KU looks to garbage for energy answer
This is the last of a three part series examining the energy situation at the earth's surface.
Bv DAVID SIMPSON
Staff Reporter
The abundance of trash and the scarcity and high costs of fuel oil and natural gas will make a waste-burning plant power the best option for students to work with William Smith, professor of engineering.
Smith has been working on plans for a waste-burning plant for the University of Kansas for five years. He said it was necessary for KU to be looking for energy alternatives to the costly, shrinking fossil fuel supplies.
"I saw the handwriting on the wall five years ago," Smith said. "In the period from 1980 to 1985 the University's central power plant, because of the price oil and natural
gas, will not be available. That's what I feel now."
glut of natural gas and fuel oil, but that this glut would be temporary.
"The reason for the temporary over-supply is not that we're developing that much more supplies," Smith said. "It that is why we are using fuel sources and users are now using alternative fuel sources."
Smith said that there supposedly was a
"SECONDLY, IF there were a glut, the price should go down. City Service, however, has just received permission to raise rates by 15 to 17 percent. The only thing we know for sure is that the price of gas is going up."
*City Service, Kansas City, Mo., provides gas to the Lawrence area. In Lawrence, the Kansas Public Service Gas Company buys gas from that area in $1 charge of distribution from that point.
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have to build either a coal-burning plant or a solid waste-burning plant.
"The cost of a coal-burning power plant would be more than a solid-waste plant, so economically we'd pay more for coal," he said.
ACCORDING TO Smith, another reason to favor the waste burning plant is that coal plants are not environmentally efficient. "A coal plant would burn between 100 to 150 tons of coal a day," Smith said. "Coal is a dirty, energy-consuming problem, when coal is burned you get ashes and then we'd have to dispose of these ashes somewhere."
Smith said the University could build a plant that would burn wood as well as solid
"On the average, the plant wounds have import between 50 to 100 tons of waste every day."
waste. He said some of the waste would have to be imported to Lawrence.
HE SAID, "The waste load peaks in the summertime, while the steam heating load peaks in the wintersite. The wood would absorb that by the high energy usage times of the winter."
Smith said the waste could be imported from Shawnee, Johnson or Wyndotte counties. In addition to importing waste, the helium would be handed on hand to burn if the waste sunspray ran short.
Smith said experiments were now being conducted to determine the feasibility of a system.
"There are 18 acres of test plots now in Dougall County," he said. "Right now we
could get waste much cheaper than growing our own tree replantation area. However, these trees would be an insurance for us if the waste weren't available."
Smiad said planners also were considering locations to leave the residence from the building.
SMITH SAID no decisions had been made about what to do with the residue, but he said the best method would be to haul it to a sanitary landfill.
"The waste-burning plant leaves a residue that would be quite heavy," Smith said. "It's heavy because all of the fire he left will be left behind he would be left to burn the metals, glass and dirt."
"It would be simpler and cheaper to take the waste to a landfill." Smith said. "This waste will have gone through a fire and
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Dykes, Shankel urge increased KU funding
By GENE LINN Staff Reporter
TOPEKA-KU administrators made their pitchyard to a group of cost-conscious legislators for money the administration the University of Kansas urgently needs.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes and Del Shankel, executive vice president, urged a joint committee of the Kansas House and Senate to add to Gary J. Carolin's brief proposals.
The two committees already have passed bills to limit stampling. These bills also bid to increase the number of volunteers.
In his proposals, Carlin cut the Kansas Board of Regents recommendations for the Lawrence campus by $8.2 million, from $123.6 million to $115.4 million.
The joint committee will make recommendations to the full House and Senate
Dykes said KU's top priority was to see that the Legislature did not scrap Carlin's recommendation to raise faculty members' salaries by 7 percent.
"NOTHING IS SO important for the health of the campus as seeing that the faculty are well compensated and have good morale." Dykes said.
Dykes also said it was important to increase the operating expenses fund by 6 percent and to raise the salary of student workers by 5 percent, as Carl had recommended.
The increase for student employees would bring their wages up to the federal minimum.
KU also needs money to meet requirements imposed by the federal government.
Dykes said KU needed more money than Carlin had recommended partly because its enrolment had increased, in contrast to the national trend of decreasing enrolments.
After Dykes finished his presentation, Shankel urged the legislators to restore funding for four projects that Carlin had cut in his recommendations.
