Word on the Quad — The cost of required reading

Berkeley City College

Luke Wrin Piper
Nov 4 · 2 min read

by Jalaya Briggs, Farhad Golriz, and Luke Wrin Piper, Staff Writers

Photo by Scott Barkley, courtesy of Flickr

We visited Berkeley City College campus to ask students the following questions:

-What’s the most expensive textbook you’ve ever had to buy?

-What’s the most you’ve spent on textbooks in one semester?

-Have you ever been required to buy a book your professor authored?

Simone Mitchell — Undeclared. Photo by Luke Wrin Piper.

Ambrood Korin — Electrical Engineering. Photo by Luke Wrin Piper.

Miguel Martinez — Undeclared. Photo by Luke Wrin Piper.

Jayla Goler — Political Science. Photo by Luke Wrin Piper.

Irani Mendez — Physics. Photo by Luke Wrin Piper.

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