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VOL.101.No.135
KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
TOPEKA) KS 66612
THE UNIVERSITY DA KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1991
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Board of Regents sets tuition increases
Kansan staff writer
'I do not expect the state to increase student scholarships in any significant way in the immediate years ahead.'
- Chancellor Gene Budig
MANHATTAN — Student representatives and administrators agreed on one thing about yesterday's Board of Regents meeting; Students in Kansas will be hit hard financially in the fall.
The Regents set tuition increases for both resident and nonresident students. And to the discontent of KU officials, a proposal by the student advisory committee for the Regents or additional scholarships was tabled.
Tution for fiscal year 1992 will include an increase in resident tuition of 8 percent and in non-resident tuition of 15 percent. KU resident undergraduate tuition will increase from $613 to $662 and nonresident tuition will jump from $2,175 to $2,501.
The Regents also accepted a proposal from the committee on tuition and fees for increases in FY 1983 tuition. Resident fees will increase by 8 percent for the smaller regional institutions, and by 10 percent for research institutions, including KU. Tuition for nonresident students will increase by $12\frac{1}{2}$ percent.
Ray Hauke, director of planning and budget for the Regents, told the Regents that the Legislature had not
viewed tuition increases in the past as being aggressive enough, especially with higher-income students.
The Legislature's proposed financing of higher education in FY 1992 recommended increases of 3 percent for residents in the regional institutions, 8 percent for residents at the research institutions and 20 percent for all non-residents. Those increases would create $7.3 million in revenue
Hauke said the Regents proposal that now would be sent to the Senate conference committee would generate a million less than was reconquered.
If students and administrators were not frustrated by then they were after a SAC proposal for new scholarships was tabled at the request of Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Regents. The Regents decided that the proposal would be
reviewed by a task force that already is examining financial aid.
Chancellor Gene Budig said, "I do not expect the state to increase student scholarships in any signifi- cally in the immediate years ahead."
The action by the Regents will place more pressure on KU to raise private money to finance student scholarships, he said. Campaign Kansas has a goal of raising $35 million for student scholarships.
"It is important that we be in a position to assist deserving students who seek education opportunity at KU." Budg said. "KU will remain a solid investment, but increases will make it less attractive."
Both Budig and D. Kay Clawson, executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center, expressed concern about opportunity.
Engineering fee permanent
Bv Eric Nelson
Kansan staff writer
MANHATTAN — The engineering equipment fee, which is to be implemented in the fall, was given on Monday to the board of Regents meeting yesterday.
The motion was made by Regent Shirley Palmer, who called for the fee to stand indefinitely. The fee originally was created for only the same year, but the Regents staff recommended that it be continued.
Mike Schreiner, student body president, said the student advisory committee to the Regents supported the high increases in tuition with the understanding that the additional revenue would cover
costs that the fee would be used for
"That is part of our endorsement of higher tuition increases," he said.
Schreiner said he doubted students would stand for both tuition increases and the fee.
Carl Locke, dean of engineering,
said that despite increases in tuition,
the fee still was necessary to
meet the cost of its massas'
program and equipment needs.
"I feel pretty sure the tuition increases would not provide sufficient funds for equipment fees in engineering," he said.
The fee will generate about $400,000 in revenue each year to be added to the less than $50,000 allotted for equipment in the
budget. Locke said many schools spent up to $1 million in equipment
Students at KU and Wichita State University will pay $15 for each credit hour in engineering. Students at Kansas State University will pay $100 a semester.
The money will help improve instructional labs and finance computers. Locke said.
Locke said the total expense estimated for students would be $1,000 during their time at the institution.
ties and scholarships for minorities
ties and scholarships for minorities
Budig said that he supported the original $12.5\%$ percent increase for non-residents recommended by the Regents but that the rates set yesterday were too high. He said non-resident students had experienced double-digit increases the past five
He said some students were excited about what the fee could mean to the School of Engineering how the money could be used.
years
"I thought $12_{2^{-}}$ percent represented a significant increase," he said.
Mike Schreiner, student body president, said the Regents sent a message that they were not concerned with student issues. He said they
were limiting access to higher education.
