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KANSAN
April 22, 2004
IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.13
Schools propose more fees
Tuition increases at the University of Kansas keep rising. Now, some schools want to add even more fees to tuition for next fall.
The business, engineering, fine arts and journalism schools are proposing added fees per credit hour to tuition next semester. These additional fees would cover basic needs of the schools that would mainly benefit students. While some students don't mind low added fees, other students are upset with such high fees per credit hour. Either way, responses from students who are part of committees within each school indicated that these schools needed funding for improvements that the schools could not pay for.
By Rupal Gor
rgor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The business school has proposed a $75 per-credit-hour fee for both current and incoming students. A $59.40 fee per credit hour is charged for master-level courses in the school. The plan is to fund more majors such as finance, marketing, information systems and management. The fee will also fund better advising facilities, more elective classes and more money for student activities and organizations such as the Undergraduate Business Council.
Paul Mason, director of financial operations in the business school, said students in the business school suggested the fee to get more resources in the school. He said the fee could also bring to the school a Bloomburg terminal, which is a board where students could watch stocks.
The $75 fee is much higher than the fee other schools are proposing. This has
Jon Crawford, Tulsa, Okla., senior and business student, said that the increase would take about $1,000 out of his wallet, and he's not happy about that.
many students upset.
"Since I have only one semester left, I'm not going to see any of these changes," Crawford, an employee of The University Daily Kansan advertising staff, said.
The school should raise tuition for incoming students but not current students, Crawford said. He said he thought some business students would not be able to graduate because tuition would be too expensive.
Crawford was also confused as to where the money would go and what he would get in return.
SEE FEES ON PAGE 104
SCHOOLS ADDING FEES
The business, engineering, education, fine arts and journalism schools are proposing an added fee to tuition that would begin next fall.
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Would begin
Schools Dollars per credit hour
Business 75
Engineering 15
Education 15
Fine Arts 15
Journalism 12
Schools that already have additional fees
Schools Dollars per credit hour
■ Architecture 15
■ Business 59.40
■ Engineering 15
■ Law 107.95
■ Pharmacy 91.75
Source: Office of the University Registrar
on the
Top: Victor Vaca, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, junior, is now comfortable in Lawrence after a period of adjustment. Vaca decorated his room in Hashinger Hall with a Bolivian flag, posters and bumper stickers as reminders of home.
Bottom: Kemily Regidor, Lawrence resident, attended Spanish mass at St John The Evangelist Church Sunday afternoon. Regidor watched the services from her seat in the choir as Father William Velasquez led the mass.
By Jodie Krafft
Spanish speakers struggle to keep connections with two worlds
When Victor Vaca moved to the United States from Bolivia, he brought along a calendar. Each night before he went to sleep, he put an "X" through that day — it was one more day he had survived in Kansas and one day closer to going back home.
Even though Vaca said he had adjusted to life as an international student in Kansas, he is still firmly connected to his home country. A Bolivian flag hangs beside his bed. Bumper stickers proclaim his nationality with phrases such as "Viva Sta. Cruz." On his shelves he displays figures of Incan gods and tradi-
going back home. "I was crossing the days off for the first year," the Santa Cruz, Bolivia, junior said.
tional musical instruments.
tional musical instruments. Vaca's life in Lawrence is a combination of multiple cultures, a delicate balancing act between adjusting to life in America and maintaining an original identity.
"I will never feel 100 percent part of this society because I have the other part back in South America," he said.
in South America, he said. Whether they're international students, visitors or permanent residents, the Spanish-speaking population is increasing in Lawrence. Census figures show that from 1990 to 2000, the Hispanic population in Lawrence increased from 1,941 to 2,921. But for
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Fire station to improve responses
By Laura Pate
lpate@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway's suggestion for a fire station south of campus is turning into a reality thanks to a $1.26 million donation from Douglas County commissioners Monday.
Monday. Fire Station No. 5 will be at 19th and Iowa streets, near Stewart Avenue, and will serve as Lawrence's main fire station. Construction on the station could start by the end of this year. The station should open by early 2006.
In October, KU Endowment agreed to lease the land to the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Department for 25 years at $1 per year.
Daryl Beene, KU Endowment senior vice president for property, said he agreed to the land lease because it would allow for faster service to the University.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Department's current response time stands at an average of more than five minutes.
Commissioners approved station plans after Sabatini & Associates, 805 New Hampshire St., conducted a $30,000 study of the site.
$30,000 study of the site Between October and December, the group examined how the site could fit in with the surrounding area.
Hemenway recommended the fire station for the safety of students, the University community and the city of Lawrence, said Diane Silver, KU Endowment senior editor.
"It's a good deal," Silver said. "It helps the city and University students."
Ken Stoner, director of Student
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Belly up to the bar; but watch the brain
By Jesse Truedeale
jruesdale@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
You may want to think twice about parlying hard after every final exam if you want to pass the next one. A new study found that consuming more than 100 drinks per month may cause brain damage.
damage. The study, appearing in this month's issue of the journal Alcoholism; Clinical & Experimental Research, used magnetic resonance imaging, or an MRI, to scan the brains of 46 heavy drinkers and 52 light drinkers. The study also tested subjects' verbal intelligence, processing speed, learning and memory abilities. The heavy
drinkers' scores showed impairment in each function. MRI scans revealed less matter in the frontal lobes of the heavy drinkers, which pointed to brain damage.
Dieter Meyerhoff, lead author of the study and associate professor of radiology at the University of California San Francisco, said that the results are not quite conclusive because some of the results may owe to withdrawal symptoms rather than damage.
Also, Meyerhoff said the damage might not be permanent. Data of recovering alcoholics in treatment shows possible reversibility of brain injury once the alcoholic stops drinking, he said.
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Freedom Hawks
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Among the former and current Jayhawks serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom are Marine Reserve pilots Lt. Col, Jon Taylor, 1976 graduate, and Mejs. Chris Scharf and Joe Crane 1990 graduates.
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