In search of funds A group of KU Student Senators learned Monday, to no one's dismay really, that students would be forced to bear an increasing share of the cost of running the University—beyond the $60 incidental fee hike announced in November. The Senate Finance and Auditing Committee and student members of the Senate Executive Committee heard Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. and other administration officials say there is a distinct possibility students will be assessed $7.50 per semester starting this fall for construction of Wescoe Hall, $10 per semester within the near future for the proposed hospital, $6 per semester for the Satellite Union and $8 per semester to help pay taxes on the Kansas Union. In addition, the administration told the senators, University residence hall contracts may soon be increased $152.52 per year. A pessimistic reading indicates that a Daisy Hill resident may, within the next few years, pay $167.76 per semester more than he does now. Out-of-staters will add an extra $65, as announced in the November fee additions. Under this speculation, apartment—and private residence hall—dwellers will pay $91.50 more than at present. ($156.50 for non-Kansans) There is little cause to argue the $10 for the proposed $2 million hospital. Watkins is woefully inadequate and we feel most students will be inclined to accept the price of improved health care. Likewise, if the Student Senate and the Union Operating Board ever come to an agreement on the Satellite Union, the students can probably be expected to tolerate the cost. The Wescoe Hall request rests on shakier grounds. While the $7.50 levy is not exorbitant, the theory behind it is precedent-setting. Until now, KU students have not been forced to pay for the cost of building campus structures; state and federal monies have sufficed. However, government funds fall $21/2 million short of the estimated $8 million that will be eventually required to pay for the controversial humanities building. Apparently, private support hasn't come forward, so the University's only alternative is to turn to the students. There are two routes open to the University in adding the $7.50 to semester costs: to increase incidental fees by that amount or to subtract the cost from the $12 student activity fee. The latter course will hold down semester costs, but may lead to some untoward ramifications when the Student Senate reallocates the remaining $4.50. Forty-four per cent of the fund now is marked for athletics. That percentage will necessarily drop, leading to higher ticket prices. Ten per cent of the fund goes to the University Daily Kansan, 7 per cent to dramatics and 5 per cent each to the Kansas Union, the band and the concert course. Forty-two other recipients of activities fees comprise the remainder. These organizations' funds may be reduced drastically and some will be cut out entirely. For the $7.50 to be added to next year's budget, the Student Senate must first approve the plan, then rush it to the Board of Regents in time for the board to submit it to the statehouse before the legislature adjourns March 10. In such a short time, a student referendum appears almost impossible. If the Student Senate rejects the fee plan, the Board of Regents may hesitate to ramrod the increase through. The possible $8 Union tax fee and the boost in residence hall contract prices will loom if the legislature passes Senate Bill 434. The measure, presently in committee, provides for lifting the real estate tax exemption on student unions and residence halls at Kansas colleges and universities. The bill's sponsors have said that residence halls and student unions compete on an unfair basis with private property not exempted and with similar, though taxed buildings at private colleges. The bill seems to be a desperate attempt to tap new sources of revenue in an era of austerity spawned by Governor Robert Docking's no-new tax pledge. The blame for Wescoe Hall's uncertain future might in large part be paid there, too. And other sectors of the University's operation not directly involved with the fee raise are suffering. Faculty salaries under the governor's recommended budget will be increased 6 per cent at a time when the Council of Presidents advises the Regents a 20 per cent increase is necessary to close the competitive gap with other universities. The Chancellor's requested remodeling of Strong, Green, Flint and Fowler Halls is not included in the budget. The budget contains no funds for overtime services or faculty disability and life insurance. Yet when the campus is marred by temporary structures to alleviate a dire classroom shortage, when KU becomes a hunting ground for other universities seeking professors, when students are asked for the first time to support building construction, hold-the-line actions are not enough. The legislature did supply a 10 per cent increase in funds for Watson Library (the first in three years), money for water and electrical service changes and a salary increase for classified employes. Governor Docking and the legislature do not bear the onus for KU's ever-dimming future alone. Their ears are cocked toward the tax-payers who feel they are supersaturated with taxes and who are disgusted with what they believe to be the end product of their education dollar—campus disorder. We at KU know that the entire University is not responsible for the actions of some 200 demonstrators last spring. We also know that higher education—especially as practiced at KU is one of the state's greatest assets. The case for increased funds through higher taxes (as seems necessary) must be presented in some way to the legislature. The Chancellor and the administration have tried mightily and received only a pittance. Perhaps it is time the students spoke, through their own and their parents' letters and conversations with the legislators. It might lead to a re-examination of Kansas' fiscal priorities. Monroe Dodd Griff & the Unicorn, Copyright, 1970, University Daily Kansan. An American paradox By MIKE RIEKE Kansan Correspondent John Smith slid his chair away from his walnut desk, walked to his office bar and fixed a scotch and water. He sipped it as he gazed out his window at the city below. Smith was very disturbed. He had important work to do but he could not concentrate. His thoughts kept slipping back to the anti-war demonstrators. They had always bothered him. He had been bothered when they first started making noise about the war; but he had thought they would burn themselves out in a short time. There were only a few radicals then. He had been bothered when thousands of demonstrators had marched on the Pentagon in 1967; but he had been soothed by the way they had been handled—many had been arrested. Surely, he had thought, that episode would be their last attempt to break the war effort. Things had only gotten worse. In 1968, McCarthy and Kennedy had campaigned for the Democratic Presidential nomination by opposing the war. Then there had been the Moratoriums and the Moratorium March. Even members of Congress called for a quick end to the war. Smith knew those demonstrators were anti-American. The U.S. government had made a commitment and anyone who criticized that commitment was anti-American. Good Americans stand behind their government and do not do anything to hurt it. Smith shook himself out of his deep thought and started back to his desk. He is vice-president of a large conglomerate and is in charge of the shipbuilding branch. On his desk were some important claims that had to be mailed to Washington that day. His company had a contract to build a destroyer and the company engineers had made some careless miscalculations that could cost the company a few million dollars. Rather than have the company lose the money, Smith had to make sure that the claims he was filing would be reimbursed by the Pentagon. The company stockholders would not stand for such a sizable loss. As he sat down at his desk, Smith wondered once more how those demonstrators could be so anti-American. WASHINGTON FASHION NOTES SANDERS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN An All-American college newspaper Kansan Telephone Numbers Newsroom—UN 4-3646 Business Office—UN 4-358 Published at the University of Kansas daily during the academic year except for special events. 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