University Dailv Kansan / Thursday, January 18, 1990
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Workers secure 191 vending machines
Bv Eric Gorski
Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas concessions workers finished bolting down the last of the 191 vending machines on campus Dec. 22 to help curb vandalism and reduce the possibility of injury.
On May 7, 1989, 23-year-old Lance Foster, Stillwater, Okla., senior, was killed when a soda machine fell on him in Stephenpson Scholarship Hall. His death brought vending machine safety to the attention of KU concession workers. Foster apparently was trying to free a can of soda or get his money back from the machine.
Workers began bolting machines to the walls or
the floors in late June, said KU concessions manager Robert Derby.
"We've had vandalism before, but nothing ever as serious as that," Derby said. "This will help prevent future accidents."
Despite the new bolts on machines, tampering problems still exist. Four candy machines have been pulled off walls in the past few months and have been rebuilt, Derby said.
"It itakes a good deal of energy and ingenuity, but people can get them off." Derby said.
He said that candy machines often were vandalized because when shaken, candy could drop and
break.
He said he was unaware of any way to ensure
mat the machines would not come loose. However, he said he was pleased with the project.
"Without question, I'm really happy about the project. Number one, because it certainly reduces, if not eliminates, injuries and reduces day-to-day vandalism," Derby said. "We can eliminate the problem, but certainly it's reduced."
In Stephenson Hall, there is one soda machine and one candy machine, both newly bolted down.
Derby said that the most secure machines were those in "vending banks," which are groups of machines. However, he said, most machines at KU stand alone.
it's too bad it took a death so far to happen. "It's like it has done," she said, like it's mast due, but it's certainly necessary."
Campaign Kansas total reaches $150 million
By Chris Siron
Kansan staff writer
Campaign Kansas' contributions and pledges now exceed $150 million, said Jack Sieftas, senior campaign counsel for the Kansas University Endowment Association.
Campaign Kansas is the University's five-year, $177 million fund-raising drive. The campaign has received $153.1 million since it began in May 1988, said John Scarffe, director of public relations.
ahead of schedule.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said on Tuesday that the success of the campaign had surpassed all of his expectations and that the drive was
Searffe said recent contributions to the campaign included:
the campaign prize
A $160,000 gift from the estate of
Kurt Burt to the KU Museum of
Natural History. Burt, who died in
December 1987, earned a master's
degree in zoology from the Univer-
sity in 1927
A $300,000 pledge from Anne and James Allen of Enid, Okla., to KU Study Abroad. Their gift will be used to create a scholarship fund for KU students studying Germanic, Slavic or Romance languages or European history. The scholarship is in memory of Anne's first husband, James D. Bono, who earned a bachelor's.
master's and doctoral degree in German from the University.
A $32,735 contribution from Chester L. Mize of San Diego. His gift will be added to a fund he established in 1883 to provide need-based scholarships to Kansas high school students who attend the University. He is a member of the KU School of Business advisory board.
A $100,000 pledge from J. Clyde Nichols Jr. and Martha Dodge Nichols of Mission Hills to support performing arts at the University. A theater box in the Lied Center for Performing Arts will be built with $30,000 from the pledge. The remaining $70,000 will be used to support
programming at the center. The Nichols graduated from the University in 1938.
A $24,000 gift from the estate of M. Richard and Adelaide Dick Imes of Indio, Calif., to establish scholarship funds for KU journalism and business students. Adelaide Imes graduated from the University in 1920. Richard Imes came to the University in 1935 to study law.
A $100,000 commitment from the William Companies Foundation Inc., for KU performing arts programming. The Williams Companies Inc., has its headquarters in Tulsa, Okla. About 500 of its employees live in Kansas.
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