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University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 22, 1991
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Office set for tuition increase
Financial aid officials predict change, adjust award money
By Eric Nelson
Kansan staff writer
When the Board of Regents raised tuition Thursday, KU officials in the office of student financial aid were told that the board would it would take to adjudicate award money.
In fact, they already had done the work
Diane Del Buono, associate director of student financial aid, said that she and Jerry Rogers, director of student financial aid, made the adjustments Tuesday, two days before the Regents meeting at Kansas State University. The Regents increased resident tuition by 8 per
cent and nonresident tuition by 15 percent.
"I was prepared to gamble on it.
I am a decorated and long-time job as an
and we gambled and won," she said. Del Buono said that after discussing the matter with other KU officials who worked with the Legislature, she expected the increases would be at least what they turned out to be.
The aid adjustments were based on a formula that took into account the increases that were implemented. Letters notifying students of their awards will be sent out this week.
"The awards they are getting should be based on an accurate cost of tuition and fees," she said.
Ed Hammond, president of Fort Hays State University, said at the meeting Thursday that he was concerned about some students possibly losing financial aid because of the increase.
He said that some students would receive more aid, but that the possibility existed that others would lose aid because of the shift in tuition. He also said it would be difficult to distribute the aid with the increase rate in the year, after some financial awards had been established.
Del Buono said the increase could cut off some students because individual students would need more training. "I don't stretch as far as it did in the past."
But she said this information was not as drastic as it might seem because the office could make adjustments to minimize any loss of financial aid for students.
The office already has increased the budget for students and increased awards based on the adjustments, Del Buono said.
But she said an indirect effect of the increases probably would be that students would borrow more money than a more of a debt when they graduate.
"We will as a financial aid office try to minimize any consequences that would result in students losing financial aid from the federal programs," she said.
By Jonathan Plummer
Kenneth staff writer
Phi Kappa Psi cook snags $6.2 million but won't leave job
But then again, lots of things can change when you win the $6.2 million Lotto America jackpot.
Kansan staff writer
Donna Morrison said she would continue to work as the cook of the Phi Kappa Psif praterium house. Normally this would not be unusual. She has worked there for more than 18 years.
In a news conference Friday in Topeka at the Kansas Lottery headquarters, Morrison said she knew the university would be pleased for her.
"They'll be really happy," she said. "I don't know what meals I'm going to plan for them."
The Inspirational Gospel Voices sing at the 12th Annual Spring Concert. The group was one of several last night at the Kansas Union.
Mike Roell, a former president of the fraternity, said he worked as a waiter for Morrison for three years.
Sinain' out!
“Actually I talked to her yesterday and she said she was going to try to keep it quiet. But I guess it’s something like this,” he said.
Morrison said at the news conference that she planned to take a trip to Seattle to see one of her nine children. The other eight, as well as her church, St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal of Lawrence, also will benefit from her good fortune.
Morrison said she bought the winning ticket Wednesday evening at the Presta Phillips 66 station, 602 W Ninth St, although they sold Lotto America tickets at a grocery store where she shops.
She said she spends about $3 a week on lottery tickets.
'She said we had been good to her, so she was going to be good to us. I really admire her for that. I don't think I would be able to do that.'
On Thursday, she came home from work and took a nap, she said. When she awoke, her husband had bought a USA Today
- Mike Rozell
Former president of Phi Khi Psi Spi
newspaper and was comparing Lotto America winning numbers with the ticket she bought.
"I thought I was going to have a heart attack or faint for a minute," she said.
All of her nine children have been notified, she said, including one son who called her three times because he thought she was teasing him. Morrison also has 15 grandchildren.
Morrison will receive a check for $319,048.2 in about 10 days. She then will receive $311,000 a year for 19 years.
Rozell said that Morrison felt her commitment to the house did not end just because she had become a millionaire.
"She said we had been good to her, so she was going to be good to us," he said. "I really admire her work. I think I would be able to do that."
Morrison is friendly, but it took time to get to know her well, Rozell said.
Firefighters, city start closed-door negotiations
"She is a real nice lady, and she had a good time with us, but I had no idea she had nine kids until I saw it on the news," he said.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
"I'm real happy for her. I know she'll put it to good use."
By Vanessa Fuhrmans Kansan staff writer
In the first contract negotiations between the city and its firefighters since an impasse led to a court battle two years ago, both the city and firefighters union officials say they are pleased with current talks.
and done, but we will reach an agreement."
