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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, November 17, 1994
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Finance committee suggests cuts in spending
Campus Transportation, SUA could be affected by limits in funding
By James Evans Kansan staff writer
Two-year block allocations of Student Senate funds are becoming a little harder to come by for some student organizations.
Senate's finance committee voted recently not to recommend renewing the two-year block allocation status of Campus Transportation, Student Union Activities, University Dance Company and the Elections Commission.
The two-year block allocations allow student groups to gain funding from Senate for a two-year period. Groups that receive two-year block allocations do not have to itemize how each dollar received from Senate would be used.
The four groups still can receive funding from Senate, but they now will be required to apply for one-year block allocations. And the groups would have to itemize the budgets.
The committee denied block allocation status to Campus Transportation, which finances KU on Wheels and Safe Ride, because of concerns about the environment, said Stephanie Guerin, head of the committee.
Guerin also said that the committee
felt it was not appropriate to finance the transportation board for Safe Ride. She said the committee recommended that Safe Ride be financed through its own account separate from Campus Transportation.
George Wyatt, intrafaternity council senator, said that the committee had not followed the four general criteria it normally followed when it considered Campus Transportation's request for renewal. He said that he thought Campus Transportation met all the criteria.
Under the four criteria, groups must provide a broad, tangible benefit to the University, show continued viability, have been financed by Senate for the past three years and must demonstrate a need for block allocated funds.
SUA was cut from block allocation because the committee felt that it was receiving sufficient financing from outside sources, Guerin said.
She also said that SUA had not been open with the Senate in showing its financial records and budget this semester. An audit of SUA finances is being considered by the committee, Guernin said.
Brent Bowen, vice president of university affairs for SUA, said SUA would not be opposed to showing Senate its budget. But he said that SUA often was cautions about revealing details of its plans to bring nationally known acts to campus.
"We don't want to suggest that we would bring a talent to campus and
not be able to guarantee it," Bowen said.
The University Dance Company was cited as not providing enough services to all students, Guerin said. She said that the committee felt that the Dance Company only was benefiting a small group of students.
The Elections Commission, which oversees Senate elections each spring, was denied two-year block allocation status because the committee felt it was unorganized in its request for renewal, Guerin said.
Fourteen other groups made it through the initial approval by the finance committee. Hispanic
Allocating the funds
The Student Senate Finance Committee recently made recommendations as to what groups should receive two-year block allocations from Senate.
| | Passed | Failed |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Black Student Union | **X** | |
| Campus Transportation | | **X** |
| Center for Community Outreach | **X** | |
| Elections Commission | | **X** |
| Headquarters | **X** | |
| Hilltop Child Development Center | **X** | |
| Hispanic American Leadership Organization * | **X** | |
| KU Bands | **X** | |
| KU Forensics | **X** | |
| Legal Services for Students | **X** | |
| Lied Series | **X** | |
| Rape Victim Survivor Services | **X** | |
| Student Bar Association | **X** | |
| Student Senate | **X** | |
| Student Union Activities | | **X** |
| Women’s Transitional Care Services | **X** | |
| University Dance Company | | **X** |
| University Theatre | **X** | |
| *Denotes a four-year allocation | | |
American Leadership Organization, which previously operated under one-year block allocation status, was approved for four-year block status for the first time.
The Senate finance committee will vote on whether to approve the 14 groups for two-year block allocations status at a meeting Nov. 30. The full Senate will vote on the recommendations Dec. 7.
Haskell transfers often overwhelmed by KU's size
By Carlos Tejada
Kansan staff writer
Barry Bighorn can understand the discomfort of former Haskell Indian Nations University students who transfer to the University of Kansas.
The Brockton, Mont., graduate student has a family in Lawrence and several years of experience in another college between his switch from Haskell to KU. But if it weren't for that, Bighorn said, this
first semester at KU would have left him bewildered. "It's totally different," said Bighorn, president of
Brian Vandervliet / KAN$AN
Barry Bighorn, Brockton, Mont., graduate student, listens to his professor during an evening class in sports administration. Bighorn, who attended Haskell Indian Nations University in 1988, said that some Haskell students have found transferring to KU a difficult experience.
KU's Native American Student Association. "You go from someplace where the entire population is Native American to a place where the number is so small. Maybe for some people it doesn't matter, but most Haskell students aren't used to it."
Haskell, a federally funded university for Native Americans, is less than 2 miles from KU in distance but light-years away in culture and lifestyle. Haskell has about 800 students. All of the students are members of federally recognized Native-American tribes, and all of them are attending school for free as part of the U.S. government's treaty obligations.
