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Thursday April 28, 1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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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 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 compromises before the wrap-up session
"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
Mike Hayden
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 $3.2 million for programs. The extra money would increase faculty salaries by an average of 7.5 percent.
"This has been rather a substantial change in philosophy — we said we would fund the tacuity part of the plan, recognizing that need." Vancrum said.
Rep. Robert Vancur, 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.
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 Lanning, Ottawa junior,
was putting the final coat of paint
on the canoe that he says will beat
the American K20. The annual
K5U Concrete Canoe Race.
"We've got the winning canoe right here," he said. "This is the year. We've got all the calculations, and it's not going to sink unless there are big waves."
Ben Frevert, Pomona senior;
said that about 25 civil engineers
can canoe, which is a different design
than canoes that KU engineers
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the bottom of a concrete
educating students. They will
comm across the country in
sas State University.
worth it because the canoe
is more like a social event
year.
eating K-State would also be the work worthwhile, Lans said.
We were going to name the
the final Four, but we
id've run into some copyright
lems," he said.
is found ernities
e four houses given
ions were Phi Kappa
a, 1941 Stewart Ave.;
a Tau Omega, 1537
usses St.; Kappa Sigma,
i Emery Road and Alpha
a Lambda, 2021 Stew-
ve.
room, computer room and
sion room; storage of combusti-
terial in the attic and within
feet of an open flame device;
se of a multiply adapter in the
ater room.
Delta Upsilon fraternity, 1025 y Road, was also listed as one house cited for fire violations. ver, the charges were disl by the fire department.
received a call from the fire
ment this morning that said
s for Delta Upsilon were disl,
because house members had
led problems," said Jerry
city prosecutor.
Delta Uplift fraternity had cited for failure to correct call hazards in two rooms and soft drink machine, maintain fitting in the library and in the stairway, repair emergency $ \zeta $ in the second and third-floor offices, and maintain fireishers in the library, boiler and living room.
ard Barr, Lawrence fire marshal he would drop charges the four houses if they compelled him; the clusion is up to Little.
up to me to decide whether
will be dismissed," Little
havenn't decided yet; I still
eed with some kind of fine.
I work with the fire depart that and will listen to their endations."