"We're still in the honeymoon phase," said Rod Bremby, assistant city manager and chief negotiator for the City of Bremy. "I've noticed other names before it's all been used."
The biennial negotiations, which are being conducted behind closed doors for the first time in more than 20 years, began Friday with a 1/4 hour in conference room at Free Free Brewing Co., 636 Massachusetts St.
After negotiators established a few preliminary ground rules, firefighters presented their proposal. Although city officials questioned the
proposal's suggested methods for torso reduction. Bremen said the proposed solution was
Bob Kent, Lawrence firefighters' union representative, agreed that talks had gone smoothly so far, but he said he and yet to submit a counterproposal.
"We felt extremely good about yesterday's meeting." he said at news conference Saturday. "We did not understand it." The listening of the listening. I don't know what the
city's going to come back with."
The city will present its proposal Wednesday at the next meeting. Meanwhile, city staff members have begun analyzing various cost implications of the firefighter's proposal, Bremby said.
"On the face of it, yes, it's reasonable," he said. "But what we need to do now is make sure that the context which they provided is correct."
Kent attributed the good relationship between the negotiators not only
to the closed-door meetings, but also
and the rest of the city's negotiating
meetings.
"The whole chemistry depends on the way the parties treat each other," he said. "So far it's been outstanding."
Disagreements between firefighters and city officials over the city's two-year work agreements resulted in an impasse in 1989. Firefighters filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of two-year contracts, but the
100 attend Black conference
The city, however, could return to a nonbinding agreement, called a "memorandum of understanding," if the Lawrence City Commission voted to do so. According to the resolution, an agreement must be reached by June 1. If not, a federal mediator will be called in.
Kansas Supreme Court upheld the Kansas Court of Appeal's decision that the work agreements were binding.
By Michael Christie
Kansan staff writers
The African-American man is an endangered species, making up more than half the prison population, said Jeffrey S. Morgan, Black Male Conference yesterday.
John Lewis, executive board member of Black Men of Today, said that people needed to recognize that urgency and that African-American men needed to learn how to survive in today's society.
"Overcoming All the Obstacles:
Black Men Unging under One Cause," was the title of the confer-
ence, which took place on Saturday and at the Kansas Union.
the small number, was very positive. It made the impact I wanted it to," said Lewis, who organized the conference.
The overall conference, even with
About 100 people attended various portions of the conference, which was fewer than Lewis had honed for
He said those who attended could use what they learned to help their communities.
Tippett said that although Lewis had wanted at least 150 people to register and attend the entire conference, he thought the conference was a success.
Ardra Tippett, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences student senator, co-sponsored the bill in Senate that co-sponsors the memorarium of $4,500 for the conference.
The conference featured six speakers including Sherwood Thompson, director of the office of minority affairs.
Another conference is planned for next year. Lewis said.
"A hundred people heard those speakers," she said. "I just don't want to see positive, productive cases g hindered because of numbers."
Lewis said he hoped that more publicity would boost attendance for next year.
The topics covered were academic success, leadership, spirituality, Africans in the Bible and misconception about the African-American male.
Facts coalition can't pay its fines looks at options to work out a deal
Kansan staff writer
By Michael Christie
The Facts coalition is having trouble raising money to pay its fines, a coalition representative said yesterday.
The representative, Peter Paustkus,
said that $110 in fines were not paid by deadline Friday and that
coalition members were attempting to work out a deal with the Student
Eleventh Congress Commission.
Paukistel said one alternative Facts had thought of was to do some kind of community service work.
Curt Winegarner, elections commission chairperson, said the commission would have to discuss the
situation before he would comment on it.
The commission fired the coalition $253. The commission made $110 due last Friday and $143 due this Friday. Facts plans to appeal $128 of this Frida's amount to University Judiciary in the next few days, Pauls said.
"We feel that we have a good case," he said. "We feel that there has been a lack of separation of powers in the elections process. It is not the power of the elections commission has the power of all three branches of government."
Winegarner said that many governmental bodies had legislative,
executive and judicial powers and that the elections commission was no
Paakstelsi said that another argument Facts was planning to use was that not enough time had been allotted for the complaint hearings.
"We were hoping for more time to prepare our defense," he said.
The coalition submitted a request for a continuance that was denied, he said.
Winegarner said the time constraint was necessary so the elections could be certified. The complaint hearings had to be completed before the commission could decide whether to make the election official.
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