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The Inside Front
Friday February 20,1998
Regents discuss restructuring, sunset plans
Board abolition plan generates tension
By Brandon Copley
bcopple@kanson.com
Kansons staff writer
Tempers flared at the Board of Regents yesterday when the House Select Committee on Higher Education presented its plan to abolish the Regents in the name of higher education reform.
One regent called committee members' statements unjust and unfair.
Committee chairman David Adkins, R-Leawood, introduced and summarized the plan, which would replace the Regents with a Council on Higher Education to govern state universities and to coordinate activity among universities and two-year schools.
Regent Murray Lull took issue with Adkins' assertion that community colleges are distrustful of the Regents and their staff.
"It is hugely unjust and unfair to say there should be mistrust," Lull said. "[Regents staff] have in mind the best interest of the state of Kansas and the universities."
Adkins said the committee simply had recognized the political reality that the community colleges would not agree to be governed by the Regents.
"The Board should be looking at the historical basis for the lack of trust and addressing the reasons for the lack of trust," he said. "I simply share with you the recognition that the community colleges have this fear."
REGENTS ACTION YESTERDAY
Learned Hall renovation: Approved $12 million fund drive
Addition includes: Faculty, staff offices, conference rooms, dry labs and 200-seat classroom; Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments to be housed in building
Allen Field House: Approved architectural plans for basketball practice gym
Lewis Hall renovation: Authorized issuance of revenue bonds
- Dyche Hall: Approved conversion of old stack space for lab, office, storage and library use
Lull said: "I'm saying they have nothing to fear." Adkins stop back; "Convince them of that."
Board Chairman Bob Talkington said he thought the Regents and the two-year schools could coexist.
"I think there's some possibility of reaching common ground," he said. "We're not completely unaware on this Board of the role community colleges play."
Adkins said the state's strong economic condition presented an opportunity to secure more financing for higher education.
"It is also clear that no significant new funds will be approved until some restructuring takes place," he said.
Regents rally to secure scholarship's future
By Gerry Doyle
gdoyle@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
By Gerry Doyle
The Board of Regents yesterday moved to avoid fading Kansas' Minority Scholarship Program into the sunset.
Ed Hammond, Fort Hays State University president, said the program was beneficial and the sunset clause in the current legislation should be removed. The sunset clause would end the program.
The Regents submitted a proposal urging the Legislature to retain the minority scholarship program.
The proposal stated, "This is indicative of the desire of the Regents system to maintain a visible minority scholarship program and to provide visible efforts to assist minority residents of the state of Kansas."
The program provides 79 scholarships for students at the University of Kansas, said Diane Del Buono, director of the Office of Student Financial Aid. The scholarships, which amount to $1,500 per student per year, total $118,500 for the University.
To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants must have an ACT score of 21 or higher or an SAT score of 816 or higher. Additionally, the students must have a cumulative high school GPA of 3.0 or higher or be in
the top 30 percent of their graduating class. The scholarships may be renewed each year.
Del Buono said the program was administered by the state, which means the University may be somewhat removed from the process.
"You have to fill out a state application," she said. "Then it goes through a central processing office. Eventually, we get a roster with the students on it."
Sherwood Thompson, director of the Office of Minority Affairs, said taking away the scholarships would be a blow to minority recruitment. More than 40 percent of Kansas' minority population already leaves the state for college, and taking away a potential incentive to attend the University would make matters worse.
The additional $1,500 in financial aid makes it easier for students to attend a high-quality school like the University. Thompson said.
"It has helped the university system in Kansas maintain a minority presence in its enrollment," he said. "It makes education within reach for some people. It's a tremendous savior. It keeps parents from having to send their kids to juco or nowhere at all."
Taking away scholarship possibilities for minority students could only hurt the University, said Marcus Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., freshman. The money may seem insignificant, but taking away the scholarships would hurt minorities and education in general
"It took us 400 years to do anything like this," he said. "It was only until 30 years ago we were able to go to schools like this. Thirty years isn't that long ago. I'm definitely against taking away schoolships now."
Environs get University wasted
Group wants to nuke plan to cart hazardous material across Kansas
By Graham K. Johnson gjohnson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
A mock nuclear-waste transportation accident was staged by KU Environs along Jayhawk Boulevard yesterday to demonstrate the group's concerns about the potential hazards of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997.
At the protest, Jerrod Miller, San Anto
The bill, passed by Congress, calls for the transportation of nuclear waste from power plants across the nation to a central site in Nevada. Proposed routes would run through Lawrence on railroad tracks and along Interstate 70.
nio, Texas, junior, said concerns included the possibility of terrorist sabotage or accidental spills.
"I don't think the Lawrence Fire Department is equipped to deal with a nuclear-waste spill." Miller said.
During the demonstration, a truck containing barrels of fake nuclear waste rolled past Watson library, and a masked terrorist jumped out of the bushes and spilled the "hazardous" material. Eight people in white nuclear waste clean-up suits then rushed out in an apparently futile effort to clean up the mess.
Frank Moussa, administrator with the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, said the state of Kansas does have plans to deal with any potential spills. The plans include training and townhall meetings.
"We've known about this since 1988, so we're well prepared," Moussa said.
"Transporting waste in containers to Yucca Mountain, Nev., is a heck of a lot safer than storing it here in Kansas." Gary Houlmark
Gary Haulmark representative for Rep. Vince Snowbear
Gary Haulmark, a representative for Rep. Vince Snowbarger, said Snowbarger had supported the legislation because of safety concerns. Haulmark said the more than 50 nuclear sites that now store waste were running out of room, and it made more sense to store all the material in a central isolated place.
"Transporting waste in containers to Yucca Mountain, Nev., is a heck of a lot safer than storing it here in Kansas," Haulmark said.
Members of KU Enviros clean up a simulated nuclear waste spill on Jayhawk Boulevard. The event took place early afternoon yesterday and attracted a crowd during a passing period. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
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