University Daily Kansan, September 1, 1981
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Improvements ease crush at KU Bookstore
The platform in the stairway was removed, the air duct system was revised to route the air directly down on the stacks, the aisles were broadened slightly and a carpet was laid to cushion the floor. A second line waiting to check out at the Kansas Union Bookstore during the textbook rush last week.
It was the first time the newly renovated bookstore was open for the enrollment crowd, and things went exceptionally well, according to Steve Word, general manager of the bookstore.
The four-month, nearly $10,000 renovation was completely an in-house job. Word said that he and his staff worked on the design and that the actual construction was done by the store's maintenance crew.
Word estimated that if outside designers and contractors had been brought in, the cost would have been close to $70,000.
The cash registers were moved so that "they're better arranged for efficiency." Word said. Once students are through the registers, lines logically flow to the door, and people no longer have to double back. Word said.
Carol Brock, a former employee who returned to work during enrollment, said, "I think the renovation is an improvement."
Noting that the customers seemed more patient this year, Brock said, "I haven't found the belligerence I've found before, which is nice."
She said, "It seems as if it's gone a lot smoother this time. The last two or three days have been hectic, but overall, it's gone the best I ever seen
KURT JACKSON/Kansan Staff
As for the customers, Linda Shera
Lensing senior said, "I think
you have to be patient."
However, "it is hard to remember what things were like before," Sher-
Though some students may not have noticed the physical changes, they did notice the greater ease of exiting the store.
"I was there when it was really crowded, and the lines moved quickly," said Patti Kappler, Moline, Ill., Junior.
"I think it's great," she said.
The bookstore does not yet have a count of the number of people it served. Some statistics are expected by the end of this week, Word said.
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Students browse through books at the newly renovated Kansas Union Bookstore. The $10,000 renovation includes a revised air duct system, wider aisles and new carpeting.
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Ward's retail store to close
Because of declining profits, Montgomery Ward will close the doors of its office at 23rd Street and Ousdahl Road Sept. 10, a company spokesman said yesterday.
The store is being converted to a budget center and retail catalog store, said Charles H. Thorne, news service for Montgomery Ward in Chicago, III.
"In some locations," he said, "when the retail store is not providing information turn on our investment, where that can catalyze it to a catalog center is profitable."
He declined to provide figures on the Lawrence store's financial situation or
to say exactly how many of Ward's 400 stores were being converted to catalog centers.
However, the Montgomery Ward store in Salina will also be closing this year—on Christmas Eve.
Thorne also declined to provide figures on how many workers were employed at the Lawrence store or how many might lose their jobs.
"There probably will be some reduction in the number of employees," he said. "The number of employees in volume that the new store generates."
the conversion. It will continue to sell tires, other auto accessories and services such as wheel alignment and balancing, he said.
Of all the retail store's departments, only the auto center will remain after
The catalog itself offers 100,000 items for sale.
Some merchandise, such as overstocked items, customer returns and damaged items, seasonal items such as snow blowers, and the latest appliance models, will be displayed on the floor of the catalog center, he said.
Management of the new center will be supervised by Ward's Kansas City Center, but whether the local management will change is not yet known.
On the Record
Police arrested a KU student in connection with a burglary that occurred Saturday night at Templin Hall. KU police reported that the suspect had been followed along a window ledge and entered a room by prying its window screen.
Police still had no suspects yesterday in an armed robbery that occurred at the Farmers Co-op Association service center and Hakul street early Sunday morning.
Threatening to kill herself by wrecking her car, a Lawrence woman dropped off her 13-year-old daughter at a local service station and drove away, Lawrence police said. The daughter called the police, who picked up the woman and calmed her down. The woman was then sent home, police said.
Recreation Services needs more officials for intramural touch football.
Interested persons should attend a touch football officials meeting at 6:30 tonight in 202 Robinson. For more information visit or call the Rec Services office, 208 Robinson, 864-3546
Period 69 Cash Receipts
(receipts from Jan. 1, 1981 to June 30, 1981) are Eligible for a 6% Student Dividend now thru December 31, 1981 at either the Kansas Union Store or Satellite Shop. Student I.D. is required.
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