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SECTION TWO
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1989
by Carrie Harper
Kansan staff writer
Area legislators say Gov. Mike Hayden's bid to admit Washburn University into the Board of Regents system might take away priorities from current Regents schools.
"The governor has basically wrapped Washburn and the community colleges issue in the cloak of the Margin of Excellence," said Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence. "The higher education pie is one on one, and it would seem that Governor Clinton is trying to see it a little thinner."
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"Hayden, in his State of the State and last week, introduced the "Margin of Excellence Partnership Act." a plan that combines several controversial higher education issues into one bill.
In addition to the second-year funding of the Margin of Excellence and the phase-in of state support for community colleges and junior college
Board of regents.
The Margin of Excellence is a threshing program to bring total financing of Regents schools to 100 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 95 percent of peers.
leges, the act would place Washburn University under the control of the Board of Regents within five years.
Washburn University is the only municipal university in the nation. It is supported by student tuition, local property taxes and a state grant. With an enrollment of 6,500, Washburn is the fourth-largest university in Kansas.
in Kansai.
In a statement issued in October, Chairman Gene A. Budig said he thought deficiencies in the Regents universities should be corrected before the state considered admitting Washburn.
"The ball in the legislative court, and I would not presume to predict its outcome." Budd said in a statement issued last week
Washburn University is the only municipal university in the nation. It is supported by student tuition, local property taxes and a state grant. With an enrollment of 6,500, Washburn is the fourth-largest university in Kansas.
The set also contains tuition grants for private colleges, qualified admissions at Regents institutions and money for the KU Regents Center and Wichita State's Institute for Aviation Research.
"We assume that Governor Hayden meant to tie it all into one package," said State Rep. Betty Charlton, D-Lawrence. "Your local representative cannot buy that package."
burn to the Regents system, although it is a key issue in the governor's package.
Charlton said there was not a great deal of support in the House of Representatives, outside Shawnee County, for the admittance of Wash-
If Washburn is admitted to the system, there would be three state universities within a 60 mile radius of Topeka, and it would dilute, the amount of funding that might be used to support Regents institutions.
Three Regents schools in such close proximity is one of the primary arguments against Washburn's admittance and will carry weight with legislators across the state, according to Charlton.
Washburn has not made a good
case for the admittance," Charlton said. "They enumerate the merits of the university, but not the merits for admitting it to the Regents system."
Jeanne Hoferer, assistant to the president of Washburn University, said that Washburn administrators had begun to talk to legislators and answer questions but had not put together a campaign yet.
together a State Rep. William Roy Jr., D-Topeka, said that there needed to be a Regents institute in Topeka for the same reasons that there is one in Johnson County.
Johnson county "We are in a world where there is such an explosion of knowledge that the only way we can compete is if there are strong learning centers available." Roy said.
The act will have to pass the Ways and Means Committee as a finance
issue before it is debated in the Senate, but the committee has not had any hearings on the subject yet, said Kathy Peterson, Hayden's press secretary.
State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said he saw some support for the admittance of Washburn because it would give the Regents a handle on the expansion of the university.
"I am not ready to support Wash-urn coming into the system absent some rational policy making." Solbach said.
Washburn's admittance would relieve some property tax for Topka but with no corresponding relief for the rest of the state, Sbach said.
In addition to Budig, the presidents of Wichita State University and Kansas State University have gone on record in opposition to the admission of Washburn as long as tunding problems still exist at Regents schools.
Armenians to receive local aid
Organizations give money to victims of Soviet earthquake
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by Michele Logan Kansan staff writer
The Lawrence chapter of the Red Cross has raised more than $5,000 in cash and pledges to aid earthquake victims in the Soviet republic of Armenia.
Bob Swan, co-founder of the Elbe Alliance, a group that wants to promote better U.S.-Soviet relations, said Monday that the chapter had raised about $1.00 in cash and a few hundred dollars in pledges from Lawrence residents and other Kansas who wanted to help with earthquake relief.
Jo Byers, director of the Lawrence chapter of the Red Cross, said that nationally the Red Cross had received about $6 million in pledges and medical assistance.
Byers said the Red Cross would continue to accept money after the deadline, which was Sunday.
She said the money would be use for medical services such as a trauma center and a prosthesis center for victims with severed limbs.
In addition to the Red Cross donations, a Lawrence corporation donated 50,000 candies to the Armenian Church to be used in special services for victims of the earthquake.
The candles will be sent to New York and Florida. Then, the candles will be shipped to Armenia, Swan said.
said.
The campaign began Dec. 15 and ended Sunday, but Swan said any money received after Sunday would be used for reconstruction projects in Armenia.
Armenia
Lawrence residents, including City Commissioner Sandra Paeger, will meet later this week to discuss the feasibility of a statewide project to build an elementary school in Armenia, Swan said.
Praeger told the school project would have to be a statewide effort because of the amount of money such a project would require.
