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Friday, March 17.1995
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REAL: Candidates stress improvements
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student representation.
Stephanie Guerin, Lenexa senior and the coalition's candidate for vice president, said REAL candidates would work to expand the availability of computers to students.
"Current facilities at KU aren't adequate enough to meet students' needs," Guerin said.
REAL candidates also said that the bus system at KU needed to be regulated.
"They don't comply with Environmental Protection Agency standards," said Lucy Ridgway, Jackson, Miss., junior. Ridgway is running for a liberal arts and sciences senator seat.
Ridway said that REAL candidates would like KU On Wheels to comply with EPA standards.
Stevens pointed to the diversity of students on the REAL coalition and said that the coalition was representative of KU's student body.
"Within this coalition are leaders of residence halls, scholarship halls, greek
Ellen Reid Gold, associate professor of communications and faculty sponsor of REAL, said she was convinced early that REAL wasn't just another coalition.
houses, several academic and community service organizations, leading cultural organizations and the presidents of both the Young Democrats and the College Republicans,"he said.
"I've become very optimistic about the chance of victory for this group," she said.
Dennis "Boog" Highberger, Lawrence resident and student body vice president in 1884, also spoke at the party.
"I saw this was not just a Student Senate campaign," she said. "It was a reform movement."
Gold said that REAL had a good chance to win the Student Senate election, which is April 12 and 13.
Highberger encouraged REAL candidates to fight for things that mattered to students.
"Sometimes that means you're going to have to bump heads with the administration," he said.
Japan may decrease trip cost
By Matthew Friedrichs
Kansan staff writer
Susan MacNally, coordinator of summer institutes for the office of study abroad, is looking for 10 good students to go to Japan.
The students would attend the 1995 summer institute in Hiratsuka, Japan, located about 50 miles from Tokyo on the Pacific Ocean coast.
Hiratsuka is Lawrence's sister city in Japan, and Kanagawa University in Hiratsuka has established an exchange program with the University of Kansas.
KU has sent about 10 students each summer for the past five years to Hiratsuka. This year's summer institute focuses on "Modern Japan: Continuity and Change."
About 25 times as many Japanese students study in the United States as U.S. students study in Japan, said Ray Christiansen, assistant professor of political science who organizes and travels with the group. As a result, the Japanese are eager to attract foreign students.
As part of an effort to attract KU students this summer, Kanagawa University applied for a grant from the Japanese government to help pay for the program costs. The decision
should be made in early April.
If the university receives the funding, program costs for KU students would drop from $3,100 to $1,500, excluding airfare.
Ten KU students already have signed up for the program, but the grant Kanagawa has applied for would finance 20 students.
McNally said students could sign up for the program and make their decision after they know the final cost.
While in Japan, the students will spend two days a week doing course work, Christiansen said. The rest of their time will be spent visiting businesses, schools, factories and other places to give students a feel for modern Japan.
The students receive six hours of credit for five weeks in Japan: three hours for language and three hours of upper-level credit in east Asian languages and culture, political science or business.
Students will live two weeks with Japanese families and two weeks in a dormitory and will travel for one week.
Those interested should call McNally at the office of study abroad at 864-3742. The application deadline is March 31.
Fall fees may go up by 26 percent; Increase to be used for equipment
Kansan staff writer
By Virginia Margheim
Students at Regents institutions may have to pay an extra $50 in fees in Fall 1996.
At its monthly meeting yesterday, the Board of Regents heard a recommendation from the council of presidents that the fee be approved for equipment purchases. The proposal was forwarded to the Regents' tuition and fees committee for consideration.
KU students paid $194 in fees this semester, according to the spring timetable.
University of Kansas Chancellor Del Shankel said that the fee increase would generate about $6 million a year that could be spent on equipment such as computers and lab equipment.
But Audrey Nogle, chairwoman of the students' advisory committee and student body president of Fort Hays State University, said that students would not support a fee increase. Fees traditionally are used for nonacademic purposes, Nogle said. The students' advisory committee would prefer to raise tuition and earmark a certain percentage of it for equipment.
The council of presidents also reported to the Regents about the issue of whether university employees should have to pay tuition to take classes. Employees have to pay full tuition and fees if they enroll in classes.
Shankel said that the council was considering allowing employees to enroll in classes at no cost on a space-available basis. The council supported the proposition philosophically but was concerned with the loss of tuition revenue it would cause.
Employees now generate about $390,000 a year in tuition revenue.
approved final plans and contract documents for the Watkins Student Health Center addition and renovation at KU. Bids for the construction should take place next month.
- approved attaching to faculty evaluations a student perception survey.
The proposal was forwarded to the tuition and fees committee for further consideration. In other business, the Regents:
recognized Charles Andrews, who will retire April 1 from his position as executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center.
■ heard an update on the Regents budget that is making its way through the Legislature. The Board approved requesting money from the state's general fund to offset tuition shortfall for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
UNITED: Senate hopefuls ready
student service is run efficiently and meeting the changing student needs," Cocks said.
Changes also need to be made to KU's student advising system, Cocks said.
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Members of United Students want to change the focus of Senate from finances to policy. Cocks said.
"Many students don't have a personal adviser," she said.
"United Students is dedicated to strong student representation on the boards and councils that affect you," she said.
Erika Oliver, Overland Park senior, said United Students would concentrate on not spending money that Senate didn't have. Oliver is running for off-campus senator with the coalition.
"The United Students coalition is composed of leadership throughout the University," said Dan Hare, Olathe junior and United Students' candidate for student body vice president.
Hare said that a Student Union Activities vice president, 14 current senators, representatives from the KU Hellenic Club, the KU Bangladesh Club and the Board of Class Officers were running with United Students.
“This list is impressive,” Hare said. “But even more impressive is each and every candidate's desire to be put in a position which will allow him or her to represent you.”
State Sen. Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence, spoke at the United Students party. Praeger is a graduate of KU.
Students weigh risks of leaving cars unattended Police say burglaries haven't increased during past breaks
By Brian Vandervliet
Kansan staff writer
Jenne Schwinn, McLoush junior, is taking her car home during spring break for one reason.
"I'm taking it because there is no security," said Schwinn, who lives in Ellsworth Hall. "There are way too many break-ins."
But KU police officer Rose Rozmiarek said there was no evidence of an increase in car break-ins during spring break. Last year during the same period of time, there were only two reported break-ins.
Rozmiarek said students should be careful if they leave their vehicles behind.
"If students are going to leave their bikes or vehicles on campus, they need to make sure they are properly secured," Rozmiarek said. "It is an open campus, and people do come and go. They should be aware of the potential of someone breaking into their vehicles."
Students should remove any valuables or removable stereos from their cars, she said.
Rozmiareak said there would be more time for KU police to make rounds of campus lots because there were fewer incident reports to deal with during breaks. Three to 10 officers would be on campus at all times.
"We work 24 hours a day," she said. "We never close."
"it's very scarce," she said. "But it's also a lot easier to spot anyone doing something wrong."
Although cars in residence hall lots would not be kicked, parking officers would continue to make rounds of all campus lots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day, she said. At most, four parking officers would be on campus at all times. Red and blue lots will be ticketed during break.
"That's their job, to continuously drive through campus," she said. "We're out looking for wrongdoing because there's less ticketing to do."
KU police would be notified if parking officers see anything suspicious, Jordan said. She recommended that students park their cars near bright lights.
"During spring break, kids just get crazy, get drunk and have to go messy with somebody's car," he said.