Never tutu old
The midlife crisis ballet class is offered at the Lawrence School of Ballet three times a week for adults ages 20-50.
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The new zoo review
The Zeta Omega Omega, or ZOO fraternity was formed last year by fourth floor residents of Oliver Hall to promote unity. Since then, membership has grown to about 250 members.
Today will be partly cloudy and windy with high temperatures in the 90s. Tonight will bring a chance of rain.
Deja vu
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 97, No. 24 (USPS 650-640)
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Thursday September 25,1986
KU enrollment climbs to record 28,259 increase prompts Budig to ask Legislature for more money
By TONY BALANDRAN
Staff writer
A record number of students enrolled this fall at the University of Kansas, prompting Chancellor Gene A. Budig to call for increased education funds from the state.
According to official figures for 20th day enrollment, 28,259 students enrolled on all campuses this semester, compared with 27,141 for the same time last year, a 4.2 percent increase. The University released the figures, which are used for budgeting purposes, yesterday.
While the Lawrence campus experienced a 4.3 percent increase in enrollment, from 24,774 to 25,822, the College of Health Sciences, in Kansas City, Kan., saw an increase of almost 3 percent, from 2,367 to 2,437.
"Despite our impressive successes, we are sobered by the inadequacy of our resources." Budig said in a prepared statement. "The 1987 session of the Legislature must release excess fee dollars to KU."
Off-campus enrollment increased as well. from 1,826 to 1,877.
Out-of-state interest in the University grew 9.6 percent, as non-resident students enrollment increased from 7,981 to 8,746. This figure includes both the Lawrence and Kansas City, Kan., campuses.
The University's original general use fund for fiscal year 1987, which began July 1, included both state appropriations and a general fee fund, said Ward Brian Zimmerman, budget director.
The increase in enrollment has caused University officials to begin revising the fiscal budget so the University will have adequate resources for the unexpected increase.
The University will ask the Legislature for an increase in the spending limit on its general fee fund, said Martin Jones, campus director of business and fiscal affairs. By increasing the limit, the Legislature allows the University to
spend more of the funds it collects.
But until approval comes, the University must channel money from somewhere else
The general fee fund was based on two estimates, average fee-collection and enrollment, Budig said.
Average fee-collection for the Lawrence campus this semester was $606.60 for each student, and the estimated headcount for this semester was 24,580 - 1,242 fewer than the number that actually enrolled
The increase in enrolment and cuts in financing are hurting the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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Despite the record-breaking enrollment this semester, some professional schools have experienced declines.
See page 8.
Based on the estimated number of students and the average fee-collection for the Lawrence campus, the University is allowed to spend $14,910,228 of its fees collected this semester.
Zimmerman said the estimated headcount was based on past figures, enrollment trends and the University's reputation in the state and Midwest.
If more students enroll than estimated, then the University is not allowed by law to spend those fees, he said. The University must revise its budget, anticipating legislative approval, before the money may be spent.
The total general use fund for the Lawrence campus for fiscal year 1987 was $113,460,013, which included $20,317,134 in general fee funds, Zimmerman said.
"We most likely will be revising the general fee (estimation) of the entire year and will be asking for a new spending limit," he said.
Budget officials now will have to calculate the total amount of fees paid to find the average fee collected, in order to revise the budget. Those figures would not be available until later next week, he said.
"This shows that there is a great deal of confidence in the University," he said.
Zimmerman said he was surprised by the increase in enrollment. He said it could be attributed to the fine quality of education the University has to offer.
The new figures, approved by Budig, would be submitted to the Board of Regents at its meeting next month, where the University should receive authority to go to the Legislature to seek additional funds, Jones said.
Non-resident enrollment increases
The revised budget would then go to the Division of Budget of the state Department of Administration. The final approval would come from the legislature after its 1987 session begins in January.
Officials surprised by student gain
By ALISON YOUNG
Staff writer
ku officials aren't exactly sure what caused a large increase in enrollment this fall.
The increase of 1,048 students on the Lawrence campus, which caught many administrators by surprise, was related to proportional increases in KU out-of-state enrollment and came despite decreases in Kansas high school enrollment, KU administrators said recently.
Out-of-state students made up almost 67 percent of this fall's increase, according to 20th-day enrollment figures released yesterday. In all, 28,259 students enrolled on all campuses, and 25,822 enrolled at the Lawrence campus.
Bruce A. Lindvall, director of admissions, said the increase could be attributed to a variety of factors.
These included KU's academic quality, its reasonable cost and the large number of strong academic programs.
But the admissions office did nothing special to get these students here, he said.
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the increase probably was due more to overall University reputation than it was to actual recruiting activities.
"We certainly don't do a hard sell in recruiting," he said. "We don't need to."
"You can't ignore that," Lindvall said.
The success of last year's basketball team also focused national attention on KU.
Despite enrollment increases that are straining resources, David Ambler, vice chancellor for student
affairs, said recruiting new students still was important because Kansas high school enrollment continues to decrease.
State 12th grade enrollment, which has been dropping since 1977, will continue to decline until it reaches a low in about 1990, he said.
