KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, March 7. 1979
Vol. 89, No. 109
By TAMMY TIERNEY
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA—As expected, the Kansas House Ways and Means Committee yesterday approved the addition of $116,600 for women's athletics and a library security system to the fiscal 1980 KU budget.
Committee members also approved a transfer of $277,500 from an allocation for renovation of Marvina Hall to the new building.
Unexpected costs to the budget were $80,000 to the Kansas State scholarship fund, $13,000 for the development of sandstone foundations in western Kansas and $50,000 for the development between KU's Bureau of Child Research and the northeast
athletics is less than one-tenth of $267,308 requested by KU. The money would be used for travel to athletic events and
Also part of the governor's budget recommendations was a $1,277,500 allocation for the renomination of Marvin Hall.
However, committee members split that figure, allocating $1 million for the renovation of Marvin and
Kim.
State Rep. David Heinemann, R-Garden City, said he splitting the money to get both projects started this
Committee members said the funds to finish both buildings should be allocated by the Legislature next year. (AP)
said, are maintaining a 9.5 percent increase in student wages for next year, increasing the Kansas Scholarship program from $750,000 to $830,000 and raising a recommended faculty salary increase from 6 to 10 percent.
ZACHARIAS SAID the governor's recommended increase in student salaries would bring them in compliance with the law.
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Both the scholarship and faculty salary funding are needed, he said, to keep teachers and students at Kansas
"Faculty and students should not be enticed out of the state," he said.
housing, utilities
ASK's other funding priorities, Zacharias said, are an increase in the fee waivers for graduate students from 60 to 100 percent, full reimbursement to universities for student union rentals, allocation of money for the removal of barriers for handicapped students, greater use of the salaries of the Regents staff members from 2.0 percent.
"Tuesday-thursday classes save a lot of time," Stewart said. "I try to come to school as few days as possible since I have about two hours a day on the road."
According to Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records, 2,202 students, 10.3 of the student body, said they drove more than 10 miles to school in response to a question on the registration card at enrolment.
Several of the commuters spend about 30 minutes driving each way but said they thought they were saving money.
Students from towns such as Eudora, Baldwin and Linwood said they spent an average of $7 to $10 a week for gasoline. When they said, they got good gas mileage.
Many student commuters buy KU parking permits. The permits are $20 a semester or $33 a year for green zones and/or a semester or $7 a year for yellow zones.
The students said they rarely used pool. Conflicting schedules and finding someone in the same area who also left their house trouble, according to most commuters.
Dennis Karnis, Topena junior, said that he would like to car pool with someone to save on expenses, but that he had not found anyone interested in commuting.
"I've even tried putting notes on the windshields of cars with Shawnee County tags," Karnsa said.
Kuse said, "You're stuck up here longer
you want to be if you want to wait for a
curse."
Stewart said she had thought about car pooling but she was hesitant to car pool with someone she did not know.
Lutz described his three years of commuting as a good experience.
"I'm glad I did it," he said. "It makes you more self-reliant."
you more seu-renant.
Gracie Alcala, Topeka senior, said she
did not mind commuting, but that "it gets old."
Shortage of apartments leaves students grasping
"In the fall and spring it’s nice," Kuse said, "because it gives you a couple of days to get ready."
By LYNN BYCZYNSKI
Staff Reporter
But despite a seemingly endless development of new apartments in Lawrence, a housing shortage might plague students for years to come.
A hunt for housing that is clean, affordable and close to campus is a semi-annual event all too familiar to KU students. The losers in this game are forced to settle for housing that is run-down, expensive or far from campus.
For three years, the demand for decent housing has increased faster than the supply. Connie Martin, president of Martin Real
But while the demand has remained high, the supply of housing has slowed its pace. And only declining enrollments will ease the demand for housing.
PHILIP GILL HARRISON, a broker for Gill Real Estate, 901
Stouthern Louis, SA, said decreasing development would prolong the
growing real estate boom.
"I don't see anyone running out to build rental units," Harrison said.
He said the slowdown of development was a change from a bloom on multi-family dwelling that began four years ago.
boom on multi-family dwellings that began about four years ago. In the past two years, the city has issued building permits for 762 new rental units, ranging from efficiency apartments in complexes to luxury duplexes. This year, plans have been made to extend the city's rent-to-own program.
but the building trend of the past four years has left little land near the university on which to build student housing.
modeling, which is about id be cheaper than con-
Gene Shaughnessy, chief building inspector for Lawrence, said
that the building of duplexes and four-plexes between big, older houses near the University had saturated the area.
"THE VACANT lots left are far and far between."
Hughenay said, a lot of cases the developer has to tear apart the land.
Robert L. Stephens, president of Stephens Real Estate Inc., 839 Kentucky St., agreed.
"If you could find me 20 lots in Lawrence to build duplexes on, I'd buy them right now." he said.
OF THOSE REQUESTS, Zacharias said, the graduate fee waiver, improvements to make buildings accessible to the handicapped and Regents salary increases are most important.
But that is easier said than done. Land in Lawrence is expensive.
Pat Bodin, broker for Bodin-McDow Real Estate Inc., 2340 Alabama St., said a vacant lot in the 1300 block of Kentucky Street recently sold for $14,000. The lot, 50-by-117 feet, was just big enough to squeeze a four-ponex on.
