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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday. April 5, 1993
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Senate gives less to minority groups
By Jess DeHaven
Kansan staff writer
While Student Senate's revenue code budget increased by $140,275 for fiscal years 1994 and 1985, the amount allocated to campus minority and women's groups decreased by $738.
The revenue code and student organization budgets, which were approved at last week's Senate meeting, allocated $26,696 of $1,291,300 to minority and women's groups. Last year Senate allocated $27,548 of $1,151,025 to minority and women's groups.
The student organization budget is a separate item within the revenue code budget, which is Senate's two-year operating budget.
Kevin Sigmour, Overland Park senior and Student Senate treasurer, said many minority groups did not receive as much money as they had requested because of an unallocated fund — totalling 825,000 revenue code funds available for speakers and special events.
"Several of the groups requested money for speakers, but they didn't have a date, or in some cases, they didn't even have a set speaker," he said. "That's why we have the honorarium fund. The groups can come back through a subcommittee and get funding for their events."
Sourgourney said the subcommittee would make sure the organizations had sought other sources of finance such as school departments or other campus organizations before coming to Senate. It would also make sure funds were used only for the speakers' fees, not for travel or lodging expenses.
Julie Cline, Park Ridge, III., junior, and National Organization for Women member, said members of her group were upset because the group did not receive any funding from Senate this year. NOW requested $303.
"It's really unfair," Cline said. "I feel like they turned us down because they think of us as a group that represents only Democrats, which is wrong because there are plenty of Republicans who support women's rights."
"NOW is an issue orientated group, not a political one."
Funding for student groups
Here is a breakdown of Student
Activity Groups for men,
and women's groups for next year.
The money comes from the $25
activity fee students pay every
week.
294 Hong Kong/Macau
Olympic Association
299 Student Association Society of Women Engineers
359 Asian-American Student Union
359 Women's Student Union
359 Bangladesh Club
359 Bangladesh Club
379 Native-American Student
Association
434 African Affairs Student
434 African Affairs Student Association
Association
663 Latin-American Solidarity
1.043 Hispanic-American
leadership Association
1.058 LION
* 778 General Union of
Israeli Students
1.594 Tawasen Student
Association
1.784 International Student
Association
16,793 Black Student Union
Sigourney agreed that political affiliation was a factor in Senat.'s rejection of NOW's request.
Hispanic-American Leadership Organization also received less than the $1,500 it requested.
HALO president Octavio Hinojosa, Hutchinson junior, said the group would petition Senate for more money for its heritage month next fall from the unallocated fund.
"We fell short on some of our programs this year because we did not receive enough money from Senate, which is why we asked for more." Hinojosa said. "We really wanted to increase our publicity efforts this year by bringing in nationally known speakers."
nack Student Union received the most money of all the minority groups, $16,793.
Elliott Bailey, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore and BSU vice president, said his group was pleased that it had received all the money it bad requested.
"They've been very fair with us." Bailey said.
Signeurey said BSU funding was high because it was an umbrella group that funds several smaller groups, including Black Poets Society and Black Men of Today.
Budig signs smoking ban for buildings
By Vicki Bode
Kansan staff write
A quick smoke in campus buildings between classes will be a thing of the past after July 1.
By Vicki Bode
University of Kansas Chancellor Gene Budig approved a policy last week that will prohibit smoking in any non-residential building at KU and the Regents Center.
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor at KU, recommended the nosmoking policy to Budig.
"The University is committed to providing a safer, more healthful environment for all employees, students and visitors," Meyen said in a statement.
The ban will not affect residence and scholarship halls, the KU Endowment Association in Youngberg Hall, the Adams Alumni Center or the Kansas and Burge unions.
The ban was proposed in March by a smoker, Lynn Nelson, KU professor of history, and was passed by University Council on March 11.
"I feel that if students and faculty members think that they are endangered, then it is only courteous for me and others not to smoke," Nelson said. "The inconvenience that smokers will suffer is quite less than the inconvenience nonsmokers suffer."
Nelson said some smokers hoped the ban would not be so restrictive.
Smoking will be allowed in designated areas and some private offices until the policy goes into effect.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that secondhand smoke was not a big danger on campus but that the ban was needed.
secondhand smoke is usually a problem to someone who lives with a smoker, "Yockey said. 'It isn't a major danger to students, but the smoke is a nuisance."
He said that 10 percent of the students at KU smoke and that they affected the nonsmoking majority.
"A large number of students have asthma, and they can't go into smoke-filled rooms," he said. "The ban will allow people who are sensitive to smoke to be able to use all areas of the buildings."
the smoking policy is not unique to KU. The University of Colorado, Iowa State University and the University of North Carolina, a kU peer institution, have similar nonsmoking policies.
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