THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 2000
NEWS
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BUDGET (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
'WE'RE DOWN TO THE BONE'
replacing them," Cudd said.
Cudd said the college's departments went through a planning process last spring and over the summer to prepare for additional budget cuts, but she said she could not reveal those.
"Those are pretty sensitive," Cudd said.
"We will try to get a better understanding of how those are going to impact the different units, and that's certainly not been decided by the administration yet," Bell said.
Bell said the School of Engineering is currently strategizing in anticipation of the Regents' next budget announcement.
Cudd said the cuts in the college included some phone service, 75 class sections, not replacing faculty and lowering faculty travel funds.
"I don't think anybody in the University ever just goes out and
spends money on things that are not really needed," she said. "So I think any cuts are pretty serious. But the cuts wed be making now would be to the bone."
Bell said the School of Engineering continues to face the challenge of the legislators' desire to produce more engineers in the reality of facing more budget cuts.
STUDENT FEES IN FOCUS
Student Senators will go into a student fee review meeting later this month with University-wide budget cuts in mind.
"The market for engineers is relatively good compared to what we feel is generally happening in the economy," Bell said. "Our students are still getting jobs out there, getting both internship offers as well as permanent employment."
Mitch Knopp, Manhattan senior and Student Senate treasurer, said last year's senators were under some pressure by the Board of Regents to keep student fees at the same level. But he said this ignored the utility costs of the addition to the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. He said the committee might use at restoring
"This year, we'll look into maybe cutting some fees that aren't very well used," Knopp said. "And maybe trying to increase some of the fees that need some more."
balance within the current fees
"Now, we're trying to keep our ears to the ground and see how they're feeling," Knopp said. "It's definitely new times that we're still not quite used to."
Mason Heilman, Lawrence senior and student body president, said he did not know whether he would support a fee increase, but also didn't know how many fees the fee review committee would protect.
"Last year there was a strong emphasis on fees that would protect student jobs," Heilman
"I think any cuts are pretty serious. But the cuts we'd be making now would be to the hone."
said. "And I would like to see those stay at a level to sustain that, but I also don't know that's any guarantee that that's going to be the case. Because everything else that is non-student job related we've cut very painfully."
Knopp said the Regents, if they were to make a suggestion for next fall's fees, might make it in Spring 2010.
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Bell said engineering used its resources beyond capacity, given the 20 percent increase in enrollment, so cuts last year were not easy.
"When we look at reducing, make no mistake about it, it has negative impacts for almost everything we do," Bell said.
Frank Marshall, associate dean of business, said the School of Business
has had reductions in travel and professional development accounts. Marshall said the school has developed scenarios on what future cuts might hold, but have not acted on them at this point.
programs," Marshall said. "The best, way to characterize what we've tried to do is, to the greatest extent possible, keep all of the programs and the students as unaffected as possible."
"The things we try to protect to the greatest degree are all the
And although Gov. Parkinson said last week that legislators should bring spending back to prerecession levels when the economy
improves, Cudd said the college has to plan for any cuts to be permanent, not temporary. Cudd said one budget solution that administrators have discussed — furloughs — was a temporary solution.
"You can't, for example, just say, 'Oh, well let's furlough everybody at the university for a week, and then we're done with it.' It would have to be year after year after year," Cudd said. "That's why we haven't leaped to the idea of furloughs because they're a short-term solution to a long-term problem."
SCHOOL SOLUTIONS
Some new programs can serve as temporary solutions to the budget crisis.
Cudd said the college instituted a new Bachelor of General Studies in Liberal Arts and Sciences, which is a degree that draws from a diversity of courses rather than a specific major. General Studies degrees typically have fewer requirements than Bachelor of Arts degrees. She said this would also work to serve western Kansas by offering more classes online.
Cudd said. "But that's not really a response to the budget, although it may also, eventually, generate more revenue. But it's not really tied to that. It's something most universities are already doing."
"We are going forward with an initiative to create more online courses,"
"We feel that's something the College should also be a part of," Cudd said.
Bell said the School of Engineering is employing professionals in the engineering industry — not on any sort of tenure or tenure track with the University — to help provide some lecture support.
She said Kansas State University is a leader in online education for Kansans.
"We didn't create the tax dollars," Marshall said, "but we're prepared to roll out a program that takes advantage of those resources."
Marshall said the School of Business would launch its first online business course next semester. He said the school would also start a new Bachelor's of Business Administration degree completion program at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. He said this was backed by money from a Johnson County tax initiative from more than a year ago.
COPING WITH CUTS
Ahead of the budget cuts that will be announced by the Board of Regents, deans of the academic departments at the University discussed what they've done to deal with the last few rounds of budget cuts.
Architecture and Urban Planning: Cut travel expenses and is finding ways to spending less money in other ways. Currently conducting a faculty search, but John Gaunt, dean of architecture and urban planning, said the search has "an uncertainty" on whether or not the school can follow through. "We operate like a family in tough times," Gaunt said.
Business: Cut support and Information Technology staff, cut travel expenses.
Education: Replaced some full-time support staff with part-time and student hourly workers, cut technology support, reduce the number of graduate teaching assistants. Reduce the number of faculty searches, currently at one. Cut supplies and travel expenses. "We're trying to be as strategic as possible," said Rick Ginsberg, dean of education.
