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Brendan Dzwierzynski
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Jon Schlitt
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Editorial adviser
Gerri Berendzen
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TOBACCO FROM PAGE 1
to the initiative. Last spring, it became active again.
"When I got involved in the group in spring of 2016, it was kind of like everyone on board was like, 'OK, we really want this, let's work for it, let's reinvigorate the student group because that's a great way to reach out to the campus population,'" she said.
Since then, BEAK members have tabled at several local health events, something they will continue to do as the policy is formulated and the campus prepares for the change.
Faucher said she believes having a tobacco-free campus fits into the University's overall mission.
"It goes along with our general philosophy of being a healthy and respectful environment. It's also very much a characteristic of a lot of more progressive universities in the nation," she said. "We really aren't solving a problem, we're trying to take an evolutionary, cultural change step toward
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the next kind of environment we feel our university should represent."
"Up until 2018, we'll be around to listen to feedback on ways that we can make the policy transition a little bit easier on those who are tobacco users because we do want to do this in the most sensitive way possible," Cox said. "So if people have ideas or feedback on ways that they would like to see it happen in order to make an easier transition, that's what we want to hear."
Cox said she would like to see the campus go tobacco-free for several reasons, not the least of which is that, as a pre-med student, she has seen the effects of smoking on people's bodies.
"It's already hard when you're huffing and puffing climbing up some of those stairs or up the hill and then you take a deep breath and, instead of fresh air, it's a cloud of smoke," she
said. "Yes, it's their right to be able to smoke, but it's also my right to have clean air on campus as well, in a place that I go every day."
in preparation for fall 2018, the members of BEAK and the initiative will likely try to focus on getting the word out to members of the University community and others affected by the law, Faucher said.
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ent, such as Malott Hall, which Barrett-Gonzalez called, "a cinder box waiting to go up."
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The chemistry department, one of the units that does research in Malott Hall, said in an email statement, "The Chemistry Department is hopeful that [the Department of Environmental Health and Safety], the University and the State of Kansas will thoroughly evaluate all potential risks of having firearms on campus."
Some are concerned that concealed-carry on campus will allow guns in places like the Mal Harned Propulsion Lab, which contains flammable materials such as airplane fuel. Ashley Hocking/KANSAN
Other buildings that contain sensitive materials are not as obvious, such as Dyche Hall, which houses the Natural History Museum's collections - many of which are stored in alcohol, according to Barrett-Gonzalez. In fact, that's why Dyche is backed up to Potter Lake: to minimize any fire
hazard.
Some of the most dangerous facilities, though, are not on main campus, Barrett-Gonzalez said. His students often go to the University's Garrison Flight Research Center northeast of Lawrence, where they work on old airplanes and engines. The chancellor's jet is also stored in that facility.
Director of KU News and Media Relations Erinn Barcomb-Peterson said implementation of the law has not yet been decided, because the Kansas Board of Regents has yet to review the University's draft policy.
Barrett-Gonzalez said he is worried that an accidental discharge in a sensitive facility could cause a fire or explosion.
"Once the draft policy is approved, we can begin conversations about implementation on campus," she said in an email. "The Board of Regents governance committee will review the draft policy at its
"There's no conceivable circumstance that makes
November meeting."
like to see an exemption granted to or adequate security measures installed in buildings containing sensitive materials, though that doesn't seem likely now.
Barrett-Gonzalez said his hope is a repeal of the legislation that mandates concealed carry on campus. If that can't be done, Barrett-Gonzalez said he would
the discharge of a firearm a good thing here," he said.
$50 fee increase now on April ballot
Alex Robinson/KANSAN Trinity Carpenter, a student senator, gives a speech against the referendum for fee increase for Union renovations.
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A bill which will put a hefty student fee increase to a vote on this spring's Student Senate ballot passed in Full Senate on Wednesday evening.
In the April Student Senate election, students will have the opportunity to vote on a $50 student fee increase for renovations to the Kansas Union beginning in 2019.
"Before we're even having the fee, we need to put it forth to the student body. Last year during fee review, the Union came to the fee-review sub-committee,
Student Body Vice President Gabby Naylor advocated for the referendum, saying the fee increase was too large not to include the student body.
asking for a renovation fee increase," Naylor said. "We determined it was too large of a fee to make that decision before the whole University had a say in it."
Lisa Kring, the director of building services for the Kansas Union, spoke at the meeting about the history leading up to the referendum.
"In the spring of 2013, the university started some master planning," Kring said "In fiscal year 2015, what
According to Kring, after the initial planning came to a close,the costs that would be required from future students to complete the project were settled.
came out of that was about a 40,000-square-foot addition to this building, which was expansive. We felt like we needed to do some more refinement."
“[With] the project cost breakdown on this, what we've done is essentially model this building and identify areas that are going to be more expensive to handle versus areas that'll be less expensive," Kring said. "We're looking at about $38.5 million in new construction, renovation and remodel. Building infrastructure, the plumbing and those sorts of things, that's about a $6.5 million dollar piece."
Kring said that she thinks the Union should be renovated because it's a central part of the University story, it's the first thing future students see on campus visits and it's a valued spot for visiting alumni.
"It's time. We haven't done a significant renovation in 32 years," she said.
Senators passed the bill by a count of 54-22-9.
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