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September 23, 1999
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Vol. 110 • No. 25
Student Senate committees unanimously passed a bill that would allow non-senators to co-sponsor legislation.
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Sports today
The Kansas volleyball team had a Texas-sized battle with the No. 8 Longhorns last night at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Kansas marching band members David Kelman, Shawne freshman, left, Jeff Bervan, Shawnew freshman, and Will Biggs, Gardner senior, practice the routine they will perform for KU Band Day on
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Bands set for night showcase
5,000 youth musicians to play at game, in streets
By Emily Hughey writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Saturday night, in between touchdowns and field goals, gleaming brass and sparkling sequins will march the field of Memorial Stadium.
It's the 52nd annual KU Band Day, and
Tom Stidham, Band Day coordinator and
associate director of bands, likes the look
of 5.000 musicians on the nighttime field.
"I think it's really cool to see that many bands under the lights," Stidham said. "Some of the instruments shine, and the buttons of the uniforms kind of glow and some of the little sparkles on the flag corps uniforms kind of sparkle. I thought
last year it was really a spectacular sight."
last year it was ready a specimen in lag. For years, Band Day has been an opportunity for Kansas and Missouri high school band students to experience the feel of playing in a college stadium. However, that was not always the case.
Stidham said that Band Day began 52 years ago when former band director Russell Wiley spawned the idea as a recruiting tool for the University of Kansas.
"It started as a promotional recruiting tool ... so high school students could come and see the campus, which we think is one of the most beautiful campuses in the country." Stidham said.
Since then, it has evolved into a 60 to 70-band extravaganza at which all the bands march onto the field at halftime and play a medley of songs in unison. On the play this year are "I'm a Jayhawk," "Brasses to the Fore," "Barbara Ann," "Hey! Baby!"
and "Patriotic Finale." Stidham said he was expecting about 65 bands to march this year at the 6:30 p.m. game against San Diego State.
Emily Dose, Overland Park senior and trumpet section leader, said she thought Band Day was a great opportunity for high school students to get experience performing.
"You get a lot of kids who don't get to get out of their towns and don't get to experience a lot of band activities outside of their football games." Dose said. "Here, they're having fun, they're going to be seen, they're learning a lot and they're going to feel important. It's really important to have these experiences."
The annual Band Day Parade will begin at 1 p.m. at Seventh and Massachusetts streets and will continue to South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets.
- Edited by Chris Hutchison
University belt must tighten under Graves' spending plan
By Clay McQuistion
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Gov. Bill Graves asked all state agencies to cut spending by one percent yesterday—a move that could lead to a $2 million budget cut for the University of Kansas.
The cuts would be effective for the current fiscal year, which began July 1. Graves wants to lessen pressure on the state's general fund by $44 million.
In a written statement, Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the University's share of the money would have to be taken out of this year's budget.
"For KU, the budget cut will mean about $2 million must be taken from existing programs." Hemenway said in the statement. "Layoffs may not be necessary, but a hiring freeze probably will be."
A hiring freeze would mean that vacant positions at the University would not be filled.
The chancellor questioned why state agencies were not supported fully.
it is clear that state revenues are not adequate to fund operations of the University as well as other services of the state." Hemenway said. "The governor is being fiscally responsible and we must respect his actions. It is fair to ask, however, how did this happen? At a time when the Kansas economy is thriving and when unemployment is at an all-time low, why have we not provided funds to run state government?"
Tom Hutton, university relations director, said there was pressure on the University to curb spending.
"It's not like we have to find it this week, but in the balance of the next fiscal year," he said.
"This is not a crisis," Goossen said. "This
SPENDING CUTS BY AGENCY UNDER GOVERNOR'S PLAN
Department of Education: $22.5 million
University System: $6.4 million
Social Rehabilitation Services, Hospitals:
$6.0 million
$6.0 million
Prison System: $2.0 million
Department on Aging: $1.4 million
Department of Transportation: $1.0 million
$723,040
Department of Transportal
State Treasurer: $972.040
Court System: $778,549
Judge Justice: 300-126
Department of Revenue: $448,333
Department of Health and Environment:
$336.392
Other Agencies: $1.3 million
All Agencies: $44.3 million
Department of Administration: $268,402
Department of Administration: $265,141
- Figures are for the state's 2000 fiscal year, which began July 1 and represent one percent of each agency's spending from the state general fund.
Source: The Associated Press from the State of Kansas Budget Comparison Report, Fiscal Year 2000.
is simply a midcourse correction."
