FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2004
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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DEADLINE: Sports tix oversold
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He said everyone who purchased and picked up their tickets would have a seat.
An agreement last year between Andy Knopp, former student body president, and athletics director Lew Perkins, that reduced the number of seats allotted for students by 236.
Hume said there was a concern among students that the large number of ticket sales could have a negative correlation with the reduced number of student seats.
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Students, however, did not receive any benefits from the sale of those tickets.
This prompted Knopp to create the agreement with the Athletics Department, and allowed the KUAC to sell those 1,200 tickets for the next five years, in exchange for better seats at the fieldhouse and funding for the Student Fitness Recreation Center.
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Still, students such as Hume are concerned that the ticket program will not come out favorably for students.
Marchiony said that the athletic department sold more tickets this year than in years past, but that attendance research showed similar numbers of students will attend, despite the over-selling.
from decades of research that not all student go to the games even when they by the all-sports pack."
allows them to receive direct benefits from the 1,200 seats that are sold to the general public. The document also outlines the seating sections in the field-house that will allow student to sit closer to the court.
average was approximately 2,000. According to a document outlining the agreement from the Athletics Department, the idea was to reach an agreement that would provide students with a seating capacity that exceeds the maximum demand of 3,850, but
"I can definitely see them having a problem with the overselling of tickets since there are fewer student seats this year," he said.
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EDWARDS: Some students pay fees for attending both campuses
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Edwards Campus, said changing the tuition rates benefitted the Edwards Campus because it allowed them to offer better academic services.
"The harmonization of tuition assessment makes it possible for more academic programming to be made available to our student base." Clark said.
He said the tuition changes would allow for greater access by residents of the greater Kansas City region to the Edwards Campus' programs.
Clark said a MetroKC grant was offered to students living in the Missouri region. Students officially enrolled in Edwards Campus programs who live in four counties in Missouri adjacent to the state line — Clay, Cass, Jackson and Platte — were eligible to apply for the grant.
"I have to pay fees at both even though
Craig Beeson, Loma Linda,
Calif., graduate student, said he
Other students taking classes at Edwards Campus while also taking classes in Lawrence saw having to pay fees at both campuses as a bigger nuisance.
I'm here, like, two hours a week."
Craig Beeson
Loma Linda, Calif., graduate student
was frustrated at paying double fees.
"I have to pay fees at both even though I'm here, like, two hours a week," Beeson said.
Students at Edwards pay a $40 per credit fee to cover operating expenses and a $15 per credit bond fee to cover the construction bonds that have made the Edwards Campus buildings possible. Shulenburger said fees at the Edwards Campus support the operation of the campus. The Edwards Campus received little state support and, thus, its operations have to be supported by student fees, he said.
TUITION AND FEES
"Without the dedication of fees at the Edwards Campus to
- hour at KU
Edwards Campus Fall
2004
Base Tuition Rates:
Undergraduate Resident
Tuition: $168.75
Undergraduate Nonresident
Tuition: $439.90
Graduate Nonresident
Tuition: $433.90
Undergraduate Metro Grant
Rate: $301.32
Graduate Metro Grant Rate:
$208.80
Differential Tution:
Architecture: $15.60
Business (Graduate): $99.30
Education: $15.00
Engineering (Graduate):
$63.70
Fine Arts: $15.00
Journalism: $12.00
Pharmacy: $95.45
operations, the Edwards Campus could not operate," Shulenburger said.
Fees:
Construction: $15.00
Graduate (required for
Edwards Campus) $40.00
Mediated Course (online):
$30.00
Student Union: $6.00
Undergraduate (required for
Edwards Campus): $30.20
Some students have taken their frustration over the tuition change to the top.
Megan Nufer, Little Rock, Ark. graduate student, said she and other students had several meetings with the administration.
Source:
www.edwardscampus.ku.edu
Nufer said she received an e-mail from Ann Weick, dean of Social Welfare, yesterday afternoon. In the e-mail, Weick said the administration had looked
into the matter and would do anything they could to help resolve the situation.
Weick said that a decision had been reached yesterday afternoon by Shulenburger that would significantly reduce the cost of nonresident tuition for Nufer and about 20 other students. Weick did not specify the exact details of the decision.
"The concern has essentially been resolved," Weick said.
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ing 30 years in Colby. Kathy Greenlee, secretary of the Douglas County Democratic Party, said Greathouse was a natural choice for party chairwoman.
"She's calm and fairly unflappable." Greenlee said. "She's always interested in expanding the number of people involved."
GREATHOUSE: Educates others
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Indeed, Greathouse said that was the biggest part of her job as chairwoman.
"It's always hard to get people involved." Greathouse said.
The party needed precinct committee people, as well as people to canvass, do literature drops and distribute yard signs and bumper stickers.
Kathleen Daughey, Topeka junior and president of the KU Young Democrats, meets with Greathouse regularly and coordinates with the county on some events, such as putting out slate
cards with lists of the Democratic candidates.
"She's a wonderful county chair," Daughety said, "She's really efficient at communicating."
Greathouse said it was important for young people to talk about politics and understand how the process works.
"If they care about the country, they'd better get involved," she said.
She said young people needed to educate themselves, and most importantly, talk about politics among themselves.
As she serves out the term she began in 2001 as party chairwoman, Greathouse wants to help make sure that she can help others.
"Government can be a positive force to help people," she said. She said she tried to be involved with that positive force as much as possible.
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MILLER: Wants voters increase
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Miller does not need to be reminded that he is the Republican chairman of the only county in Kansas that voted for Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore in 2000.
But all is not lost,he said
"There really a large conservative base here," he said.
To prove his point, he pulled out voter registration records for Douglas County. There are about 20,000 Republicans registered, about 17,000 Democrats and about 18,000 unaffiliated.
"The problem," he said, "is that most of those unaffiliated voters spell D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T."
Richard Todd, treasurer of the Douglas County Republican Party, served with Miller during his two terms as committee chain from 1991-96 and 2000 to now.
"He's an interesting person who really has a lot to offer," Todd said. "He's highly devoted to the job."
Todd said Miller's greatest
accomplishment as chairman was the organization and recruitment of the precinct committees and their leaders during the past 13 years.
"It can be a struggle to get it all done sometimes," Miller said. "There's an awful lot of people putting an awful lot of time into it."
Serving as party chairman made Miller aware of the lack of political participation in this county, and he said he was embarrassed by it.
He said that 11.25 percent of all eligible voters voted in the primary election in Douglas County this year.
As party chairman, he emphasizes involvement by everyone, regardless of political affiliation
"I think it's obscene that we get that kind of voter turnout," he said. "It just makes me mad."
"I can't over-emphasize the importance of people being involved, because without them, it doesn't work," he said.
— Edited by Ashley Doyle
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