Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Student Union Activities has revamped the Student Saver Card, formally called the Preferred Student Card, to include more on-campus discounts to students. The card now gives discounts on ticketed events and priority access when purchasing it. With the card students can now receive a free small drink with any purchase at most KU Dining locations and free shoe rentals with paid bowling games. The card also offers a 15 percent discount on KU Bookstore merchandise, excluding textbooks, electronics, food and sale items.
“From an economic standpoint it’s smart, just because other student options are so expensive right now,” Emily Gairns, Leawood senior and SUA vice president of communications, said.
SUA STUDENT SAVER CARD DISCOUNTS
- KU Bookstores
- Oread Books
- Jaybowl
- Discounts on select major ticketed events such as comedians, bands and speakers
- The following KU Dining locations:
• The Underground
• The Market
• Crimson Café
• Union Pulse
• Murphy Hawk Stop
• Visual Arts Hawk Stop
• JRP Hawk Stop
— www.silc.ku.edu/options/services_fall.shtml
The card helps to pay for SUA events throughout the year. Joe Day, SUA president, said pricing the card was important.
“We take our prices very seriously,” Day said. “We know there are a lot of other options on campus.”
SUA experienced a 50 cent reduction from the student activity fees it collects from each student, resulting in about a $15,000 decrease in funds available this semester. He said the organization was trying harder to consider what it needed to include and where reductions could be made.
Michelle Compton, student development adviser, said SUA was responding by “spending wisely and skimming evenly” from event funds.
“Everybody is feeling the budget cuts,” Compton said. .
So far, more than 600 cards have been sold.
“While not as much as last year, it’s still good for the economy,” Justin Sailer, SUA vice president of administration, said.
Gairns said there was a possibility that sales would not be as high this year, but that those who had cards would use them more. The Kansan reported on Aug. 17 that card sales were lower than last year.
The card costs $30, and still allows students free admission to weekly SUA movie showings.
Student Saver Cards can be purchased and picked up at the SUA Box Office, located in the fourth level of the Kansas Union, until Aug. 31.
— —Edited by Anna Kathagnarath
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