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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
January 16, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 75
(USPS 650-640)
Darcy Chang/KANSAN
Hot spot
Mike Jones, left, and Ray Lasley weld a barrel-shaped vaulted ceiling on a building at 1511 W. 23rd St. The two work for Kritzman Construction, Lawrence, which is remodeling the building into a seafood restaurant
and lounge. The project is scheduled to be completed by late March. Schumm Food Company, which also owns Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse and the Massachusetts Street Deli, owns the building.
Study says Kansas lacks cultural arts
Staff writer
By JOSEPH REBELLO
Kansas likes to think of itself as the "Land of Ahs," but some say that for commissure of the arts, it may as well be the "Land of Blahs."
Recently released figures from a national arts agency put Kansas 47th in the United States in its per capita spending on the arts.
Although the national average for the amount of money spent per person on the arts is 91 cents, a Kansas resident spends just 24.6 cents, said Ronya McMillen, information service manager for the Arts Agencies in Washington, D.C. The association conducted the study.
The figures, which are computed annually, are based on legislative appropriations made to state arts agencies for 1987. McMillan said.
"I think the state of Kansas has just never been aware of the needs of the arts," said John Carey, executive director of the Kansas Arts Commission to convince people that their kind of state expenditure is appropriate."
The Kansas Legislature allocated $602,707 to the Kansas Arts Commission for 1987, he said. In 1986, Kansas
See ARTS, p. 6, col. 3
KU GTAs escape budget cut ax
Bv LISA A. MALONEY
Oklahoma guard Tim McCalister hit a jump shot with nine seconds left, and guard Ricky Grace blocked Mark Turgeon's shot as time ran out, giving the Sooners a 78-74 victory over the Jayhawks in Norman. See page 11.
Staff writer
In most cases, the 3.8 percent proposed state budget cut has not drastically affected graduate teaching assistantships at the University of Kansas, according to several KU deans.
Most of the cuts have been made by eliminating unfilled positions and limiting student hourly positions, instead of firing current graduate teaching assistants.
The lucky seven
Sooner setback
James Carothers, assistant dean of liberal arts and sciences, said that some positions had been in jeopardy last semester when the University ordered a hiring freeze and targeted for cancellation 106 classes without instructors.
But Carothers added that GTAS yet been assigned to those POSHIS.
Dennis Constance, house manager at Joseph R. Pearson Hall, became the seventh candidate to enter the Lawrence City Commission election this spring. See page 3.
Carothers said unfilled positions remained because assistantships often were appointed on a semesterly basis.
"We teach a lot of classes with graduate students, and we don't always appoint them for a full year," he said.
The positions were filled in December after Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, authorized spending for the 106 classes on the expectation that the Kansas Legislature would grant the release of $953,418 in excess fees, Carothers said.
The Legislature will vote whether to declare those fees sometime this month.
For example, Norman Saul, chairman of the department of history, said one history GTA position, which would have gone unappointed, was added to help cover an enrollment increase of more than 20 percent in the department.
"Money was made available to cover some of the pressure points," he added.
James Wooelfl, director of the Western Civilization program, said
that although eight extra sections had been added this year, the number of GTAs had not changed. Instead, the extra sections were divided up among the existing GTAs, who be paid for the extra work, he said.
"The University was very committed to maintaining its academic programs as top priority," Woelfel said. "I think they were very concerned not to cut back on GTA staff, which we have been cutting back on sections and courses."
The School of Architecture and Urban Design cut back some hourly student positions, but kept the same number. We lead W. Max Lucas, dean of the school.
Because the school has a restricted enrollment, the number of students
"In order to protect our graduate students and faculty, the other cuts went pretty deep in other areas," he said.
By TODD COHEN
Staff writer
Higher education bills on legislative agenda
See TEACHING, p. 6, col. 3
The Kansas Legislature will address several bills affecting higher education this session, including the University of Kansas' request that $953,418 in unspent student fees be released for use this semester and proposals to change the residency requirements for some students.
Another bill that would restructure the way that Kansas' higher education system is managed also is expected to be introduced.
The University also hopes that the Legislature eventually will restore the level of financing that KU had before the budget cuts, which Hayden has said he wanted to do when the next fiscal year begins July.1.
But University officials and local legislators said this week that fee release was their top priority in the Legislature this session.
However, State Rep John Solbach, Lawrence Democrat, said winning the Legislature's support wouldn't be automatic even though both Hayden and an interim committee of the Legislature recommended the fee release.
The Legislature appropriates a certain amount to the University each fiscal year. Excess fees result when the revenue generated from student enrollment fee exceeds that appropriation, as it did during last fall's record enrollment.
KU has cancelled 25 percent of its normal summer school class offerings because of the cuts, said Browner and his vice chancellor for academic affairs.
The University decided not to cancel some spring classes despite the 3.8 percent budget cuts ordered by Gov. Mike Hayden and is gambling that the Legislature will release the fees, said Melvin Dubnick, chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee.
The University can't spend the excess fees unless the Legislature releases them.
"There are over 100 sections of classes being offered that the University can't pay for without (the fees)." Dubnick said.
