Final exams ended yesterday at the University of Denver, and the holiday break has begun. And it is a rather long break, too. The Winter Quarter does not start until Monday, January 8th. Let the good times roll, DU students! Back when I was the Finance Manager at the DU Bookstore, before the university outsourced the store to Follett Higher Education Group, this was a very slow time for the bookstore. The stockroom people checked in books for next quarter, the floor staff shelved them, and the textbook office checked with the departments to make sure all book orders for classes had been submitted. However, the sales floor was devoid of customers for almost 7 weeks. Talk about poor sales. At one point, the university investigated switching to a semester system, but decided not to do this, since with a quarter system, students were exposed to a broader range of classes. Of course, the real reason was that faculty and students did not want to give up that long break. The semester system would have meant having an actual Christmas sales season for the bookstore, and so we were all for it. But alas, it wasn't to be. The downside for DU students is that they have to attend classes into the first week of June, while students on the semester system are out by mid-May, grabbing all the good summer jobs. Of course, since so many DU students come from wealthy families, that is no problem. A job is always waiting for them at dad's (or mom's) firm. Must be nice.
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