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Asbestos removal in campus tunnels completed There were two pipes that were Brent McNulty covered with fiberglass which ran Copy Editor for 250 feet inside the tunnels. The pipes were coated with a layer of You're walking across campus asbestos glue that kept the fiberglass when you see a strange-looking con· from breaking apart and releasing traption making a blowing noise and fibers into the air. marked with a red tape warning - After the asbestos was removed "ASBESTOS." ls it really safe? from the pipes, the tunnel had to be According to Bill Deeds. Fort Hays repainted to make sure that no dust FRED HUNT/ Unlvwslty ,.__ State Environmental Safety Officer. containing the deadly asbestos dust these machines are called negative is released. ABOVE: Robert Look, Aabee- air machines and are perfectly safe. While the asbestos was being re- tos Removal and Malntenece These machines contain a High moved. random samples of the air in Inc. of Wichita, atuffs a truck Efficiency Particulate Air(H.E.P.A. J the tunnels were taken and there was with bags of asbestos covered Filter which cleans the air 99.7% no danger of breathing in dangerous fiberglass Insulation removed efficiently. Deeds said. a,;bestos fibers. from the maintenance tunnels. The asbestos was being removed "Federal and state laws require from the tunnel system that runs that anytime asbestos is being re- LEFT: These are pipes insula- under the campus. See "Asbestos" page 7-- tion was removed from. Minimum wage increase would affect FHSU workers initially and to $5.15 an hour a year Workstudy positions could additional funding from the legisla- the University of Kansas in "'-hich Debby Werth later. be eliminated ture should the amendment be passed only l 6'k of students held jobs. Staff Writer Campus officials uncertain Bruce ~id there is only so much hy Congress. Bruce said that because "it wa5 ofdetaUs money allocated to departmenL,; for "The President will be disous~- common knowledge that Hays did Fon Hays State l.iniversity 1s According to Larry Getty. di· workstudy. ing the issue with the Board of Re- not have enough jobs for students:· preparing it.self for what Student rector of Budget and Planning. it' 5 An increa,;e in the minimum gents and area legislators," Getty it's been a part of the University's Government Association Vice Presi- too soon to tell what impact the wage will translate into the possibil- said. commitment to its students to pro- dent Terry Bruce tenns a .. lose-lose" increac;e would have. There are still ity of students working less hours Bruce said that FHSU was vide: additional jobs. Worltstudy has situation too many unknowns. and positions being eliminated. unique in the Regents System in that helped make this happen. The in- If Congress passes what Bruce "We cton·t know when it will Department,; wanting to maintain "80% of students at FHSU have calls the "equivalent to an unfunded pass." Getty said. "We don't know the status quo in tenns of the hours jobs." He compared this figure to See "Hike" page 6---- mandate," work.study positions at what date it will become effective. students are employed in their de- FHSU may be threatened. This "un- 11le talk in the media is it could be partment,; will have to make up the funded mandate" is known to the retroactive to July I. September I. or increase within their department's rest of the world as an increase in January I." budget. Index: minimum wage.(Stt ~ted sto- He said there could be se11eral A report discussed at a recent ries. page 6_) ways the campus could approach the President's Cabinet meeting indi- The Fair is coming to For the \ixth time since its in- increase: and it would make a differ- cated that 56,041 hours of work were town ...... pages 4 and 5 ception a~ pan of Franklin D. ence to FHSU if the increase wa,; performed during FY96 by Univer- Roosevelt's New Deal. the Fair La- "approved in ~teps ." sity student,; being paid S4.25 per hor Standards Act may be amended Bruce said President Edward hour. The total impact of the 90cent Minimum wage may be hy Congresc; to increase the amount Hammond has formed a committee minimum wage increase would de- on the increase.. ...•• page 6 of the minimum wage. to look at the university's current crease the number of hours available According to the A\~oc1ated position. Bruce al<,0 c;aid he believe~ to 410.426- a difference of 45.61 S Rands to perfonn for Pre,;,;, the current amendment would the increase: "will likely he passed" hours. Hays youth ...... pa~e 8 incrca~c the m1n1mum 1,1,agc from with an effective date "likely at the Getty ,;aid the poc;,ihility eit- I the <.:urrent S4.25 an h<>ur to S4 75 beizinning of the year " 1,ted that Hammond may a,k for I ------. - ··---·--·--··--' • The Uniuersit!I Leader • EDITORIAL July 18. 