Slipke: More issues of The University Daily Kansan available
Editor of The Kansan wants Tuesday’s edition to be available to everyone
An additional 15,000 copies were printed and will be available for purchase at the business office in 119 Stauffer-Flint.
By Darla Slipke
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Photo by Weston White
Students line up outside of The Kansan's business office for a championship issue of the newspaper.
It’s been a great year for the men’s basketball team, and a good one for The Kansan, too. We ran out of papers yesterday morning and many people were unable to get a copy. Our phones and office were buzzing with requests from students and alums, and I received e-mail inquiries from fans across the United States. We’re sorry that many of you were not able to pick up newspapers from our racks.
In anticipation of a greater demand for papers caused by the hype surrounding Monday’s game, we printed 1,500 extra copies of Tuesday’s paper. But even that wasn’t enough, so we decided to print 15,000 more copies — which totaled more than twice our usual amount — when we ran out on Tuesday. Those papers are now available in our business office, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, and on Kansan.com.
We want papers commemorating this great event to be available to everyone. As is our policy every day, students can receive a free copy, and up to four additional copies for 25 cents each. Copies are available for the general public for 25 cents, with a limit of two. We will have sales representatives on hand in our business office from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and Thursday to handle requests. Orders placed online will include a $5 shipping and handling fee.
We’ve also posted newspapers for sale for 25 cents on eBay. That was done to thwart other people from selling them for exorbitant prices. Someone took 121 copies from our distribution racks Tuesday morning and posted them for sale on E-bay for $10 each. They were removed from the site after our general manager contacted the seller and threatened to pursue legal action. Everyone is entitled to have a copy of the paper, but within limits. The Kansan will take action against anyone who tries to profit from our product. It is unfair to other students who came to campus to get a copy but were unable to obtain one because some individuals took stacks of papers. The money we make from our sales goes to support the cost of our daily production.
It’s been an honor for us to cover something as thrilling as Monday night’s championship game and this year’s tournament. We hope you’ve enjoyed the coverage.
Our staff is working to produce a special section commemorating the season, which will come out as a special insert in the paper sometime during the next few weeks, and will be available on our Web site as well. We will have other memorabilia available for sale soon, including commemorative posters. Check out The University Daily Kansan or our Web site, www.kansan.com, for further details.
Slipke is a Bristol, Conn., senior in journalism. She is editor of The Kansan.
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"It is unfair to other students who came to campus to get a copy but were unable to obtain one because some individuals took stacks of papers."
This is why I miss the Kansan so much.
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