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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1986, VOL. 96, NO. 132 (USPS 650-640)
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Legislators fail to agree on KU budget
By Mark Siebert
Staff writer
TOPEKA — When the Kansas Legislature finally decided to call it quits at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, an agreement over the University of Kansas and the Board of Regents budgets still had not been reached.
Legislators took a 10-day recess without deciding whether to include increases for KU programs and the Senate passed passes passed by the Senate last week.
Although a conference committee met after the session to decide several appropriations bills, the bills for higher education will have to wait until 8 a.m. April 21 to be debated.
"It is unrealistic to think we can get them all done unless we want to stay here until three or four in the morning," said State Rep. Bill
Bunten, R-Topeka, at the outset of the conference committee meeting. "And its been done before."
Bunten said the budgets would be better served if the committee waited until after the recess. The committee then agreed to reschedule the debate.
The full Legislature returns April 23 to take care of unfinished business and act on any legislation vetoed by Gov. John Carlin during the recess.
Throughout the final day of the main 1986 session, Lawrence legislators and KU officials worried about what kind of budget cuts would be made because no definite tax cut was planned out between the two houses.
Richard von Ende, University executive secretary, said the recess might help higher education.
"If it effects it, my guess it would be in a positive sort of way," von Ende said.
He said he thought legislators would return with a clearer idea of the drastic cuts that would be made without the governor's 1-cent sales tax increase.
Both chambers passed separate sales tax increases before the 90-day session ended, but a conference meeting yet to work out a compromise.
The Senate version passed last month calls for a 1-cent increase in the sales tax, raising it from 3 to 4 cents, an increase would become effec
The House's version, which also calls for a 1-cent increase, would increase the sales tax one-half cent beginning May 1 and another one-
half cent on January 1
The monetary difference between the two sales tax packages has been estimated at between $38 and $50 million. And some legislators have proposed that it may not even be possible to end half-cent sales tax increase by May 1.
All four Lawrence legislators said they would support the governor's 1-cent sales tax increase so that higher education could be financed.
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, said the situation was serious for higher education.
"We'll just have to work hard to see the Regents' budget retains what was included in the governor's investment budget as well as the Senate's," Branson said.
The education budget makes up about 60 percent of the state's
general fund. About 20 percent of the entire budget goes to higher education.
On Thursday, the House cut all the Regents' increases that the Senate recommended, including a 3 percent increase in faculty salaries, a 1 percent addition of the state's contribution to the faculty retirement program and a 4 percent increase in the student wage base.
The Regents schools are the six state universities, and the Kansas State University.
The main difference in the KU budget passed by the two chambers was the House's deletion of $100,528 and two faculty positions for the science instrumentation laboratory.
See BUDGET, p. 5, col. 1
If the Legislature passes a budget
Journalism school sad at losing dean
By Sandra Crider
Staff writer
The clock on Del Brinkman's desk quietly ticks away the minute he will remain in his office in 200 Stauffer-Flint Hall.
On July 1, Brinkman will leave his post as dean of journalism to take an office in Strong Hall and the position of vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Brinkman will replace Deanell Tacha who resigned in January to become a judge for the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
In spite of the announcement that he had been appointed one of the top administrators at the University of Kansas, Brinkman was subdued Friday morning when he discussed the coming changes.
rhe had called a special meeting to tell his staff about his new job.
"I had kind of a hard time getting through the faculty meeting this morning," he said.
"Being dean is helpful because, on a much smaller scale, I've done more with it."
His work in the School of Journalism has prepared him for many of the duties in the Office of Academic Affairs.
Several faculty members said there were some tears and a feeling of shock, although many were aware that he was a prime candidate for the position.
"Some people look at the office as a place where miracles can occur and expect the person to pull money out of a pot of gold." he said.
brinkman said he saw the job of vice chancellor for academic affairs realistically, and did not have any preconceived notions about how things should be run.
"I'm more realistic about it."
Before he can operate well in his new job, Brinkman said, he must do his homework. He plans to talk to deans, department heads and professors to get new ideas for the office.
Lee Young, professor of journalism, wrote a reluctant letter of recommendation for Brinkman to the selection committee.
"I say reluctant because I am
too old to be a teen." Young
reluctant to see him go." Young said. Brinkman has a great ability to build and unify a faculty that has led to the fine reputation of the school, he said.
"He's like a very successful coach," Young said. "He not only recruits well but leads those around him well once they're here."
