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Through a Glass, Darkly
. Student Uses 25-year-old Microscope .
"The University is a hell of a lot better university than what the state deserves for what they put into it."
Equipment, Buildings Decline Without Funds for Maintenance
Bv JEFFREY STINSON
Twenty-five years ago, the state of Kansas invested in 40 microscopy for the geology department.
Since then, thousands of students have peered through those microscopes in an uncounted number of learning exercises. And enough of those thousand students have joined the department's geology to give the department a prestigious name.
Now, only a few of those microsopes are in use,
and as many as four students are assigned to use
Ernest Angino, chairman of the department,
made an emergency request this year for $37,000 to
purchase 40 new microscopes. But it's questionable
whether he'll get them.
Such an inability to replace obsolete equipment isn't peculiar to the geology department. An annual inflation rate of about 4 per cent combined with a 10-per-cent cutback in state funds over the past three years has made it difficult for all departments at KU to purchase new equipment.
In its presentation to the Kansas Legislature this fall, the Board of Regents pointed out that teaching supplies worth $1 in 1958 cost $1.79 in current dollars and that the legislation is payable.
"The rates of inflation in the purchasing of books, scientific equipment and the standard laboratory supplies remain low, but support leaves us with less purchasing power," the regents said. "At the same time, increased expectations in current learning technology suggest a richer environment for science and technology are available to our students."
Laboratory sciences is one area that Chancellor Archie R. Dykes says is in "critical need of new equipment." The state provides very little of the money for equipment in that area.
"In the last few years, the University hasn't provided for capital equipment needs," says Howard Mossberg, dean of the School of Pharmacy. "We get it through individual research grants.
"A lot of our equipment comes from federal capital grants that we receive for each student. Without it we would be as unmodern as a dodo bird."
In the past, Mossberg says, the sciences have been fortunate in receiving federal grants. But federal money is becoming harder to get and the department will turn to the state for equipment money, he says.
"Almost all of the equipment we have hasn't been bought by the state," says J. K. Lee, assistant chairman of the chemistry department. "All undergraduate teaching equipment has been bought by federal grants. The state doesn't even pay for the teaching equipment."
Chancellor Emeritus Raymond Nichols said in November that he had received a list from University departments asking for about $3.5 million for new equipment. At the same time, it was announced that the Board of Regents had $300,000 available for new equipment.
A shortage of funds for new equipment isn't the only financial headache that department chairmen experience. They also must find money to maintain the equipment they already have.
Nichols estimates that the University should have about $1 million a year to maintain existing equipment.
"We don't have that by several hundred thousands of dollars." he says.
It takes from 5 to 10 per cent of the original cost of the equipment annually to maintain it. The University currently has $42,457,862.0 of machinery and equipment (other than self-propelled, including furniture and fixtures). In 1971-72, the state paid $39,921.44 or 2.2 per cent for maintenance.
"You cannot expect the equipment to last forever. Most commercial outfits plan for it to last five years. When the federal government gives one, he doesn't give another."
Departments pay for maintenance and repair of equipment from their supplies and expenses budgets, which have been reduced 10 per cent each year for the past three years.
someone has got to convince the state that this is part of the game," Lee says. "Nobody tells them it's their responsibility to keep up the stuff the federal government gives us."
Over the past 10 years, Lee says, the chemistry department's supplies and expenses budget has increased 27 per cent while enrollment has shown an increase of 31 per cent.
"I have no more money to cover the 31-percent student increase, and that doesn't include inflation,"
To maintain the equipment in the chemistry
"It's a waste of the University's resources, considering that teaching is my primary job and I work with students."
department, senior staff members and graduate students donate their own time to servicing it.
A department's teaching and office supplies, such as paper, printing costs and postage, also come from the school.
The cost of printing has increased about 30 per cent over the past year. Most of that increase was a 25-per-cent rise in the price of paper. To combat the increase, the company now produces a grade of paper for minecographed reproduction.
Charles Sidman, chairman of the history department, says his department has begun printing on both sides of a piece of paper to keep costs down. He also restricted postage use within the department.
KU also needs new buildings. Of the 80 buildings on the Lawrence campus, 60 are temporary buildings and 20 are vintage. The temporary buildings are still being used as language laboratories, as a visual arts center, or both.