1996 Pre-hype gathers audience for Olympics Athens, Ga., that is. red, white and blue has become quite men's basketball team will easily become the world's newest "fastest Marc These games arc the centennial fashionable these days. win. Toe bet is not if they will win, human". Kansas native in Olympics Menard celebration of the rebinh of the mod- Izzy, the Olympic mascot but, by how much? Ho hum. lnis is em games, which coincidentally Not to mention the growing popu- a no brainer. Take Sir Charles and On the women's side, there is Staff Writer were also held in Athens- Greece, larity of Izzy. the non specific, blue company. Gwen Torrence, the moody but gifted that is. blob that is the Olympic mascot. He Speaking of hoops, the women's sprinter who should win the I 00. Of Get used to it, the games arc going has gone from a Whatiz.z.it to an basketball team is a very intriguing special interest to Kansans will be Tired of all south, to the home of"Gone with the Izzy. He has come of age, but de- bunch. The women· s team, formed Steve Fritz. a native of Gypsum who the pre-Olympic Wind", the tomahawk chop, Martin spite any rumors you may have over a year ago, has been barnstorm- has a legitimate shot to medal in the hype yet? Well, Luther King Jr. and Coca-Cola. It heard, he is not running in the 1996 ing ever since in quest of the gold decathlon along with event favorite brace yourself, the opening ~mo- should be an Olympic Garnes with a presidential election. medal in Atlanta. Dan O' Brien. nies arc tomorrow as the world southern-fried style. No two Olympics are alike, and Led by Lisa Leslie, Sheryl The USA Swim Team should also arrives in Atlanta for the XXVI Atlanta will play host to an esti- this one will probably be harvestitsshareofOlym- Olympic Games mated 11,000 athletes from a record most remembered as the pic medals, led by Gary 1be Games come to the deep south 197 countries and no doubt thou- first corporate f undcd Hall Jr. whose father was for the first time, beating out Athens sands upon thousands of Olympic Games. an Olympic medalist and the site of the very first Olympic followers as well. The afore-mentioned Tom Dolan. The games. But, Athens did not com- Herc in America. we have already Coca-Cola is estimated women's team features pletely lose out. 1be venues for been inundated with all ty~ of to have spent nearly $300 Janet Evans the ageless rhythmic gymnastics, soccer and Olympic souvenirs, from t-shins, million on the Olympic swimming wonder who volleyball will be held in Athens- hats, key rings and pennants. Yes, Games, and built a 12-acre amuse- medaled in both the Seoul Games ment park complete with a six story of 1988 and again in Barcelona in Coke bonle. Definitely, the real 1992. thing. Other corporate sponsors in- Swoopes and Teresa Edwards, the In wrestling, 35-ycar old Bruce clude AT&T, Budweiser, Kodak. women are ready to make their mark Baumgartner will aitempt to become McDonald's and VISA. on the world. the first freestyle wrestler to medal Made In the USA Moving on to other venues. The in four Olympics. He is a super The Games have a dcfmite "Made women's gymnastic team is sending heavyweight favorite who simply in the USA" atmosphere to them. one of their most experienced teams gets better with age. Picken Hall 104 • 600 Park Street • Hays, Kansas 67601 New sports included in the medal ever led by Shannon Miller and So there you have it. the short News 628-5301 • Advertising 628-5884 count this year arc beach volleyball. Dominique Moccanu. Both gym- version of who's who at the Olym- e-mail: [email protected] mountain biking and women's soft- nasts had to petition for Olympic pic Games. But. stay tuned. the real ball. I guess it wasn't enough that the spots after injuries forced them to fun is just beginning, as for the next USA already has the home field ad- miss the trials. But, look for both 17 days the eyes of the world will be vantage. talented gymnasts to challenge for on Atlanta. Let's get right down to what ev- medals. My only advice to y'all is to get erybody wants to know. Who will At the track and field arena. it is comfortable. have plenty of refresh- win the gold? For all of you gold with cenainty that USA sprinters ments on hand and keep the remote "diggers" out there here are the best will win their share of medals. Led on automatic pilot. It's going to be l>ets for Olympic gold. by Michael Johnson, who recently a worldly campout in front of the Obviously, Dream Team III, the set the new world record in the 200. television as the world competes for over talented and under challenged He is clearly odds on favorite to Olympic glory.
