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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 2, 1989
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Senate budget committee begins review of Margin
by John P. Milburn Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — Members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee yesterday began the process of approving the financing bill for the new capital projects, the second year of the Margin of Excellence.
Appropriations for Wichita State University, Pittsburg State University, Kansas University, Emporia State University and the University of Alabama in Salina were reviewed by the committee.
The committee will meet today to finish budget reviews for the Regents, the University of Kansas main campus and Medical Center, and Fort Hays State University.
State Sen. August Bogina Jr., R-Shawnee, and chairman of the commissary for the fall senate.
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.
The committee also approved a decrease in a proposed student salary raise for all Regents institutions. Gov. Mike Hayden proposed a 5 percent increase, but the committee recommended a 4 percent increase.
The subcommittees recommended that resources gained from the decrease be
Senator says a vote is likely to send the Margin of Excellence bill
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shifted to other student programs within the Regents budget.
Discussion bogged down a subcommittee's recommendation to allocate $150,000 for the Institute of Aviation Research at Wichita State.
Members of the committee opposed the financing and said it should come from Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp., a
state-supported corporation that combines university research with private sector companies.
"If we approve the budget increase, every school will come to the governor in the off-season to get the governor to appropriate the David State Sen. David Kerr, R-Hutchinson.
State Sen. Frank Gaines, D-Augusta, said shifting the money to the KTEC budget provided no guarantee that the institute would receive the additional money.
State Sen. Ross Doyen, R-Concordia, chairman of the subcommittee for the Wichita State budget, said the Wichita State institute had the potential of being the focus of
avation research in the country and would be an asset to the Kansas aircraft industry
Doyen said New Jersey was developing a similar center for aviation and could shift aviation research to that state.
Chairmen of the subcommittee for each institution explained adjustments and recommendations for financing for fiscal year 1990
Other recommendations by the subcommittees were to provide money to Kansas State University physicians for the purpose of paying malpractice insurance. Money could be taken from the student health fee to coach members of the student health center staff.
At his store's grand opening, Phillip Sisson, Lawrence senior, waits for customers. The Phil Zone, an artists co-op and graphics studio, opened yesterday at 7 W. 14th St.
Student opens artists' co-op after restoring studio space
by Steven Wolcott Kansan staff writer
It's easy to miss The Phil Zone; it doesn't take up much space in the Lawrence universe.
For the past three months, a squat stucco built tacked onto the back of J. Hood Booksellers has been undergoing a quiet metamorphosis.
"The building was a complete disaster," said Philip Sisson, Lawrence senior. "It was a dump. The windows were broken out. I be restoring it over the past few months."
"It is an art co-op for the most part. A combination of a couple things," he said.
Yesterday, Sisson opened The Phil Zone, 7 W.14th St.
"I've been looking to do this for a couple of years. I hope it will pay my tuition next year."
"There's a dual meaning to the Phil Zone. It is a takeoff on the Twilight Zone and it also means 'Phil's Own.' "
Sisson said he would sell local artists' and KU student artists' work on consignment. He will keep 25 percent of the piece's sale price.
Sisson said he would operate a
David Hamill Lawrence resident
silk-screening and air brush studio called PZ Graphics in the back room.
'A lot of little entrepreneurial businesses have started in this building.'
called D'Orpheus in the room to say, "I'm doing the retail thing to support the studio," Sisson said.
"I got started selling tie-dyed and silkscreened T-shirts on the beaches of Texas over Spring Breaks. Then I moved to New York, selling them at Grateful Dead shops."
In the store, Sisson has a rack of Grateful Dead T-shirts and a display of Grateful Dead cards he purchased from a San Francisco company. He also sells sacks from Guatemala, lava lamps, and hand-made clothing for sale.
Sisson said he was an official Grateful Dead representative. That allows him to sell items with the group's logos on them.
"I've got stuff from Nepal, India, Tibet, Indonesia and Guatemala," Sisson said. "I've made contacts
around the country so I can bring in stuff you can't find in Lawrence."
Jim Slough, co-owner of Free State Glass, 307 E. 9th, said the company would leave some of its blown glass at the shop for Sisson to sell.
"Anyone that is trying to do things for new artists, we are willing to help out," Slough said.
Dick Rector, another co-owner of Free State Glass, said the company sold its work in 10 states besides Kansas.
"This is our third new outlet this week " Rector said.
David Hamill. Lawrence resident, owns the building ad is Sisson's roommate.
"A lot of little entrepreneurial businesses have started in this building," Hamill said. "Waxman Candles started here. It's been a liquor store, a barber shop. Ride On Bicycles was here for a long time."
Sisson said he was starting the store on his own without any help from home.
"I've got my life savings tied up in it." he said.
