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The Inside Front
Tuesday November 5,1997
Student Senate to dicker about dollars
Five funding bills to be negotiated at committee session
By Tim Harrington
tharrington@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Five funding bills for groups ranging from the KU Literary Society to the KU Pre-Dental Club will attempt to get through the Student Senate committee system tonight.
As the battle between the Senate spenders and the Senate savers continues, these groups may or may not receive funds.
This year, Senate collected $54,000 dollars from the $22 per student Senate fee. The money is collected to finance student groups and activities that Senate hopes will enrich the University.
These duties spark heated Senate and committee debates.
There are two sides; those who think Senate should have a more
liberal spending policy, and those who think Senate cannot allocate money to just any group — especially if the group's spending record is less than stellar.
Dion Jones, holdover senator and finance committee member, agreed with a stricter spending policy.
"Last year when I was on finance
"This year, I'd say the finance committee is like Santa Claus."
ball-out of KU On Wheels two years ago.
Jones said that a major concern
This year, I'd say the finance committee is like Santa Claus."
Preheim said that last year $16,742 not spent by campus groups was put into the reserve account. The year before that, $23,864 dollars went unspent and into the reserve account.
Last year, Student Senate required that the reserve account
is with groups that do not spend all of the money for which each asks.
Tom Preheim, Senate treasurer, said money not spent by these groups was put into the reserve account, which is used only for special situations and emergencies such as Spike Lee coming to the University last year and Senate's
Dion Jones
have at least $175,000 dollars in it at all times.
Preheim said there now was $260,000 in the account.
holdover senator
Preheim said the growth of the reserve account
and the amount of money being returned by the groups prompted Senate last year to lower the Student Senate fee from $23 to $22 per student per semester.
Preheim said the change was an attempt to find a middle ground between how much groups asked for and how much the groups actually spent.
Jones said that a group's past spending record should help the finance committee determine how much to allocate to a group.
"It's nothing more than paperwork for a group to come later and ask for more money if they need it," said Jones, who worries that Senate could run out of money and not be able to finance groups that deserve the money.
"I don't see that as a problem," said Matt Bachand, CLAS senator who prefers a more liberal spending policy. "If something really worthwhile came along, we could always dip into the reserve account."
Preheim said that's not purpose of the reserve account, but it could be done. Last year, $9,000 from the reserve account was used to pay for Spike Lee to speak at the Union.
Bachand said that because students paid the $22 fee, almost all groups had a right to funding.
"We're given the job of spending on student's behalf, not saving on their behalf," Bachand said. "I think groups should get a hard look but if they demonstrate a need, we should fund them."
LesBiGayTrans fills liaison vacancy
By Jennifer A. Yeoman
yeoman@kansan.com
The position of LesBiGayTrans Graduate Liaison has been filled after being vacant for almost four months.
Dawn Atkins, Houston graduate student, was announced as the new liaison earlier this week. The 20-hour per week position, which is part of the Student Development Center, has been around for five years and always has been held by a graduate student.
A four-member committee held a search during the summer to fill the position, but the person chosen as liaison turned down the job offer, said Marshall Jackson, interim director of the center.
The position previously was held by Scott Manning, who graduated in May and left the position in July.
"We waited until classes started so that there would be a larger pool of students to choose from," he said. "I think that Dawn will do a good job in the position. The search committee was real pleased with her and her background."
"The position doesn't have any special role that I am aware of," Atkins said. "I bridge the gap between the University and the LesBiGay-Transsexual and Transgender community. I bring the issues of that community to the attention of administration as they come up, and I am here to help support the members of the commu
nity as well."
The liaison also helps people who would like to show support or get involved with the community.
"This is the place to start for anyone who cares," she said. "And it's a place for people to come and talk confidentially about their problems and concerns."
Atkins said that taking the job in the middle of the semester had been difficult.
"Instead of having time to ease in, I've had to jump in right away," she said. "There are some programs that Scott started that I would like to finish, but the first thing I have to do is get this office clean."
Atkins also said she planned to start some programs with ethnic minorities. Her first priority, however, is to work on a mentor program that pairs students in the LesBiGayTrans community with professors so students will have someone with whom they feel comfortable talking about their problems.
"It's the busy time in the semester, and I'm trying to start this office up," Atkins said. "I'm excited about it but I already have a lot of things on my plate."
She said she was adjusting slowly to her lengthy new title.
"LesBiGayTrans Graduate Liaison is a whopping title," she said. "When I started in here, I used the whole title when I answered the phone. I'm getting more settled in. Now I just say, 'This is Dawn.'"
Dawn Atkins has been selected as the LesBiGay-Trans Graduate Liaison. She began her job this week at the University of Kansas. Her office is located in Strong Hall. Photo by Marc Shank/KANSAN
Buyers check out books at libraries
By Corrie Moore cmoreo@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Students and Lawrence residents fumbled through shelves of musty old books yesterday on the second floor of Watson Library.
The KU libraries' book sale, which offers books that the libraries no longer want or need, will continue through tomorrow night. Sales will be held at various libraries throughout the week.
Watson's sale, which lasted from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. yesterday, offered most paperback books for 50 cents and most hardbacks for $1.
The library sold books for half price from noon to 2 p.m., and during the last hour of yesterday's sale, people could purchase a bag full of books for a dollar.
Akam Akalaka, Lawrence graduate student, bought six brown paper bags full of books at the end of the sale.
"I always enjoyed books," he said. "I've read books all my life." Yesterday was the first day of the sale. More than 5,000 books were available on English, American literature, history, religion, philosophy and education.
George Gibbs, assistant dean of libraries, said the money from the book sale would be used to purchase library materials.
Gibbs said that the libraries had 30 subject specialists who selected the books that would be sold.
"All the material is reviewed before it is put out to sale," he said. Some of the material that will be sold came as gifts that did not fit into predetermined categories of collected material.
For example, the University libraries do not need books about agriculture. K-State keeps collections about those subjects, Gibbs said.
The books also may be out-of-date copies or duplicates that no longer are needed.
The sale will continue from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Watson Library. A valid KUID is required to browse for the first two hours, then the public is welcome. About 3,000 to 4,000 Slavic, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American books will be available today.
Materials also will be sold today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the music library in Murphy Hall.
Tomorrow, the book sale will continue at Anschutz Science Library and will offer about 2,000 books on science and engineering. The sale will last from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A valid KUID will be required for admittance before 10 a.m.
Art, architecture and design books will be available from 5 to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the courtyard of the Spencer Museum of Art. A KUID is required before 5:30 p.m.
KU Libraries' book sale
Today:
Tomorrow
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the music library in Murphy Hall: music materials.
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second floor of Watson Library: Slavic, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American material.
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Anschutz Science Library: science and engineering materials.
5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Spencer Museum of Art courtyard: art, architecture and design materials.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's Visa debit card was stolen between 1:30 and 2 p.m.
Oct. 1 from room 552 Snow Hall, KU police said. The item was valued at $1.
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