UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Wednesday, April 2, 1997 3A Watkins alumnae believe trust fund is mismanaged By Sean Demory Kansan staff writer A group of Watkins Scholarship Hall alumnae who feel that the Watkins trust fund has been mismanaged have taken their concerns to the Kansas attorney general's office. Karen Krueger, Watkins alumna and Washington, D.C., resident, said that the Watkins trust which, according to Watkins' will, was to be invested for the maintenance, upkeep and operation of Watkins and Miller Halls, has not been applied as intended. Watkins' intent was to provide need-based housing for women attending the University of Kansas. The alumnae said that the fund was not being used to keep rents low and to continue the tradition of need-based residence in the hall. An investigation into the allegations is pending at the attorney general's office. Joyce Klemp Browder, Watking alumna and Charlotte, N.C., resident, said that the alumnae had delivered more than 13 years of records to the attorney general's office. "As far as I'm concerned, they're the organization that should be handling this." Browder said. Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said that donated funds were handled as carefully as possible, noting the concerns of the donor. "The various officers work toward administering trusts and gifts to the University in the best way we can," Stoner said. Stoner said that student housing had not yet received notification of the allegations. "We feel that there has been a breach of trust by the trustee, NationsBank. The bank should pay out for maintenance and invest the remainder," Krueger said. One of the alumnae's main complaints is of accountability. Browder said that re-establishing an independent, rent-setting committee would allow the public to know how the trust's money was being spent. "The only time the rents have dropped in the last few years was after the alumni complained," Browder said. "I don't want to hurt KU. I just want to give needy young women the same chance I had when I was a student." Candidates offer proposals for KU's parking problems By Stephanie McDuff Kansan staff writer agree that parking is a major problem on campus; however, each has different ways of solving the problem. All three Student Senate presiden Scott Sullivan The candidates' proposed solutions range "Parking is a monumental hassle," said Scott Sullivan, Leawood Junior and Unite presidential candidate. from creating a satellite parking system to combining parking and transportation departments. Sullivan said although improvements in campus parking have been made in the past few years, there is much more work to be done. Jason Fizell, Olathe junior and Delta Force presidential candidate, said his coalition does not believe the proposed multi-million dollar parking garage would benefit students. - 820-822 MASS. * 841-0100· He said that although few people want an expensive parking garage to be built, some long-term solutions must be reached. Sullivan said that if a garage, similar to the one proposed in the Campus Access Plan, must be built, more thorough research should be done before University officials make the final ruling. Fizell said that because of the location suggested, just north of the Kansas Union, most students would not be able to take advantage of the additional parking space. He said the biggest parking problems on campus are not in the proposed area. Rather, the most overburdened areas are the parking lots south of Robinson Center, the dorm Jason Fitzell areas and the area near Jayhawker Towers, he said. Fizell said that continuing to restripe current lots to add more spaces is a good alternative that would be fairly cheap when compared with the proposed parking garage. NATURAL WAY • NATURAL FIBER CLOTHING • NATURAL BODY CARE Instead of building more parking lots and garages, the Delta Force candidate is in favor of combining the parking and transportation departments. Fizell said that combining the two organizations would alleviate some of the current competitiveness between them. He said the two organizations could then work together to solve the current parking problems. Fizell is not alone in his belief that uniting the two departments would ease current problems. All three of the presidential candidates have said that the parking and transportation departments should be combined to some degree. While Fitzell and the Delta Force coalition want to completely merge the two departments, the other candidates think that only a partial merger is necessary to address parking issues. He said the first step toward solving the parking problem is to link the University and city bus systems. "We want to bring the satellite proposal to Senate members," said Yaghmour. He said that after Student Senate evaluated the proposal he would present the idea to the chancellor. The second step, Yaghmour said, is to get the University Parking Department involved with a satellite parking program. Yaghmour said he does not believe the two departments should completely merge into one but should work together in a satellite parking program. "Basically the bus system is not doing very well," said Michael Yaghmour, Pittsburgh junior and independent presidential candidate. Michael Yaghmour MAKE YOUR GRADUATION RESERVATIONS NOW Yaghmour said the parking problems would be eased by this system because out-of-town commuters could park off campus and ride the buses onto campus. This would then free up more parking spaces for students living in Lawrence to park on campus, he said. 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