TUESDAY,APRIL 15.2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
University budget fluctuations prevent printing numbers
By JJ Hensley
jhensley@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The unpredictable nature of the University's budget claimed an unseen victim last year; the University chose not to publish a working budget for the fiscal year 2003.
Though reductions in funding were abundant throughout the
University, the cost of putting out the thick booklet itself was not the reason that kept it from print, said Richard McKinney, assistant vice provost and budget director.
Instead, continual fluctuations of the budget's numbers made printing them impractical.
The numbers could have changed between the time the booklet was sent to print and the time it was released, McKinney
said.
"The numbers were so squishy that the value of the printed document wasn't reliable," he said.
McKinney said the state made appropriations for the University budget in May but cut an additional $1 million in August and even more in November.
"Due to all the uncertainty, we didn't publish," he said.
The office did publish an
updated list of salaries for 2003, McKinney said.
For the most part, that list seems to have satisfied the curious types that come to the Spencer Research Library and Watson Library looking to comb the budget for answers, said Watson reference librarian Kathy Graves.
She said people usually asked for the budget when they were
really looking for faculty salaries.
Watson does not have the salary information on hand, but it is housed at the Spencer Library. People are accustomed to going to Spencer for those kinds of documents, Graves said.
The working budget has been published out of habit in the past, McKinney said. The information contained in the working budget
is not available online or in any one place, but employees who need the information know they can access it through their computers, he said.
"The major thing is the expenditures, and those are detailed in the annual financial report that comes out at the end of the year," McKinney said.
Asian Week activities foster diversity
— Edited by Lindsay Hanson
By Henry C. Jackson
cjackson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Dragon dancing, Henna tattoos and a feast of Asian delicacies are a few of the Asian Week activities available to University of Kansas students this week.
"The point of this week is to spread Asian culture on campus," Tiffany Lopez, Asian American Student Union president, said. "It's an Asian appreciation week. It think non-Asians would be interested in learning Asian culture."
"Asian Festival"
Dan Nelson/Kansan
April 14-19
Today: Henna tattoos from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kansas Lobby
Lopez, Minneapolis senior, and other members of the union have worked on Asian week activities for almost the entire school year. Activities for the week include a Dragon Dance on Wescoe Beach, which was held yesterday, a Tai Chi demonstration on Wescoe Beach and a performance by Los Angeles-based Asian acting troupe Here and Now.
Andrew Tran, Overland Park freshman, performs a Dragon Dance yesterday on Wescoe beach during the annual Asian Festival. The festival is organized by the Asian American Student Union and the University of Kansas Student Senate.
Asian Appreciation Reception 6 p.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union
"I'm really looking forward to seeing Here and Now," Victoria Lee, Olathe freshman, said. "We've heard a lot about them, but I've never seen them perform."
- Tomorrow: Here and Now performance 7:30 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union
Thursday: Japanese Calligraphy 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kansas Union Lobby Booksigning and Video 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Oread Books in the Kansas Union
Friday: Tai Chi
Friday: Tai Chi demonstration and table 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wesco Beach
This week's activities will incorporate many of the University's smaller Asian groups, such as the Japanese Student Association, which is helping the Asian American Student Union by putting on a calligraphy demonstration.
Saturday: Taste of Asia festival 5:30p.m. in Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Performances, including dancing and cultural presentations, start at 7:30 p.m. at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union
"It's pleasing that all these
groups are coming together to represent Asian culture," Tracey Hsiaw, Wichita junior, said. "It just shows we have something in common even though we're all really different."
The event that's required the most preparation this week has been the Taste of Asia festival.
People can come and eat Asian cuisine for $7 a plate or pay $12 for two plates. Lopez said she was looking forward to the event, which will start at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries.
"It's the main event," Lopez said. "It's the most time-consuming and it takes the most effort."
- Edited by Melissa Hermreck
Shooting kills one student in Louisiana
The Associated Press
NEWORLEANS — Agunman with an AK-47 rifle opened fire in a high school gym yesterday, killing a 15-year-old boy and wounding three teenage girls in a spray of more than 30 bullets that sent students scrambling for cover.