Editor-in-Chief Photo Editor Janella Mildrexler Fred Hunt Managing Editor Advertising Manager Karen Meier Marsha Magnett Features Editor BusineM Manager Tammi Harris Krebaum Jody Hall Copy Editor Circulation Manager Brent McNulty Janella Mildrexler Copy Editor Faculty Ad,·isor Beth Norman Linn Ann Huntington Jul JI 18. l 99B======ED ITO RI AL======a~ Universal nap policy needs Cleanliness is next to craziness to be taken for a trial 'run' and impossible for busy writer fonns of discrimination would end. have the winter's crud removed from She told me a story about Imagine it, we might just stop de- Debby it and the water spots windexed away, how her father (a carpenter) had Laurie Bean stroying our Mother Earth. Over- with the garage door which should finally nailed and screwed a population, pollution, deforestation, Werth Columnist be hosed down, with the window bookcase he had built into the and the desltUCtion of all life forms Staff sills that need to be revamished. wall because my grandmother would become nearly non~xistent. Writer And then there's the spider webs insisted that not only did every 'The petty disagreements over reli- which gracefully drape from the cor- book in the case and the case gion and power would no longer lead ners of every room in the house. itself have to be cleaned, but Remember to war. Our le.adcrs would simply I am a fail- I fully intended to get to it before the entire case had to be moved when we were in take a nap, wake up calm, and talk out ure. My summer school staned. But then I out and cleaned. And this hap- pre-school and right after lunch we their differences. grandmother, a person who still had an opportunity to take a vaca- pened every single week! took a nap on our linJc mats? Maybe crime would drop to an an- influences me four years after tion. So, I conclude this isn't all Remember how refreshed we al- time low if we all took naps. And the her death, would highly disap- I went shopping in Boston, fought my fault. I come by this hon- ways felt when we woke up? judicial system would be revamped prove. traffic in New York City, sprinted estly. But what I am trying to Wouldn't it be nice if we could do so that it actually worked. "Just when," she would ask, through New Jersey on my way to determine is - does this irra- that again? Maybe in this world where we all "do you plan to clean this house!" someplace else, and got stuck in a tional compulsion come from Just imagine, a set universal nap- take naps, everyone would just be too It's not that my house is a real-life "lane." (It looked more like my environment, or is it ge- timc! Every-one who wants to lay lazy to fight and hurt one another. On mess. In fact. people who enter a cow path than a lane and the quaint netic? down and take a nap can do so. the other hand, maybe we all just itusuallycommentonhowclean little bridge almost gave out under Arc those Volga-German Businesses could rcammgc their wouldn't be crabby anymore. it is. It's clean because I clean my vehicle - but that's another genes calling to me from all hours. They could include an extra I lcnow in the real world this idea what people can see. Pretty colwnn.) aspects of my lineage, pointing couldn •t exist. People always have to hour during lunch breaks and extend sneaky, huh? So, my intentions were good but fingers accusingly at me while the day to make up the time. find something to complain about. The problem I have is that opportunity knocked and I answered whispering, "Just when do you Some businesses wouldn't even And in order to complain, we all have somewhere inside me is this nag- the door. So now every day after plan to get this done?" have to close their doors if they chose to be just a bit cnbby. ging urge - this impulse which classes. I come home and am haunted I looked at my calendar yes- not to. Besides, some people tend to resist demands that I tear every dam by the dirt no one appears to see but terday and realized there were change. And when they do resist. Howe\'er, if the majority of the thing apart in the house and clean me. only two more weeks of sum- people are taking naps. the busineM they do so loudly and suongly. it - whether it needs it or not! I blame my mother and grand- mer school. would probably decline during that You know I think we can learn a I have thought about this a mother for this compulsion. When I Then I looked at my life dur- time. great deal from children and how they great deal lately. and trUly be- was growing up, every year in the ing the following week. I briefly Don't you think people would be a live. Kids don't hold grudges. They lic\'c it is irrational for me to feel spring I was subjected to participat- thought about all the pleasant greatdcal moreplcasantifweall took don't hate people for what othm look this way. It's ridiculous for me ing in ripping the house apart and things I could do to fill those naps. I know 1 definitely would. and like or how they beha't'e. to be so concerned about clean- cleaning. My mother would stop my weeks. Then I slammed the most of my friends can attest to that. This would be a beautiful world if ing my house. complaining with "this is nothing book shut. Just think. with everybody being we could behave more like childn:n. Yet I am almost obsessed with compared to what we used to have to Don't bother me. I will be much kinder, maybe we would stop For now I guess I'll just go lay the screen door which needs to do!" cleaning. hurting one another. Maybe racism, down and dream that I li't'cd in a world "gendcrisrn", ageism, and all other where I could always take a nap.
