Dear
      Editor,
     
    

    
     
      This
      commentary
      is
      designed
      to
      suggest
      a
      ven-
     
     
      ture
      that
      could
      save
      students
      a
      great
      deal
      of
      their
     
     
      hard-earned
      cash
      as
      well
      as
      possibly
      make
      a
     
     
      little
      bit
      of
      money
      for
      the
      Student
      Union:
      Why
     
     
      don’t
      the
      students
      own
      their
      own
      Bookstore?
     
    

    
     
      I
      would
      like
      to
      make
      it
      clear
      that
      in
      no
      way
     
     
      am
      I
      trying
      to
      criticize
      the
      current
      Management
     
     
      of
      the
      Bookstore.
      On
      the
      contrary,
      I
      think
      the
     
     
      people
      at
      the
      Bookstore
      are
      very
      efficient.
      How-
     
     
      ever,
      the
      fact
      remains
      that
      the
      Bookstore
      is
     
     
      designed
      to
      make
      money
      at
      the
      expense
      of
     
     
      students.
      The
      present
      system
      simply
      places
     
    
   
   
    
     
      another
      middle-man
      between
      the
      books
      and
      the
     
     
      students.
      I
      am
      unsure
      of
      the
      percentage
      mark-
     
     
      up
      placed
      on
      books
      at
      the
      Bookstore,
      but
      one
     
     
      thing
      of
      which
      I
      am
      certain
      is
      if
      the
      students
     
     
      owned
      their
      own
      Bookstore,
      this
      mark-up
      could
     
     
      be
      greatly
      reduced.
      Theability
      ofthe
      students
     
     
      to
      reduce
      mark-up
      could
      result
      in
      substantial
     
     
      savings
      for
      the
      student.
      Take
      the
      following
      case
     
     
      in
      point:
      Student
      X
      presently
      spends
      approxi-
     
     
      mately
      four
      hundred
      dollars
      on
      textbooks
      at
      the
     
     
      Bookstore.
      The
      Bookstore
      mark-up
      is
      twenty
     
     
      percent
      (a
      very
      conservative
      estimate).
      There-
     
     
      fore,
      the
      books
      really
      cost
      333
      dollars
      for
      the
     
     
      Bookstore
      to
      buy.
      Now
      if
      the
      Student
      Union
     
     
      were
      to
      charge
      only
      half
      the
      mark-up
      (ten
     
     
      percent),
      the
      books
      would
      only
      cost
      366
      dollars.
     
     
      That
      is
      a
      saving
      of
      thirty-four
      dollars
      per
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      anda
      profit
      of
      thirty-three
      for
      the
      Student
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Union.
      With
      over
      2800
      students,
      that
      is
      a
      saving
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      94,200
      dollars,
      and
      a
      gross
      profit
      of
      91,400
     
     
      dollars
      for
      the
      Student
      Union.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      am
      sure
      this
      idea
      has
      been
      suggested
      at
     
    
   
   
    
     
      some
      point
      in
      the
      past.
      I
      would
      like
      to
      know
      why
     
     
      it
      has
      obviously
      been
      discarded
      by
      the
      Union.
     
     
      This
      article
      is
      not
      meant
      to
      criticize,
      but
      rather
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      proposition.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Darcy
      MacPherson
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Most
      of
      us
      have
      identified
      the
      problems,
      and
      in
     
     
      our
      hearts
      we
      all
      know
      the
      solution.
     
    

    
     
      The
      cross-Canada
      surveys
      are
      very
      en-
     
     
      couraging.
      It’s
      wonderful
      that
      51%
      of
      us
      take
     
     
      action
      to
      remedy
      an
      unfair
      racial
      situation,
      but
     
     
      we
      need
      to
      reach
      out
      to
      the
      49%
      who
      don’t.
     
    

    
     
      Plus,
      26%
      of
      us
      still
      find
      racist
      jokes
     
     
      funny
      and
      laugh
      before
      we
      do.anything.
      With
     
     
      more
      than
      half
      of
      us
      not
      taking
      action
      after
      a
     
     
      racial
      joke
      is
      told,
      we
      have
      challenges
      ahead
      for
     
     
      1993.
     
    

    
     
      The
      following
      is
      a
      poem
      written
      by
     
     
      Janna
      Stephenson
      from
      Westwood
      Collegiate
     
     
      in
      Winnipeg,
      Manitoba:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Imagine
     
    

    
     
      The
      embarrassment
     
     
      Being
      laughed
      at.
     
     
      Ridiculed.
     
    

    
     
      Jeered.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Imagine.
     
    

    
     
      The
      humiliation.
     
    

    
     
      The
      oh
      so
      real
      feeling
     
     
      That
      you
      are
      worth
     
     
      Nothing.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Imagine.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Pain.
     
    

    
     
      Not
      to
      be
      understood.
     
     
      Not
      to
      own
     
    

    
     
      The
      freedom.
     
    

    
     
      Even
      you
     
    

    
     
      Don’t
      believe
     
    

    
     
      In
      yourself
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Imagine.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Loneliness.
     
     
      You
      are
      unknown.
     
     
      Unwanted.
     
     
      Unloved.
     
    

    
     
      An
      outcast.
     
    

    
     
      You
      don’t
      belong.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Imagine.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Disappointment.
     
     
      The
      shattered
      dreams.
     
     
      A
      loss
      of
      life.
     
    

    
     
      Just
      for
      being
     
    

    
     
      You.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Imagine.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Racism.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Multiculturalism
      and
      Citizenship
      Canada
     
     
      suggest
      students
      create
      an
      anti-racism
      journal
     
     
      and
      each
      day,
      for
      one
      month,
      keep
      track
      of
      one’
     
     
      remark,
      thought,
      or
      action
      of
      your
      own
      that