Page C-4 - The Michigan Daily, Thursday, September 8, 1983 Local stores By CHERYL BAACKE When your toothpaste tube starts to flatten, about the third week of school, and your soap bar looks like a slice of cheese, don't panic - after a few shop- ping trips through Ann Arbor stores you'll soon know where to go for sup- plies, clothes, or gifts. For necessities such as shampoo or toothpaste, there are several low- priced stores near campus. " STATE-DISCOUNT, stores on State Street and South University have soap, contact lens solution, cards, and posters to decorate dorm rooms, and a good selection of albums for low prices. " KRESGE'S on the corner of State State Street and North University, is the next best thing to K-Mart for cheap supplies and useful gadgets for dorm rooms. You can find extension cords, night lights, hooks, and tacks at this reliable* corner store. The Kresge's cafeteria is an economical place for a quick cup of coffee or a 99 cent break- fast special before class. Letter-writing can be more than a duty if you search Ann Arbor's Spell P( specialty stores for odd cards " MIDDLE EARTH on South University has a large selection of bir- thday cards and stationary with graphic pictures that will shock your friends at home. " CROWN HOUSE OF GIFTS on State Street is a more conservative card store. The store has the traditional Hallmark folio of kiddie birthday, greetings, and Christmas cards and also stationery and scrapbooks. * BORDERS BOOKS next door to Crown House, has an excellent selec- ,lief tion of books - everything from best- sellers to comics. The second floor has calendars, prints and cards. There are always discounted books displayed on the sidewalk in front of the store. After a long afternoon of classes nothing beats crashing in your dorm room and listening to albums. You'll probably need headphones, though, because there is usually someone blasting a stereo out their window. * SCHOOL KIDS RECORDS on Liber- ty Street has the best selection of recor- ds and tapes. By the middle of first semester there might be a new romance in your life, which alwayscalls for a specialuoutfit. Although some Ann Arbor clothing stores are high-priced, if you know where to look you can find some good bargains. " KLINES on Liberty and Main Street is a forgotten department store among most college students. Comparable in price to Sears or Montgomery Wards, Klines has a good collection of jeans, sweatshirts, and shoes for both men and women. " JACOBSON'S on Liberty Street is a more expensive department store. Many students take advantage of Jacobson's beauty salon for hair styling or manicures. The men's department has Livis jean-jackets, which have become a popular fad on campus. Jacobson's has a good selection of for- mal clothes for dances or an evening out with mom and dad. " BRIARWOOD MALL, a large shop- ping center on South State street which you can get to by bus. There are several major department stores such as Hud- sons, J.C. Penney's, Sears, and Lord and Taylor. Shopping at Briarwood is a great way to spend the afternoon off campus. There are also several See LOCAL, Page 5 Need a new outfit? These dresses, displayed at Jacobson's, start at a mere $300. The store does, however, carryi priced closer to most students' budgets. ETH SCC outfits Book discounts bait students By DAN GRANTHAM In high school, textbooks were loaned out for free, but at the University students have to buy them; and that can put about a $100 dent in the wallet and sometimes take several hours. Only two stores in town sell tex- tbooks: Ulrich's, on the corner of East University and South University, and the University Cellar, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East Liberty. BUT THE COMPETITION between them is keen and students benefit from the discounts each store offers to lure students in. A third store, Follett's, sold a small number of books last year, but it drop- ped out of the textbook market this summer. Despite Follett's withdrawal, Tom Musser, a manager at Ulrich's, says the textbook market in Ann Arbor is "still as competitive as it used to be." SO NOW IT is a two store battle with both sides trying to survive by lowering book prices - sometimes to well below the publishers list price. "The profit margin (on textbooks) is infinitely small, and sometimes even a loss," says Bruce Weinberg, a manager at the University Cellar. Weinberg and Mussar both say the high cost of shipping and storing the books, as well as the large capital required to purchase them, cuts most Qf the profit out. INSTEAD, THE STORES make money on sales of notebooks, paper, and pencils, which are always in demand, and on "go blue" paraphernalia such as T-shirts, sweat- shirts, mugs, and glasses. As Musser says, "the amount of dif- ference between stores as far as costs go isn't that great." But there are basic differences in the two stores. The University Cellar was formed by the University after a storm of con- troversy in 1970. Book prices were such a problem that 400 students stormed a Regents meeting that year to demand a students-run store. 700 students pressed the issue further by taking over the LSA building and refusing to leave, even af- ter the police arrived. SO IN 1970 the University Regents set up the University Cellar as a student- run, non-profit bookstore. The store was housed in the Union until last year when high rents forced a move to Fifth and Liberty. Ulrich's, on the other hand, is a private store that has been selling books to students for several years. Because the U-Cellar does not have to make a profit, it sells books for slightly cheaper than Ulrich's. But the major difference between the stores is how much work students-have to do when they buy books. THE UNIVERSITY Cellar uses an "open" book shelf system. Students can wander through the store, look at all the course book copies available, and select the one they want. The system takes a little time, and it is hectic, but students are able to choose the condition of their books, balanced by how much they want to pay. With budgets getting tighter, Weinberg says, more