THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol. 89, No.100
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, March 7.1979
KU budget items approved
By TAMMY TIERNEY
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA- As expected, the Kansas House Ways and Means Committee yesterday approved the addition of $116,500 for women's athletics and a library security system to the fiscal 1980 KU budget.
Committee members also approved a transfer of $777,000 from an allocation for renovation of Marvin Hall to
Unexpected to the budget were $20,000 to the Kansas State scholarship fund, $35,000 for the development of sandstone aquifers in western Kansas and $20,000 for the Juniper Gardens Children's Project. a cooperative effort
athletics is less than one-tenth of $267,396 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 renovation of Marvin Hall.
However, committee members split that figure, allocating $1 million for the renovation of Marvin and the other buildings.
State Rep. David Heinemann, R-Garden City, said he splitting the money to get ibs project started this week.
Committee members said the funds to finish both Legislature next year.
finish Marvin and $1.65
eling, which is about be cheaper than con-
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.
beard testimony from or of the Associated nt lobbying group. mberbs about funding of Iregrets schools. the group. Zacharias
ZACHARIAS SAID the governor's recommended increase in student salaries would bring them in compliance with state law.
Both the scholarship and faculty salary funding are needed, he said, to keep teachers and students at Karasan
"Faculty and students should not be enticed out of the state." 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.
ASK's other funding priorities, Zacharias said, are more 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 buildings, student students, greater use of the formula funding budget material, and the salaries of the regiments Staff members from 2 to 7 percent.
its snack sales
e Union, said the Union had exclusive to the concessions on campus because Union was organized to provide service agents. The Union does not pay for the
said that if small snack bars began ating across campus, it would be hard hit their number.
**REST JOLLY, director of vending he Union, said concessions could be sold to him directly in person. He said the profit from the verminmaster was deposited in the Union account.**
t Prownt said the McCollum senate
have the right to sell concessions
don't mind KU concessions having a act, but I want to get the exclusive contract repaled," he said. "KU
But Jolly said competition would raise the food prices and cause a reduction of service.
concessions has no reason to improve its products because it doesn't have a compete
"No one will drink soft drinks for 25 cents. That's as cheap as a grocery store will get."
JOLLY SAID machines in MCollum were serviced three times a day on Sunday.
*McCollim is always serviced three times because it is a large dorm. We pamper McCollim because it is such a large room, but we also send one cold food machine but it holds 130 units.
"We have 12-hour service on the machines, so they really should be emptied."
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Staff Reporter
KU schools losing n battle for students
By BILL RIGGINS
though most schools within the university of Kansas had slight enrollment cases compared with a year ago, four oils had decreases, figures released last *x* by the office of admissions and rds indicate.
tree of the four schools have limits on number of students they accept. The schools with decreasing enrollments are Education, Pharmacy and Social Welfare- school of Education, the only school out an enrolment limit that recorded a case, had the most severe decrease. School has 180 fewer students than a ago.
EN EWNOLLMENT decrease reflects
ide publicity given to the lack of jobs in
action. Dale Scannell, dean of education,
westerday
/e make sure we all to students who sit in the school and inform them of the payment limitations," he said. "We are not here to advise or criticise her or not to stay in the school."
e School of Architecture, which has rolled enrollment, experienced the largest loss, 17 students. Dennis assistant, assisted to the dean, said he gled the decrease was due to the way he lent was figure. He said the total ent hours in the school had risen from in the spring of 1978 to 6,135 this spring. The increase was due to additional engineering in technical engineering were listed under School of Engineering but were also antes in the School of Architecture and in Design.
**D. SCHOOL OF Social Welfare had a case of 13 students. Edith Black, tant dean, said the school's practicum arm limited the number of students could be admitted. The school requires that all teachers and workers in inception with their class work.
e School of Pharmacy, the other school doing a decline, had one less student during than last spring.
hick Cotton, associate dean, said lack of 'atory space prevented the school from pting more students. The school usually yes 120 to 156 applicants each year.
rollment increased in the Graduate ol. the College of Liberal Arts and nces the schools Business, the education Journalism, Law he College of Health Sciences.
E TOTAL enrollment at the Lawrence
will this spring increased by 244
units, and will this spring increase
this spring and this spring,
at the schools recording increases doe
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 was more rigorous than a number, but some departments had to limit admissions because of space and staff restrictions.
The second largest gain was in the School of Fine Arts, which had an increase of 46 students.
"We've had a very steady rise," Don Scheid, associate dean, said. "We haven't experienced any drastic rises or falls. I think enrolment is leveling off."
THE SCHOOL OF Business had the next highest increase, 36 students, and the School
Enrollment for Schools Spring 1978 Spring 1979
Graduate 5,104 5,205
Liberal Arts 9,114 9,132
Architecture 421 404
Retention 918
Education 1,660 1,291
Engineering 1,528 1,561
Education 1,431 1,477
Journalism 612 615
Law 454 473
Pharmacy 340 282
Social Welfare 496 480
Health Sciences 1,565 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, dean of the school, said he expected the school's enrolment 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 professor.
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 doctor.