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Owners sell campus landmark
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN The Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Rd., has been open for 33 years. It's known for its popular jingle, which reminds customers that it's "at the top of the hill."The store's owners sold it to Nebraska Book Company, which they say is better equipped to handle online book sales.
Book store spent 33 years at the top of the hill
BY JANENE GIER
jgier@kansan.com
"I took the store from conception to wedding," Bill said. "It has new life, but it's carrying my DNA."
The Jayhawk Bookstore was born 33 years ago when former owner Bill Muggy opened shop, selling books to KU students at a discounted price. On July 14, he gave up his baby.
Muggy sold the store to Nebraska Book Store, which he said was more equipped to handle the business. Although the Jayhawk Bookstore has new owners, the store that sat in the heart of KU's campus for more than three decades has solid memories with roots that run deep.
A Playboy magazine signing featuring a Women of KU calendar model Carey Oroke, was held there in 2002.
The store was one of the original Kansas Lottery retailers and sold one of the first Kansas Lottery instant tickets on Nov. 12, 1987, said Sally Lunsford, employee for the Kansas Lottery.
Muggy's wife, Janet, also remembers rationing the store's 500 copies of The University Daily Kansan after the men's basketball team won a national championship in 2008. Each person was only allowed one copy, she said.
Diane Huges, who worked at the Jayhawk Bookstore for 18 years, witnessed a national championship win while employed at the bookstore.
"It was a mess," Huges said, referring to the night of the men's basketball 1988 championship.
She said the championships brought friends to town that she hadn't seen for 20 years, and it was exciting to see so many faces she knew from her years as a student.
"Bill asked me, 'Do you know everyone who ever went to KU?'"
Grandparents, parents and their children had all become loyal customers to the store and Huges.
78, said she had a wonderful time on the front stoop of the store,
working there.
Janet, who worked at the store for 12 years, re mem b ered when the store's jingle started. Customers would be on the phone and say, "I'm at the bookstore — at the top of the hill."
"I took the store from conception to wedding. It has new life,but it's carrying my DNA."
That's how it all started, she said.
Janet talked about when a new student from Denmark appeared
BILL MUGGY
Former Jayhawk Bookstore owner
"He had two giant suitcases on wheels. I remember he got out of that taxi and said, "Here I am," Janet said
Those are the kinds of things she'll miss.
When Bill opened the Jayhawk
Bookstore, it used about 2,000 square feet — about a quarter of the space the store now uses — and the business grew to take over the first and second floors of the building.
Bill said in the first year of business he bootlegged most of the information he needed to get books for students.
"There was a time when Bill Muggy meant competition. I've walked past that," Bill said.
The University and the Jayhawk Bookstore have had a long-standing written agreement to share information about course reading materials,
said Mike Reed, director of Kansas Union communications and retail marketing.
Bill said he and Janet decided to sell the store when more business started moving online. Nebraska Book Company, originally called Cliff's Notes, was created by Cliff Hillegas. Cliff's son and Bill had been classmates, Bill said. Hillegas, who died in 2001, was an early partner and contributor to the Jayhawk Bookstore, Bill said.
Bill said the demand to move online wasn't something he wanted to keep up with.
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The study, written and conducted by professors at Northwestern University, found that students often only chose websites that appeared at the top of Google searches to complete tasks or perform research. Eszter Hargittai, associate professor of communication studies at Northwestern and one of the study's authors, said that most mistakes in the Web research process occur before students even click "Search."
For having grown up with the onset of the Internet, our generation may not be all that Web savvy when it comes to researching, a study by the International Journal of Communication suggests.
"I think part of it is not so much necessarily what else they can be using," Hargittai said. "I think a big part of it is being more critical and careful about what they are already using."
Hargittai said that search results aren't necessarily ranked in terms of credibility. More sophisticated queries are also needed to glean credible sources from popular search engines.
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University of Kansas students have nearly 400 databases at their fingertips, with information on every subject at the University that is not usually found through Google searches.
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"My English teacher last year actually looked at our bibliographies before he read our papers to see how valid our sources were," Rothman said. "And once he saw
Tami Albin, undergraduate instruction and outreach librarian, often helps students interested in improving their ability to navigate the library's extensive online resources. She said that whether a student is using Google or a library database, a level of skill is needed to effectively complete a desired task online.
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"The research process, you know, it's like anything else," Albin said. "You learn how to do something well over time. With new technologies, you have to learn how to do research different ways. A student who jumps online and pulls three articles off of the Internet and then writes a paper on it and hands it in the next day is not going to get really, really good grades."
Albin said that students are welcome to bring assignments to the library to review with a librarian and seek the proper avenue for research.
While Alec Rothman, a sophomore from Boston, is an exception to the rule, Thea Glassman, a sophomore from New York City, affirms the study's results.
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Rothman said he most often uses the library's databases or news sources such as The New York Times when working on a project. Rothman analyzes the assignment and considers what research will be necessary before logging on. He said that these skills were instilled during a freshman English course.
"We can find ways to access the things they need."
employees to yet uncle aposs
BY MICHAEL HOLTZ mholtz@kansan.com
Though the state's deadline for direct deposit enrollment is Oct. 1, the goal of the Bursars Office is to have 100 percent enrollment by the beginning of September. Yoakum said more than 95 percent of University employees have already signed up.
"We've been trying for years to encourage staff and employees to utilize direct deposit," said Diane Goddard, vice provost for
Two separate policies require students and University of Kansas employees to sign up for direct deposit to receive refunds and paychecks electronically.
administration and finance. "We ramped it up to the 80 percent level pretty quickly. Getting from 80 to 95 percent has been more difficult."
According to an announcement that the Bursar's Office posted online, the new refund policy allows students to receive refunds faster and more safely than they would if the University distributed them as checks.
The second policy is a state mandate requiring direct deposited paychecks for all state employees, which includes University employees. The employees have until Oct. 1 to comply with the new policy.
"The advantage to the University is better business efficiencies," said Katrina Yoakum, comptroller for the University. "We spend a lot of time following up with checks that are not picked up."
Though University officials have recommended refund direct deposit for at least five years, they was unable to mandate the policy until a federal law changed. The
Employees who do not have an account at a financial institution will receive a Skylight Financial account, an ATM-based bank, and a Skylight pay card. Employees must sign up for this service at the Payroll Office.
Kelsey Smith, a junior from Council Grove, signed up for direct deposit when she started work for KU Libraries three years ago. She said shed recommend other students to sign up for it as well.
"I think it's easier that way," Smith said. "You don't have to worry about getting a new check deposited in the bank."
policy has been in effect since last November.
The Bursar's Office most recently notified students of the refund policy in an e-mail sent Aug. 2. The e-mail included instructions explaining how to set up direct deposit online or by completing a direct deposit authorization form.
Yoakum said direct deposited refunds will save the University $10,000 annually.
It's also much quicker. Goddard said students signed up for direct deposit will receive refunds at least a day faster than they would otherwise.
"Having everyone on direct deposit means there are fewer people who handle that transaction," Goddard said. "It's just more efficient and much more accurate."
Edited by David Cawthon
For more information on refunds, please contact the Bursar's Office.
(785) 864-3322 bursar@ku.edu
For more information on paychecks, please contact the Payroll Office. (785)864-4385 payroll@ku.edu
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