According to figures from Ambler's office, about 34,000 students graduated from Kansas high schools in 1977. In 1990, there will be almost 11,100 fewer graduates, the figures project.
University officials were expecting a large enrollment increase this fall, but not this large. Brinkman said.
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Brinkman said he had estimated an increase of between 700 and 900 students.
Ambler said he and Chancellor
By SALLY STREFF
Safety board bill approved by Senate
Staff Volunteer
The University will have a new board to oversee campus safety programs because of an action the Student Senate took last night.
Senate Senate votes to
The Senate approved a bill that forms a campus safety board and a companion bill that outlines the board's initial responsibilities.
See RECRUITING, p. 5, col. 5
the 33 senators attending last night's meeting voted to pass the bill. The Senate has 66 seats, not including the president and vice president.
Kelly Milligan, Nunemaker senator and one of the bill's sponsors, said after the vote that the board would improve safety programs at KU, which he said were behind those at other campuses.
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Brady Stanton, Prairie Village sophomore and a Numemaker senator, also sponsored the bill. Numemaker senators represent freshmen and sophomores in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
"It's nice to see Student Senate get something done that will help students." Milligan, Topeka junior, said.
Milligan told the Senate the board would organize safety programs on campus and provide continuity for what he called an enduring campus concern.
Milligan also told the Senate the proposal for the board had been received enthusiastically by administrators, police officials and representatives from living-group organizations, all of whom will have representatives on the board.
Sgt John Brothers, who is in charge of crime prevention for the KU police, told the Senate that those who could do the most to prevent crime were its potential victims.
Martie Aaron, Wichita senior and liberal arts and sciences senator, who also worked on the bill, said the KU and Lawrence police departments already had ideas they wanted the board to address
"Here we would have the representatives of potential victims of crime working with police to prevent it," he said.
The department also is interested in expanding its program of marking valuables and making it available to off-campus students, Aaron said.
out at enrollment.
"KUPD and the Lawrence Police Department have so much information they can bring to us." she said.
Aaron said KU police was interested in a safety manual offering tips on vehicle, apartment and personal safety to students that could be handed
Milligan said he thought one of the first things the board should consider was a nighttime escort service.
Aaron said the board would receive financing for its operating expenses from the Senate's internal account, as do the other Senate boards.
If the board decided to propose a program such as an escort service, financing probably would come from another account that the Senate oversees, she said. But no money was allotted to the board now because it needs to be organized first, she said.
"The first part of their work will mainly be research." Aaron said. "They need to prove that they can come up with viable programs."
Colleagues laud Smoot despite cocaine charge
Bradley J. Smoot, a prominent Lawrence lawyer and former Kansas deputy attorney general who faces federal cocaine charges, was praised yesterday for bringing the state's press laws "out of the dark ages."
By COLLEEN SIEBES
Staff writer
Smoot was charged with possession of cocaine Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan.
He was charged after Richard von Ende, former University executive secretary, pleaded guilty to a charge of distributing a gram of cocaine to Smoot on Jan. 16 at the West Lawrence Interchange of the Kansas Turnpike.
Smoot served as deputy attorney general from January 1970 to June
1984. He was in charge of media law cases and contributed to the writing of the the Kansas Open Meetings Act.
Smoot is the leading authority in Kansas on First Amendment Law, said Bill Meyer, former Kansas Press Association president. Meyer also is publisher of the Marion County Record.
Tom Haney of Topeka, Smoot's lawyer and former assistant attorney general, could not say whether von Ende supplied information about Smoot in order to
"I was stunned to hear of the charge. It was like being hit over the head with a baseball bat," Mever said.
See SMOOT, p. 5, col. 3
Kline says Slattery misused tax money
By KAREN SAMELSON
Staff writer
TOPEKA — The underdog in the race for the Kansas 2nd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives took the offensive yesterday and announced that he would fight what he called his opponent's misuse of taxpayers' money.
Phill Kline, the Republican candidate, said at a news conference yesterday at the Statehouse that his Democratic opponent, incumbent Jim Slattery, had blatantly violated regulations about sending newsletters to his constituents free of charge.
Slattery's press secretary, Renee Wessels, termed the allegation a press gimmick.
"He's falsely accusing Congressman Slattery of breaking the
law," Wessels said. "I believe Phill Kline owes Congressman Slattery an apology.
"He doesn't understand what the law is."
Eric Rueker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, responded by saying that the apology should come from Slattery. Rueker said the mailings were an abuse of the franking privilege.
See KLINE, p. 5, col. 1
In his prepared comments, Kline said, "He is now trying to pound me into submission with federal funds, and I intend to fight back.
"I knew when I started out that this would be a tough campaign, but I did not realize that I would be opposing both Jim Slattery and 'Frank Mail.'"
Evangelist summer
Diane Dultmeier/KANSAN
Michael Woroniecki and his wife, Leslie, evangelists from Grand Rapids, Mich., speak to students on Wescoe Beach. Leslie said yesterday that she and her husband traveled across the United States