Thursday, March 30, 2006
A bill that would require KU media outlets to offer 10 percent of their advertising space and time to student organizations for free was defeated unanimously in a Student Senate committee meeting Wednesday night.
The legislation was put forth by senior senator Arthur Jones at the University Affairs Committee meeting. Jones said he thought it was part of the duty of media outlets like The University Daily Kansan, KJHK, Kiosk and the Student Writers Association to help other student groups thrive and be successful.
Most of the discussion focused on how the bill would affect the Kansan, the only media outlet with representatives present. Shane Kucera, chairman of the Student Media Board, and Jonathan Kealing, editor of the Kansan, opposed the legislation and said the change would seriously affect the Kansan’s budget as well as students’ media fee costs.
Student Senate purchases about $30,000 worth of advertising. This goes to ads such as “This Week On Campus,” a half-page advertising section for student groups which is published three days a week.
Kealing said the Kansan would lose the $30,000 if the bill took effect, and would have to compensate for $100,000 of free advertising costs because of lost sales commission, as well as ink and paper costs.
Jones said he didn’t think the Kansan would be strapped for cash, and if so, another bill could be proposed in the fall for increased funding.
Nolan T. Jones, chairman of the Student Senate advertising sub-committee, works with the groups that are put into the “This Week On Campus” section. He and Kealing agreed that the issue at large should have been brought to conversation earlier in the year, and should have been outside of Student Senate Committee meetings.
Arthur Jones admitted he didn’t expect the bill to pass, but said he had been thinking about the issue for two years, but never said anything to battle the Kansan because he was running for election. He is graduating in May and said he wanted the proposed action to be remembered for further discussion in the future.
He took his case to the Finance Committee after the University Affairs Committee rejected the bill, The Finance Committee discussion proved to be more favorable toward Arthur Jones’ statements, but the committee chose not to vote.
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