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Textbook Prices Add to College Costs.

By Philip Walzer, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 8--NORFOLK, Va.--Geneva Randolph did one of those freshman double-takes shortly after she arrived at Norfolk State University this semester.

No, it wasn't about her roommate's sleeping habits, the college food or the homework assignments. It was the cost of her textbooks.

Randolph's total came to $480. Her anatomy book alone topped $130, she said.

"All the freshmen were shocked that it cost so much," said Randolph, a 17-year-old nursing m

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