parties to find one another so they may make private arrangements for the swapping of books.
I just searched the ASUN website and I can't find a single thing about textbook swapping.
It's a program that could save students some serious dough, made more important in these down economic times, yet all the students get is more contempt for the law as legitimately passed by the students' representatives.
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