l~ Dear Editor: with recycling, trash. environment, tern. We have students and full time Look I enjoyed your article about nail- etc. What about the SAGE organi- workers clean up the donn parking ing into trees in the Leader. I'm glad zation? Maybe they could help stop lots. You would not believe the stuff you cared enough about plant life to the war on litter. Or maybe some of we pick up. - notice this. I wish you would write the en ... ironmcntalist professors I) at 1 think the students should be or have someone do something about could help. educaJed for the 90s about no( litter- litter on campus. 'The life cycle of litter (if you ing and also - why couldn't each what I have been here eight yess and will) causes us a Jot of work. Even floor take turns picking up? have been waiting for an article on one cup lid or straw wrapper is a I pick up litter in town for to litter. We have talked about it with hassle. adopt-a-mile programs. Why can't we've ochers at times but nothing is done. We pick it up, it goes to the back someone do adopt-a-donn or-quad'.' Litter is all over the campus. It is of our vehicle, has to be sorted later Tbe dorms arc the first im~ion a not as bad now but during school we from plant material into a can and lot of visitors get when coming to spend a )Ol of tax-payer's dollars to then into another special dumpster. FHSU. got! have JitteT picked up. Students, fac- Wouldn't this have saved us all I hope you can help me with this ulty. and staff leave litter in parking this if the person didn 't litter at all? or steer this in the right direction. I lots, on the quad. and around the Soning trash is very yucky also' would he glad to a,sist in any way . dorms. The reason I'm telling you this Fall Leader Staff positions: I can 't tell you the times I have hecause since you cared enough Sincerely. <,een people set entire fa,;t food trays ahout trees which is great. I thought Circulation manager of trash out of their car onto the hare you could ha11c someone write an ~fancy J Shaver parking ground' I wa~ a student in article on litter or tell the editor or Plant Tech II Cartoonist the 7(),; and I thought \tudents and ~meone. ' Grounds Department ------other\ of the 9
·.. \ ~··: .:· '' Stmda1. Juiy 21 :Wecbiesday, July 24 Saturday, July r, !>~p.m. OpeQ Class .Hone. Show f LIL 4-H Rabbit Show JI UD.•11 PJD. AntiqudRestond 5 4-H~ Show 1138 p.m. Tam Fitting Contest 1'nctot Show . ~ti. p.m. Metcblnls' ~bits open 4:30 p.m. Gtaad Champion Fitting 1•5 p.m. Hays Medical Center 6:lf p.m._~lition Dcd>y . and ~ing Healrb Fair 9p.m.-liaWai,W Fr= Midway Band 5-'r ,~a "I OiitOo" Booth 5-11 p.m. Men:hantl'1 lhbibiu S.0 p.m. Macbantt' Exhibit Open Open Monday, July 22 S.S p.m. Caniival on the Midway 6 p.m. Pedal Tractor Pull 4-H Liwsiock Sale «':30-l:Jt p.a. Family Pun Night 8..._.;aooa Wdp4-HBecf,Slwep 6:30 p.m. I p.m. The Nos&algic:s 7 p.&•mhlalpc Carnival on the cl Madcet ffop.eoter-t-H Poultry/ 9 p.m. The Duhon Family Midway rabbki/JO*; ttc:cn'C FfA Cfttries Pree Midway Band 9 p.m. Rhett Akins and Diamoftd U p.m. 4-H Arts & ciafts conference 9 p.m.-mldnlsht judging . Rio Thursday, July 25 , p.m.-midalpt free Midway 4 p.m. +R Dairy GootShow Band 5-Jl p.m. Mfl'Chanu exhibits open 10 a.m. Open Cl.IS$ Rabbit Show 1 p.m. Open Clw Poultry Show 6 p.m. 4-H Sheep·Show 5:3&-7 p.m. Free ham & bean feed 2 p.m. 4-H Shcrwcase • All events will take place at the 5--7 p.m. "l.Can Do" Booth 7 ~midnl&ht Carnival on the Ems County Fair Grounds. 5-11 ~cbants's Booth Open Midway p.m. Take 1-70 heading west to exit 6 p.aa. Free All American Meal 8 p.m. P.R.C.A. Rodeo 1S7. Exit and head south on 9 p.-..lllidnlpt Free Midway Band 7 p.m.-mf41NpitCamivalon the Midway Alternate 183, tum before Photo. by FRED HUNT / Untwrstty L...aer 9 p.m. Blue~ and .. 1964" .Yuasa Exide and go west 1!2 OPPOSITE PAGE: Joe Wary, Ellis County Ag agent, prepares Tuaday, July 23 9 p~t.Pree Midway Band mile. Look for the carnival for the upcoming fair by wiring a safety warning sign to the 6:31-a...._ 4-fl Brtakfuc Dghu! fence of the livestock show arena at the Ellis County Fair la.& 4-H Swine $bow Frlday,July 26 Grounds. ll ua. 4-H Food sale It a.a Opeii 0.. Sleep Show 4;31,...4-H B\dct Calf Show tp.a.4.HSmatl'-Sho-: TOP: Paul Baler, Ellis County Falrboard Chairman, surveys 5-ll .... Mefflilnts• Emibit Opens 5 p.a. Open Clas$ lledShow' the tables and cases that he must move from the Commercial 6 p.a. 4-K Peedel' CAif & Bed Show 1,-..midaipt Carnival on the Building to the Shank Building of the fair grounds. 