...picking up. "We've sold 125 units since its introduction and shipped them actually all over the globe," UT bookstore manager Mike Roos said. "Apparently Mr. Buffett has fans all over. We've shipped some to Indonesia and Australia...
...3-year-old have in common? What about a former state administrator, a lung-transplant survivor and an adult-bookstore manager? In one way or another, all were local newsmakers during 2003. Maybe they weren't the year's biggest celebrities...
...fiscal 2003 toward Housing Works' $27.2 million budget. "We were living in the shadow of the thrifts," said bookstore manager Joel Tippie. "Until about a year ago, there were constant grumblings from the ... board of directors that the...
...announces three new employees. They are: Kate O'Hara, training specialist/marketing; Helen Thomas-Pope, bookstore manager; and Linda Woodward, information resource coordinator. Mary Smallwood has joined SunTrust Bank's Mortgage Department...
...childhood instructor; Michael Ostrowski as director of instructional technology and distance learning; Jan Roberts as bookstore manager and Frances Smothers as program coordinator/lab director for early childhood development. Mary Campbell has joined...
...some faculty members' robes for? "Nobody knows that. Not even the people wearing them," said Diane Mundy, bookstore manager at the Medical College of Georgia. For the record, the velvet stripes, called chevrons, designate what subject...
...book club selection, Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi, are also top-selling books in Augusta, according to bookstore managers. "Every (author) that she mentions always goes on the top 10 list," said Tawonda Johnson, floor manager at...
...separate Internet access through a commercial provider. "It really is slick," said Gordon Andersen, an Oregon State bookstore manager who sells the system and helps students set it up. "A lot of people are getting more mobile and they need access...
...athletic association. The same is true for ticket sales and concessions. "They see the price and say 'Wow,'" ASU bookstore manager Michelle Neely said of basketball fans' reaction to $20-$30 T-shirts and other gear. The NCAA sets the prices...
...to research where books are available and find used copies, not only from students but from other sources, said bookstore manager Jeremy Johnson. But professors tend to wait until the deadline, and often far past it, to submit their book lists...
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