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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2005
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weekend burglar targets students
Lawrence police are investigating two burglaries that occurred over the weekend affecting nine KU students, said Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department.
Damage to the balcony door was estimated at $150.
The first burglary occurred sometime between 11:30 p.m., Feb. 19 and 2 a.m., Feb. 20 in the 1300 block of Vermont Street, according to a police report. An unknown individual forced entry through a rear balcony door and removed about $6,400 worth of property from the four KU students who live there.
A second burglary occurred between 12:15 a.m. and 1:40 a.m. on Feb. 20 in the 1300 block of Kentucky Street.
An unknown suspect entered the residence and removed items belonging to the five KU students living there. The items were estimated at $9,473.
— Joshua Bicket
it is not known how the suspect entered the residence.
Name of $1 million donor announced
Student body vice president Steve Munch announced the name of the family who donated $1 million for the new Multicultural Resource Center.
The money was given by the Sabatini Family Foundation. The family includes Frank C. Sabatini, who is a KU alumnus and a former state representative. He now lives in Topeka.
The money was donated in 2004, but the family did not want to be its name to be released until the full $2.7 million for the MRC was raised. The rest of the money was raised by student fees and other University funds.
Groundbreaking for the MRC is tentatively scheduled for August or September. The site dedication is planned for March 2006.
The MRC will be built on the north side of the Kansas Union with an entrance on Jayhawk Boulevard.
Students address CLAS tuition concerns
FINANCES
BY NATE KARLIN
nharlin@hansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
— Daniel Berk
Engineering students came together as a professional school to express concerns about a proposed College of Liberal Arts and Sciences differential tuition Monday night.
The Engineering Student Council was the first group to talk with Kim Wilcox, dean of liberal arts and sciences, as a professional school this semester. Wilcox said.
Since the proposal of differential tuition for the college, Wilcox has met with at least 60
Members of the council sought clarification from Wilcox about paying for CLAS-specific financial aid and scholarships as members of a professional school.
groups of students.
Under the proposed differential tuition, 20 percent of the extra tuition fees would go toward financial aid and scholarships for students majoring in the college.
That was the main reason Andy Schmidt, Engineering Student Council president, and nearly 25 other professional school students met with Wilcox.
"We're just looking out for students," Schmidt, Bloomington, Minn., senior, said.
Before the meeting, the students who attended thought the financial aid part of the proposal was unwarranted for students who used the college only for general education courses.
"If some students have an opportunity that other students don't, to me and other students, that seems a little unfair." Schmidt said.
created by extra money.
Wilcox said if the differential tuition passed, only a small group of students would be excluded from the financial aid
For example, he said many engineering students double major in Spanish, which is a CLAS major. But students with only an engineering major would not qualify for CLAS scholarships that they would be required to fund.
After the meeting, the majority of the students left the with positive feelings toward the differential tuition, he said.
The students realized that more attractive buildings for the University would outweigh the costs of scholarships that some of them would never get to use. Schmidt said.
Schmidt said he would continue to push non-college students to respond to the survey and to understand the proposal.
"It's totally worth it for expanding KU and making it a better institution," he said.
Students from the school will compose a letter to Wilcox outlining specific concerns and recommendations for the tuition increase, he said.
The students plan to be submit it to Wilcox by next Thursday pending approval of the letter from the dean of engineering.
— Edited by Azita Tafreshi
BUSINESS
AMC announces third-quarter loss
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Inc. said yesterday it lost almost $60 million during its third quarter, most of that coming from expenses as the company was bought and taken private.
The Kansas City-based company also said in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was restating third quarter 2003 numbers to reflect changes in how it accounted for several income and foreign tax issues and leases. For the quarter, the company decreased net earnings from $11.7 million to $5.2 million.
Marquee Holdings Inc. bought AMC for $2 billion. The sale was made final on Dec. 23.
Revenues declined from $471.6 million during the third
For the 13 weeks ending Dec. 30, AMC reported a net loss of $59.2 million. The company said it spent $52 million in merger and acquisition expenses, compared with the almost $5 million it spent in the year-ago period in a fruitless bid for Loews Cineplex.
For the quarter, the company decreased net earnings from $11.7 million to $5.2 million.
quarter last year to $448.9 million. The company said there was no blockbuster this year, as opposed to 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," and the quarter this year didn't include the New Year's Dav holiday.
