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Tuesday, October 19, 1993
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The United States Postal Service is changing its logo from the slow, complacent bureaucratic eagle of the '70s to a more streamlined efficient eagle of the '90s.
Kansan staff writer
Criticism hits flight of new Postal Service eagle
Bv Cheslev Dohl
At a cost of $7 million to replace the corporate symbol on the nation's post offices, vehicle fleet, millions of mailboxes and postal employee uniforms, the new logo is supposed to better represent last year's dramatic restructuring of the U.S. mail service.
And many in the general public, including KU students, are not exactly thrilled with the change.
Bill Meek, Dallas, Texas, sophomore, said he thought the change was ridiculous.
"A new logo is not going to change quality of service," he said. "An eagle
However, Surendra Singh, professor of business, said corporate symbols could send out powerful messages about the high quality of businesses.
Eric Leonard, Chicago sophomore said he was worried about the price of stamps rising.
"Internally, the Postal Service might be trying to communicate a message to its employees about improvements inside the corporation," he said. "Externally, they might be trying to change their image with the public to show they are committed to bringing about a change in service."
"It's insane to spend money on a new symbol," he said. "It's a waste of money, and we'll probably just end up paying for it when stamps go up again."
In Washington, the Postal Service
is an eagle is a bald eagle to me."
unveiled the logo for its employees last Tuesday. Postal workers in Lawrence said they were unaware of the change until they saw the news Wednesday morning.
Cartwright said there was a lot the public did not understand about the Postal Service. He referred to the editorial written in the Oct. 14 issue of the Kansas City Star.
running around for 20 years with "U.S. Mail" on the sides — there's no such thing anymore," Cartwright said.
The editorial lambasted the Postal Service for the introduction of the new corporate symbol, concluding the service would be better represented by a turkey than an eagle.
Pete Cartwright, Kansas City, Kan., Postal Service supervisor of customer service, said the new symbol was overdue for the restructured mail service.
In Washington, Postal Service representative Mark Saunders said the service became a partially separate entity from the government 20 years ago under the Nixon Administration.
"We operate on a budget made up solely of rate-payer revenue," Saunders said. "To this day, I believe the public has the misconception that we're a branch of the government supported by tax dollars. Not so."
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Saunders said the system made dramatic changes last year, scaling down management positions to create a more efficient, tighter-working business. He said other corporations changed their logos all the time, but there was never any negative feedback from the public.
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Bison released onto prairie as part of ecosystem restoration
The Associated Press
PAWHUSKA, Okla. — The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve turned back the clock yesterday as 300 bison rumbled through a chute out to 5,000 acres of land.
"The bison have returned to the tallgrass prairie," said Joseph Williams, head of The Nature Conservancy's board of governors.
The bison are the final piece of the effort to restore the land's ecosystem to its original state before its settlement in the late 19th century.
The animals are a critical tool in recreating the
ecosystem because of their grazing and wallowing habits.
"Once pushed to the edge of extinction, the bison are making a welcome comeback on the preserve," Williams said.
The ceremony was attended by about 500 supporters of the conservancy, members of the Osage Tribe and family members of H.G. Barnard, former owner of the 30,000-acre ranch. The Nature Conservancy bought the ranch as the core of its 36,000-acre preserve after efforts failed to turn it into a federally operated national park.
The herd is expected to grow to 1,800 over the next eight to 10 years. The conservancy will sell off surplus buffalo after that.
"Think of what it will be like in a couple of years," said retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, a Nature Conservancy member who was honored as an honorary Osage chief.
"You can look in all directions and see nothing but tallgrass prairie and in the middle of it all the bison. That's exactly what our ancestors saw. That's what makes this special."
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