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University Daily Kansan, November 11, 1982
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Officials predict early enrollment may change students' book buying
By MATT BARTEL Staff Reporter
Early enrollment can bring about a change in the way some students shop for textbooks, Kansas Union Bookstore officials said yesterday.
Steve Jewett, Union Bookstore textbook coordinator, said that although he did not predict a big jump in early textbook sales this year, more students would know what they were going to take much earlier. This could generate more early book sales in the long run, he said.
Initially, the Union Bookstore will use the same faculty book request deadlines, which means the prospects of stocking the shelves earlier this year than in the past are limited, he said.
"We'll have the tags set up by finals, so students who want to at least
see what books they'll be using can do so." he said.
STEVE WORD, Union Bookstore manager, said early sales could still improve.
Both Word and Muggy said their stores would set up next semester's books that were already in stock as soon as possible.
Bill Muggy, Jayhawk Bookstore manager, said one advantage of buying early was that students could get last year's prices on next semesters.
However, Word said, used books take longer to find. so some titles will not reach the shelves for several weeks.
The bookstore staff does not order some new books until they find out how many used books are available.
THE ONLY way to speed up the book-ordering process, he said, is to order new books as soon as faculty book requests come in. But this would not be the case because new books cost about 25 percent more than used ones.
Word said his store was working on getting more used books than it had in previous semesters.
"So far we've already done 75 percent of the used book business that we did during all of last year," he said.
Used book business accounted for a record high of about 40 percent of the Union Bookstore's book sales last year, but that's not likely to be able to see that figure reach 50 percent.
Muggy said the difference between those who bought their books early and those who waited tended to reflect class level.
Jayhawk billboard jolts cruising Missouri fans
By BONAR MENNINGER Staff Reporter
University of Missouri fans, complacently cruising Interstate 70 near the heart of St. Louis, have been jolted by a fierce storm that appears to be a blinding vision from hell.
Poised on a billboard near the Salisbury Street exit stands a Kansas Jayhawk, complete with pith helmet and blunderbuss.
The billboard reads, "Remember,
Tiger season opens Nov. 20," referring
to the upcoming football contest, and
exciting statement remark, "Here,
Kitty, Kitty."
The subversive proclamation in the urban thickets of "Mizzou" country is the work of KU alumnus James Arnold, class of 52.
Arnold is city manager of Ferguson,
Mo. a suburb of St. Louis, and said the
city has no plans to build a new building.
HE TALKED with KU graduate Dan Martin, a St. Louis area artist and former staff artist with the University Daily Kansan, and asked Martin to render a drawing of the crafty KU mascot stalking a Missouri kitty.
Martin was happy to oblige, and Arnold had soon solicited enough money from other KU alumni in the St. Louis area to pay for the billboard.
"I've been in Missouri for about 15 or 20 years now, and I have a lot of Missouri friends. We kind of go at it each year around football time, so I just thought I'd surprise them with the billboard." Arnold said.
Foreseeing partisan pressure from agast MU fans, Gannett Outdoor Billboard company of St. Louis installed an adjacent billboard beside the Jayhawk, which shows a fierce Missouri Tiger, with bared fangs and claws outstretched. The billboard says, "With you Mizzou."
HOW HAVE Missourians reacted to the visual invasion?
"I've got some people who won't talk to me until after the game," Arnold said.
The Kansas City, Mo., native said he had received numerous calls and letters from relatives in Missouri and Kentucky who wanted to take bets on the game.
Laughing, Arnold said, "We're just having a little fun. I would hope Missouri fans have a sense of humor, too."
The rivalry between Kansas and Missouri has been one of the fiercest in the country since Kansas won the first game in 1891. Kansas also won last year's contest, a victory that sent Hawks on to a post-season bowl game.
Officials say arson cause of house fire
Lawrence Fire Department officials yesterday determined arson was the cause of a fire that resulted in $10,000 damage to a Lawrence home Tuesday night.
Fire Chief Jim McSwain said the cause of the fire at 1025 Connecticut St. was determined to have been arson because there were multiple points of origin for the blaze on both floors of the house.
Firefighters were called to the home, owned by Harry Rayn Str. son, about 9:20 a.m.
McSaint said that investigators took four samples of fire debris from the house and sent the samples to the Bureau of Investigation for analysis.