Two almost identical bills before the Legislature propose reducing the requirements to qualify for Kansas statehood. The state offers six months for certain students in
State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, Lawrence Democrat, said the Lawrence delegation would begin working on the release immediately.
The six month standard will apply to students whose parents or themselves are employees of an educational institution, in the military service, or who within the last six months, have lost their residency status, moved to Kansas to accept a job, or were transferred.
Regents institution.
Students who lost residency due to parents' divorce also will be eligible.
Senate Education Committee Chairman Joseph Harder, R-Moundridge, said Wednesday that the residency bills had a good chance of passing after both houses agree to a single version.
Harder's committee also will have hearings later in the session regarding proposals to restructure higher education management in Kansas, he said.
If the Board of Regents can coordinate the entire Kansas higher education system, Winter said, management of the institutions and the quality of education would improve.
Now being studied are proposals to create a "super" Board of Regents which would make master plans and coordinate financing and curriculums for all higher education institutions.
The community colleges and vocational technical schools now are under the State Board of Education's jurisdiction. Under the proposed legislation, each school's local board still would have responsibility for daily management.
The super board would work with two new lower boards. One would oversee the state universities and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina, and another would oversee the state's community colleges and vocational technical schools.
House Education Chairman Denise Apt, R-Iola, said that she also expected the Legislature to aprove changes but that the Legislature might instead pass a constitutional amendment creating an autonomous board for the community colleges and vo-techs.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., Lawrence Republican, is enthusiastically supporting the proposed changes in the regents system.
"People are starting to recognize that we must reform higher education governance." Winter said "Right now, higher education has a disease of duplication of programs."
Building boom $40 million in construction projects planned for University
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - The Senate completed legislative action yesterday on a bill withdrawing state agencies' authority to spend $60 million the rest of this fiscal year, delivering to Gov. Mike Hayden the measure he wanted so he can begin managing a $93 million state revenue shortfall.
Two Democrats, Frank Gaines of Augusta and Joe Norvell of Hays, joined the 24 Republicans in supporting the bill.
Despite pleas from Democrats not to cut welfare payments and instead look for other ways to make the reductions, the Senate voted 26-14 to pass the bill lapsing authority to spend the money. That means agencies no longer have the $60 million to spend over the last 5 months of this fiscal year. It will be gone as soon as Havden signs the bill.
The House passed the measure, 89-34, Wednesday. Senate passage without amendment sent the bill to Hayden. He had asked that it be delivered to him the first week of the election. The House will also potential deficit spending and end the fiscal year at least $30 million in the black on June 30.
The 24 hours of Senate debate became so emotional that Sen. Paul Teleciano, D-Wichita, wept and had to stop to compose himself while talking about the impact of the welfare cuts on children.
Calling it a "damnable" bill rammed through the Legislature by majority Republicans for Hayden, Feličano said, "It harms me in my gut. We're supposed to legislate for the people, not be a rubber stamp for the man on the second floor (where the governor's office is)."
By PAUL SCHRAG
Staff writer
Five large construction projects already in progress or soon to begin at the University of Kansas compose one of the most ambitious building and renovation efforts in KU's history, facilities planning officials said this week.
"I can't remember any time that we've had this many major projects going," said James Canole, campus director of facilities planning. "It's certainly one of the largest numbers of new projects ever at one time."
The five projects, which together cost more than $40 million, include a new human development center, a new science library, renovation of the Kansas Union, renovation of an old fraternity house at 112 W. 11th St, which will house the University's Audio-Reader Network.
Those include re-rooting Jayhawk Tower, finishing a facilities operations complex on West Campus, upgrading electrical services in Strong Hall and renovating parts of Bailey and Lippincott halls.
Of the five large projects, the science library has the highest price tag at $13.9 million. It will be built south of Hoch Auditorium and will consolidate the science and technology libraries now located in several locations. The new volumes, it will alleviate space shortages in the existing libraries.
In addition to the five large projects, 30 to 40 smaller projects are also in progress, said James E. associate director of facilities planning.
Bids for the science library will be taken in March, and construction is scheduled to begin later this spring. It is scheduled to be completed in late
The $12 million human development center will be built east of Haworth Hall. The building, to be completed in early 1989, will house the departments of human development and family life, special education, speech-language-hearing sciences and disorders, radio-television, the Bureau of Child Research and the Gerontology Center.
Facilities planning officials have not set a schedule for release of the project for bidding or for the start of construction, Modig said. Asbestos removal from buildings on the site is in progress and must be completed before demolition can begin.
1989 or early 1990, Modig said.
Workers also have begun removing asbestos from Snow Hall. The $723 million renovation of Snow is scheduled to be completed in 1991. The renovation will be tailored to the needs of the math and computer departments. The buildings will move to Snow from Strong Hall, Modig said.
Renovation of the Kansas Union will cost $6.5 million. Asbestos removal is scheduled to begin this month; construction may start in early February.
The Union renovation will remodel the building and modernize its electrical and mechanical systems. Modifications should be completed in early 1989.
The $300,000 project is scheduled to take about a year. Asbestos removal and initial demolition there are finished.
Renovation of the old fraternity house, which will house the Audio-Reader Network, will begin when further planning is completed. The audio-reader program maintains a library of taped books and documents.
Bill Skeet/KANSAN