Bookstore move huge success
Sami Richards
Issue date: 9/7/07 Section: News
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After years of being shoved in the back corner of the University Center, the campus bookstore has finally changed location. Directly across the street of the south side of campus students and Forest Grove residents can now find Barnes & Noble at Pacific University.
"It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun," commented Bridgett Pride.
Pride is an employee of the bookstore that assisted with the move. Other Barnes & Noble stores in the surrounding areas helped get the store started.
Some differences in the new store include a greater selection of general reading books, the café in the back of the store and an upgrade in size. The café is similar to what you might find in the library on-campus: it is an Aramark run operation offering the usual coffee and drink selection along with some selected snack options.
The larger space that the new store provides is helpful for organization and comfort.
"I do miss it being right in the U.C., but this is bigger," said Kevin Butler, an employee at the store.
Catherine Cowden, the bookstore manager, could not emphasize enough the excitement that the connection between the community and campus life, provided by the new store location, brought her.
"It brings the kids on campus into town, even though it is just across the street, and now the community knows that they can shop here too," said Cowden.
The transition for the campus store will be complete with another significant addition: WiFi. The store is hoping to get wireless access within the next month or so in hopes that this will be another place for students and community alike to come sit, study, have a coffee or snack and access the web.
"It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun," commented Bridgett Pride.
Pride is an employee of the bookstore that assisted with the move. Other Barnes & Noble stores in the surrounding areas helped get the store started.
Some differences in the new store include a greater selection of general reading books, the café in the back of the store and an upgrade in size. The café is similar to what you might find in the library on-campus: it is an Aramark run operation offering the usual coffee and drink selection along with some selected snack options.
The larger space that the new store provides is helpful for organization and comfort.
"I do miss it being right in the U.C., but this is bigger," said Kevin Butler, an employee at the store.
Catherine Cowden, the bookstore manager, could not emphasize enough the excitement that the connection between the community and campus life, provided by the new store location, brought her.
"It brings the kids on campus into town, even though it is just across the street, and now the community knows that they can shop here too," said Cowden.
The transition for the campus store will be complete with another significant addition: WiFi. The store is hoping to get wireless access within the next month or so in hopes that this will be another place for students and community alike to come sit, study, have a coffee or snack and access the web.
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