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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday April 28,1988
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No.144 (USPS 650-640)
Budget to Hayden for final approval
Package includes Margin of Excellence
The Associated Press
TOPEKA 《The Legislature yesterday sent about three-quarters of the state's next annual budget to Gov. Mike Hayden, including money for the Margin of Excellence program for Board of Regents universi-
Other major bills passed included the "KanWork" welfare reform program and salary increases for inducts.
The House and the Senate passed eight appropriations bills containing close to $3 billion in spending. Hayden had proposed a $4.2 billion budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Hayden praised the Legislature for tackling major appropriations bills on the first day of its wrap-up session. The House-Senate conference committee negotiated the compromises before the wrap-up session began
"Their actions today in passing all but three of the remaining regular
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Their actions today in passing all but three of the remaining regular appropriations bills hopefully signifies a readiness to bring this session to a timely and orderly close. '
Mike Hayden governor
appropriations bills hopefully signifies a readiness to bring this session to a timely and orderly close," Hayden said.
The Margin of Excellence program was proposed by the regents as a way of making state universities more competitive with their peers in other states and to increase faculty salaries.
A conference committee agreed to spend a total of $9.1 million to fund
the program, $5.3 million for salary increases and $3.8 million to improve other academic programs. The regents had requested a total of $10.8 million, $6.3 million for salary increases and $4.5 million for other extra money would increase faculty salaries by an average of 7.5 percent.
Rep. Robert Nancrum, R-Overland Park, urged his colleagues to reject the conference committee's compromise on the Regents budget. The House had voted only to fund the salary increases.
"This has been rather a substantial change in philosophy — we said we would fund the faculty part of the university recognizing that need." Vancrum said.
However, Rep Rochelle Chronister, R-Neodesha, many of the universities would use the extra pros the bottom of a concrete
neering students. They will
i from across the country in
ansas State University.
Students will race canoes at KSU
By Julie Adam
Kansas staff writer
Sink or win is the motto for KU civil engineering students this weekend.
Kansan staff writer
The students, who built and will race their concrete canoes in Manhattan on Saturday, say they will win.
Dan Lanning, Ottawa junior; was putting the final coat of paint on the canoe that says he will beat him in a race. The game ran annually ISSU. Concrete Bags.
"We've got the winning canoe right here," he said. "This is the year. We've got all the calculators, we can sink to sink unless there are big waves."
Ben Frevert, Pomona senior,
said that about 25 civil engineers
have helped to construct the canoe, which is a different design
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Beating K-State would also make the work worthwhile, Lanning said.
as worth it because the canoe ace is more like a social event each year.
"We were going to name the anoe the Final Four, but we ould've run into some copyright robblems," he said.
ns found ternities
The four houses given itations were Phi Kappa heta, 1941 Stewart Ave. ; Alpha Tau Omega, 1537 ennesse St. ; Kappa Sigma, 045 Emery Road and Alpha appa Lambda, 2021 Stewart Ave.
The Delta Upsilon fraternity, 1025 nery Road, was also listed as one the house cited for fire violations. wever, the charges were disissed by the fire department.
"I received a call from the fire partment this morning that said args for Delta Upson were disassed, because house members had reected problems," said Jerry title, city prosecutor.
uler room, computer room and levission room; storage of combustive material in the attic and within ree feet of an open flame device; id use of a multiply adapter in the emputer room.
The Delta Upsilon fraternity had en cited for failure to correct strical hazards in two rooms and ar a soft drink machine, maintain it lighting in the library and in the ar stairway, repair emergency hiting in the second and third-floor rimitories, and maintain fire tinguishers in the library, boiler om and living room.
Richard Barr, Lawrence fire marshal, said he would drop charges against the four houses if they complained. The judge, however, the decision is up to Little.
It's up to me to decide whether urgles will be dismissed." Little d. "I haven't decided yet; I still y proceed with some kind of fine.
I will work with the fire depart on that and will listen to their ommendations."