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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, March 27, 1980
AURH more influential now,president says
By TOM TEDESCHI Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
In the past year the Association of University Residence Hall has come into its own as an organization representing residence hall students on campus. Jay Simmons HR president, said in a recent interview, but there is still room for the movement.
"We're not satisfied with where we are. There is in the feeling that NIU could do better, but they've been working in a residence hall than on cooking and sleeping, and that's what our programming has been
Smith credits increased resident participation and better communication with other parts of the University, especially the administration for increasing AUHI research.
"That was important—getting people to participate in AHRU he said. "Attendance must be low," he said. There was absolutely no respect for AHRU it was a joke. I think we spent two hours there.
AN EXAMPLE of AURIS is increased role in residence hall affairs, Smith said, that all increases in residence hall contracts go to the administration. Increases also must go through the Residential Programs Advisory Board, which AURII also has a seat
“As far as working with the administration,” he said, “we are the students’ only voice and I have to say that years ago we’ve been pretty successful.
"In the long run, we raised it 10 percent and everyone raised hell about prices . . . yet we are not even meeting the inflation rate. Next year we are looking at cutting services. In fact, we want to have an increase of no more than 5 percent next year."
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"People say we are powerless at the hands of contracts," he said, "but when the administration sits down to decide, we sit down with them. We have a strong voice. It's not reflected in the fact that contracts go up, but it is in the fact that we kept them."
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Jay Smith, Greeners Junior, and Mark Fouts, Derby minor, won their second victory as vice president last night. Smith and Fouts won the election by 80 votes over the team of Larry Kolster, Warrensburg, Mo., and Scott Tempi, Wichita freshman.
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Dave Simmons, DeSoto freshman, won the treasurer post and Amy Handelman, Overland Park freshman, will be the secretary.
Smith and Fouts, who won their positions last year unopposed, defeated Kolster and Tennapel 348-288, according to Shannon Murray. AUH election committee chairman. About 700 people voted in the first round, with higher turnover than last year. Murray said.
"There are going to be some very direct changes in AURH next year," Smith said last night. "We're going to try to have a
contract increase of no more than 5 percent.
The contracts committee is going to be a live committee next year. I promise you that."
Handelman ran unopposed and received more votes-517-than any other candidate in the election.
"I was really excited," she said, "but that doesn't really mean anything. I know Godzilla got three and Bambi got one."
Murray reported a number of votes for Zipvy the Pinhead as well.
Three of the seven candidates for AUHR offices were allowed to register late because by filing deadline, only one candidate was eligible for confirmation. None of the latter candidates won.
Simmons won his post by a margin of 373-178.
The AURH officers will, with the committee chairmen, comprise the Executive board. Applications for committee chairs will be available in the AURH office.
MONEY--NAMELY tight budgets—is a recurring problem for AUHR, Smith said, but he added that next year there would be some relief.
"Next year there's going to be a big change because we will have the money to do things," he said.
Next year the AURH fee will increase to $5 a student.
"We have enough money that we will not our costs without cutting programs," he said. "We can pass the burden of pansion of all our programs. There should be twice as much programming next year, so we should."
Smith said that the administration at first was pessimistic about the chances for an increase in the AURH fee.
"It was just a matter of convincing them that it was worth the increase," he said.
SMITH SAID that communication with administration broke down one time last week. The police were fleeing the fledgling Alpha Omicron Pi college in University housing until their house was
"We were upset as an organization because we felt we should have been contacted," he said. "I really feel that was a mistake.
"Records show it the decision) was at the student affairs level. It was a quick decision and advice was not solicited from AURH or Housing."
Big Eight search making progress
Phyllis Howlett, KU assistant athletic director and a committee member, said she would meet soon to review applications and recommend finalists to the selection
While Big Eight Commissioner Charles Neinas can count his days left in office on one hand, a five-member search compartment toward naming Nenas's successor.
Howlett declined to comment either when the meeting would be held or on who had applied for the position.
Though officials do not expect a new commissioner to be named until at least June 1, Nenad will leave the job Tuesday. The college's former director of the College Football Association.
William Baugh, committee chairman and dean of the graduate School of Business at the University of Colorado, was unavailable yesterday for comment.
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Steve Hatchell, assisman commissioner, will serve as acting commissioner until a replacement is appointed during the transition. Howlett said
When the search committee selects finalists, a new commissioner will be chosen by conference athletic directors, investigatives and the search committee.
Serving with Howlett and Baughon on the search committee are: John P. Mahisteh, faculty representative at Iowa State University, athletic directors of Oklahoma State University of Nebraska and Wade Walker, of the University of Oklahoma.
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