[YellowBike] NJIT-Rutgers-UCONN Students Launch Online Project

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NJIT-Rutgers-UCONN Students Launch Online Project


[Newark, NJ]-January 20, 2004-This semester, a joint team of students
from NJIT, Rutgers, and UCON has launched www.collegexchanges.com, a
project intended to reduce expenses on books and maximize revenue.
Students no longer need to wait in lines to buy over priced used books
or sell old books at quarter their price.

College X Changes <http://www.collegexchanges.com>  is absolutely free
to use and is thought to become a change in the way students buy and
exchange books. Equipped with a very powerful yet flexible search engine
<http://www.collegexchanges.com/browser.aspx?lft=Category,University,Cit
y,State>  students can search within their state, city, or campus.
Joseph El Helou, project manager, explained "College X Changes is a very
well organized searchable bulletin board; an electronic version of the
bits of papers lining your university's hallways. It is perfect for
selling and buying any kind of school material", he also noted "we also
made listing books extremely easy by creating an interface that only
requires the ISBN number and takes care of collecting information on the
book by itself."

This is the most serious attempt taken by students to share material
without benefiting outside companies. College X Changes
<http://www.collegexchanges.com>  was officially launched on Jabuary
15th 2005, Karl Yang, project researcher, conceived the site as a medium
to connect students that need or possess a book. When asked what makes
College X Changes different from other services such as ebay or half.com
he said "we created an absolutely free service that does not charge any
commission. But most importantly you will not need to wait for shipping
or receive an item in a non satisfying condition, College X Changes
works just like bulletin boards; it allows students to find each others
the actual exchange can happen in person or however they want it."

To start listing or buying, or to help with this project please visit
www.collegexchanges.com To learn more about the project please visit
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