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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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Thursday
September 25,1997
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Vol. 108 No. 26
Sports today
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Vol. 108 - No.26
Kansas football coach Terry Allen moves offensive tackle Justin Glasgow to a guard position to counter Oklahoma.
SEE PAGE 10A
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Contract gives Safe Ride a lift
(USPS 650-640)
Student senator Increase shouldn't affect student fees
By Tim Harrington tharrington@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
After renegotiating the Safe Ride contract, the Lawrence Bus Company, the service's provider, is asking for more money.
The new contract, for fiscal year 1998, will raise Safe Ride's hourly service cost from $23.85 to $27. Student Senate pays this cost through student transportation fees. Because Safe Ride is a free service of KU on Wheels, each student pays for the
service indirectly through a $14 transportation fee each semester. The Campus Fee Review Subcommittee will review the transportation fee this year.
Chris Ogle, Lawrence Bus Co. owner,
said that rising operating costs had made Safe Ride a financial liability last year.
"To be quite honest with you, we lost money on the Safe Ride program last year," Ogle said. "Hopefully with the $4 increase we'll do a better job of breaking even."
Tom Prehain, Senate treasurer, said that the cost increase probably would not affect the student transportation fee.
"The campus transportation fee is going under review this year by the fees committee." Preheim said. "In my opinion, it shouldn't affect it."
According to treasury documents, the cost has increased by about $4 every two years.
KU on Wheels also is working on a proposal to ask the Lawrence City Commission for a grant that would be used to expand Safe Ride services, said Scott Kaiser, transportation coordinator.
"It's our opinion that Safe Ride is more than just a program to get students home," he said. "It's about campus safety."
Kaiser said that a portion of the city tax on liquor sales was required by order of the state attorney general to be used to increase alcohol awareness and safety.
The tax revenue can be used for prevention and education, detoxification, intervention or treatment.
"The biggest part is not going in front of the city commission." Kaiser said. "It's
Kaiser said that because Safe Ride had been shown to decrease the number of alcohol-related automobile accidents and fatalities, KU on Wheels should be awarded a grant.
A safe bet
- Previous hourly cost of Safe Ride:
  $23.85
for Safe Ride per year: 4,000
Current hourly cost: $27
Approximate number of hours needed
Current student transportation fee: $14
The tee will be reviewed this year by the Campus Fee Review Subcommittee.
making up the proposal."
The eight-to-10 page proposal will include statistical information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and reports from Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Attempts to reach Roderick Bremby, assistant city manager, about the issue were unsuccessful.
The rain remains the same
Students make their way to classes in the midst of another lazier day of rain. Skies are predicted to clear up today and let the sun shine in. Photo by Tara Bradley/KANSAN
Wescoe Hall redesign will scramble offices
Departments will swap buildings, floors soon
By Jennifer A. Yeoman
Kansan staff writer
After a year of studying the organization of Wesco Hall, the Wesco Task Force's recommendations for restructuring have been announced.
The recommendations, which include moving departments to different buildings and rearranging Wescoe's internal physical structure, were announced yesterday in a meeting with department chairpersons from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
"We had some mixed reactions," said Sally Frost Mason, dean of liberal arts and sci-
encences. Some of the departmental chairs and staff were very enthusiastic and happy to be positioned in the new space. Others, however, were skeptical because they didn't think there would be enough space."
The changes will rearrange the offices of Wesco into what Frost Mason said was a more unified format. All departmental offices will be located next to each other with similar departments on the same floors.
be located on the sub-basement, basement and first floors. American studies, environmental studies and women's studies will be on the second floor. Indigenous Nations Studies, Latin American Studies and Russian & East European Studies will be located on the third floor of Bailey. The Center for East Asian Studies and the department of African & African-American Studies will be on the fourth floor of Bailey.
The recommendations are a result of almost a year of
The department of classics will move from Wescoe to Lippincott Hall, where it will be near the Wilcox Classical Museum.
There are no plans to terminate or reassign any staff members because of the changes, Frost Mason said.
Because some departments will be moving into Bailey Hall, many of the changes cannot begin for at least three years, when the School of Education will move from Bailey to Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Check out tomorrow's "Kansan" for an in-depth look at the history of Wescoe Hall and a preview of its future.
research by the task force, which was composed of 20 faculty and staff members from the college. The task force examined ways to better organize departmental space in the college.
"In the end, we should have a different-looking Wescoe."
With the proposed format, the departments of English, history and philosophy will be on the first and second floors of Wescoe. The second floor also will house offices for faculty members in the Humanities and Western Civilization program.
Language departments will be located on the third and fourth floors of Wescose.
Sally Frost Mason dean of liberal arts and sciences
The department of communications studies will move from Wescote to Bailev and will
Short circuit ends afternoon classes darkens Haworth and Malott halls
To make the structural changes, departments may have to knock down some walls inside Wescoe. Departmental heads will be given the opportunity to meet with architects to redesign their space, Frost Mason said.