He mentioned Title IX requirements as an example. This federal regulation mandates that the University's women's athletics program be made equitable to men's.
THESE PROJECTS would;
- Provide $660,000 of instructional equipment for science labs. Shankel said there were, "particularly dramatic needs in this area."
- Add 15 clerical and technical support employees. As an example of the need for more clerical help, Shankel said, the department has only five members and only four clerical employees.
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- Install library book security systems in Watson Library and in the science library in Malott Hall and put sensors in 10 percent of the books in these libraries. The systems would be placed at library exits and would allow by books that had not been checked out.
- Provide $40,996 to help KU comply with Title IX.
The KU administration also gave priority to 11 other programs that Carlin had cut.
DYKES ALSO asked the legislators to make a supplemental authorization of $226,516 for this fiscal year. He said the money was available because general fee collections, which include tuition fees, were higher than anticipated.
The funds would be used mainly to buy special equipment for science labs and to equip the school with new computers.
Shankel told the legislators he mentioned only four projects because of "the urgency of your time and money." Shankel and his staff could make their presentations and answer questions.
The legislators asked three questions, all dealing with priority projects that had not been proposed.
After KU's presentation, State Sen. Arnold Berman, D-Lawrence, said details of the KU budget would be hammered out in his speech, first in the House and then in the Senate.
He said he did not know when the Senate Way and Means Committee would act on his proposal.
After the meeting, Shankel said the committee had been interested in KU's proposals.
Later in the hearings, Dykes mentioned Koe's need for funds full of regulations that would ensure he had a legal right to run.
Prior to KU's presentation, Board of Regents members urged the joint committee not to make more cuts than Carlin made in their recommendations.
One legislator questioned the Regents' request for $1.9 million to comply with federal regulations that require all buildings to be accessible to the handicapped.
The legislator, State Sen. Wint Winter, R-Ottawa, said the federal government may not be able to force universities to comply with these regulations.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The University of Kansas
Vol.89,No.94
Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, February 14, 1979
Tête a tete
State Rep. Keith M. Farrar, R-Hugston, questions Chancellor Ariyke Dykes during a hearing on the KU budget yesterday in Topeka. Farrar and other legislators quizzed
Staff Photos by BILL FRAKES
Dykes for nearly 20 minutes after he gave a presentation of the budget to a joint meeting of the House and Senate Ways and Means committees.
Scholarships don't arrive; 12 Nigerians disenrolled
By MARK L. OLSON
Staff Reporter
The futures of 12 Nigerian students were thrown into limbo yesterday when the University of Kano was forced to disenroll
The students were disenrolled because their tuitions were not paid and they were in violation of a Kansas Board of Regents policy, according to David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs.
ACCORDING TO Craig McCoy, comproller, there are 12 Nigerian students whose fees had not been paid as of yesterday, the 20th day of classes, which was the deadline set by the administration.
The policy states that a student must pay his fees when he enrolls, but KU makes an exception for some foreign students,
"The process of deregistering those who were delinquent with their payment has begun," Amberl said. "We cannot extend the Rewards."
"We have to make special provisions for foreign students on a scholarship from their government." he said.
the state and federal governments of Nigeria require KU to bill them for the students on scholarship after they have enrolled.
Musa Sha, Jos, Nigeria, senior, one of the disenrolled students,
said he going to have to take a wait-and-see attitude.
sadr, and tadvird, who was disemployed was ApebeliWillabo, Hillargott, Nigeria, president, and president of International Club.
"I cannot make plans because I don't know what to plan for," he said. "I am convinced that the money will come."
Willabo said Amber told him in a meeting yesterday that if Willabo could find enough money to pay for one semester, he could
Eight of the 12 students owe fees for summer 1978. Of those, five students owe fees for the fall and summer semesters, according to
He said there was one Nigerian student who owed fees for the spring and summer semesters of 1977, and for the summer and fall semesters of 2018.
McCov said nine of those 12 students owed fees for fall 1978.
The money owed KU for the scholarships of the 12 students totals $14,193.
McCOY SAID the sponsors of the students whose fees have been paid were billed for spring 1979, but the bills for the 12 students disenrolled yesterday would be back-dated and would not include spring 1979.
The scholarship document gives the student's name, his Nigerian state of residence, the school he is attending, the type of degree he has obtained, and other information.
The problems of Nigerian students who are trying to get their money from the Nigerian government have reached such a point that the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs is sending a representative to Nigeria to survey the problem.
