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Senate seeks to raise SUA funding
BY DANIEL BERK
dberk@hansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
Student Senate is preparing a bill that would ask students for $5 per semester to improve the activities hosted by Student Union Activities.
SUA would be able to attract higher-profile names and entertainers if the increase in student fees passes, said Jeff Dunlap, student body vice president and Leawood senior.
The bill will be proposed to Senate committees in two weeks, and if it passes, students will vote on the increase in the April election.
"SUA has done a terrific job with the budget they have, but with the increase, it would improve a lot." Dunlap said.
Keith Ellis, SUA adviser,
said the organization has a
budget of $100,000, but if
the fee passes, the budget
could be $300,000. The
Union currently funds SUA
without aid from students.
Senate would have a consulting role in hiring talent for events, but it would leave the majority of the work to SUA, Dunlap said.
The most notable speaker SUA has had this year is actor/comedian Bill Cosby. Cosby was funded by the homecoming committee and tickets cost $20.
Dunlap said that if the bill passes, events like the one that featured Cosby would not be as expensive because of the student fee charge.
Dunlap said if the bill was passed by the Senate and students in April, the increase would go into effect next fall.
Students at other Big 12 universities pay for SUA events.
At Kansas State University students pay $5.74 per semester and at Colorado students pay $8.08 per semester.
"There is no doubt that our University should be attracting bigger talent," Dunlap said. "If this passes, it will enable us to do so."
Dunlap said that the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics has helped the University attract high-profile political speakers, including former President Bill Clinton.
Speakers at the Dole Institute, however, are not affiliated with SUA or its
events.
Ellis said he was excited to work with the Senate.
schools in the Big 12 and found that we are really behind in the amount of money given to SUA," Ellis said.
Another idea Senate is exploring if the fee is passed is making bowling at Jaybowl free, Dunlap said. Making it free would create more interest in the Kansas Union and in SUA, he said.
Edited by Kim Sweet Rubenstein
CAMPUS POLICY
Skateboarder learns limits the hard way
BY JOSHUA BICKEL
jbickel@hansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Brian Bizjack has never had a problem with the law in the eight years he's been skateboarding.
That changed last weekend after he was informed that skateboarding within 1,000 feet of the University of Kansas is illegal. But Bizjack, Tula sophomore, said he wasn't on University property when a KU Public Safety officer issued him a notice to appear in Lawrence Municipal Court. He said he was skating on a sidewalk in a neighborhood.
"I'm pretty pissed off because I got a ticket in a neighborhood where I live," Biziack said.
He lives at the Theta Chi fraternity house, 1003 Emery Road.
Sunday afternoon,
Bizjack and a friend were
walking north along West
Campus Road, near Carruthen
O'Leary Hall, southwest of Memorial Stadium, carrying their skateboards when they noticed a KU Public Safety officer watching them from their car. He and his friend then crossed the street and began to walk north along the sidewalk across from campus.
As soon as he and his friend began skateboarding, the officer got out, confiscated the skateboards and issued them a notice to appear in municipal court, Biziack said.
This is the second time a KU Public Safety officer has issued a notice to appear for skateboarding on campus property this month. The first notice was issued to an 18-year-old male who was seen skateboarding near Wescoe Hall Feb. 13.
"It's like the cops were following us," he said. "It was really odd."
Capt. Schuyler Bailey, KU Public Safety Office, said that officers are not targeting
skateboarders, but if they see people skateboarding during their patrol, they can issue a notice to appear in court.
It's also at the officer's discretion whether someone seen skateboarding is given a warning or immediately issued a notice to appear, Bailey said.
According to Lawrence city ordinance 17-703, skateboarding is prohibited in the area of Jayhawk Boulevard from West Campus Road to 13th Street, including 1,000 feet on either side of the University.
Two different officers issued the citations for the skateboarding incidents this month, Bailey said.
"I've never had anyone tell me not to skate on a sidewalk," Bizjack said. "But apparently that's illegal."
Bizjack will have to pay a $72 fine for violating this ordinance.
Brian Bizjack,
Tulsa sophomore, grinds
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ON THE RECORD
- A 21-year-old KU student reported 13 stolen DVDs to Lawrence police between 12:30 and 1 a.m. on Feb. 19 from the 2300 block of Hawthorne Drive. The DVDs are valued at $195.
between midnight and 4 a.m. on Feb. 5 in the 1100 block of Indiana Street. The damage is estimated at $700.
♦ A 19-year-old KU student reported a lost cell phone to Lawrence police between 1 a.m., Feb. 19 and 2 a.m. Feb. 25 from the 100 block of Emery Road. The phone is valued at $70.
◆ A 21-year-old KU student reported a stolen 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee to Lawrence police between 2 and 4 a.m. on Feb. 19 from the 1200 block of Ohio Street. The car is valued at $23,000.
- A 25-year-old KU student reported his parking permit stolen to the KU Public Safety Office sometime between 1 and 2:50 p.m. on Feb. 16 from lot 214 on West Campus. The permit is valued at $85.
ON CAMPUS
♦ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a lecture by the Rev. Joseph S.T. Alford, Episcopal priest and director of the Jubilee Cafe, entitled "Apocalypse When? A look at Left Behind and popular eschatology" at 12:30 p.m. today in the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave.
♦ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a Veggie Lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomor row in the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Sarah Dees at 856-2957.
Juan Abdala Abugattes of the University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru will give a Merienda Brown Bag Lecture on "Challenges of the Peruvian Educational System" at noon tomorrow at room 318 in Bailey Hall, immediately east of Strong Hall. Call 864-4213 for more information.
- Student Union Activities will sponsor an Afternoon Tea from 3 to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Union lobby. Contact Megan Wesley at 864-SHOW.
Note: The University Daily Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. Submission forms are available in the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Items must be turned in two days in advance of the desired publication date. On Campus is printed on a space-available basis.