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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, March 10, 1995
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Committee overruled: Day on the Hill funded
SUA president says show still would have gone on
By Ian Ritter
Student Senate on Wednesday night overruled a finance-committee recommendation that Day on the Hill not be funded.
Senators added $3,500 to the budget of Student Union Activities, which organizes the annual spring concert on Campanile Hill.
Danielle Rand, off-campus senator, was the first senator to propose that the event be funded by Senate. She said that the finance committee should not have cut Day On The Hill from SUA's budget because the event was the most popular student event.
"Finance is willing to give to events that happen during the summer when students aren't even here," she said. "But they won't give to Day On the Hill."
Paul Wolters, engineering senator and president of SUA, said that the results relieved him.
"We would've had to go back through in our budgeting process and reallocate," he said.
Wolters said that Day On the Hill could have taken place without money from Senate, but other SUA activities would have been cut. Wolters said fellow senators did not want him to speak on the issue.
"I had asked the body if I could speak, and some of the members of the body didn't want me to speak," he said.
Senators who opposed funding for Day On the Hill offered many reasons for doing so.
Alan Pierce, non-traditional senator, said that the majority of the crowd at past Day On the Hill events was not made up of University of Kansas students.
"I know that a lot of Kansas City people enjoy it," he said. "I think it might be the most popular thing they've got going."
Ami Hizer, off-campus senator, pointed out that the finance committee had spent more than 70 hours on its decision and that it should be respected.
"I'm not on the finance committee, and I don't have to deal with this," she said, hoping to prevent the bill from being sent back to the committee.
Erika Oliver, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, said that by giving SUA money for the event, Senate was favoring it over other groups. She said that because SUA hadn't decided who would play at this year's Day On the Hill, it might be a questionable event to fund.
Wolters said that SUA was more important than a lot of other groups.
"We've been in the business for 50 or 60 years now, and we have the support of the Unions," he said, pointing to the various events that SUA has brought to campus, such as Kurt Vonnegut's speech this year and Day On the Hill in 1992, which Pearl Jam headlined.
In other business from Wednesday's meeting
The bill of apportionment, which specifies how the Student Senate budget will be distributed, passed.
The block-allocation bill, which specifies how much money groups will get from Senate in a two-year block, passed.
The line-item budget, which specifies how much money groups will get from Senate in a one-year block, passed.
The Kiosk literary magazine received $2,965.30.
The Costa Rican Student Association received $1,494.
The Japan Film Society received $150.
A resolution to encourage the establishment of an on-campus phone service passed.
Senators who had unexcused absences were Stephanie Bannister, graduate; Ming Chang, pharmacy; Tonya Cole, holdover; Blake Fix, Liberal Arts and Sciences; Curtis Harris, Liberal Arts and Sciences; Adrien Lewis, residential; Katherine Loomis, non-traditional; Jeni Miller, Nunemaker; Igal Mohammed, graduate and Holly Naifeh, business.
Also:
Student senators received buttons from the Student Executive Committee-to wear on campus, so that students can identify senators easier. The buttons cost $100.
The two coalitions running for student body president and student body vice president have been officially announced. Kim Cocks, president electorate and Dan Hare, vice-president electorate are running in the United Students coalition.
David Stevens, president electorate and Stephanie Guerin, vice-president electorate, are running in the REAL coalition;
Enrollment decline prompts department penny pinching
By Matthew Friedrichs Kansan staff writer
For a recent music history test, Dick Wright, associate professor of music history, suggested that students write in the margins of their tests because the department was trying to save money on copies.
At the department of American Studies, the copy machine is kept under lock and key because people have been making too many copies. The department can't afford that.
It's not that either department wants to be stingy with paper and other office supplies, but because of budget shortfalls caused by declining enrollment, department officials are having to pinch pennies and scrimp where they can.
In mid-February, Chancellor Del Shankel asked the Kansas Legislature for approximately $3 million to make up for the shortfall. Until the Legislature grants the request, every paper clip counts.
Wright said the chairman of his department had told faculty, "Don't come up
and ask for a pencil or anything."
Many departments face budget shortfalls every spring as they near the end of the fiscal year in June. But for the music history department, the budget pains are
coming early.
"Everybody is having to tighten their belts, Wright said.
Norman Yetman, acting chairman of American Studies, fears that the shortage of office supplies foreshadows an increased burden on students.
Yetman said students soon might have to foot departmental bills
bers, Yetman said.
