The computer world hit some Mount Oread workers in their wallets. Some 350 Kansas University employees, from students to tenured faculty people, had not received their monthly paychecks and many others had received checks with miscalculated tax deductions and other items because of computer glitches. It had been the first time KU’s approximately 6,700 checks had been issued by state computers in Topeka, and it took some time to sort out all the errors.

In the wake of the national and regional economic recessions, Kansas’s business future appeared to be brightening, according to business people statewide. National unemployment was dropping, and many saw a break in the downturn. Kansas was never as bad off as other regions, and leaders thought it would lead the way in a comeback.

Gov. John Carlin toured the Kansas University campus and heard numerous complaints about salaries and benefits by many classified workers. He said a 4.5 percent boost was on his docket the coming January.