MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2002
4A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OPINION
MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 23,2002
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KANSAN EDITORIAL BOARD
More convenient hours needed at Wescoe Terrace
For anyone who has headed to Wescoe Terrace for some grub around two in the afternoon, you know that the pizza, salad bar, and deli are closed by then.
It's rather disappointing when, finally emerging from your one o'clock class on a Tuesday or Thursday at 2:20, you head to Wescoe Terrace for that daily pizza special you've been dreaming of all through lecture and find that everything is gone.
For students who have been in class all day, attempting to stave off frostbite in Budig, a frozen burrito, bag of chips, or a candy bar just isn't going to cut it.
everything is gone Having some sort of hot food already prepared and waiting for you will become even more desirable as it gets colder outside.
cinder block.
Uncle Ben's rice bowls, as good as they are for a frozen meal, just don't measure up to a good bowl of chili.
Students who have most of their classes in Wescoe, Budig, Mallott, or any other buildings at this end of campus may have too much studying or reading and too little time between classes to run down to the Kansas Union.
If their food options are cut in half by the time they can make it to Wescoe Terrace, some may even choose to just go hungry until they can make it home.
Michael Meyers, Assistant Director of Union Food Services and Director of Cash Operations, said that he has discussed keeping the Wescoe Terrace deli and pizza areas open until three.
and pizza areas open and He said that although keeping this would not cost too much, after three the flow of traffic would not be enough to warrant keeping the areas open.
to warrant keeping Meyers said they have noticed an increase in traffic this semester before and after the main lunch rush.
However, he said the salad bar would probably not be left open because maintaining it was so labor intensive.
While this option would certainly be better than nothing at all, it does leave out the vegetarian student population and takes away our chili and soup options.
Hungry students with late classes should continue to go to Wescoe Terrace after the main rush and show Union Food Services that the pizza, deli, and salad bar need to stay open longer.
Better yet, call them at 864-4590 and let them know that students have crazy schedules and need that extra hour to grab a tasty deli sandwich.
hour to grab a tasty service The operators of Wescoe Terrace don't think that there is enough traffic coming through to keep the pizza, deli, and salad bar open, so show them there will be enough customers to pay for the increased hour.
Caroline Boyer for the Editorial Board
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To all the DU boys, we are so excited to do Rock Chalk with you, and we can't wait. Love, Gamma Phi girls.
and the cost of attending KU spends about $8,300 annually to educate an undergraduate student. We work hard to keep this cost low, and we work very hard to keep the quality high. KU is always listed as one of the "best buys" in American higher education.
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and the cost of attending KU spends about $8,300 annually to educate an undergraduate student. We work hard to keep this cost low, and we work very hard to keep the quality high. KU is always listed as one of the "best buys" in American higher education.
Ok, so I'm going down K-10 doing 78 miles an hour. A car passes me doing at least 85, gets in front of me, and slows down to 70. Why can nobody on this planet drive except for me?
and the cost of attending KU spends about $8,300 annually to educate an undergraduate student. We work hard to keep this cost low, and we work very hard to keep the quality high. KU is always listed as one of the "best buys" in American higher education.
Uh, yeah, this is for my friend who put her number in the Free for All for the Cursive concert, I just wanted to tell that she just bought a one-way ticket to molestile. And you know what? Thursdays sucks anyways. And so does Cursive.
and the cost of attending KU spends about $8,300 annually to educate an undergraduate student. We work hard to keep this cost low, and we work very hard to keep the quality high. KU is always listed as one of the "best buys" in American higher education.
Yeah, I'm sitting at the back of Snow Hall,
and I saw this guy pick up a turtle that had
nearly walked up the entire length of the
hill and he just put it back in the water. I
just wanted to say that he deserves a friggin' medal.
I just flunked a test to come out and find a ticket on my car. And to make matters worse, it's because my tire was over the eight inch line. Who gives tickets for that? Ugh, the parking department is full of jerks.
and the cost of attending KU spends about $8,300 annually to educate an undergraduate student. We work hard to keep this cost low, and we work very hard to keep the quality high. KU is always listed as one of the "best buys" in American higher education.
Hi, this is Eve Lane. I wanted to thank so much whoever found my belongings and placed the notice in the Free for All. So I love the Free for All people and I love the person who was kind enough to do that. Thank you.
To the ZTAs who keep calling me, leave me alone. If I wanted to join, I would come to you.
and the cost of attending KU spends about $8,300 annually to educate an undergraduate student. We work hard to keep this cost low, and we work very hard to keep the quality high. KU is always listed as one of the "best buys" in American higher education.
and the cost of attending KU spends about $8,300 annually to educate an undergraduate student. We work hard to keep this cost low, and we work very hard to keep the quality high. KU is always listed as one of the "best buys" in American higher education.
BY THE NUMBERS
Number of KU students from the Virgin Islands.
19,395 Number of students enrolled at KU from the state of Kansas.
