Tuesday, September 5, 1978
University Daily Kansan
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Med Center delays tuition billing
By TIM SHEEHY
Staff Renorter
An extension in the billing date for tuition at the University of Kansas Medical Center's School of Medicine has given 57 students who dropped out of a suit against the Med Center the chance to re-enter the suit.
Whether the students may rejoin the suit against the school is still a matter of district, judge rules they can be plaintiffs a suit that alleges illegalities in the University scholarship policy while they are enrolled.
James Lowman, dean of the school of medicine, has delayed the billing of students at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.
Carpenter is scheduled to make his ruling on Sept. 8.
In his announcement of the billing extension, Lowman stressed that the delay was a one-time deal and that fiscal universality would not allow it to happen again.
If the judge rules in favor of the students they will be able to re-enter the suit as plaintiffs while receiving tuition scholarships.
The suit was filed after a 287 percent increase in tuition for medical students was approved last year by the Kansas Legislature. Along with the fee increase, the Legislature agreed to a scholarship program that would give students a free
year of tuition for each year they agreed to
practice in Kansas after graduation.
The students say that the tuition increase and the scholarship program illegally forces them to drop out.
On May 8, Gerald Jeschir, attorney for the students, agreed to a motion by Mike Davis. University general counsel, that plaintiffs fighting the tuition increases could not also take part in the scholarship program.
There are still 235 plaintiffs in the case.
Subsequently, 57 students who entered the suit as plaintiffs were forced to drop out of the trial.
Jeserich said later that his agreement was a tactical error and that he hadn't
realized the deadline for applying for other financial aid had passed.
Jersick said yesterday that he didn't know why Lowman had extended the billing date past the date of the hearing, giving students a chance to enter the suit again.
"I explained the situation to him," Jersicer said. "I don't know why he extended the billing, but I think it was quite nice of him."
In addition to hearing Jersicher's petition that scholarship recipients be able to act as plaintiffs, the judge also will hear motions to dismiss the case because of inaction or cause of action and a motion for summary judgment in favor of the University.
No progress in Med Center custodial dispute
Bv PHILIP GARCIA
Staff Reporter
Immediate increases in the custodial staff at the University of Kansas Medical Center will not be made, pending further information. In the work situation by Med Center officials.
Russell Mills, University director for support services, said that a meeting Friday between Med Center officials and a public service employee union official was a "progress report meeting" and not a decision-making session.
"We are finding that some of the service employee's points are valid." Wilcoxen
However, he said he could not guarantee additional hirings.
The union official, Francis Jacobs,
business agent of Local 132, could not be
responded to.
He had said earlier he was encouraged by the efforts of Med Center officials to resolve the ongoing dispute between service employees and American Management Services, which supervise housekeeping operations at the Med Center.
The major issue in the dispute between
workers and workers is the
housekeeping work required.
the new cleaning equipment and work techniques, along with a reduction in custodial staff, do not promote efficient cleaning.
With fewer custodians, the work areas have increased and are cleaned fewer times. Also, the new equipment is of the quality as used equipment, custodians say.
efficiently. The Denver-based agency was contracted in April 1977 to supervise the new system.
Service employees held a six-hour strike Aug. 18 in protest of the work program but halted the strike when Med Center officials meet with them to discuss their demands.
David Waxman, vice chancellor for administration at the Med Center, said, "Discussions are continuing and we hope to make sure that our students gather and we gather to make certain decisions."
MD telethon sets record; local drive nets $15,000
Last week's meeting was the second in a series to be held in an effort to resolve the
American Management says the changes
implemented by the new program allow
the meet at the Center to be capped up
to 100 participants.
From staff and wire reports
**Foam start and wipe reports**
"I do not want I! I do not want Lewis screamed in Las Vegas, Nevada, after soliciting pledges for a record $29 million to fight muscular dystrophy.
The money was promised during Lewis' 21½-hour annual Labor Day telethon, which began Sunday evening and ended late yesterday afternoon.
Lewis spokesman Horace Petzall said pledges totaling $29,074,406 were phoned in to the regional television stations that carried the broadcast, tipping last year's total of $26,841,419.
About 100 stars joined Lewis to raise the funds. Petzall said
More money from the Lawrence area will be gathered and counted today before it is sent to the Tepake Muscular Dystrophy Association. However, the figure probably does not reflect last year's $18,000, Bob Nixon, coordinator for the local drive, said yesterday.
than $13,000 was collected in
the telephone from various
fund-calling drives.
Lawrence and KU police and firefighters were among the many who manned the 10 helicopters.
SUA to lend art reproductions
Students will have a chance today to acquire a video camera also reproduction from a living room video.
She said that the amount of the fee depended on which print was printed and that the proceeds were used to repair pictures and acquire new ones.
For a fee of from $1 to $10, students can rent a picture for a semester from the Student Union Activities picture lending Society. Chris Kahler, SUA adviser, said yesterday.
Some of the pictures are printed
on paper, not on glass. Monet,
Picasso and Klee, Khaler said.
The prints, which are owned by SUA, are purchased by the SUA's fine arts chairman
Prints are rented at the Kansas Union gallery on level five of the building.
An Evening of Martial Arts The
Sixth degree black belt
—Tae Kwon Do Club
KU Tae Kwon Do Club presents
Master Choon Lee
Fifth degree black belt — Hap KI Do
Second degree black belt
—Judo
An extraordinary demonstration of skill
Wednesday, Sept. 6-6 pm Robinson Gym Room 173
"It's slow going adding new exhibits because of our staff," he said.
KU FRISBEE CLUB
ORGANIZATIONAL
MEETING
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 5, 1978
7:00 p.m.
"Last year we had more than 15,000 participants in the programs and only one and one-half coordinators," Humbrev said.
Humphrey said the services program included public education programs, which serve school systems within a 50-mile radius of Lawrence.
The five museums are administered
IN 205 ROBINSON
1977 WORLD FRISBEE CHAMPIONSHIP FILM WILL BE SHOWN
He added that he was pleased the Regents had not reduced the 1980 budget request for the art museum.
THE REGENTS approved the funding request for the services to the public program but did not fund the collections program.
"We're getting to the point where we almost have the operating budget we should have for this building," Tilghman said.
Regents approve museums funding
Philip Humphrey, director of the College of Journalism, received the original request to the Regents was for funding of a services to the public program and a care of collections
Tighnan said the art museum had to pay shipping charges and rental fees on exhibits the museum obtained from outside the University.
The 1980 budget request from the five museums was $137,818, and the Regents approved $66,467 this summer.
Staff Reporter
"The exhibits budget is for exhibits we originate here and ones brought in from elsewhere. "Titman said."
The five museums are the museums of natural history, printing, anthropology, invertebrate paleontology and the University herbarium.
Doug Tighman, assistant director of the art museum, said the 1880 budget request to the Regents included a $35,000 grant for an extension of one full-time security officer.
Although the Kansas Board of Regents cut the fiscal 1980 budget request for the museum from $50 million to museums by one-half, this is the first year the Regents approved any money the museum received.
"We've always done this in cooperation with one another," Humphrey said. "There are public education services programmed that we collaborate on."
HUMPHEY SAID he was not upset that the Regrets approved the total budget request of $43,424 for the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art.
together under the division of research and graduate studies, and submit their budgets as one.
"They had a lot further to go in their new building than we did."
"We're not in competition with the Spencer art museum," Humphrey said. "It doesn't hurt our feelings at all."
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