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CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, November 15, 1983
Analysts see better Christmas sales
By Staff and Wire Reports
14. Thanks to a stronger national economy, Christmas looks brighter for both shopper and retail salesmen, industry analysts said.
National retail chain stores reported a sharp increase in October sales and the strength in consumer buying reflects growing faith in the economy, increased incomes and decreased unemployment, analysts said last week.
Lawrence merchants also said that they were optimistic that Christmas would be a good time.
Holly Benevente, assistant manager for Settlers, 621 Massachusetts St., said that the company is working to
"NOVEMBER, FOR Seiferts last year, wasn't terrific but this November is better. December sales should be up," she said.
Ron Schmidt, owner of Roberts
lery Jewelry . Inc., 833 Massachusetts St.,
Chicago, IL 60617
said that business during December probably would increase also.
National chains reported some of their largest gains for July through September. Industry analysts attributed an improvement to a healthier economy.
"People spend more at Christmas. They spend more on jewelry. We do one-fourth of our business for the winter in the Christmas season," he said.
Sears Roebuck & Co., the largest U.S. retailer, said that October sales were up 32 percent from October last year. K Mart Corp., ranked second, had a 10 6 percent increase and J.C. Penney Co., the third largest retailer, reported an 8 percent sales improvement. F.W. Woolworth Co., the fourth largest, scored a 7 percent rise at the cash register.
Susan McKelvey, national publicity director for K Mart, said yesterday that Christmas 1983 was looking better for the company than last year.
"We do expect better than last year. We predict that the fourth quarter will be more than 10 percent better than the third quarter." she said.
Even though it is only the third week of November, downtown Lawrence is on the list.
PEOPLE ARE MORE optimistic than last year, she said.
People started buying Christmas presents earlier this year, she said. TMS
Christmas arrived in Lawrence earlier this year — about two weeks earlier than past years, said Pat Hobson for Owens Flower Shop, 846 Indiana St.
"We started decorating last Wednesday," she said. "In our business, we miss a lot of opportunities by waiting so long."
Beneventi said, "If people see the decorations too early, you get a lot of negative response. But I got excited when they asked me, "What I think it gets them started earlier."
Holiday decorations will soon adorn campus
By the Kansan Staff
Bundled-up spectators line the streets of the Country Club Plaza anxiously awaiting the moment when Christmas lights awaken Kansas City. Mo., from its darkened slumber. Fifty miles away, facilities operations personnel at the University of Kansas silently adorn the campus without any of the faintage of the lighting ceremonies in Kansas City. But shortly after students return from Thanksgiving vacation, the KU
campus should be dressed in holiday attire.
Bob Porter, associate director of facilities operations, said yesterday that a crew of about six people would help decorate Strong Hall, Danforth Chapel, Hoch Auditorium and the Kansas Union for the holiday season.
Blue lights will outline Danforth Chapel and boughs of evergreen will be draped outside the Union. A lighted Christmas tree will be placed in the middle of Strong Hall along with six-foot wreaths on the outside of the center doors.
Hoch will also be decorated before
vocals, the University's Christmas
concert.
"It it got too big and expensive," he said.
University decorations were more extensive several years ago, Porter said, but a combination of the 1973 oil field's resources forced facilities operations to cut back.
Vandalism has also been a problem, Porter said Last year one of the walls outside Strong Hall was stolen and because of the cost was not replaced.
ON CAMPUS
DEMOCRATIC Socialists of America will show the film "Union Maids" at 7 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
TODAY
INTERNATIONAL Club will meet at noon in the Sunflower Room of the Union.
"WOMEN, Credit Yourselfs," a workshop, will be presented by the Emily Tiemy Women's Resource Team 7 p.m. in the Fine Room of the Union
CAMPUS CHRISTIAN Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 1116 Indiana St.
CAMPUS CRUSADE for Christ will meet at 7 p.m. in the Big 8 Room of the Union.
SWORD AND Shield will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Walnut Room of the Union.
TAU SIGMA Dance Club will meet at 7 p.m. in Dance Studio 242 of Robinson Center.
CHAMPIONS! will meet at 7 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
SPECIAL OLYMPIC Volunteer sign-up will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the pool lobby of Robinson Center.
TOMORROW
WOMEN IN SCIENCE will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 199. Strong Hall.
GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
Colloquium Series will present Thomas R. Smith, professor emeritus of geography, speaking on "Looking at an Old Chart" at 4 p.m. in 317 Linden Hall.
THE FILM "ACID Rain: Requiem or Recovery," released propaganda by the Reagan administration, will be shown by the Campus Coalition of Students and Alumni at Wakaraus Sierra Club at 7 p.m. in Downtown Auditions in Dyche Hall.
See tomorrow's KANSAN for further details.
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Wednesday, November 16th
Button & Taylor in
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7:30 p.m. Woodruff Aud.
Thursday, November 17th
Humphrey Bogart is
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7:30 p.m. Woodruff Aud.
Friday & Saturday,
November 18th & 19th
Spectacular foreign film
THE NIGHT OF THE
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0:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Woodruff Aud.
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Sunday, November 20th
Sexual decisions with
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THE LETTER AND HIS HUSBAND
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"Women are taught that these 'yes-no' games of ambivalence are only an effort to appear respectable" she said. "Women need to be taught to say what they mean, openly and directly."
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She is also the state coordinator for ACA Women's Task Force, a recently formed group that organizes activities and seminars of interest to women working in various fields related to the correctional system.
Alford, who is also on the board of directors of the Kansas Correctional Association, said that the feminist movement had played an important role in finding the social and cultural causes of rape.
Afford has a master's degree in social work from the University of Kansas and was awarded the Army Certificate of Achievement for her role in re-creating the "Social and Psychological Characteristics of Rapsists and Rape."
DURING HER RESEARCH, which included conducting group therapy sessions with convicted rapists. Allford realized that the vast majority of rapists did not see themselves as such, she said. And she found several excuses that rapists often used to exempt themselves from guilt.
Rapists often have the misconception that women must reward males with sex in exchange for attention from men, Jane Allford, a social worker with the States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, said yesterday.
OF THE MORE than 100 convicted rapists that Alford has interviewed, most didn't see themselves as having done something wrong, she said.
Alford spoke lasi last month to about 20 women at the Lawrence Public Library during a meeting sponsored by the American Correctional Associations Women's Task Force-Kansas Women in Criminal Justice.
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"Men are socialized to expect a sexual reward for their attentions to women."
See tomorrow's KANSAN for further details.
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8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 15, 1983
Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
A public reception at the Adams Alumni Center will follow the lecture
Rex Martin Professor of Philosophy
The University of Kansas presents
The Sixth Annual Byron T. Shutz Award Lecture
"Three Conceptions of Equal Opportunity"
by