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Book e, BY NICK PARHAM A book exchange run by student which provides a saving for th buyer and a profit for the seller Sounds good doesn't it? USC had one last spring and i proved to be a small success. 'Barney Oliver who originate( the project, is anxious to see I undertaken again this year b; student government. Student government, on th other hand, is not as anxious Student government sees the ex change as only one small solutioi to the large amount of consumer related abuses that students en dure. At present, student gavorn ment is establishing a chapter a the Consumer Education an( Protection Association on campw to handle such problems. Student body President Davic Spinazzolo would like to see the exchange operated again seconc semester under guidance from the association. But Spinazzolo pointed out wha he thought were more urgen problems that needed work firs such as local traffic patterns parking, student living conditions and abuses by local merchants The lack of personnel is also a problem to be dealt with if anothe: exchange is operated. Last spring a group of four o1 five students from studen governnent banded together anc established a book exchange. If one had a used book to sell, he listed the name of the book under the course title along with his name and phone number. If one was looking for j required book, he looked up the course name and determined whc had the book and where he could be reached. Since the two local book storee traditionally buy used books for 54 per cent of their list price and re sell them for 75 per cent the lis price, the book exchange Inquiry Send your questions about anything to Inquiry, Drawer A. MOE NEW SHI BLUE Regul * Fly, Rapper, Moe Corner of L 'I cchange: v Iv succ Llate But Barney Oliver levi suggested that students add two dollars to what the book stores would pay and sell the book at that price. For example, on a ten dollar book, a person selling the book back would receive five dollars. And a person buying the used book Cinema review - 'Know t BY DAVID SIMPSON Donald Beeman, an aspiring young executive suffocating under piles of deskwork, decides to chuck his systemized way of life and live at the "gut level." He then leaves his penthouse apartment, moves to a seedy hotel, and begins life anew as a tap dancing magician. So begins "Get to Know Your Rab bit," a silly little movie that casts some good names but little else. Beeman (Tom Smothers) completes his lessons under the Great Delasandro (Orson Welles) and takes off on a tour of the second rate bars in the Midwest. Meanwhile, his manager (John Astin) connives a scheme in which despondent businessmen can escape their tedious jobs by enrolling in a 17-day course in tap dancing magic. Soon Beeman returns to find his seedy hotel has been replaced by a magnificent office building brandishing his name and picture and turning out hundreds of magicians a day. Thus Beeman finds himself once again trapped by the system. Smothers does quite well in his LEVY'S PMENT OF DENIM ILLS ar or low cut Sea Farer, Peanuts Levy's ,ady & Assembly ill! USC gel * Oliver said he feels tha iange project could have b :essful. One of the main pn starting time and no room there was an abundance o 3l textbooks. would pay seven dollars and fifty the cents. for si At the exchange, the seller could books get seven dollars for the book in- accoi stead of five and the buyer would was pay seven dollars instead of seven exchi fifty. Hoo Your Rabbit' screen debut, avoiding the stut- Sevt tering, dumbness he became are < famous for. Astin is also good as stant the "down in the dumps" manager. frien But one cannot say that any of the 'Big i cast excels, due to the poor script even: they must go by. This is especially hum( true in Welles' case, for he is lost i unable to escape the blandness of how I the character he Is portraying. So 8 Katherine Ross's role is a great "Rat disappointment for she appears funn: only a few times and says very kills little. that New Shi1 of Official 1U Ref riger GOLDEN FU RNITU RE COM 1725 TAYLOR STI COLUMBIA, t PHONES: 254-5272 Living Room, Dining Rc Furniture Rented at Rei For 6 or 12 months Tei anothei t the student book aen more >blems was the for publicity. F lower exchange was responsible lling at least one thousand during its weekly operation, ling to Barney Oliver. Oliver he original advocate of the nge. fever, Oliver said he feels fails as a ral of the scenepin the movie mbarrassingly bad. For in e Beeman and a new female I accompany a guy named ic to his store for a swinging ng of bra modeling. What r was implied is completely ratching Big Vic exclaiming is bras "lifts and separates!" es most of the humor in bit,"-drab, low, and just not ,which in most cases, simply a comedy. That's not to say it doesn't have its good ment itors DAK IPANY EET .C. -253-7197 omn, Bed Room isonable Prices ins. - one? that the project could have been more successful. One of the main problems that Oliver pointed out was the late starting time for the project. Since there was little time for publicity, many students sold their books back before they went home for break, thus there were fewer books in circulation. There was also a serious shor tage of upper level books for resale. There was an abundance of lower level books, however, and this is where we really helped the people," states Oliver. Students found the biggest headache to be the seemingly endless number of people one had to call before one found someone with the book. Few sellers bothered to let the exchange know, about sales, thus their names could not be taken off the lists. comedy moments for it does have a few. But on the whole, "Get to Know Your Rabbit" is about as funny as a tap dancing magician-with corns. MOVIE FACT SHEET TITLE: Get to Know Your Rabbit CAST: Tom Smothers, John Astin, Katherine Ross, and Orson Welles. THEATRE: Fox COST: Till 6 on weekdays: $1.50, All other times: $2.00 STUDENT DISCOUNT: None PLAYING DATES: Sept. 13 to Sept. 21 RATING: xx Ratings will be on a four-star system: xxxx-excellent, xxx'h-very good, xxx good, xx'-average, xx-fair, xr-poor, x forget it. The New Gamecock: published Monday and Thursday ZIP KLEEN 1320 Main Street 1-hour cleaning 4-hour Laundry Servie Monday -Saturday Easy To Open Gamecock Charge Account, *10 (Limit) I BRITTON S