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"It's more cost effective in the private sector," Swanson said. "It makes more sense to outsource to provide better service and efficiency."
Swanson said he could not provide specific details because he was still reviewing the contract. But he said he expected the University to sign the contract in early September.
"Marketing campaigns are under development and once the ink is on the page, then we'll make announcements in detail." Swanson said.
Printing services closed because there was a shift to electronic communications, said Beth
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Warner, vice provost for KU Information services. A great deal of communications are handled through e-mail and the Web. Warner said.
"Those communications are now handled by departments rather than centrally," Warner said. "A lot of cost would need to be incurred to keep Printing Services open."
According to an article in The University Daily Kansan, KU Printing Services' profits have declined in recent years. The article said that the printing service printed forms and documents for the Lawrence campus and made $2.5 million in printing jobs last year, a decrease of $500 thousand three years ago.
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Fieldhouse
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Marchiony said that the interior renovations, including the new video board, were meant to enhance the old-time atmosphere.
"The students will be very pleased," he said. "When they see what Allen Fieldhouse will look like, it will look like Allen Fieldhouse with a terrific face-lift."
Renovations to the interior of the fieldhouse included an improved lighting and sound system, fresh paint for the ceiling and benches, refurbished chair-back seats, renovated bathrooms and a new
four-panel video board. A new court also is being installed.
The Booth Family Hall of Athletics, which will house exhibits and interactive displays on the University's greatest teams and student athletes, is under construction on the east side of the fieldhouse. The hall also will house a new ticket office, merchandise store, a room for players and recruits and Naismith Lounge, an area for ticket holders.
Construction on the Hall of Athletics began earlier this summer and is expected to be completed before the first men's basketball game, Nov. 18, against Idaho State.
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There was theft in that department and the bookstores eliminated the employees. The employees were given two weeks notice with pay and the department was totally restructured, Mucci said.
The fliers also alleged that the unions and book-stores rarely promote from their own employees.
Tim Norris, KU Bookstores director, said a great majority of promotions have been in-house.
"There's a good mix of long-term employees and new people," Norris said. "If anything, I have been moving people up above-average."
Another allegation is that holiday bonuses were cancelled and the bookstore manager had custom furniture built for his office.
Norris said he promoted five people, a merchandising manager, a clothing buyer position and two textbook positions from within the bookstores. Three people have been recently hired from outside also, Norris said.
Mucci said that the Union gave all its employees $25 gift cards to the bookstore up until 2004. For
There is a good mix of longterm employees and new people. If anything, I have been moving people up above-average."
Tim Norris
KU Bookstores Director
2004, the department redirected the money for the gift cards to a holiday party for employees.
The furniture put into the office of Tim Norris, KU Bookstores manager, was built by Kansas Correctional Industries and installed in summer 2004, Mucci said. Three other offices also received new office furniture at that same time.
The gift cards were becoming cumbersome to report because they were taxable for employees and had to be reported by the bookstores, Mucci said.
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