The Phil Zone is open from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Students compete for funds
Senate finance committee hears more requests
by Stan Diel Kansan staff writer
Dan Jewett, crew coach, said crew wanted Senate to pay for the shells because crew would have to spend money not intended for capital improvements if the request was denied.
crew is a nationally competitive team whose success depends upon its acquisition of new equipment, said Hefley, Topeka junior.
tingency, in an endowment account," Jewett, Lawrence senior, said. "It was not intended to be used to buy capital equipment."
Included in crew's request is $4,700 to pay for two rowing shells, which crew leases and is already obligated to buy as part of the agreement, said Brent Hefley, treasurer and president-elect.
"We have the funds in a con-
The Student Senate Finance Committee last night heard funding requests from student organizations, including a $19.250 grant to the U.C. Press.
"We have the talent to win a national championship," he said. "To make this ability, this raw experience, reality we need new equipment."
The committee also heard a request for $212,108 to pay for Kiosk, a literary magazine that is seeking Senate funds for the first time.
Learned roof to be replaced next week
Environs for $8,150.
In other business, the committee heard requests from:
The Commuter's Club for $173.90
SCoRMEBE, an organization for minorities in engineering, for $250.
The University of Kansas
Equestrian Club for $2,592.80.
The Korean Student Association for $1,660.
The Kansas Undergraduate Review for $1,151.81.
Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas for $2,490.
The Vegetarian Society for $1,076.
- The Ice Barrel Club for 50
- The Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction for $300
$1,076.
The Study Abroad Club for $700.
by Merceda Ares
By Mercadio Area Kansan staff writer
Part of Learned Hall's roof is scheduled to be replaced next week, said Jim Modig, campus director of facilities planning.
Mike Greenanmyre, owner of American Roofing of Leavenworth, said the company would replace a 28,500-square-foot area on the southwest side of Learned that had been leaking. The entire roof, including adjacent Spahr Hall, is 210,498 square feet.
Jim Last, estimator for American Roofing, said the $94,070 project would be finished in three to four weeks
He said the re-roofed section would be changed from dull yellow to red.
Madig said of the roof, "It old and it leaks. We've done a couple other re-roofs that were bad. Eventually, we're going to have to re-roof the whole area."
"We knew one of the colors of KU was red so we told them we could get it in red." Last said.
Modig said that anticipating whether a building needed to be reroofed was difficult.
"We've got roofs out here that need to be replaced," he said. "Maintenance crews are telling me they need to be replaced. But they may last four years, but then we give them four that are visual OK, and then they give the next year.
"It's like your car engine — the older they get, the less predictable they are."
Modig said facilities planning had
He said the length of the list and the shortage of money forced facilities planning to set priorities.
a list of 170 repair and improvements projects that would require approximately $7 million to complete. Last year, the Board of Regiments allocated $500,000 for repairs and improvements at the University of Kansas
"When you have 170 projects, it makes it kind of tough." Modig said. "Is a roof more important than a safety concern?"
Alumni supply money, memories to fundraiser
Kansan staff writer
by Kris M. Bergquist Kansan staff writer
A campaign to raise money by telephone doesn't elicit huge donations from everybody who is called.
But sometimes sentiment can be as touching as money.
Lisa Wolf, Hiawatha senior, worked last week calling people to help the School of Education raise money.
"I asked this lady to give a money gift," Wolf said. "She said that she'd given us her biggest gift already; her daughter. She is a freshman at KU this year."
Of course, after already reaching their goal of $20.000 and getting an additional night to make calls, the School of Education doesn't mind a little sentiment.
In the past, the school had called people for four nights once a year, but this year an additional night was scheduled because not all the alumni had been called. March 7 will be the last night for this year's drive.
"We raise all of the money for scholarships and we’re very proud of that," said Suzanne Collins, a member of the scholarship committee and assistant to the dean. "Our original goal was $20,000, and we're at that now. Having one additional night will take us over that goal."
The School of Education has conducted a telephone campaign to raise money for scholarships for the past three years. Last year, $23,438 was raised. The school also helped felt a need for additional money for scholarships. The Kansas University Endowment Association worked with the school for the fundraiser.
"Last year, we gave 60 scholarships ranging from $25,000 to $14 million. We hope to exceed that this year."
The school sends more than 4,000 cards to alumni notifying them about the fund drive. Collins said that this was done so people knew the drive was legitimate when they were called.
Twelve student volunteers call people each day from 5-45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Wolf helped with the campaign last year and also has received scholarships in the past.
The Endowment Association helps the school as part of their Greater University Fund program. The association acquires the list of the school's alumni and provides them with a special night to the person who gets the most pledges and to the person who gets the largest amount of pledge money.
Now is your chance to become a member of the BOARD OF CLASS OFFICERS
Applications will be available March 6 for the following offices:
Sophomore, Junior & Senior
- Vice-President
- Secretary
- President
- Treasurer
Pick up applications March 6-23 at the Organizations and Activities Center, 410 Kansas Union
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