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Monday, May 5,1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Year's legislative session disappoints KU boosters
University wins no new funds for technology
By Ann Marchand
Kansan staff writer
Although the Kansas Legislature did not grant some requests from the University of Kansas this session, administrators and students hope to have more successful lobbying endeavors next year.
"I'm optimistic that we can get something better than this year," said Samantha Bowman, Wichita junior and Student Senate Legislative Director.
The University needed an additional $1.23 million to finish this year. The shortfall was the result of decreased enrollment, which brought in fewer tuition dollars under the new linear tuition system.
Most of the University's lobbying efforts this year focused on two goals: stoppag funds for this year and technology funds for the future.
The Legislature allocated the additional money for this year and increased the University's allocation for next year, but at a price. Technology funds — a priority for both the Board of Regents and former student body president Grey Montgomery, Junction City senior — was sacrificed to finance the rising cost of tuition.
"I was really surprised that they cut it to nothing," Montgomery said at the time.
The Regents originally requested $12 million for technology improvements for all six Regents institutions. As the legislative process continued, the amount allocated for technology was whitted down dramatically. In the end, the University of Kansas received no funds for technology improvements next year.
But despite the negative outcomes on some issues, legislators said they had accomplished a lot since the session convened in January.
"We have a lot to be proud of," said Rep. Barbara Ballard. D-Lawrence.
Some issues, however, will reemerge next year. KU Medical Center administrators will have to wait another year to find out whether they can rearrange their administration under a KU Hospital Authority.
Ballard and Rep. Troy Findley, D-Lawrence, said the Legislature had been productive on many other issues, including financing the Juvenile Justice Authority, helping school districts finance themselves with local option budgets and providing tax relief to families across the state.
A bill to restructure the Medical Center was viewed favorably by both chambers, but conservatives in the House added a stipulation to the bill that would ban the teaching and practice of abortions at the center. The bill never was considered in a conference committee to decide whether to leave in the added language.
One issue that most legislators agreed would return is concealed weapons. Although both the House and the Senate passed a measure to permit concealed weapons in the state, Gov. Bill Graves vetoeed the bill, and it was not reconsidered in either chamber.
New center to court prospective students
$1.4 million visitors center in Templin Hall scheduled for construction in 1998
By Harumi Kogarimai
Kansan staff writer
The University plans to build a visitors center in Templin Hall but will not relocate the Office of Admissions.
Thomas Waechter, planning coordinator for Design and Construction Management, said the University would build a visitors center at Templin Hall in the summer of 1998.
The admissions office in Strong Hall will continue to provide information to prospective KU students and their parents, Waechter said.
He said the budget for the center was estimated at $1.4 million, which includes financing for the center's entry and for visitor parking. Building repair funds, provided by the Kansas Board of Regents, would cover two-thirds of the expense, and the rest would be financed by the budget for interior repair.
The center will be in Templin Hall's old cafeteria and will occupy 12,000 to 14,000 square feet. Waechter said. A separate entrance for the center will face Iowa Street for visitors' convenience.
The center's lobby will be a focal point in this project. In addition to lounge seating and a reception desk, there will be flat-screen multi-media equipment that visitors can use to get information about specific schools in the University. Photos of sporting events also will be displayed in the area.
"We want to provide an open, welcoming image of the University," Waechter said. "The lobby will be the first contact for many people."
The project also includes a 200-seat auditorium that would show videos about the University. The auditorium would be open for speeches and other activities on Daisy Hill after the center's office hours, Waechter said.
The University has consulted with Gould Evans Associates, 704 Massachusetts St., to match the available space with the design plan.
The design for the center will be ready early this summer.
The visitors' center will be
"We want to provide an open, welcoming image of the University."
Thomas Waechter planning coordinator
finished one year after the completion of the Templin Hall renovation. The visitors center and the auditorium will be separate from the Templin renovation, said Kenneth Stoner, director of the department of student housing.
The University plans to build additional parking spots for about 100 visitors on the west and south sides of the center, Waechter said. The spots would be separate from existing lots.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the University also planned to build an additional visitors center on top of a parking garage to be built near the Kansas Union. The center would be added to the garage after 2000.
Students get competitive travel grants to study world
By Tim Harrington Special to the Kansan
Five KU students will be receiving Fulbright fellowships, the premier international exchange scholarship of the U.S.government.
Established by Congress after World War II to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchange, Fulbright fellowships are awarded to 4,700 to 5,000 graduate students and graduating seniors annually.
One KU recipient, Krista Shipley, a Lenexa senior majoring in mathematics and biochemistry, will spend the next academic year studying in Germany.
Shipley said she was honored to have been chosen for the grant.
"They give us a monthly stipend, and it's very generous," she said. "It's a very competitive program."
Kara Norlin, a Concordia senior majoring in economics and Latin-American studies, will continue work on her senior honors thesis topic. She wrote about the economic effects a particular South American trade agreement would have on Uruguay, where she spent a summer working at the U.S. embassy.
"I hope to do a household survey on the socioeconomic effects this time," Norlin said. Other fellowship recipients were Bruce Bergland, Lawrence doctoral student majoring in East European history; Carlos Sauceda, Lawrence senior majoring in business; and Grant Lundberg, a graduate student in Slavic linguistics.
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