Dykes' changes cut Shankel's power, officials say
By SHERI BALDWIN
Student body officials charged yesterday that Chancellor Archie R. Dykes has made himself even more inaccessible by recent realignments in administrative duties and has relieved Executive Vice President
ED ROLFST, student body president, said 'A lot of times minor administrative changes are just brushed aside. There are many more implications with these changes.'
A faculty member, Gerhard Zuther, chairman of SenEx and the English department, said Dykes had discussed the realignments with him during a private conference on New Year's Eve.
"He tired very hard, and I must say he succeeded, in persuading me that this wasn't affected by any time element or meant no slap on the wrist for Vice Chancellor Shankel." Zuther said.
SHANKEL WAS in Norwich, England, researching genetic cell changes under a NATO cooperative research grant, during the first week of January, when the realignments were made effective. KU students also were away from the campus.
"There have been a number of responsibilities
removed from Shankie's nursing." Zuban said.
In the realignment, Russell C. Mills, associate vice chancellor for health affairs and assistant to the chancellor for special projects, was given direct responsibility on the Lawrence and Kansas City campuses for facilities operations (buildings and grounds), personnel services, traffic and security, printing service, telephone operations, campus mail and motor pool.
MILLS' NEW RESPONSIBILITIES were formerly Shanker's Zuther said.
Rolfs and Bruce Woner, chairman of StudEx, said that Rolfs has always been accessible to students who need it.
Womer said, "Dykes has killed two birds with one son and is in charge of more necessary service and therefore is responsible when he's taking responsibility away from a man with growing popularity among students and faculty."
Rolfs said, "Dykes seems more concerned with
JON JOSSESRAND, former student member of SenEx, said the University trend toward more budgetary requests for grounds care and workmen's training may take money away from academic concerns.
the sweeping of streets and associations with the Kansas press than with University academies "
By giving such offices a direct channel to the
canceller, more preaile is being attached to the
offices.
"The University can't help but reflect its goals by elevating certain areas," he said.
Josserand also expressed concern that Mills lives in Kansas City, Kan., and a Lawrence emergency concerning his departments wouldn't get adequate attention immediately.
*“DYKES IS SELDM on campus and it would be questionable as to who would handle such an issue.”
Shankel said, "I presume that I still have the authority to deal with any emergency that may arise on the Lawrence campus in the chancellor's absence."
Mills would be expected to spend his time between the two campuses, Shankel said.
Dykes was reportedly in Fl. Laerdale, Fla., on an alumni trip. Mills was also out of town. Nethen had been killed in a car crash.
Shankel said he had met with Dykes to discuss potential changes in the central administration for both campuses before the finals period in December.
Zuther said that Shankel had agreed to all the provisions and that nothing had been done without him.
THE MOVES ARE designed to relieve both of us (Shankel and David W. Robinson, executive vice chancellor for the KU Medical Center) from day-to-day caretaking operations," he said.
When Shankel was appointed to his present position Jan. 23, 1974, he said his responsibilities would include overall, day-to-day supervision of the Lawrence campus. He also said that he had been assured by Dykes that he would have the authority to make decisions on his own.
"The main inspiration for the change came from
the supportive services mess they're in at K.C., "Zuther said.
"Some of the supportive services may receive more scrutiny under Mills than Shankel," be said.
The Med Center has had recent problems with nurse walkouts, malpractice lawsuits, HEW charges of discriminatory admissions policies and the halt of open-heart surgery.
ZUTHER SAID HE didn't think the distance element would help Mills with his job, but the fact that the same services were coordinated under one head would probably increase effectiveness.
Shankel said he hoped Mills would the job an element of scrutiny because some areas had been closed.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Mills will continue assisting Robinson in planning long-range programs and management data bases, developing budgets for educational programs and coordinating international programs.
Zuther said many faculty members had the impression that there was a continuous reorganization process among administrators. Dykes assured him there would be no further changes for awful.
KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday. January 29.1976
Vol.86 No.75
Berkowitz checks police charges
By JOHN FULLER and BRUCE SPENCE Staff Writers
Allegations of serious criminal activity in the Lawrence Police Dept. are being investigated by Douglas County Attorney David Berkowitz.
Revelation of the investigation followed a detailed 20-page alternate report filed Tuesday night by three members of a sixman special committee established to investigate mismanagement in city hall. The report charged the police department with alleged, unspecified instances of illegal acts related to the investigation, the propigation of evidence, narcotics charges, theft of found property and protection of liuvi violations.
Other allegations in the report included ticket fixing, sexual misconduct and harassment of officers concerning arrests of prominent citizens. It also alleged that organized crime existed in Lawrence and Tulsa counties. In one department had taken no apparent action when informed of its presence in the city by subordinates.
Staff photo by JAY KOELZER
LAWRENCE POLICE Chief Richard Starwix said last night that he had no knowledge of the criminal activity alleged in the report and that, to the best of his knowledge, there was no organized crime in Lawrence.
Berkowitz said that he wasn't surprised by the seriousness of the allegations in the alternate report. He said his office had received an email from a reporter before the alternate report was released.
Stanwick declined to comment on any details of the report until he had studied it in greater detail. He said he was going to meet with Stanwick himself to discuss the charges in the alternate report.
because a grand jury is very expensive. He said his decision of whether to file charges himself or call a grand jury would depend on the case, and the activity turnup in his investigation.
BERKOWTZ SAID he would prefer to investigate and pursue the allegations
The three members who signed the alternate report—Muriel Paul, and two city officials—were named Samuelo and Samuelu—presented their report after refusing to sign the original report of city commissioners Marinie Arngersinger and Donald Bimns and the Rev. "Butch"
The members who presented the alternate report said they thought that the first report was too vague and that it deprived them of information to which it was entitled
Berkowitz said he wasn't sure that the members who filed the alternate report had any concrete evidence to back up the allegations in the report. He said he would talk to the members individually during his investigation.
One of the recommendations of the alternate report stated that all the information the members possessed concerning criminal activities should be sealed and turned over to the proper investigative authority.
Arginger said, "The (alternate) report says a grand jury and or an investigative committee, so they're not insisting on a grand jury.
SAMUELS, A SIGNER of the alternate report, said he didn't expect Berkowitz to approach the committee for any evidence against the police department's activities.
"IT COULD BE a county attorney, the
"IT COULD BE a county attorney, the
"IT COULD BE a county attorney, the
"All we have are the allegations that were presented to us," Samuels said. "I don't see why he (Berkowitz) would be wanting information from us."
Hawks nip CU with free throw in final seconds
Stretching out
before working on her pompon routines. Karen is scheduled to perform at halftime in the KU-KState game.
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Recently returned from her USO tour, Karen Smith limbers-up
Former Miss Kansas saw fun, guns
Staff Writer
BvLIZLEECH
Karen Smith's mother certainly was surprised when she saw that her daughter had brought back 65 sweaters from her Asian tour.
But Karen Smith reasoned that she knew a bargain when she saw one. And she found
Indians recall intersession tour
By LYNDA SMITH
To Sally Polaca, Indians throughout the United States are joined by a common border in the western half of the country.
Polacca, a Hop-Havasupai-Tewa from Parker, Ariz. is one of eight University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Junior College students who participated in an intercession course that took them to Indian reservation throughout the southeastern United States.
THE STUDENTS TRAVELED to Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and North Carolina to observe life on Indian reservations first hand. Two KU professors and a coordinator for the social work program at Haskell Indian Junior College accompanied the group. The KU professors were Donald Stull, assistant professor of anthropology, and James McDermott, assistant professor of linguistics and anthropology. Gary Tahmhera was the Haskell representative.
Pollacca said the most enjoyable aspect of the trip was meeting "brothers and sisters"
"IT'S A FEELING of sharing," he said.
"With Indians, you know they will say. 'You can come into my house,' and the first thing we do is eat."
