UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, March 18, 1993
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Committee revises budget
Plan includes funds added from increase in student activity fee
By Driott Riggs
Kansan staff writer
The Student Senate finance committee last night passed a revised revenue code budget which included money that would be added from an activity fee increase planned for next fall.
Student body president Brad Garlinghouse said he vetoed the original budget Mar. 4 because it did not include revenue from a proposed $3 activity fee increase. The excess revenue, about $183,350, would bring the budget to $1,291,300.
The fee increase must be approved by the Board of Regents before the University can implement it.
Many organizations would receive additional funds under the new budget. The Chamber and Concert Music Series would see the greatest increase, from $63,142 originally budgeted by Senate to $34,558 proposed by the finance committee last night.
Chad Browning, finance committee member, said that the music series
was a high-quality program and that it was Senate's responsibility to meet its needs.
"It is essential for us to fund them at the current level," Browning said. "To do otherwise would send the message that there is something wrong with the program."
Senate's proposed budget for Legal Services for Students, a legal consulting service free to KU students, was cut by $4,479 to $194,000.
The finance committee recommended that Legal Services compensate for the loss by reducing the amount of money it spends on its library. Legal Services planned to spend $6,000 on the library next year.
Jo Hardesty, director of Legal Services, said the library contained books on state laws, federal laws and issues pertinent to students.
"It allows attorneys to keep current on cases," Hardesty said. "Without the funding , the library becomes obsolete."
The proposed budget allotted $156,000 for the Student Organizations Fund, $26,000 more than Senate's original budget. The fund is divided among student organizations that do not receive money directly from Senate's budget.
Catherine Bubb, finance committee
co-chairperson, said student organizations needed the extra money to finance SafeRide, KU's nighttime taxicab service.
The finance committee also proposed putting $66,521 into the unallocated account, the account used to finance groups' requests during the year. The original Senate budget allotted $234 for the account.
Kevin Sigourney, Senate treasurer, said additional funds were added to the unallocated account this year because Senate had overspent its budget.
In an effort to get a share of the additional revenue, Hilltop, a Senate-sponsored child-care service for students, requested an additional $52,000. Senate's original budget granted $18,441 to the service.
The finance committee did not guarantee the additional funds, but it did pass for the Fall 1993 semester a resolution to establish a student fee to raise money for Hilltop.
Joan Reiber, director of Hilltop, said a 282-child waiting list was forcing the service to expand.
Lance Wright, student body vice president, said the creation of the fee would be overseen by a committee of senators and would have to be approved by the Board of Regents.
Senate draws 150 candidates
Coalitions report difficulty in filling all graduate seats
By Brett Riggs Kansan staff writer
the coilations A.C.T.L.O.N.!. FOCUS and Unite scrambled for last-minute recruits yesterday to fill their Student Senate coalition charters for the Spring 1993 Senate elections.
One hundred fifty candidates filed for seats on the 64-member Senate, Elections Commissioner Diane King said.
The senators represent students in each school in the University, students in living groups on- and off-campus, underclassmen not yet enrolled in schools and graduate students.
the ACTION!! coalition, led by presidential candidate Jason McIntosh. Tulsa, Okla. senior, and vice-presidential candidate Marisol
Romero, Topekaajunior, had 57 candidates file for Senate seats on their charter — the largest number of candidates among the three coalitions.
"Our charter is very diverse." McIntosh said. "It is because of the dedication and enthusiasm of the people on our coalition."
Unite, led by presidential candidate John Shoemaker and vice-presidential candidate Tim Dawson, both Topeka juniors, had 47 candidates file.
Shoemaker said his coalition had some difficulty filling graduate, pharmacy and fine arts seats, but it planned to promote some write-in candidates.
"We had trouble getting together with some candidates before the
deadline." Shoemaker said. "It is tough to find enough individuals who have the time."
Forty-six candidates filed with the FOCUS coalition, led by presidential candidate Ed Austin and vice-presidential candidate Jeff Russell, both Olathe juniors.
Austin also said his coalition had trouble filling the seats reserved for graduate students.
No students filed senate seats as independent candidates.
Independent presidential candidate Bernard Cox, Palatine, Ill., junior, and vice-presidential candidate Charles Frey, Brockport, N.Y., junior, said they were not surprised by the absence of independent candidates.
"It is a huge undertaking to go independent," Cox said.
As independent candidates, Cox and Frey did not have to file charters, and Cox said they did not actively petition for independent senatorial candidates to join them.
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