Here we go again: Crazy stuff in the world of words.
Booksellers Ask Justice Dept. to Probe Price Wars
by Reuters in the NYT, pub. Oct. 22
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Target Corp and Amazon.com Inc. are going head-to-head to see who can beat out the competition, providing customers with the absolute lowest prices on new (even some unreleased) hardback books by some pretty famous authors. The American Booksellers Association sent a letter to the U.S. Dept. of Justice, asking them to investigate the pricewars. The association claimed the war was causing devaluation of the concept of the books themselves.
www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/10/22/business/business-us-booksellers-doj.html
A Different Look at Common Reading
by Andrea Castillo in the Daily Evergreen, pub. Oct. 29
Professor Melissa Goodman-Elgar spoke on Oct. 27 regarding the freshman required reading, "The Omnivore's Dilema." The talk focused on the anthropological perspective on the history of maize in three main regions of Mesoamerica.
www.dailyevergreen.com/story/29925
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