Fun in the sun
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Thursday October 8,1987 Vol.98,No.34
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
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Regents plea for equipment funds denied
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - The interim Ways and Means Committee agreed yesterday to recommend that the state's property tax be increased to finance construction of new buildings at state Board of Reeves universities.
The proposed increase in the state mill levy from 1.5 to 2 mills would generate about $6.3 million under current appraisal, according to Sen. Gus Bogina, R-Lenexa, the committee chairman.
But the committee declined to increase the mill levy to allow the universities to purchase equipment for classrooms and laboratories. The committee also rejected proposals to allow the Regents to issue revenue bonds or increase student tuitions to purchase what university officials say is badly needed equipment.
Increasing the state mill levy for construction projects, which would require approval of the Legislature, was the only substantial recommendation the committee made to allow financial assistance in terms of financing for the state's seven regents institutions.
school officials have told lawmakers that the Regents schools need to buy and replace old equipment to keep the Kansas colleges competitive with other institutions.
The committee agreed that the current level of financing for equipment was inadequate. But in failing to come up with an alternative source of financing for equipment purchase, the committee indicated that the committee should be continued.
Regents universities use general-use and restricted- use funds, such as research grants, for equipment purchases. About $28.8 million was spent at Regents campuses on equipment and library acquisitions in fiscal year 1987, which ended June 30.
Sen Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, who is on the Ways and Means Committee that operates during the legislative session, said after the committee's action that he did not understand the tuition to provide money for the purchase of equipment.
Winter said it was obvious that the schools need the money, but that students shouldn't pay for equipment
He said that he was surprised, however, that the committee recommended the increased tax for new
"They really aren't in great need of new money for capital improvements," he said.
Sen. Paul Fleeciano, D-Wichita, who supported a proposal to allow the Regents to issue revenue bonds, said that the state's existing financing mechanism was not adequate to meet the growing needs of the campuses.
"We'll never get out of the rut we're in," he told committee members. "It's just not there, gentlemen. You have to be bold, you have to be innovative."
Rep Jack Shriver, D-Akansas City, said that revenue bonds would provide Regents schools with a one-time infusion of cash, but that would not solve the equipment-shortage problem in the long run.
Sen. Merrill Werts, R-Junction City, said that he opposed increasing student tuition to pay for equipment purchases. He suggested, however, that course fees be assessed to students who use equipment if that equipment has a relatively short life span, such as two or three years.
amsan reporter Virginia McGrath contributed information to
Someone to watch over me
Tony Frische, South Bend, Ind., sophomore, relaxes next to the Jayhawk sculpture in front of Strong Hall. Frische was basking in the sun yesterday afternoon.
Medical school has a high price
Bv AMBFR STFNGER
Staff writer
KANSAN CITY, Kan. — Denise Tolleison, a first-year medical student at the University of Kansas Medical Center, predicts that she will be at least $12,000 in debt by the time she gets her medical degree in four years, she will be better off financially than many of her medical peers.
Tollefson, like most medical students, is struggling to afford the high学费.
"Approximately 80 percent of our medical students are on financial aid," said Billie Joe Hamilton, director of student financial aid at the Med Center.
On the average, medical students are from $30,000 to $50,000 in debt when they graduate from medical school, she said. Some medical students also have undergraduate loans to pay.
Kansas residents pay $5,865 for tuition each year at the Med Center. Non-residents pay $11,865 a year.
Cuts in both federal and state financial aid programs have made medical students' situations even more difficult, Hamilton said.
To pay for her medical education,
Tolleison is able to take advantage of the Kansas Medical Scholarship Program. The state program grants tuition and $500 each month to students. This year, the program has 50 new students, bringing the total to 200.
In return for the scholarship money, students are required to obtain a degree in pediatrics, internal medicine, general surgery or family practice. They also have to work in a Kansas town with a population of less than 12,000 one year for each student. The purpose of the program is to help parts of the state that are medically underserved.