Bush will maintain railroad schedules
Schreiner was not optimistic that new scholarships would be created
"But we're going to keep on trying," he said.
Regent taken ill at meeting Page 3
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — the nation's freight trains rumbled back to the rail yesterday after the government stepped in to halt a 19-hour strike, but the disputes that led to a walkout by 400 workers remained unresolved.
Freight carriers and their unions will now make their cases on wage and work-rule disputes to a special review panel. Absent any new agreement, the company will impose a mandatory settlement on both sides by late June.
Under emergency legislation rushed through Congress, the clock will start on a 65 day timetable as the state's governor Bush names the board's members.
The unions won't be able to strike again, even if they don't like the ultimate settlement, nor will management be able to lock them out.
Work-rule issues regarding crew sizes, miles in a one-day shift and pay differentials for some employees required by the labor unions, officials said.
The size of wage increases — though the unions said they were too small — were not expected to be a significant issue, nor was a plan to make workers start picking up part of their health care costs.
By yesterday afternoon, just hours after Bush signed legislation ending the strike, nearly all picket lines in the nation's freight rail yards were down and cargo trains were rolling again.
Both Congress and the White House wanted to move quickly because of the potential cost to an already struggling U.S. economy.
Relay warm-up
The Kansas men's varsity cross country team runs distance intervals in preparation for Wednesday with the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon, and will continue tomorrow at the Kansas Relays in Memorial Stadium. The relays began through tomorrow.
Tardy war payments by allies leave taxpayers stuck with bill
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — American taxpayers will have to foot more than $3 billion of the latest installment of $22.2 billion for the United States' costs of the Persian Gulf War, Bush administration figures show.
The U.S. funds are needed because six wartime allies have so far delivered less than two-thirds of the $54.6 billion they pledged to help the United States defray the costs of its war with Iraq.
The need for money will probably grow by tens of billions of dollars because the $2.2 billion is only part of what the war and its aftermath are expected to cost, an administration report said.
The figures are the first update of the conflict's costs since Congress passed war-financing legislation last month. The report also comes from the administration on the war's
expenses and foreign contributions.
"We do not yet know the total amount that will be needed, but we expect our allies to pay their fair share." The latter said that they pledged "Byrd."
They were released Thursday by Sen. Robert Byrd, D-Wa, who once again expressed his displeasure with the bill which contributions have arrived.
The United States is using those funds to pay the bulk of the latest war bills. The rest, more than $3 billion, is coming from $15 billion in federal funding provided in the war-financing legislation that Bush signed into law April 10.
So far, six countries have paid just
$20 billion in cash to the United
States.
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Commencement raises concern
Indoor ceremony creates safety risks
By Benjamin W. Allen
Kansan staff writer
KU's new policy to cancel commencement in the event of inclement weather rather than conduct the event in Allen Field House has raised concern among some administrators and graduating seniors.
Jim Scaly, assistant to the chancellor and vice-chairperson of the commencement committee, said he would be willing to fulfill a number of complaints about the policy.
Sically said the idea to cancel commencement rather than conduct it in the field house had been discussed as early as 1861, when the field house was used for the ceremony.
"There is a feeling that we would be irresponsible if we held it in the
field house." he said.
Scaly said that in 1981, police estimated that 24,000 people entered the field house, which has a capacity of 24,000 when there is seating on the floor.
Scally said the complaints about commencement that year were horrific.
"By being concerned about safety, we considered the grind," he said.
"In most aides, people were seated on the steps," he said. "If there had been a medical emergency, I don't know how we would have gotten to them."
"The last place you want to be in severe weather is under a roof without columns supporting it," he said.
KU police Lt. J. Mullens agreed that concern for safety was behind the policy of not scheduling commencement in the field house.
mornings said late afternoons and early evenings in spring were times with a great chance for severe storms, as the storm of last month as an example.
Mullens also said there would be no way to regulate attendance to keep the audience size within safety codes ceremony were in the field house.
"What happens to the great uncle from California that shows up and says he wants to see his nephew," he said. "You don't turn him away."
Scally said that the committee had considered delaying the ceremony by one day in the event of bad weather but that the committee thought it would be arrogant to ask the families to hang around an extra day.
"Where would they stay?" he said