Volume 124 Issue 94
kansan.com
Friday, February 10, 2012
SHOW ME THE MONEY
Edward Schroer a senior from Topeka, works at the front desk in the print lab at the Art and Design building on Monday afternoon. Many students will be affected by the paw raises students with on-campus jobs are receiving.
CLAIRE HOWARD/KANSAN
EMPLOYEE REWARDS
University employees are receiving their first salary increase in four years
MARSHALL SCHMIDT
mschmidt@kansan.com
University faculty, staff and student employees are eligible for raises beginning this semester in an effort to reward their hard work. The salary increases are the first for any University personnel in the past four years.
"The University is only as good as the people working for it, and so we want to make sure we are able to recruit and retain talented employees," said Jack Martin, director of strategic communications for the University.
The raises are a result of the Board of Regent's decision last June to use tuition dollars to give select raises upon recommendation by students and faculty alike on the University's tuition advisory committee.
The measure gave each department an extra two percent to its
salary budget, which the department could then distribute to its employees as it sees fit.
Megan Hicks, a senior from Oxford, is in her third year of working as a teaching assistant in the School of Business, working 25 hours a week. Although Hicks did not see a raise this semester, she felt the move was good for the University.
"I feel like business school student employees already have higher wages than other offices on campus," Hicks said. "I think it's good to reward successful employees who work hard."
Andrew Filmore, a senior from Belle Plaine, works as a student assistant in the library for KU Info. Like Hicks, Filmore did not see a raise this semester, but did not see the need for one. He works 13 hours each week, and makes above minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour in Kansas.
"With this job, I can do homework while I'm at work," Filmore said. "I'm not expecting an enormous amount."
However, some student jobs were affected. Cassie Corrigan, a sophomore from Boulder, Colo. works as a cashier at the Hawk Food Stop in the Spahr Engineering Library. Though operated by Memorial Unions, her job is considered an on-campus job. This semester the hourly wage increased from $7.50 to $7.65 per hour. However, the slight raise is not the main incentive for working on campus.
"The raise does not make much of a difference just because we get other benefits, which I care more about," Corrigan said.
These benefits include a ten percent discount anywhere on campus besides books or electronics, five dollars worth of food each day she works, and the convenience of flexible hours on campus.
RAISES ON CAMPUS
The following groups received raises:
880 student hourly employees
880 student hourly employees 617 Graduate Teaching assistants
131 Graduate Research Assistants
1 Graduate Assistant
Source, Jack Martin, director of strategic communications for the University.
"It's great for the teachers who deserve it," Corrigan said.
— Edited by Anna Allen
CRIME
Suspect in home invasion arrested
RACHEL SALYER
rsalyer@kansan.com
Lawrence police arrested an Ottawa man Wednesday suspected of kidnapping and the robbery of a Lawrence apartment.
According to Douglas County Jail records, the suspect is charged with four counts of kidnapping, three counts of robbery and one count of aggravated robbery. The charges stem from a robbery reported January 10, in which four men robbed an apartment in the Applecroft Apartments at 1734 W. 19th St.
Kim Murphree, a police spokesman, wrote in an email that the 23-year-old man was located in Ottawa, brought by the Lawrence Police Department to the police training center during the investigation, and arrested.
The men took cell phones, mar.
Mack Hartwell, a 19-year-old former University student and victim in the case, was not aware of the second arrest, but recalled the robbery.
Hartwell said he and his roommates knew the 19-year-old man first arrested by police because he had come over before.
"They were yelling, 'we want all your stuff,'" Hartwell said. "They said, 'we have guns, we will kill you.'"
ijuana, and more than $2,000 in cash, most of which was located in a safe.
It was the second arrest made in the case. The LPD arrested a 19-year-old Ottawa man hours after the robbery.
That suspect returned January 10, and when Hartwell heard a knock at the door, the 19-year-old said more of his friends had come
"I don't know for sure if they did, but they said they did and it looked like they had them," Hartwell said. "When it's in the moment, you just don't question it."