573 Number of KU students married with children.
569
Number of KU students single with children.
8 Number of Native American faculty members at KU.
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1,304 Number of Caucasian faculty members at KU.
Source: Office of Institutional Research and Planning
PERSPECTIVES
KU wants remain an affordable school option for all students
Whether or not you can afford to go to school is a simple question, but lurking behind it is an important principle. Any student, if qualified, should be able to afford KU. Admission should depend on what is in your head, not your wallet.
GUEST COMMENTARY
Government encourages college attendance because our democracy needs informed, economically successful citizens. Since education is good for democracy state and federal governments help students pay for college.
Robert Hemenway opinion@ttams.com
But how much financial aid should be available? Should it be loans or grants? Who should get it?
These are not easy questions because of the complicated relationship between financial aid, tuition, the cost of education and the cost of attendance.
You are here to be educated,but you also want to sleep,eat,do instant messaging and
higher education. This year, KU tuition will cover about 35 percent of the cost of education. The state will make up the rest.
There is also a "cost of attendance"—the average total cost of attending KU.
occasionally, have a date. The cost of attendance is the sum of tuition, room, board, books, travel and entertainment. Too much time at The Wheel means that your costs go up. A diet that eliminates pizza means your costs go down.
costs go down!
The Student Financial Aid Office figures the annual "cost of attendance" for Kansas resident undergraduate to be $12,214.
Which brings us back to the three student financial aid questions.
Kansas provides a small amount for aid, but the federal government annually provides KU students about $75 million. Unfortunately, 85 percent of this money is in loans, leaving students to decide how much they want to owe by the time they graduate.
All of this is on my mind because I was in Washington, D.C. recently, talking with people from the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Aid. The committee was created by Congress to advise on the relationship between student financial aid and
access to a college education.
access to a college education Their figures show that well-qualified students from low-income families are increasingly not attending four-year institutions, primarily because they cannot obtain enough aid.
In fact, 22 percent of low-income students fully qualified for admission to four year public universities are simply choosing not to attend any college.
not attendancy college.
At KU, helping students from low-income families was why 20 percent of the recent tuition increase was set aside to help the most needy students. As a result, 3,700 students received tuition grants totaling $1.72 million.
It is also why, despite a severe budget crunch, we have tried to preserve student jobs. KU employs about 4,000 students more than many universities.
We support student aid and student jobs because we want KU to remain affordable to the most needy students, even as our tuition increases and the quality of the institution improves.
KU students understand this important principle, and seem willing to help their fellow students. We can be proud that Jayhawks care about each other, and welcome all who qualify.
Hemenway is chancellor
New senate campaign to centralize campus student resources
One of the greatest assets of the University of Kansas is our campus environment. Everything about it, from the aesthetic to the academic, makes it exciting. We as students want to be at a place where we know everyone else is excited to be there too.
everyone else is interested in KU has a wealth of resources and opportunities, but rarely are they communicated effectively to the student body as a whole. As a result, over the next few weeks, the campus will be engaged in a "One KU Community" campaign aimed to improve communication and awareness of all the events, activities, services and programs available to students on campus.
Relevancy needs to be brought back to Student Senate. Relevancy in the issues it
With recent discussions over legislation providing funding for advertising of the blood drive, among other petty ideological-based issues, no wonder why students perennially question the relevance of Student Senate and its ability to accomplish anything.
discusses, relevancy in the legislation it passes and relevancy in the projects it initiates for the student body.
While not everything that happens in the Student Senate can (or should) be controlled, you can be promised that there will be those of us involved in Student Senate dedicated solely on working on more relevant projects that will help make your experience at the University a little better
GUEST COMMENTARY
Jonathan Ng opinton@kansan.com
The "One KU Community" campaign
will help to centralize the resources available to students on our very decentralized campus. To start, a comprehensive calendar of events for the month of October will be available for students, making it clear what is offered on campus. This will be distributed on Wescoe Beach and within living organizations, among other places. Ir
addition, throughout the year, there will be special themes highlighting everything from the diversity of our student body with the Multicultural Resource Center Diversity Appreciation Week to Rock the Vote Week promoting the importance of voting in this year's state elections on November 5.
This idea is nothing groundbreaking just extremely practical.The issue is that there often is so much going on campus, it's hard to keep track of it all, let alone know in advance of what all the University has to offer.
We are more than just a basketball school, but rarely do we get a chance outside of athletic events to showcase this fact. This campaign, in addition to improving communication of all on campus opportunities, will also hopefully excite students, stir school spirit and create a buzz.
buzz.
If you're new to campus, keep trying new things. Use this place to discover, experiment, explore and discover. This University has a lot to offer outside of the classroom, and hopefully in the coming weeks and months we'll be able to more effectively communicate what all of that entails. We have a great product in the University of Kansas. Utilize it as much as you can. See what makes you part of One KU Community.
Ng is a Leawood senior in journalism and Spanish. He is student body president.