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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, August 21, 2000
Union to gain more accessibility
New entrances will ease shopping woes at KU bookstores
By Veronica Rosas Special to the Kansan
The KU Bookstore and Mt. Oread
Bookshop in the Kansas Union will
undergo remodeling next year.
The addition of two entrances is among the changes. One entrance will be accessible from the new parking garage, which is key to the Union being more accessible to students and visitors, said David Johnston, marketing coordinator for the Kansas and Burge unions. The other entrance will be inside the Kansas Union.
The main stairway will be moved to a more visible spot from the fourth-floor main entrance, which will lead customers to the bookstore located on the second floor.
Andy Wessel, Omaha, Neb., junior, finds books for his classes Sunday afternoon at the Mt. Oread Bookshop in the Kansas Union. In conjunction with the Kansas Union, the bookstore will be making changes to help make its entrances more accessible to students and visitors. The bookstore also make interior changes, moving the textbooks to the area where supplies and greeting cards are now. Photo by Christina Neff/KANSAN
The bookstores' interiors also will undergo changes. The textbooks in the KU Bookstore will be moved to the area where the supplies and greeting cards are now. This is a better layout for textbooks because it is near the loading door, said Mike Reid, director of KU Bookstores.
three times more merchandise
will be available in the Mt. Oread
At the center of the KU Bookstore will be a convenience-type area that will offer snacks, bottled soda and health and beauty items.
Reid said the KU Bookstore and Mt. Oread Bookshop were gaining about 5,800 square feet for a total 30,000 square feet with the changes.
changes.
He estimated the cost would range from $500,000 to $1 million and said funding would come from internal revenues from sales in the store. No student fees will contribute to the construction, he said.
The Mt. Oread Bookshop will be reconstructed first and will have a new lounge area. Reid said he hoped the new location would make it more visible.
He said he also wanted to add a coffee shop and a fireplace and have the new bookshop open until 7 p.m. He said it would be easier for people to return to campus because parking would be closer. However, Reid said he still had doubts whether students would use the bookshop if it were open later.
"We know students like longer hours," he said. "But are they going to want to leave campus and then
come back to campus? Or would they rather leave campus and go to some other place in town?"
Tammy Noragan, Topeka junior,
sad she thought a new Mt. Oread
Bookshop was a good idea, espe
cically if there were a coffee house, Noragan said she did not like to study in the library and that the new lounge would be a good place to study.
- Edited by Warisa Chulindra
Fast food could be added to Kansas Union menu
By Veronica Rosas Special to the Kansan
By Veronica Rosas
The third-floor cafeteria at the Kansas Union may get a fastfood outlet by the beginning of January.
David Mucci, director of the unions, said he also was talking with McDonald's.
David Johnston, marketing coordinator for the Kansas and Burge unions, said several franchises, including Subway, Summit Subs, Wendy's, Burger King and Chic-Fil-A were being considered for addition to the food menu.
"What we are considering doing is bringing in a couple of brands, nationally recognized franchises, or taking our existing concepts and branding them better, giving them a more fresh look and jazzing up our food menu." Johnston said.
The decision to add a fast-food outlet was made after analyzing the results from research conducted by an ad campaigns class taught by Robert Basow, associate professor of journalism. The class asked students what they liked to eat. The answers were subs, tacos, burgers and Oriental cuisine.
He said research by the class indicated that the Kansas
Union is perceived as an unenjoyable dining environment because it is located on campus.
The survey asked students where they spent most of their free time and where they liked to eat. The students said they spent most of their leisure time at the Kansas Union, Wescoe Terrace and the libraries.
"Food is just half the picture," Johnston said. "A big obstacle for us is atmosphere."
The Union loses customers to other options because of atmosphere. The dining areas are dark and not ideal for studying or relaxing.
With the renovation of the third floor dining area, priorities will be given to lighting and music.
"We'd like for it to be a place that people can come study between classes or just hang out and grab a Coke," Johnston said.
Angela Korte, Spring Hill senior, said she agreed with the results from the ad campaigns class. She said that if the Union had a restaurant such as Burger King, it would bring more people to the Union because of name recognition. Korte also said people would spend more time there.
- Edited by Kathryn Moore
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