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 Heyden, 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 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 $4.7 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 canoees in Manhattan on Saturday, say they will win.
Dan Lanning, Ottawa junior, was putting the final coat of paint on the canoe that he says will beat him. The team will compete in Annual KSU Cinder Canoe Race.
"We've got the winning canoe right here," he said. "This is the year. We've got all the calculations on it." He sink unless there are big waves.
Ben Frevert, Pomona senior,
said that about 25 civil engineers
have helped to construct the
bridge over the Maupin Delta,
than canoes that KU engineers
KANSAN magazine
April 27,1988
Volume 4, Issue 8
ON THE COVER
Harry Buchholz and Gary McManness, the technicians who give light and sound to campus events, stand in front of Hoch Auditorium, where they do most of their work. Photo by Andrew Morrison.
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DOWN THE HILL
A graduating senior reflects on four years at the University of Kansas and on what's good and bad about leaving the home of the Jayhawks for 'the real world.'
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DEPARTMENTS
Trends: *Car financing for graduates* ... 4
Interview: 'Vice' director ... 6
Reviews: *New sounds* ... 14
    Summer films ... 14
    King's latest ... 16
Fiction:
Spring Fever
18
STAFF:
Editor: Kjersti Moen
Associate Editor: Jerri Niebaum
CONTRIBUTING STAFF: Valoree Armstrong, David Boyce,
John Calhoun, Jody Dickson, Chet Dickenson, Kevin Dilmore, Dave
Eames, Stacy Foster, Susan Harper, John Henderson, Mark Jost, Rob
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the bottom of a concrete
sering students. They will
from across the country in
asas State University.
s worth it because the canoe
e is more like a social event
h year.
eating K-State would also be the work worthwhile, Lang said.
We were going to name the
dame the Final Four, but we
did've run into some copyright
blems," he said.
is found ernities
te four houses given tions were Phi Kappa ta, 1941 Stewart Ave.; ha Tau Omega, 1537 nesse St.; Kappa Sigma, 5 Emery Road and Alpha pa Lambda, 2021 Stew-Ave.
Delta Upsilon fraternity, 1025 y Road, was also listed as one house cited for fire violations. disd by the fire department
r room, computer room and
sion room, storage of combusti-
torial in the atic and within
feet of an open flame device;
se of a multiplug adapter in the
uter room.
received a call from the fire
motion this morning that said
es for Delta Upside were dis-
d, because house members had
ted problems," said Jerry
city prosecutor.
Delta Upsilon fraternity had cited for failure to correctical hazards in two rooms and soft drink machine, maintainighting in the library and in the stairway, repair emergency g in the second-and third-floorgories, and maintain fire ushers in the library, boiler and living room.
ard Barr. Lawrence fire marshal he would drop charges t the four houses if they com fire codes. However, the session is up to Little.
up to me to decide whether will be dismissed," Little haven't decided yet, I still seed with some kind of fine.
I work with the fire depart-1 that and will listen to their renditions."