Volume 125 Issue 3
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
kansan.com
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DIRTY DILLON'S
SUPER STORE
REBEKKA SCHLICHTING
rschlichting@kansan.com
"Dirty Dillon's" has transformed into a more environmentally friendly, "dapper Dillon's" and created job opportunities in Lawrence.
tomers received a $5 Dillon's gift card at the entrance. A variety of free samples were given to customers while they shopped.
"I grew up going to the Dillon's that they tore down," said Amelia Weil, a sophomore from Lawrence. "It was my home away from home grocery store. I loved it and I was sad to see it go."
Last year The Dillon's, 1740 Massachusetts St, the 37-year-old store was torn down and construction began on a new multi-million dollar store. After the Grand Opening Celebration on Sunday Lawrence residents and University students shared their thoughts on the Dillon's transition. The first 500 cus-
Dillon's on Massachusetts Street has been at the same location since 1960. In 1974, it
Customers shop and explore the new Dillon's supermarket on Massachusetts Street Sunday morning. The ribbon was cut and the doors were opened at 9 a.m. while the first 500 customers received a $$ gift card.
TYLER BIERWIRTH/KANSAN
CAMPUS RESEARCH
TYLER ROSTE/KANSAN
A completed lab in the new engineering building on campus. The building has many finished rooms such as this, but the interior is still not completely finished.
High-tech labs now open to students
MARSHALL SCHMIDT mschmidt@kansan.com
The Measurement, Materials and Sustainable Environment Center (M2SEC) located south of Learned Hall will utilize experimental architecture, enhance the educational experience for students and allow the University to pursue cutting edge research.
Besides freshmen, the University will welcome a new addition to campus: a state of the art engineering research facility.
"This new building and its laboratories will be a major draw to new students because we'll be able to do things we've never done been able to do before," said Sarah
The new facilities include an anechoic chamber, which allows Seguin and students to test electronics at an industry level - both in and out of the classroom.
"Now that we have this resource, we'll be able to make students more marketable and expand the employment options for them," Seguin said. "It will give students practical experience, and be a facility for world class research."
Seguin hopes to expand the number of student research assistants in the future with the addition of the building. Brian Cordill, a graduate student from Olathe is one of six students currently
Seguin, assistant professor of electrical engineering.
Prajna Dhar, assistant professor of chemical engineering, plans to move her laboratory, currently located in the basement of Burt Hall into the M2SEC in the next few weeks.
Cordill said he is excited to begin work in the building and that no other facility compares with it in the state.
working with Seguin and expects to begin testing electronic equipment in the new building as early as next week.
"There's no chamber of this size within 800 miles," Cordill said. "It's a big deal for the work I'm going to be doing."
"We have many undergraduates interested in more possibilities for
research, and the new building will enable students to be a part of these interdisciplinary research efforts," Dhar said.
Dhar pointed to the M2SEC's strength as being built on the concept of interdisciplinary research. Although Dhar focuses of nano imaging, but she said working with professors of different fields on collaborative work will be easier. Currently 10 students work with Dhar, which she only expects to increase with the addition of the facility.
"Students will have access to one of the best facilities on campus." Dhar said.
Edited by Luke Ranker
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
College costs reach high
MAGGIE YOUNG
myoung@kansan.com
Back-to-school shopping is getting more expensive for students with each year, and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight.
According to the National Retail Federation, college students and their families will spend an average of $907.22 on school shopping this year on things like books, pens and pencils as well as everything a student needs to outfit their home. Last year students were paying around $808.
The future doesn't look much brighter, with a total spending for back-to-college expenses expected to reach $53.5 billion nationally.
The rise in spending can be attributed to many reasons, including the economy, textbooks and housing.
Nate Bryson, a senior from Leawood, said the inflation has a lot to do with the spending increase.
"Manufacturers are starting to take shortcuts, so you have to buy more to compensate," Bryson said. "And students really aren't making any more money."
Most students pinpoint text-books as being their primary cost when heading back to school. Denise Keating is the co-owner and manager of the
Amanda Shaw, a senior majoring in education, agrees that textbooks take a toll on the budget, but said the cost of housing also plays a part in back-to-school spending. For many students, housing costs include furnishing and rent at the beginning of the semester. Like the cost of books, housing costs are also increasing each year.
"At the end of the day, the one thing that all students have to worry about no matter what is textbook shopping." Shaw said. "It is a necessary expense."
Edited by Hannah Wise
"Save money by shopping early, so that you can rent books instead of buying them," Keating said. "We try to make the prices better, but do your part by shopping for textbooks early and being smart about it."
Back-to-School and Back-to-College Average Spending by Year NRF
local Beat the Bookstore at 1741 Massachusetts Street.
Keating said that campus bookstores try to make it more affordable for students by offering more rental options and selling as many used books as possible.
She said book prices are increasing every year because publishers are charging book-stores more and that price increase is reflected when students buy the books. It's a chain effect, and unfortunately students are paying the price.
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