"The they (the temporary buildings) are cramped, poorly insulated and poorly lighted, but they are still in use," says a report assessing KU's facilities commissioned by the Board of Regents.
Keith Lawton, director of the University's Office of Facilities, Planning and Operations, says that in 2015 he was one of 45 employees.
"If we didn't enroll one more student, we have 10 to 15 years of modernization to catch up on at the rate resources are coming to us..."
ceived sufficient amounts of money to build new facilities as enrollment has increased.
“in terms of other states, there’s never been a lot of money, although there has always been some coming.” Lawton says. “We’ve had to make do with the costs for years to keep up with enrollment and growth.”
Lawton says he also needs more money to maintain and modernize the buildings that the Universal Library uses.
"If we didn't enroll one more student, we have 10 to 15 years of modernization to catch up on at the rate resources are coming to us now, to make the University whole," he says.
According to the report commissioned by the regents, the state has funded capital improvements at KU at an annual average of $2 for every student enrolled full-time for the last 10 years. The report states that this figure is the second lowest of the six state-supported colleges.
"The University is a bell of a lot better universi-
 than what the state deserves for what they put into it."
J. K. Lee Adjusts Spectrometer Used by All the Sciences
He defended U.S. support or Israel during the Middle East war, telling the North Atlantic Treaty Organization court that Western Europe's interest as the United States.
But Kissinger promised to stand by the allies despite the disagreements and proposed the development of a unified energy program to tackle an oil shortage he said would have developed even without the October war.
THE SPEECH WAS KISSIER's first to the council, which is holding a two-day year-end meeting. It was paraphrased for newsmen by U.S. officials who said the secretary emphasized that the alliance cornerstone of American foreign policy.
At one point, Foreign Minister Michel Obert of France and Kissinger had a sharp debate over whether Saudi Arabia should have been advised before President Nixon and Soviet Communist party leader Leonard E. Kreuzweg on the prevention of nuclear war.
INFORMED DIPLOMATS reported that Kissinger disavowed any intention to keep Britain and France out of the Middle East peacemaking process. But they said he also told the NATO ministers both inside and outside the United States and French representatives would complicate the peace talks due to begin in Geneva Dec. 18.
Kissinger attempted in his speech, however, to heal the wounds that deepened when most of the allies separated them during the war. His stance during the war, and its aftermath.
act in union as well with other countries if peace is threatened.
He said differences between the United States and Europe paid in comparison with other countries.
First, Kissinger listed a growing Soviet military force which he said was the primary reason for the search for detente. He also said upheaval in developing nations and a number of economic problems have an emergency than differences across the Atlantic.
Syria until it turns over POW list.
away Syria has refused to turn over names of the 102 Israeli POWs held in Syria, and the International Red Cross have confirmed the claim.
An Israeli refusal to negotiate with Syria would be a serious blow to chances for the success of the negotiations.
and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan told the Israeli parliament that the refusal to deal with Syria at the Dec. 18 Geneva peace negotiations was a mistake.
Congressional tax experts received the first documents of Nixon's tax returns.
The material Nikon released in disclosing his tax affairs confirmed that he paid about $80,000 in federal income taxes over the past four years and no state income taxes. He asked the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation to review the returns.
Gas retailers want Phase 4 controls lifted so prices can rise $^{1}$ to $^{3}$ a gallon.
"We are fighting for our survival," said Charles Binsted, president of the National Congress of Petroleum Retailers during a convention. He made his comment at the same time an industry publication told of rising gasoline prices.
KU 'Preachers' Put Faith In Bible
sday, December 11, 1973
See Story Page 3
Nixon Tapesutor Disclosed
esniprator E. Howard Hunt and
lsa said it would be no problem
million to buy the silence of
the al Watergate defendants.
id newsman Monday that ports were taking a second look f a June 20, 1972, conversation e President and then-White of staff H. R. Haldeman in an term what caused an 18-
fied that the March 22 meeting
union of *Watergate* and the
orgate committee hearings
open seven weeks later.
CHINICAL EXPERTS had a tape at a laboratory in Newd returned it to the judge airing the weekend they asked, Sirica said, adding he hopes to sort by the end of the week.
past two weeks, Sirica heard what might have caused the 20 tape which was one of naed.
into evidence at the court
a letter Jaworski wrote Nov.