"I think it would be a great humanitarian gesture on our part to look beyond the immediate relief and help establish strong lines of communication that can have a long-term effect," she said.
irect," she said.
Praeger assisted in fund-raising efforts by taping a commercial that was broadcast on Sunlower Cablevision and by making public appearances.
raised about $3,000.
The Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence took a special collection of Christmas Eve and donated $1,576 to the Armenian program through Church World Services, Julie Hack, treasurer of Plymouth Congregational church, said.
Lawrence churches also have participated in relief efforts and have raised about $5,000.
from bullet boaters. Swan said that the campaign was successful and he hoped that more people would take part. KL
"I would really like to see KU students get involved in the effort now, since many of them weren't able to earlier because of finals." Swan said.
Church, Said.
Printers also contributed to relief by printing and printing flyers that were distributed in supermarkets and on bulletin boards. Swan said
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Back to school
ABOVE: In her room in Lewis Hall, Julie Cornwell, Omaha, Neb. freshman, unpacks one of her suitcases, TOP RIGHT: Cornwell takes a break after a long day of moving. RIGHT: To prepare for the new semester, Cornwell takes time to wash dishes in the bathroom sink. She returned from break on Tuesday.
Regents Center will fit need, planners say
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Angela Clark
Students in an Overland Park class could be taught by a professor in Lawrence via television, and teachers in Overland Park could teach
sources, plans, dean of architecture &
practice, design and chairman of the
center's planning committee, said
that plans included a satellite hookup
between the center and the Lawrence
campus.
Kansan staff writer
A state-of-the-art teaching facility planned for the new Regents Center in Overland Park would accommodate the growing need for high-level courses, planners say.
Lawrence students the same way Lucas said.
Most of the classrooms will be equipped with media capability, like slides and television. We're trying to make it the most efficient place for teaching.'
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Max Lucas
University of the Republic Center's
chairman of the Regents Center's planning committee
planning committee
Besides the satellite hookup, the center would have other media access.
"Most of the classrooms will be equipped with media capability, like slides and television," Lucas said. "We're trying to make it the most efficient place for teaching."
efficient rooms.
Also included are plans for three or
more classroom rooms, a library,
about 20 classrooms and administrative
and faculty offices.
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, said the center would be geared toward graduate work and some research, with an emphasis on social sciences and urban affairs.
On Dec 15, the Board of Regents approved the $6 million satellite campus at 127th Street and Quivira Road
The center would replace the Recess Center at 1900 Mission Road, which formerly was an elementary school. It was thought too small and continuing to serve the increasing demand for high-level courses
The Legislature has been asked to finance $1 billion of the building costs and Ramaley said that the remainder would be covered by private donations and special student fees.
fees Those fees,however,would apply
The planning committee hopes to complete its work by mid-February, Lucas said. The plans then would be submitted to the chancellor and the Board of Regents for approval.
only to students of the satellite center. Ramaley said.
"It will just be an increase of the normal area fee that the Regents now charge the students," she said. "It will have no effect on the Lawrence campus."
"It everything goes as well as planned, the center might be ready by 1980, but that is a very tight schedule," Lucas said.
Union allows students to use KUIDs to buy food
by Jennifer Corser
Kansan staff writer
Regulars at the Kansas Union no longer have to carry cash or checkbooks to get something to eat.
DOORS BIGGER THAN METRO
The Union is offering a food service account called the Union Express that students can use at the Hawk's Nest. Union Square or the Prairie Room.
With the system, cashiers will run a KUID, which is encoded with a magnetic strip, through a card reader and the purse price from the student's purchase price from the student's purchase price.
paid account.
The Union Express will be a convenient way for students to pay for their meals, said Rob Bicheon, food service manager.
ice manager
"We are hoping that students will take advantage of this because it is a good deal for them," he said.
Students who open a Union Express account also could receive bonuses, said James Long, Union director.
direction.
Because the account is prepaid, the Union requires a minimum of $50 to open an account. If a student initially
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With the system, cashiers will run a KUID, which is encoded with a magnetic strip, through a machine that automatically subtracts the purchase price from the student's prepaid account.
deposits $100 or more, the Union Express will add from 3 to 10 percent
Additional deposits after the initial one also will receive bonuses, starting at 3 percent for a $25 deposit.
to the deposit, depending on the amount.
to students with REU BAs
Faculty and staff, who do not have
KUIDs, are not eligible to open an
ing at 3 percent.
Long-suspended Union administration extending purchases on union Express to include books and other non food items.
Because the encoded magnetic step will be added only to KUIDs, the Union is offering Union Express only to students with KUIDs.
Bricheson said the union ...
trapion hoped to be able to offer
Union Express to faculty and staff by
the fall.
fall
The Union will return a student's deposit if the student is graduating or drawing from the University of Kansas. The balance also will be refunded during the last two weeks of the spring semester.
if an Union Express will be available to currently enrolled students Jan. 23 in the Union business office on level 4 at the Kansas Union.