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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 3,2001
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ISSUE 28 VOLUME 112
Republicans test Senate's newest rule for funding
By Luke Daley Kansan staff writer
The KU College Republicans will try again to receive money from Student Senate attonight's committee meetings after being denied two weeks ago.
The Senate Finance Committee rejected a bill granting the College Republicans $409.60. This time, the organization is asking for $382 because advertising rates have decreased in such publications as The University Daily Kansan. While advertising makes up $228 of the proposed bill, the organization would spend the rest on office supplies, posters, postage and duplication services.
Branden Bell, holdover senator, said he opposed the bill allocating money to the College Republicans at the last committee meeting.
He said one of the reasons he opposed passing the bill was because the finance committee wasn't presented with any history. The College Republicans did not explain why it needed the money now.
Bell asked how the organization did its fundraising in the past. Senate wanted to hear what College Republicans did before partisan and religious groups could ask Student Senate for money.
This is the first year religious and partisan groups can request money from Senate, after Senate modified its rules and regulations last semester.
"I'm not really convinced that they need our money," Bell said. "It seems to me that they came through to make a statement."
Bell said it would be just as difficult to get the bill passed by committees as it was two weeks ago.
"it's sort of against rules and regulations that they try to pass a bill a second time." Bell said. "They will have to make a pretty stellar demonstration."
He said political affiliation wasn't the issue and that the KU Young Democrats would have to deal with the same issues if the group brought a bill before Senate.
Nora Bielat, president of KU Young Democrats, said the group had no immediate plans to ask Senate for money. She said she supported the College Republicans in seeking financial support.
Matt Steppe, Student Legislative Awareness Board director, supported the bill when it was presented in the meetings.
"It's an equal rights issue that everybody has a right to ask Senate for funding now," Steppe said.
He said the bill's failure had nothing to do with political affiliation. He said he would have supported a bill to aid the KU Young Democrats.
Steppe said he would try to convince the committees that College Republicans was worthy of and eligible for Senate money.
He said he and other senators would present more history to support their argument for passing the bill.
Anna Gregory, communications director for the Student Senate Executive Committee, said it was important to pass the bill so other political and religious organizations on campus could see that Senate could allocate money to them.
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Change may aid KU transfers
Regents might expand 64-credit-hour limit; SenEx resolution disputes proposal
By Paul Smith Kansan staff writer
Community college students may be able to transfer to a four-year university in the state with more than the present maximum of two years of credit hours, if a Board of Regents proposal is passed.
In response to the proposal, the University's Senate Executive Committee (SenEx) passed a resolution against amending the current 64-credit-hour limit.
"There are several of us who believe this will affect the educational experience of students," said Tom Beisecker, president of the University Council and ex-officio member of SenEx.
A program at Washburn University that allows as many as 84 credit hours to transfer from state community colleges sparked the controversy.
Fourteen of the 19 community colleges in the state have partnered with Washburn in this program.
The Board of Regents oversees its sixstate university members — including the University of Kansas — and those 19 community colleges.
"washburn now has a different policy than other universities," said Kathy Rupp, associate director of academic affairs for the Board of Regents. "It has been suggested we have a uniform policy."
Rupp said input had been requested
from the other schools that might be affected by such a policy.
SenExendorsed a policy allowing students to transfer up to 64 hours to KU and other four-year institutions, allowing for exceptions only for unusual circumstances. That resolution will be addressed at the University Council meeting next week.
Beisecker said he planned to address the Regents this month and explain why only two years of credit should be allowed to transfer to four-year institutions.
Robert Rowland, chairman of communication studies, agreed it would be best for the University and its students for no more than two years worth of credits to transfer.
"We feel students are going to get a better education here," he said.
As a research institution, Rowland said there was a difference in atmosphere, facilities and faculty at KU, which reflects the different missions at a fouryear school and a community college.
The Regents have given money to Washburn since 1991.
However, if Regents allow the Washburn program to continue, community colleges may be able to generate more revenue if students were allowed to transfer more hours to four-year institutions.
"It would provide them with the opportunity for more credit-hour production," Beisecker said.
Minority students at home with Hemenway
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By J.R.Mendoza
Kansan staff writer
Making the administration aware of minority issues is one reason why Alex Guerrero attended a meeting with the chancellor yesterday.
The other — to get to know the chancellor better.
"My sophomore year, I first met him at a reception for minority students," he said. "But I didn't really know of him until I got more into school and heard about him."
LaToya Betts, Kansas City, Kan., junior, conducts the Inspirational Gospel Voices in "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High." The choir performed Tuesday at Chancellor Robert Hemenway's house as part of the chancellor's reception for minorities.
Guerrero and about 100 people attended a reception yesterday for minority students at Chancellor Hemenway's house. The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the chancellor's office sponsored the event.
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"It's important that we represent our culture and diversity and get connected with other people," said Guerrero, a Topeka senior, and member of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization.
He said the reception helped him get to know the chancellor, see the diversity of the University, and network with other minority students.
"I think it's fun for students to come together and convey a sense of unity." Hemenway said. The chancellor also talked about the importance of a diversity in a university community.
Chris Haydel, Philadelphia graduate student, said the event
provided a chance to meet other minority students and learn about the different organizations.
Amy Wong. Topeka senior, said she attended the reception to show that Asian-American stu
dents were involved on campus.
"This is a good thing so the chancellor knows what some student issues are," she said.
Inspirational Gospel Voices also performed during the
reception. Representatives from the Asian American Student Union, Black Graduate Student Association, Black Student Union, First Nations Student Association, HALO, the
KU chapter of the NAACP and the National Panhellenic Council attended the event, as well as some faculty and staff.
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Despite what the red sign indicates, students can still make calls on pay phones around campus. Southwestern Bell might remove some of the phones in the near future, however.
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Pay phones' fate not yet decided
By Courtney Craigmile Kansan staff writer
University may keep profitable phones, consolidate others
The pay phones still work, but might be removed in the near future. Southwestern Bell, the provider of all pay phones on campus, has plans to remove 40,000 phones across the state, Louis said. He said he was unsure how many of those would be on the KU campus.
Red signs on pay phones around campus that say the phones have been disconnected and that removal is pending are not entirely true.
"The situation is changing as we speak," said John Louis, director of Networking and Telecommunications Services at the University of Kansas.
He said the dean of students' office provided Southwestern Bell a list of the
most often used pay phones on campus.
Adam Obley, campus safety advisory board chairman, said the dean of students' office released a memo listing 27 pay phones that would remain on campus. Those phones were selected because they bring in an average of at least $1.50 a day, which is an arbitrary number set by the University and Southwestern Bell, Obley said.
He said some buildings with groups of three or four phones would be consolidated to one. This would most likely happen at the Visitor's Center and Shenk Complex.
Obley said if the Visitor's Center and Shenk Complex were left with one phone each, Southwestern Bel might begin to charge KU to keep those two phones.
Phones expected to stay:
Louis said the University wasn't required to pay for the pay phones now, but a fee could be part of the deal between KU and Southwestern Bell.
Anschutz Library
Budig Hall
Kansas Union
Residence halls
Watson Library
Watkins Health Center
Officials from the Networking and Telecommunications Office and
Phones to be consolidated:
- Allen Fieldhouse
- Green Hall
- Murphy Hall
- Shenk Complex
- Visitor's Center
- Wescoe Hall
INSIDETODAY
Louis expects to have more information on the situation next week.
Southwestern Bell are still working out language discrepancies before determining which phones will go, which phones will stay and whether the University will be charged for the phones.
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