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Wal-Mart expansion, grocery store opens today
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
The Wal-Mart expansion at 3300 S. Iowa St., which added more than 90,000 sq. feet, was officially unveiled to the public with its grand opening this morning.
The food center, Wal-Mart's inhouse grocery store, also officially opened today. Wal-Mart is now 207.150 so feet in size.
Store manager Richard Chappelle said grocery stores were being added to current Wal-Mart stores and are being included in plans for new stores.
"The grocery business is the growth vehicle for Wal-Mart in the United States," he said.
Chappelle said Wal-Mart started adding higher-end goods to its grocery stores about a year ago because research indicated customers were going elsewhere.
Luke Henry, Lawrence junior, said he liked the fact that he could now buv food there.
"i buy a lot of stuff here" he said. "It makes it easier to shop."
The expanded store also includes a Tire and Lube Express, a garden center, an on-site recycling center, a pharmacy, a Central National Bank branch, a Blippie restaurant, a one-hour photo lab, a portrait studio, a vision center, hair and nail salons, a wireless phone center and a sports shop that will include Jayhawks apparel and merchandise.
First reviews of the expanded store have been favorable, but some customers are still trying to find their way around the store.
"I get a little lost," she said.
Julie Peterson, Blue Springs, Mo. sophomore, said the new layout has been confusing.
The expansion was an 18-month process, longer than the five to six months it typically takes to expand to a store of its size, Chapelle said.
He said the purchase of some property from Crown Automotive for the expansion, replacing the wooden roof with a steel one and knocking down walls one-by-one added to the construction time.
The store now employs 450 people,200 more than it employed before the expansion. About 700 people applied for the new positions. The new Supercenter is the 39th in Kansas.
Chapelle said a welcoming ceremony would include the singing of the national anthem with a group of Marines presenting the colors. Local representatives and members of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will also attend.
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@ kansan.com.
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BIG 12 WOMEN
Loni Berry, Topeka senior, signs a copy of Playboy magazine for Andrew Lentfer, Topeka sophomore. The magazine features Berry and other women of the Big 12. The women representing each university were chosen through a three-stage process, selected from several hundred applicants at each school.
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KU makes strong showing for Big 12, nine women pose for Playboy spread
BY ANNA FALTERMEIER
Three of the nine KU women who appear in Playboy's Big 12 feature signed autographs Tuesday for a long line of eager KU men.
The signings were at The Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Rd., in the afternoon and Hastings, 1900 West 23rd St. in the evening.
Allan Barzegar, Wichita freshman, stood in line for an autograph Tuesday.
"I think it's pretty cool that they've got Big 12 girls showing what KU has to offer here," Barzegar said.
Dylan Serrault, Salina sophomore, got his chest signed by the women.
"I'm not showering for a month,"
Serrault said.
Allie Love, Lawrence junior, had never seen an issue of Playboy until she looked at herself in the October issue.
"I was kind of surprised that I made it," Love said. "One of my friends told me talked me into it and I just decided to go for it."
Love posed in a library scene wearing tube socks and a thong.
"The whole staff was so nice and they made me feel so comfortable," Love said. "The whole thing has just been fun."
Love said she enjoyed watching her friends' reactions when they see her in the magazine. She said that despite all the publicity, she's still the same person.
Stephan Prelog, a Playboy public relations representative, said the women were selected after photog-
Library, She had been in the Women of KU Calendar and recently posed
raphers came to the University last spring and photographed women interested in appearing in the magazine. Prelog said photographers looked for all American college-campus women "kind of with that girl next-door look."
"I think it's pretty cool that they've got Big 12 girls showing what KU has to offer here."
Loni Berry, Topeka senior, decided to audition for the Big 12 feature after she saw a newspaper ad last spring while studying at Watson
ALLAN BARZEGAR Wichita freshman
for a Chiefs calendar, but said she had never done anything "to this level."
"Both the photographer and the producer were fantastic," Berry said. "They made you feel really
Berry said her family has been supportive of her.
comfortable."
"Of course my mom's not going to pick up this magazine and be like
"this is my daughter; but she's really supportive," she said.
Berry said she didn't think she would make it into Playboy.
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"It's kind of surreal still," she said. Berry said her ultimate fantasy was to be a Playboy playmate.
Michael Roberts, who works for Time/Warner Retail Sales and Marketing, said a lot of college bookstores, like the Jayhawk Bookstore, didn't sell magazines, but carry the college issue of Playboy for this event. He said it was probably the best-selling issue of the year.
Kansan staff writer Anna Faltermeier can be contacted at afaltermeier@kansan.com.
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ANNIVERSARY
Students celebrate University's birthday with cake, card on Wescoe
BY DANNY LUPPINO
Free birthday cake Tuesday on Wescoe Beach attracted flocks of students.
Student Alumni Association hosted the annual "Celebrate KU" event, held every Sept. 12 in commemoration of the first day of classes at the University of Kansas. This year marks the 140th anniversary.
Erin Vernon, president of Student Alumni Association, said honoring the day was important for students.
"I think sometimes we forget that KU has a long history and this just reminds us that KU has been here a long time before us and it will be here a long time afterwards," Vernon said.
Vernon said there were not
many other schools that celebrate similar birthdays.
"We're honoring a great tradition." Alderdice said. "We're promoting school spirit and we're educating people about SAA."
Jennifer Alderdice, adviser to Student Alumni Association, agreed that the celebration is both special to the University and important to her organization.
Still, Alderdice said some students were less interested in learning about Student Alumni Association and more interested in the free cake. She said students had plowed through nine large birthday cakes in the first two hours of the event.
In addition to the cake, the celebration included a giant birthday card for the University, with signatures ranging from "have a rock
chalk birthday" to "congrats on the big 140, you inanimate object." Alderdice said the card didn't go to anybody in particular and would be taken back to the alumni center.
Students said they were generally pleased but unaffected by the event.
Thomas Duermeter, Lawrence junior, said the event didn't encourage his school spirit so much as reaffirm it. Still, he said he thought the event had a positive effect.
"It's good to see something out here that everyone can come together for." Duermeier said.
Kansan staff writer Danny Luppino can be contacted at dluppino@kansan.com.
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Darica Nisly, Hutchinson Senior, signs a birthday card for the University of Kansas on Wescoe Beach on Tuesday. The University celebrates its 140th birthday Tuesday and gave away free cake to students. "I signed the card because I love KU and it looked like fun," Nisley said.
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