wednesday, october 1, 2003
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CLAS to seek religion professors
By Meghan Brune
mbrune@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The search for two new religion professors will begin this fall.
The department of religious studies has been waiting for the funds to hire a professor of Roman Catholic thought and one of modern Jewish studies.
Yesterday, Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced that four donations totaling $2.4 million would fund the two professorships.
The Sabatini Family Foundation of Topeka and the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center each pledged $500,000 for the Caldwell-Sabatini Professorship in Roman Catholic Thought Fund. Part of the money donated by St. Lawrence was a gift left to the center by Jack and Delores Caldwell.
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The Robert M. Beren Foundation of Wichita gave $500,000 for the Robert M. Beren Distinguished Professorship in Modern Jewish Studies.
"It is extremely important for the University to provide the tools to study world religions."
Cheryl Lester chairwoman of the steering committee
The rest of the funds came from a 2001 pledge of $42 million from the Hall Family Foundation of Kansas City, Mo. Of this, $7 million was dedicated to the humanities department.
"These professorships will enrich our offering in humanities and make improvements in two very important areas," said Carl Strikwerda, associate dean liberal arts and sciences.
CLAS will form two committees consisting of faculty and students to find the professors, Stukwerda said, but members for these committees have not yet been selected
The committees will look for a
modern Jewish studies professor who will work in both the religious studies and history departments. The professor of Roman Catholic thought will teach classes in both philosophy and religious studies.
religious studies.
Strikwerda has worked as a liaison between the Jewish Studies steering committee and CLAS as the two worked on adding a Jewish studies minor. Last fall the minor was added to the college.
The new professor would provide more resources for students pursuing this minor, Lester said.
Cheryl Lester, chairwoman of the steering committee, said she was thrilled to hear the Jewish professorship would be funded.
pursuing this mission "I believe, very strongly, that religion is an understudied phenomenon," Lester said. "It is extremely important for the University to provide the tools to study world religions."
My world would be empty.
Lester said her only concern was that the money from donors would not be enough to attract
the best professor. "The University needs to make a substantial investment or we will have a limited pool of applicants." Lester said.
The money for the professorships was part of the $500 million fundraising campaign, KU First. The goal of KU First is to collect money for scholarships, professors and facilities.
Kansas University Endowment Association manages the KU First funds and other private donations to the University.
John Scarfe of the Kansas University Endowment Association said that the money donated to the University was invested and only the interest was used for the purpose specified by the donor.
Five percent of the principal amount donated will be provided for the new professors' salary and the rest will come from University general funds, Scarfe said.
Edited by Michael Owells
Senate cashes in on enrollment boost
By Paul Kramer
pkramer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The annual end-of-September budget increase left the Student Senate with an extra $44,574.37 to work with.
Although a slight bump is expected each year, Kokoruda said the money amount was uncertain.
to work with.
The budget increase will likely mean more opportunities to fund groups, said Lindsay Kokoruda, Senate treasurer.
Senate had already allocated more than one-fourth of its yearly budget for programs and events before today.
Senate typically gets a cash bump every year. The amount of the increase depends on enrollment, which determines Senate's money from the student fees.
Initially, Linda Mullins, senior budget administrator in the office of the vice provost of Student Success, projects the amount of money that will be generated through student fees for Senate. Of the $287 semester campus fee, $17.50 each semester per student and $8.75 from summer school students, goes to funding Senate.
students,good Mullins said she made the projection of enrollment and student fees to set aside for Senate before any numbers were known.
After regular and late enrollment are finalized, Mullins has a new number.
This year the projected Senate budget was $776,800, which Mullins based on a previous enrollment numbers and what they could be this year. That money gets allocated into three funds.
ends.
The first is the block fund, or
and other special projects. The second group is the lineitem allocation. In January or February each year, campus groups can meet with a special line-item committee in which they will list their financial needs, item by item. This is the easiest way for student groups on campus to get funding and avoid going through the Senate, as it requires less time and less debate
reserve fund, which is used as a resource for large projects such as buildings, lecture series speakers and other special projects.
requires less time that the
The final fund that draws from
student fees is the general unallocated fund. This fund acts as Senate's expendable budget for groups and requests that come through Senate meetings.
through Senate meetings. The extra money that comes after enrollment gets split equally between the block fund and the unallocated fund.
The actual amount that came from Senate's portion of student fees this year was $828,928. The difference between the projected amount of $776,800 and the actual number plus any money left over from last year is the amount of a bump the Senate gets.
In this year's case, $52,128 will be added to last year's surplus of $37,020.74. This gives both the reserve block fund and the general unallocated fund $44,574.37.
Kokoruda said that the Senate still had to be careful about its spending, but the extra money allowed for some breathing room.
"We are definitely happy to get the extra money," she said. "It just means we can do more for students."
- Edited by Cate Batchelder
Reported robbery leads to drug arrest
By Joe Hartigan jhartigan@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The Lawrence Police Department arrested a 24-year-old University of Kansas student yesterday after he called to report his apartment being robbed, said Sgt. Mike Pattrick of the Lawrence Police Department.
the police.
The officers noted damage to the door frame that was consistent with the student's description of the robbery, Patrick said.
According to Sgt. Pattrick, the student told police that two unidentified male suspects, one armed with a dark-colored hand-gun, had kicked open the door of the apartment.
the apartment.
Patrick said the student then ran into the bedroom and called the police.
Lawrence The student reported a robbery-in-progress at his apartment in the 1900 block of Stewart Avenue shortly after midnight, Patrick said.
shortly after management Officers responding to the call discovered marijuana, crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia he said.
"The officers during the investigation were able to see the drugs in plain sight."
Sgt. Mike Patrick
Lawrence Police Department
"The officers during the investigation were able to see the drugs in plain sight," he said.
The officers arrested the student on charges of possession with intent to sell crack cocaine, possession with intent to sell marijuana, possession of crack cocaine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
story of drug arrest
The student was booked into Douglas County Jail and released two-and-a-half hours later, after posting an $8,500 boidh.
The student has not yet been charged and will make his first appearance in court Oct.16.
Patrick said police were not able to locate the robbery suspects.
Edited by JJ Hensley
Hazardous fumes close restaurant
The Associated Press
OTTAWA — Several patrons and employees of an eastern Kansas fast food restaurant may have inhaled hazardous fumes when a worker poured a mixture of chemicals down a drain, officials said.
class said. An employee at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant apparently poured Liquid Fire, a drain cleaner that contains sulfuric acid, and then chlorine bleach into the drain, according to the Ottawa Fire Department.
The chemical mixture released
a hazardous gas in the restaurant Monday evening. Five employees and three customers reported respiratory problems and difficulty breathing.
Robert McRae, emergency response division manager of Haz-Mat Response Inc., said various types of drain cleaner reacted differently with bleach. He said it was possible chlorine had been released as part of the reaction, which would have led to inhalation problems.
"As a general rule, never mix any cleaning supplies," he said.
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