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University Daily Kansan / Monday, March 27, 1989
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Budget issues will be debated Senate makes revisions to be discussed in Legislature
by Candy Niemann Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas officials will be keeping a close eye on the Legislature this week as issues concerning the University's budget are brought up in the House.
Jon Josserand, government affairs specialist, said at a legislative update meeting Saturday that KU's budget could be debated by Thursday.
On Thursday, the Senate approved the budget and recommended full financing of the Margin of Excellence, but changes were made in KU's base request.
The Margin of Excellence is the Board of Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers. In the base request, the University had requested a 5 percent increase in salaries and a 4 percent increase in operating
expenses, and the Senate cut 1 percent from each category.
This would diminish the effect of funds from the Margin. Josserand said.
Although the Senate passed the Margin, it deleted the provision of Gov. Mike Hayden's Margin of Excellence Partnership Act, which made Washburn University a schools' chosen college.
WASHINGTON
Marlin Rein, associate director of business
affairs, said the Legislature had been under
tremendous pressure to spend.
But Josserand said he thought new proposals would be helpful to seek to try to include the Regents in the Legislature.
"They have dealt with it issue by issue, and their spending has gotten completely out of control," Rein said. "But when you get down to the last hours and have to balance the checkbook, you have to hold your breath and see what happens.
'Right now we (KU) are in a pretty good
position, but the session is not over yet."
Rein said another issue the Legislature might deal with this week was a bill to create a new class of health care employees at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said, "The bill is designated to make sure that we (the Med Center) are competitive in a hospital market."
on the governor's desk. House bill 2040 contains a request for $1.24 million to corral the construction of the University's science library.
Josserand said about 30 members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and the House Appropriations Committee and 20 Lawrence residents would be meeting Thursday for a reception at the chancellor's house and dinner at the Spencer Museum of Art. Josserand said the reception would be a social event.
Union to get new roof during next 2 summers
by Merceda Ares
By Merceda Ares Kansan staff writer
Work will begin this summer to replace most of the Kansas Union roof, said Jim Long, director of the Kansas and Burge Unigns.
Long said the $725,000 project would be handled in two phases during the next two
Pat Beard, maintenance engineer for the Unions, said the Kansas Union's flat roof was a problem.
"Sometimes, water stays on and doesn't run off. Be careful. It is hard to identify what the issues are." The books are.
The oldest section on the Union roof dates back to 1926, and the most recent section, over the Walnut Room, was constructed in 1890. The second section over the Walnut Room will not be replaced.
Beard said there were eight main places
that leaked in the Union, including the portions of the roof over the stage in Wood-ruff Auditorium, the Kansas Room and the Centennial Room.
However, he said leakage had never caused a major problem.
“There may have been ceiling tiles that have fallen down during a function, but that’s probably the worst that ever happened.” I am not sure the owner had to alter a function because of that.
And the Union does not intend to alter any functions during construction. Beard said.
"We'll talk to contractors and tell them that there will be function that will pre-emptify the building."
Bids will be taken after June 1, Beard said.
Twenty-nine sections on the roof vary from
100 square feet to 10,400 square feet, Beard
said.
He said the new roof should last 20 years.
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The Easter bunny offers 21-month-old Daniel Fredrick, Fredrick, looks on. The Easter bunny was on Massachusetts Kansas City. Momo's a piece of cake as Daniel's father, Tom Street Saturday afternoon.
School Board member says she'll plan for future needs
Editor's note: This is the first of five Lawrence School Board candidate profiles. Three spots on the board will be filled in the April 4 election.
by Carrie Harper Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Barbara Ballard, 44, says she wants a chance to continue applying what she has
learned over the past four years as a member of the School Board.
Ballard, elected to the board in 1985, is the director of Family of Women's Resource Center and associate dean of student life at the University of
Ballard
KaraRags' School Board president from July 1987 to July 1988.
Education is important to Ballard, and she said that she wanted to help make the policies that affected the quality of education for all children in Lawrence. Ballard and her husband, Albert, have a son, Greg, who is a senior at Lawrence High School.
Questions surrounding the second high school bond issue are the major topics in this campaign. Ballard said. The School Board asked the school to build a second high school in Lawrence.
The cost of the project now will have to be considered in light of the reappraisal notices because the wealth of the city as a whole
"We'll have to present the bond issue in such a way that people realize that there is a real need, that there is a lot of growth in Lawrence," Ballard said. "Will we have places in classrooms for children 15 or 20 years down the road?"
could cause the district to lose almost all of its state aid, she said.