While the Marquee sale was completed a week before the end of the quarter, the company reported financial numbers as if Marquee had been in control since the beginning of the quarter.
AMC operates 231 theaters with 3,560 screens in the United States, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Marquee is controlled by affiliates of J.P. Morgan Partners LLC and Apollo Management LP.
differential fees even though he helps pay for his tuition. He said the extra money would be worth it if it meant he received a great education from the University that would help him get a job.
The differential tuition would also be a way for students now to take responsibility for future generations of students, Bavsinger said.
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said. "We're just not here for us, we're here for future students."
"I think it will better the University in the long run," he
Brian Cerney, Chicago freshman, who is thinking about business or journalism as a major, said he was not happy about having to pay a fee for CLAS and a fee for the professional school he chooses.
"I don't like it at all, everyone should have to pay the same amount," Cerney said. "I shouldn't have to pay more just because it's my major."
That's ridiculous," he said. Pottruck, who is a pre-education major, said she doesn't have
a problem paying the differential tuition fee because the University is growing and needs more buildings. The fee seems logical, she said.
Fee
There will be one more informational meeting for students at 5 p.m. tomorrow at 3139 Wescoe Hall.
"It is unfair to have to pay two differential tuitions, but everyone will have to," she said.
She does, however, disagree with paying two differential fees.
Edited by Kim Sweet Rubenstein
President faces faculty
NATION
BY JUSTIN POPE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ature professor who has supported Summers, as she emerged from the two-hour meeting of about 500 Faculty of Arts and Sciences members on the Harvard campus.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Harvard President Lawrence Summers faced another round of tough questions from disgruntled faculty yesterday, but avoided a no-confidence vote in a meeting participants described as collegial.
Faculty rejected a proposal that a three-person committee of administrators and faculty mediate between Summers and university professors, according to attendees and an online account by the Harvard
Summers' management style and recent controversial remarks about women in science sparked opposition at a faculty meeting last week that Summers described as "searing."
Crimson, the only media outlet allowed at the meeting.
"I think everyone has calmed down," said Ruth Wisse, a liter-
This time, in his opening remarks, which were released by the university, Summers said he was "committed to opening a new chapter in my work with you."
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Chanay believes it would be profitable for Senate and beneficial to students.
Student Voice has not announced a vice presidential candidate or a date for its kickoff party. Coalition members will spend the next couple of weeks meeting people and finding out what students want from Senate.
Student Voice has already set up a meeting with the Interfraternity Council this week and will discuss how fraternities and sororites can be more involved in Senate.
"Another thing we want to do is increase the number of greek senators," Chanay said. "Right now there is only two seats, we would like to increase that by two or three."
The greek seats are decided by appointment rather than
vote right now. Chanay said that is something they would like to change as well.
"We wouldn't do this if we didn't think we could win," Chanay said. "We have the money and the man power, and we believe we will win this year's election."
Chanay is a freshman senator in the finance committee. He thinks his coalition will be successful.
Edited by Jennifer Voldness
Q&A
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C: What is the CLAS going to do with the differential tuition?
Q: Why are fees different prices?
A: Because each school wants different things.
A: The college is going to be using differential for a complete renovation of Wescoe Hall, construction of a new natural science building, an initiation of a college-wide renovation program for existing spaces and planning for a new social sciences building.
Q: What do other schools do with differential tuition?
A: Other schools use differential fees for new programs, more professors, more classes, technology equipment and student support.
Q: Is it fair for students who won't be at the University of Kansas to enjoy the new buildings to pay for them through the differential tuition?
A: Most of the other schools worked hard to make sure that once they started charging there was some benefit right away. In the college's case, they seem to be predicating it on that they are going to be phasing in the $30, with the $10, $20 and $50 plan. Their goal is also to deliver something tangible to students within the first three years.
Q: How important is the student vote?
A: In my mind it is critical. We've required schools to show student support for differential tuition before taking it to the Board of Regents. For example, one of the first projects out of
the tuition enhancement program was spent on equipment for design studios, but the students said they wanted more and pushed the administration for a differential tuition.
Q: Will it pass?
A: It will depend on student turnout. Given the size and diversity of the college, what would be an effective show of support? It's easier with a smaller school where you can get all of the students together. The notion of a differential in the college has drawn concern from some people that see the college as the core education. It's not seen as having a core constituency that a professional school does. Some people phrase it as "It's the foundation" and ask, "How can you add a differential to the foundation?"
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