University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 9, 1991
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Women's group faces cuts
By Blaine Kimrey Kansan staff writer
Educational events planned for KU students during Women's History Month could be hindered because of budget cuts made by the Senate Finance Committee last week, the president of the KU Commission on the Status of Women said.
Jackie Gordon, commission president, presented the commission's budget request bill to the Finance Committee on Oct. 2.
The Finance Committee cut the commission's special project budgets from$1,652.50 to $1,079.
Senate committees have the power to approve legislation for Senate consideration. Senate, however, makes no effort to involve them and in what form a bill will pass.
Senate is scheduled to vote tonight on the budget request bill.
The commission had intended to present a film festival and a women's recognition program during Women's History Month in March. They also had planned to feature a women's art show during April. The events are an effort to increase campus awareness about female accomplishments, Gordon said.
"I'm worried about our ability to even put on the art show now," she said.
The $573.50 cut was in the advertising and duplicating budgets for the planned educational events.
Kurt Broeckelmann, co-chairperson for the Finance Committee, said that the committee thought the cuts in the commission's advertising budget were not unreasonable.
The committee thought that the advertising figure it approved, combined with possible press coverage and filers handed out by the commission in the spring, would provide sufficient advertising for the committee's planned events, he said.
She said the commission had received $1,640 from Senate for fiscal year 1990 and $860 for senate year 1991.
However, Gordon said that there was a correlation between event attendance and budget size.
Attendance to the film (festival) dropped from about 60 to about 15 per cent.
"If there's a smaller opportunity to publicize, then obviously a lot of chairs are going to waste," she said.
Broeckelmann said that Gordon had
neglected to tell the Finance Committee last week about the difference in attendance between the two years.
"The only thing brought up in committee was the number for 1991," he said.
Broekelmann said that any monetary figures voted on by the Finance Committee could change in the Senate meeting tonight.
"Anything can happen in Senate," he said.
Tivia Stein, pharmacy senator and co-signer of the commission budget request bill, said that the commission had asked for a lot of money.
Nevertheless, she said she hoped Senate would restore at least $100 to the requested budget.
the reequity budget.
Gordon said that she held no grudges against the Finance Committee for cutting the budget.
"Ireally don't feel that Senate can be generous," she said. "They're trying to stretch their money over so many groups.
"I understand that the Finance Committee has to trim down budgets, but I think that it's unfortunate that they have to cut the budget of a group that educates the whole campus. I just wish they could find exception in that."
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