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Tuesday, October 31, 1989 / University Daily Kansar
ASK seeks hold on state services bill
By Kate Lee Kansan staff writer
Associated Students of Kansas officials yesterday requested a state legislative committee to withhold a bill from the 1900 session that would finance community service programs at colleges and universities in Kansas.
Mark Tallman, executive director of ASK, requested that the Legislative Education Planning Committee withhold introduction of the bill until some questions posed by the Board of
Regents could be answered.
House Bill 2490, which was drafted by ASK, sets up a structure to finance community services at Regents schools, community colleges and some private schools, said Bill Moseley, vice chairman of the ASK board of directors.
John Welsh, associate director of academic affairs for the Regents and the Regents adviser to ASK, said the Regents wanted clarification about the bill's financing mechanisms and about the groups that would benefit from it.
"The Board does support the initiative, but we want to make sure we understand what is going on," he said. "I think those things will be worked out. I just don't think we could get it done before the legislative session."
Moseley said that if the bill were passed, money would be allocated through the Regents.
"At least 50 percent of the total amount would have to be for youth community service," he said.
Moseley said the bill would make it possible for student workers to be
paid for their services if Regents funds were available.
ASK wrote the bill for three reasons, Moseley said.
"The first was the feeling that students are self-interested and not really interested in the community and that this might change that image," he said. "The second was to try and combat student needs for financial aid. The third was the feeling from communities that there was a need for community and especially youth education."
Recycling firm may clean up personal disputes
By Chris Evans Kansan staff writer
Two of the three owners of the dispute-torn River City Recycling co. might have arranged to buy the third owner's share of the firm last night, said Jeff Morris, KU student
body vice president.
Morris said that owners Mark Akin and John Hebert were negotiating to operate the company without Kirk Devine, the third owner.
Earlier this semester, the three owners worked with members of Student Senate and Emirons, a stu
dent environmental awareness group, to initiate a recycling program at the University of Kansas. Since then, problems among the three owners cast doubt on the future of the program.
Devine said last night that no decision would be announced until
today.
"By tomorrow, it will be a done deal," he said. "Nothing's finalized, but by tomorrow we'll be letting the whole world know."
Neither Akin nor Hebert could be reached for comment.
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The use of GTAs to teach classes makes a school less attractive to potential students, said State Rep. Robert Vancrum, R-Overland Park.
"There are a lot of institutions in the country, both public and private, that make a big selling point out of the amount of time spent in the classroom by faculty," he said.
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Some committee members said that GTAs might not educate students as well as regular faculty.
Vancrum said he had received calls from his constituents complaining that their children had attended Regents schools and had not received the attention and help they needed, in part because they had GTAs for instructors.
Legislators argue about GTAs' skills
By Derek Schmidt
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — The role of graduate teaching assistants fell under scrutiny yesterday in a legislative hearing.
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