WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2006
LEGISLATURE
Lower tuition bill amended
BY FRED A. DAVIS III
fdavis@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
Nonresident students may soon be able to qualify for a discounted tuition rate. A bill that would add a third tuition level, the "Kansas commitment rate," to Kansas educational institutions is being sent to the Legislative Educational Planning Committee.
The House of Representatives Higher Education Committee on Monday adopted several key amendments to the bill that offers a lower tuition rate to nonresident students - as long as they agree to stay in Kansas for five years after graduation - before sending to the bill to the committee.
Rep. David Huff (R-Lenexa) said the bill offered a new angle on tuition, but that the difference in the amount of tuition for the middle commitment rate and the flat nonresident rate had to be looked at closer. Huff said the bill simply needed more time to be worked on and that the Higher Education Committee was not ready to present the bill to the Kansas Board of Regents.
A looming question that surrounded the bill, one that the University of Kansas was especially concerned with, was the potential revenue loss with the middle rate. An amendment to the bill capped the number of students that could
utilize the middle rate at any school at 250.
Another amendment added to the bill detailed that students who left the state of Kansas before the five-year agreement would have to pay back the institution they attended as opposed to paying back the state of Kansas. The amount someone would have to pay back would be the difference between the middle and nonresident rate, plus interest.
Rep. Tim Owens (R-Overland Park) said he was pleased with the amendments and was not at all dismayed that bill was being sent to the LEPC for further review.
"I think it's a good compromise," Owens said. Owens said that sending the bill to the LEPC does not kill the idea of the bill and that the extra time to work on it enables people to examine other options for the bill.
Owens said he was optimistic about the dialogue the bill has generated both in and out of the House. He said he had already received two e-mails from potential KU students who would be interested in the middle rate if it passed.
- Edited by Lindsey St. Clair
The amended bill also outlines that the rate would take effect for the 2006-2007 school year and that the Kansas Board of Regents would set the middle tuition rate.
NEWS
CAMPUS
CAMPUS School of Journalism leads writing contest
Tim Vandenack/THE HUTCHINSON NEWS
The University of Kansas is now in first place for the Intercollegiate Writing Competition through the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards Program.
The University has accumulated points in the competition for the student-generated content
ofThe University Daily Kansan.
of the University Bay area.
Ryan Colaianni, McLean, Va, junior, placed sixth, and Matt Wilson, Windsor, Mo., senior, placed ninth in the sports writing category.
"We're just extremely pleased. It's a real testament to the quality of our students and faculty. I'm thrilled," said Ann Brill, dean of journalism.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3A
Anne Weltmer
Big trouble
Elephant keepers Tonya Kuker, left, and Pablo Holgun stand with Moki on Tuesday at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City. The Lee Richardson Zoo is one of six parks across the nation singled out by an animal rights group for failure to properly care for its elephants, part of a growing debate about the giant animals' place in captivity.
Professor leaving KU for Minnesota job
A distinguished professor in medicinal chemistry is leaving the University of Kansas.
Gunda Georg, University distinguished professor of medicinal chemistry, was appointed as the chairman of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota next fall. Georg will also hold the Robert Vince Chair in Medicinal Chemistry and a McKnight Distinguished Professorship.
"This is exactly the kind of environment and infrastructure I am being asked to develop at Minnesota," Georg said.
Georg joined the KU School of Pharmacy faculty as an assistant professor in 1984. She said in a press release that the University was a supportive environment to develop strong
research skills.
Although the University presented a counteroffer, Georg said the opportunity at Minnesota was too good to turn down. Her new position brings with it "unprecedented resources"
"Given the history and reputation of KU and the School of Pharmacy, I know they will be able to recruit a prominent faculty researcher to pick up where I leave off," Georg said.
Georg's research grants will stay with their designated projects at the University.
Catherine Odson
The University Career Center is sponsoring a Summer Camp Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.today at the 4th floor lobby in the Kansas Union.
ON CAMPUS
The Dole Institute of Politics is sponsoring a free pizza and politics discussion from 12 to 1:30 p.m. today at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
The Kansas African Studies Center is sponsoring a conversation with the KU for Uganda student group over "Children Soldiers and Abduction of Children in Northern Uganda" as part of the Ujamaa Brownbag series at 12 p.m. today at Alcove G in the Kansas Union.The session will be moderated by Sandra Gray, associate professor of anthropology.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries is sponsoring "Five Stories and the Stories Behind Them" as part of the University Forum series at 12 p.m. today in the ECM Center. An optional lunch is offered for $3 for students and $5.50 for others.
- Philip Barnard, Associate Professor of English, is giving a lecture over Michel Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" at 3:30 p.m. today at the Conference Hall in the Hall Center for the Humanities.
- Cyrus Console, graduate teaching assistant in Eng.
lish, is hosting a seminar on "Prose/Poetry Interaction in Melville" at 4 p.m. today at the Seminar Room in the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Barbara Kerr, Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology, is giving a lecture entitled "The Happy Family Project: A Positive Psychology of Domestic Life" at 5:30 p.m. today at the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Mary Both Cahill, John Kerry's presidential campaign manager, and Tom Daffron, Elizabeth Dole's 2000 Presidential campaign manager, are giving a lecture entitled "The Path to the Presidency: How She Will Win" as part of the Presidential Lecture Series 2006 at 7:30 p.m. today in the Dole Institute of Politics.
◆ The Symphonic and University Bands are performing at 7:30 p.m. today in the Lied Center. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $7 for adults.
♦ David Coleman, also known as the Dating Doctor, is giving a lecture on "Making Relationships Matter" at 7:30 p.m. today at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The Office of Study Abroad is hosting a Study Abroad Photo Exhibition through Friday at the SUA gallery on the 4th floor in the Kansas Union.
ON THE RECORD
- A KU Public Safety Officer arrested a 20-year-old resident of Columbus at 2:48 a.m. Sunday in campus parking lot 104 for possession of a concealed 9 mm handgun.
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