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Inaction marks Assembly's end
The College Assembly ended the year with inaction on the issues of the advising program and withdrawal policy of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
After 40 minutes of debate, a proposal to implement a new advising program in the college was referred to the Committee on Advising and Advising for consideration next fall.
A motion to continue this year's experimental withdrawal policy escaped a motion for indefinite postponement and was referred to a mail ballot. A mail ballot will allow all assembly members to vote on the motion, and must present at yesterday's meeting.
THE COLLEGE ASSEMBLY is the
governing body of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Both students and faculty are represented The assembly met for its last meeting of the year yesterday afternoon at 4 in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
The main objection voiced against advising proposal was that it would be implemented during the summer when the assembly does not meet.
Using the experimental policy, students could drop courses for any reason as far along in the semester as the seventh week. Once the time, students must petition to drop courses.
The proposal would have set up first contact advisers for freshen entering KU. The first contact adviser would have been responsible for advising the student about more than just enrollment problems throughout his college career.
concern that an advising coordinator, who would coordinate all the first contact advisers, would be appointed in the summer before a call. We were not available to apply for the position.
ACCORDING TO Richard Cole, chairman of the Committee on Undergraduate Studies and Advising, 78 students petitioned to drop courses in which none of them were allowed to drop their courses.
FACULTY AT THE meeting expressed
Frances Horowitz, associate dean of the college, said that one of the college deans would have been appointed as acting advising coordinator until the faculty returned in the fall, when an advising coordinator could be selected.
The assembly made no decision yesterday on whether to continue this year's experimental withdrawal policy or to revert to last year's more lenient policy.
If the assembly does not vote to reinstate this year's policy, the college automatically will revert to last year's policy under which it was established. The college will继而twelfth week of the semester.
SenEx expands its stand on closing of Nazi exhibit
Another resolution was passed yesterday by the University Senate executive commune concerning the administration'suction of a Nazi memorabilia exhibit April 20.
The resolution urged that all segments of the University "reaffirm their unwavering support of . . . a firm commitment on the side of compassion, sensitivity and deep concern for the sensibilities of all groups in society."
The resolution was related to a free speech resolution passed by the University Council last week and a statement on free speech released by the administration May
The council had passed the resolution on free speech in opposition to the administration's cancellation of the exhibit, title: "The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Germany."
IN THE MAY 1 statement, which restored authority to the Kenneth Spencer Research Center.
propriate time, the administration said that the University should be viewed as an open source university.
The SenEx resolution, presented by T.P. Srinivasan, professor of mathematics, passed SenEx by a 3-2 vote. Three members of the committee abstained.
The SenEx resolution will be presented at tomorrow's meeting of the University Senate, in addition to the resolution by the senate, the final resolution passed by SenEx last week.
The earlier SenEx resolution, presented by Carl Leban, associate professor of East Asian studies, supported the University's opening to a more suitable time. It supported its opening at a more suitable time.
Leban resigned from his positions on the Council and related committees because of the passage of the council's free speech resolution.
SenEx accepted Leban's resignation with extreme reluctance and sympathy.