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SPRING SHOWERS
Tornadoes still a threat despite current conditions
JENNA JAKOWATZ
jjakowatz@kansan.com
Last April, an EF3 tornado ripped through the Wichita area and caused $283 million in damages.
Although conditions this season are not as favorable to produce tornadoes, it does not necessarily mean that we will see a shortage.
"We are currently under ENSO-neutral conditions, and projections indicate that the neutral conditions will persist through the summer. Other factors come into play as well, but presently there are no other strong indications of an above or below average spring for tornadoes," said David Rahn, a professor in the University atmospheric science department.
Rahn said the 2011 tornado season had an unusually high number of tornadoes that coincided with La Niña conditions, which refers to particularly cool
temperatures.
"An average still means a lot of tornadoes for Kansas," Rahn said. "For the period 1991 to 2010, there was an average of 96 tornadoes per year that occurred in Kansas, according to the National Climatic Data Center."
can get weather updates from." In May 2003, a tornado hit
"I always wonder if a tornado has actually touched down or if there's only a funnel cloud, but I certainly don't wait to find out before heading to shelter."
Rachel Pantle, a senior from Salina, said hearing the sirens are a part of any Kansan's spring, but once she hears them, she doesn't stick around to watch.
"I always wonder if a tornado has actually touched down or if there's only a funnel cloud, but I certainly don't wait to find out before heading to shelter," Pantle said. "I also make sure to grab my phone or something else I
RACHEL PANTLE
a tornado in southwest Lawrence and caused significant damage to Aberdeen Apartments, tearing the roof off two buildings and destroying most of the top floors.
Pantle lives on the top floor of an apartment complex
and has a plan should a tornado touch down.
"I'll head to a basement first," Pantle said, "and if there isn't one, an interior room with minimal windows like a bathroom where there is also plenty of plumbing to help keep me attached to the ground."
Edited by Megan Hinman
KANSAS TORNADOS IN 2012
SOURCE: National Weather Service
Chancellor Gray-Little was inaugurated three years ago tomorrow as KU's seventeenth chancellor. Our youngest chancellor was Franklin Murphy (age 35) and our longest-tenured chancellor was Ernest Lindley (1920-1939).
- A 30-year-old male was arrested yesterday on the 1400 block of Kentucky Street on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, third offense, repeat offender, transporting an open container, refusing testing and driving with a suspended license, second offense. No bond was posted.
- A 33-year-old male was arrested Tuesday on the 100 block of 17th Street on suspicion of indecent exposure. A $100 bond was paid.
Emily Donovan
JOB SECURITY
Faculty members unsure of future due to pending budget cut
MARSHALL SCHMIDT mschmidt@kansan.com
Thirty-eight University faculty members will lose their jobs if Kansas House legislatures approve a four percent budget cut to higher education currently under consideration, said Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little in an open letter released Monday. Gray-Little said the $20.3 million cut to the University, which ignores Gov. Sam Brownback's recommendation of flat funding for higher education next year, would
result in cutbacks to academic programs.
"This would hurt students, as well as the broader economy, which can't grow without our graduates," Gray-Little said. "We could not replace faculty who have departed for other universities."
University of Kansas Medical Center, Gray-Little said, would see more than a 10 percent reduction in funding — $11.4 million — despite a growing shortage of medical professionals in the state.
Cuts to higher education funding make up 40 percent of all proposed House budget cuts, said Mary Jane Stankiewicz, Director of Government Relations & Communications for the Kansas Board of Regents in a release.
Increased budget constraints would result in the University offering fewer classes and not conducting its annual search for new faculty, said Timothy Caboni, Vice Cancellor for Public Affairs.
"That will have a direct effect on students," Caboni said. "The great faculty that we have now and want to retain, the likelihood of us being able to do that is decreased."
State funding per student has decreased from $15,030 in 1999 to $9,559 in 2013 and overall annual state funding for the University has decreased by $124.4 million dollars during the past 14 years, according to the Office of Public Affairs at the University.
As students' tuition already pays for more than half of the cost of their education, further cuts would affect the core functions, teaching and research, of the University, Caboni said.
"That sends a message nationally about the importance of higher education in the state of Kansas," Caboni said. "You could not make all of that of that up with tuition."
While the cutbacks are not necessarily inevitable, said Gray-Little, any University level budget reductions would be in accordance with the University's strategic initiative, Bold Aspirations.
Despite the proposed cuts, Caboni said the House and Senate Conference Committee agreed last week to reexamine the across
the board cuts to higher education.
"I remain optimistic that the Senate, House and the conference committee will come to a reasonable solution," Caboni said. "Hopefully the solution to which they come will be the one proposed by the governor in his budget."
Edited by Tyler Conover
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2013 Robert Hemenway Public Service Award
AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Dole Institute of Politics established the Robert Hemenway Public Service Award in May of 2009, in honor of the 16th Chancellor of the University of Kansas upon his retirement. The $1,000 award is given annually to a junior student who has demonstrated a commitment to making a difference for KU students, and furthering the ideas of service on campus and within the community; the overriding criterion for this award is commitment to public service, with demonstrated leadership.
2012 Hemenway Award winners with Dole Institute director, Bill Lacy (far left), Mark Updegrove (center) and Barbara Ballard (far right)
ELIGIBILITY:
Junior status for the Spring 2013 semester, with at least one year to complete at the University of Kansas.
Enrolled as a full-time University of Kansas undergraduate student during the 2013-2014 academic years.
Complete the full application and write a 250 word essay to be hand-delivered to.the Dole Institute by the posted deadline.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:
Tuesday, April 16. 2013 by 4:00 P.M. Hand-deliver to the Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Dr., Lawrence, KS.
Applications are available at the Dole Institute or online at www.doleinstitute.org/students-hemenway-award.shtml. You may find more info on our website or by calling 785-864-4900
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