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'Can'struction controversy
'Can'struction controversy Members of a 'can'struction team who wrote derogatory phrases on cans for donation to local food pantries have confessed and have been punished, Phi Delta Theta announced. PAGE 3A
Environmental movement
The environmental studies department is planning a move to Snow Hall during winter break. The move will give the department more space and facilitate a graduate degree in the program. PAGE 3A
Piercing problems
Of the 51 percent of college students with body piercings, nearly 20 percent have reported medical complications. PAGE5A
Tasting the tournament
After its victory over Michigan, the Kansas soccer team is in good position to qualify for the NCAA
tournament. PAGE 12A
Golf places fifth
Andrew Price led the Kansas men's golf team to a fifthplace finish at the Nelson Invitational
Price
in Stanford, Calif. PAGE 12A
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KANSAN
Vol.114 Issue No.48
The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Engineering school receives donation
By Joe Hartigan jhartigan@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
A $6.5 million donation was made to the School of Engineering yesterday.
"Gifts like this are absolutely critical to our existence and ability to function the way we do," said Stuart Bell, dean of engineering.
The donation was made by Charles E. Spahr, a 1934 civil engineering graduate of the University of Kansas, and his wife Mary Jane, who attended the University in 1938.
engineering. Bell said there were no plans for the money as of yet. He said the money could be used to attract students to the engineering program by creating scholarships, to
"The best part is that the gift is very flexible, particularly in these times when state support is kind of dwindling."
Stuart Bell dean of engineering
attract professors to the University by creating salaries and to purchase essential equipment for students and faculty.
equipment for students to use.
"We're not talking about spending $6.5 million right away," he said. "The best part is that the gift is very flexible, particularly in these times when state
The money will establish an unrestricted fund that can be used at the discretion of the dean of engineering for unanticipated needs or opportunities, Bell said.
Another important part of the donation is that it will help the University's engineering program remain competitive. Bell said.
He said the money would be invested by the Endowment Association so it would be available for years to come. Bell said an undisclosed amount of the donation would be made in cash, and the rest would be willed to the University as an estate gift.
support is kind of dwindling."
tions for the Kansas University Endowment Association, said the donation brought KU First closer to achieving its goal of $500 million in donations this year.
John Scarfe, director of communica
The Spahrs have donated more than $11.5 million to the University since 1954, according to a press release from University Relations.
"One of the more notable things is the generosity of the Spahrs throughout the years." Scarfe said.
also praised the Spains for their guts. "If you go back and look at what they've done for the University, it's incredible," he said. "Their hearts are in the right place."
Edited by JJ Hensley
Bell praised the Spahrs for their gifts.
Who is that masked man?
Brent Stevens, Wichita senior, kissed his girlfriend, Ashley Veatch, Wichita junior, while trying on costumes yesterday at Fun and Games, 816 Massachusetts St. They were unwilling to reveal their costume ideas. "I enjoy Halloween more now than when I was a kid, 'cause my mom doesn't dress me up like Raggedy Andy anymore," Stevens said.
College expenses continue to increase
SEE COSTS ON PAGE 5A
The study also indicated that tuition at private schools had increased 42 percent during the last decade.
By Kevin Kampwirth
kkampwirth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The 2003-2004 average for a private four-year university including all costs is
Imagine having to pay nearly four times as much as it costs now to send a child to college in 20 years.
If this image is sobering, it should be.
Ron Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell University Higher Education Research Institute, said tuition and costs had increased for a variety of reasons.
If this image is obfessional, it should be The College Board, the organization which owns the SAT, released its annual Trends in College Pricing report last week. The board's findings indicated that the average cost of tuition and mandatory fees at state-supported four-year universities rose 47 percent during the last decade.
"Public higher educational institutes rely on state support for much of their funding." Ehrenberg said. "State cutbacks have really affected public universities."
The College Board reported that for the 2003-2004 academic year, the average tuition and fees cost for in-state students is $4,694, up 14.1 percent from last year. The average for out-of-state students is $11,740.
Online enrollment revamped for round 2
By Maggie Newcomer
mnewcomer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer.
For the second time the University of Kansas is asking students to get online instead in an attempt to replace the snaking line in Strong Hall with a maze of Web sites and links.
Student Senate lobbed for online enrollment for more than three years before its implementation last spring. The first attempt was "near perfect," enrollment services reported. Enrollment for the spring semester begins on Friday.
The enrollment Web sites have a new look this semester, but their function remains essentially the same. In the online timetable, students can still view course sections for all four of the University's campuses, but the search function has been refined. Students can search for specific courses instead of an entire school's course list.
Allison Lopez, assistant to the vice provost for information services, said students can access all the enrollment information they need in the KYou portal at www.students.ku.edu.
Lopez said after a student
Holds still must be paid in the required office, not online. Students will be blocked from enrolling until their holds have been cleared in the system. Freshmen will have an advising hold, meaning they cannot enroll until they have met with their academic advisor.
Lopez stressed that all the information is accessible from
logged on, there were several different folders they could choose from. All enrollment links are in the academics folder. Students can see their appointment time, any holds and the timetable, among other features.
one place. She advised students to check out the Web site well before their enrollment appointment to avoid any last minute delays.
Most of the computer-related problems that cropped up last semester were of human error or course that
This is the first time Melvin will tackle the system on her own, but she said she was confident that she could figure it out.
Katy Melvin, Overland Park freshman, said she wasn't worried about enrollment because she had been through it during freshman orientation.
were assigned more than one line number, enrollment services reported. Cindy Derritt, interim University registrar, assured students in a mass email that the circumstances of those mishaps have been remedied.
Because of those mishaps, a few students were forced to go to Strong Hall last semester to enroll the old-fashioned way. But just in case there is a problem, enrollment headquarters at 151 Strong Hall will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Edited by Doyle Murphy
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