Young has been interim dean for the school twice, in 1969-70 and before Brinkman became dean in 1975. An interim dean to take over before a replacement for Brinkman is found has not been chosen.
Brinkman joined the journalism faculty in 1970 after teaching at Indiana and Kansas State universities.
Brinkman has 'been heavily recruited by other universities' journalism schools. Young said it was time to shift the focus before Brinkman accepted another job.
"I had a hunch about it from the beginning," Young said. "When this position opened, I would have almost bet money on him."
Calder Pickett, Clyde M. Reed distinguished professor of journalism, said, "I hate to see Dean Brinkman leave, but he's going to a job where he can make important contributions."
Pickett has taught at KU for 35 years and has seen many deans come and go.
"There's no question in my mind that Brinkman is the best," he said.
Pickett and Young both commented on Brinkman's humaneness and understanding toward the people around him.
"He's a rare human being," Pickett said. "The kind you don't find enough of these days. He's a kind person."
Young said, "I feel sorry for the next person who comes in as dean, initially."
“There are some people I’ve come to rely on very heavily.” Brinkman said, then paused as the clock ticked loudly. “I could take some of them with me.”
The feeling of loss is mutual
Randy Barnes, a driver for the City Cab Company, gives a KU I.D. card back to Margaret Clabots, Deerfield, Ill., senior and Patricia Regan, Carlsbad, Calif., senior. The students took advantage of the SecureCab program, a free service open to KU students.
'Hev, is this the tipsy taxi?'
The cab pulled up in front of a mail after the driver received the message over his two-way radio that some people needed a ride from Gammons, 1601 W. 23rd St., early Friday morning.
Brinkman singled out to be academic vice chancellor
By Barbara Shear
Two women stumbled up to the cab.
Monday Morning
"Is this the tipsy taxi?" one woman asked. "Can we have a ride?"
Immediately, three other women,
the ones who had called for the taxi,
walked outside — one with a bike.
"I'll send another car over here," the driver said. "I can't fit five people."
"Sure you can," the woman with the bike said. "And we can put the
The program, which began March 24, provides students with a ride home from any on- or off-campus building. Although sober students are encouraged to take it as well, the main idea behind the program was to help get drunken drivers off the streets.
As vice chancellor for academic affairs, Brinkman will receive reports and suggestions concerning programs in each of the professional schools and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
As well as having earned a doctorate degree, the vice chancellor must have demonstrated success in teaching and administration and must have shown a commitment to affirmative action principles.
Tim Boller, transportation coordinator, said yesterday that 34 students used SecureCab the first week it was in operation. That number increased to 79 students the next week.
bike in the trunk."
"Friends don't let friends drive drunk," they shouted and sang repeatedly to passersby as they got into the cab. They continued singing and shouting the whole way home.
"He was a strong candidate among a set of strong candidates," he said.
The five women then piled into the back seat of the taxi while the driver got out to fit the bike into the trunk of the cab.
Four of the women squeezed in back and the other woman laid across them, her legs hanging out the window.
The transportation board allotted $4,000 to the project based on Kansas State University's program, but
Protesters announce camp's end
was a difficult one to make.
Brinkman, in turn, is required to make reports to Cobb.
The search committee, which began meeting in mid-December, was looking for a candidate with qualifications that the highly-visible job demands.
"That one was one of my wildest rides and one of the most obnoxious tonight," he said. "Usually people are just rowdy between each other.
Cobb said Brinkman's effective leadership as dean of journalism also played a part in the decision, which
This was just one of many rides Randy Barnes, driver and part-time dispatcher for the City Cab Company, gave to students using the SecureCab program Thursday night.
Occasionally one will pass out.
"Once in a while, I'll have a male and a female — well, I leave it at end."
"Dr. Brinkman's experience here makes it possible to know the University well," he said. "Members of the community have a great deal of confidence in Dr. Brinkman."
Michael Davis, chairman of the search committee and associate professor of law, said the committee interviewed six candidates for about two hours before a final list of about four was handed to Cobb and Budig.
Of the five individuals who have served as vice chancellor for academic affairs, four have come from within the University.
Brinkman will take over from Del Shankel, professor of microbiology and biochemistry, who has been acting as vice chancellor since Deanell Tacha left the position in January to be appointed by U.S. U.S., 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Professors and administrators searching for a new vice chancellor for academic affairs had to search no further than Stauffer-Flint Hall.
Cobb said Brinkman's experience at the University played a part in the final decision that he and Chancellor Gene A. Budig made.
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said yesterday that from a list of about six finalists, Del Brinkman, dean of journalism, was singled out Friday.
