8
Tuesday, April 21, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Alan Hagman/KANSAN
Not a laughing matter
Teresa Good, top, Edmond, Oklahoma, freshman, has a good time Chanute sophomore. On Wednesday, Good will have to do her study for a Navy ROTC inspection with the help of Amy Barnby, service dress white uniform for the ROTC's biannual inspection
Program examines effect of deregulation
Staff writer
By PEGGY O'BRIEN Staff writer
The effects of deregulation on small Midwestern communities will be discussed at an upcoming symposium at the University of Kansas.
The first annual Midwest Symposium on Public Policy, "Community Aspects of Deregulation," is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin and Business Research. The
program will be tomorrow and Thursday at the Adams Alumni Center.
The symposium will bring together university professors and representatives from Midwestern industries. The group will examine the pros and cons of deregulation in electric utilities, transportation, banking and telecommunications. Participants also will discuss solutions to "
problems that deregulation has caused the region's small communities.
Doug Houston, associate professor of business, said some small communities feared that they would be at risk for higher utility bills because of the electric utilities, a fear that Houston did not think was necessarily true.
the symposium entitled "Power to the People: Communities" Impact on Electric Utility Deregulation.
Houston is presenting a paper at
Prem Pangotra, assistant professor of public administration and symposium convener, will finance the symposium with grants from the Farm Foundation in Oak Brook, Ill., the Hansen Foundation in Logan, and a subsidiary from the office of academic affairs.
Installation of KU's new phone system begins in summer
By KJERSTI MOEN
Staff writer
KU's long-awaited new telephone system will begin operating this summer, but at a higher price than first expected.
The University of Kansas telecommunications department began planning a new telephone system in 1982. Installation began in March 1986 and completed by August, said Dewey Alirez, director of the department.
"In essence, we pretty much become one telephone company we're said to be."
The changes include replacing the University's approximated 4,000 rotary phones with push-button phones. New wiring will also be installed, including fiber-optic cables that can transmit data at a high speed transfer video signals. Under a contract with American Telephone & Telegraph Co., the University will lease an automatic switchboard, which connects the caller with the number dialed.
The system is part of a statewide network that includes five state universities and government agencies in Topeka.
About 80 percent of University buildings have been connected to the new wire system, and about one-third of the phones have been replaced. He said the new system would begin operating in late July.
The University decided to operate its own telephone system instead of leasing wires and other equipment from outside telephone companies to save money in the long run, Alaire said. By using its own equipment, KU will pay AUM and Suntai Ernell's yearly charge increases. After about four years, KU will begin to save money on the new system, he said.
In addition to saving money, the University also wanted to increase efficiency, especially in the transmission of data, Allaire said. Computer data can be transmitted over telephone lines through the use of a modem. The new fiber-optic cables will transmit more data faster than the existing coaxial cables, Allaire said.
"The coaxial cable is choking us up several places," he said.
The total cost of the new equipment
was not final, Alauna said, but he estimated the yearly cost over the first eight years to be about $1.7 million. After eight years, the University will have paid more than $13 million for the system.
In 1984, William Hogan, then associate executive vice chancellor, told the Kansan that the telephone system would cost about $8.5 million.
James Bibb, associate University director of business affairs, said it was not yet finalized where the money would come from. The telephone budget for fiscal 1988 has increased by about $400,000 from fiscal 1987, which will not nearly cover the yearly costs of the new system.
"Those were only estimates," Alaire said. He said the cost had gone up because the University had to lease some equipment instead of buying it, which increased long-run costs and resulted in a decrease included in the early figures he said.
Bibb said some additional funds might go into the budget. A joint Kansas Senate and Legislature finance committee will decide this week whether to allocate about $200,000 to KU's telephone budget. The university last month to transfer some money from the University of Kansas Medical Center to the Lawrence campus to cover budget overruns.
"When it all shakes out, it will finally come down to an exact figure," Bibb said.
Allaire said the telecommunications department had not yet figured out how much the new system would affect individual schools and departments. He expected KU's monthly charges to increase by about 18 percent to state support, and by about 10 percent with state support.
Robert Senecal, dean of continuing education, said the school would face an approximate 15 to 20 percent increase in basic monthly telephone charges. Senecal, who also serves on the telecommunications committee, said the increase was not unreasonable.
"The cost would have gone up anyway, even if we had stayed on the old system," he said.
27 YEARS
OF SOUND EXPERIENCE
AWARD-WINNING DEALER
Hikes On Way
Hit list due out this week
what the outcome of the current high level negotiations on resolution of the IC memory suite, some Japanese electronics and be hit with punitive 100 percent week. The only questions are the penalties will come slated to be a
too lat
Undoubtably you have read quite a bit concerning the powerful effect that the dollarlyen devaluation will have on all goods produced in foreign countries. Many manu facturers have already announced drastic price increases to compensate for currency changes and to anticipate punitive tariffs planned in Washington. Last year the rate of exchange was 275 yen per dollar; currently the rate is around 140 yen per dollar. Obviously, prices in dollars must be adjusted to some form of parity with actual manufacturing costs.
The bottom line is this: in anticipation of price hikes we knew were coming, we committed to huge shipments of audio and video products at the then current costs to lock in the old prices. When these shipments have been sold, prices will have to be adjusted. We invite you to immediately select your audio and video equipment to avoid costly price increases. Financial arrangements have been made so that layaway programs are available at no additional charge to you
COMMENCEMENT The University of Kansas
(913) 842-1811
LAST
Degree Candidates
CHANCE
caps, gowns & hoods Now
All participants, including faculty doctorate, law, Master's and Bachelor's candidates, wear traditional regalia during the commencement ceremonies.
Candidates and faculty members may order caps, gowns, and/or hoods by mailing in the order form from the graduation mailing, OR by visiting Booth 1 on level four of the Kansas Union between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on any weekday until Friday, April 24.