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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, April 11, 1994
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Regents budget passed by Legislature
Bill proposes extra fund of $5.4 million
By Stephen Martino Kansan staff writer
The Kansas Legislature passed the Board of Regents budget Friday, sending to Gov. Joan Finney a bill that would increase faculty salaries by an average of 2.5 percent — without raising student tuition.
However, the bill also contains a $5.4 million discretionary fund for the Regents to spend for unspecified operating expenses, additional faculty salary increases or aid for needy students.
State Sen. Sandy Paereg, R-Lawrence, said that although she was disappointed that 2.5 percent would be the average for faculty salary increases, the discretionary fund was a significant change from the way the Legislature has budgeted for the Regents in the past.
"There was a strong feeling by some of the members of the conference committee that other state employees were only getting a 2.5 percent increase, and university faculty members should not be any different," she said. "However, with the discretionary fund, some of the more talented faculty will get much larger salary increases."
It was frustrating, Praeger said, to represent the University, a Regents school, and not be able to convince other legislators of the need to increase faculty salaries. But, she said, she did not expect a mass exodus of faculty members because of the small increase.
"I hope the faculty recognize that we will keep working on this," she said. "But I hope (they)
realize that the governor didn't do us any favors by linking the Regents budget to Washburn University."
Faculty members' hopes for larger salary increases had been buoyed by the Partnership for Excellence, a Regents plan to increase faculty salaries to 100 percent of the average of each Regents school's peer institutions. At KU, that would have meant about a 13 percent increase on top of cost of living during the next three years.
However, Finney linked her support of the partnership to the admission of Washburn University into the Regents system. The Washburn proposal was killed in Senate.
Partnership money was removed by the House Appropriations Committee when it began discussing the Regent budget.
After a conference committee of House and Senate members met to discuss a compromise budget for the Regents, their work was rejected
twice by the house because representatives said they felt the budget was too restrictive.
Among the provisions of the conference budget was a salary cap for faculty members at 2.5 percent. By providing the discretionary fund, the budget passed Friday does not cap the increases at 2.5 percent.
However, some legislators were concerned about the sudden change in the Regents budget's makeup.
"We have a whole new budget format before us," said Senate Minority Leader Jerry Karr, D-Emporia. "I have some concerns because I'm not comfortable with where we're going to end up."
Finney was out of town Friday, and no indication was given concerning her support for passed budget.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Exercisers, not monitors, liable for safety
Student injured while weightlifting at Robinson Center
By David Wilson
Kansan staff writer
- An injury to a KU student in Robin-
center has ALLan Heian hooping
that more students will be more
careful while working out.
Robert Dykes, Lawrence senior,
was injured in the weight room of
Robinson Center Wednesday
evening when an 80-pound barbell
he was lifting fell and hit the bridge
of his nose.
Dykes said he had no comment on his accident.
in CPR and first aid, Heinze said.
Heinze, director of physical education and recreation facilities at Robinson Center, said that a security monitor was on duty at the time.
Security monitors in the weight room of Robinson Center are trained
The security monitor responded by applying an ice pack to the student's nose.
He said that security monitors were supposed to watch out for people who were lifting too much weight and to spot them if possible.
"You work out at your own risk," he said. "There are signs posted about spotter."
Most weightlifting accidents at Robinson Center are minor, Heinze said.
"There's not a consistent type of accident," he said. "Someone will be putting on weights and pinch their fingers."
To avoid weightlifting injuries, Heinze recommended that students use equipment like gloves and support belts. Gloves can prevent barbells from slipping out of sweaty hands.
Heinze said that another way to prevent injuries was to avoid "maxing out," which means lifting as much weight as possible in one lift.
For example, if a student can lift a maximum of 100 pounds, he or she would be advised to lift 60 pounds in sets.
"To get a training effect, you only have to lift 60 percent," he said.
