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Sip closes Saturdays
Cynthia Garcia/ Roundup
The Freudian Sip and CopyTech will remain closed on Saturdays at Pierce College in accordance with student demands in an effort to cut the campus’ financial burden.
Kim Saunders, bookstore manager, oversees the operations of the bookstore and partners with CopyTech’s leadership.
When making changes to the campus’ operations, Saunders discusses each issue along with the entire administrative services faculty and staff.
“A lot of students don’t recognize that we are a nine campus district; the LACCD is the largest community college district in the United States,” Saunders said. “With that said, we are in a family, and we are in a financial family as well.”
Saunders says Fridays are the slowest business days, a common factor on all college campuses. She says that some campus bookstores and cafeterias are not even open on Fridays because they don’t have the customer flow to support the business.
“We always make decisions based on that factor, but it’s always
in partnership,” Saunders said. “We don’t make slam-dunk decisions on our own in this environment.”
Saunders says that operational shutdown for Freudian Sip and CopyTech was determined in part because of a decline in demand for the services on Saturdays.
“This is about providing the students with the products and services that they demand,” Saunders said. “However, we all are aware that California is in a budgetary crisis and we cannot be wasteful in how we make business decisions.”
When asked about student concerns or complaints, she says that the administrative crew does the best they can to offer services to students, but they can’t make services available at all times; that is why there are vending machines available.
“Saturday has always been one of those days that fluctuates based on demand,” Saunders said.
