Sources: Bruce Shubert, 785-532-6226; Jon Wefald and Sue Peterson, 785-532-6221
News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@1xbet sports betting edu

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

1xbet sports betting URGING ALUMNI AND FRIENDS TO CONTACT KANSAS LEGISLATORS ABOUT 'POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING' BUDGET CUTS

MANHATTAN -- Key Kansas 1xbet sports betting University administrators are urging alumni and friends of the university to contact their Kansas legislators to encourage them not to make devastating cuts to university budgets. The university is contacting about 27,000 alums and households.

&1xbet sports betting ;We understand the state of our economy and we are prepared to meet the 7 percent ( million) reduction in state funding as recommended by the Governor,&1xbet sports betting ; said Bruce Shubert, K-State's vice president for administration and finance. &1xbet sports betting ;A cut of million from our base budget will be extremely difficult. However, the approximate ( million) 13 percent recommended this week by the Kansas State Senate would forever alter the mission of our land-grant university.&1xbet sports betting ;

K-State President Jon Wefald said these kinds of budget cuts by the Kansas Legislature over the next 10 days would adversely impact K-State and the other state universities for years to come. &1xbet sports betting ;We need our alumni and friends to contact their state representative and state senator right away,&1xbet sports betting ; Wefald said.

&1xbet sports betting ;The Kansas House of Representatives has recently passed a 9 percent (.7 million) reduction,&1xbet sports betting ; said Sue Peterson, director of governmental relations and assistant to K-State's president.

1xbet sports betting administrative team said cuts greater than 7 percent would change the mission of K-State for years and years to come. They said a 9 percent reduction would begin to alter 1xbet sports betting mission as a land-grant university; and if the Senate position holds on to a 13 percent cut for the six state universities of Kansas, 1xbet sports betting mission as a land-grant university would be changed permanently.

&1xbet sports betting ;With these kinds of cuts, not only will we have to increase tuition and furlough employees, we would have a huge number of unfilled positions and layoffs which would result in reduced course offerings and reduced educational services,&1xbet sports betting ; Shubert said.

The six state universities of Kansas have never faced cuts of this magnitude in memory, Peterson said. In addition to these unprecedented cuts, 1xbet sports betting and the other state universities will have to pick up costs for utilities, employee fringe benefits and a number of additional costs. Under the Senate plan, 1xbet sports betting faces a million challenge.

&1xbet sports betting ;Investment in higher education is critical,&1xbet sports betting ; Wefald said. &1xbet sports betting ;The state universities provide tremendous economic benefits to the people of our state. We hope our alumni and friends will add their voices to the discussion in Topeka and ask the Legislature to adopt the Governor’s recommendation.&1xbet sports betting ;