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MONDAY, AUG. 29, 2016 | VOLUME 132 ISSUE 04
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Programs react to University budget cuts
▶ CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese
Several University-funded programs are facing large cuts after the University announced a $7 million budget decrease Wednesday, but many say that dealing with the cuts is only a matter of trimming their individual budgets and not making some planned expenses.
Jake Carter, a senior from Bonner Springs, and Chloe Hubler, a junior from Overland Park, hand set type for print at Tipoteca Typography Museum and Studio in Cornuda, Italy. The trip to Italy was a KU Study Abroad program. Office of Study Abroad could be affected by state funding cuts.
In her statement released Wednesday, Provost Neeli Bendapudi said more than half of the cuts made in the budget were to line items, administrative and academic units, but $3.3 million of the cuts were larger and targeted toward specific units.
research area like energy conservation and creation.
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The faculty cluster hire program, a relatively new venture coming from the provost's office back in 2014, saw the biggest cut at $400,200, meaning that three of the positions currently open within the program will not be filled.
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The Kansas Geological Survey is losing $311,600 from the cuts, which director Rex Buchanan said was just another cut in a long line of funding issues. Buchanan said the organization has known since May that the cut was coming.
According to the page on the provost's website, the faculty clusters are designed to attract and recruit potential employees by offering them a group specifically focused on a specific
As a result, the Kansas Geological Survey has had to pull back the reins on a planned expansion of their monitoring station in Wichita and leave a few open staff positions unfilled. Moving forward, Buchanan said they plan on working even harder for external funding like grants, but he says projects like the Wichita expansion are unlikely to happen without increased state funding.
The division of the Uni-
“It’s frustrating that the state of Kansas expects us to do all these things and the more of these cuts that we get, the harder it is to do the things we're expected to,” he said. "We don't feel like we've been singled out, but don't feel like anyone's made allowances for what we do more than any other agency."
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KU College Republicans to focus on local elections in 2016 cycle
DARBY VANHOUTAN
@darbyvanhoutan
In an election year marked by a heated presidential race, one group on campus has decided to resist showing support for presidential candidates and focus on local elections instead.
The University's chapter of College Republicans, led by President Adam Steinhilber, has not yet come out in support of republican nominee Donald Trump.
Although the group hasn't explicitly declared their support for Trump, Steinhilber said that they support Republicans as a whole.
The 2016 presidential election has had some people questioning their party allegiance. At the beginning of this month, the Harvard chapter of College Republicans, the oldest chapter in the country, issued a press release in which they withdrew their support for Trump.
"The nature of our organization really has us supporting all Republican candidates," Steinhilber said.
Although groups don't always express elevated support for a candidate, it is unusual to come out and not support one, Steinhilber said.
"That's just inherently how it is. It's like the Kansas State Republican Party that has inherently supported every republican candidate with an 'R' by their name," Steinhilber said.
"The nature of our organization really has us supporting all Republican candidates."
Adam Steinhilber College Republicans president
This trend is consistent with Republican voters as a whole in elections, said Patrick Miller, associate professor of political science.
"[Trump] may be possibly too far right to them, they may not like his personality, but whatever he gives them politically as president will probably be closer to their preferences than what Hillary Clinton would give," Miller said.
However, members of the University's chapter of College Republicans said this is no usual election.
ence, Steinhilber said, are the campaigns in which the College Republicans decide to get involved and focus on.
"I don't think in any sense of the word that Donald Trump is a traditional candidate," Steinhilber said.
"Our focus this semester is on a lot of local campaigns such as helping congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, senator Jerry Moran, as well as state senate candidates and a county commission candidate," Steinhilber said.
The University chapter of College Republicans consists of about 50 fulltime members. According to Steinhilber, this semester the group has three students working on Jenkins' campaign, one on Moran's campaign and others who volunteer by knocking on doors and walking in parades.
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Although some Republicans have been hesitant to support Trump, Miller said loyalty to party commonly outweighs differing ideals.
["Trump] will easily get the vast majority of Republicans because that's their part. They're loyal to their party and that has nothing to do with Trump," Miller said.
Although it may seem hard to believe a political group would decide to abstain from supporting a presidential candidate during such a historic election, Steinhilber said that the work that needs to be done is in local politics.
"You can make much more of an impact on the local level," he said.
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Ashley Hocking/KANSAN Adam Steinhilber, president of KU College Republicans, said the group is focusing on local elections rather than the presidential election this November.
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Tanner Hassell/KANSAN While discussions of a dental school at KU Medical Center have been ongoing since 2011, the idea has gained traction this year.
Regents to discuss dental school at KU Med Center
The possibility of a University of Kansas Medical Center School of Dentistry will be addressed at the Kansas Board of Regents upcoming meeting, with under-served areas throughout the state in mind.
► TANNER HASSELL @thassell17
"There was an oral health task force convened in 2011, following a major report released that year which addressed demand. For some this is a continuation of that work," she wrote in an email.
While the idea of a topic of a KU Medical Center dental school has gained traction this year, the conversation has been ongoing since 2011, said Breeze Richardson, Kansas Board of Regents communications director.
One such individual, Regent Daniel Thomas, gave a presentation alongside Dr. Doug Girod at the Regents
In the presentation, Thomas presented data from the 2011 report titled, "Mapping the Rural Kansas Dental Workforce: Implications for Population Oral Health." Which said 57,000 Kansans live in dental care service deserts, with other areas in the west of the state becoming deserts in the near future.
The presentation also detailed the different demographics most affected by the lack of available care, which included: aged and disabled populations, children and low-income individuals. Thomas attributed the existence of these deserts to very few graduates of Kansas dental programs practicing in the state.
Richardson said the Board will discuss the issue at the September 14-15 meeting among other requests.
retreat in July, Richardson said.
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