University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 13, 1989
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Senate committees debate bill requests
Members get taste of proper procedure
By Lara Weber Kansan staff writer
The first Student Senate committee meetings last night were a lesson in parliamentary procedure for many new members.
"The procedures are tough to understand," said Fat Warren, finance committee chairman. "But it went really well for the first meeting. I think the committee made good decisions."
the committees spent most of their time setting quorum, establishing attendance policies and electing subcommittee chairmen, five bills were considered for passage to the full Senate, which meets tonight.
All but one bill, a request by the Association of University Residence Halls, were recommended for passage.
AURH asked Senate for $1,923 to attend a regional conference. The finance committee determined that the bill was out of order because AURH was an organization open only to residence hall students. According to Senate rules, an organization must be open to all students of the University of Kansas to be eligible to receive student fees.
The finance committee recommended a bill to allocate $304 to Environs. Environs is requesting the money to install a telephone in its
office
The committee also recommended for passage bills to allocate $775 to the newly reorganized Minority Business Student Council, $750 for Community Service, a project being established by Senate, Associated Students of Kansas and the KU administration, and $336 for the KU Lacrosse Club.
Senate will consider each of these bills for final approval tonight.
Attendance at the committee meetings was lower than at the organizational meeting last week.
ings was lower than at the or-
national meeting last week.
Two committees, rights and ecti-
ons, did not meet quorum last night
and could not conduct business.
Quorum is the number of members
necessary at the meeting to conduct
the committee. For most of the
committee is one-third or one-half the number of members plus one.
Committee chairmen were optimistic about the first business meetings, however.
Michael Diggs, minority affairs committee chairman, said he was pleased with his committee.
"We decided to continue Celebrate Diversity, and we looked at ways to expand its scope," he said. "We want to challenge people to take the theme to heart."
Environment classes fill up fast
By Stacy Smith Kansan staff writer
Scott Hayes, Hutchinson senior,
became interested in the environ-
ment while he was still in high
school. He liked to hunt and spend
time outside, so issues involving
the environment began to concern
him.
When it came time to choose a major, he decided on environmental studies.
"It was kind of a gradual thing," Hayes said. "I always enjoyed the outdoors and all the issues that were arising as I was growing up worried me."
More students concerned with Earth
Hayes is one of many KU students who increasingly has become interested in the environment.
The number of students majoring in environmental studies and taking survey environmental classes has doubled during the past few years, said Jerry deNoyelles, director of environmental studies.
There are now more than 120 students majoring in environmental studies, and enrollment in the general survey course, principles of environmental studies, has exceeded classroom capacity, deNoyelles said. He said he believed the increase was due to rising interest in environmental issues.
"I think environmental awareness is taking hold" deNoyelles said. "There's really a lot of active interest about the environment by the average person."
The environmental studies program was created during the early 1970s when the environment began to be an issue in the United States, deNoyelles said. Although concern about the environment declined in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he said it had resurfaced as an important issue on campus and in society.
"I think people are more environmentally aware now than five years ago, and they're more conscious of solving the problems," he said.
The environmental studies program has worked with the student group Environs on the pilot recycling study and the banning of styrofoam on campus.
"The environmental studies program itself is reacting to these environmental concerns, 'deNovelles said. "We're doing more on campus to create environmental awareness. We interlock all the time, but we're two separate groups."
He said that job opportunities for environmental positions were above average because of the abundant number of environmental problems. Many students find jobs with federal, state and local environment agencies, health departments and environmental consulting firms. Other students combine their interest in the environment with another area of study, such as fine arts, political science or law, deNoyelles said.
"There's really a wide variety of professions that people can enter," he said. "The job market is good."
Interest in recycling reduces prices of paper
By Chris Evans Kansan staff writer
Although recycling paper is not as profitable as it has been, opportunities for recycling are plentiful, says the Lawrence recycling coordinator.
Patricia Marvin, the coordinator, said the market price for recycling paper fluctuated, as did its supply and demand. For many reasons, including an increased
interest in recycling, the supply of paper to recyclers is high.
This decreases the price they will pay for used paper and deters many potential recyclers, Marvin said.
"The market will go up and down, but the freighting cost will always be the same," she said. "It buys the market, and it got overloaded."
Girls Club of Lawrence, the environmental awareness program at Lawrence High School and KU computing services.
Lawrence organizations that recycle paper include the Boys and
Lawrence freshman Rachel Churchill, who works for computing services, said paper was collected and then picked up by a recycling firm. In July, 7,350 pounds of paper were collected.
"The only thing we collect is computer paper and any kind of white paper," she said.
Marvin said newspapers could be taken to the high school or to the Boys and Girls Club.
She said one of the main problems with paper recycling, particularly with non-newsprint paper, is in the room for large quantities of it.
"We need to have a certain capacity of storage." Marvin said. "Before it gets recycled, it has to be separated into the separate grades."
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