Nigerian regulations stipulate that a student may use the scholarship only to earn a bachelor's degree. It cannot be used to
Of the 12 students, four lost their scholarships when they tried to use the money to study for master's degrees, according to Clark
THE DOCUMENT also lists the amount of the scholarship and where the host school is to bill the sponsor.
Coan said the four students had taken heavy course loads so that they could finish their degrees early, and then had tried to continue with them.
According to a National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges newsletter, the representative, Dixon Johnson of the University of Tennessee, will leave in February to attend a conference of state concerns. He will meet with Nigerian state and federal officials.
IN THE MEANTIME, State Department officials and American Council on Education officials have met with Nigerian ambassador Oshunmi Akpata to discuss the ongoing crisis.
Joloas reported said $2.2 million had been released to aid the students.
The money, however, had not reached the comproller at KU by yesterday's deadline. According to Amber, the enrolling will be delayed.
"Dean Coon's office has been in contact with the students since the first of the year," he said. "They were aware that the department was conducting a study."
Spending rules chided
By CAROLBEIER
Staff Reporter
The Student Senate elections committee chairman said yesterday that Senate regulations on campaign financing were worthless against overexpending.
John Mitchelson, the committee chairman, said, "A lot of this is on a trust basis that has turned into a bunch of bull that you can rerate."
According to Senate regulations, each presidential and vice presidential team can need $400.
Candidates for class offices are limited to $100 for campaign finances and Senate candidates are limited to three cents a constituent or $3, which is more.
The limits apply to money from the candidates' pockets and to donations from outside sources.
THE REGULATIONS READ: "Any individual or condition found to be in violation . shall be subject to the actions of the Elections Committee and may be颁给 $10 to $100 and/or may not be seated in the Student Senate or as a class officer."
Michelson said no senator had ever denied a seat in the Senate because of overexpending during the campaign.
The regulations do not include a punishment for presidential and vice president candidates who spend more than the limit for their campaigns.
Mitchelson said he did not think he would remove a president or vice president from office because of a campaign violation.
"You can't be that picky," he said. "You'd think they'd be honest."
ON THE OTHER HAND, Mitchell said he would not hesitate to prevent a senator from taking office if a blastant violation had occurred.
"I don't get a pick out of fining people, but if it comes down to it, I will use my money."
Mike Harper, student body president,
said Monday that the $enate campaign
"At best, they are a weak gesture," Harper said. "The committee can't really monitor spending."
The regulations also require that all candidates submit a detailed account of all campaign expenditures, including receipts and payments, within two weeks after the elections.
HOWEVER, HARPER asked Mitchelson to collect pre-election reports on spending by presidential and vice-presidential candidates in this campaign. According to those reports, submitted data from the campaign teams have oversteered the $400 limit.
"All I'll do is file them and say 'Yea, I got all five of them,'" Michelson said. You have to do it, but how meaningful it is depends on of depends on how honest people are.
The candidates were not required to submit documentation, such as receipts, with the preliminary reports. The reports included spending figures for posters, advertising, T-shirts, handouts and buttons.
"I mean -you could spend $500 and only report $350."
ACCORDING TO Mitchellson, the reports serve a purpose in that they at least provide some idea of what was spent. According to the reports, the following amounts have been spent by presidential and vice president candidates.
- Rannort: £383.
- Imagination: $325.56
- Porch Step: $322.08
- Apathy: $28.10
- La Plume: $311.82
Rob Green, Rays senior and Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, appears to agree with Harper. Green said that he would file a complaint with the elections committee today if the preliminary reports were not made more complete.
"IF THE CANDIDATES can produce receipts in two weeks," Green said, "they can do it now.
"They should."
Green was a member of the elections committee during the spring elections of 1977 and insisted that Mitchelson and himself be the power to regulate campaign spending.
"We pass these rules and there are a lot of things that can be done, but people won't do them." he said.
Green said that the cost of advertising that included only the name of a coalition and not the names of the candidates should be addressed in budgets of the presidential and vice presidental candidates and those of the senate and class office candidates in the
"You have to wonder if they're doing that," he said. "It's set up so they can account for it rather creatively.
"I THINK THE candidates are counting on the fuzzy law to get them through."
"They could bluff them (the committee) to death." Harper said.
Mitchelson admitted that the regulations were not specific about how the coalitions worked.
"It depends on how you interpret the rules," he said. "I just have to assume that all the people I work with know."