Ballard said that because schools took three or four years to build, the district needed to look three or four years ahead and anticipate the population growth.
Communication through the media between the community and a key be a key to that success.
Communication has played a large role in Ballard's career as well. In addition to a bachelor's in music education from Webster University in St. Louis, Ballard has a master's degree in theology and doctorate in counseling and student personnel services from Kansas State University.
Ballard has lived in Lawrence since August 1980 and is on the board of directors of Cottonwood Inc. She is head of the board of directors of Leadership Lawrence and national treasurer for the American College Personnel Association.
National board to evaluate KU architecture program
Ballard lives at 1532 Alvamar Drive
Kansan staff writer
by Mary Neubauer
Max Lucas, dean of architecture, said the team's visit was part of a normal week.
A team from the Architecture Accreditation Board will visit the School of Architecture this week to determine whether the school will be re-accredited.
"The school has been continuously accredited since accreditation commenced in the 1930s or early 2000s and it is a thing because it is an outside evaluation of our work."
The accreditation is for only the architecture program of the school, Lucas said. The architecture engineering program received accreditation in the fall, and the urban planning program received accreditation last year.
The accreditation team visits the school periodically, Lucas said, and looks at student work to determine whether the courses offered by the school meet
criteria. The maximum length for accreditation is five years. The school was re- accredited five years ago.
"It will be a completely different team this year than the team that was here five years ago," said Donna Luckey, assistant coach at the University of Georgia, "and people different with concerns."
Luckey said the team this year would use 71 criteria. The school must show evidence of how it meets the criteria, she said.
Ted Schmitz, Prairie Village junior and a second-year architecture student, said that his studio was reorganized because the last time a team was here, its members liked the school but had some concerns.
The team members were concerned because the school was organized horizontally with separate classes working together. At the time, freshmen worked together, sophomores worked together, as did juniors and seniors.
Arensberg favors planned growth
Editor's note: This is the first of six City Commission candidate profiles. The candidates are running for three available spots on the commission. The election is April 4.
by Carrie Harper Kansan staff writer
Jeff Arensberg, 26, a lifelong Lawrence
Jeff, said he had a vision for the future of
the city. Arelsberg stern he wanted to be a part of the decision-making help he helped Lawrence remain one of the unique communities in the country.
Arensberg, co-owner of Arensburg shoes, said he would like to see planned and controlled growth in his business.
Lawrence as a way to strengthen the central business district and the neighborhoods.
As chairman of the Downtown Lawrence Retail Steering Committee, Arensberg said he did not support the construction of a suburban mall.
Arensberg came in sixth place in the primary election with 1,895 votes.
"Aas has been proven in many other cities.
I think we need a balance between supporting new growth areas and continuing improvements on existing neighborhoods.'
Jeff Arensberg
Jeff Arensberg City Commission candidate
suburban malls have devastated downtowns," Arensberg said. "I would support additional retail development in the downtown area, such as the Riverfront Plaza."
Arensberg said he would work for improvements in neighborhood infrastructure including street overlays, sidewalk repairs and storm and sanitary sewer repairs.
"I think we need a balance between supporting new growth areas and continuing improvements on existing neighborhoods," Arensbaud said.
Arensberg's campaign theme has included no new taxes for Lawrence citizens. The city's growth and increasing revenue from city sales tax should provide enough revenue for the city to meet its obligations, Arensberg said.
Chamber of Commerce and a board member of the American Cancer Society. He is also active in the St. Lawrence Catholic Center
A graduate of Lawrence High School, Arensberg received degrees in personnel administration and communications from the University of Kansas in 1984.
Arensberg is a member of the Lawrence
Arensberg said he saw the proposed South Lawrence Trafficway as an integral part of the western development plan. Arensburg said a public vote on the trafficway would not be effective because the project was so far behind schedule, at the outset, would have been best, he said.
He also supports an eastern bypass connecting downtown, the East Hills Business Park and Kansas Highway 10.
"I am very enthusiastic about the task force that worked on the eastern bypass since it was representative of a diverse group of people and will reach to reach a compromise," Arensberg said.
Arensberg is an advocate of Plan 95 and the concept of the Business Improvement District. He said if the controversy could not be resolved, however, he would no longer support it. Plan 95 is the city's plan for growth through 1996.
Arensberg lives at 327 Northwood Lane
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