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Thursday, December 7, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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SUA PRESENTS FREE FINALS WEEK MOVIES 2:00 and 7:00 Each Day
Woodruff Auditorium
December 14 SAY ANYTHING
John Cusak stars in this romantic comedy about two unlikely lovers. 'Controversy arises as they confront love, honesty and family values. PG 13
December 15 D.O.A.
Dennis Quaid is a college professor who is unwittingly poisoned with a slow-acting, fatal toxin. He and student Meg Ryan have only 24 hours to solve the dangerous mystery of his impending doom. R
December 16 MAJOR LEAGUE
Charlie Sheen, Tom Beringer and Corbin Bernsen are down-and-out baseball players who overcome impossible odds and get a chance at the penant. Margaret Whitton stars as the new owner of the team who wants to keep the team unsuccessful for her own reasons. R
December 18 PELLE THE CONOUEROR
Based on the classic novel, this movie about an aging, Swedish farmer who migrates with his son, Pelle, to Denmark in search of a better life is an Oscar and Cannes Film Festival-award-winner.
December 20 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
December 20 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE James Stewart plays George Bailey, a young man who, after serving his community, is driven to despair as he faces bankruptcy and jail because of missing money his uncle misplaced. He is given a privileged look, though, to see how he has enhanced others lives by being born.
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Greeks bothered by pesky businesses
By Melanie Matthes Kansan staff writer
The offer sounded good.
At the mall or a flashlight.
No strings attached.
The offer sounded good.
But a few weeks later, Joe Gurera was stuck with a $400 bill for merchandise he never ordered.
"They drive me crazy!" said Gurera, house manager of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. 1537 Tennessee St.
The source of Gurera's aggravation is several businesses that are sending unordered merchandise such as cleaning and office supplies and light bulbs to KU fraternities and sororites.
The businesses often call Alpha Tau Omega and offer the person on phone duty a free gift and, Gurera said, a few weeks later they send the packages of unordered merchandise and charge an outrageous price for it.
"And I have never gotten one of those free gifts," he said.
This kind of problem has been troubling business firms for a long time, said George Hart, vice president of the Better Business Bureau of Greater Kansas City.
Because there are so many people a salesman can talk to in a fraternity or sorority, the houses are susceptible to such businesses, said Ar Weiss, Kansas deputy attorney general in charge of consumer affairs.
He said if a consumer received merchandise that he did not order, he was allowed by law to keep the merchandise and not pay the bill.
“It’s an unconditional gift to the recipient, and they can do whatever they want.”
Julie Bennett, house manager of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, 1433 Tennessee St., said she was so tired of the businesses that she recently sold. "We've had a business Bureau and to the company that most recently sent her merchandise.
Bennett was motivated to send the letters after she received $180 in toilet bowl cleaner that she never ordered.
Hart said that when his bureau received letters complaining of this kind of practice, they tried to find where the company was located and referred the complaint to that city. But many of the companies are difficult to locate because they change names frequently.
He said most of the companies that he had referred complaints about were in Los Angeles.
Weiss recommended that fraternities and sisters send a letter directly to the company that sends them unsolicited merchandise and cite KSA 50-617, which is the law that allows the receiver of unsolicited goods to keep the merchandise at no charge.
Kenneth Stoner, director of student housing, said that this problem did not occur in University housing because these residences operate under the state purchasing system. Therefore, it is impossible for such solicitation to occur.
When Brian Nauheim, house manager of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, 1045 Emery Road, receives unsolicited merchandise, he usually sends it back. He said he recently received a case of light bulbs costing about $5 per bulb.
"I don't have any choice but to send it back," he said, "It's a legitimate business, it's just that they charge outrageous prices, and you don't know it until you get the merchandise."
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