students are taking advantage of the store's used books. At Ulrich's, students can not select the condition of their books as thoroughly, and they pay a fraction more for them. But the process is not as hectic and takes a lot less time. Students hand a list of their classes to clerks who then gather the books from shelves closed off from the rest of the store. There is a choice of new or used books, but students do not get to see all the copies available. Both stores say they carry all of the books for most of the classes offered. POP Quiz: When does Cr m $4.00 $3.60?00 Answer: When you shop in Ulrich's art and engineering departments. We deduct 10% from the price of all art and engineering supplies at the cash register. That's important to remember when ni're rcnmnnrinn shnnninn- 1 1 i 1 i t I .rn 5 @ t 7 11111)?: Whit. Rr..d .99 .89 .50 .99 .97 .60 .39 1/2 pnt .59 .60 E79 .59 S.59 .55 .5: Cheeros, 10 6oz. 1.79 - 1.85 1.39 1.69 1.49 1.38 -~ - -~ ~~ - - 1 Dozen I e Eggs 1.09 .99 .75 .93 1.1 .79 .83 - -- - - - -- and Chees -- .59 .63 .51 .59 .45 .44 Kroft Anarices cheese, i slices - - 2.69 2.0 2.2 2.09 1.69 oina in Voter, 6*2'', -49 1 29 - 1.491.031. -- - - Jif Peanut tUffer 12 oz . g 1.$5 1.4 1.b 1 1.5 129 1.3 - - ----- - --- - --- - Ekrich runks 2.19 2.19 - 2.92.192e192.1 Peps,Sp$ ck 2.692.452.89 - 3.7.3.2 3.5 Car key to cutting campus cuisine costs- By CHERYL BAACKE ner has a good selection of keg beers. Grocery shopping is not usually fun, White's Market is about as close to, but it is a necessity when mom is not campus as you can get, and its prices around to stock the refrigerator. show it. But it does have an excellent Food stores scattered around Ann selection of meats and fresh fruits. Arbor offer students a simple choice: STOP-N-GO on East University is convenience or cost savings. open 24 hours a day, which is especially THE SMALLER the store and the good for the late-night munchies, or: closer it is to campus, the higher its that extra case of beer for the late prices for basic food items will be. A running party. car is mandatory if students want Big Market and Sgt. Pepper's have bread for less than fifty cents or milk fairly large delicatessens. for close to $1. If saving money is the highest Most of the larger supermarkets,' priority the only choice is to go off cam which happen to be located off campus' pus to one of the supermarkets like can keep prices low because they sell Kroger or Farmer Jack's. Both are large such large quantities of goods, standard chain stores with unlimited Smaller, convenience stores compete food selection, a bakery, and a by locating themselves within walking delicatessen. distance of campus and by stocking For students with less traditional plenty of student-demended items at tastes there are several natural food relatively high prices. stores close to campus. Eden's carries a wide selection of nuts and natural' Village Corner has a wide variety of fruit juices. The People's Food Co-op, basic foods for comparitively high at 722 Packard, carries a selection of prices and a selection of liquors that is whole grain flours, un-processed so large it's almost scary. Campus Cor- cheeses, eggs, and fresh vegetables. gain on city council TER (D-First Ward) felt that there is gone to Democrats in both the electio no growing trend of liberalism. He said after redistricting. It is represented by it has always been a part of Ann Arbor Democrat Jeff Epton, who upset politics. Republican Virginia Johanson last "A certain amount of constituency spring, and Raphael Ezekiel, who won a has always been there. What's hap- tight race the year before. pening now is that we are getting more The Fourth Ward is solidly organized and more vocal," he said. Republican. It is represented by Ann Arbor operates on a five ward Republicans Gerald Jernigan and system. Two council members Larry Hahn. Jernigan's seat comes up represent each ward, and they are elec- in the next election. ted on alternate years. THE FIFTH WARD has historically The First Ward is heavily student been Republican but now appears to be populated and strongly Democratic. wavering. It is represented by Lowell Peterson easily retained his seat Republican Joyce Chesbrough and in the last election and won't be tested Democrat Kathy Edgren. Edgren lost a again until 1985. Democrat Larry Hunt- race against Chesbrough in 1982, but. ter is the other representative. His seat returned last year to defeat Republican will be up for election this spring. Lou Velker. THE SECOND WARD, a democratic The Mayor's position is a part time stronghold before the 1981 redistricting, job paying $11,000 a year. Mayor, is strongly Republican. Republicans Belcher was elected to his third term as James Blow and Richard Deem have Mayor in April, prior to that he served both won their seats in unopposed races three terms as a councilmember. since redistricting. Councilmembers receive $5,500. Free The Third Ward, generally con- coffee is the only fringe benefit. sidered the city's "swing" ward, has - m win, A Flair R - y-. DASCOLA STYLISTS East U, at So. U..........62-0354 01 L L A[ I I L1 Liberty off State ........ 6"-9529 Democrats (Continued from Page 3) But Belcher did not think the new seat Democrats gained last spring would have much effect on council. "I can't see any great change in council, except I have to schedule vacations with six (Republican) mem- bers more carefully than with seven," he said. REPUBLICAN COUNCILMEMBER Richard Deem (R-Second Ward) doesn't see the shift of seats as a sign of a growing political trend, but rather a response to local issues. "I didn't see that as a change or fall out of a political climate," he said. It's a response to the change in the pot law. Frankly I think that's why we lost two Republicans," said Deem. Several council Republicans spent considerable time in the last election trying to repeal the city's lenient $5 fine for possession of marijuana. But the repeal failed in almost all of the city's districts, even the most conservative ones. COUNCILMEMBER LARRY HUN- 1 ] ] 1 1 1 l i I i 1 s I 1 Z v 2200 Fuller ma . i