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University Daily Kansan, August 27, 1980
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Banking services accessible to students
It's late in the afternoon when you decide to eat out that evening. The banks are closed. The restaurant won't take a check and you're out of cash.
This situation does not need to be a problem for KU students. Both the Kansas Union and the Satellite Union services to provide students with cash.
The banking centers at the Kansas Union and Satellite Union will cash students' personal checks, payroll trainee's checks and checks from parents.
Zip machines, which operate 24 hours a day, also are available at the Kansas Union Airport.
ONLY STUDENTS CAN cash checks at the banking centers, and they must not be on the list of people who have written several bad checks, said Warner Ferguson, associate director of the Kansas Union.
"Our general policy is to see a KU ID card with a current enrollment sticker, because the center is for students," Ferguson said.
An additional piece of identification also is required.
The banking centers will cash a
20 cent fee for each check cashed.
The 20 cent fee for each check
"Last year it was 10 cents, and during the summer we tried 25 cents, but that was a little high," Ferguson said. "The students seem to accept 20 cents."
The Kansas Union's banking center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Satellite Union banking center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
THE BANKING CENTERS are not the only places to get cash on campus.
Alaska statehood evaluation expected
two campus ZIP machines as often as possible.
A ZIP machine is an automatic money teller that can be used by anyone who owns a plastic ZIP card. ZIP cards are issued to people who have checking accounts at participating banks.
panel of its kind created by a state, emphasized it was not a secessionist threat but was designed to give the state greater control over its resources.
Backers of the Alaska Statehood Commission, which would be the first
Ferguson said that a ZIP machine would not give out more money than what was in an account, so it guaran-
tity there would be no overdrawn accounts.
The 24-hour operation of the ZIP machines makes them convenient for students, Ferguson said.
The proposal had virtually no organized opposition. That factor, plus recent U.S. Senate passage of a bill that would classify more than 100 million acres of Alaskan land as protected park and wilderness areas, was expected to assure overwhelming approval of the commission.
"It's just a smooth way of handling business," he said. "To us that's the ideal way."
THE ZIP MACHINE is a safe way to get cash, said Ann Griffith, a customer information services clerk at the First National Bank of Lawrence.
JUNEAU, Alaska-Alaaskans voting in yesterday's primary election were expected to send a loud complaint to Congress and the federal government by approving a proposal to re-examine their 21-year-old statehood pact.
Griffith said that a person who wanted to use the machine would insert a ZIP card and press a four-digit number into the machine for identification. Each card owner is sent a personal number. The machine identifies the card's number from a magnetic strip on back of the card.
If the number on the card does not match the number the person entered into the machine, the person has two more chances to enter the correct number. After the third try, the machine keeps the card.
"As long as you don't have your secret number with your card, there's no chance of someone getting money from your account," Griffith said.
If a ZIP card is lost, it cannot be used without the identification number that
IF A PERSON LOSES his ZIP card, he should call the bank immediately.
Griffith said the ZIP machine at the Kansas University is sponsored by the First National Bank, and the one at the Bank of South Dakota, sponsored by the University State Bank.
With generally sunny conditions prevailing over the population centers of Alabama, they are designated 100,000 of Alaska's 243,583 registered voters to be cast at ballots.
"Call the bank right away, as soon as possible, and we'll put a 'hot' status on it," she said. "That means the machine will just keep it if it's used."
Money from the machines must be withdrawn if the machines are that amount of five, Griffith said.
"You can withdraw up to $200 if it is in multiples of five and you have that amount."
First National Bank employees restock the Union ZIP machine with money daily, Griffith said, or more customers could load on cash because of heavy demand.
Griffith said that occasionally the ZIP machines would not operate because the controlling computer center in Topeka became overloaded.
Besides cash withdrawals, the ZIP machine can be used to make deposits, check the balance of an account, transfer funds between checking and savings accounts, and send messages to the bank.
COMMODORE COMPUTERS
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If you detect an odor you think may be natural gas—
(1) Open windows and doors to dilute the air to a safe level.
(2) Call for aid or advice from the gas company or fire department.
(3) If the oor appears to be very strong, leave the house or building immediately. Go to a telephone and notify the gas company — do not turn on any electrical appliances, including light switches.
(5) In the event a leak is detected anywhere outside of a building notify the gas company immediately and describe the location and approximate level of the odor—a quick check of the area will be made to determine the problem and corrective action needed.
(4) When the problem is solved, have a qualified person from the gas company, plumbing or climate control firms relight appliances.
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The supplemental budget hearings request forms are now available in the Student Senate Office, B-105 Kansas Union. The forms are due by 5:00 p.m. September 12.
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Change in insurance puzzling for students
Despite almost five months notice, the transition from Blue Cross and Blue Shield to Lone Star Health in 2015 marked the third many University of Kansas students.
Each year, the Student Senate organizes low-cost insurance for KU students and their dependents. But this spring was the first time in 40 years that a company other than Blue Cross and Blue Shield was chosen.
There was a delay this summer in mailing information about the new health insurance company, Student Greg Schnecke said yesterday.
CHANGING INSURANCE companies over the summer caused some confusion, but Schnacke said he expected that to happen.
The new student insurance policy calls for a 240-day waiting period before paying maternity benefits. The chorpes expect a baby this week.
"We've had some trouble," he said, "but that just happens. This insurance confuses everybody."
Walter Thorpe, Kansas City, Kan,
senior, and his wife Hannelore,
a freshman from Germany, say they
are confused and a little angry.
TO AVOID PAYING more than $1,000 worth of hospital bills, the couple took out a regular insurance policy that costs twice as much as the Lone Star policy. They say they need to switch back later this year.
"We were caught by surprise when they made this change." We know, too, that we'd get caught in a bind where both companies would refuse to pay us.
Last year's health insurance package cost $18.34 a month, compared with $17.25 a month for Lone Star's policy.
NO ONE WHO WAS covered last year will be left out under the new policy, said Martin Wollman, M.D., director of Watkins Memorial Hospital. The only people who will not be covered are students over 65 years-old and dependents over 19 years-old.
The new policy has an age limit of 65 years and offers maternity benefits, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield was going to add a 28-year-old age limit this year and had no maternity provisions, he said.
Students who want to buy a policy should do so this week, Paula Polley, a Lone Star representative in Dallas, said. After that, she said, the company's books will be closed for the fiscal year.
THE SENATE CHANGED insurance carriers because the Lone Star student policy was more liberal and less expensive. Schnack said
To ask about the insurance policy, students should contact Dong Goracle, student representative of Dow Co., or Lone Star's Dallas office.
Plant gets second bomb threat
"We changed companies because we thought we could help more people," he said. "But we knew we'd lose some people too."
The Lawrence Police Department responded to a bomb threat called into the Stokely-Van Camp production plant, East 10th St., last night. It was the second bomb threat in four days at the plant.
Schnacke said students were notified in mid-July that their old policies had been cancelled, but he said it was too early to tell how many dropped them. Some-sponsored insurance altogether.
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"The boom is four minutes late," said officer Fred D'Ercole, as the minutes ticked past. "We always make reports out on bomb threats, but we don't search or evacuate unless the management wants us to."
The call turned out to be a hoax, as the 11 p.m. deadline passed with no trouble.
The management at the Stokely-Van Camp plant decided to ignore the call. The company has been hit by labor disputes twice this year, once in the spring and recently in Indianapolis, Ind., where a strike was settled just this week.
Plant supervisor Mike Bradley refused to discuss the incident.
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