Friday, March 6, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Students taste life on flip side of Hill
By Carl Kaminski
okaminski@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
About 30 students from fraternities, sororites and residence halls spent the night in scholarship halls and hung out with their hosts as part of a living exchange which started Wednesday and ended yesterday. Last night, many of the participants met in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union to discuss the switch.
Greek and non-greek students began taking steps to learn about each other by walking in one another's shoes.
Bullard said he was surprised at how similar life was in fraternities and scholarship halls. He said the systems were alike in how the students cooked their own meals and were responsible for the building's maintenance.
"I thought they would be all alike," he said. "But there were some who were studious and some who wanted to go out and have a good time."
"I think it broke down a lot of misconceptions," said Chris Bullard, Overland Park sophomore. Bullard, a member of Sigma Nu, spent Wednesday night with members of Battenfeld Scholarship Hall.
L. B. Ernst, a member of Chi Omega and an Overland Park freshman, agreed. She said she was surprised at how similar the executive boards of the two organizations were and how much everyone had in
The only complaint students had about the exchange was its timing.
common.
Cesar Mori-Barba, Stephenson Scholarship Hall resident and Trujillo, Peru, freshman said because both he and his guest were older than 21, they got to know each other by going out to bars. He said he would have liked to spend more time during a weekend for the exchange.
Merchant and Anthony Nicholson, Overland Park senior, conceived the exchange. Merchant is the Panhellenic Association vice president for interfraternal relations and Nicholson is the Battenfield Scholarship Hall president.
They thought of the idea while at the Leadershape Institute retreat in January.
On April 1 and 2, fraternities and sororities will be hosting members of scholarship and residence halls, said Kristen Merchant, Lenexa junior. A third exchange, taking place on April 22 and 23, will have the residence halls as hosts.
Nicholson said he thought the program would be a good idea because there was not much interaction between greek and non-greek living organizations.
"Before I went to Leadershape I didn't really know a lot of people in the greek system." Nicholson said.
Merchant said she did not know any other University with a similar program.
"There's this big wall and nobody has thought about busting it before," she said.
Future of board causes concern
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reliance on local property tax revenues. In a four-year period, the universities would receive about $80 million.
Committee members have argued the community colleges will not agree to be governed by the Regents.
Afterward, Talkington said the Regents had not had the opportunity to address the lack of trust apparently exhibited by the committee. The committee did not respond to Talkington's comments.
Officials from the community colleges, vocational-technical schools and Washburn University spoke in support of the plan, expressing only minor reservations.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway was present for Talkington's testimony, and afterward Talkington said he thought the universities supported the Regents' position despite the lure of enhanced funding.
The plan, now in bill form, will be discussed on the floor of the House next week. Two-thirds of the House must approve the constitutional amendment necessary to implement the plan.
Governor Bill Graves has expressed doubts about the plan's governance and funding provisions. His opposition could prevent the plan from gaining two-thirds approval in the Senate.
"I know there's been pressure on the universities with their budgets," Talkington said. "But I've been proud that the faculty hasn't been lured into supporting this plan by the carrot that this committee is holding out there."
Also, a House subcommittee completed its work on the Regents' appropriations bills.
The committee approved the technology matching fee requested by the University of Kansas, but it did not approve funding for health insurance for graduate teaching assistants.
Robinson survey seeks student input
By Melissa Ngo
mngo @kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The few minutes students take to complete a University of Kansas telephone survey could mean customizing the new addition to Robinson Center to their liking.
questions at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union.
The board will finalize the survey
A random telephone survey of 500 students will be conducted after spring break. It will allow the committee improving Robinson to learn what students want from a recreational center said Mike Walden, Recreational Services Advisory Board chairman.
"We're looking to have recommendations by the end of the school year so that we can get cost estimates and feasibility studies done over the summer," Walden said.
So far, the decisions about additions to Robinson have been made by the board.
The board had planned to create a recreational center planning committee, but replaced it with an ad hoc committee.
The board changed the committee after Provost David Shulenburger expressed concern that previously planning committees had only been
formed when the University was ready to build a center.
This ad hoc committee would make recommendations concerning recreational facilities expansion, Walden said. The planned expansion will either make additions to the existing Robinson Center or build another center near Robinson to complement rather than replace it.
Activities, the finance and University Affairs committee.
The committee would also have included a representative from sports club council, a graduate student, non-traditional student and fine arts student.
The committee will include members of the Recreational Services Advisory Board, Nicole Skalla from the Campus Fee Review subcommittee; Dave Reynoldson, Student Senate assistant treasurer; Jim Long, director of the Kansas Union; and representatives from Student Union
Jennifer Buscher, Topeka sophomore, said she wanted more student input on the committee.
"I definitely think they need students from all areas and aspects of University life because those are the people who use Robinson," she said.
Walden said the board was always open to input and he could be contacted at either walden@ukans.edu or 864-3710.
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