UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday. April 2. 1996
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Linear tuition delay fails
Student concerns are important, but came too late
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
The recent effort of University Council and Student Senate to delay the implementation of linear tuition seems to be too little, too late.
Senate and the council recently sent letters to the Board of Regents, expressing their concerns with the linear tuition system which will go into effect when students begin enrolling this week. But Chancellor Robert Hemenway and members of the Board of Regents say University governance's point is basically moot now.
The Board of Regents voted last spring to change the University's flat tuition rate to a linear rate that assesses tuition by the credit hour. And while the linear tuition system
could be modified in the future there is no chance it will be modified within the next few days before enrollment begins.
Kim Cocks, student body president, made the point in Senate's letter that the Regents' decision was made during Senate turnover, which made it difficult to gather student input and make student voices heard.
Havner said the board would like to avoid having that happen again. However, decisions relating to tuition have to be made during the legislative's budget process each spring. Havner said.
Regent Kenneth Havner said he understood the concerns of students and faculty members, but questioned why they were expressed a year after the Regents' decision was made.
"I think that their concerns really should have been expressed last year when it was being discussed by the board and could have had an impact," Haven said. "If they wanted more time to study the impact of this proposal, then that should have been expressed as well."
implemented as planned this year, Havner said the board could make changes in the future if linear tuition negatively impacted the University.
Although linear tuition will be
University Council member Stevie Case helped draft the council's letter to the Regents. She said she understood that the letter could not have an immediate effect.
"We know this is set in stone for the time being and that nothing will happen this year," Case said. "But I feel better now that we've had a chance to express our opinion."
Hemenway said he thought that students and faculty members had been given several opportunities to express their opinions about linear tuition, but that everyone would be more aware of this in the future.
Case said she hoped that the letter would cause administrators to work harder to include University governance in the decision-making process.
"We need to make sure that there is a good process for getting feedback about such issues," Hemenway said. "They need to be discussed before the fact and not after."
Alumnus donates $10.5 million
Business, athletics benefit from money
It's been many years since Dana Anderson made his first donation to the University of Kansas. After graduation, that was all he could afford.
Anderson, along with his wife, Sue, and his son, Justin, have pledged $10.5 million to the University. The grant will be divided between the School of Business, which will receive 10 percent, and the Athletic Department, which will receive 90 percent.
Anderson, a 1959 graduate of the University, said he has been associated with the department for more than 30 years and has helped place student athletes in summer jobs.
By David Teska
Kansan staff writer
"I got involved years ago when
you could be actively involved in recruiting in Topeka." he said.
At that time, Anderson said NCAA rules permitted alumni to be more involved. Now all he is allowed to do is help place athletes in summer jobs, donate and raise money.
"I've always had it in the back of my mind," he said.
Anderson said the decision to make the grant was an idea he had worked on for a while.
Anderson is vice chairman of the board of directors of MaceRich Co., a real estate development company in Santa Monica, Calif., which owns and operates 24 shopping malls and centers in 13 states.
"I don't think anyone knows whether it's going to be used for one project or spread out among several projects," he said.
nity Fund, will come from the interest generated from investing the principal and should create about $52,500 annually. The bulk of the pledge, called the Dana, Sue and Justin Anderson Family Athletics Building Fund, will support athletic building projects, Scarfe said.
John Scarffe, director of communications at the Kansas University Endowment Association, said that the School of Business and the Athletic Department had total control of spending the money.
Although the grant package will total $10.5 million, the money will come from three sources, Anderson said — insurance, cash contributions of $200,000 a year, and the balance of his estate.
He said the portion going to the school, called the Dana, Sue and Justin Family Business Opportuni-
Anderson said Justin, a 1995 graduate of the University, agreed to contribute part of his future share of the estate.
"It's about a third, a third and a third," he said.
"In essence, he surrendered some of his inheritance." Anderson said.
should be paying for, like new computer labs and improved academic facilities.
Millan said Voice candidates planned to lobby the University, the legislature and the Kansas University Endowment Association for money to implement an on-line enrollment system so students could enroll via computers from home or locations on campus.
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"We want to catch this University up to our peer institutions," Millan said. "This would reduce long lines in Strong Hall."
"More students are spending more time campaigning than in the classroom," he said.
The coalition's Senate reform plans emphasize making senators more accessible to students.
Currently candidates campaign for 14 days before the elections.
He said the coalition also wanted to reduce the number of days students spent campaigning for Senate offices.
"We want to have a working relationship between students and Senate," said Samantha Bowman, Wichita sophomore and Voice stud
dent body vice presidential candidate.
She said the coalition planned to have senators spend their office hours at tables in front of Wescoe Hall hearing students' concerns about Senate issues.
"So many students walk by Wescoe, but not so many students walk into the OAC (Organizations and Activities Center)," Bowman said.
Millan said hundreds of students had already filled out those surveys, and many had indicated that recycling on campus needed to be improved.
During the campaign, Voice coalition candidates are conducting surveys at Wescoe Beach and in the Kansas Union to determine which issues are important to students.
Bowman said coalition members plan to create an environmental office on campus that would coordinate students' recycling efforts.
Millan said students should vote for Voice coalition candidates because of its diversity.
It's important to have students from the entire University, because student organizations are the backbone of Senate, Millan said.
The coalition also plans to make enrollment more convenient. Long-term plans include on-line enrollment, but the coalition wants to
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Vision candidates also plan to improve technology on campus.
Johnson said students should vote for Vision candidates because they are experienced in Senate.
The Board of Regents is discussing requiring a technology fee for students to increase the number of computers on campus. But Jamie Johnson, Lenexa junior and Vision student body vice presidential candidate, said it was not students' responsibility to pay for academic improvements.
Coalition candidates also are calling for changes in the bus system. KU on Wheels has been struggling financially this semester and recently received a $140,000 loan from Student Senate to finance operational costs.
"There have been attacks over there," Montgomery said. "It's a safety issue as well as a convenience issue."
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"When it comes down to Student Senate, it's really experience that counts," Johnson said. "With a strong knowledge of the University system, you can just jump in there and get the ball rolling."
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