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11 The Nicholls Worth

Bookstore and students find solutions to high prices

By Katie O’Hara
Staff Writer
“The one book that I needed for
English, the bookstore was out
of,” Tammy Lopinto, psychol-
ogy sophomore from LaPlace,
said. This is a common complaint
among many of Nicholls’ stu-
dents as they begin each semes-
ter.
Most students, like Lopinto,
use other sources to buy their
books, such as Amazon.com.
Because of the price difference,
most students do not even look in
the bookstore.
Samuel Benoit, biology sopho-
more from Franklin, said that he
does not use the bookstore “ex-
cept to get the ISBN number.”
Angelle Caillouet, bookstore
manager, said that the book-
store receives the books marked
with their contract prices, which
makes them more expensive
“We are a brick and mortar
company,” Caillouet said, “and
there are other expenses factored
in with the prices.”

photo by Tressa Lafont

Kalon Johnson, computer information systems junior from Thibodaux, helps Kyle Hebert, freshman from Raceland,
find a textbook on Monday at the Bookstore.

The bookstore’s expenses in- the bookstore began renting initial wave of students that rent-
clude the cost of the building and books to students in fall 2010. ed textbooks in the fall dropped
operating it. However, only 33 percent of their
In response to the complaints, stock is available for rent. The see TEXTBOOKS page 6

photo by Tressa Lafont

Cassi Coleman, freshman from Morgan City, and Mallory Theriot, dietetics
senior from Metairie, wait in line at the Bookstore on Monday.

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