The soaring cost of land, the difficulty of obtaining financing and high interest rates when the money is available are other factors that may inhibit a company's ability to grow.
Harrison cited as an example a four-plex on Kentucky Street that had recently sold for $95,500. With a rental rate of $200 a unit, the fourplex cost $78,360.
"RIGHT NOW, you can't make student housing and make money," Harrison said.
"At that rate, the rent will be the principal and interest payment and maybe pay the taxes and insurance," Harrison said,
Until rentls go up substantially, or interest rates go down,
employment is likely to remain slow, most real estate agents
agree.
And for KU students, that means headaches when the time arrives to join the search for next semester's housing.
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so heard testimony fromctor of the Associated dent lobby group. members about funding arl of Regents schools. zacharias. Zearahias
(NEXT TO KIEF'S)
HOLIDAY PLAZA
lts snack sales
the Union, said the Union had exclusive jobs to the concessions on campus because $Union was organized to provide service and $Union does not pay for the contract, he said.
he said that if small snack bars began erating across campus, it would be hard limit their number.
FOREST JOLLY, director of vending at the Union, said conversations could be made between the union and the contract. He said the profit from the vending machines was deposited in the Union bank.
But Prownt said the McColm senate ould have the right to sell concessions. "I don't need MU concessions having a attract, but I want to get the exclusive right."
concessions has no reason to improve its products because it doesn't have a compete
But Jolly said competition would raise the food prices and cause a reduction of service.
JOLLY SAYD machines in Mcoluml were serviced three times a day on Sunday.
"No one will send soft drinks for 25 cents. That's as cheap as a grocery store will get. You can get it for $1."
"McColum is always serviced three times because it is a large dorm. We pamper McColum because it is such a large room, but if you bring one cold food machine that it holds 130 units
"We have 12-hour service on the machines, so they really shouldn't be em-
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Staff Reporter
By BILL RIGGINS
Although most schools within the diversity of Kansas had slight enrollment creases compared with a year ago, four hools had decreases, figures released last week by the office of admissions and cords indicate.
1 KU schools losing in battle for students
Three of the four schools have limits on a number of students they accept. The ur schools with decreasing enrollments are Education, Pharmacy and Social Welfare. The School of Education, the only school thout an enrollment limit that recorded a cruse, had the most severe decrease. The schools with 169 fewer students than a arge.
THE ENROLMENT decrease reflects
· wide public given to the lack of jobs in
aation, Dale Scannell, dean of education,
d yesterday.
ne into the school and inform them of the employment limitations," he said. "We ent want to make an informed decision either or not to stay in the school." Mr. Reid, who has strolled enrollment, experienced the largest loss, 17 students. Dennis merger, assistant to the dean, said he sight the decrease was due to the way rollout was figured. He said the total number of students enrolled in 27 in the spring of 1987 to 16,35 this spring. James said 119 students majoring in technical engineering were listed under • School of Engineering but were also majoring in School of Architecture and ban Design.
THE SCHOOL OF Social Welfare had a crease of 13 students. Edith Black, sistan dean, said the school's practicum program limited the number of students it could be admitted. The school requires all students to work in workers in junction with their class work.
The School of Pharmacy, the other school ordering a decline, had one less student s spring than last spring.
Iugh Cotton, associate dean, said lack of oratory space prevented the school from seping more students. The school usually leaved 120 to 156 applicants each year.
Enrollment increased in the Graduate tool, the College of Liberal Arts and sciences, the schools of Business, Law and Education, Law I the College of Health Sciences.
HE TOTAL enrollment at the Lawrence npus this spring increased by 244 students last spring. Enrollment in 2022 this spring exceeded last spring. Four of the schools recording increases do
not limit the number of students they accept. Exceptions are some departments of the Graduate School and the School of Law and the College of Health Sciences.
The Graduate School had the largest increase, 101 students. Dorothy Hagland, assistant to the dean of liberal arts, said the Graduate School's admissions process took some department to another, but some department because of space and staff restrictions.
The second largest gain was in the School of Fine Arts, which had an increase of 46
"We've had a very steady rise," Don Scheid, associate dean, said. "We haven't experienced any drastic rises or fails. I think enrollment is leveling off."
THE SCHOOL OF Business had the next highest increase, 36 students, and the School
Enrollment for Schools Spring 1978 1979
Graduate 5,104 5,206
Liberal Arts 9,114 9,132
Architecture 404 404
Business 918 954
Education 1,460 1,291
Engineering 1,328 1,301
Artistry 1,476 1,477
Journalism 612 615
Law 454 473
Pharmacy 840 845
Social Welfare 496 483
Health Sciences 1,505 1,506
of Engineering followed with an increase of 33 students.
David Kraft, dean of engineering, attributed the growth of the school to a strong job market and an increase in enrollment by women and minorities.
Although the School of Law enrollment increased by 19, Martin Dickinson, dear of the school, said he expected the school's enrollment to remain fairly stable.
This year, the school accepted 190 students out of 650 who applied.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which had an increase of 18 students, has had slight increases during the past few years, according to Bob Adams, associate
Enrollment in the School of Journalism, which had an increase of three students, has also had only slight increases in the past few years. Lee Young, acting associate dean,
The College of Health Sciences had an increase, but a small one. It had one more college.