Four suspects, ranging in age
from 15 to 19, were arrested in a sweep of the neighborhood near John McDonogh High School. Police Chief Eddie Compass said he did not know if the suspects attended the school.
Students said the shooting was apparently gang related and may have been retaliation for a previous fight.
"They started shooting and I
started running," said ninth-grader Garick Jacob, who was in the gym when the shooting began. "I was really scared."
Students and school security officers said there was a hole in the fence near the gym.
It was not immediately clear how the gun got through metal detectors and guards at the school.
School board member Elliot Willard said students told him that the boy was the target and the girls were accidental victims.
Charity hospital spokesman Jerry Romig said a 15-year-old girl had surgery because a bullet went through both her legs.
The other injuries were not considered life-threatening.
Commission fines KUnited coalition
By Gate Batchelder
cbatchelder@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The elections commission voted unanimously that KUnited twice violated the elections code at a public hearing last night. The commission fined KUnited $13.50 total for the violations.
The first complaint turned violation was filed by Scott McKenzie.
Salina senior and Delta Force candidate who won a Junior/Senior CLAS seat. His complaint said KUnited's use of the Jayhawk on its campaign T-shirts violated 409.D.1 of the code. The section states that all campaign activities shall conform to the laws of the State of Kansas, city ordinances and all rules and regulations of the University.
McKenzie said the use of the Jayhawk or any alteration required permission from the trademark office.
"Ithink the usage is misleading because it implies a connection between the University and one Senate coalition," McKenzie wrote. "The symbol is highly recognizable and gives a confusing message to the student body."
Catherine Bell, KUnited representative, said the coalition received verbal permission from the licensing office to use the Jayhawk and was unaware that written permission was needed.
In an e-mail to Jake Preston, complaint adjudicator, licensing administrator Paul Vander Tuig wrote that he didn't know of any written permission to the coalition.
Susan Elkins, elections
commission member, said that organizational T-shirts must go through the University events committee for approval as well as having written permission from the trademark office.
The commission voted 4-0 for the violation. KUnited was fined $12.50.
After the vote on the violation, Andy Knopp, KUnited's student body president-elect, questioned the commission's decision.
Later in the meeting, Brian Robinson, elections commission hearing board chairman, told Knopp that the commission felt disrespected by Knopp's questioning.
"We wish that you had come to us in a proper way," he said.
Knopp said he planned to appeal the violation to the University judicial committee.
Kristan Seibel, Hays freshman and Delta Force candidate for a Freshman/Sophomore CLAS seat, filed the second complaint, which concerned section 409.D.2. The code states that campaign materials within student housing properties will be allowed with permission from the complex director.
Seibel took a picture of a KUnited poster on a public wall on the eighth floor of McCollum Hall, which was not an area designated by the complex director as a place to post fliers.
Knopp said no evidence showed that KUnited put the poster on the wall.
The commission voted 3-0 for the violation after Elkins had left the meeting. KUnited was fined $1.
— Edited by Erin Chapman
ASIAN FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT UNION
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, APRIL 14-18, 2003
WEEKLY THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 14-18, 2003
MONDAY: DRAGON DANCE (11-2PM AT WESCOE)
TUESDAY: HENNA TATTOOS (11-2PM AT KANSAS UNION LOBBY)
AUSU APPRECIATION RECEPTION (6PAM AT KANSAS ROOM, KANSAS UNION)
WEDNESDAY: "HEREANDNOW" PERFORMANCE (7:30PM AT WOODDRUFF AUDITORIUM)
THURSDAY: JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY AND ORIGIAN (11-2PM AT KANSAS UNION LOBBY)
PROFESSOR POK CHI LAU BOOK SIGNING (5-6:30PM AT OREAD BOOK, KANSAS UNION)
FRIDAY: "TAI CHI" DEMONSTRATION (11-1 AT WESCOE)
CATHERINE A. THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 14-18, 2003
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2003
TASTE OF ASIA FOOD: 5:30PM AT ECM PERFORMANCES: 7:30 BALLROOM, KANSAS UNION
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