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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2004
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HOMESTAY: International students experience holiday
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in international studies, Silva said, and they develop relationships that last.
Hoffmann agreed and said that it enriched the entire family and they made it a family tradition.
"This is when the students really open up." Hoffmann said.
"Every year it is a new experience." Hoffmann said.
The town also keeps the tradition by having a community dinner for the international students on Friday after Thanksgiving.
New families are also volunteering for the program. Julie Gipson, Lenexa resident, housed two international students for the first time last year. She heard an advertisement for the program and thought it would be fun. Gipson housed one student from
"We had some interesting conversations and we all ended up getting along fine," Gipson said.
"I told them they could help me make the pumpkin pie. It took them three hours to make that pie, but we had fun," Gipson said.
For Gipson, the five-day stay during Thanksgiving break gave way to taking them in during winter break as well.
"They always wanted to try new stuff," Gipson said. "And I've never eaten so much seaweed soup in my life."
The program has seen a small decline in participants in the last five years. Last year there were 28 families that housed 33 students compared to 2000 when there were 39 families and students.
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Barry Walthall, Lawrence code enforcement manager, said the city received a complaint about the house yesterday. He said it was the first violation reported for the house.
Korea and one from Japan.
Walthall said he could not release the name of the property owner, but according to 2003 Douglas County Property Valuations, Eric D. Cleveland owned the property at 1045 Tennessee St.
He said the next step would be to notify the homeowner of the violation. If the violation is not fixed, the department will prosecute the homeowners in municipal court.
Driessel's family was waiting for more information from doctors yesterday, Erin Koehler,
FALL: Homeowner of house in violation of roof with no railing
Kansas City, Mo., sophomore and Driessel's roommate, said. Driessel lives on the seventh floor of McCollum Hall.
"She's not doing well at all," she said.
Koehler said she was surprised to hear about the accident from her resident assistant Sunday.
She wants to visit her roommate but said she would wait until the family knew more about Driessel's condition.
Driessel has a lot of friends, and she is the type of person everyone wants to know, Koehler said.
The Department of Student Housing met with seventh-floor McCollum students last night to discuss the accident.
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SENATORS: Executive Board members get perks from their jobs
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"It's not a politically enviable move to raise your own salaries." Dunlap said.
The Student Senate Executive Board, which includes the student body president, vice president, treasurer, secretaries, SLAB chairpeople and StudEx committee chairman, has its office in room 410 of the Kansas Union. Executive members log the number of hours they work each week but can be paid for a limited number of those hours.
Steve Munch, student body president, said he worked about 30 hours in an average week but received payment for only 20.
"On average, you work more than you get paid for," Munch, Bellevue. Neb., junior, said.
Because of the large size of Student Senate, paying all of the senators would put restrictions on the Student Senate budget.
HOW STUDENT SENATE EXECUTIVES ARE PAID
If each of the 85 student senators were paid $6 an hour for five hours of work each week, it would add up to $2,550. That's $40,800 for each 16-week semester.
Funds for Executive Board members' compensation comes from an allocation of the student activity fee, $17.50 per student per credit hour.
The Transportation Board
Executive Board members get a few perks for holding highranking senate positions. They are offered in-state tuition if they are out-of-state residents, but if they are already from Kansas, they don't receive the benefit.
The Student Senate Executive Board members have paid positions at the University of Kansas. All of the positions are appointed positions except for student body president and vice president. Salaried positions include president, vice president, StudEx committee chairman and treasurer. All other positions are hourly.
Title Hourly pay rate limit Hours/week
Student Body President $7.00 20
Student Body Vice President $6.75 20
Student Executive Committee Chairman $6.50 20
Treasurer $7.00 20
Executive Secretary $6.50 10
Communications Director $6.50 15
Assistant Treasurer $6.50 18
Legislative Director $6.50 17
Community Affairs Director $6.50 15
Transportation Coordinator $6.50 20
Center for Community Outreach Co-Directors $6.50 20
As student body president and vice president, Munch and Dunlap were offered gold parking permits for $180 annually, the same amount that eligible staff members pay. Quisenberry said the gold permit helped Munch and Dunlap make it to meetings with the provost, chancellor and athletic director, among others, on time.
which manages the KU on Wheels bus system, and all members of the Executive Board get free bus passes. Aaron Quisenberry. Transportation Board adviser, said the bus passes allowed board members and Executive Board members to evaluate the bus system and that it was an added bonus for the hours board members put in without breaking the budget.
the gold permit is the *crème*
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de la crime of parking permits at the University. It lets the owner park along Jayhawk Boulevard and other nearby lots, such as behind Strong Hall and across from the Kansas Union. Eligibility for the gold permit is normally determined by adding age and number of years of employment in Kansas. The two numbers must be at least 62, according to section 5.1 of the Parking Rules and Regulations.
Other perks, Munch said, were free lunches at meetings and box tickets to home football games, which the Alumni Association provides.
Munch said if senators were paid, it might allow for a wider range of students to be involved. Because of the time commitment and duties of student senators, he said some students might be
"It sets kind of a weird precedent because a lot of students are involved in a lot of different things," Munch said. "Who's to say it's any more noble than working for the blood drive or the International Student Association?"
unable to participate in lieu of jobs or other work.
Extra incentives aren't necessary for Student Senate, said Jason Boots, community affairs director.
Compared to other schools in the Big 12, the Plano, Texas, junior said, the University was at the middle of the road for compensation to senators.
Paying senators would not be a good enough reason to raise student fees, Boots said.
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