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Thursday, April 1, 1976
University Daily Kansan
Burge talks of new union plans
By CAROL HOCHSCHEID
Frank Burge has watched the plans for a satellite union develop from their beginnings in 1960 to the actual planning stages now under way.
Overwhelming student support in February of the satellite union proposal was a clear mandate for us to on with on the campus, Kansas Union director, said yesterday.
The administration of the Union, aided by student and University officials, is currently involved in a careful final analysis of the satellite union project, he said.
Specific student needs and available financial resources must be determined before any definite architectural plans can be designed. The building corporation board of directors, Burge said.
"IT IS impossible to say at this time exactly what will be included," he said. "But if things go well, plans should be complete within a year."
for both day and night use, he said.
Burge said flexibility and expandibility would be most important in planning. The changes will also help the firm.
High priority needs for services and program spaces include properly planned food service, a bookstore, lounge areas, recreation facilities, medical services and ticket sales. Burse said.
The food service area should be large enough to include fast food and beverage services a soup-and-salad bar and a delicatessen, he said.
"This area must be flexible in design, so that in the evenings it can serve as a social and party area, especially after basketball camps." Burge said.
A "HOTLINE bookstore service" that would enable students to order textbooks and have them delivered to the satellite office. The store's core has been suggested for consideration.
The satellite union bookstore will be planned to provide space for academic supplies necessary for fine arts, engineering, business and computer science. Burge said. The completed satellite university is located in the southwest campus, near these departments.
The lounge areas must be flexible enough
Burge said the population growth and expansion on the southwest campus indicated that student needs could be met better with satellite union facilities.
A SURVEY conducted last year by the Committee on Purpose and Long-Range Analysis showed that the student body thought additional union facilities were needed and 59.8 per cent of the students said they would be willing to work on such a project through increased fees.
to be used for watching television, listening to music and studying, he said. Meeting
Support of the satellite union proposal in this year's election in February reaffirmed student interest and willingness to contribute to the cost of construction.
"I have heard nothing but enthusiastic support for the development of the satellite
Satellite union surtax to affect nonstudents
The Satellite Union Task Force decided last night to apply a sutax on all nonstudent employees.
The amount of the surtax still has to be worked out. However, a 7 to 10 per cent surtax on purchases was discussed by the task force.
Rofs said students could present their current I.D cards to avoid being charged
Ed Rolfs, task force chairman, said the tax would be levied against University faculty, staff, alumni and visitors. The tax would be added to all purchases he said.
The task force said $500,000 would be necessary to finish the basement.
In other financial business, the task force discussed three different approaches to funding the unfinished basement, which will occupy 10,000 square feet of space in the
Students now pay $3 a semester to the
repairs and improvements fund. A direct fee of $1 a student, the task for said, would be $100.
Under the operations fund there wouldn't be a fee charged but rebates from the Union bookstore would be eliminated. Rolf asks the task force what they thought student reaction would be if the rebates were done away with.
Harry Wigner, Ludell junior and task force member, said students voted for the $7.50 fee to build the satellite union and help organize the rebates as an additional type of fee.
The Satellite Union Task Force, appointed by student body president Tedde Tasheff in March, has told Burge that it should be ready to submit a report on the nature and costs of services for the satellite union by Anil 15.
Under the surplus option, the task force said, money could be diverted from some excess revenues if there weren't any legal obstacles.
A Union surplus of $715,000 exists because enrolment has grown more than expected.
The task force is at a standstill until it finds out what kinds of bonds can be used to finance the satellite union. It plans to meet with Stern Bros. & Co., a Kansas City, Mo., bonding company which is acting as a consultant, to determine that fact.
BURGE SAID the task force had been working to ensure maximum communication and input from students who would use the facility.
Inflation, the increased cost of construction and the high rate of interest on borrowed money has made funding the satellite union a complex issue, Burge said, and available financial resources must be used in response to existing student needs.
"The task that we have of matching resources with needs is consuming all of our data."
Burge said that the budget for the project had initially been set at $2.2 million, but that a final figure couldn't be determined until all plans had been completed.
Epilepsy benefit dance set
Funds for construction of the satellite union will come from the sale of revenue bonds, and the money needed to pay the costs of construction will come from student fees. Burger said.
Chi Omega sorority and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity will sponsor a 24-hour dance marathon this weekend for the Eileenley Foundation of America.
IN 1970, a proposal which was the product of four years of research and evaluation was rejected by the student body, following initial 1986 plans.
The marathon will feature live bands, for all participants and programs by KREE.
The marathon, also sponsored by radio station KBEQ, will begin at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union Money raised will be used for research.
Since then, the service needs of students haven't changed appreciably, Burge said, but the cost of building the satellite union has greatly increased.
The radio station will provide a $1,000 scholarship to the organized living group
"WE'RE URGING people to come watch, drink and have a good time," John Moneymaker. Alpha Tau Omega publicity group is asking consumers the food and beer at a really low price."
THE PRIZES, including calculators,
dinnerers and dinnerers, have been
deemed by bawners.
The marathon will open and close with live music by Tree Frog and Mackender and the band will be arranged by styles such as rock, jazz or big band, played by a KEBQ disc jockey.
"We've had good response from the Lawrence merchants," Mary Paedobarac, Chi Omega marathon coordinator, said. "We've helped everyone we contacted donated something."
MONEYMAKER said only 15 to 20 couples had entered.
One section of the Hawk's Nest will be used for the marathon, and another section will be used by public dancers who make a donation to the foundation.
"We have couples coming in from Ottawa, Kansas City, Central Missouri State—we'd like more KU students to enter," he said.
TO WIN, A couple must complete the 24-hour marathon and raise the most money from sponsors for the foundation. Seventy-five per cent of the money raised by the benefit will be used for research in the Lawrence area.
Couples may register at the Chi Omega or Alpha Tau Omega houses until midnight.
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Moneymaker said sponsors were honing the marathon would raise $5,000.
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