INSIDE
FESTIVAL MEXICANA
Lawrence crowds attended a two-day fundraiser for plenty of dancing, food games and beer ...page 5
MANHUNT
A slain Kansas State student's boyfriend started a Web site to help find her killer ... page 7
POTTER MANIA
Local bookstores struggled to keep copies of Harry Potter's new book in stock when it was released Saturday. page 11
NBADRAFT
Former KU players could be among picks to be announced tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. page 19
CONTENTS
Campus Briefs .2
Opinion .6
Arts & Entertainment .11
News in Brief .14
Sports .19
Food .25
Horoscopes .27
What's Happening .28
Fun & Games .29
Classifieds .30
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2003
VOL. 113, ISSUE NO. 155
Farmer's market
Zach Straus/Kansan
Matt and Lily Pryor, Lawrence residents, take a break from shopping to listen to bluegrass music at the Lawrence Farmers' Market. The Pryors were two of many patrons at the market Saturday morning. The farmers' market is open Saturdays from 6:30 a.m.to 10:30 a.m.and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more, see the story on page 16.
TUITION
Fees expected to increase
Proposed increase to bring in $8.6 million
By Maggie Newcomer
mnewcomer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Kansas Board of Regents will vote tomorrow on whether to increase tuition at the University of Kansas by approximately 18 percent.
The increase would total $8.6 million more a year to the University.
Andy Knopp, student body president,
For more on the impact of a tuition increase on financial aid, see page 9.
was part of a student committee that reviewed the proposal. He said there was no rea
son the Regents would reject the proposal.
"Ithink the Regents have been on board since the beginning," Knopp said.
Lindy Eakin, vice provost of administration and finance, said the Regents didn't raise any concerns about the tuition
proposal at the May meeting. He expected the proposal to pass.
This increase would be the second year of a five-year tuition plan from the University.
Eakin said the University added only two things to the proposal since its first year. One being a $30 per credit hour surcharge to Edwards Campus students and the other, a $15 per credit hour equipment
SEE TUITION ON PAGE 32