Thursday, March 11, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Senator seeks lockers as part of new Union
By Nadia Mustafa
mnsustafa@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students may be able to store their books and other belongings in 25-cent lockers in the Kansas Union after its renovation.
the Student Senate University Affairs committee passed a resolution last night requesting that administrators involved with Union renovation plans include financing and space for lockers.
For the request to be formal, Senate must pass the resolution next Wednesday.
The renovations are scheduled to be completed in Fall 2000.
Michael Henry, non-traditional senator and the resolution's cosponsor, said the lockers would be available to all students, but that he submitted the resolution primarily for non-traditional students.
He said that many of the 3,500 non-traditional students at the University of Kansas went to the Union between classes instead of going home and that they had special storage needs because they commuted to and from campus or had diverse family needs.
"This would also aid undergraduates who don't have office space and have heavy reading loads," Henry said. "I think this is a conventional idea that they overlooked."
The resolution did not include the number or type of lockers or how much it would cost to include them in the renovations.
Henry said he left the request vague so students on the Union renovation planning committee would have flexibility when discussing the issue with administrators.
in other business, James Kitchen, associate vice chancellor and dean of students, encouraged members of the Multicultural Affairs committee to work with the Office of Minority Affairs to retain minority students.
Kitchen said minority enrollment on KU campuses was low. There were 1,875 African-American, Hispanic and Native-America students enrolled at the University in Fall 1998.
STUDENT SENATE
In other business, Senate committees passed bills last night to provide the following financing:
$ 373 to the Course Content Subcommittee to improve and publicize the KU Course Content Web site and recognize faculty members who have posted their syllabuses.
$5,400 to KU Environs for Earth Day on April 24 in South Park. The money will pay talent fees for Cosey Nell, an environmentalist and musician, and Adam Werhack, president of the Sierra Club.
$328 in basic financing to KU Lead, a new student leadership organization.
$183 in basic financing to the KU Polish Club, another new student organization
For the groups to receive funding Senate must pass the bills next Wednesday.
Also, he said the attrition rates of minority undergraduate students, mostly African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, were high. From Fall 1996 to Fall 1997, 15.3 percent of African-American, 12 percent of Hispanic and 12.6 percent of Native-American students did not return to the University.
He said the University did not know why many minority students enrolled at the University during the fall semester would leave during the spring.
"A lot of work needs to be done to retain minority students," Kitchen said. "We cannot sit back and wait for someone to implement programs for minorities."
Kitchen said it was embarrassing to see that the retention rates of all minorities were so low.
Kitchen said he was going to hire people to implement a minority retention program, which would include a focus on mentorship and leadership through study groups, outreach and networks.
—Edited by Kelli Raybern
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