"In the end, we should have a different-looking Wescoe," Frost Mason said. "In fact, I'll be disappointed if it doesn't look different."
Construction, however, wil have to occur slowly. Depart
The first changes to be made will be adding phone lines and working on the ceilings and floors of the first floor of Wescoe. The first floor also will be readied to house staff from Blake Annex, which will be destined next semester.
ments that are being worked on will temporarily move to the space that the department of communications studies had occupied on the third floor of Wescoe.
A problem that some foresee is the possibility that there will be less communication between different departments.
The switch, located south of Haworth Hall, shorted at about 1 p.m., leaving Haworth and Malott halls without electricity. Power was restored in Haworth at 3 p.m. and in Malott at 7 p.m.
"We worked on the principle that it would be nice if departments were together in contiguous spaces," said Michael Shaw, taskforce member. "However, some people may feel that there will be less communication when there are not several different disciplines side by side."
By Ryan Koerner
rkoerner@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A short circuit in a transformer switch left two University of Kansas buildings in the dark for several hours yesterday and canceled several classes.
"We were dealing with a power line that goes to two separate transformers with 15,000 volts," Porter said. "There was moisture running down the cable, and we didn't want anyone to get hurt."
Bob Porter, assistant director of facilities operations, said the rainy weather delayed the inspection and repair of the switch.
Classes held in Malott and Haworth between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. were canceled by Provost David Shulenburger.
Facilities operations workers
had to replace two pieces of the switch before restoring power, Porter said.
Shortly after the lights went out, a fire alarm sounded in Haworth.
"We were told someone smelled something electrical burning on the new side of the third floor," said Kandi White, business manager for the department of biological sciences.
The Lawrence fire department responded to the Haworth alarm but did not find any signs of fire, a department dispatcher said.
Several classes in Malott and Haworth halls were dismissed before being officially canceled.
"The irician situation was that I was trying to teach a lab on photosynthesis," said Gerrit de Boer, associate professor of biology, who was teaching a Biology 151 laboratory class when the power went out.
"We will, of course, try to reschedule the lab, but that may not be possible," he said. "These students may have to rely on data from others that were able to finish the lab."
Proposed increases of housing rates
The current rates charged for campus housing and the proposed increases for the 1998-99 school year:
| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Two-bedroom apartments | | |
| Quick triple occupancy | $1,736 | $1,784 | $48 |
| Small double occupancy | $2,724 | $2,740 | $16 |
| Regular double occupancy | $3,324 | $3,348 | $24 |
| Single occupancy | $6,640 | $6,676 | $36 |
| Scholarship Halls | | |
| Miller/Watkins | $712 | $712 | $0 |
| All other scholarship halls | $2,568 | $2,640 | $72 |
| Residence Halls | | |
| Double room | $3,736 | $3,832 | $96 |
| Single room | $4,548 | $4,660 | $112 |
| Heating/Hall, special program fees only | $3,832 | $3,920 | $38 |
| Double room | | |
| Single room | $4,544 | $4,748 | $104 |
| Templin Hall | | |
| Double occupancy suite | $4,860 | $4,980 | $120 |
| Single occupancy suite | $5,140 | $5,140 | n/s |
Source: Student Housing M.D.Bradshaw/KANSAN
Increases to reflect inflation; plan is still in discussion
Student-housing proposal would raise room rates
By Sarah McWilliams smcwilliams@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Student-housing rates at the University of Kansas may increase by as much as $120 per room for the 1998-99 school year.
Kenneth Stoner, director of the department of student housing, presented a draft of proposed rate changes yesterday to members of the Student Housing Advisory Board, which includes housing administrators and student representatives.
If the plan is approved, rates for residence halls would increase by $96 for a double room and by $112 for a single room.
After student leaders from scholarship halls, residence halls and Stouffer Place have considered the proposed increases, the housing department will discuss the increases for the next two weeks and submit its final proposal to the chancellor's office in midOctober.
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Rates for Hashing Hall special-program floors would increase by $88 for a double room and $104 for a single room.
At Templin Hall, only double-occupancy suites will change, increasing by $120, the biggest increase for the proposed rates.
The department of student housing based the rates on the increase in the Consumer Price Index, which reflects the cost of goods and services.
Student representatives from the residence and scholarship halls and from Stouffier Place requested that the increase in rates be kept within the rate of inflation, which national advisers estimate at 3 percent for 1998.
"It's a challenge, but I think it's possible to stay within the rate of inflation," Stoner said.
But next year, when the board will set rates for the 1999-2000 school year, the challenge of keeping within the inflation rate will be more difficult, he said.
Stoner said the University's rates for a residence-hall room with a full meal package were lower than eight of the Big 12 universities and higher than three.
A survey by The College Board estimated the national average cost for a year in a residence hall at $4,361. The University's average for this year is $7,736.
"I feel like KU provides good value for the dollar." Stoner said.
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Spring 1998 timetables will be available Oct. 6 in the Kansas and Burge unions.
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