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*ANE $OUGLAS .EWS %DITOR 4HE 5NION "OOKSHOP IS SET TO CLOSE DOWN THIS -ARCH AFTER STEEP DECREASES IN PROl TS HAVE MADE IT UNSUSTAINABLE /VER THE LAST YEARS THERE HAS BEEN AN DROP IN BOOK SALES !CCORDING TO &INANCE /Fl CER %DDIE 3HIELDS hTHIS IS PARTLY DUE TO COM PETITION FROM E"AY AND !MAZON BUT ALSO BECAUSE SUBJECTS ARE DE VELOPING SO QUICKLY THESE DAYS )N MANY SUBJECTS STUDENTS ARE OFTEN REQUIRED TO USE RECENTLY PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES AVAILABLE ONLINE OR IN THE LIBRARY RATHER THAN JUST
TEXTBOOKS 4HE RISE OF THE )NTERNET IS CERTAINLY A MAJOR FACTOR v 4HE BOOKSHOP MADE A LOSS OF NEARLY a LAST YEAR AND THAT IS SET TO INCREASE THIS YEAR DESPITE OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS $OT -OBILE BEING PLACED IN THE BOOKSHOP TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS ,AST YEAR S %XEC CHOSE TO KEEP THE BOOKSHOP HOWEVER AFTER THE "OARD OF $IRECTORS ADVISED IT BE CLOSED DOWN THE CURRENT %XEC DECIDED TO RECONSIDER 4HE DECISION WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO 5NION #OUNCIL AT THE END OF LAST SEMESTER BUT THE MEETING WAS TWO PEOPLE SHORT OF QUORUM SO IT COULD NOT PROCEED 4HE %XEC THEREFORE VOTED ON THE MATTER JUST BEFORE #HRIST MAS
3ARAH -ABLEY ,,4 COMMENT ED h) M SORRY TO SEE IT GO BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE AN INHERENT PART OF STUDENT LIFE v 7AYS OF MAINTAINING THE SERVICE HAVE BEEN EXPLORED AND %DDIE 3HIELDS HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER UNIONS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AS THE CLOSURE OF UNION BOOKSHOPS IS A PATTERN REPEATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY 4HE 5NION IS CONSIDERING AN ONLINE SYSTEM AS WELL AS BOOK SALES IN THE ,#2 3TUDENTS WOULD BRING IN BOOKS TO BE SOLD BY THE 5NION COLLECTING THEIR MONEY OR RECLAIM ING THEIR UNSOLD BOOKS AT THE END OF THE SALE %DDIE 3HIELDS ADDED h) D BE HAPPY TO HEAR PEOPLE S IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO CONTINUE THE
SERVICE v !S FOR THE FATE OF THE SPACE LEFT BY THE BOOKSHOP THE 5NION %XECU TIVE IS STILL UNDECIDED AND OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS 3EVERAL OPTIONS ARE ALREADY BEING DISCUSSED SUCH AS A HAIRDRESSER WHICH WOULD GUARANTEE RETURNS IF MANAGED PROPERLY OR AN ORIENTAL FOOD SHOP FOR THE GROWING NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 0ROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR IDEA A TAKE AWAY IS ALSO UNDER CONSIDERATION (OWEVER THIS IDEA IS NOT AS PLAUSIBLE AS IT MAY AT l RST SEEM BECAUSE THE 5NION CANNOT SERVE HOT FOOD UNTIL :EST HAS CLOSED AT DUE TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE 5NIVERSITY -ARCUS *ONES ,)4 HAS A VERY DIFFERENT IDEA h) THINK IT SHOULD
BE TURNED INTO A 0RO %VO LOUNGE THEN ALL THE LADS ON CAMPUS CAN BOND BETWEEN THEIR LECTURES WHICH MEANS THAT l RSTLY YOU GET ALL THE ROWDY MEN OUT OF THE WAY AND SECONDLY IT MEANS THAT THEY CAN GET IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEMS BEFORE THEY GO HOME SO THAT THE GIRLS THEY LIVE WITH CAN WATCH THE 46 IN THEIR OWN LIVING ROOMS v 4HE 5NION WILL LOOK CAREFULLY AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND WILL CHOOSE THE MOST VIABLE ONE 4O MAKE A SUGGESTION YOU CAN CONTACT %DDIE 3HIELDS AT SU l NANCE UEA AC UK OR IN HIS OFl CE ABOVE THE (IVE !LTERNATIVELY YOU CAN l LL IN THE FORM ON PAGE TWO AND HAND IT INTO THE #ONCRETE OFl CE
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