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Monday, August 19, 1996
OUT & ABOUT UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
A game of pool can be a ball
Edmée Rodriguez/KANSAN
Several area establishments provide tables
Ben Colman, Manhattan senior, sets up his next shot during a friendly pool game at Fatso's, 1016 Massachusetts St.
By Emily Redmond Kansan staff writer
Lawrence pool parlors have become a dwelling for KU students searching for a fun and relaxing time.
For students 21 and older, several area bars, including Fatso's, 1016 Massachusetts St., are host to a number of coin-operated pool tables.
David Collins, Shawnee senior, said, "Fatso's is a good place to play because they have two new tables, and on Thursday nights you can play nine-ball for a quarter."
Spectators also enjoy frequenting Fatso's.
Matt Heidebrecht, McPherson senior, said even when all the tables are taken, it's fun just to hang out.
Another bar with a number of pool tables is the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. Open from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m., the Bottleneck offers patrons free pool tables until 8 p.m.
Collins said that afternoons at the Bottleneck are fun.
"The pool is free, there are lots of tables, and if you want to just hang out with friends, it's great," he said.
Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. 2nd Street, has an ectetic mixture of students and Lawrence locals who play the game.
"Players at Johnny's are not scrappy pool players," Collins said. "There are people there who hang around the table for fun, like me, but there is definitely a higher level of playing, which makes it more interesting."
Some students play competitive pool, but most do not. Heide-
brecht said.
Some establishments are open to the pool players under 21.
The Kansas Union Jaybowl has three pool tables available to patrons. Students pay a $2.40 hourly rate before 6 p.m. on weekdays. After 6 p.m. during the week and all day Saturday and Sunday, the price raises to $3.60 an hour.
Astro's, 601 Kasold Drive, has 10 tables available everyday from noon to 2 a.m. Three tables have hourly rates with a special, buy one hour and get another for free.
The Pool Room, 925 Iowa St. recently was renovated and has an all new look.
until 7 p.m.
Jim Heather, general manager, said he got new carpeting, got rid of all the beer lights above the pool tables and installed green lights. "We totally remodeled the big room that you first come into," he said.
Minors are allowed to play on the 22 tables until 10 p.m. Then they are asked by management to leave.
Hourly tables cost $5, and coin-operated tables cost $.25 for a game of eight-ball and $.50 for a game of nine-ball.
"It's not all that competitive around here,but every once in a while you'll find pool sharks."
Matt Heidebrecht McPherson senior
Students sell goods for cash
By Paul Eakins
Kansan staff writer
Needing extra cash for beer, pizza or necessities, some students turn to selling their possessions.
Students may sell many items around town. Some sell their music and stereos while others sell the clothes off their backs. Others even sell the plasma from their veins.
At North American Biological Inc., 816 W.24 St., a person in good health may earn $15 twice a week by spending 45 minutes to an hour giving plasma.
Besides earning money, the donation of plasma contributes to medical research and producing injectable solutions for burn victims and hemophiliacs.
Katherine Carrigan, program coordinator, said donating plasma was an easy way for people to get money.
"It's safe, very sanitary, there are nice people there, and you get extra money if you need it," he said.
Dennis Hoover, Leavenworth junior, said he gives plasma often, not only for the money, but also to do a good thing. Hoover said the donation center is an excellent program.
The $15 earned is only a base payment. Carrigan said on the second donation a donor weighing 150 to 174 pounds may earn $18, and a donor weighing more may earn $20.
Donors who have special antibodies, such as for hepatitis B, may earn up to $65, she said.
This is a large amount of money for simply sitting in a chair with a needle in one's
arm, but it is limited by the amount of plasma in the human body. However, there's no limit to the amount of CDs or clothing that can be sold, though not all of them are likely to be bought.
Tamyra Heim, general manager of Arizona Trading Co., 734 Massachusetts St., said the store turns down hundreds of articles of clothing.
The store buys and sells unique used clothing. When people bring in clothing, they may get either 40 percent of the store's selling price in cash, which could be as much as $15, or 60 percent of the price in trade.
The store also buys some new clothing, but about 95 percent of the clothing is recycled clothing, Heim said. And more people are bringing in clothing every day.
"Every year, every month, we notice a difference," she said.
Heim said the more people sell clothes every month.
Even if students don't have clothes to spare but have piles of old CDs, then they can trade them for cash at many music stores in Lawrence.
Steve Rector, owner of Alley Cat Records, said CDs can be sold for $4 to $5. But, as with clothing, not every CD will be bought.
"Mainstream music comes in often, so sometimes we get overstocked," Rector said. "Hard-to-get music, such as bluegrass and reggae, I snag up the second they're in."
The majority of the CDs at Alley Cat, 717 Massachusetts St., are used. Rector said.
"We probably get a couple hundred a week," he said.
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