But that program also is suffering from cuts, Hamilton said. In 1978 any Kansas resident attending the Med Center could be eligible for the Kansas Medical Scholarship. About 70 percent of the class was on the program, Hamilton said. In 1962, a cap of 100 students was put on the program, and this year the cap is 50 students.
And, Hamilton said, "Those students, in addition to what they get on the medical scholarship, usually burdened with $12,000 to $15,000 on top of that."
Med Center students usually have from two to five loans, Hamilton said. All loan programs that the student financial aid office offers are long term. Students must begin paying off some of those during their third year of residency, which follows four years of medical school. Others are deferred until the residency is over.
Guaranteed Student Loans, the largest loan program at the Med Center, are deferred for two and a half years after graduation. Students can borrow a maximum of $7,500 each year.
"Most residencies are a minimum of three years," Hamilton said. "So during that third year of residency, they have to start repaying the loans and usually they're not making very much money."
Monthly payments range from $200 to $400 depending on how large the customer is.
But payments are not deferred in two other loan programs, the Supplementary Loan program and the Higher Education Assistance Loan program
"The interest starts the instant the student gets the money. If a student doesn't pay the interest, it is compounded." Hamilton said.
Because of a provision passed by the U.S. Congress in October 1966, the policy of granting loans is going to change next year, Hamilton said. Instead of assessing the marital status and number of dependents a student has, loan programs will treat each student as a single student.
"We are going to have a very difficult time explaining to students with two children, why he is going to get $7,000 less next year than he did this year," she said. "The change when someone else is working is more. The student who requires us is working. They qualify for more than they did this year, which is kind of unfair."
Hamilton said it seemed that loans now were being targeted to those who could pay them back.
Although Toulleon has a Kansas Medical Scholarship, a guaranteed student loan, a supplemental loan and a part-time job, she still does not have the $330 she needs to buy books this semester. But she is determined to get her degree, no matter how difficult it may be, she said.
"It is unfortunate because oftentimes they aren't the ones who need it quite as bad," she said.
Routed from the roost Union renovation will ruin Jayhawk mural
By JORN E. KAALSTAD
Staff writer
A Jayhawk must soon find a new nest when its crest for 37 years at the Kansas Union is torn down this winter.
the Hawk's Nest cafeteria has a Jayhawk mural on display that will be destroyed because Union renovation plans will wall it is painted on be torn down.
"Tearing down the mural will be a sad side-effect of the renovation," said James Long, director of the Kansas and Burge Unions.
The mural was painted in 1950 by the late Patrick Bowers, a KU graduate.
ate, said his son, John Bowers, last week.
Bowers, an assistant professor of fine arts at the University of Wisconsin.
It's sad, but wall paintings tend to go down with the walls.'
Peter Thompson
sin at Eau Claire, wanted to know what would happen to his father's mural while the Union was being
renovated.
Dean of fine arts
On Bowers' request, Long said, he asked the renovation contractor about preserving the mural.
The contractor told Long that it would be impossible to save the mural because it was painted directly on a plastered wall that had to be torn down.
Peter Thompson, dean of fine arts,
said that it was hard to remove wall
paintings without destroying the artwork.
The walls in the Union are heavy and fragile; there is no cracking on the wall without cracking the mural, he said.
See JAYHAWK, p. 6, col. 3
Money to pay for a comic's visit sparks debate among senators
Liz Parker, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator and chairman of Student Union Activities Forum, sponsored a bill to allocate $9,000 to help bring Chapman to the University of Kansas next semester.
Student senators last night spent an hour hagging — in accordance with parliamentary procedure — over how much money to allocate for a speech by comedian Graham Chapman.
Several senators, including Korey Kaul, holdover senator, questioned the educational value of having Chapman speak at KU.
By BRAD ADDINGTON
Staff writer
Parker disagreed. "He doesn't get up and tell jokes. He talks about his job and how the humor in the United
Cumpier. "I think the show that he will present will be primarily entertainment." Kaul said.