Ellen Reynolds, Lawrence graduate student, also said that meeting Haskell students and people in the communities were the activities she liked most about the
"I tated to leave. They were really warm people." be said.
Tahmakhura, like Polacca, said he noted a common denominator among Indians.
Tahrahkane, who originated the idea of the trip, said it has served three purposes. The first is to show that he was a master of Arabic.
students and their students," he said, "and I also did training recruiting and public work for women."
lots of them on her recently completed tour with the Miss America U.S.O. Show in Asia.
Yamatoo said the trip was personally profitable because he was familiar with the Southwest and in the Southeast and was able to observe it in the Southeast during this trip.
THE TRIP'S MAIN goal, he said, was to expose both KU and Haskell students to the importance of teamwork.
"The students were made more aware of people's reactions to people staring and being hesitant to serve us in restaurants," he added. "We've also encountered more than our share of that."
"I BOUGHT THIS ONE for $3 in Korea and I saw the one same in a store here for $36," said Smith, Shawnee sophomore, indicating her pink, blue and white sweater.
Reynolds said she took the course partly because of her interest in health services for Indians. She said she saw several inpatient hospitals and child abuse and general health services.
Stull said that workshops on child abuse, alcoholism, suicide, mental retardation and communication had been conducted by the at Chootaw and Seminole reservations.
Stull and Yamamoto said their salaries as intercession teachers, University funding for transportation, and donations from two of the Indian students' tribes financed the trip. The students paid for their own food, he said.
"I LEARNED A LOT from the community, and I think they learned a lot from me."
Gloria Fellia, a Sioux from Belmont, N. D., said she thought people at the reservoir were out there.
TAHMAKERA SAID the group met with Gene Begay, director of the United Southeast Tribes organization, to discuss one of the more innovative programs by and for Indians. The United Southeast Tribes organization is made up of tribes from New York, North Carolina, Mississippi, he said, which have combined resources to develop programs in mental health, language, education and finance.
"We put the workshops on as a service to the 'communities,'" Stall said, "and to restore communities."
He said people who work for Begay, most of whom have masters or law degrees, also work for other tribes to institute these programs.
MANY TRIBES ARE becoming more autonomous, according to Tahmakhera. The Chocotaw reservation in Mississippi and the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina are establishing their own health services provider. The Cherokee people of Florida is training its people to be teachers.
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Tahmakhara said he wanted to see how he could help meet the needs of different people.
"At a Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant, an indian girl didn't want to serve us. I didn't expect that. I heard about that there, but I didn't think it was that bad
The Miccosukee tribe is preserving its native language, he said. English is used as a second language, and is not taught until the first grade.
Smith, Miss Kansas from July 17 to July 1975 and a University of Kansas pompon girl, entertained U.S. servicemen in Asia during World War II. For the 1924-1926 Miss America Parent.
"Indians are too used to the government coming in and saying, 'This is what were doing.'"
Felicia said an incident in Philadelphia, Miss., was one of the most memorable incidents.
"We decided to forgive her for now."
The groups traveled more than 40,000 miles through Thailand, Okinawa, Japan and the Philippines, entertaining mostly, and sometimes entirely, male audiences.
performances weren't always given on flood-lit stages, Smith said. She described appearances that ranged from flatbed trucks to an aircraft carrier on the ocean.
BESIDES DOING SOLO and group song and dance numbers, Smith said that she had had several unusual experiences as a tourist.
"We just had to adjust," Smith said. "There were 5,000 men on that aircraft carrier and that was exciting because we landed on the carrier."
A malfunctioning propeller caused an emergency, landing on the bridge and friendly greeting there.
"We managed to land at an airport and saw that there were machine guns pointed at us," Smith said. "But when you off the plane they assured us they wouldn't shoot
Smith said the problem was compounded by a fact that no one on the plane spoke Spirage.
Smith said the servicemen audiences were receptive to the U.S.O. shows.
"At first I was a little self-conscious about performing in front of all those men, but I got used to it," Smith said. "In fact, service audiences are better to perform when they really appreciate the shows, and haven't seen a girl for maybe a year."
