University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 3. 1991
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Two cafeterias to close
By Jeff Meesev
Kansan staff writer
Students in some residence halls will be invited to dinner every night starting this fall.
Because the cafeterias of Lewis and Ellsworth halls will be closed this fall, residents of those halls will be served meals at one of the six other halls, said Barbara Quintero, assistant director of food services.
For the last two years, Templin hall's cafeteria has been the only one on campus with a full-size kitchen.
"It was more of a drudgery than anything," said Tim Kuhman, Topea sophomore who lived in Templin last year. "The weather was the biggest problem, especially when it was raining or cold out.
"I hardly ever went to breakfast because I didn't have time to get over there to Lewis. Because of the long wait, it was better to least an hour to eat. I would have
thought twice about living there had I known."
The housing department chose between closing Ellsworth Hall and Hashinger Hall cafeteries because of the large number of row of halls along Engel Road.
Quintero said much of the cafeteria equipment in Ellsworth needed repair, so it was closed instead of Hashinger.
"It's not really cost effective to run food services in each hall," she said. "The facilities we have are so much in need of renovation that it doesn't make sense to renovate all eight halls."
Carol von Tersch, assistant director of housing, said the national trend was toward consolidated food service.
"Most of the halls in the United States were not too different than KU when they were built," she said.
"Most schools have moved toward consolidation more rapidly than us. There is always an element of resistance to change."
Quintero said that three or four students had asked to move from Ellsworth when they learned it would not offer food service. No one had asked to move from Lewis.
She said student objection would not have stopped the consolidations.
"It'll be a shock to some people, but it's something that has to be done," she said.
The housing department closed Lewis cafeteria in anticipation of renovations that the housing department wants to start by January.
Although the same menu choices will be offered, weekend hours will be expanded in the halls offering meal service. Quintero said the consolidations also were a cost-saving measure.
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Marketing scams gain victims add new twists to old treachery
By Eric Swanson
Kansan staff writer
People who think they have landed a new job in Kuwait may want to start unpacking their bags.
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Chances are they have been swindled by a new marketing fraud scheme.
Shortly after the Persian Gulf War ended, U.S. newspapers ran classified advertisements promising jobs in Kuwait to people who wanted to help clean up the debris left by the war.
Chris Berry, Denver sophomore, saw one of the ads in a Denver newspaper in February and decided to apply.
He called the telephone number listed in the ad and was told he had to send $50 to a post-office box in New York.
Three months later, he had received nothing except a notice that the company had cashed his check.
The jobs-in-Kuwait ads were abundant immediately after the war, but they have died down since and been replaced by other fraudulent schemes, say R buckley, president of the Better Business Bureau of Greater Kansas City Inc.
"I was furious," Berry said. "I'd lost $00 and a chance to take off on my own."
"Mail-order concerns offering anti-aging vitamin pills and vacations are hot right now," he said.
In many schemes, a telephone salesperson selling a vacation, low-interest credit card or other product can provide you with a check-in account number.
If successful, the operator then writes the account number on a demand draft, which can be used to retrieve payments quickly from the victim's bank.
Victims may not know money has been siphoned from their accounts until they spot the transaction on a card or payment or fail to receive the product
Marilyn White, president of the Better Business Bureau of Northeast Kansas Inc., said she had investigated many such schemes.
"These people put a new twist on old schemes and make them sound different," she said. "But when they send the money, it's not different."
She said that one of the most notorious scams was the "homework seam."
In this scam, operators advertise
jobs that sound attractive, promising high pay, good hours and a chance to work at home. They include toll-free and urge people to call immediately.
When victims call, they are told to send an advance fee to pay processing costs. Several months later, they receive an email with a message to their ticker, but it is not what they expected.
"What you get are instructions and information," White said. "There is no actual employment connected with such offers."
She said people who were poor or unemployed were apt to be victims of such schemes.
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Lawrence police Lt. Ernest Gwin said Lawrence had not had many problems with swindlers.
Consumer Affairs in Lawrence is set up to handle fraud complaints, as well as other consumer issues.
White said the agencies welcomed any consumer complaints.
"You don't have to be a victim," she said. "You do have an opportunity to investigate."
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