Notice
NOTICE
THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Members of the community will be able to view the planet Jupiter tonight at the Lindley Hall observatory. A six-inch telescope will be used to view the solar system's largest planet and four of its moons. N. Wyman Storer, professor of astronomy, is sponsoring the viewing which will be held between 9:15 and 11:00 p.m., weather permitting.
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
80th Year, No.10
Friday, July 10, 1970
Kansan cut from budget
Senate trims athletic funds
The Student Senate Finance and Auditing Comittee has recommended a student activity allocation of $131,600 to the athletic department in their preliminary budget for next year. The appropriation reflects a cut of about $50,000 from this year.
David Miller, Eudora senior and member of the committee, said the recommended budget figure was arrived at by a system designed to insure that only those students who wished to support the athletic department through use of activity fees would do so.
"The Student Senate has been continually disturbed by the fact that every student must contribute to the physical education corporation," Miller said.
The system allows for the payment to the athletic department of $6 each for about 12,500 student football season tickets and $6 each for the 7,500 student basketball season tickets.
The number of football tickets to be sold is estimated and may vary, Miller said. Using the estimated number of 12,500, the budget allocation for football is $75,000. A limited number of student basketball tickets are available, so the budget allocation for basketball is a flat $45,000.
The budget recommendation includes $3,500 for the Kansas Relays. Again, that figure is derived from anticipated ticket sales to students at a reduced rate.
The committee allowed 50 cents
each for 1,000 student tickets to be sold on the second day of the Relays and $1 each for 3,000 tickets to be sold to students on the third day.
In addition, a total of $8,100 has been recommended for minor sports, including track, baseball, tennis, swimming and golf.
The committee made two provisions in their budget statement to the athletic department: 1) that there be no change in student seating at athletic events, and 2) that no minor sports programs be eliminated.
The committee's system of figuring allocations for various sports, Miller said, means that only those students who purchase tickets to the events would be
contributing activity fees to the athletic department.
The committee made no budget allocation of activity fee funds to the University Daily Kansan. The Kansan has received $1.45 per student per semester, or about $45,000 per year, in former budgets.
Mel Adams, associate professor of journalism and business adviser of the Kansan, had requested an increase in fees allotment to $3 per student per semester.
"At this point (the preliminary budget), the committee could not justify funds for the Kansan," Miller said.
Second opinion poll compiled
A KU professor conducted a poll Wednesday to measure student and faculty reaction to a number of options concerning students participation in political campaigns in the fall.
Recommended budget allocations for other organizations have not yet been released. The athletic department and Kansan recommendations were released. Miller said, because those organizations operate on a year-round basis.
TOPEKA (UPI) — The 1970 census figures for Kansas turned in "about like we expected," said Jack Lacey, director of the Kansas Department of Economic Development.
State census 'no surprise'
Roy Laird, professor of political science, said his poll was prompted by a story in the Kansan about student reaction to the recent Board of Regents policy calling for, among other things, no deviation from academic calendars.
Kansan," he said, "is not a student-controlled group."
Lacey, however, said there were 14 sparsely populated western Kansas counties that did surprise him—they showed gains over the 1960 census.
The poll consisted of four options: 1) I believe that all University classes should be suspended for two weeks during the fall in order to allow students to participate in the political campaigns; 2) I believe that students who so wish should be encouraged to participate in the political campaigns in the fall, but such activity should be on their own time and initiative, and all University classes should not be suspended for two weeks; 3) I do not agree with either of the above statements; and 4) I am undecided on the issue.
Laird polled a total of 138 students and 10 faculty members. Forty-three of the students were enrolled in two of his classes, and 95 students were polled on the steps of Watson Library between 11 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Wednesday. The faculty members also were polled on the library steps.
The Kansan gave the results of a poll of students as being 37 per cent fory and 63 per cent against, the ruling by the Regents.
"We anticipated there would be a dynamic change in geographic distribution and a modest state-wide increase," Lacey said. "But we didn't anticipate that increase in those 14 counties."
The preliminary 1970 total for Kansas showed the population to be 2,221,166, compared to 2,178,611, in 1960.
All organizations have been notified of their recommended allocations in the preliminary budget.
Of the students polled on the library steps, Laird found that 20, or 21 per cent, selected the first option and 63, or 66 per cent, selected the second option. Nine students, or 10 per cent of the total, did not agree with either of the first two options, and 3 students, or 3 per cent, were undecided.
Some of the comments made by students during the poll included; "Students should be allowed to take any number of hours they wish, then they would have enough time to help campaign." Many students would not be interested in campaigning and therefore should not have to miss class for two weeks," and "It should be left up to the student and his teachers."
Of the 10 faculty members questioned,9 selected option 2 and 1 selected option 3.
Laird said he had intended for a system of optional class attendance, such as the University adopted in the spring semester, to be covered in option 2.
The total percentages for all students polled showed 23 per cent for option 1, 65 per cent for option 2, 9 per cent for option 3 and 3 per cent for option 4.
One student criticized the poll itself, saying that options 1 and 2 were too limited in scope.
Miller said organizations who wished to appeal to the committee for more funds would have that opportunity next week.
Many of those polled, he said, probably did not read that possibility into the option.
The committee made their recommendations from an overall budget of about $401,850. More than 40 organizations filed budget requests, Miller said.
The polls taken in classes gave different results. In one class, 33 per cent chose option 1, 50 per cent chose option two, 17 per cent chose option 3 and no one was undecided. In the other class, 21 per cent selected option 1, 74 per cent picked option 2, no one did not agree with either of the first two options.
Laird attributed the wide difference in results to the fact that the first class is comprised of freshmen and sophomores, and the second class is mainly comprised of upperclass and graduate students.
"We operate on a fixed budget," Miller said. "In order to support new programs and organizations, something has to give somewhere."
students were asked for their general reaction to the recent Regents ruling, and were not given a list of possible options to select from.
The two reporters who conducted the Kansan poll questioned students walking down Jayhawk Boulevard. One of the reporters, Bob Kalski, said the
"I don't think either of these polls offer anything like a cross-section of student opinion," Laird said.
Miller gave several reasons the committee decided not to recommend activity fee allocations to the Kansan.
"As of July 1, 1968, the Kansan had an operating balance in the activity fund of at least $99,000," Miller said. Sometimes this balance had been as high as $130,000.
The committee, he said, also thought the Kansan should not receive funds from activity fees because it is "essentially a lab session for J-school students."
Miller also said activity fees should only be used to fund student-controlled groups. "The
The preliminary budget has been approved by the Senate Executive Committee and submitted for review by the Kansas Board of Regents.
No other budget recommendations will be made known, Miller said, until appeals have been heard and the final budget approved.
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