7 ,...... Camiffloa the Midway. Midn'1 . 9 ,...._ Dmd l...ee Murphy and Wade ABOVE: Janell Schmidt. 16, speaks with the Judges during I,.._ P.R.C.A. RDdeo Hayes_ - the 4-H fashion review held Tuesday at the KSU Agriculture 9 ...... Fm: Midway Bald 9 p.a.-mlclnlpt Free Midway Band Research Center's audl1orlum. ~======NE w s ======Ju I y I 8. 1996 "Hike'' from page 1 crease in the minimum wage could Senate approves change the University's ability to continue that commitment at the same level. Janna Lamie, Garden City se- 90-cent minimum nior, said it would be impossible for herto exist on minimum wage alone. She said she's made it through col- lege with the assistance of "loans, wage hike my parents, and apart-time job" and that she "used to live with a room- WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Clinton had previ- mate" because it was " much The Senate on July 9 joined the ously said that he would veto the bill cheaper." She echoed the sentiments House in approving a 90-cent in- if it included a small-business ex- of many students on campus when crease in the federal minimum wage emption, a provision other Demo- she said she would be happy with an after first rejecting, 46-52, an at- crats said would only shield compa- FRED HUNT/ Unlwnlty t.... increase in the minimum wage if "I tempt by Republicans to exempt nies from paying a little more to don't lose my job." small businesses from paying the their lowest-paid workers. .._,..._ Nulty, Jewell eenlor, perfonna dulln •• • •tudent "I won't be happy if I lose it." higher rate. "If we care about helping the worker for the Regl•trar'• Offlce yesterday afternoon. The Lamie said. "$4.25 is bener than Republicans said the exemption working poor, then we must support propoaed wage minimum hike could threaten her Job. nothing." was needed to prevent layoffs at an incrcasein the minimum wage companies that would be financially regardless of the size of the com- strapped if forced to pay higher pany they work for," saidSen. Ed- wages. . ward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. Minimum wage has long '"These are Main Street busi- With the small business exemp- nesses," said Sen. Christopher S. tion out of the way. the Senate over- Bond. R-Mo, who sponsored the whelmfng approved the underlying amendment. "This kind of increase bill to raise the minimum wage from history in United States in the minimum wage is a 20pcrcent $4.25 to $5.15 per hour in two incre- increase in their payroll costs." ments over the next year. Debby Werth rcimbuned at the rate of 1-1/2 times By the mid-20th centwy. a sec- Staff Writer their regular rate. ondary purpose developed in that 'The Act also banned the em- the government became involved The proposed minimum waae ployment of children less than 14 through a mandate that aJI workers Politics play role in increase is a hot political topic right years old. except for limited em- should receive a fair wage for work now, but the issue isn't a new one. ployment in certain agricultural jobs. perfonncd. According to the World Book Children l 4 or 15 years old were The original purpose of mini- Senate approval Encyclopedia, in 1938 Congress (and arc) prohibited from working mum wage was to guarantee that a WASHINGTON (AP) _ in November. for not speaking out in originally passed the Act which es- houn. pc,son working a normal number of in factories or dwing school With election-year pressure behalf of it. The minimum wage tablished a minimum wage of 25 Also. people less than I 8 years old hours could suppon a family at ac- building. most Senate Republicans issue bedeviled Dole's final days as cents and provided that the per hour may not work in jobs declared haz. ceptable standards. sided with Democrats in approving Senate majority leader, with Demo- minimum wage be raised to 40 cents ardous by the U.S. secretary of la- The chart below track.s the in- a 90cent increase in the hourly mini- crats blocking movement of other by 1945. bor. crease in minimum wage from its mum wage for IO million American bills because of GOP reluctance to The Act also limited the stan- Minimum wage originally inception in 1938 to the potential was workers. take up the minimum wage. dard workweek to 44 houn, but~ increases being discussed in Con- established to eliminate the oppres- 1bc Clinton