THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
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BUDGET (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
"It's important for Kansans to understand that ongoing higher education budget cuts are jeopardizing their opportunity to enroll in and complete academic programs," Sherrer said.
Sherrer said increased class sizes and reduced course offerings made it harder for students to graduate in four years.
Other state budget cuts include $50 million from highway maintenance funds, $36 million from K-12 education and $5 million from the Kansas Bioscience Authority.
"There's no way to sugarcoat
this” Parkinson said. “This will have very negative effects across the state.”
Parkinson said he did not wait for the legislature to meet to cut funds because he wanted to give agencies time to figure out what to cut before the 2010 Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2010.
"By making the announcements now, the recipients of funds can act in a prudent way," Parkinson said.
Parkinson said the frequency of budget cuts in the past four years was unprecedented in the state's history. He said there was never a
time before when the budget has been cut multiple years in a row
"The waste is gone," Parkinson said. "The cuts we are making now are to basic services."
Before the governor's news conference, Kevin Corbett, president of Jayhawks for Higher Education, said the group was "extraordinarily concerned" about budget cuts to higher education. He said he hoped Parkinson, who graduated in 1984 from the University's School of Law, would be considerate of the Regents institutions.
"We hope he will show strong support, as he has in the past, of
higher education," Corbett said.
Parkinson said he would start working on the 2011 budget today. The University announced it would hold a budget forum to discuss how budget decisions will be made at noon Dec. 2 in Alderson Auditorium on Level 4 of the Kansas Union.
Alex Garrison contributed to the reporting of this story.
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Edited by Nick Gerik
GOVERNOR'S LATEST BUDGET CUTS
The governor's largest cuts from the fiscal year 2010 budget include:
Replacing K-12 funding from the State General Fund
Stimulus funding: $85 million
Highway maintenance: $50 million
K-12 education: $36 million
Bioscience Authority: $5 million
Department of Corrections: $4 million
Regents: $2 million
Highway Patrol: $1 million
Kansas Bureau of Investigation: $1 million
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"This is sadly part of a larger trend that we're seeing," Merida said. "Twelve moths in a row now, a whole year, the airlines have lost money."
Seaney said the relatively higher prices at Thanksgiving resulted from more people than usual trying to purchase tickets for this week.
"The week after Thanksgiving, the ticket prices drop," Seaney said. "It's supply and demand. The product is more heavily in demand."
Afewairlines,such asSouthwest, Midwest and United, have offered some relatively cheaper
continental flight deals recently, according to the Farecompare.com Web site. The Southwest deal expired yesterday, but the United deals close today and the Midwest deals end Wednesday. Graeme Wallace, chief technology officer of Farecompare.com, said he did not see any way to avoid the typical sky-high airline prices once these ticket deals disappeared.
"Unless the airlines are going to file special last-minute sales, you're going to be looking at paying the most expensive coach fares to get a seat on the plane," Wallace said. "The chances are you'll pay hundreds of dollars if
not more than you would if you bought a sale fare or three weeks in advance."
Merida said she hoped the economy would improve for both the sake of struggling airlines and the travelers who would like to fly but can not afford it. However, she said she could not see any signs that it would happen soon.
McCollum and the Jayhawker Towers will remain open over break for students who live on campus but cannot afford to travel home, said Jennifer Wamelink, associate director of student housing. She said more than 150 students have requested to
stay in smaller unused rooms in McCollum, and other students can still sign up.
As a student who lived alone off-campus for the first part of Thanksgiving break last year, Fazio said she couldn't have been more grateful to have friends close to Lawrence who invited her to their homes to celebrate the holiday.
"Last break and this break friends really came through," Fazio said.
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Edited by Nick Gerik
POLITICS
Sandford faces charges of spending
Adam Buhler/KANSAN
Governor accused of breaking ethics laws
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford is accused of breaking 37 ethics laws regarding campaign finances and travel, including using taxpayer money for high-priced airplane tickets that took him around the world and to Argentina for a rendezvous with the woman he once called his "soul mate."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The governor's attorney said he looks forward to answering the "technical questions" regarding
Sanford's travel and finances at a State Ethics Commission hearing early next year. Details of the civil charges were released Monday and carry a maximum $74,000 in fines.
They came
times of improperly using state-owned aircraft for travel to political and personal events, including a stop at a discount hair salon; and 10 times he improperly reimbursed himself with campaign cash.
Herb Hayden, executive director of the commission, said he could not recall another governor facing this number of charges in the past 25 years.
"We are confident that we will be able to address each of these questions..."
Sanford has been under scrutiny since he vanished for five days over the summer, reappearing
after a three-month investigation by the panel and could be pivotal in a push by some South Carolina lawmakers to remove the Republican governor from office before his second and final term expires in January 2011. The state attorney general is deciding whether Sanford would face any criminal charges.
BUTCH BOWERS Sandford attorney
The civil charges include 18 instances in which Sanford is accused of improperly buying first- and business-class airline tickets, violating state law requiring lowest-cost travel; nine
to tearfully admit to an extramarital affair with the Argentine woman.
"We are confident that we will be able to address each of these questions, none of which constitutes findings of guilt and none of which we believe
The ethic commission's investigative report shows it reviewed 668 flights on state-owned planes, 12 overseas trips on commercial planes and 25 reimbursements to Sanford and his wife using more than $10,800 in campaign money.
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rise anywhere near to the traditional standard of impeachment." Sanford attorney Butch Bowers said Monday.
Each of the counts claims Sanford used his office for personal financial gain.
Summer Brooks adds more dark chocolate to the scale at Penny Annie's Monday afternoon. Penny Annie's has found its dark chocolates to be a hot item with recent research pointing to its health benefits.
Ann Chapman, coordinator of nutrition services at Watkins Health Center, said the biggest
problem with this finding was people's tendency to over-indulge in chocolate after hearing findings such as these.
"If you're consuming excess calories every day in any form it's not good."
"A piece of chocolate no bigger than one of the little Dove bites can be good."
She said students either tended
ANN CHAPMAN Nutrition Coordinator, Watkins Health Center
be careful and more studies need to be done to reinforce this."
Chapman said. "Although there is some research that the antioxidants in chocolate are good for you, not all of the fat in chocolate is good fat."
"Small amounts of dark chocolate may be good for us," she said. "That's my take. But at the end of these studies, there is always the warning that consumers need to
She said excessive eating was common during the holiday season, especially considering the fast approach of finals.
students enter tended to overeat or undereat around finals time because of the stress they experience.
"Going into finals, try to snack on healthier foods and not just on potato chips or candy bars," Chapman said. "A piece of chocolate no
bigger than one of the little Dove bites can be good."
Savannah Rose, Great Bend graduate student, said she always ate the dark chocolate out of the Hershey's variety bags, but said she didn't think she would eat chocolate to relieve her final stress.
"I tend to not eat as much when I'm stressed," she said. "I imagine I will find other ways to de-stress that are better for me."
Edited by Abby Olcese
CRIME
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bloomberg, Kelly approve police actions on subway
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says police did the right thing when they kept subway doors closed while they searched for a suspect accused of stabbing a passenger.
Dwight Johnson was stabbed to death Saturday morning in
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. Aug. 13. Sanford is charged with breaking state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money.
front of horrified passengers on a "D" train. A passenger pulled the emergency chord and police met the train when it arrived in the station at Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. One door was opened as officers quickly worked through the train to locate the suspect.
Gerardo Sanchez was arrested on the train. He pleaded not guilty to charges of murder.
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