Some people may find themselves doing a little more walking Saturday morning when the Saluki Express bus system shuts down for fall break.

Friday night’s late route will run as scheduled ending at 2:30 a.m. After that, no buses will run until Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 a.m.

Jeffrey Duke, assistant administrator for the mass transit system, said the University’s contract with Beck Bus Service calls for the shutdown of the service whenever the University is closed.

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Duke said the contract was made this way to prevent using funds for a community service.

Our first priority is the students, he said. We can’t use student funds for a community service.

Duke said that local businesses, such as the University Mall, could buy service from Beck with their own money, but there are no plans to do this over fall break.

If any business decided to contract Beck to keep the buses running during a University closure, Duke said it would be done on a single route basis.

He said business-bought service is still a possiblity for other University closures such as Christmas break.