administration has Dole's campaign. in a statement. vided for it to be reduced to 40 how'S gress for I 997 and I sive wages and sweauhop condi- 998. campaigned vigorously for the wage said he had made clear his support of by 1940. The Act mandated that tions many females and children The wage tw increased by four increase and has chided Bob Dole, a raise in the wage and said Clinton overtime (the time worked beyond found themselves in during the dollars in its history of almost 60 President Clinton's likely opponent had ignored the issue in his first two the 40-hour limit) for employees be l930's. years. years and was now "playing maxi- mum politics with minimum wage." Twenty-seven Republicans History of Minimum Wage joined aJI 47 Senate Democ:rats in approving the legislation. It would increase the minimum wage in two steps from $4.25 per hour to SS.15 6 by next July and offer businesses S 11 billion in tax breaks over eight a 5 years . m 4 The w breaks in the House 0 version total $7 bill ion over the same u 3 period and differences will have to n he worked out between the two t 2 chamhers hcfore the entire package can be \ent to the White House for Pre\1dc:nt Cl inton' s ,1gnature. 0 The defection rate in the Sen - ate 1,1,a ~even h1Fhcrth;m m the Hou,;c ,.._ 1n ~fa~ . -.,.hen 91 Rcpuhlicans ~up- co 0 0 (") in (0 co a, r,<>ncd the mc.:rc.1,e and I .,R oppo,cd .,., Cl> Cl> a, II ··You ·d h ,1 vc to ,a~ the y year S~ "Politics.. pa~e 7--- J uf 11 18. 1998======NEWS ======t)~ Technology fee to be enacted this fall
Puangyok Wongpen Rodolfo Arevalo, Provost, said Staff Writer that the fee will go for President Edward Hammond's Internet A one-dollar-per-credit-hour tech- project. The project will provide nology fee for Fort Hays State stu- Internet access to all students on dents will be enacted this fall. campus, as well as the ability for The increase was approved by the people off campus to access the Board of Regents in May 15. 1996. Internet by using 1-800 number. according Chad Nelson. Student Stan-up costs for the program arc $200,000. The fee would raise about FRED HUNT I Untvw.lty L.tNKler Government Association president. At the last Student Government $ 120,000ayear. The University will Chillin' out! Association meeting, a resolution to cover the remainder of the start-up Bonnie Orozco, Kanopolis non-traditional student, and Tammy Warshaw, Victoria senior, support a $1 per credit hour fee in- costs. take • break yeasterday afternoon by the fountains lnfront of Picken Hall. crease was passed. Equipment and the system for the Terry Bruce, SGA vice president, Internet project will be set up and said the original resolution SGA ready to use in the fall 1996 semes- passed was in support of an advanced ter, said Arevalo. Arevalo said stu- information network fee assessment dents and faculty will have unlim- Renovations to take place in ited access to the Internet and other of one dollar per credit hour only if 75 cents per credit hour were allo- websites across the nations. Students cated to the proposed internet project will be able to communicate with various campus buildings and the remaining 25 cents per credit instructors and acc~s various librar- hour were allocated to the radio sta- ies, and faculty will also have faster abilities. scheduled to take place over a period tion for the sole purpose of purchas- access than they do now. MarcMenard "We are loolung at bringing the of several years. ing the equipment needed to estab- Tricia Goodschmidt. Larned, jun- Staff Writer campus in compliance with the code. The cost of the project is esti- lish an on air radio station. ior. said," I'm happy because it's This includes installing new signage, mated to be $18.1 million and will This al location to the radio station pretty cheap. My dad has to pay $35 drinking fountains and ramps. We Money earmarked for future reno- be funded by the Education Build- would have ended after three per month to get internet access. So have already hr.en able to get a leg up vation projects on the campus of ing fund, which is money that is years, with the funds raised after that it is a good offer." on some of this, " King said. Fort Hays State University will not earmarked for building projects of period to be allocated on an annual Sue-Ching You. Taip:i, Taiwan. Renovation of some classrooms become available until at least Oct
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