UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 23, 1997
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Dole, Kassebaum to visit Lawrence this weekend for ceremonies
Tribute, award event planned for two retired Kansas senators
Two distinguished University of Kansas alumni and former members of Congress will return to Lawrence this weekend to visit their old stumping grounds.
By Ann Marchand Kansan staff writer
Bob Dole, former Senate Majority Leader, will be in Lawrence Friday afternoon. This will be his first time back to his home state since the November presidential election. Also back in the Sunflower State will be former Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker.
Dole will be honored at the event A Tribute to Bob Dole Friday afternoon at Allen Field House. Doors will open at 1 p.m. for the event, which is free and open to the public. The tribute will commence at 2 p.m. and will feature Chancellor Robert Hemenway, Gov. Bill Graves and Dole as speakers.
Graves will introduce Dole. The governor's press secretary, Mike Matson, said that Graves was pleased to have been invited to participate in the event.
"The governor is very eager to make this trip," Matson said. "Senator Dole has done a lot for Kansas, and this is a wonderful opportunity for the governor, on behalf of the people of Kansas, to recognize Senator Dole for all he has done for our state."
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In February, Dole announced that he would donate his congressional archive to the University. The
archive includes more than 3,000 feet of files and thousands of photographs, audio- and videotapes, computer files and personal memorabilia.
Mary Burg, executive assistant to the chancellor, said that the tribute was the University's way of thanking Dole for the archive.
"We wanted to recognize the significance of that gift and thank Senator Dole for that gift," Burg said. "It gives us an opportunity to talk about what KU plans to do that will revolve around those papers."
Former Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker will be participating in events sponsored by the schools of Fine Arts and education ___
Friday evening, Kassebaum Baker will be the guest narrator for the University of Kansas Symphonic Band's Fantasy concert at the Lied Center.
The concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are still available, and they are $4 for students and $6 for the public.
The concert, which also celebrates Robert E. Foster's 25th anniversary as conductor of the band, will feature selections based
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on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It will also feature music from the movies Jurassic Park, Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.
Foster said that he was thrilled to have Kassebaum Baker serve as the guest narrator.
"She's a wonderful speaker, and she's a wonderful person, and we like to think she belongs to Kansas," he said. "This concert is an interesting combination of things because it's an evening of musical fantasies. We thought that she would just enhance the evening."
Saturday evening, Kassebaum Baker will receive the third annual Gene A. Budig Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Mission of the School of Education. The awards ceremony is not open to the public.
Cost of parking passes to go up
Students, faculty and administrators once again will see their pocketbooks hit as next year's parking rates increase.
If approved, administrators would be charged $600 for their spaces.
"I know that many of the faculty and staff have expressed concern with the $15 increase," said Ward Cook, Mission Hills junior and Parking Board budget committee chair.
Increase to offset unexpected costs waste water runoff
Cook told SenEx that the proposed charge for reserved parking spaces, while unprecedented at the University, is comparable to other peer institutions.
The Parking Board approved the increases in its budget proposal yesterday. The proposal also was approved later yesterday afternoon by the University Senate Executive Committee and will be voted on Thursday by the University Council.
Among the potential changes is a proposal to charge seven administrators for their reserved parking spaces. Those included would be the chancellor, provost, the three university vice-chancellors, the legislative liaison and the athletic director.
By Stephanie McDuff Kansan staff writer
Another change the Parking Board recommended was to begin charging for handicap spaces on campus.
Currently students and faculty parking in handicap spaces are not required to purchase a parking pass. Under this proposal, the person parking in a blue handicap spot would purchase a blue parking hanger, a student parking in a handicap space in the dorm or yellow areas would also need a yellow permit.
Costs for a blue or a red permit should increase $15 next year. This is the first increase in four years for those colored permits.
The smaller increases in yellow and dorm rates were made in an effort to equalize the charges for the two passes.
Students with either yellow or dorm passes, under this budget proposal, can expect at least a $2 increase per year for the
Parking permits will cost slightly more next year for most students. Faculty and staff members with Blue or Red parking passes will take a larger hit, as will those with Service passes.
Permit fees increase
following five years. This will bring the total increase to $12 during a period of six years.
The Parking Board, however, said that future increases wouldn't necessarily be held to two dollars - they could be more. Increases in costs for campus waste water management and adjustments to prices of peer institutions were among the reasons given for the probable increases in parking fees.
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Don Kearns, the director of parking services, said that next year the Parking Department will incur unexpected costs and must increase parking rates to offset them.
Permit costs
The City of Lawrence will begin charging the University for water runoff at a rate of $3 per year per parking space. The storm water utility fee will likely cost the Parking Board $40,000 per year. Kearns said.
Starting next year, the Parking Department will also be charged $31,164 by the University for its administrative overhead.
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Blue $85 $100
Red 70 85
Yellow* 53 55
Dorm* 50 55
Cycle Blue 35 50
Cycle Red 30 40
Moped 10 20
Service 110 150
Campus Pass 40 50
The third major cost factor causing these proposed increases is for contractual services. The Parking Board expects to pay next year about $92,000 more in these new costs.
The increases in the parking fee structure will also provide the department a cushion for possible future projects, such as the proposed parking garage from the Campus Access Plan, and further expansion of lots.
- Yellow and Dorm passes will increase $2 each year for the next five years.
Andy Rohrback / KANSAN
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In a strongly worded declaration, Whitewater prosecutors told a judge Tuesday they've gathered "extensive evidence" of possible obstruction of justice, including witness tampering, perjury and document destruction.
Extension granted in Whitewater
The Associated Press
The judge granted a six-month extension of the grand jury that prosecutors have been using to investigate President and Mrs. Clinton's roles in Whitewater.
In requesting the extension, prosecutor Kenneth Starr's office also disclosed the existence
of behind-the-scenes court battles in which witnesses are resisting efforts to cooperate.
"There have been assertions of privileges ... which have been or will be the subject of additional grand jury litigation," deputy independent counsel Hickman Ewing wrote in court papers.
"There have been efforts by some persons and entities to challenge grand jury subpoenas," the court papers added.
If the grand jury were disbanded, said the prosecutors' court papers, it would impede and further delay the probe of possible "concealment and destruction of evidence and intimidation of witnesses."
KU SYMPHONIC BAND Robert E. Foster, conductor
Former Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker as narrator for Lord of the Rings by Johan De Meij; also featuring works by Bach, Barnes, and Holsinger and the themes from Jurassic Park and Star Wars
A "Fantasy" Concert featuring
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Friday, April 25, 1997
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