The Department of Education's budget would be cut by the most, $22.5 million, because it spends the most general fund dollars. The university system would lose $6.4 million.
The 1999 Legislature agreed to a 4.9 percent increase in general fund spending for fiscal year 2000. Including Graves' proposed cuts, the increase in spending compared to fiscal year 1999 would still be 3.8 percent.
"I really don't anticipate that you're going to see huge effects from this," Gooosen said. "Most good managers can find ways to manage through this."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
- Edited by Kelly Clasen
University, police on lookout for illegal handicapped tags
By Michael Terry
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The University of Kansas Parking Department says students' use of illegal handicapped parking placards is a problem on campus.
Donna Hultine, assistant parking director, said that the department always kept its eyes open for individuals with illegal placards and that about one violation was discovered every week.
With the recent incident at the University of California at Los Angles, in which 19 current and former UCLA football players were caught illegally possessing handicapped parking placards, it has become an issue on campuses across the country.
country. On Tuesday, the parking department caught two students who were in illegal possession of handicapped placards, Hultine said. One student actually had a placard that belonged to her aunt who died in 1994, she said.
"When we catch students in possession of an altered or stolen handicapped parking placard we issue a ticket that carries a fine of $100." Hultine said. "In some cases we'll have their car towed or even revoke their parking privileges on campus."
sons.
"A woman called last week and informed me that her boyfriend used an illegal placard on campus and she wanted him to be caught." Hultine said. "She gave us his name, what the type and color his car was and his license plate number."
campus. Hultine said that the department usually caught individuals with illegal placards after they were reported on the phone for various reasons.
"We don't go out looking for people with illegal placards, but if the placard looks suspicious we'll check it out," Hultine said. "A car with a license plate from one state and a placard issued from another always throws up a red flag for us to check it out."
Hultine said that in those cases their office contacted the department of motor vehicles from the state where the placard had been issued. She said her office did that to see whom the placard had been issued to, when it would expire and whether it had been stolen.
"Our procedure is a little different than that of the parking department," Mailen said. "Our office will issue a citation for the violator to appear in municipal court, where a judge will decide how much to fine an individual."
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said that the police also checked out suspicious placards whenever possible.
The University is required by the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide one handicapped parking space for every 25 spaces in a parking lot, Hulting said.
Beth Visocsky, municipal court manager for the Lawrence, said that the fine for the possession of an illegal placard was either a fine of up to $500, up to a month in iail or both.
It's important to have handicapped spaces available for those who need it, Hultine said, because they don't have other alternatives when it come to parking.
"It makes me mad when I see students parking in these spaces who really don't need them," she said.
Edited by Keith Burner
Magazine editor condemnns students in Kansas schools
By Jim O'Malley Special to the Kansan
"A grotesque perversion." That's what a major scientific magazine has called the State Board of Education's decision to remove evolution from the required science curriculum.
In an editorial in the October issue of Scientific American, Editor-in-Chief John Rennie said the board endorsed ignorance of science and lowered the state's educational standards because of a covert social agenda. He said college and university admissions officials nationwide should scrutinize closely the qualifications of applicants from Kansas.
Rennie told the Kansan that it was not his intent to punish students from Kansas. It was the board's actions that had punished students, he said.
"I'm not the one who is against teaching them something," Rennie said. "This decision leaves a lot of Kansas schoolkids less well-educated than they should be."
He said he wrote the editorial after hearing the opinions of many scientists.
decision." Rennie said.
"It itd seem to be universally the opinion of members of the scientific community that I contacted that this was a peculiar and disgraceful
In his editorial, he wrote that college and university admissions officials should contact the board and the office of Gov. Bill Graves.
"Make it clean that in light of the newly-lowered educations standards in Kansas, the qualifica-tions of any studen ts
that state in the future will have to be considered
cants had taken the required
courses but did not look any closer than that
applying from that state in the future
will have to be considered very carefully." Rennie said. "Send a clear message to the parents in Kansas that this bad decision carries consequences for their children."
Larry Routh, director of admissions at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb., said he did not foresee that the board's decision would have any significant impact on applicants from Kansas. He said his office considered whether appli-
Bette Johnson, associate director of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said she did not expect the board's new standards to have any significant effect on Kansas students' chances for admission to the institute. She said no one would apply to institute without being
well-grounded in all aspects of science, including evolution.
Mike Matson, Graves' press secretary, said the governor's office had received about 50 e-mails about the evolution issue in the past few days since the publication of the current issue of Scientific American.
See EDITOR on page 3A
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