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Friday, April 21, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Regents discuss shortfall
By Virginia Margheim Kansan staff writer
Regent Karen Maillard sighed and responded to Chancellor Del Shankel's lamentations about the Regents budget.
"I think the truth is, Del, there is no justice in budgeting," Mailliard said.
This year, the Regents are facing a $4.1 million cut from the Legislature.
At the Board of Regents meeting yesterday, the Regents and the leaders of the six Regents institutions discussed the Legislature's decision not to make up for money lost from tuition short-falls.
Jon Wefald, president of Kansas State University, said that the Regents institutions were being treated unfairly. Their budgets
aren't being increased, but they can't reduce the number of students because there is no qualified admissions system. That means the universities have to accept their increasingly crowded classrooms.
"When the students come, we take them," Wefald said in frustration. "The Legislature owes us money!"
Shankel said that the Legislature's assumption that a reduction in tuition revenue meant a decrease in expenses was wrong. When enrollment at the University of Kansas rose several years ago, there was no extra money to finance the increased needs. This spring's enrollment decline only brought resources to a more manageable level, Shankel said.
To make up for the money, the Regents discussed increasing
fees at Regents institutions. The Regents discussed approving a $7 increase in the Student Senate Activity Fee at the University of Kansas. The increase, which was approved by Student Senate earlier this semester, would generate $212,700 to help replace money lost from the enrollment decline. The Regents will vote on the fee proposals at the May meeting.
In other business, the Regents:
Other business, the regents:
Approved the construction of a new child care facility at KU's Lawrence campus. Construction is scheduled to be completed January 1998.
Approved recommendations for promotion and tenure at the Regents institutions. Three new KU professors, including incoming Chancellor Robert Hemenway, received tenure with their initial appointments.
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dence of the American taxpayer," he said.
He also discussed the success of American universities. As the quality and capacity of universities grew, they were increasingly criticized, Hernenway said. Successful research has been overshadowed because of the lacking quality of undergraduate education. In order to quell the criticism, KU must concentrate on improving the quality of undergraduate education, he said.
In order to improve undergraduate teaching, KU must accept that the old system of large undergraduate classes is not sufficient. Hemenway said that he was committed to keeping class sizes small and that if large
classes had to be offered, they should be broken down into smaller units.
Another problem facing KU is the information age, Hemenway said. As the ability to instantly transfer information grows, the role of the university as a source of information diminishes.
The 16-week course is being replaced by the 30-second sound byte and the Internet home page, he said.
"The public's classroom today is the television." Hemenway said. "Its information network is the computer."
As the public's demand for instant information grows, the University must improve its quality of education to compete. he said.
"We have to be accountable for what people have learned, not how long they've sat," Hemenway said of
Phil McKnight, professor of curriculum and instruction and lecturer for Western civilization, said he enjoyed Hemenway's speech because it offered hope. One of the reasons McKnight, a fifth-generation Kansan, chose to come back to KU was the sense of possibility here, he said.
"I appreciate his optimism," he said. "Realism and optimism have some sense of possibility."
Kisa Wheaton, Dodge City junior, agreed.
She said that she admired Hemenway because he had the personal motivation to do something and to hold himself accountable.
"His speech and his vision of what we as a University need was uplifting." Wheaton said.
Bone marrow transplant would save student's life
By Megan Poplinger Special to the Kansan
Jennifer Lyons needs someone to save her life — and it may be you.
Lyons, Prairie Village junior, has leukemia. Someone needs to be found who has a tissue type that is identical to hers and who will donate bone marrow. A donor needs to be found immediately. A bone marrow transplant from the person who meets the above qualifications can cure Lyons' leukemia.
"The only cure is a bone marrow transplant," Lyons said. "It won't just prolong my life, it will give me a healthy, normal life."
The odds of someone finding a match outside of one's family are one in 10,000. Lyons' type does not match anyone in her family. Because of this, Maxwell wants to convince as many people as possible to get tested.
A registration drive called "Save Jenny or Any" is being conducted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Burge Union. Any healthy adult 18 to 55 is asked to be tissue typed, said drive coordinator Molly Maxwell, Prairie Village junior.
Chancellor Del Shankel and incoming chancellor Robert Hemenway will be tested and will meet students at 2 p.m. today.
Testing involves the extraction of approximately two tablespoons of blood from the potential donor. Samples then will be sent to a lab so that the blood composition can be determined. After that, the potential donor's name and tissue
type will be placed in the Heart of America national bone marrow registry.
Although the cost for each lab examination is $22.50, the drive has raised enough money for the first 500 people to be tested for free. Donations will be accepted at the drive, and anyone wanting to pay for their own lab processing is welcome to do so. Maxwell said.
All minorities are tested for free from a separate fund. Heart of
America desperately needs more minorities in the registry. Today's drive is to find a donor for Lyons, but it may be beneficial to others who have leukemia. Once a person is tested and their name is on the registry, it remains active until the person's 56th birthday. Lyons said.
in the hospital, Lux said. They come in the night before for registration. The next day, the bone marrow is extracted from the hip while the donor is under anesthesia. The donor spends the night under observation and goes home the next day. All bills are covered by the patient's insurance, and it takes the donor's body approximately two weeks to replace the lost bone marrow, said Lux.
Maxwell said that when she found
Donors usually spent three days
Diane Lux, manager of donor recruitment at Heart of America, said that if a potential match is being considered, the person who is on the registry is called for further testing and a physical. If it's found that the donor's tissue type is so similar to the patient that the transplant will be accepted, the donation will take place.
Molly Maxwell Prairie Villagejunior
out that Lyons had leukemia, she was frustrated because it did not seem fair that her friend was suddenly so ill. She said that a bone marrow drive was the best thing she could do to help Lyons.
help." Maxwell said.
"Leukemia is not like other cancers — there is actually something that we can do to
The technical name for Lyon's leukemia is chronic myelogenous leukemia. It is a malignant disorder involving the production of mature, white blood cells formed in the bone marrow, resulting in the abnormal accumulation of these cells in the bone marrow and blood, according to the National Cancer Society.
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