"I'm just sick," he said. "We're being asked to get blood out of a stone."
the department of French and Italian has managed to maintain a measure of
"I'm just sick. We're being asked to get blood out of a stone."
through user fees. Students also may face increased enrollments in their classes, he said.
Even after 10 years of budget cutbacks, departments still are unable to meet the number of students with an appropriate number of faculty mem-
Norman Yetman acting chairman of American Studies
budget stability because many of its classes are required for other majors, said Jan Kozma, chair of French and Italian.
The department has been able to hold down costs by putting students into classes that can absorb more students and by offering a smaller variety
semester, Kozma said
"We will not allow more students in a classroom than is pedagogically correct," she said.
Kozma said the department did now want to overload classrooms, though.
No 'pulp' fiction: paper prices going up
By Brian Vandervliet Kansan staff writer
Students should expect prices for filler paper, notepads and other paper products to skyrocket by next fall.
Due to increasing world demand for paper products, prices have been driven up by a shortage in pulp and pulp-producing mills.
Kathy Roberts, buyer for the KU Bookstore in the Kansas Union, said that some suppliers had said certain products could double in price. Most prices for paper products in her store would increase by about 20 to 30 percent next fall.
"I would say they are dramatic increases," she said. "I expect students to have a little bit of a sticker shock."
Roberts said filler paper and notepads would be affected the most. A notepad that costs 49 cents now, will cost 75 cents next fall.
Mike Swalm, assistant manager at the Jayhawk Bookstore, said paper prices at his store could increase by 40 to 70 percent, compared to prices last fall.
A package of 500 sheet narrow-ruled filler paper cost $4.29 in January, he said. Today, the same package costs $5.89, and next fall the package will probably cost $7.95.
"We knew prices were going to go up, but we have held the line as long as we can," he said.
Although prices for certain paper products, like index cards and art paper, had not risen significantly, Swalm expected the pulp shortage to eventually affect the prices for all paper products, including textbooks.
"If it's made out of paper, it's going to be affected eventually," he said.
Swalm said recycled paper would become more popula
because it would be cheaper than virgin paper products.
Five hundred sheets of recycled paper now cost $7.49 at his
store—a price Swalm said shouldn't change by next fall.
"There's not a whole lot I can do to prepare for it," he said. "All I can do is try to get the best pricing."
Swalm said he didn't know how long prices would continue to increase.
"My crystal ball is not that clear," he said. "I'm hoping it will be a temporary situation."
In the meantime, Roberts, buyer for the KU Bookstore, said her store would be searching for the lowest price on paper, but she gave a little advice for KU students.
"It might be a smart thing to buy now and do a little stockpiling." she said.
Media influence court cases, Tonya Harding's lawyer says
Kansan staff writer
By Brenden C. R. Sager
The days when the courtroom and the living room were separate are over — just ask O.J. Simpson, Tonya Harding or their lawyers.
Harding's defense attorney, Robert Weaver Jr., spoke at Green Hall yesterday as part of a School of Law symposium called, "The Impact of the Mass Media Revolution."
Before the 1994 Winter Olympics, Harding was implicated in connection with an attack on fellow U.S. figure skater Nancy
Weaver was Harding's lawyer during the former figure skater's days on the witness stand and on the small screen.
Weaver said that the spectacle of television had created significant prejudice against defendants.
Kerrigan.
Weaver said Harding's case had been affected adversely by intense media coverage. But he was able to settle Harding's case outside of criminal court.
O. J. Simpson wasn't so lucky.
Weaver said that he feared the Simpson case would set a standard of media coverage that would be emulated in the future. Trends in court and media interaction could change how criminal cases are tried. Teams of lawyers and partial jurors could be the new trend.
Andrew Barrett, one of five commissioners for the Federal Communications Commission, also spoke at the symposium. Barrett sets regulations for the communications industry.
"The rights of criminal defendants are at risk," he said.
During a panel discussion about technology, Barrett spoke about the role of expanding technology in media and the law. Barrett said the FCC would play an integral part in the world's expanding communications networks.
The panel discussed topics such as freedom of expression and on-line and satellite communications regulation.
"We're working on legislation right now," Barrett said.
Barrett has been part of several legislative efforts to decrease violence on television and to regulate the Internet.
"The Internet will probably have more of a global impact than anything else in my lifetime," he said.
Today, the symposium will include a panel discussion about violence from 9:30 to 11:20 a.m. in 104 Green Hall.
Robert Weaver Jr., Tonia Harding's defense attorney, spoke yesterday in Green Hall about the effects of the mass media revolution.
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
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