University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, August 29, 1979
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KU adds influence to ASK
By ELLEN IWAMOTO
Staff Reporter
RU's membership in the Associated Students of Kansas, a student lobbying group, will give the organization more clout. It has also helped Lewisville, according to ASK officials.
ASK executive director Bob Bingaman said yesterday he thought, after taking to the podium for a speech as legislators, that ASK would gain responsibility next year because of the number of Americans.
KU's membership fee to ASK is expected to be about $9,150, approximately 25 cents for each full-time student.
Bingham said the money was going to be used to help make ASK's operations more professional. Some of the money has been purchased needed office equipment, he said.
KU's fee is the largest of all schools belonging to ASK. Kansas State University pays the next highest fee, about $1,000, and Texas State University, about $7,000. Emporia State University, Pittsburgh State University, Port Hays State University all pay between $2,000 and $3,000.
THE KU STUDENT Senate vote to join the University as a permanent member last April when its provisional 10-month membership ended. The Senate had paid a reduced membership fee of $2,900 during its annual membership, but had full voting rights.
With KU's addition to ASK, the organization will be able to present a unified front to legislators; Sandy Wiggins, ASK congressor at Erin Jones State, said.
KU's absence created an appearance of disunity Wugnans said.
We would be telling the legislators that our issues were ones that students wanted and they would say, What about KU students?" she said.
Wiggins acknowledged that KU would bring more money to ASK, and said she also thought the organization would benefit from new ideas from KU students.
"WITH DIFFERENT people from a
ourent institution we're bound to get a job in the organization," she said. "Not only KU, the largest school in ASK, bringing in a large quantity of people, but I've also been able to move quickly."
wiggins said there was some apprehension within her school's student government concerning the influence KU had in the administration. KU said it was supportive of KU's membership.
However, Bingaman said he did not think ASK leaders at KU would use their numbers to dominate the assembly.
GEORGE GOMEZ, student body vice president, said because KU's delegation constitutes about 30 percent of ASK's total enrollment and control some of the assembly's actions.
As the school with the largest enrollment, KU's approximately 23 delegates will have the largest bloc of votes in the ASK legislative assembly.
The legislative assembly sets policies for ASK, decide which bills it will support.
"But we're hoping we can strengthen ASK and contribute to its lobbying efforts now that seven of the major Kansas state organizations in the same organization," Gomez said.
Some of the issues ASK will consider supporting at its October legislative assembly include a bottle oil, a marijuana dispensary and an increase of State of Kansas scholarships.
THE BOTTLE BILL is one issue that ASK delegates from KU have been working on. The bill says that we would ban non-returnable bottles in Kansas and encourage the use of recyclable cans or
ASK also will be lobbying for reduced penalties on possession of marijuana, Bingaman said.
Gomez added that some delegates from KU were interested in introducing a resolution to support anti-nuclear energy legislation at the assembly.
Some controversy was stirred last spring when membership in ASK came up for a vote in the Student Senate.
One of the concerns was that KU's student lobbying group, Concerned Students for
Higher Education, would lose some of its effectiveness.
BUT ANY CONFLIT between the groups apparently has been settled.
According to Craig Templeton, chairman of the board of directors of ASH, GSKhe was "faded drastically" since last fall when its executive director, Ron Allen, left school.
Both Gomez and Templeton said they thought ASK and CSHE could work together.
"I hope they have some concurrent members." Gomez said.
ONLY KANSAS STATE, Wichita State and KU have their own student lobbying groups.
Bingaman said he encouraged other universities to establish their own lobbying groups for special issues.
According to Gomez, the Student Senate office will be hiring an CSH director within the next few weeks. Applications for CSH membership are being accepted in the off-
"We cannot lobby for specific campuses we asked. "For example, Emporia University is considering a budget, has been encouraged to set up its own lobbying group to fight for its in-person programs."
Kip Kubin, McPherson senior, was appointed ASC campus director last spring, but had to resign in early August for health reasons.
An ASK campus director for KU also will be hired in the next two weeks, Templeton said.
David Amberl, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he thought KU students would benefit from the University's membership in ASK.
However, Amber also had a word of caution concerning KU's membership.
Student leaders need to consider whether the benefits of ASK can be gained more expensively in a different organizational structure, he said.
Amler said he was concerned about the continuity of student lobbying efforts and that he hoped ASK would work closely with his team. He said they have regular contact with the legislators.
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