University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, May 22. 1962
Page 7
Offbeat Tension Indicators Explained
Campus vending machines are a quite usual sight to the KU student
He walks by at least several of the campus 132 vending machines every day. On the average, he and the other people who come in contact with the University spend $6 a year through the machines. The amount totals out about $100,000 a year.
You would almost think the story of the vending machines ends here. But it doesn't.
The vending machines operate as a barometer of student tension,says Kevin Remick,manager of the Kansas Union concessions for the last 11 years.
Beginning next fall, the botany department will offer a course in Spanish-Botany 65, Plants in Latin American Culture.
Plants to be Studied In Spanish Language
"We can always tell tension on campus, especially during finals and midsemesters by the way the vending machine consumption goes up.
The course will be for two hours credit, and will be taught by George Mora, of the University of Costa Rica, who is finishing his Ph.D. here
The lectures will be in Spanish, and the examinations may be written in either Spanish or English. This will be the second course outside the language department to be offered in Spanish. The other is an art history course.
Kansan Classifieds Get Results
"Cigarette, candy bar, and coke consumption goes up about 1/4 above the consumption for an average week," he says.
Another story the vending machines tell is that of the easy-living hard-eating vacations.
"IT'S HARD to recover from Christmas and Easter vacations, because the girls come back and want everything non-fattening." Remick says.
He added that the campus female population after a vacation starts drinking more white milk than chocolate because it contains less calories, in an apparent effort to lose the vacation excess poundage.
Badges, Rings, Novelties,
Sweatshirts, Mugs, Paddles,
Cups, Trophies, Medals
THE UNION is planning additions to the vending machines, but not in the food line. Remick said they might try out next fall a "Read-O-Mat" machine in one of the dormitories.
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The machine has a selection of 42 paperbacks ranging in price from $.50 to $1.45.
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"We'll dispense educational books. We'll get away from the sexy stuff." Remick said. He admitted that this might hurt sales.
"GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS": NEW HOPE FOR ADDICTS
"I was earning $20,000 a year," says a member of Gamblers Anonymous. "But my wife and daughter lived like a wife on relief." In this week's Post, you'll learn how G.A. helps compulsive gamblers. And why most of them really want to lose.
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