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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Thursday, Oct. 24, 1985
Legislator says Washburn fills need
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Several state legislators kicked dirt on plans for Washburn University of Topeka to join the Kansas Board of Regents and be administered by the state at a meeting yesterday of the Legislative Educational Planning Committee;
State Rep. Denise Apt, R-Iola and chairwoman of the committee, said she thought Washburn was exactly what a municipal university should be: responsive to the needs of its community. And she fears it would lose its unique qualities if taken into the state system.
"Washburn meets the needs of Topeka very well as a municipal university, and as a freestanding school it can change quickly to meet the needs of the community." Apt said during the committee's discussion of its summer study. "If it becomes part of the Regents, it's liable to lose some of that flexibility. I do think Washburn fulfills its mission very well."
assessment and echoed the sentiment that there's no room in the Regents system for Washburn.
"There's no crisis or anything here," Lowner said. "They are fulfilling their role or mission. They're doing a good job. I guess they don't like the fact that you can't see the need to bring them in or make changes."
Rep. Ed Lowther, R-Emporia, agreed with that
House Speaker Mike Hayden, who does not hide his gubernatorial aspirations, has moved to the fore by suggesting a referendum to gauge how bad county residents want the state to abscond Washburn.
Sides are clearly drawn in the battle which is pitting lawmakers from cities with Regents universities against the Topeka legislative delegation and others looking to use the issue to further their political campaigns next fall.
He has proposed a plan that would increase the local sales tax by one-half cent in exchange for eliminating the 15 mill property tax Topekans now pay to generate $5.5 million annually to support the
The sales tax hike would generate about $7 million annually to be used exclusively to pay the bills at Washburn. In exchange, the state would make Washburn into the Regens system, giving Kansas seven public, taxpayer-financed universities.
Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Regents, said yesterday that the board might find Hayden's plan "palatable" if the sales tax funding was a permanent source. Otherwise, the Regents stand by their original position that there is not enough money to adequately fund the existing state schools and adding a seventh is a bad idea and poorly timed.
The idea has grabbed the attention of those wanting to bring Washburn into the state system but the Special Committee on Washburn University, composed of Hayden and other legislative leaders, still does not like the idea enough to recommend the Legislature takeover the school.
Contaminated Colorado river monitored
United Press International
LEADVILLE, Colo. — Contaminated water from an old mine in the Colorado Rockies washed slowly down the Arkansas River yesterday, monitored by state and federal scientists who said it was not a danger to public health.
able to turn off their intake valves.
The scientists were testing the polluted water to determine what chemicals it contained, said Anne Lockhart, a spokesman for the state health department. She said that cities that get water from the river had had enough warning and were
"There is not a lot of concern about public health." Lockhart said, "but it is a concern environmentally. We've got three health department people up there, taking samples periodically to track the progress of the plume and monitor possible damage to fish."
Gary Broetzman, head of the state water quality control division, said he was certain the plume contained rust from iron. Judy Wong of the federal Environmental Protection Agency in Denver said other possible chemicals that might be found in the
plume included such highly toxic substances as lead, chromium and cadmium.
Lockhart said the plume had not reached Salida by 8 a.m. yesterday, indicating it was moving very slowly downstream. The spill was first reported about 24 hours earlier from the 85-year-old Yak Tunnel near Leadville, about 60 miles north of Salida.
City officials in Colorado Springs, Royal Gorge, Canon City and Florence were warned not to take water out of the Arkansas River until
after the plume had passed. About 500,000 southeastern Colorado residents get their water out of the Arkansas.
Officials said the contamination was expected to settle out in the Pueblo Reservoir and should not affect water downstream from the reservoir.
Broetzman said it appeared likely that the surge of pollution was caused by a backup of water in the tunnel, which suddenly gave way and poured into the river.
Report flays shake-up in state health division
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Secretary of Health and Environment Barbara Sabol has defended a reorganization of her agency in the wake of heavy criticism from members of a legislative committee that received a report saying the reorganization resulted in the placement of managers lacking in experience.
The report by the Division of Post Audit said about 82 percent of employees in the division of environment thought that after the reorganization Sabol instituted two years ago, the division had more staff and had more layers of bureaucracy its management had less experience.
In addition, the report presented Tuesday to the Legislative Post Audit Committee said that at the time of the reorganization the directors of the five main operating units of the Department of Health and Environment had between six and 20 years of program management experience. It said only one of the new managers had more than three years of experience.
A majority of the division employees said they thought the reorganization left the agency in a condition that was worse than before it was revamped, the report said.
Sabol disputed the perceptions of division employees polled in the report and told the panel she achieved her reorganization goals of making the division more responsive to the Legislature and to the public.
The conclusion that the new managers hired as part of the reorganization have less program management experience than the previous officials does not take into account the practical business experience that some of the new managers have, Sabol said.
To measure the results of the reorganization, the legislative post auditor reviewed only the division of environment, one of the main sections of KDHE. Sabol said employees' beliefs that it takes more time to make decisions is true in some respects.
"There are a lot more checks and balances," she said. "No one person makes a decision which could have long-term effects on the environment."
Three Republican members of the committee — Sen. August Bogina, Lenexa, Sen. Ben Vidricksen, Salina, and Rep. Bill Bunten, Topoka — criticized the reorganization and Vidricksen accused Sabol of using it simply to get the people she wanted into management positions.
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LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES Undergraduate ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES SPRING - 1986
1. Enrollment Card & Folder Handout OCTOBER 23 and 24 9:00-4:30 Kansas Union Ballroom -Picture I.D. Required
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ART FOR NON-MAJORS
ART 120 FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING & PAINTING. 3 credits, no prerequisites
The following ART courses for the Spring '86 semester are open to non-majors and have no prerequisites:
Specifically for students with limited or no previous experience. An exploration of basic technical and expressive possibilities in drawing and painting; may include field trips, films, visiting lecturers. Six hours scheduled studio activity and three hours outside work weekly. Will not count as studio requirement for BFA in Art or Design. May not be repeated for credit.
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ART 121 FUNDAMENTALS OF PRINTMAKING. 3 credits,
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Specifically for students with limited or no previous experience. An exploration of basic technical and expressive possibilities in printmaking, including woodcut, etching, lithography, and silk screen; may include field trips, films, visiting lecturers. Six hours scheduled studio activity and three hours outside work weekly. Will not count as studio requirement for BFA in Art or Design. May not be repeated for credit.
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