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Saturday, May 2
The Indiana Daily Student

Bursar billing change is unfair

I'm writing in response to how ludicrous T.I.S. College Bookstore's argument is regarding the IU Bookstore having an unfair advantage due to bursar billing. Here's a thought: Lower your prices so students get to choose your establishment over IU's. Moreover, IU is in the business of education, whereas T.I.S. is a private business. Can T.I.S. not think of any other way to get students there over the IU Bookstore? Maybe they should ask some Kelley students to intern for a few weeks to come up with another way to raise revenue that doesn't screw their target market. \nBursar billing WAS a great convenience. Both of my older brothers attended the University of Michigan, where students did not have the option to bill their books to the Bursar. My parents told me how great it was that I could bill my books through the Bursar directly to them and not have to write me a check after the fact. \nI would also like to ask why IU gave in relatively easily to T.I.S.'s demands. For the price we pay for books, I would think IU could afford litigation. Now that IU has given into this, what's next? If CVS or Osco complains that allowing students to bill their prescriptions from the Health Center to the Bursar is unfair, will IU fight then, or just cede to corporate America?\nI know there are many students on campus who are as upset with this decision as I am, and I hope they will join me in a full boycott of everything T.I.S.

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