Chris Teschke, Hoisington junior, lifts the barbell while David Yager, Claflin senior, spots him. Teschke said he worked out at Robinson Center four times a week.
And if a student decided to max out, Heinze said, he or she should have a spotter.
Students work to design new solar energy receiver
Some engineering students will work on more than just their regular studies this semester.
They will design a solar energy receiver for the Solar Two contest.
Kansan staff writer
was built in 1982 by the Department of Energy.
sponited June 1 to the Solar Two Judging panel. Marija Todorovic, visiting professor of architectural engineering, said the students had to design a receiver that would produce more energy than Solar One, the original receiver, which
John Becker, Olathe graduate student, said students from all of the engineering departments would play a role in creating a design proposal for a solar energy receiver. The proposal will be submitted June 1 to the Solar Two judging panel.
By Susan White
Raymond Dean, professor of electrical and computer engineering, said the team would design a power tower.
Becker said the team was trying to decide what type of receiver they wanted to design.
"There will be mirrors on the tower reflecting the sun's energy onto a steam boiler to heat up the water inside," he said. The heated water will conduct the energy, he said.
"One type of receiver would absorb all the energy inside, with mirrors on one side and insulation on the other," he said. "The other would absorb energy all around the outside surface with mirrors all around it. We will have to determine which one works best."
Becker said the design would be made by determining which receiver would conduct energy most efficiently.
"This is just a small design," he said. "It won't put off very much heat. How hot the water is in the steam engine will determine how efficient the design is. But right now, everything is just on paper."
Becker said nine student groups played various roles in drawing up the proposal for the receiver including determining the receiver design, deciding where to place the mirrors, designing the system controls and designing the optic controls. The students will find out in August if the judges wanted them to build the receiver.
group's proposal, it would build the receiver and comete in December at Barstow. Calif.
Becker said the group hoped to design a receiver that would work best during the specific time and place in which it would be judged.
"Ultimately we want a receiver that works all the time but one that would work well if we made changes for a certain time," he said.
The team will have to hold a fund-raising campaign to pay for contest expenses, Becker said.
Dean said that if the judges accepted the
"I am not sure how expensive everything will be," he said. "We will have pay for the trip to go test the receiver. We also will have to buy all the parts to build it."
Brad Tice
The winning team will receive $25,000, Becker said.
"I wanted to represent pharmacists in helping shape the future of the practice," Tice, Marion senior. sai
Pharmacy student honored Election to national board means chance to educate others
macy Association, Brad Tice wants to educate others about the changes in his field.
By Roberta Johnson Kansan staff writer
As the second KU student ever to be part of the national board of the American Phon.
As chair of the association's education committee, Tice said he planned to educate others about changes in the field of pharmacy.
During a Spring Break convention, Tice was chosen to be a leader in the American Pharmacy Association's Academy of Student Pharmacists. More than 1,000 pharmacy students attended the convention.
"By the year 2000, we had planned a move toward pharmaceutical care," he said. "Every pharmacist hands drugs over and assumes it will work for the people. It's important with the health-care reforms to prove the drug works. The pharmacists need to monitor outcomes and oversee the drug therapy."
"The public needs to see pharmacists as necessary to serve people."
Part of this change in pharmaceutical care is the revamping of the education system, Tice said.
"We're moving from a B.S. to a doctor of pharmacy degree," he said. "That means two years of pre-pharmacy and four years of pharmacy school itself. We're trying to guide people in the issues of pharmacy today and put our two cents in on what the curriculum should be."
Tice will return to Washington, D.C., at the end of the month for an organizational meeting. He will attend other meetings throughout the year as well as visit pharmacy schools across the nation.
He previously served as president-elect of the student pharmacy association's local branch and as a member of the awards committee at the national level.
Gary Grunewald, acting dean of pharmacy, said that the last KU student to reach the national level was Craig Hostetler, who served from 1970 to 1972. Tice said Hostetler, whom he met two years ago, now works for the Public Health Service in Washington, D.C.
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