Haskell students who transfer to KU experience quite a change, however. With its 27,000 student body, less than 1 percent of which is Native American, KU can be a cold and alien place.
This semester, KU admitted 2 Haskell students, its most ever. But those students face unique obstacles as they try to find their place on Mount Oread, Bighorn said.
"These differences are very significant," he said.
"They impact the way you see things."
Most Haskell students find similar problems when they transfer, said Manny King, student counselor at Haskell. He said many students drop out their first semester because they could not
adjust. However, those students who made it past their first semester often completed their degrees.
King said many people found the size intimidating when commanded by Harold's student hides.
King said many people found the size intimidating when compared to Haskell's student body.
"Even something like enrollment, with the long lines, can leave them out in the cold." King said.
Haskell students are used to seeing each other on a regular basis, he said. At KU, they might never run into each accidentally.
"Haskell's like a family," King said. "We all know each other and support each other. Our students miss that at KU."
King suggested Haskell students at KU form their own support networks, join the Native American
Dawn Kovats, minority recruiter for the KU Office of Admissions, said KU had added responsibility to help Haskell students. She said the backgrounds of most of them left them with little knowledge of how a state university worked.
Student Association and get to know non-Native American students.
"If they don't know how the system works, then you can set them up for failure," Kovats said.
Kovats said Haskell students could better prepare themselves for KU life by taking advantage of the tours the University offered. The next one, which will be run by the Native American Student Association and the Office of Admissions, will be held Dec. 2.
Some Facts About Smokers
According to 1995 estimates, females between the ages of 18 and 24 are more likely to be smokers than males of the same age
26. 3 percent of females between the ages of 18 and 24 are smokers
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25 percent of males between the ages of 18 and 24 are smokers
16 percent of college graduates are smokers
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More than 3,000 teenagers become smokers everyday
34 percent of people who did not graduate from highschool are smokers
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Smokers try to kick the habit for one day
By Megan Poplinger Special to the Kansan
Tim Jones quit smoking two months ago.
"I didn't think I had cancer yet, so I figured why not finish the job," he joked. Knowing cancer is a serious matter, Jones said he planned to quit later in life, but not now.
It didn't last. Jones, Wichita senior,
started back up after a month.
For those who do want to quit, today is the day to put out their cigarettes and participate in the Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
After quitting for one day, a smoker only has to go six more days without a cigarette until the nicotine is out of the system, Waltley said. After that, the smoker is fighting the psychological addiction.
The purpose of the smokeout is for smokers to learn that they can go a whole day without a cigarette, said Candyde Waitley, Watkins Health Center Health Educator.
Tables set up at Watkins and a display case located in the Union across from SUA will provide information on nicotine addiction and how to quit.
Waitley said that such advice would help smokers stop, but only if they decided they really wanted to end their habit.
"Smokers have to help themselves."
said Waitlev.
Devon Haase, Lawrence junior, agreed with Waitley. He has been trying to quit for the last year but has failed.
Many students plan to quit in the future but do not have the will power to do so now.
"I'm going to have to really decide that I don't want to smoke anymore," said Haase, who plans to try again today.
Michelle Mitchell, Dodge City junior, recently learned that her father was diagnosed with lung cancer. She was planning on quitting today, but is delaying the effort until she is more emotionally stable. She said that she does not have the strength to go through with it now.
"If someone would give me a pill or something to take, I'd take it right away," Mitchell said.
Through reading the book and talking with Francis, people who want to quit are taught about how to prepare themselves and how to deal with the problems they may face.
Watkins can not provide such a solution, but Health Educator Julie Francis offers classes and one-on-one counseling based the book "No Nag, No Guilt, Do It Your Own Way Guide To Quitting Smoking" by Tom Ferguson.
For an appointment with Francis and more information, call 864-9570.
Kansanstaffreport
Student reports assault near Catholic center
The incident, police said, was similar to an attack that occurred Aug. 25 at the center, 1631 Crescent Road. In both cases a woman was leaving the center when a man walked up behind her and touched her without her permission.
An 18-year-old freshman reported to police that she was touched by a man Tuesday evening outside the St. Lawrence Catholic Center.
Sgt. Rick Nickell of the Lawrence Police Department said that the woman told police that she went to the center for quiet prayer and noticed a man smoking outside the building. After she went inside and began to pray, she noticed the man had also entered. She then left and was just outside the building when the man caught up to her and ran his hands up the back of her legs and into her shorts, Nickell said. Then the man tried to grab her but she was able to get away and she ran home.
The description of the man matches the description from Aug. 25. He is described as a white man in his late 20s, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 160 pounds, with shoulder-length blond hair, a slight mustache and from Tuesday's report, a slight brow growth.
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