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Not easy being green Board of Regents has budget uncertainties
portant than your additional expenses,” said Storey. There are a few choices used to tighten the budget’s belt, such as no Budget is a frustrating word for pay increase for last three years, raismany currently and Washburn is no ing tuition, early retirement plan, and exception. not filling positions that open up at the The Washburn University budget university. faces challenges. The economic down“One thing that we didn’t do and turn has impacted budget since some always try not to do is layoffs,” said of Washburn’s revenue is derived from Storey. “[Employees are] part of the city sales tax. Washburn family as we call it. Bob Storey, a member of WashWashburn University’s budget is burn’s Board of Regents, knows that at about $75 million and Washburn has this point, it’s unable to tell how much an auxiliary of about six million. It money the university will bring in due also a reserve fund over nine million to sales tax. dollars and the Board of Regents has “We receive about 22 percent a contingency fund of over a million from sales tax and that’s something dollars. you don’t know until it’s “That is for rainy BUDGET reported in early fall,” days and we have rainy said Storey. days,” said Storey. FACTORS Since sales tax, and “There’s a national avstudent enrollment are erage, of probably a unknown for the coming year, the bud- school our size with our budget, four get has projections on what those will to five million should be held in rebring in. Student enrollment brings in serve, and we have nine. We keep it revenue as tuition and fees. The im- pretty safe.” portance of enrollment is also a big The Board encourages students to concern for the Board of Regents. get involved. The board is always conscious of “We would like to have [students] enrollment, Storey said. If enrollment come to our board meetings, particuis down, then Washburn has to look at larly budget meetings and ask queshow much money was lost. tions,” said Storey. One of the biggest challenges uni. versities have is retention. Like all other schools, Washburn is rated nationally in regard to the percentage of students that graduate. Students that come and leave without graduating Peter Newman is a senior biology major. Reach him at peter.newman@washburn. also impact tuition and fees. “Retention is one of the biggest edu. things out there,” said Storey. Where enrollment will be in a year or two years is a consideration for the budget, especially when tuition and fees account for about 47 percent of the revenue to Washburn. Heavy snowfall like last season and the extra snow removal maintenance that accompanies it can take a toll on the budget but Storey said the Board of Regents had a good feel for potential expenses and builds that into the budget. “That’s not usually a problem. Your decline in revenue is more imGraphic by Regina Budden, Washburn Review
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Let’s Get Trashed: Washburn University students have many areas on campus to recycle their paper, plastic, and cardboard as well as nearby areas to recycle glass. However, students don’t realize there are strict guidelines that must be followed for recycling to occur. If these are not followed, the once thought recyclable material is thrown away. the campus recycled those; however, since the machines now carry plastic the campus has switched to recycling bottles instead,” While the amount of trash varies throughout the year, events like football or basketball games typically generate more garbage. “[A rough estimate would be] around 2,000 pounds a day,” said Christina Butler Jauken. WASHBURN REVIEW Jauken says that although there is no way to know for sure, approximateWhen the trend of recycling and ly half of the garage could probably be preserving the earth started, Washburn recycled if proper disposal measures University wanted to improve on its were taken. “Students here on campus have recycling efforts. containers in “The recythe hallways cling program “ where you can has come a long Students here on put bottles, the way since it was campus have containers classrooms have started around in the hallways where a place to recy2000,” said Mike cle paper,” said Jauken, facilities you can put bottles. Jauken. services chief of The classrooms have a Often, the grounds keepplace to recycle paper. problem that proing. “Washburn hibits the reducUniversity has - Mike Jauken tion of waste is several recycling Facility services not the students bins including a Washburn University or faculty’s uncardboard, pa” willingness to reper and bottle cycle, but comes bin all of which are located behind Henderson Learn- from well-meaning recyclers. “Let’s say people are putting paing Center. When the soda machines on campus had the aluminum cans per [into a recycling bin]. Then some-
Student effort to recycle sometimes frustrated by strict guidelines, careless disposal
body will come along and throw a couple pop cans and some candy bar wrappers in there [also], and etc. that doesn’t belong in there and the bin becomes, in a sense, contaminated,” said Jenken. This then in turn leaves the janitors with no choice but to throw everything away. Some of it may be due to laziness. “[Those who throw trash into the recycling bin] are just looking for a place to get rid of the candy bar wrapper and any container that looks halfway a little bit like trash they throw it in,” said Jauken. In order to recycle cardboard it can’t have food on or in it. Pizza boxes that still have cheese stuck to the bottom makes them unusable. Bottles can be recycled even though they have held liquids, but should be emptied into a sink or trash can before recycling. [The staff and students] do a tremendous job [recycling]. The recycling program on campus is pretty darn good, though there is always room for improvement. It is real important for people to put stuff in the right container,” said Jaukin.
Christina Butler is a freshman mass media major. Reach her at christina.butler@ washburn.edu.
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rect from high school students,” said Prasch. In addition to a different looking student body, the average age of students on campus in 1997 was nearly 26 or 27 years of age, according to Prasch. “There were a lot more non-traditional students,” said Prasch. Prasch also noted that a majority students were only part-time, which
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entailed a tough job market. Washburn was the first school to offer Prasch a full-time job. As school gets back on track, faSince then the school has been miliar faces fill the halls of Washburn. through many changes in the past 10 Among those many faces is Thomas years with things like the building of Prasch, professor of history the Living Learning Center and department chair. in 2001. Prasch has noticed CAMPUS Prasch began his teacha few changes himself. ing career part-time at Indi- TRANSITION “I think the biggest ana University before comsingle change has been ing to Washburn University in 1997. that shift in terms of the basic student At the time being a history professor body; a new emphasis on younger, di-
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