Monday, October 24,1977
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Union fee discrepancies possible
Bv SUSANT. HALL
Staff Writer
There are large discrepancies between what the six state universities have been collecting in student union fees and what they should be collecting in fees if a 1941 student on student unions is correct, a Wichita State University student said Friday.
Hannes Zacharias, president of the Student Government Association at WSU, told the Kansas Board of Regents Institutions Coordinating Council the 1941 statute limited fees that could be collected for student unions to no more than $5 a student a semester and $2 a student during the summer.
Each University of Kansas student enrolled in more than six hours paid $25.50
this semester, $1 more than last semester's fee.
"Approximately $350,000 at Wichita State University, $700,000 at KU and $350,000 at K-State were collected just in fiscal year 1977, and the university has a statute adopted in 1943," Zacharias said.
KANSAS STATUTE 76-6404, which pertains to fees collected from students to cover student union operations, reads: "For the purpose of paying for the maintenance, operation, and rental, including the payment of cost of construction and equipment and interest thereon, of a student union building on a board, under the provisions of this act, the board is authorized and empowered to fix, charge, and collect, from each student in the institution at which such student union buildings shall be so erected, a fee not to
KU has the highest student union fee of six state universities. WSU is second with a fee of $25.25 a student, and K-State is third with a fee. Both fees are based on full time enrollment.
exceeded five dollars for reach regular term or semester and a fee of not exceed two dollars for each semester.
Kauffman said he wanted to research the issue to see whether the law had been overturned.
THE STUDENT Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Kansas Board of Regents, the University of Kansas, the president and student representatives from all Regents schools, has asked the Regents attorney, Bill Kaulfman, to inquire about the findings at the Resents' November meeting.
SAC also has requested that the state
increase its financial aid to student unions to cover increased utility costs.
"We feel this statute reflects an intent by the state not to make student fees for students at Matack, K-State student and SCA chairman said. "Our recent increases in student union costs have been due to utility expenses, so students at K-State should pick up to relieve this burden."
K-State this year raised its student account fee $5 to cover increased union utility costs.
Steve Leben, KU student body president, said, "My only hope that the original intent of the 1941 law to keep student union fees low will make the state pick up utility costs."
Zacharias said he found the statute while he was researching Kansas laws governing stewardship of livestock.
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students would have been enrolled in fall 1977.
HE SAID the Regents used a formula based on hiring one faculty member for every 15 additional FTE students to derive extra funds to allocate each state institution.
The request for additional funds probably will not reach the legislature until late January, and final action could come as late as March or April. Nitcher said.
THE BID DATE on the seven-story Malot
addition will be announced during the next
week.
Last fall, KU administrators asked the legislature for about $1.1 million in additional funds to account for an unexpected increase of about 800 students. The legislature authorized KU to spend $350,000 to purchase the remainder into the general operating budget. The $170,000 carry-over is what KU did not receive last year.
Division of Architectural Services. KU administrators have estimated that the project will be completed about two years after construction begins.
The addition will extend southwest from the central section of the building, built in 1854. It will house the KU School of Pharmacy, which now has faculty members in Malot and offices on west campus; the science library, which has materials in its computer campus; and a central animal care facility, which the University does not have.
REGENTS ALSO approved KU's request to increase the fiscal 1979 budget by $70,284. Nichter said the increase was requested because enrollment predictions now available for the 1979-79 school year indicated that 540 more students would enroll.
Regents chairman Walter Hersteiner, Fairway, said budget bearings for Regents institutions were scheduled for November 9 and 10 in Topeka.
Student burglarized twice
One RU student soon may reach the point when he can not afford to attend classes on his own.
Both burglaries occurred while Roller was at class.
James Roller, Lawrence graduate student, who lost more than $1,750 in a burglarry Friday, Sept. 23, was burglarized again last Friday. This time, more than $2,500 worth of tape and stereo equipment was taken, Lawrence police said yesterday.
Roller, who lives at Jayhawk Towers Apartments, 1603 W. 15th St., said that although entry was gained through his door a month ago, he thought the window was
"We tried going in the window," he said.
"It took it between eight and 15 seconds to get in. It looks like whoever came in the first time realized what he left behind and returned to finish the job."
Roller told police that a four channel reel-to-reel tape recorder, and four channel receivers and amplifier, were taken in the latest burglary. He reported that two .35-inch tape turntable, a cassette tape recorder and other items were stolen in the first burglary.
Lawrence police said they were investigating the burealies.
Roller said he had recorded the serial numbers of every item stolen and was offering a reward for information leading to the arrest, government and arrest of the burglar or burglars.
In other action:
- The Regents allocated money for emergent patients' curbing and resurufication. Drive Burry. Drive
- The Regents voted to consider KU's request to raise residence hall rates for the 1978-79 school year from $1,235 to $1,285 for double rooms and from $1,660 to $1,696 for single rooms. Final action is expected at the November Regenerates meeting.
- They authorized KU administrators to amend the fiscal 1979 budget to include increases for Summerfield Hall renovations from $200,000 to $250,000. The increment in funds will be used for additional roof insulation and replacement.
The November meeting of the Regents is scheduled for November 17 and 18 in Emeryville.
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