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Vol. 109·No.27
Finally! The Kansas football team won its first road game with Terry Allen as the coach against the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Endowment contributes most money ever in 1998
By Jason Pearce Kansan staff writer
The Kansas University Endowment Association contributed more than ever during fiscal year 1998.
With the recent release of its annual report, the association revealed that it gave the University of Kansas $44.4 million this year, which included scholarships, faculty awards and equipment.
These contributions surpassed the 1997 contribution of $36.1 million by 21 percent and beat the previous record of $36.6 million set in 1996. The fiscal year ran from July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998.
John Scarffe, director of communications for the endowment association, said that a strong economy and stock market contributed to the large increase.
"We are raising more money every year," Scarffe said. "It depends on how well you do with investments."
The Endowment Association is a non-profit organization that is independent from the University. Its assets surpassed $161 million this year, which increased from $691 million in 1997.
Scarffie said the association raised money for the University through donations from alumni, corporations and foundations.
"We also manage and invest gifts through a diversified portfolio," he said.
He said that all revenue accrued from the investments was given to the University.
This included $13.6 million in scholarship, fellowships, awards, and prizes, compared to $11.2 million is 1997.
Scarffe said that recent fluctua
tions in the stock market had not hurt investments because of a diversified portfolio with a focus on long-term investments.
Outright contributions increased by 20 percent from last year to $39.9 million. Outright contributions are given by individuals or companies directly to the University — usually with specifications on how the money is to be spent.
"Donors like to give scholarship money because they feel like it helps students more." Scarffe said.
Charitable gift annuities totaled $2.2 million for fiscal 1998, compared to $58,984 the previous year. With these annuities, the association enters into a contract with donors who make a gift. The association then pays an annuity for the rest of the donors' lifetimes.
Jim Martin, Endowment Association president, said that he was pleased that direct support for the University was made possible by the generous support from numerous donors.
The largest gift of the year was a $7 million bequest by the late Paul Miller and Virginia Miller of Hays. The gift, which will eventually reach more than $10 million, was given to the School of Engineering.
"KU's supporters recognize that when they assist with a private gift, they help make a very good university even better," Martin said.
Locke said that the school had not decided what to do with the remaining money, but that a decision would come before the end of the spring semester.
Carl Locke, dean of engineering, said that $1 million of the gift already had been divided between scholarship funds and faculty development.
Sticky situation
Nicole Skalla, transportation coordinator, begins her task of putting stickers on 6,700 bus passes. Skalla spent the weekend in the Student Senate office placing a sticker on each new bus pass. Photo by Tara Bradley/KANSAN
Free rides end, new passes in
Students must pick up new bus passes by next Monday or pay a fee to ride
By Seth Jones Kansan staff writer
This weekend has been a busy one for Nicole Skalla.
Skalla, transportation coordinator, and other members of the transportation board have had to alphabetize and affix stickers to each of the 6,700 newly arrived bus passes to prepare for the distribution of new passes.
The new passes, which will replace the use of KUIDs as bus passes, arrived Thursday evening from card manufacturer Cybermark and will be distributed this week.
By next Monday, students must have their new passes or pay the $1 fee to ride the bus, Skalla said. This week will be used as a transition period, leaving students the opportunity to ride the bus by showing their KUID.
New bus passes were necessary because problems arose with the new Smart Cards when new electronic card readers malfunctioned and caused delays.
Skalla said she had already spent more than 20 hours this weekend working to prepare for the distribution of the new passes. As of last night, the cards were still being alphabetized.
Skalla said they were doing all
the work themselves for safety and convenience.
"In order to make sure there is no fraud or tampering with the stickers, we're only letting transportation board members work with them," she said. "We could put the stickers on the passes as the students pick them up, but we want to make it as convenient as possible for students."
Meanwhile, bus drivers are looking forward to knowing who is riding the bus.
For the last two weeks, with card readers broken and no new passes, bus drivers have been allowing anyone with a KUID to ride without paying.
Genie Kingsbury, third-year bus driver, said that on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, attendance on her bus doubled.
