THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.102, NO.82
(USPS 650-640)
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
A look at Raef's family's winter vacation in Lawrence. Page 1B
At home with the LaFrenzes
The School of Education is proposing eliminating two of its six departments. Page 5A.
CAMPUS
Tightening the budget belt
Chewing the zero-cal fat
NATION
WEATHER
CHILLY
A new zero-calorie fat substitute may soon be in snack foods.
Page 6A.
High 42° Low 21°
Weather: Page 2A.
Jerel Harris / KANSAN
INDEX
Opinion ... 4A
National News ... 6A
Sports ... 1B
Scoreboard ... 2B
Horoscopes ... 4B
Dilbert ... 4B
Senate to vote on $2 fee increase
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By Nicole Kennedy
Kennon staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The Student Senate Finance committee gave the green light to legislation that would raise student fees by $2 to help finance KU on Wheels.
Transportation board members have moved one step closer in their quest to save the financially floundering KU on Wheels bus system.
With only one dissenting vote, the Student Senate Finance committee approved legislation last night to increase student fees by $2 next semester to help finance KU on Wheels' future operational costs.
said the loan and the fee increase would be the first step in saving the bus system, which has been in financial difficulty since last year.
The committee also agreed unanimously to give KU on Wheels a $140,000 loan to replenish the bus system's reserve account. The loan would be paid back during the next few years based on a percentage of bus pass sales.
The legislation faces final approval at the full Student Senate meeting next week.
"This legislation is the foundation for long-term planning," said Dan Hare, transportation board member and student body vice president.
Though questions were raised during the meeting about the past management decisions of the transportation board, Ward Cook, finance committee member, said that the financial problems of KU on Wheels were not solely the fault of the transportation board.
the only problem.
Transportation board members
Gustavo Alvarado, finance committee member, said that the board needed to have a long-term financial plan in place before the committee agreed to provide them with additional funding.
Despite the legislation's approval, at least one finance committee member said KU on Wheels' lack of money was not
"They run a tight ship," Cook said. "I don't think the problems we're having are the transportation board's fault."
"This is not a money problem," Alvarado said. "What we should really be focusing on is trying to get something working with the administration and the city.
"True, money is going to solve the problems now and maybe a year from now, but it's not going to solve the whole problem."
Todd Moore, finance committee member and off-campus senator, said that even though he had some apprehensions about passing the legislation, he had a responsibility to his constituency to help save the bus system.
"My constituency said that they want to go ahead and bail out the transportation system," Moore said. "I'm going to vote for them,
because that's my job."
In other action:
The University Affairs and the Student Rights committees both
passed a bill that would recommend that the KU administration release instructor evaluations to the student body.
Closing time
Darcy Coles / KANSAN
Tv Vargas, Overland Park senior, sweeps the floor in Wescoe Terrace yesterday at closing time.
Philosophy bringing in hired guns
By Jason Strait
Kansan staff writer
The KU department of philosophy is hiring three international authorities to teach the same class this semester — each carrying a price tag of $3,000 to $4,000.
Oxford philosophers Christopher Peacocke and James Higgenbutham, and University of Pittsburgh philosopher John McDowell, will lecture in PHIL 850, Topics in Recent Philosophy, for one week each this semester.
"This is a chance to do something more innovative by bringing in three major thinking experts for a week each," said Anthony Genova, head of the department of philosophy. "It's these things that make the difference between mediocre universities and top universities."
The cost of philosophers is being financed from the salary of a KU professor who is overseas. Instead of hiring a replacement, faculty in the philosophy department are covering the classes, freeing the funds to pay for the visiting professors.
The money spent on the class is no more expensive than hiring a temporary professor or teaching assistant to cover the vacant classes, Genova said.
Three KU professors are helping teach the course during the semester, but will readily give up the floor for each visiting professors' week.
"It's a credit to the college that they were willing to do this," Genova said. "I think they would agree, the more KU does this. KU will better its reputation."
Sally Frost-Mason, acting dean of liberal arts and sciences, also praised the teaching arrangement, saying that it both saved money and provided students with an exceptional learning experience.
In addition to teaching the class for a week, each professor will give public lectures with a less technical format, Genova said. The lectures will be at 8 p.m. on Feb. 8, March 21 and April 8 at the Big Eight Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
Chris Foster, Los Gatos, Calif., graduate student, said philosophy students were excited for the opportunity.
"These people are among the world authorities in this field," Foster said. "And I think it's pretty cool they're all coming at the same time."
KU student strikes it rich in Powerball
Bv Sarah Morrison
Kansan staff writer
Heather Yager won't have any problem affording her textbooks this semester, or next semester, or the semester after for that matter.
Yager, who works part time at Dillons,
1740 Massachusetts St., bought the ticket while she was at work on Saturday. She learned she was a winner after she watched the news later that night.
That's because the Kansas City, Mo. junior, raked in $100,000 Saturday playing Powerball in the Kansas Lottery.
"I was just waiting for the news to come on and then I wrote the numbers down," she said. "At first I thought I had four of the numbers, then I saw I had five."
She hid the winning ticket under a pile
"AtfirstI thoughtIhadfour of the numbers, thenIsawIhad five."
Heather Yager
$100,000 Powerball winner
of clothes and stayed up all night waiting until she could get her hands on a newspaper and verify the numbers.
Pam Evans of the Kansas Lottery said Yager probably would get her check, which will be about $66,000 after taxes are deducted, sometime next week.
Although she is planning to invest most of her winnings, Yager is planning on spending a little of her reward right away.
"It's money that I would never have gotten any other way," she said.
The almost one-third of the check taken for tax purposes doesn't bother Yager, though.
Yager plans to keep her part-time job at Dillons.
"I will go on a small shopping spree," she said, "but it will be bigger than what I usually spend."
The winning ticket was a $5 Quick Pick, which means a computer selects the numbers, not the ticket buyer.
"The people I work with asked, 'Why are you at work? Why are you here?' she said. "But it's good for me to manage my time and I haven't worked here that long. Besides, it has been a lucky job. I better hold onto it."
Matt Flickner / KANSAM
Heather Yager, Kansas City, Mo., junior, is $100,000 more after matching five numbers in Saturday's Powerball. Yager purchased her ticket at Dillons, 1740 Massachusetts St.
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