It could have been a scene from a Monty Python movie, had it not lasted so long.
Citizens hear mall proposals
Michael Foubert, graduate senator, then suggested that the Senate allocate only $4,500 for Chapman. One senator, Frank Partnoy, asked a question in response he had followed in simply cutting the dollar figure in half.
Foubert said the Senate had taken similar actions in the past during disputes over financing, but Partney, who was not satisfied with that answer.
He suggested that the Senate conduct a referendum to determine how much money KU students would like the Senate to allocate to Chapman.
States differs from humor in England,'she said.
Chapman has performed in movies and on television with Monty Python, The Lord of the Rings, and Inception.
Stephanie Quincy, student body vice president, suggested that the Senate provide $3,000 to finance such recommendations that may support the recommendation.
The Senate finally allocated $7,500
Downtown won't be hurt by suburban location, firm says.
to help finance Chapman's visit.
In other notion, the Senate.
■ allocated $7, 600 to KU Bands for special events this fall and in the spring.
allocated $400 to the Hispanic American Leadership Organization. The money will provide financial assistance to organization members attending this year's Midwest Hispanic Leadership Conference in Chicago.
- required the University Dance Company to submit monthly financial reports to the Senate treasurer because of procedural problems the company had last year in making off-campus purchases.
- allocated $304.93 to the Lawrence Tenants Association.
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG
Lawrence residents will have their day in court, but not yet.
At a hearing last night on a suburban banal mall proposal, the public patiently waited through 4½ hours of testimony from the city and the developer
- only to find themselves put on hold until an Oct. 21 hearing.
allocated $65.50 to Premise, an undergraduate philosohov journal.
Armstrong Road, monopolized most of the hearing. JVJ representatives disputed the city's contention that a mayor would drain money from downtown
Robert H. Frenich, a Kansas City, Mo., attorney for VJJ, said, "It won't be hurt, because downtown Lawrence does not have a department store base. It is not a premium retail center even now."
Also last night, Judith Ramaley,
executive vice chancellor, spoke to
the Senate and discussed senators'
KU's policy of open admissions.
Jacobs, Viscous and Jacobs, the
car manufacturer, earn all six of
a 61-acre Street and
one acre lot.
The area surrounding the intersection of Iowa and 23rd streets exceeds
"Downtown Lawrence is special, but it never will be a large retail center," he said.
Frelich said residents depended on downtown to fill governmental, civic, social, financial, legal, office and specialty retail needs.
downtown in size and sales, he said.
He said the April 7 advisory election in which Lawrence residents rejected a downtown mall proved that residents realized a downtown mall would hurt downtown.
Don Jones, vice president of the Cleveland firm of Jacobs, Visconsi and Jacobs, presents a proposal for a suburban mall to the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission. Jones represented one of three firms giving mall proposals last night at a commission meeting at Central Junior High School, 1400 Massachusetts St.
He said the city hadn't stuck to that idea, citing the University Corporate Research Park on the west fringes of town. East Hills Business Park on the east and the retail center at Iowa and 23rd streets on the south all as outside downtown.
Freilich also said that Plan 95, a comprehensive plan for development that emphasized the downtown as the center of activity in the city, was outdated by at least 10 years and was inappropriate for a college town.
The audience of about 250 groaned when Freilich characterized the advisory vote as a repeal of Plan 95.
Price Banks, city planning director, spoke only briefly because of time restraints. But in a summary, he argued that development stopped at 23rd and Iowa streets. Land south of it was in WV. Its owns its mall, is agricultural, he said, and not in the path of development as Freilich had implied.
Banks also stressed that the April 7 vote was an advisory vote and only a straw poll of residents' opinions.
The city's testimony, as well as public comment and rebuts by JVJ and two other proposals, will be beard at the Oct. 21 meeting.