Dog Ears not barking with YSU students
Jim Visingardi
Issue date: 6/12/03 Section: pageone
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Student Government Association President Emily Eckman sat relaxed in a chair next to her desk located in her office in Kilcawley Center. The overcast sky dimly lit her office through the window, as she pondered why the YSU student body has not supported her recent project to make books affordable at http://www.dogears.net.
"It's a little frustrating because it is such a good program for students to use," Eckman said.
Dog Ears is a Web site, designed by four students at Columbia University, for students to exchange textbooks. The site also offers a forum for students to post their comments on professors and classes the university offers.
Eckman said she stumbled across the web site by accident and knew right away that this idea would be great for YSU students to use.
"It seemed like a perfect fit for YSU," she said.
Eckman, a frustrated student herself, has been searching for a solution for the past six months to lower the cost of books and raising the price of buy back.
Currently, only 10 schools are enrolled in the Dog Ears program, with some of the most elite universities in the country as some of its main users. The University of Michigan, Columbia University and Boston University are a few.
However, the difference between these universities and YSU is that students at these schools have taken advantage of Dog Ears while only 48 YSU students are currently enrolled.
But Eckman believes there is hope for the program. Starting this fall all incoming freshmen will be registered with Dog Ears.
Also, current YSU students would be registered through their CUE-mail accounts when they sign up for the fall semester.
Eckman said SGA has tried several ways to educate YSU students about Dog Ears, but nothing seemed to work.
She said sending students a e-mail through CUE-mail was an option, but was too difficult because it had to be approved through the President's office.
"So we had to search for alternative routes of letting the students know about this site," Eckman says.
Though, she said registration for Dog Ears through class enrollment now seems like the most sensible idea.
"I have enough confidence that this site can work, so hopefully they have enough confidence in me," she said.
Call Jim Visingardi at (330) 941-1811.
"It's a little frustrating because it is such a good program for students to use," Eckman said.
Dog Ears is a Web site, designed by four students at Columbia University, for students to exchange textbooks. The site also offers a forum for students to post their comments on professors and classes the university offers.
Eckman said she stumbled across the web site by accident and knew right away that this idea would be great for YSU students to use.
"It seemed like a perfect fit for YSU," she said.
Eckman, a frustrated student herself, has been searching for a solution for the past six months to lower the cost of books and raising the price of buy back.
Currently, only 10 schools are enrolled in the Dog Ears program, with some of the most elite universities in the country as some of its main users. The University of Michigan, Columbia University and Boston University are a few.
However, the difference between these universities and YSU is that students at these schools have taken advantage of Dog Ears while only 48 YSU students are currently enrolled.
But Eckman believes there is hope for the program. Starting this fall all incoming freshmen will be registered with Dog Ears.
Also, current YSU students would be registered through their CUE-mail accounts when they sign up for the fall semester.
Eckman said SGA has tried several ways to educate YSU students about Dog Ears, but nothing seemed to work.
She said sending students a e-mail through CUE-mail was an option, but was too difficult because it had to be approved through the President's office.
"So we had to search for alternative routes of letting the students know about this site," Eckman says.
Though, she said registration for Dog Ears through class enrollment now seems like the most sensible idea.
"I have enough confidence that this site can work, so hopefully they have enough confidence in me," she said.
Call Jim Visingardi at (330) 941-1811.