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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-quarterst of the state's next annual budget to Gov. Mike Hayden, including money for theMargin of Excellence program for Board of Regents universities
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 comprovisionation 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 $1.7 million for other 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-Neodesh, 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 Lanning, Ottawa junior, was putting the final coat of paint on the canoe that he says will beat him in a race. The annual KSU Concrete Canoe Race.
"We've got the winning canoe right here," he said. "This is the year. We've got all the calculations, and we need a sink unless there are big waves."
Ben Frewert, Pomona senior,
said that about 25 civil engineers
have helped to construct the
canoe, which is a different design
than canoes that KU engineers
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tering students. They will
from across the country in
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s worth it because the canoe
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h year.
leaving K-State would also be the work worthwhile, Lang said.
We were going to name the oe the Final Four, but we did've run into some copyright blems," he said.
ae 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.
is found ernities
r room, computer room and
ision room; storage of combusti-
torial in the attle and within
feet of an open flame device;
use of a multipug adapter in
the utter room.
Delta Upsifun fraternity, 1025 y Road, was also listed as one house cited for fire violations disdarded by the fire department.
received a call from the fire
ment this morning that said
es for Delta Upsilon were dis-
d, because house members had
sted 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 in the second and third-floor tories, and maintain fire ushers in the library, boiler and living room.
ard Barr. Lawrence fire marshaid he would drop charges t the four houses if they com fire code fires. However, the vision is up to Little.
up to me to decide whether I will be dismissed," Little I haven't decided yet, i still need with some kind of fire.
Il work with the fire departa that and will listen to their sendations."
2 KANSAN'MAGAZISE April 27, 1988