Firefighters responded at 3:40 a.m. yesterday to put out the fire, which restaked in a matress. Firefighters were again called at 7:25 a.m., after the fire had rekindled in attic insulation, officials said.
The house was being rented by Harry Rayton. McSwain said.
McSwan said a closet on the first floor and a room on the second floor received extensive fire damage. There was smoke and fire damage to other rooms on the second floor and the fire spread to the attic and roof, he said.
Kay says unemployment key factor
After months dominated by speeches and campaigning, Morris Kay is grasping pencils and calculators in hands of 20C congressional District voters.
By BRUCE SCHREINER
By BRUCE SCHREINER Staff Reporter
While the Lawrence insurance executive sat at his desk, which already was scattered with various accounts — indicating his quick move back to law — he completed the reasons for last week's loss to Democrat Jim Slattery.
Kay concluded that the threat of higher unemployment in the 2nd District may have kept him from pursuing job he had sought since last summer.
Because voters were unable to express their frustrations about President Reagan's economic policies in the off-year election, Kay said, they unleashed their anxiety on his campaign.
KAY, WHO lost by a greater margin than most people expected in Kansas' most combative congressional contest, closely aligned himself with Reagan during his attempt to succeed Republican Rep. Jim Jeffries. Reagan campaigned for Kay in a September visit to Topeka.
"In a real sense, a certain number of voters saw an opportunity to vote against the president by voting against but still having the president." Kay said.
"The fear of unemployment played a larger role than the actual unemployment. There was a lot of conversation about it. I don't know how to measure it on the Richter scale, but it certainly was there."
Kay said that in predominantly rural Clay County, which has an unemployment rate of only 3 percent, he defeated Slattery two-to-one.
BUT IN the more populous counties, where unemployment poses more of a
Despite disenchantment with Reagan's inability to check rising unemployment, and the liability it posed for GOP candidates, Kay said he never regretted his close ties with Reagan.
"He is trying to do the job he was elected to do, and I'm very proud of the team."
Besides the handicap of unemployment, Kay said, his late entry into the race forced him to play catch-up with his team, who already had visited most of the district.
"I knew what the odds were going into the race because of the head start advantage the Democrats had," he said.
"The SLATTERY campaign had been out more than a year directly, and two years indirectly with labor unions to take control of voter registration and voter turnover drives.
Kay, who lost to incumbent Gov. Robert Docking in the 1972 gubernatorial election, refused to make any commitment about his future in poli-
"But we worked hard, and we brought it down to the point where if there had been a change in 23 votes in each precinct, it would have changed
However, it was confirmed yesterday that he was being considered for the top regional position at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Scott Richardson, assistant press secretary for Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., said that Kay had showed interest in the matter and had "passed on that interest to EPA."
LATER in the day Kay said, "I have had only a preliminary discussion about it with a member of Sen. Dole's staff. I'm honored that Senator Dole would recommend me, and it's important to have Kansans in those positions."
The regional post, based in Kansas
City, Mo., oversees operations in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska.
"I understand the importance of the position, and I understand the administration is interested in having someone with managerial experience." Kiya say.
The former GOP state chairman said that no matter what the future held for him, he would maintain his avid interest in Kansas politics.
"There have been a lot of people trying to write my obituary," he said. "But I have strong feelings for the principles of the Republican Party, and I have strong thoughts on the need to do what I can to help in whatever way possible."
But for the near future, Kay said, he will catch up on his work at National Guardian Life Insurance Co., 2500 W. University Drive, Gray City in Gray County in western Kansas.
WHILE KAY recuperates from the grinding campaign, many Republican leaders already are listing the 2nd District seat as a top priority in the 1984 election.
Merlyn Brown, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, said Slattery could be vulnerable in 1984 if he sought re-election.
"A one-term congressman is in that position because he hasn't had a chance to establish himself in the district. So if Slattery supports T tip O'Neill on every occasion, we have made a mistake and will want a more conservative congressman."
"I believe we will probably put a great deal of emphasis on the 2nd District race because a congressman is in office after his first term in office," he said.
Brown said the 2nd District could become a headache for Slattery because of the great variety of constituent cities. The district includes Topeka, one of the state's largest cities, several universities and a large agricultural base.
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