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KU tuition going up; so are admission standards By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
TOPEKA — Economically and academically, Kansas University is getting more expensive and selective. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved tuition and fee increases and gave KU
Regent: ‘For the average Kansas family, this is going to be tough’
permission to go ahead with the process of putting in place tougher admission standards. The increased costs will take effect this fall. Most KU students pay tuition under a compact that guarantees their rate
for four years. Under that compact, incoming KU freshmen who are Kansas residents will pay an additional 4.9 percent in tuition and fees, bringing the cost of a 15-credit-hour semester to $4,839. Tuition and fees
for non-resident freshmen will increase 5 percent, to $11,874. Transfer students and students who stay longer than four years pay a different standard tuition rate. That rate, combined with fees, is also proposed to
increase by 4.9 percent for residents, to $4,444, and 6.7 percent for non-residents, to $10,865. Board members lamented the increases requested by the regents schools, but unanimously Please see TUITION, page 7A
Country clubs underbilled $325,000 for water
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By Chad Lawhorn
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VIOLINIST TYLER ARMER, of Prairie Village, concentrates during string orchestra practice Wednesday at Kansas University as part of the Midwestern Music Academy. The camp concludes Friday with concerts for various sections at the Lied Center.
Heartland center wins $650,000 grant By Karrey Britt kbritt@ljworld.com
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Hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding soon will be pouring into the Lawrence community to improve access to health care services. U.S. Health and Human Ser-
ter, or FQHC, which means it will receive a renewable annual grant award of $650,000. It also will receive enhanced Medicaid and vices Secretary Kathleen Sebel- Medicare reimbursement and atius announced Wednesday that cost prescription drug pricing. Heartland Community Health Heartland Community Health Center has been designated a Please see GRANT, page 2A Federally Qualified Health Cen-
Here’s betting you haven’t lost this much money on a local golf course. City of Lawrence officials are contending a multi-year, meter-reading mix-up resulted in Alvamar Country Club and the Lawrence Country Club being underbilled for water usage to the tune of $325,000. City Manager David Corliss confirmed Wednesday the city has begun working to collect the amounts that the city did not properly bill to the golf courses. Corliss also confirmed the two country clubs disagree with the city’s new figures and the matter is in dispute. “We’re trying to get all the facts and be fair to everyone involved,” Corliss said. Attempts to reach repre- Corliss sentatives with the Alvamar Country Club and the Lawrence Country Club weren’t successful Wednesday afternoon. Corliss said city officials late last year began investigating what seemed like odd numbers being billed to Alvamar Country Club. The club in some cases was using water at a rate that was only half of its historical average, said Ed Mullins, the city’s director of finance who oversees utility billing. City crews began checking the meter at Alvamar and discovered a breakdown in the Please see WATER, page 2A
KU officials optimistic about NCI designation By Andy Hyland and George Diepenbrock ahyland@ljworld.com; gdiepenbrock@ljworld.com
Kansas University leaders are optimistic their long quest for National Cancer Institute designation will be successful, but they are still awaiting word from one final panel that meets next week. Cancer center applications
are judged on a score from reviewers from the NCI but also must be approved by the National Cancer Advisory Board. Jensen Roy Jensen, director of the KU Cancer Center, said KU wouldn’t re-
KU applied for the designation in September, after working for seven years and investing more than $350 million toward the effort. At the time, university officials said the effort had already created 1,123 jobs and contributed $453 million to the region’s economy. “Obtaining NCI designation would dramatically
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ceive official word until after that board meets on Monday and Tuesday. “We are cautiously optimistic based on our score, but considering the difficult federal funding environment, we won’t know their decision regarding the funding of a new center until the final vote,” Jensen wrote in an email. “There is nothing certain until then.”
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City officials unveil a test vehicle to determine whether money could be saved by converting much of the city’s fleet of 500 vehicles to run on compressed natural gas. Page 3A
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