Thursday April 28,1988
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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 judges.
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 compro-
"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 $2.4 million for programs. The extra money would increase faculty salaries by an average of 7.5 percent.
Rep. Robert Vancrum, 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 plan, recognizing that need," Vancrum said.
However, Rep. Rochelle Chronier, R-Neodesha, said many of the universities would use the extra program money to hire extra professors.
Students will race canoes at KSU
By Julie Adam
Kansan staff writer
Sink or win is the motto for KU civil engineering students this weekend.
The students, who built and will race their concrete canoes in Manhattan on Saturday, say they will win.
Dan Danning, Ottawa junior,
was putting the final coat of paint
on the canoe that he says will beat
the Cavaliers in the NHL. An
annual KSU Concrete Game Brace.
"We've got the winning canoe right here," he said. "This is the year. We've got all the calculators and the sink, sink unless we are big waves."
Ben Frevert, Pomona senior,
said that about 25 civil engineers
have helped to construct the
canoe, which is a different design
than canoes that KU engineers
have made in the past.
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bottom of a concrete
students. They will
across the country in
State University.
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were going to name the
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found nities
four houses given ns were Phi Kappa 1941 Stewart Ave.; Tau Omega, 1537 sse St.; Kappa Sigma, Emery Road and Alpha Lambda, 2021 Stew-
room, computer room and in room; storage of combustorial in the attic and within et of an open flame device; of a multipug adapter in the room.
delta Upsilon fraternity, 1025 Road, was also listed as one ouse cited for fire violations. r, the charges were disby the fire department.
received a call from the fire sent this morning that said for Delta Upson were disrescue house members hadsd problems," said Jerry虫 prosecutor.
delta Upsilon fraternity had lied for failure to correct al hazards in two rooms and soft drink machine, maintaining in the library and in the airway, repair emergency in the second-and third-flooraries, and maintain fire shers in the library, boiler living room.
rd Barr, Lawrence fire marid he would drop charges the four houses if they com fire codes. However, the iission is up to Little.
p to me to decide whether
will be dismissed," Little
haven't decided yet, I still
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