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VOLUME 121 ISSUE 151
CAMPUS
Budget cut expected to hike KU tuition rate
FINISH LINE
BY EMILY MCCOY emccoy.kansan.com
With a $37 million budget shortfall, the University is searching for ways to generate revenue. Administrators say this is why students should expect another tuition hike in the fall.
"Our No. 1 responsibility is to provide the highest quality education, which, in some cases, requires raising prices," said University spokeswoman Lynn Lretz.
Bretz said although the University's tuition had increased every year since the early 1980s, this year students should expect a larger increase.
A tuition increase would not apply to current freshmen, sophomores or juniors - who are all protected by the University's Four-Year Tuition Compact.
Incoming freshmen will also be put on a four-year tuition compact, but their rate could be much higher than those in past years. Transfer students and students entering a fifth or higher year — who are not eligible for the compact — would see a tuition increase.
Even with a tuition increase, Bretz said, it's highly unlikely that any student would be drastically affected
"The University has worked very hard not to price students out of a KU degree," Bretz said.
Though the University's budget has been reduced back to its 2006 level, Bretz said the University was still doing comparatively well. The University's tuition and fees rank fifth out of all the Big 12 schools,
In attempts to best protect students from a tuition hike, the University is evaluating ways to save. Bretz said 200 staff and faculty positions have been eliminated — the equivalent of three departments. Additionally, staff and faculty are facing an unprecedented second year in a row without salary increases. Administrators are also working to increase operating efficiencies of buildings and encouraging staff members to use less printer paper.
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Alex Gladbach, a senior from Houston, fits the front wing on Jayhawk Motorsports' formula racecar. The front wing and nose cone are mandated by regulation to absorb energy in the event of a crash. The Jayhawk Motorsports team will compete in the Formula SAE competition in Michigan next week.
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Jayhawk Motorsports race on
Engineering students finish custom-built race car, plan to race in Detroit next week
BY SAMANTHA FOSTER
sfoster@kansan.com
With its 400-pound frame, tight form and compact two-cylinder engine, Jayhawk Motorsports' 2010 Formula SAE racecar is built to go from zero to 60 in less than three seconds, quicker than a Ferrari, with a top speed of more than 100 mph.
Team leader Matt Petty, a senior from Chanhassen, Minn., said everyone had an opportunity to drive the car, but that many would not want a second turn.
"It itars the bejesus out of people" Petty said. "It's a powerful car"
BUILT TO WIN
Building the car was a year-long project. The students, most of whom are seniors in mechanical engineering and are using the car as their senior design project, started designing the car last fall. This semester they started manufacturing the materials and building the frame.
The students in Jayhawk Motorsports, the University's Society of Automotive Engineers organization, will race the car at the Formula SAE competition in Detroit next week and at a similar competition in California in June. Petty said the University was known for being a top school for Formula SAE. Jayhawk Motorsports had
four top 10 finishes in the last five years, he said.
The car has a carbon fiber frame that makes it lighter than most formula cars. Out of the 120 cars in the competition, all but 10 would have a traditional steel frame. Petty said. Carbon fiber makes Jayhawk Motorsports' car lighter and stiffer than other cars, which makes it faster.
If someone wanted to buy this car on the market, Petty said, it would cost about $500,000 because of the materials and the manpower used to build it. But with help from the School of Engineering and local organizations and businesses, the team has only spent between $50,000 and $60,000 on the car.
Of the 39 students who have been working on the car, 19 are volunteers. Some graduated in December but wanted to see the car through to the end.
The team has been working around the
clock to get the car ready for the competition. Most of these students can't tell you when they last had a full night's rest. Even as finals approach, the students continue to spend at least 60 hours a week on the car. Some are even taking their finals early because the competition is during finals week.
RACING THE CLOCK
Empty coffee cups and cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks littered the team's shop in Learned Hall late Saturday night. The team wanted the car running and ready for its first test drive before 8 a.m. Sunday. Petty said everyone in the shop had probably slept one night in the last five days — but the energy drinks helped.
"One time a Rockstar rep dropped off a couple of cases." Petty said. "It was the most
The unfinished production studio at KJHK's new location on the third floor of the Kansas Union will be up and running by 1 p.m. today for its first broadcast. Opening ceremonies will be from 3 to 5 p.m.
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Mia Iverson / KANSAN
CAMPUS
KJHK moves from 'The Shack' to third floor of Kansas Union
BY KIRSTEN KWON
kkwon@kansan.com
Since 1975, the student-run radio station KJHK has called the small run-down building on 11th Street home. Today marks the first broadcast from the station's new studios on the third floor of the Kansas Union.
"The Shack," as it is fondly referred to, has been replaced with a state-of-the-art studio complete with new equipment and a new outlook for KJHK's future.
Alex Kane, special programs DJ and a senior from Kansas City, Kan..
said he thought the move would gain student attention, as the studios are relocating to a high-traffic area.
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"Most people don't know what The Shack is," Kane said. "I think this will initiate a new vibe, and it will be easier for the staff to promote and get the word out there."
Tom Johnson, general manager and program adviser, said that the move already sparked student interest. KJHK hosted several events leading up to the move, and it saw good student turnout.
In 2004, the University mandated the station to move its studios to the
Union because the previous location didn't meet codes of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The building was not handicap-accessible, and the station had the choice of either renovating the old studio or creating a new one.
Logan Nickels, station manager and senior from Stillwater, Okla., said that the choice was easily made when comparing the expenses of renovation with those of building an entirely new studio. It cost only slightly more to build a new home for KJHK. Still, he said broadcasting
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