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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2005
VOL.115 ISSUE 143
FUNDRAISING
Hard up for money
Student groups frustrated with Student Senate allocations
BY ESTUARDO GARCIA
egarcia@kansan.com
EKANSAN STAFF WRITER
Staying up all night cleaning Allen Fieldhouse is not the easiest way to raise money, but for members of the Asian-American Student Union and other KU student organizations few sources of money exist.
Student Senate rejected the renewal of block funding, where organizations receive an unoffered amount of money, in 2001 to multicultural student organizations. As a result, multicultural organizations have shifted their goals of educating students about different cultures to learning fundraising strategies.
Student organizations are now trying to get back the funding they lost.
Currently AASU, the Hispanic-American Leadership Organization, Black Student Union and First Nations Student Association receive their money through line-item
appropriations.
They must develop a budget requesting money for every single expense they project for the next year.
"We do an obscene amount of fundraising," said Victoria Li, president of the AASU and Overland Park junior. "We don't have enough money as an organization to do the things that we want to."
Multicultural student organizations like AASU were able to bring higher profile speakers and develop more educational programs for students when they were allotted block funding.
Robert Page, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, said he was in support of bringing back block funding.
"I think it allows the flexibility to program more efficiently," he said.
He also said block funding would help students develop programs for education and not focus on fundraising.
2006-2007 BLOCK BUDGET
The following groups receive block funding from Student Senate:
Student Senate $139,407
University Dance Company $123,000
Lied Center $117,500
Graduate and Professional Association $86,660
University Theatre $55,000
KU Bands $54,000
Headquarters Counseling Center $46,000
Hilltop Child Development Center $35,000
GaDuGi Safe Center $28,255
Multicultural Resource Center $22,000
Student Union Activities $15,000
KU Forensics $12,000
Women's Transitional Care Service $8,000
Douglas County AIDS Project $4,000
Elections Commission $1,220
Source: Student Senate
Bryan Young, Student Senate treasurer and Wichita senior, said that line-item funding was best-suited for these organizations because it made them plan one year in advance instead of two years. But he said that Senate would be willing to grant block funding status again if the organizations made convincing arguments
and, had a department oversee the money.
The main expense these organizations have every year is covering registration for yearly conferences. Student Senate pays for it, but the money does not cover lodging and travel expenses.
SEE MONEY ON PAGE 3A
Down with class
Erin Droste/KANSAN
Mindy Edgar, Leavenworth sophomore, races down a slide ahead of Josh Peters, Leavenworth sophomore, yesterday morning. Edgar and Peters played on the inflatables provided by Student Union Activities for the "Recess: College Style" mini-carnival on the lawn in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
STUDENT HOUSING
Rylan Howe/KANSAN
Living expenses at GSP-Corbin Hall, located northeast of Memorial Stadium, range between $2,752 and $4,218.
Housing, meal costs increase
Maintenance adds to hike
BY ERIC SORRENTINO
esrrentino@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
- Student housing expenses will increase next year primarily in residence halls where expenses will cost $5,802 — a $176 increase.
This is part of a series of annual increases. A standard two-person bedroom and a meal plan will cost $1,388 more than it did five years ago.
The prices have turned some freshmen from the living in residence halls.
Jenna Howard, Lincoln, Neb. freshman, will move from Corbin Hall to Jefferson Commons Apartments, 2511 W. 31st St., next year.
She said it would be $1,500 cheaper to live in Jefferson Commons next year.
A new mean plan format and hall maintenance costs are reasons for the increase, said Kip Grosshans, associate director for housing office administration.
"The dorms were a great place to meet people, but I'd like my own room and my own bathroom next year," Howard said.
The Department of Student Housing merged with KU Cuisine last fall, adding cash to residence hall students' KUIDs,
EXPENSES
Residence hall expenses for a traditional double room with the most common type of meal per year — about 400 meals per year — sorted by academic year:
◆ 2000-2001: $4,114
◆ 2001-2002: $4,348
◆ 2002-2003: $4,624
◆ 2003-2004: $4,810
The two-person bedroom in a residence hall with the new meal plan will total $5,802 next year. Here's the breakdown:
depending on the meal plan. On a traditional meal plan, $200 for the year was designated on
2005-2006: $5,502
♦ Default meal plan with
400 dining-center meals
and $200 in KU Cuisine
money; $2.750
Initial payment for the
♦ Cost for a double room in the residence halls:
$2,752.
Source: The Department of Student Housing
Total: $5,802
This rendering shows what Teller's, 746 Massachusetts St., could look like when its outdoor dining area is built next month.
SEE HOUSING ON PAGE 3A
Kristen High/KANSAN
BUSINESS
Drinking in the streets
Commission may change sidewalk dining regulations
BY JASON SHAAD
jshaad@hansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Since the city smoking ban took effect last July, some bar and restaurant owners have sought new ways to retain customers who smoke. One option is to obtain a sidewalk dining license, which allows businesses to serve food and beverages on part of the sidewalk, where the smoking ban does not apply.
The sidewalks along Massachusetts Street have become a valuable commodity for local bar and restaurant owners.
For the last two months the city commission has discussed altering the requirements for sidewalk dining licenses so more businesses could create sidewalk venues.
Businesses must make 70 percent of their revenue from food and nonalcoholic drinks to get a sidewalk dining license. The commission has discussed various options, from decreasing this percentage to eliminating the food sales requirement entirely.
City commissioner Sue Hack said allowing more businesses to obtain sidewalk dining licenses would alleviate some of the pressures from the smoking ban.
teller's restaurant, 746 Massachusetts St., will build an outdoor dining area in front of the restaurant during the next month. Sidewalk dining will contribute to the appeal of downtown, Matt Hyde, general manager, said.
"For us, it's adding to the fabric of downtown." Hyde said.
"I really believe it's worth a try," Hack said. "If this will help some of our local bar owners stay in business, then we should try it."
Some restaurants have already gained dining approval.
"More people on the sidewalk will mean more people spending money, which contributes to the success of the city."
Hyde said the restaurant would build a permanent gate to separate the dining area from the rest of the sidewalk.
But more people on the sidewalk isn't always good, said city commissioner David Schauner.
"We need a downtown that is appealing to all kinds of people — students, families, visitors." Schauner said. "Corrals of people smoking and drinking is not the kind of street scape we need
Schauner said he was concerned that changing license requirements would result in more smoking and drinking on the sidewalk than dining.
in Lawrence."
Since March 29, the commission has put a moratorium on new sidewalk dining licenses so regulations can be evaluated and developed. The commission will reconsider license requirements after it receives the evaluations on May 13.
If the commission does change the requirements, Jerry Neverve, owner of Red Lyon Tavern, plans to apply for sidewalk dining. Neverve said his business did not meet current requirements for a license. If his business obtains a license, customers will be able to take their beverages outside if they smoke
"A lot of our customers are outside already." Neverve said.
"We would like to be more hospitable to them."
Some business owners are content with the current requirements.
Dan Hughes, owner of Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop, said he was concerned that more sidewalk dining licenses would cause more trash on Massachusetts Street.
"Since the smoking ban has gone into effect, we've seen a ten-fold increase in cleanup," Hughes said. "The atmosphere in downtown Lawrence is one of the best in Kansas. It needs to be regulated to say that not everybody can put stuff out on the sidewalk."
Edited by Kendall Dix
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