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Investigation I
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By Michael
Qsmvcock S
Four employees of the Golden !
vestigations by USC auditors foi
procedures," according to Tom
University Union.
Patrick Crossin and three other sti
were fired after an auditor observec
miscellaneous items like potato chi
away to friends and band membe
decision to fire the employees. The
"any amount is sufficient to warrant
"When I was hired, I was told tl
customers is good business. It's alv
beer to the band. It's courtesy," Croj
THIS IS NOT a legitimate Dractl
according to Otts, "an auxiliary
system; any money collected is
Campbell, vice president of Stude
money because they generate their <
The Golden Spur is audited ever
year, said USC auditor Alton McCc
mnnou ho iHHoH
"The Spur did meet their project
Ken Brandt, assistant director foi
made $167,000 this past year, Brand
Brandt said all of the union's fu
standard practice for a minimal
performers by an establishment
goodwill.
BRANDT ALSO SAID the former
and no one has been rehired to fill th
for the loss in labor, "we've reducec
p.m. instead of noontime, and if th
Brandt said.
Crossin said the decision to fire hi
asked me what the story was. I n<
Campbell. I feel the way my job W?
was not confronted with any witness
Brandt said the dismissed emplo;
himself or to Jake Williams, mana
report would then be sent to Campb
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Otts, director of Russell House
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I "draft and bottled beer, and other
ps and pretzels" being given
rs, said Otts, who made the final
amount given away was small, but
disciplinary action,'' he said.
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service which is part of the state
state money." However, James
nt Affairs, said, "This is not state
own."
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>y. The Golden Spur has not lost any
ted income of $165,000, according to
r business of the RHUU. The Spur
tsaid.
nds are really state funds, but it is
amount of beer to be provided to
to promote public relations and
employees "voluntarily resigned,"
eir positions. Intorder to compensate
1 the number of hours by opening at 2
tere is a Dana, mey open iaier on,
m was unfair because "nobody ever
sver talked once to Otts, Brandt or
is terminated was an insult to me. I
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ger of the Golden Spur. The written
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shopliftin;
By Shelly Kaufman
Garrxtcock Staff Wrtt*r
Shoplifting and high labor costs
ire thwarting the attempts of the
Inssell House Union Station to
generate enough profit to absorb
ts current cash deficit of
>10,844.63, according to Ken
3randt, assistant director for
>usiness of the Russell House
Jniversity Union.
"We had hoped to liquidate five
:o six thousand dollars and get out
Df the hole within a year or two,"
Brandt said, "but due to pilferage,
we haven't been able to.
"The last three months were
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he said. The greatest loss of money
has been caused by students' theft
of magazines, he added.
"You'd like to think that people
are honest, but they're not. If
somebody steals a two-dollar
magazine, for example, it's a $1.60
loss to us," Donna Rodgers, comanager
of the Union Station,
said.
JAMES MclNTOSH, assistant
supervisor of the Union Station,
attributes the magazine thefts tc
the nlacement of merchandise ir
an accessible area.
"There were defects in the
design of the Station. The way the
store was set up, people woulc
stand around the magazines, anc
they would mysteriously wall
away," he said.
"They could have set up th<
Union Station like a convenience
store with a turnstyle to exi
through, and they wouldn't hav
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they wanted to do it as cheaply as cu
possible," Mcintosh said . "They m
screwed up." th
Not only theft, but also the labor
costs to run the Union Station have
affected this year's revenues. th
Because of the loss of revenue on tli
magazines, "labor hours were a . st
higher percentage of sales than d<
they should have been, according ai
to Rodgers. c<
"We wanted to get our costs hi
down 16 to 17 percent," Brandt w
said, "but we haven't been successful
yet."
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TO CUT BACK operations, the c;
Union Station has been opening at 9 "
a.m. instead of 8 a.m. and is cut- a
ting back from 115 to 85 staff hours n
a week. k
Employing work-study students
is one method of cutting labor costs
since only 20 percent of their
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Station. The other 80 percent is *
funded by the government in the '
form of a grant. Currently, 1
however, no work-study students 1
are employed by the Union Station, !
according to Brandt. !
"We tried to hire work-study
people to cut costs," said Brandt,
"but we couldn't, and our labor
costs escalated."
The reason labor costs are so
I high, according to Rodgers, is
because the store has little personnel
turnover, and the students
; stay there.
; "The university is required to
t provide only 80 percent of
; minimum wage to students,"
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in Room 311
Russell House
1:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.l\
Aug. 27-Sept. 7
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xlgers said, "but most are
irrently working at about
inimum wage ($2.90) because
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Additional operating problems
lat occurred this fiscal year made
le situation more severe. The ice
orm this past February deterred
elivery of candy from Chicago for
Imost a couple of months, ac
:>rding to Mclntosn, dui mey snu
ad to pay labor costs for people to
ork.
"WORD WASN'T always getting
round to everyone when prices of
andy increased, either," he said.
Communications were weak
round here for awhile; there were
ew people, and you always incur a
>ss with new employees.''
The operation was $11,839.97 in
iebt at the beginning of the past
fiscal year because of construction
:osts, purchase of equipment and
merchandise. Several thousand
dollars short of their projected
sales, the Union Station generated
$1,000 profit for 1978-79.
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$7,000 profit for this next fiscal
year," Brandt said. "Unless we're
very lucky, we're not going to
make it (out of the "red") until
next year; it's going to be a tight
year money-wise," he said.
"It's upsetting not knowing
what's going on, but we've identified
what our problems are, and I
think we've got it turned around,"
Brandt said.
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