"I do believe that the students have taken advantage of us not knowing who has and who doesn't have a bus pass," Kingsbury said.
Silvia Brasil, Brazil junior,
was one of the students who took
advantage of bus drivers not
knowing who had valid passes.
"I rode because I knew it was free, and it's been raining a lot lately," she said. "The bus is very convenient, and it's going to start getting cold, so I'll probably go ahead and buy a bus pass now."
Alcohol survey to be distributed
Alcohol task force seeks answers to problems, will survey students
By Melody Ard
Kansan staff writer
In an effort to determine the role that the University of Kansas plays in local alcohol problems, the University will survey students this week, asking them to share their opinions about drinking.
Survey results, which will be available in November, will be contributed to an alcohol task force. The group will be composed of representatives from the University of Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence public schools and the City of Lawrence. The task force is studying alcohol abuse trends in Lawrence.
Although specific incidents, including the March 31 death of KU student Lisa Rosel, have received considerable public attention, said Jeff Weinberg, task force coordinator and assistant to the Chancellor. He said the task force was trying to do more than respond to particular events.
"This isn't about reacting to an incident and
"This isn't about reactin', it's not about whether the drinking age should be 18 or 21," he said. "It is about what we can do here in Lawrence, and specifically what we at KU can do, and what others can do to help."
The survey will be distributed randomly in classes to about 1,000 students. Question topics will include how much students drink, how students obtain fake IDs and what bars are easiest for underage drinkers to enter.
Shulenburger: Survey will help focus committee.
"The knowledge we gain
The knowledge we gain from the survey will be used to design targeted strategies to reduce alcohol abuse on our campus." said Provost David Shulenburger.
The task force solicited the opinions of students at a panel discussion in August to get bet
According to a recently released survey by the Harvard School of Public Health, one in five students on college campuses is a frequent drinker. The Kansan understands that alcohol is a part of the university scene whether students choose to drink socially, drink underage or abstain completely. The Kansan does not wish to influence the choices students make. We hope this week's series will better inform students about the agendas of administrators, local and state officials, bar owners and their fellow students.
ter representation of the views on the subject from those most affected by it.
Weinberg and fellow KU task force member David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs, said the students were candid with their opinions but they wished the students took more responsibility for their contributions to
See ALCOHOL on page 3A
By Keith Burner
Thieves inflict $3,248 worth of damage to 8 cars at Naismith
Eight students' cars parked in the east parking lot of Naismith Hall were targeted by thieves early Wednesday morning, causing a $3,248 loss, Lawrence police said.
Kansan staff writer
Property was stolen from four of the cars, and the other four were damaged.
Police said the thieves tried to enter the cars by removing the
molding around the windows.
Of the four cars broken into, at least two of the cars were locked.
Lawrence police said that they didn't know whether the other two cars were locked, but that the cars were entered and $1,328 in property was stolen from them.
Two CD players, 40 CDs, a cellular phone and eight rolls of toilet paper were stolen from the two cars.
locked had several CDs, a CD player and other stereo equipment stolen from them. Hundreds of dollars in damage also was caused.
The two cars that were broken into and confirmed by police to be
The total loss to the two cars was $1,520. police said.
One of those victims, Andrew Kelly, Prairie Village freshman, said that his door being locked didn't protect his property at all.
"They saw my stereo equipment, they wanted it, so they broke in and took it." Kelly said. "Whether
Kelly said the thieves used a "slim jim" — a long, metal, paper-thin device that is slid down the window into the door — to break into his car.
or not my doors were locked made no difference."
He said that his insurance would cover the damage to his car, but not the stolen CDs or stereo equipment.
The thieves also attempted to removed molding from the windows of the other four locked cars,
Lawrence police Sgt. George Wheeler said that locking a car door was probably the best way to deter would-be thieves.
outney were unsuccessful, police said. The damage to their window moldings was estimated at $100 each.
Besides just locking their doors, police also warn students not to leave valuable property on their seats or other places that would be visible from outside of their cars and to park in well-lighted areas.
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