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The Kansas Unions and the University of Kansas' Dining Services have unveiled a new set of meal plans for next year. Students will be able to use their meal plan at the unions or in residence hall dining facilities. PAGE 3A
Winter sadness Cloudy, cold weather can cause some people to get depressed during the winter months. Several treatments, including a new dietary supplement can help cure Seasonal Affective Disorder. PAGE 5A
Sunflower Showdown
Tonight Kansas squares off against Kansas
State in women's basketball. Rebounding and turnovers will be key if the Hawks are to score an upset over the Wildcats in Lawrence. PAGE 1B
Road to recovery
Athletes face a variety of battles recovering from injuries, both mental and physical. At the Dean Nesmith Training Facility, the first, slow steps of recuperation begin. PAGE 1B
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KANSAN
February 11,2004 IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.90
State budget woes
Cuts could cause student fee increase
By Anna Clovis and Ron Knox
editor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Cuts in the KU budget for next year will snatch money from the Department of Student Housing, Parking Department and Student Senate.
and student Senate.
But it won't come out of students' pockets — yet.
pockets — yet.
After Gov. Kathleen Sebelius announced her budget proposal Jan. 19, KU provosts feared cuts to fee-based programs, or programs students pay for, would raise student fees.
Other fee-based programs include Continuing Education, Recreation
Services and services at Watkins Memorial Heath Center.
But if the cuts only last one year, programs like housing will use saved money, maintaining student fees near their current level, said Ken Stoner, director of Student Housing.
The cuts are a result of Sebelius' decree to raise state employees' pay 3 percent next year, which along with other pay increases, will cost the University of Kansas more than $9 million. All faculty and staff will benefit from the pay raise.
from the pay raise.
The mandate resulted in a $7.7 million shortfall, some of which will be cut from fee-based programs and other programs
FIRST LOOK
Of the $7.7 million shortfall created by Gov. Sebelius' pay raise mandate, Student Housing will lose $344, 473, parking will lose $18,618 and Student Senate will lose $8318
Cuts could continue next year if no additional money is added to the budget
SEE BUDGET ON PAGE 8A
paid for by the state.
An unidentified event staff member watched the crowd after the men's basketball game Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. A new rule restricts the staff from watching the game.
No cheering allowed
Volunteers leave after rule alterations
By Georgia Chandler and Ross Fitch
editor@kansan.com
Special to the Kansan
Paul Cessarich volunteered as an usher at basketball games in Allen Fieldhouse for 18 years.
He quit last fall after the Kansas Athletics Department said he could no longer cheer or clap at games.
Cessarich of Topeka is one of about 40 volunteer ushers who quit this season
because of new rules for the event staff. About 60 ushers remain, the department is not trying to replace the 40 who quit. service rule
In addition to the no-cheering rule, volunteer ushers are now required to:
Watch the fans, not the game
Watch the rules
Adhere to a dress code that includes ironed slacks, tucked in collared shirts or blouses and dress shoes
- Park where they can, without the parking passes they had been given
Jim Marchiony, Kansas associate athletics director, said the department wanted the volunteers to look and act like professionals.
"I'm not allowed to do anything anymore, and I look like a zombie," Cessarich said.
"We want people who are working to look like they're working — not on vacation," Marchiony said. "If they're there to watch the game, they should stay home and watch it on TV."
In the past, event staff members could watch the game and cheer with the crowd as long as it did not interfere with their job. There was no dress code.
then job. There was no need "The motto was to create the best fan experience possible," said Darren Cook, former Kansas associate athletics director. "They were just expected to act in a courteous and professional manner."
courteous and professional Marchiony defended the new policy.
Marchiony defended the new policy. "In an arena like Allen Fieldhouse, emotions are at a fever pitch, and our job as administrators is to ensure that issues of safety and sportsmanship are paramount."
SEE VOLUNTEERS ON PAGE 8A
Replay retains liquor license
By Laura Pate
lpate@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
After a scare, the Replay Lounge did not lose its liquor license last night at City Hall after all.
Last night it received approval for a waiver, which restored those privileges The Replay Lounge had renewed its liquor license earlier.
luxurie license carrier. The Replay Lounge opened in 1993, before a city ordinance prohibited the sale of alcohol within 400 feet of a church. The ordinance within effect in 1994.
The 10-year-old establishment had not renewed its city liquor license for 60 days and lost its privileges to sell alcohol within 400 feet of a church.
But the Lounge was "grandfathered" in as a drinking establishment, and did not have to heed that requirement. Because the Lounge lapsed in renewing its liquor license, it lost its grandfather' privileges.
The Lawrence City Commission approved the waiver with a 5-0 vote during last night's city commission meeting.
Nick Carroll, co-owner of The Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St., said he had made an honest mistake when he forgot to renew his city liquor license.
He had depended on the city to send a reminder and was not trying to keep money from the city, he said.
Dave Corliss, assistant city manager, said the city was at fault for not sending a renewal reminder like it had in the past.
Carroll said that the Replay Lounge gets music acts from across the world, and that it did not have any problems with the churches.
The Salvation Army opposed the waiver only because of a national policy that required it to oppose nearby drinking establishments, Carroll said.
The city required the Replay Lounge to appear at City Hall to mediate and put some expectations in place that businesses will be good neighbors, said Mike Rundle, vice-mayor.
Sue Hack, commissioner, said the Replay Lounge was a good neighbor in the Lawrence community.
"I do remember the hard work you've gone through to work as a downtown partner," Hack said. "We have people all over this community that aren't good partners with their neighbors."
Commissioner Dennis "Boog" Highberger said the Replay Lounge differed from other waver applicants because it involved an existing business. He said that the Replay Lounge was a very important part of the music scene.
"I think it would be completely inappropriate to deny a waiver for Replay Lounge," Highberger said.
Edited by Donovan Atkinson
School works to recruit female engineers
By Rupal Gor
rgor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Engineering is a male-dominated field, but faculty members in the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas are encouraging female students to join the school.
Females make up 17.7 percent of the school's students. Robert Sorem, associate dean of engineering administration said young females were not typically encouraged in the science and engineering fields because the fields seemed more like areas for males.
Faculty members are trying to change that perception, making use of programs to increase the school's female enrollment
One such program is Weekend of Engineering, held next on Feb. 20 to 22 by the Society of Women Engineers.
The program allows female high school students to interact with current female engineering students and participate in activities throughout the weekend.
The school expects 40 female students to attend, said Florence Boldridge, director of diversity programs for the School of Engineering.
The first Weekend of Engineering was Nov.7 to 9, with 18 girls in attendance. Cecille Hernandez, an Olathe East High School senior, will attend the February Weekend of Engineering.
She said the program would be an opportunity to see what she is capable of doing.
Women can make it in engineering just as well as men can, Hernandez said. They just have to step up a bit to prove themselves.
Another event is Project Discovery, a week-long summer program for prospective female students to explore engineering principles and work in labs.
SEE FEMALES ON PAGE 8A
Brent Carter/Kansas
Brad Christiansen, Chicago junior; Bryan Dalmer, Denver junior; and Tammy Miller, Olathe junior, worked on an assignment in their mechanical measurements lab in Learned Hall yesterday. Miller was one of the few female students in the engineering class.
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