Thursday, October 12. 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
5
Still smiles
Machine mess
By Ted Bell Kansan Staff Reporter
The concessions department of the Kansas Union complains about the students; the students complain about the machines; and the machines? . . . they simply stand there, although I know somewhere in the maze of gears and grease the darned thing is smiling at me.
The vending machines are always and everywhere here.
And so are the same old complaints: "one-armed bandits," "food's too stale," "not enough variety," "way too expensive," "always out of order," "when are they going to fill it?"
SAGE elects new officers
Elections for officers of the Student Association for Graduates in English (SAGE) were held Wednesday.
The new officers form the Steering Committee of the organization, which was formed to "stimulate and organize graduate students in the field of English," according to Dave Holden, Winona, Minn., general chairman.
Other officers elected include the following: Herb Mosher, Needham, Mass., curriculum committee chairman; Margene Weiss, Wichita, committee for assistant instructors chairman; James Welsh, Logansport, Ind., standards and grievances committee chairman; Pat Murphy, Jacksonville, Fla., library committee chairman; Judith Gunn, Lawrence, scholarly exchange committee chairman; Chris Suggs, Baldwin, orientation committee chairman; and Mary Welch, Boston, Mass., recording and corresponding secretary.
Kevin Remick, Kansas Union concessions manager who owns and services all the machines on the Hill and in the residence halls, says the majority of the trouble stems from the user:
"They can't expect to get anything unless they pull the handle all the way or push the right button. Usually they'll be talking or thinking about something else, and they'll put a penny in instead of a dime, and then wonder why nothing comes out."
Remick said however, that the complaints usually die down after the first month when the new students get accustomed to the proper way of handling the machines.
Don Ersmiller, Great Bend senior, said, "I don't think the machines are mishandled until the machines mishandle the money."
Read the signs
Mrs. Goldie Neis, whose voice has become a familiarity to all who use the Strong Hall basement for study or refreshment says the vendors save money for the students, and that there wouldn't be any trouble if "the kids would just read the signs." Like Remick, she claims that 90 per cent of the trouble stems from misuse.
Michael Harris, Lawrence graduate student, said, "They do charge high prices. The soft drinks are normal, but the sand-wiches are something else."
So the machines are still here and the complaints continue to fly back and forth, and somewhere inside all that gears and grease, that darned machine is still smiling at me.
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