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Other Big 12 schools, such as Kansas State University and the University of Texas, fund their campus media with about $300,000 in student fees.
"The effects of this cut could really set us back and make us look pretty bad compared to other Big 12 schools and their newspapers," Montemayor said.
Despite the similar setups at
other Big 12 schools, Heilman said he stood by his proposal.
"I think that any legislative body appropriating funds to a media outlet that is going to provide coverage of them is inappropriate." Heilman said.
Montemayor said the elimination of student jobs would negatively affect the quality of The Kansan's news coverage.
"It it would set us back in terms of resources," Montemayor said. "We would adapt and find ways around this but it would cripple us in some aspects."
A cut in funding for The Kansan would mean fewer resources,he said, and as a result some student groups would not receive the publicity they need. However, Montemayor said that coverage of breaking news and
other important information for students would remain a priority for The Kansan.
"Our coverage of Student Senate will not change," Montemayor said. "We will not be vindictive. We will not have an axe to grind. We will keep doing what we do. We cover the good and bad of Student Senate like nobody else."
Gibson said he would recommend
"I have no problem with them putting it up to a vote and letting the student body decide." Gibson said.
that Student Senate put the proposal up for a student body vote.
Heilman said he would support Student Senate sending the proposal to a referendum, which is a student-wide vote, but that he would still support the cut.
"This is my time to do what I
think is right," Heilman said.
If passed the proposal will go to full senate for debate March 24.
The Student Senate Finance Committee will vote on the proposal at a meeting tonight at 6 p.m. in the Kansas Room at the Kansas Union
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Reginald Smith, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore, performs a DJ set during the Kiosk benfit show Tuesday at the Granada. Funds raised from the event would help offset the cost of printing and distributing the long-run programming literary and art magazine. "Kiosk is a great magazine" he said.
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stakeholder needs, but that she would like to see more student participation.
Michelle Leininger, area and neighborhood planner for the city, said student involvement had been "slim to none" throughout the process.
The Oread plan suggests maintaining and stabilizing strong concentrations of owner-occupied housing and encouraging owner occupancy throughout the neighborhood, which could limit the amount of student rentals in the neighborhood.
Landlords and tenants may be more heavily regulated through rental registration and inspection programs meant to address neglect.
The proposed plan includes grants that would fund additional police presence in the area during large events and enforce the Disorderly House Nuisance Ordinance, which regulates noise and other disruptive behavior.
The Oread Neighborhood Association, which is involved in the planning process, is especially concerned with the preservation of historic properties. In a January meeting, members said that adding to existing structures to make them eligible for congregated living use, which is popular with
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
The plan states its purpose is to "outline specific goals, policies and recommendations for the planning area, while being consistent with the overall adopted comprehensive plan for the community."Land use,historic preservation, infrastructure and neighborhood atmosphere are the main issues addressed.
The 238-acre planning area known as the "student ghetto" sits with the University of Kansas to the west and downtown Lawrence to the northeast.
In 1926, a zoning ordinance allowed for apartments, boarding houses and fraternity and sorority houses to be built in the neighborhood, which has changed the housing in the neighborhood to mostly rentals.
If passed, the new plan could drastically change student residence in the neighborhood.
Because one of the goals of the plan is to maintain a housing variety that molds to the diverse array of people who live, work, study and party in the neighborhood,the planning commission added a few new additions to this week's proposed plan.
student tenants, hinders historic preservation and permanent residency.
Dennis Brown, president of the Lawrence Preservation Alliance, voiced concerns to the planning commission about the plan, and said it wasn't strong enough in encouraging owner-occupied housing in the neighborhood.
"We are concerned that of all the mixed-uses that make up the Oread, owner-occupancy is the one that is declining to the possible point of virtual non-existence within our lifetimes," Brown said at Tuesday's meeting.
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The Snyder Book Collecting Contest, a KU tradition in its 54th year, continues to attract the attention of student book collectors with unique collections.
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"They thought it was right down my alley." Gomez said.
Gomez said his collection, which won second place, was composed of weird fiction; scary or uncomfortable stories about the supernatural and some science fiction. He estimated that there were about 200 books in his collection.
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Michael Gomez, a fifth-year graduate student in child psychology from Lubbock, Texas, entered the contest last year because his friends told him he had too many books.
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Smith said that as far as she knew the contest was the oldest book-collecting contest of its kind in the U.S.
The contest began in 1957 when Robert Vosper, then the director of KU libraries, contacted Elizabeth Snyder about his
idea to start a contest that would encourage college students to buy and collect their own books. Snyder, who was a book collector, offered financial support for the contest. Snyder died in 2004 but her donations through KU Endowment still fund the contest.
Smith said Snyder was famous for saying she wasn't really much of a collector, even though she had several impressive collections.
Snyder started her collection of the works of A.A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, in high school, and later donated it to KU Libraries.
KU Libraries has benefitted from students' book-collecting efforts. Simth said that Laird Wilcox, who was a University student in the 1960s, had a collection of literature from radical political movements that he entered in the contest.
Ruscin said she donated her collection of 40 to 50 zines to Duke University's women's studies archives so that future researchers could look at them and see what was going on in the mid-'90s through today.
"I was flabbergasted," Ruscin said. "My collection of zines had won over these intricately bound
He continued to add to the collection after he graduated and later donated it to the Spencer Research Library. Smith said it was the largest collection of its kind in the Midwest.
Zines, short for magazines are small, independent publications that are distributed by the authors.
Ruscin said she was surprised when she won the grand prize.
Ruscin's collection of punk zines from the 1990s and early 21st century was focused on race, class, gender and sexuality — complicated issues of identity. Ruscin said, that people don't get to see in the mainstream press.
Ailecia Ruscin, a doctoral student in American studies from Auburn, Ala., won first prize in last year's contest for her collection of zines.
SNYDER BOOK COLLECTING CONTEST
KU Libraries will be accepting entries for the contest through March 22. For more information about the contest requirements, visit http:// www.lib.ku.edu/snyder/ rules.shtml
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