CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, January 27, 1995
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Clinton official speaks at KU
Sean R. Crosier / KANSAN
Deputy Secretary of Health outlines the New Covenant
Walter Broadax, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks with Carol Renzulli of Lawrence. Broadax spoke to about 25 people last night.
By Robert Allen Kansan staff writer
Walter Broadnax, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, spread the message of President Clinton's New Covenant last night at the Adams Alumni Center.
"Our New Covenant is a new way of understanding how we can equip our people to meet the challenges of our new economy," he said.
Broadnax spoke about the direction of the Clinton administration as outlined in Wednesday's State of the Union address.
"Americans can't save," he said. "And their work day is longer."
Broadnax said that although the Clinton administration had strengthened the economy, created 5.6 million jobs and given tax cuts to 40 million families, not all of the middle class has shared the benefits.
To change this, the administration has proposed a middle class bill of rights. This bill would help Americans compete in the new economy, Broadnax said.
This proposal would return money to the middle class through tax credits of up to $500 per child for families with incomes less than $75,000, he said.
The proposal also would provide up to $10,000 in college tuition for families with incomes less than $120,000 and would allow families to withdraw early money from individual retirement accounts without penalty.
The government would pay for these proposals with money saved by assessing and restructuring certain government agencies, Broadnax said. He did not say which agencies would be changed.
In addition, Broadnax said, the administration would implement the three-part Goals 2000 plan. The first part, the Educate America Act, would assist communities and states in education and work to
Ann Weick, dean of the School of Social Welfare, was impressed with Broadnax's
reduce violence in schools.The second part, the School Opportunities Act, would provide academic and workplace skills to Americans. The last part, the Improve American Schools Act, would promote safe and drug-free schools.
Broadnax called on the American people to take personal responsibility to rebuild their lives, their communities and the countr
"Americans"
can't save,and their work day is longer.
Walter Broadnax deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services
speech.
"I think he has challenged us all to make a difference," Broadnax said of Clinton.
"He is clearly a very knowledgeable person and has a very broad understanding of government and the role of social services." she said.
Broadnax, a Hoisington native, said he was happy to return to the area.
"I always get a little charge, a little exhilaration when the plane touches down in Kansas City," he said. About 25 near
About 25 people attended the forum
which was sponsored by the School of Social Welfare.
By Eduardo A. Molina Kansan staff writer
More than 200 Asian-American high school students from Kansas and Kansas City, Mo., will gather in the Kansas Union today for the second annual Asian-American High School Leadership Conference.
This year's theme is "Homebase: Carrying the Asian-American Legacy into the 21st Century Together."
Students at the conference will be encouraged to develop an Asian-American identity that will help them get involved in their communities, said Pamela Kanda, Los Angeles senior and conference coordinator.
"Instead of making a lot of noise, we want to develop
tended to assimilate into only one culture—Asian or American.
Kandasaid students who assimilated into one culture were losing their senses of identity.
"High school students can learn they have something to be proud of," she said.
The conference will include a panel dis-
our unique individuality from within," Kanda said. "We should learn to take the best of both worlds because we are Asians, but we are also Americans."
Kanda said the conference was important for high school students because they
Pamela Kanda conferencecoordinator
Joseph Perez, St. Louis senior and president of the union, said the conference was important because it would help students find the common ground they shared.
"This workshop will give students an inside view of college and how to face problems that they could find later," she said.
Perez said the conference would be a chance for Asian-American students to interact and feel that they are not alone.
cussion by Asian-American Student Union on being a minority in college.
As part of the conference, the group and Student Senate will sponsor a free performance of the theater company "Here and Now."
"This will help to build a network that can help them to get more involved in their communities," he said.
The group will perform at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Conference performance
Perez said the
The Asian-American Student Union and Student Senate are sponsoring a performance by the Here and Now Theater Company at 7 p.m. tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Admission is free.
"The first time I saw them it was dynamite," Perez said. "Everybody can share and laugh. They have humorous or dramatic stuff that can deal with racism or discrimination."
company, which is based in Pasadena, Calif., would present different aspects of Asian-American culture that related to everyone.
Kanda said the company didn't only deal with Asian-American issues.
"A lot of people can relate to the problems they present and learn about the truths and fallacies of Asian-American culture," Kanda said.
Referrals still available without ombudsman
Two graduate students will split responsibilities during spring sabbatical
By Matt Hood Kansan staff writer
John D. Student gets shafted on a test. The questions didn't cover the material, and the professor didn't seem to care. Where can he go for help?