ONE SHOW IN PARTICULAR was "tense" because there were some women sitting with the serviceman in the audience, Smith said.
"They were wives or women who were natives and just lived with the men, and they weren't really happy that we were married. They were so intense that the men were uncomfortable."
Smith said she had performed as a
ponpom girl at one basketball game so far and had enjoyed it.
"BUT THERE'S A difference in performing routines at a basketball game and dancing for 25,000 whistling servicemen."
The difference was that servicemen came see dancers, Smith said, and fans atonize.
Spending her freshman year as Miss Kansas was also full of unusual experiences. It was also time-consuming, but managed to earn a 3.8 grade point average.
She made appearances at parades, building openings, rodeos and county fairs, made speeches and sat on autograph sessions in department stores.
"At my first rodeo it was rainy and "mudy and I had to ride through an arena driving this little horse and cart," Smith said, who would try to to look at hard and that was hard."
Smith said that 50 per cent of the judging for the pageant was based on talent, 25 per cent on an interview, and 25 per cent on swimsuit competition and poise.
Postal rate jumps, costs KU offices
By PAUL SHERBO
Staff Writer
Increased postal rates have caused additional costs for the University of Kansas and may lead to greater reliance on the university administration administrators said yesterday.
The Dec. 31 rate change from 10 to 13 cents for first class mail cost the University about $800 more to mail grades this year and allow for up to 45% of admissions and records, said yesterday.
The administration has estimated that postage costs for the entire University will rise $45,000 in fiscal 1978. Most outgoing University mail was first-class, which has been upgraded to airmail. Unless more money is appropriated by the state and officials say, the postal increases will have come from other supply funds.
"I can't speak for all administrators, but I imagine all our budgets will be affected." Dyck said. "I'm not sure to what extent at present."
"Sometimes you can try to skimp." he said, "and you end up costing the University a lot."
Dpk said he'd think cutting down on the amount of mailing by the University would be less.
"If you have students demanding information and they have to wait and wait for it, you might lose the student and consequently lose money for the University."
The University comprottler's office may have to spend $2,250 more than its $15,000 postage allocation, Charles Burrows, associate comprottler, said.
"It hurts us," he said. "We do a back of a block of mailing in the controller's office."
There could be about a $2,000 increase in the Kansas Union Bookstore's $8,000 postage allocation, Warner Ferguson, director of the Kansas Union, said.
"I certainly think the increase will make us stop and think each time we send a letter to you."
Ferguson said that other areas of spending wouldn't be cut to allow for the increase, and that he didn't think the increase would hurt the Union much.
The Student Senate will probably rely more on telephone calls to notify committee members of meetings. John House, Student Senate President, said he had much trouble because of the increase.
"We can adjust that by sending out less information." House said.
However, the senate will continue to send out copies of the copies of the senate's minutes, he said.
Community development projects enlarge field of Black'tects focus
Bv ANITA SHELTON
Black'tects, a University of Kansas student organization, has recently changed its focus from black student recruitment to white student recruitment from which the students are recruited.
Hobart Jackson, faculty adviser to the organization and an assistant professor of architecture at Columbia University yesterday, "The primary thrust for at least three years had been recruitment of students from black urban communities from a different concept of architecture and urban design."
Several community projects last fall, such as painting at the St. James A.M.E.C. Church in North Lawrence, seem to indicate that the communities themselves have now become the interest of their 'tacts,' Jackson said.
Black 'teens' purpose is to recruit black students, aid them during their stay at KU
and interest them in black community issues, according to Michael Williamson.
The church project will be completed this spring as part of the organization's community support and interaction activities, Williamson said.
Black'tecs also worked with the East Central Kansas Community Action Program on "Operation Winterize," Jackson said.
"The goal was to work with houses of people who are especially poor or elderly and who aren't able to make basic repairs changes in their houses themselves," he said.
"This type of community environment is on which it is very interesting, rewarding and stimulating."
The emphasis on community activities hasn't lessened the importance of
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