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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, OCT. 24, 2016 | VOLUME 132 ISSUE 19
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Tiny vampires and princesses filled Daisy Hill residence halls Sunday night during the third annual Halloween in the Halls event. Vanessa Lovelace, the vice president of the Apartment Living Association, explained the purpose of the event, which was hosted in Daisy Hill Commons and in the floor lobbies of Hashinger and Lewis halls. “Since it’s a college town, kids don’t really have a lot of safe places to trick-or-treat. So this provides them with a safe community to happily trick-or-treat,” Lovelace said. According to Lovelace, the event is largely dependent on volunteer and resident involvement.
“We have lots of volunteers for it. All the hall governments are involved with the planning,” Lovelace said. “This is our third year doing it. We normally start planning at the beginning of the school year.”
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Since its a college town, kids don’t really have a lot of safe places to trick-or-treat. So this provides them with a safe community to happily trick-ortreat.” Vanessa Lovelace Vice president Apartment Living Association
This year’s event was slightly different than
previous ones because of a new facility, Daisy Hill Commons, which attracted more student help, Lovelace said. “It’s a little different, because now we have Daisy Hill Commons,” she said. “So I think it’s more involved with the students. There are more people doing it than in past years, which is great.” Abbey Harris, president of Hashinger Hall’s Arts Council, explained the process that transforms each floor from typical to magical. And it all starts with a theme. “This year we went with Pixar,” Harris said. “Then, each floor gets its own movie. The fourth floor is Monsters Inc., and [the sixth] floor is Finding Nemo. We decided to go with something really family-friendly, something that everyone could
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enjoy.” Kylie Van Buren, a freshman resident of Lewis Residence Hall, said she enjoyed helping out. “We helped decorate; it was pretty smooth once
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people started coming out and helping,” Van Buren said. Both the costume-clad kids and their parents enjoyed the event, Harris said.
“I think they’ve definitely received it really well; I think it’s been a big hit with them so far,” Harris said, “Even the parents seemed really excited about it.”
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The Board of Regents has begun the process of choosing the search firm that will conduct the search for Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little’s replacement. According to the Request For Proposal document, which was created by the Regents earlier this month and presented at their monthly meeting on Oct. 19, search firms were asked to send in their proposals by Oct. 21. Regents Communications Director Breeze Richardson said seven firms have submitted proposals. Richardson said the Regents are aiming to choose a firm by the end of the year. They will also determine whether or not the search will be closed and appoint members to the search committee, according to the document. Richardson said they hope to make these decisions during the regular November or December meetings, but calling a special meeting may be necessary. When Gray-Little was hired in 2009, the Regents used the R. William Funk and Associate firm. The same firm also hired Provost Neeli Bendapudi last year. The document, which was provided by the Re-
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Baxter Schanze/KANSAN Chancellor Benadette Gray-Little announced earlier this semester that she will step down in Summer 2017. The Board of Regents has begun the process of choosing the firm that will search for her replacement.
gents, includes an outline of the search firm’s responsibilities. One of the listed responsibilities says the search firm must be able to manage the application materials in a way that “preserve[s] the confidentiality of all prospective candidates for the position.” Richardson said the Regents have not yet decided whether or not the search will be closed, but they want the firm they choose to have the capacity to conduct a closed search if the Regents do make that decision. “That option needs to stay on the table,” she said. “The purpose of that document is to make sure you’re clear on what you’re expectations are, so a firm is
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able to acknowledge and speak to the various aspects you are looking for in a proposal,” she said. The requirements also indicate the search will begin next month and conclude in June 2017, with the new chancellor taking on the office beginning as close to July 1, 2017 as possible. The chosen firm will also be required to form a search committee of at least 15 people from the University or larger community. Last week, the University’s Senate Executive committee, made up of representatives from the student, faculty and staff senates, wrote a letter to the Regents asking that elected representatives from the three governance organizations be included on the
search committee. “Only in this way can we insure that all stakeholders on campus can have a voice in the process,” the statement said. “And it is crucial that students, faculty and staff, as well as community leaders, play a vital role in selecting the next Chancellor—especially in light of the challenges of weapons on campus, and achieving great diversity, equity and inclusion.” The letter also included a request that the Regents allow finalists to interact with the University community through public presentations and question-and-answer sessions.
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Graduate students at the University will not see any changes in their health benefits due to a recent decision by several federal departments, according to a spokesperson for the Kansas Board of Regents. Earlier this month, the University informed its graduate employees that it would no longer be able to pay 75 percent of their health insurance premiums due to a stipulation in the Affordable Care Act. The change would have taken effect in August 2017. On Friday, an FAQ document on ACA was updated by the U.S. Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of the Treasury. Despite earlier indications that they would prevent universities from offering subsidies, they decided in Friday’s update to indefinitely extend the interpretation of the law that universities have been operating under. “Colleges and universities have premium reduction arrangements for graduate student health coverage that are often part of a large and complex admission offer and acceptance process,” the document said. “Ad-
ditionally, Congress evidenced an intent in the Affordable Care Act to preserve the ability of institutions of higher education to continue offering student health insurance plans otherwise permitted under applicable Federal, State, or local law.” In an email late Friday afternoon, Breeze Richardson, the communications director for the Kansas Board of Regents, confirmed that the Regents will follow the guidance from the federal departments. In the email, which was a forwarded response to an inquiry from another media outlet, Richardson said since the Department’s ruling was the only reason the Regents were working toward another solution, there is now no reason to stop offering the subsidies currently in place. “We are extremely pleased about this latest decision and hope that the federal agencies involved will make it a permanent one,” she said. According to Richardson, officials at universities across the state were informed of this development on Friday. University officials were not immediately available for comment.
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