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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, February 4, 1994
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KU tries to increase minority enrollment
However, percentage of non-white students remains consistent
By Roberta Johnson Kansan staff writer
Despite efforts made by the University of Kansas, the African-American population has remained less than 3 percent of the student population since 1986.
Robert Sanders, associate vice chancellor for research, graduate students and public service, said he would give the minority recruitment process on all levels a "B."
"The University is bigger, but the percentage is the same," he said.
Sanders said that several factors affect minority enrollment, one of them being economics.
Across the nation, African Americans receive lower salaries than white Americans.
The chart below represents the percentage of black students at the University. These statistics represent figures from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning.
Sanders said that although the application fee waiver may help, tuition and other fees affected potential students more.
Deborah Castrop, director of admissions, said that a fund had been established to pay for application fees for qualifying students in Kansas and the Kansas City area. The students have to meet the following qualifications: a 2.0 grade point average, qualification for such government programs as free lunch, and a recommendation from a high school counselor.
"Often minority students are students with a difficult time," she said.
"Also some majority students have a hard time meeting the fees."
"Would your family pay $2,000 a year for tuition if they only made $18,000?" he asked.
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A disturbing statistic
There are a number of minority-specific scholarships and fellowships available through the state and Unihave a larger base of different ethnic groups."
Cedric Lockett first-year law student, said that since the University offered him a variety of financial aid, he had thought that the minority population at the University would be larger.
"It bothers me," he said. "I think it's important to
Life within the University community may be threatening to minority students, said Enrique Torres, assistant director of minority affairs.
"They're trying to adjust to a new environment that's not saying 'Come on in, let's be friends'." he said.
Tara Glens, Junction City sophomore, agreed with Torres.
"It's like only African Studies classes have African-American students," she said. "In other classes it's like you're the only one in there, and around campus you hardly see them around."
Derrick Wallace, St. Louis sophomore, said that this problem caused a lot of students to only attend the University for only one or two semesters.
Jocelyn Freeman, graduate teaching assistant in human development and family life, said that many of the African Americans she knew went to Kansas City for entertainment because of lack of options here.
Financial need is not the only concern. Terry Bell, president of the Black Student Union, said that the Lawrence and University communities do not benefit the African-American student population.
"There's not a unity here," he said. "People come here and do their own thing, instead of trying to unite the
Dorrick Wallace
St. Louis sophomore
black community."
However, student groups such as the Black Student Union are trying to promote unity, Wallace said.
Programs such as the Step program, a mentorship program for new minority students, are also helping minorities adjust to the University.
Because of the efforts of the Opportunity at Iowa program, the percentage of minority students has nearly reached the University of Iowa's goal of 8.5 percent of students, which was set in 1987.
Other universities are also working on recruitment and retainment of minorities as a whole.
"We believe the message comes from the top," said Rusty Barcelo, director of Opportunity at Iowa. "They're responsible for the overall
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coordination for under represented groups."
The program includes curriculum reform, cultural programs and automatic minority scholarships based on grades and ACT scores.
David Amble, vice chancellor of student affairs, said few institutions pulled all resources together. He said that the Blueprint for Diversity program was beginning to coordinate the programs at the University.
"It's very easy for African-American students to feel very alone in the classroom," said Maurice Bryan, director of Affirmative Action. "One student said, 'If you look at the culture you don't get a sense of diversity.'"
Wallace agreed that there was not much diversity. He said that he had been pushed to attend a black university but chose to attend KU.
"In a white world, it's hard to be black, period," he said. "If I come here and keep unity with the black race, I could learn to deal with the problems I would have to deal with later in life as a black male."
Pick a number; buy a lottery ticket; Kansas is the winner
By Stephen Martino Kansan staff writer
When people buy a lottery ticket, they do a lot of hoping and praying. But when they do, they help answer the hopes and prayers of the state of Kansas — they give it money.
The sale of lottery tickets within the state has turned into a multimillion dollar profitable operation, providing the state with money it would not have to finance areas of operation. The amount the lottery raises has exploded during the past two years.
Lottery sales were $77.1 million during fiscal year 1992 and $114.1 million during fiscal year 1993. The governor's budget, released last month, predicted sales at $125.4 million for fiscal year 1994.
For every dollar generated by lottery sales, 30 cents is returned to the state and spent on a variety of projects, such as job training and retraining, post-secondary vocational school training and maintenance of prison buildings. Much smaller amounts go public broadcasting and support of the arts. About 13 percent is spent on administration of the lottery, and the rest goes to prizes.
Gloria Timmer, director of the budget for Gov. Joan Finney, said the $45 million projected to be generated by lotteries in 1994 would represent about 1 percent of the
state general fund, a significant amount from one source.
"The lottery department has developed new and exciting ways of generating revenue," she said. "The amount of money is very important because without it we would have less of a resource to finance some of these programs. It would have to be made up from money in general fund, and it is very busy as everyone knows."
State lotteries and part-mutuel betting, such as dog and horse tracks, were passed by a constitutional amendment approved by Kansas voters in 1986.
Two specific areas of the lottery have led to the boom in sales Club Keno and Powerball.
Keno's sales have increased by 882 percent from 1992 to 1994, and Powerball sales have increased by 57 percent in the same time period.
Keno is a game that is played every five minutes from more than 1,000 locations across the state. Players can pick up to 10 numbers between one and 80. Then 20 numbers are chosen and players can win varying amounts of money, up to $100,000, based on the amount of their wager and number of correct choices they make.
Powerball is a national lottery conducted in 14 states and the District of Columbia. Contestants choose five numbers plus an additional "powerball." Jackpots in the
Lottery Sales
(In thousands)
■ Pick 3
1992: $35,633.1
192: $2,758.7
1993: Games:
4,401.2
1992: $33,033.4
1994: $4,324.5
1993
■ Cash Lotto $37,442.9
1994: $13,845.3
1993: $15,637.3
1993
■ Pull Tab:
13,302.8
1992: $2,092.6
1994: $13,565.4
1993
■ Powerball $2,119.5
1994: $21,683.3
1992: $2,030.4
1994: Net Sales (games)
30,520.7
1992: $77,039.7
1994: 34,182.6
1992: $77,039.7
■ Keno:
1992: $114,106.6
1992: $3,626.1
1994: $125,373.3
1993: $26,195.5
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past couple of years have exceeded more than $100 million at times creating rushes to buy tickets. States have to return 50 percent of revenue to the Powerball organization for prizes and get to keep the rest.
Greg Ziemak, executive director of the Kansas Lottery, said increased ticket sales represented of the people's interest in the lottery.
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