Wednesday, October 8, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
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Recycling embraces the mind
Professor continues reading-box tradition
By Daniel E. Thompson
dhpsonon@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Cheap, recycled ideas are available at the east end of campus.
Chained to a tree across from the Kansas Union is a newspaper box, which yesterday held an AAA guide, a political newsletter and summer issues of "The New Yorker."
"L' is for Lawless" by Sue Grafton costs a quarter —or you could just take it.
"It's a pity so much printed material is thrown away," said Tim Miller, associate professor of religious studies and owner/operator of the recycled-reading box. "If something can be read more than once, that's a good thing."
The reading list might not be timely, but it is recycled.
Miller has been operating the green box for almost two decades and has never had a problem filling it.
"Printed materials seem to be magnetized to me," he said.
His office in the basement of Smith Hall looks like a corner of the Watson Library stacks with oriental rugs. Miller's wife, Law School bookstore manager, and his two sons also add to the box.
"My wife probably reads three or four books a week," Miller said. "I have a family of readers."
The chain wards off most thieves, but there have been problems.
Miller said that twice the Kansas Union staff had cut the chain and taken the box.
"It doesn't fit their aesthetics. They prefer neatness over ideas," he said.
After the box was stolen a few years ago, Miller said he was able to find it by making a few phone calls.
Once the box was reclaimed, Miller was selling 25-cent ideas again.
Pat Beard, manager of building services for the Unions, said that during the Union renovation, part of the plaza was expanded at the
"When the contractors got over there, a paper box was chained to the tree," he said. "They asked us to remove the box."
east bus stop.
Beard said they stored it on the Union loading dock until the owner claimed it.
Miller said his First Amendment rights guaranteed him the box.
The University of Kansas has the ultimate authority concerning the land but has no regulations about newspaper boxes.
Mike Richardson, facilities and operations director, said his office did not remove any newspaper distribution boxes.
"We can't control where they're placed," he said. And that was tested when "USA Today" began distribution on campus.
While Miller — a self-proclaimed 19th century communitarian anarchist — promotes his ideas, the ideas of others don't make the box.
"I don't have enough time to promote something I don't believe in," he said. "If someone wanted to set up another box, that's fine by me."
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