Monday, April 12. 1976
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University Daily Kansan
Improvements for Watson top priority despite cuts
By JERRY SEIB Staff Writer
Staff Writer
- Library improvement remains a top priority despite recent cuts in Watson Library budget requests, University administrators said Friday.
Speaking at an open forum for faculty and staff members, Sandel said a $500,000 books and publications budget increase for the university would be at both the University and state levels.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes and Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, agree that it had been impossible to match the talent of these students measured by James Ramz, dean of libraries.
"THIS IMPROVEMENT of the library was our highest priority this year." Shankel
- But the library will receive a new cataloging system, six new unclassified and three classified positions, and $10,000 or $400 increase in student wage funds, he said.
Shankal's remarks were in response to a question on why there had been cuts in an audience member said Ranz had considered an "austere" budget request.
"There is a small difference of opinion between some of us and the dean of libraries about what is an austere budget," Shankel said.
"THE CHANCELLOR and I recognize the library has been underfunded in the past," Shankel said. "We can't undertake a new library because we have accumulated in 10 years in one year."
He said one of the reasons the request had to be cut was that the state budget office had sliced a library capital improvement fund from $25,000 to $13,000.
Dykes compared the current library situation to the problems faced in the KU computing center two years ago, when it became apparent that KU's computers were outdated and a new facility was needed.
A special request was made to the governor, legislature and the Kansas Board of Regents, he said, and the result was a compromise with the governor, which will both be added this summer.
Dykes said that making the library im-
Owl Society selects 15 men for honors
Owl Society, the junior men's honorary society, has selected 15 men for membership. Members are selected on the basis of academic achievement and participation in student activity ties.
The new members, all sophomores, are:
Joel Bruggen, Atchison; David Dyer,
Leeward; Kent Erickson, Madison, Kan;
Paul Eckert, Bradford, Douglass, Alan
Hundley, Wellington; John R. Mitchell,
Leavenworth; John R. Mueller, Winfield;
John Nettles, Prairie Village; James Orn,
Prairie Village; Steve Owens, Salina;
effrey Rhoads, Leaworth;
Brian McDowell, Westcott; Dave
Tomlinson, Overland Park; James S.
Willis, Salina.
provenances, included in the new budget, had required some "rather significant reallocations" from other areas of the University.
"TO DO THAT on a major scale would cause disruptions in other areas," he said.
A special committee was holding the
opening day of the library to build or
build a new library. Dykes said.
Dykes and Shankel commented on a variety of other matters, including possible wasteful spending, parking for employees, departmental evaluations, the state offices' new long distance telephone system and personnel) appointments.
An audience member told Shankel she believed many KU departments were spending money unavailably near the fiscal year. She said the funds allocated at the beginning of the year.
Shankel said that money must either be spent or be returned to the state at the end of the year. He said departments tried to keep the limit, taking advantage of all funds.
"I WOULD HOPE there are no cases where we are spreading state funds for these projects."
In response to a question about providing a parking place for each KU employee, Shankel said there weren't enough parking places for such a system.
"If there were," he said, "there wouldn't be any parking problems."
A building and grounds department employee told Shankel the scarcity of parking places made it difficult to reach buildings to make deliveries.
The employee said he knew of a case in which a campus police officer called a wrecker to haul away a state vehicle that had broken through the wall while a RU prolapse made a delivery.
Shankel he thought it was possible to designate parking places for building and grounds vehicles near every campus building.
In response to a question about departmental evaluations conducted this year in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Shankel said the criteria used in the evaluations should be made available to faculty members.
SHANKEL SAID that regular departmental evaluations were important, but that methods for conducting evaluations was still "open to discussion."
Under the new KANS-A long distance telephone system, individual University data servers can be used.
Shankle said, because they bear none of the cost of the old University-wide lines.
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The State Department of Administration determined the system would be cheaper for state offices as a whole. KU had no voice in the system change. Shankel said.
Dykes told the audience that personnel vacancies weren't always filled immediately because of a "shrinkage factor" in the university budget.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T know whether the KIS-A-N system would be cheaper for KIS-
The state allocates a salary fund, Dykes said, then sets aside a percentage of that fund, that can't be spent. That is the amount of the fund the state estimates won't be spent because of employee resignations or absences.
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AS A RESULT, Sykes said, when a position becomes vacant, it often can't be filled until the next fiscal year so KU can meet its budget.
For fiscal 1977, the shrinkage factor will be two per cent for unclassified salaries and five per cent for classified salaries, he said. Dykes called the shrinkage factor a "Self-suffilling prophecy" because the state continued it each year on the basis of the size of the company. But KU has always had to inset an established shrinkage figure, it appears unavoidable to state officials reviewing the previous year's figures, he said.
Women should develop a sense of identity and become involved in challenging and stimulating subjects. Elizabeth Hartford and John Wesley attended Friday night as a Career Fair banquet.
As a result, Dole said, many frustrations and disappointments that can arise in any care setting are on the rise.
"Become involved in subjects that can provide a real meaning for your life so that you look forward with eagerness to each day's undertakings." Dole said.
In doing so, she said, women can counteract the "Madison Avenue image of women without meaningful identities." This image manifests itself, according to Dole,
so that women are hysterical "other over washing detergents or choosing the proper
Career plans focus of banquet
Dole also focused on her career as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and explained her job as a commissioner.
She said a Federal Trade commissioner wore three hate," as acting as a legislator, a judge or an attorney.
Dole said the goals of the FTC were to enforce the Federal Trade Act and to protect
"We try to enforce the Federal Trade Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or
practices affecting commerce." she said.
As a government employee, Dole said she forsaw an ever-increasing wave of women in government and more women preparing themselves for careers.
The Career Fair continued Saturday with workshops on job planning, beginning a career in construction.
Kala Stroup, dean of women on leave who conducted two workshops, said the career planning workshops tried to help students assess their capabilities.
Stroup and she thought the fair was a good idea and wished that more people had heard of it. Stroup said.
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7-8:30 p.m.-Allen F. H. East Lobby
Yell Leader Clinics
APRIL 12 (Mon.)
6:00-7:30 p.m.-Allen Field House
APRIL 14 (Wed.)
APRIL 20 (Tues.)
APRIL 22 (Thurs.)
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APRIL 13 (Tues.)
APRIL 14 (Wed.)
APRIL 15 (Thurs.)
APRIL 20 (Tues.)
APRIL 27 (Tues.) Finals Clinic
★ Pom Pon Prellims-Saturday, April 24, Allen Field House Annex, 10 a.m.
★ Pom Pon Finals-Thursday, April 29, Allen Field House Annex, 7 p.m.
★ Yell Leader Tryouts-Wednesday, April 21, Allen Field House, 6:00 p.m.