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January 24 - 30, 2006 For the students, by the students. Vol. 55 Issue 2

Trying to beat the bookstore

Greg Schreier
Campus Editor
Forget black and gold.
Beat The Bookstore is all about
green.
It is not just the lime-tinted
Dodge Ram parked in front. It is
more than the lizard-colored walls
and T-shirts that bombard your
retinas upon entrance. Instead, it
is the Boulder franchiseʼs hopes
of making money as a Hill busi-
ness — and giving students the
most cash for their used books
along the way.
For just its first semester in
the college bookselling biz, the
Boulder franchise, located at 1135
Broadway on the Hill, seems to
be succeeding, according to store
manager Matthew Karasik.
“As far as Iʼm concerned,
weʼre doing really well,” he said,
noting that the response from
students and others passing by on
the Hill has been positive.
The idea began with entre-
preneurs David Monk and Mike
Winward in Utah, where they
opened the first of many Beat
The Bookstore shops. The pair
became frustrated with the corpo-
rate textbook industry and wanted
to give students another buying
and selling option.
Their Web site, www.beat-
the-bookstore.com, lists 15
stores currently open on cam-
puses across the country with
several more opening soon.
Although the Boulder store
still has some work to do to find
its place in the CU community,
the business is slowly promoting
itself among CU students.
“The first semester is a
building semester,” Karasik
said, adding that the store has
to build its name, inventory and
experience in the business com-
munity.
“Itʼs kind of educating the
public on what we do and why.
Trying to find our niche in the
market, basically,” he said.
Employee Tillie Noviello
has enjoyed the opportunity to
be a part of that initial pro-
cess, particularly because she
feels like she is helping students
along the way. CP Photo/Katie Klane
“I thought it was a really Jessica Flora, a sophomore psychology major, searches for class textbooks Jan. 21, at the new Beat
noble cause,” she said. “It gives the Books store located on the Hill.
(students) an alternative. You pay and the Colorado Bookstore on an account for students to put Colorado law, students pay no
crazy prices (for books). Even the Hill pay cash for books stu- toward their books the following sales tax on their trade-ins.
if itʼs a $10 margin, thatʼs 10 dents sell back, while Beat The semester. “Itʼs another way we help
bucks.” Bookstore uses an account sys- “We treat it like a savings the students save a little bit,” he
The shopʼs unique system tem. account for your textbooks,” said.
requires a bit more explanation Rather than give students Karasik said. The account does not depre-
than that of its competitors. The cash on the spot, Beat The Because it's considered ciate and stays in the computer
university-owned CU Book Store Bookstore keeps the money in a trade and not a sale under See BOOKSTORE, page 4

Senior Bowl game a last chance showcase for four of CU's NFL hopefuls
Dan Mohrmann
Staff Writer
Although the CU football sea-
son has been over for a month,
a few Buffs still have one game
remaining.
This Saturday, seniors tight
end Joe Klopfenstein punter John
Torp, V-Back Lawrence Vickers,
and linebacker Brian Iwuh will
take part in the 2006 Food World
showcase this group of seniors
will have for NFL officials before
Aprilʼs NFL Draft.
The squad left Boulder this
past weekend to meet up with the
rest of their team for workouts and
practices before Saturdayʼs game.
The experience will benefit these
players as they prepare to head to
Indianapolis for next monthʼs NFL
combine.
The Senior Bowl is a unique
event as it hosts the best col-
ligate senior football players and
puts them on display via an actual
game as opposed to a combine.
The combine is typically when
players making their way to the
NFL Draft are evaluated through
several tests.
Seniors are often looked at
with special interest because they
tend to have more experience and
size than players that have left
school early to try and make it to
the NFL. “Itʼs a great opportunity
for all four of us,” Torp said. “Itʼs
a great to chance show everyone
what weʼre made of and what we
can do at a higher level.”
Torp is an All-American punt-
er at CU and was a finalist for the
Ray Guy, which is awarded every
year to the nationʼs top punter. In
order to prepare for the combine,
Torp has been punting with NFL
regulation size balls. “I tend to
find theyʼre a little bit easier to
kick so it should be interesting,”
Torp said.
Klopfenstein is the second
tight end from Colorado to join
the Senior Bowl roster. CU alum-
nus Daniel Graham was part of the
North team in 2002 and was beat
41-26 by the South. Klopfenstein
has been rumored to be a mid-
to-late second round pick in the
draft and he will try to increase his
stock, starting with the game.
Vickers is expected to be
See BOWL, page 13

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