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University Daily Kansan, March 24, 1983
Reduced budget means less for student groups
By SARA KEMPIN Staff Reporter
This spring's Student Senate budget hearings will be some of the most difficult the Senate has ever faced, Loren Bursy, chairman of the Senate Finance and Auditing Committee said Tuesday.
Approximately 60 student groups have requested about $140,000 from the Senate's student organizations account, he said.
The account has about $66,000 in it now, but the Senate must maintain $5,000 of the account in reserve.
BUSY SAID IT would be difficult to decide how to allocate the $61,000 because of the large number of groups that had requested money
Terry. Frederick, Senate treasurer, said the Senate had less money to allocate this year than it had last year.
"With the $140,000 in requests, the committee will have to make a lot of cuts," he said. "There's no way around it this year."
During budget hearings last year, the finance committee recommended that the Senate allocate $100 million to the student organizations account.
The Senate adopted the committee's recommendations and decided to allocate about $15,000 from the unallocated account.
Bushy said that last year the
Senate gave out too much money from its unallocated account to student organizations
THAT MONEY was needed for other things,he said.
"We just can't do that this year," he said.
Frederick said that before last year, individual Senate committees such as academic affairs and sports had individual budget hearings to allocate money to student groups that fell under their jurisdiction.
"And the present system works a lot better." Frederick said.
The Senate amended its rules and regulations to change the policy and add consistency to the budget process.
Busy said, "At this point we have less than $13,000 that we can use from the unallocated account to get us through this year. That money needs to go for other things such as special projects or emergencies."
AT ITS MEETING TUESDAY, the finance committee discussed allocating $2,500 from the Senate's Bono Sona Johnson to speak at KU.
Johnson achieved national attention when the Mormon Church excommunicated her because she started a church to support Egypt's Armenian stance.
The finance committee will hold budget hearings for the next two weeks before making its final recommendation to the Senate.
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The Student Senate last night voted to recommend adding a $15 academic services fee to tuition next year to pay for library acquisitions and academic computing and instructional equipment.
TOM BERGER, graduate student senator, said he was in favor of instituting a $5 library fee, but could not support a $15 academic services fee.
By SARA KEMPIN Staff Reporter
WITHOUT THE FEE, she said, the high quality of education available at the University of Kansas would'decline.
administration are responsible for telling the Regents what is needed for your education."
Burger asked the Senate to allow Charles Lawnhorn, chairman of the Senate Student Services Committee, to speak against the bill before the Senate.
Senate recommends $15 fee, referendum
If the students vote against the $15 fee in the referendum, their displeasure with the fee will serve as advice to the chancellor when he discusses implementing the fee. Members of the Board of Regents at their meeting, April 14 and 15.
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The Senators denied him the right to speak.
Blair Tinkle, co-chairman of the Senate Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities Committee said, "I can't believe we call ourselves a 'Student Senate' and then refuse to let a student speak."
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Senators decided to allow students to vote on the proposed fee in a referendum, April 11 and 12.
Lawhorn said the administrators had not shown good faith in proposing the $15 fee so he could not support it.
"There is a fundamental difference between the library fee and the $15 fee, namely that the library fee was drafted by students and faculty and it was well received. It was clear that if students felt they could not support it, the petition would be killed.
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DEANELL TACHA, vice chancellor for academic affairs, told the Senate that the administration shared the
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"But the $15 fee was forced upon us for our own good," he said. "We would be showing the Legislature that we are willing to pay for this stuff twice."
"But the impact will be so significant in areas that relate to your academic life that we had no choice but to ask for the $15 fee," he said.
Lisa Ashner, student body president, said she agreed that the libraries needed money, but that because the Legislature had refused to adequately finance higher education the $15 was necessary.
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Karen Schlueter, law school senator said, "By approving a bill that will fundamentally change the financing of a public university, the Student Senate cut their own throats and did not represent the interests of the students"
"If the Board of Regents will not agree to a sunset clause," she said, "we would withdraw our request."
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The chancellor has the responsibility to make sure that your education is funded at a responsible level," she said. "Both the chancellor and the
The $55,000 fee to $600,000 generated by the $15 fee will be split into thirds and used to pay for equipment and library supplies. The equipment are used widely by students, Tchaa said.
Tacha said the administration would go along with having a 3-year "sunset clause" attached to the petition, which would automatically eliminate the fee after 3 years.
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