The University Ombudsman is one answer.
But this semester, KU doesn't have one.
But this semester, KU doesn't have one.
Robert Shelton University
Robert Shelton
Robert Shelton, University Ombudsman and professor of religious studies, is on sabbatical. No acting ombudsman is in Shelton's place.
Instead, two staff members in the ombudsman's office will evaluate students' questions or complaints and inform them of onions.
Kellie Harmon-Lod-
wick, a graduate student in education, and Wil Ingram, a graduate student in American Studies, work in the office. Shelton expressed confidence in Harmon-Lodwick's and Ingram's abilities.
"I don't feel lost or like this is something brand-new," Harmon-Lodwick said.
Harmon-Lodwick is an assistant and has worked with Shelton since August 1993. In Fall 1994, she worked as an intern for Shelton.
She said that it was difficult to give an example of how the Ombudsman's office operated now that Shelton wasn't there because each case was different.
"My role is to listen, consult and refer," she said.
Ingram has been Shelton's graduate teaching assistant for four years.
"He has provided assistance in helping individual students," Shelton said. "He has considerable expertise in that."
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, said he was confident the temporary system would serve the University until Shelton returned next semester.
"It would be unfair to expect any one individual to assume all of the Ombudsman's responsibilities on a temporary, one-semester basis," Meyen said in a news release.
Shelton agreed
"It would take at least a semester for someone to learn the ropes," he said.
"The team approach we will be considering this semester was adopted upon Dr. Shelton's recommendation and after careful consideration." Meven said in the release.
According to University Senate Rules and Regulations, the role of the Ombudsman is to help resolve grievances between members of the University community. The Ombudsman investigates, listens, advises and makes recommendations about where people can get help.
Shelton and Meyen said that in addition to Harmon-Lodwick and Ingram, there was a network of faculty members who were familiar with the Ombudsman's duties and could be reached.
"There are people who have agreed to be on call." Shelton said.
Shelton said naming a person in the network could compromise the confidentiality promised to people contacting the ombudsman.
But Shelton said that even when he was the Ombudsman, much of his job was making references to offices such as Student Assistance, Office of Minority Affairs and Affirmative Action.
"The services of the office of the ombudsman are there as they have been all along," Shelton said.
Senators at odds over bill to finance law symposium
By Ian Ritter
Kansan staff writer
Some senators objected to the bill's presentation by Student Executive Committee, which reintroduced the bill after it had been rejected by the finance committee.
Student Senate voted Wednesday to spend $4,726 for a law symposium in March at Green Hall which would include Tonya Harding's defense lawyer.
Normally, a bill is approved by a Senate committee before it is brought to Senate.
But Law Senator Margann Bennet, who submitted the bill, said the finance committee had treated the situation unfairly when the bill wasn't approved last semester.
Off-Campus Senator Ami Hizer said that StudEx was violating Student Senate regulations by using its power to bring the symposium bill to Senate. StudEx includes the student body president, vice president and heads of Senate committees.
"My problem is with procedure and ethics," Hizer said. "StudEx has no business doing that whatsoever. They're taking their executive power too far."
Hizer said the finance committee's decision not to finance the symposium should have stood.
Stephanie Guerin, head of the finance committee. agreed.
"I have to state that we're setting a bad precedent as senators when there was no proceed-
ral error at all." she said.
Initially, sponsors of the bill requested $6.095 for the symposium, but senators said that the $400 cost of videotaping the speakers and the $200 off-campus mailing fee for advertising weren't needed.
The Green Hall symposium, "Mass Media Revolution," will feature nine law experts. The speeches given will be published in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Politic.
Other bills passed by Senate included funding for Arts On the Boulevard and funding for a Red Cross blood drive. Senate also approved two-year block funding for three groups: Campus Transportation, the University Dance Company and the Elections Commission.
But despite objections to the bill's presentation and after a few adjustments, the bill passed.
The blood drive, which received $603.72 for advertising, didn't pass without some debate also.
Senators said that funds were available from the All Scholarship Hall Council and the All University Residence Hall Association, so they cut $301.85 from the requested $905.57.
"We're talking about donating blood to save people's lives," Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator Erika Oliver said. "We've debated, we know what the issues are, let's deal with it now while we've already talked about it."
The blood drive will run March 7-9 at the Kansas and Burge Unions and at Templin and McCollum residence halls.
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