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Top Story - Sports
Men's Basketball blows out Albany in season opener
By Andrew Kelly
Contributing Sports Writer
Game one of the Men’s Basketball season locked into a steady pace right away. Visiting school Albany College of Pharmacy went shot for shot with the Trailblazers, keeping the game close in the early minutes.
Center Jon Greenberg did some crafty maneuvering underneath to help the Trailblazers grab a small lead. Greenberg had a great opening night finishing with 28 points (including two spectacular dunks) and 15 rebounds.
The defensive pressure was enforced early on by the Trailblazers and they kept it strong. With about eight minutes left in the first half, the Trailblazers decided to run to the finish line. With a couple quick fastbreaks and some steals, they began to widen the point gap.
Top Story - News
High bookstore prices turn students to Web
By Jason Kaufman
Staff Writer
With the start of the new semester comes the discussion of textbooks, especially in a struggling economy. Students purchase them from different locations, ranging from the campus bookstore to Web sites, and most agree that these textbooks are quite overpriced.
Students were able to search for their textbooks online at the bookstore’s website in early January. Once the students have a list of textbooks for their classes, some take this information to other purchasing mediums.Freshman Catt Chaput ordered her textbooks from Amazon.com. “I paid about $250-$300,” she said. “Last semester I tried using Half.com, but my books took 2 months to arrive.”
Chaput, who is also the MassPIRG intern on campus, stated that the MassPIRG here has not focused on the lowering textbook costs campaign at the college but other chapters have been focusing on that. each book cost.