See CAB, p. 5, col.3
Divestment protesters ended a 26-day campout Saturday, removing their tents from the lawn in front of Youngberg Hall, where they were protesting Kansas University Endowment Association investments in South Africa.
Dwaine Hemphill, Lawrence law student, said yesterday. "We're planning on moving the lumber, but we need to get a truck to do it.
The woodpile included many of the protesters' sigals, a wooden table and the wood from a makeshift shanty that had been taken apart.
The Sullivan Principles ask that companies investing in South Africa promote racial reform within their ranks.
Cobb said he did not think I necessary to revive the names of the 1860s.
All that was left in the campground yesterday was a large pile of lumber, a water jug, a stack of chairs and a bucket full of paint cans and brushes.
Bv Leslie Hirschbach
By Tim Hrenchir
Several protesters said that the Sullivan Principles were an inadequate way of dealing with apartheid and that Reagan's executive order was even less stringent.
Hemphill said the Rev. Leon Sullivan, a Philadelphia minister who formulated the principles, had said he would withdraw his support of the principles if they didn't bring about positive change by the summer
However, Todd Seymour, president of the Endowment Association, said one association trustee, who was a close friend of Sullivan's, had said he didn't think Sullivan would abandon the principles.
The campers are gone.
The protesters first learned of the decision to selectively divest through a April 5 column in the Lawrence Journal-World. The Endowment Association clarified the selective divestment policy later in the week.
According to the policy, companies that the Endowment Association invests in must either sign the Sullivan Principles or promise to comply with President Reagan's Sept. 9 executive order calling for fair and equal opportunity practices for companies doing business in South Africa,
"KUEA hasn't heard the last from us," he said.
Besides, Hemphill said, the protesters wanted to save the wood, possibly for building shanties in the future.
The committee had made its final selection by March 31, Davis said.
The protesters decided to end the campout after they learned the Endowment Association had adopted a policy of selective divestment in companies that invest in South Africa.
See CAMPER, p. 5, col. 2
Price of tuition makes KU a bargain
By Lori Poison Staff writer
When students shop for a college education, the University of Kansas' tuition makes KU a bargain buy, according to Board of Regents members and KU administrators.
Compared to many of its peer institutions, tuition at CU is very competitive.
Tom Rawson, Regents director of financial planning, said peer institutions were determined by the Regents in 1890. The schools offer academic programs similar to the Kansas schools and they are in states that share common interests and goals with Kansas.
Every year, when the Regents tuition plan increases, they compare the price of state schools to other similar schools around the country.
Universities designated as KU's peer institutions all belong to the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, he said.
The Regents use peer institutions to help gauge financing.
The schools chosen to compare with KU are the University of Colorado, the University of Iowa, the University of North Carolina, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Oregon.
Comparing tuition costs at Kansas schools to peer institutions is becoming increasingly important since competition for students is growing, he said.
Gary Watson, research analyst for the Kansas Department of Education, said recruiting students was a problem for all colleges and universities around the country.
"There's a lot of competition for students and there's a lot less people to try to recruit," he said.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig also is concerned about maintaining KU's competitive low tuition position.
After a recommendation for a tuition increase was made recently by the Regen's Special Committee on Tuition and Fees, Budig said, "I am pleased with the increase. The university will remain highly competitive."
The committee proposed for the fall 1987 semester to raise general fees for all students at state schools by 3 percent and add an additional $100 to the general fee cost of non-resident students.
The Regents schools are the six state universities and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
However, KU's tuition was lower than three of its five designated peer institutions.
KU's tuition in the fall of 1955 was slightly higher than the average tuition price of its peer institutions. Kansas residents paid $615 for one semester at KU, while the average tuition cost was $605.90.
At the University of Colorado,
students paid $908; at the University
of Iowa they paid $622; and at the
University of Oregon, students paid
$743.50.
$397, and the University of Oklahoma with $429.
Watson said the reasonable tuition rates in Kansas had cut down on a lot of residents leaving the state.
The two schools with lower tuition than KU's were the University of North Carolina, where students paid
Non-resident tuition at the University, although it is considerably higher than resident tuition, is still lower than many of its peer schools.
KU non-resident students paid $1,517 for tuition in the fall 1995 semester, while non-resident tuition at the peer institutions was: $2,985 at the University of Colorado; $1,915 at the University of Iowa; $1,857 at the University of North Carolina; $1,092 at the University of Oklahoma; and $1,395 at the University of Oregon.