Music: Cut travel expenses. Alicia Clair, dean of music, said the school has not cut faculty or staff.
Engineering: Not replaced some faculty who have left, a reversal from a few years ago. Added some professionals in the field to come in as lecturers. The number of sections remains the same, however. "It's important to note that some of those sections are more heavily attended because our enrollment has been growing," Jill Hummels, public relations director for the School of Engineering, said in an e-mail.
Journalism: Laid off some backup technology staff and other support staff. Not opening some job searches. Sections have not been cut, but Ann Brill, dean of journalism, said a number of faculty have volunteered to teach a third class. "That's an overload for no more pay," Brill said. "It's pretty amazing people are volunteering to do things like that."
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Cut 75 class sections, phone service and travel expenses. The college is also not filling faculty positions, at a time where demand has grown.
The dean of pharmacy was unavailable for an interview. The dean of law and the dean of social welfare declined to comment.
No sections have been cut in the School of Engineering. He said that program helped to bring a practical aspect of what students need to see. But he said the school would tread lightly, using the program in only a few classes.
is to go back and look at filling in for an area — because we've lost a faculty member — we may not be teaching this class. But because it's a required class in our curriculum, we can't do without it. It's not the long-term solution."
“你 can't take that to the limit.”
Bell said. "What it allows us to do
Edited by Anna Kathaqnarath
CRIME Hit-and-run driver granted continuance
Hernandez, a 21-year-old Lawrence man, appeared before Douglas County District Judge Michael J. Malone alongside his lawyer and requested a continuance to sufficiently process the digital evidence provided by the state.
Joel C. Hernandez, the man charged in an October hit-and run accident that killed bicyclist Rachel Leek, appeared in court Wednesday and was granted a continuance until a January court date.
Hernandez's attorney, Albert J. Lopes, said there were three discs of evidence, including more than 38 witness testimonies, and that he was having difficulty with some of the file formats.
Hernandez was identified as a suspect about a week after the Oct. 16 accident that killed Leek, a 20-year-old former KU student.
Malone reminded Lopes that the Douglas County Law Library was equipped to open all file formats provided by the state, and set another preliminary hearing in the case for Jan. 6, 2010, at 9 a.m.
Hernandez was booked into jail Nov.19 on three charges
— vehicular homicide, failure to report an accident and leaving the scene of an injury accident. He was released on a $5,000 bond that same day.
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ALCOHOL (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
"It was reviewing what they could, what they could change, if any change was necessary," he said.
the survey was not the only resource for the recommendations. Tom Cox, chairman of student rights standing committee, supervised the resolution as it passed through the rights committee two weeks ago.
Now that the resolution has passed full senate, Vice Provost Marlesa Roney and the Office of Student Success will begin implementing the recommendations.
"I'm so pleased about the work that has been done," she said. "We've got lots of new information and some good recommendations and it gives the opportunity to think about how we can move forward."
Williams said the open-ended questions would be especially helpful to the vice provost and office of student success. Most of the questions explored students' opinions on specific policy, but some were more broad, such as this: "Do you have any ideas for combating alcohol abuse at the University of Kansas?"
"Not many students have the opportunity or take the time to walk into the office of the vice provost and student success and say 'This is what I think about the issue,' Williams said.
"There was a lot of data that seemed to kind of confirm what the subcommittee was thinking — and the line of thinking we've been following — all semester." she said. "I was really pleased with how many people responded to the open-ended questions."
The survey also tended to support a lot of ideas discussed in the subcommittee during the last three months.
by how heavily people relied on University alcohol-related resources. For instance, more than 1,100 people knew how to use Saferide, Safebus, and Watkins. Fewer than 150 people knew of community resources such as the Bert Nash Center, the Alcohol Education Sanction Program and Headquarters.
"There are a lot more resources out there," she said. "It seems that the University students that responded tend to focus on cheaper University services that have a very immediate gratification."
Williams said the survey also confirmed that most people started drinking alcohol before they went to college. This strengthened the committee's recommendation to implement alcohol education in high school rather than wait until people go to college.
Williams said she was surprised
The survey also enlightened the committee of the student populations general ignorance of city and state laws concerning alcohol. According to the survey, 44 percent of students did not know being caught hosting a minor who consumed alcohol was a minimum fine of $1,000.
The survey also exposed potential weaknesses of current University policy. For instance, 56 percent of surveyors said the parental notification policy did not affect their drinking. However, seniors had the highest response rate, representing 27 percent of the entire response from all age groups. Those who are at the legal drinking age are less likely to be affected by such a policy.
Roney said the implementation of the recommendations would be investigated and analyzed as soon as possible.
Edited by Sarah Kelly
ODD NEWS Fisherman destroys gate after privileges revoked
INDIAN HILL, Ohio — Police in southwest Ohio said a man was so angry that a park revoked his privileges that he destroyed the park gate with an assault rifle and an ax.
Police said Rosenbaum lost his Grand Valley Preserve privileges after he ignored warnings to stop setting fires to keep warm while fishing.
Police said 23-year-old Michael Rosenbaum, of Cincinnati, was arrested Tuesday on charges of vandalism and possession of criminal tools.
Indian Hill Detective Steve Makin said Rosenbaum on Nov. 24 destroyed the gate with an ax and fired four rounds into a box controlling the gate.
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