FRIDAY,APRIL 18,2003
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Regents urge Sebelius to veto obscenity legislation
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - A legislative attempt to punish university departments that use "obscene" videos in human sexuality classes is unwarranted, the state Board of Regents said yesterday.
The board unanimously approved a statement urging Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to veto the punitive language in the $10 billion budget bill awaiting her signature.
University of Kansas professor
Dennis Dailey is the unnamed target of the budget amendment by Sen. Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, who also filed a formal complaint that the university has agreed to investigate.
Wagle's budget measure would deny funding to university departments if videos that would be "obscene" under Kansas law are bought or shown by instructors in undergraduate classes on sexuality.
Dailey teaches in the university's School of Social Worker,
which could lose $3.1 million under Wagle's measure.
The regents,
in their statement,
urged Sebelius to use
her authority
Wagle
for line-item vetoes to cross Wagle's amendment out of the budget.
"The board is confident that current policies, which seek to
Dailey
said.
resolve these issues at the institutional level, are sufficient to respond to concerns that may arise regarding these matters," the regents
Sebelius must act on the budget on Monday at the latest. Wagle said Chancellor Robert Hemenway had told her the university cannot complete an investigation of Dailey by then.
Dailey has taught the course for 20 years, regularly drawing the maximum enrollment of 500 students, and Wagle's complaint was the first to be filed against him, according to the university.
In her complaint, Wagle said students have told her that Dailey not only shows "obscene" videos but uses vulgar language and gestures in class and belittled a student.
The regents' statement also
noted that each university has a procedure for addressing complaints about instructors or courses.
But Wagle said the process does not work at the University of Kansas. She said one student, whom she did not identify, saw no action after verbally complaining about Dailey's class to an administrator.
"The policies in place at the University of Kansas are ineffective," she said. "Whatever system they have in place has failed."
Regents to consider fees for expansion of Saferide
By Lauren Airey lairey@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The Board of Regents considered a proposal yesterday to increase the required University of Kansas campus fee for student transportation by $2, to $18 from $16 each semester.
The Regents will vote on the fee increase at their May meeting, said Dick Carter, director of external relations for the Regents.
The increase will fund the expansion of the Saferide program, which provides students rides from 11 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. every day to their homes within Lawrence city limits. The program, started in 1986, provided about 21,000 rides in the 2001- 2002 school year and has been
increasing every year for the past seven years.
"Currently, Saferide is nearing peak capacity," Tim Akright, transportation coordinator, said. "When people are not with it, they don't tend to be the most patient people."
The proposal states the additional revenue generated by the fee increase would mean more vehicles on weekend nights, when students typically wait up to 45 minutes for a ride. Wednesday and Thursday nights would expand from four to seven cars and Friday and Saturday nights would expand from seven to ten cars.
The fee would also fund the initiation of a Summer Saferide program, which would provide two cars on Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights during the
summer.
The Transportation Board developed the proposed fee increase. The Student Senate University Affairs and Finance committees approved it in late March. Student Senate approved the fee in early April.
Although the Summer Saferide program would start with only two cars, the Transportation Board budget is flexible enough to add cars immediately if there is a need. Akright said.
The fee, if passed by the Regents, would be effective in Fall 2003. The expanded Saferide program would begin in August and the Summer Saferide program would begin in 2004.
Edited by Michelle Burhenn
Increased fees would benefit health services at med school
By Lauren Airey lairey@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Students at the University of Kansas School of Medicine may have to pay as much as $9 a semester to increase health services.
The University of Kansas Medical Center presented the Board of Regents with a proposal yesterday to increase the fee for Student Health Services by 15 percent.
The Regents will vote on the fee increase at their May meeting, said Dick Carter, director of external affairs for the Regents.
Pending approval by the Regents, all medical students will be charged an additional $9 per semester. All graduate and undergraduate students in the School of Nursing, School of
Allied Health and Graduate Studies and Research program enrolled in more than six credit hours would be assessed an increase of $7.20 per fall and spring semester and $3.20 per summer semester. Currently students pay $120 for a year.
The revenue for student health is insufficient to cover the operating expenses for 2004, leaving a projected deficit of $16,000, according to the proposal.
In addition to the projected deficit, the Student Health Outreach Team said it needed more services at Student Health, including more comprehensive travel medicine, urgent care hours and evening clinic hours.
Rebecca Vaughn, director of Student Health Services, said new services would not be possible without a fee increase.
"The best way to keep prices the same and improve our services was to increase the student health fee." Vaughn said.
The proposal was presented by e-mail to all students in the School of Medicine and Graduate Studies and Research. Vaughn also spoke to the Student Governing Councils for the School of Nursing and School of Allied Health, both of which approved the fee increase. The fee increase was approved by the Med Center Student Governing Council in early March.
The proposal projects the fee increase will create $30,013 in additional revenue and be effective next fall.
Edited by Michelle Burhenn
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