BUSINESS
Bar owners urge fans to stay home for game against MU Promotion to offer discount for unused game tickets
Two local business owners are urging football fans to stay in Lawrence for the Nov. 24 game at Arrowhead Stadium between Kansas and Missouri.
Jerry and Sue Neverve, owners of the Red Lyon Tavern, have distributed handouts outlining a protest against the Athletics Department for their decision to move the next two Kansas-Missouri games to Kansas City, Mo.
The Athletics Department is guaranteed at least $1 million in revenue for each of the contract's two years. The University could make as much as $250,000 more each year depending on attendance. This year's game has already sold out.
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The Nevervies are organizing a downtown promotion on the game day that will offer reduced prices on food and merchandise to fans showing unused game tickets.
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HIGH SCORES, LOW PRICES
Laura Monahan, 2007 law school graduate, takes advantage of the Touchdown Tuesday sale on Tuesday afternoon at the KU Bookstore in the Kansas Union. On Tuesdays KU Bookstores offer a 5 percent discount for every touchdown the football team scores, to 30 percent total.
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Tuesdays are big business for KU Bookstores
Bookstore promotion attracts business,builds excitement for upcoming games
BY COURTNEY CONDRON
ccondron@kansan.com
Today students can receive a 10 percent discount on merchandise at KU Bookstores, including the Web site, as part of the Touchdown Tuesdays promotion. The promotion, which offers students a 5 percent discount for each touchdown the Jayhawks score at the previous Saturday's game, has been more popular than ever because of the team's recent success.
Going into the game against Colorado, the Jayhawks were ranked third nationally for most points scored per game with an average of 50.3. The bookstore discount increases with each touchdown to a maximum of 30 percent. The promotion includes both home and away
games, and the bookstores already have Schoenwandt said the stores' sales had had five Tuesdays with 30 percent discount increased during September.
"There has been a lot of response this year," KU Bookstore merchandise manager Kathy Schoenwandt said. "People are excited, and it's because of the combination of the success of the football team and the high-scoring games."
Touchdown Tuesdays began about 10 years ago, but this is the first year that the promotion has been advertised on the home games.
"There has been a lot of response this year. People are excited, and it's because of the combination of the success of the footbaill team and the highscoring games."
KATHY SCHOENWANDT
KU Bookstores merchandise manager
"It's a win-win, because it's good for us as far as sales, and it's good for the customers." Schoenwandt said.
Adam Brunsen, St. Louis senior, said this was the first year he had heard about Touchdown Tuesdays because it was widely marketed.
Jackie Miller, Peck sophomore, said she was a huge football fan and bought items fuesdays to wear to the
"Every time it gets up to 30 percent, you can usually find me down there buying something." Miller said.
Valerie Coyle, KU bookstore marketing coordinator, said that most people bought clothing on Touchdown Tuesdays, but she said she had seen people in buying other items and tailgating tools for the next game.
"It's a fun promotion as well, because it gets people excited for the game," Coyle said.
"It's pretty much all hands on deck," Schoenwandt said. "A lot of people come out from behind their desks and go work the floor."
The bookstore does get busy on Tuesdays, but Schoenwandt said the store tried to staff up as much as possible.
Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
CONCERT
Folk-rockers Bright Eyes to showcase talents tonight
The Lied Center should be rocking at 7:30 tonight when indie band Bright Eyes takes the stage, thanks to Student Union Activites.
Stephanie Altoro, SUA's live music coordinator, said the idea to have the band perform came from an SUA meeting last semester, when they discussed plans for this semester's schedule.
Tickets cost $15 per student and $25 for the general public and are still available from the SUA box office.
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》 OREAD INN
The Oread Inn is one step closer to final approval.
Planning Commission passes hotel plan to City Commission
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission voted 9-1 on Monday to approve the proposal for the seven-story hotel to the City Commission.
If the proposal is passed, the Crossing, Yello Sub, Beat the Bookstore and Big Burrito would be demolished. The architect of the project and members of the Planning Commission said students would have enough entertainment options at Oread Inn. Students interviewed at The Crossing disagreed.
The City Commission will likely not make its decision on the project until at least next month.
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EDUCATION
College prices, private student loans rise
The cost of college at four-year public schools rose by 6.6 percent this year faster than the economy's overall inflation rate, and faster than the increase in financial aid.
tuition and fees, allowing prices to rise only 4.2 percent.
At four-year private colleges, the increase was slightly less: 6.3 percent. But public two-year colleges had the lowest increase in
Few students pay the full listed price at any of these institutions because of financial aid. But the net price at four-year public universities, which takes financial aid into account, rose to $2,580, about $160 more than last year.
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Students also borrowed more money from private student lenders last year, with nonfederal loans increasing by 12 percent to $14.5 billion. Private loans accounted for 24 percent of student financial aid.
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