Fred Buzhardt, White House
r. Jaworski asked for the June
The request for an injunction was made by Chester Davis, attorney for Summa Corp., a company controlled by billionaire Howard R. Hughes. The Senate committee has been taking testimony in closed sessions about a $100,000 cash contribution from Hughes to Charles G. "Bebee" Bebozo, the President's close friend.
By SUZI SMITH
National Staff Reporter
Dean has testified that a plan to offer executive clemency to Hunt was discussed during those two days. In a related development yesterday, a federal judge sentenced him to the Senate Watekgrate committee from questioning witnesses in closed sessions.
cking to Adjustulty Pay Increase
Bebo and the President have said the money, held in a Florida bank for nearly three years, later was returned.
id he couldn't say how much it increase might be adjusted aed the budget.
Gov. Robert Docking said last there would be "someadade in the $ per cent salary faculty at state schools that ended at the state budget month."
of Regents had requested a 10 increase for faculty of the Kansas. James Bibb, budget recommended that faculty
et here last night with student dior class presidents from the ages and universities.
Tapes of telephone conversations on those two days between the President and Colonel Johnson.
HE ALSO ASKED for the tape of a meeting between 5:16 p.m. and 5:50 p.m. on June 4 between the President and Charles Johnson, then White House special counsel
d that he was still "balancing
up against his demands." There
choices that have to be made
and learning, he said.
3 and 4 tapes. He requested the tape of a meeting between 3:05 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on June 3 involving the President, Haldenman the politician, then his domestic affairs adviser.
s that the money has limits. one priority is to be faculty foe Knoop. student body ansas State University, said. Wichita senior and student of KU, called current faculty
udent representatives agreed salary increases were the top eir schools.
representatives also stressed approval by the legislature of a
$770,000 allocation to cover tuition fee waivers at the state schools. The program would give KU and KState each $100,000 and each $80,000 and each of the three colleges $90,000.
Seventy-five per cent of the funds would be used to pay athletic scholarships, and the remaining funds would go to music, debate and journalism programs.
Victor Miller, student body president at Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, said the walnut proposal was more timely. "It's a new place for colleges in cities. He said the colleges were being hit harder by decreasing enrollments and were finding it increasingly difficult to fund their programs."
He said that the only way to avoid dropping minor sports and to face the coming enrollment crisis at the colleges would be through the waiver program.
Buckley said that he and Pat Neumut, Salina senior and senior class president, mentioned specifically to Docking faculty members to discuss issues and women's intercollegiate athletics.
"The desire for these programs was clearly made," Buckley said. "Now it lies in the way we work."
Neusram said he thought Docking was able to give the student representatives ideas.
"I really don't know how much con-
sequence this dinner is going to have on his
body."
set of Living Council said it extracted a commitment from Ford o. and General Motors Corp. to limit price increases for the er of the 1974 model year to an average of no more than $150 a A commitment came from American Motors for an average in
ge and price controls were lifted from industry but increases limited.
or Corp., the council said, declined to make similar commitments, council decided to exempt it from controls.
partment of Labor filed suit against milk
farmers alleging unfair labor practices.
A spokesman for the Associated Milk Producers, Inc. had no immediate comment on the suit alleging that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Labor Department petition asserts that the association hasn't been paying overtime compensation to workers who have worked more than 40 hours weekly at branch plants in Rusk and Sulphur Springs, Tex., and Laurel, Neb.
Gov't, environmental group considering
separate suits on Alaska pipeline monopoly.
The government and the Sierra Club assert that the Alaska pipeline would give oil, grants an unfair monopoly.
At least one suit could seek to halt pipeline construction, scheduled to begin within weeks. Completion of the line, which will pull the rich oil fields of
Nixon formally submitted to the Senate
Saybe's nomination to be attorney general.
Ade's nomination to ovarian gene therapy
Nixon pickened. William E. Saxbe, Roche's chief general more than a month ago but had been unable to make the nomination because the attorney general is not suited to $90,000 a year from $35,000 while Saxbe was serving in the Senate.
That constitutional obstacle was removed when Nixon signed into law a hill reducing the attorney general's salary to its previous level.