“It’s more than just a war of words on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. It’s a war between entire bookstores.” As an Associated Press wire story by Scott Bauer explains, at issue is the fact that the University does not allow students to use their student IDs to buy books at an off-campus bookstore, The Nebraska Book Co., which has a greater selection of books, often at lower prices, than the on-campus bookstore, which is part of the Follett Corp. chain. The school allows students to use the IDs as debit cards against their university account—meaning “students can use scholarships or financial aid to pay for the books”—at other off-campus retailers, but not the Nebraska Book Co. Now, newly introduced legislation would prevent the school from allowing students to use their IDs at the on&3150;campus store if they can’t use them at the off-campus store. UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman says the bill is part of a “smear campaign, implying that the university doesn’t care about how much students pay for books and that the university is encouraging higher prices on books sold on campus so it gets a larger commission.”