Hartwell heard his friend, who owned the safe, being hit by the suspects while another man stayed with the other four victims.
over to socialize.
As soon as the men entered, all four suspects began yelling and some appeared to have guns.
"They started beating him because he wouldn't open the safe." Hartwell said. "Eventually he did though."
Hartwell and the others were forced to stay in the bathroom until the men left, and were left without a way to contact the police, because the robbers had taken their cell phones and torn up
Internet connection cords.
"It's pretty safe here usually," said Danielle Garcia, a University graduate. "But I think they should have notified us, because when something happens, you should be put on alert."
They walked to a gas station and called the police.
Another resident felt Applecroft Apartments should have notified residents of the robbery.
Hartwell thinks the remaining suspects will also be arrested, but said he will remain more attentive.
The owners of the apartments declined to comment on the case.
"I will definitely check out whoever comes over from now on." Hartwell said. "I'm just going to be more careful."
— Edited by Amanda Gage
CAMPUS
TYLER BIERWIRTH/KANSAN
Katie Lewis and Coleby Henzik dance together at Rock Chalk Revue rehearsal. After weeks of practice, groups of sorority and fraternity members will perform original musicals to raise money for United Way.
Rock Chalk Revue show in full swing Greek give their all in practice
KELSEY CIPOLLA
kcipolla@kansan.com
Last year, Rock Chalk Revue raised $62,000 through donations, corporate sponsors and ticket sales for the United Way of Douglas County. Each performance is
funded by the sororities and fraternities.
Despite the abundance of neon-hued clothing and a disturbing number of fanny packs, the students working to perfect this year's Rock Chalk Revue are all business. The 1980s-themed attire encourages an enjoyable atmosphere while the 250 sorority and fraternity members continue to work toward their goal of creating a great show.
The musical show is created completely by students who choose a theme, write scripts, record music
"We help them get their show to a better place than it was when they started this."
Coleby Henzlik, a junior from Atlanta, and one of the directors of Kappa Delta and Sigma Chi's show said although he is excited
EMILY DRAPE Co-executive director of the show
"It's like you put everything into this," said Hannah Schoeb, a sophomore from Leawood and one of the six directors of Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Nu's show. "I mean, I still did fine in school, but I got an A- and I'm a perfectionist. I've put a lot of my friendships on hold and my relationships on hold."
"We help them get their snow to a better place than it was when they started this," Drape said. "It's a learning experience. You grow, you learn how to work with other people and how to mature."
manding on the show's co-executive director, Emily Drape, a senior from Overland Park. Drape sits in on each group's practice, which amounts to roughly five hours a day. Although her job is time consuming, she said the experience has been worth it.
choreograph dance routines and build sets. Some parts of the preparation start even before the fall semester. Around 12 pairs of fraternities and sororites compete in the fall to make it into the final show, but only five are selected.
Then the process becomes even more intense; each group practices is at least an hour per day, which makes it difficult to have a life outside of Rock Chalk.
The process is even more de-
for people to see the original show he helped create, he also has some anxiety.
"I remember last year I was so nervous when the curtains opened, and this year
I'm going to be even more nervous because I'm a director and there's even more pressure," Henzlik said.
Kirk Morrison, a sophomore from Tulsa, Okla., first participated in Rock Chalk as a freshman as a way to branch out.
"I'm from out-of-state and I was fairly new to the house and the community, so I figured it would be a good way to get to know people," Morrison said. "It turned out to be an awesome experience."
Rock Chalk Revue is on March 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. and March 3 at 5 p.m.at the Lied Center.Tickets are available at the Lied Center box office and website.
Edited by Amanda Gage
CLASSIFIEDS 11 CRYPTOQUIPS 4 SPORTS 12
CROSSWORD 4 OPINION 9 SUDOKU 4
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