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10A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2004
Regnier Hall doubles Edwards' campus size
Kit Leffler/Kansar
Visitors at The Victor and Helen Regnier Hall, at 127th Street and Quivira Road in Overland Park, talk before a presentation on the building during the dedication ceremony Friday evening. The building is 82,000 square feet with 21 classrooms.
MURDER: Chancellor responds to news of death
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high risk than other work that deals with people," she said.
Chancellor Hemenwaysaid in a statement yesterday that Mathis Zenner's death was heartbreaking to the University community.
"We are shocked and saddened at the loss of such a bright and promising young woman," the Chancellor said in the statement. "On behalf of
the entire University community, I offer Teri's husband and her family our deepest condolences and every available assistance."
After earning a bachelor's degree from at Missouri Southern State College in 1999, Mathis Zenner enrolled at the University's Edwards campus in the fall of 2002. She was expected to graduate this spring.
- Edited by Ashley Doyle
MEAL PLANS: RAs upset about plan's coverage
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While the KU Cuisine meal plans benefit most of the students, some resident assistants feel they received a bad deal.
As part of their compensation, RAS are provided with 19 housing meals per week in the cafeterias, but the Department of Student Housing does not provide them with any KU Cuisine cash, which is provided for all the other students on the KU Cuisine plan.
agreed that they should have the same options, while others said they felt 19 meals per week was fair compensation.
Danny Neumann, Colorado Springs, Colo., senior and RA in Ellsworth Hall, said he felt not being provided with cash limited his options and that being a RA shouldn'texclude him fromenjoying benefits other students get
"I would like to receive the same options as every other student," Neumann said.
The feeling among other RAs, who preferred to remain anonymous, varied, as some said they
Diana Robertson, associate director for residence life, said giving RAs 19 meals per week was the best way to handle staff meals.
She said she saw the RAs as students first and felt that they were fairly compensated. She said the issue was really one of taxation.
"The intent of the meal plans is time they can spend with residents," Robertson said.
Kip Grosshans, associate director for administration, said the reason RAs were not provided KU Cuisine cash was because they would have to be taxed on it.
"I think it's definitely to the RA's advantage to not have to pay taxes on their earnings, that component of their income," Grosshans said.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said in the long run, the KU Cuisine plans should allow the KU dining services to go into more options in the future.
Glatz said he looked forward to the possibilities of the future and the expectations for the current academic year.
He said the meal plans would be beneficial when the new late-night lounge and pizza shop in Oliver Hall open, as well as the late-night food service that would be in Hashinger Hall after it was renovated.
Meal plans might expand more in the future, Stoner said. The department administrators are currently discussing food delivery options, including pizza delivery.
"I'm excited about it and I think students will be too," Glatz said.
— Edited by Marissa Stephenson
AID: KU tuition grants aid neediest students
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Other school expenses, such as commuting from Topeka, add to the cost of her education. And this year's tuition increase adds to the burden.
In-state tuition plus fees is now $4,737 for a 30-credit-hour year. This is a 15.5 percent increase from last year's tuition and fees, which was $4,100. Tuition rates are now $138.75 per credit hour, and Lawrence campus fees are $287.
The University is not the only Kansas university that increased tuition this year. Tuition at Kansas State University increased 15 percent.
Annual tuitions of Big 12 Conference schools; Numbers are based on state residents' 30-credit-hour year plus fees.
The tuition increase plan helps the University adjust and catch up on its budget, according to the University Web site www.tuition.ku.edu. This year, the tuition increase dollars help fund new faculty positions; faculty, GTA and staff salary increases; libraries; and student hourly wages.
In June 2004, the Regents approved a tuition plan to
Nebraska:$3,657
Oklahoma State: $4,278
Kansas State: $4,665
Kansas: $4,737
Texas: $5,314
- texas: $5,314
- Iowa State: $5,426
- Iowa State: $5,426
- Texas Tech: $9,540
Texas tech: $9,540
Missouri: $7,175
Texas A&My: $11,371
Texas A&M; $11,371
Baylor: $19,880
Colorado: $22,000
Source: Universities' Web site
increase undergraduate KU Tuition Grants 50 percent this school year. KU Tuition Grants is a program that aids the neediest students with their tuition.
The goal of the grant program is to ensure access to a college education for all students, Maigaard said.
dents will get more than $150 million in financial aid. With the tuition increase plan, the University is moving from an "extraordinarily low" tuition to moderate tuition, said Shulenburger.
According to the University Web site, Kansas still has a considerably low tuition compared to other state universities.
KU students paid tuition by each class until the summer of 1996 when the University changed the policy, according to the Web site.
This year, the neediest stu
Tuition is now paid by credit hour to make charges equal so that students would not shop for classes. Students would enroll in more classes than they wanted to take and then drop the ones that they didn't like.
Most of Shipps' tuition is paid for this year by grants. She is taking 14 hours of classes this semester, and grants are paying for $1,500 of her tuition.
As a result of the grants, Shipps is paying $729.50 this semester.
— Edited by Rupal Gor
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Blackouts jolt some Lawrence residents
A Westar Energy representative said the cause of the outage could not yet be determined and it could take anywhere from one to three hours to repair.
A power outage last night in Lawrence left neighborhoods near Memorial Stadium without electricity for more than an hour.
The outage was reported at 10:30 p.m. and by 10:55 p.m., Westar had received 88 complaints.
But residents were making the most of the situation. Tiki torches and fireworks greeted residents in the 900 block of Illinois Street.
Katie Wolff, Shawnee senior, said she and her roommates were using the time to meet new neighbors and drink a few beers. Wolff lives on the west side of IIII-
nois Street, where she said power appeared to be out for several blocks.
But she was frustrated when she saw her neighbors across the street had power.
"It's kind of aggravating, looking at the lights in their house," she said.
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