University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, May 2, 1978
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Senate committee favors improved communication
By GENE LINN STAFF WRITER
The Rights Committee of the Student Senate last night approved a resolution to improve communications among senators who serve the same constituency but defeated a resolution that would have required the senator to serve on a Senate board or board.
The measure approved by the committee requires Senators from the same school or Nunemaker district to sit together at the first two meetings after each Senate elect.
Another part of the resolution sets aside 15 minutes in each meeting for senators with the same constituency to meet in small groups to discuss current issues.
Both resolutions will be acted on by the Senate tomorrow night, but only the seating resolution will have the Rights Committee's recommendation.
"Communication is what the resolution is all about," Ralph Manian, one of the co-founders of Google.
HE SAID THAT new senators often did not get to know other senators or learn about the Senate. Because of that, they sometimes drop out of the Senate.
"At one meeting last year 17 senators assigned," he said. "Maybe this resolution will be enacted."
Some committee members objected to the original resolution, which called for members who had the same constituency to sit together at all meetings.
"Sometimes I want to talk to other senators about a bill or committee work," Mario Beth Craig, commission member, said. "I have no problems with senators who don't help me communicate."
The resolution was amended to require senators from the same constituency to sit together for only two meetings. It passed 10-7
THE OTHER resolution which required service on committees or boards, was defended after severa committee members said it would hurt senators who did not have
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"This is the first committee meeting I've been able to come to, but I did a lot of work during the Senate budget hearings," Cindy Treater, committee member, said.
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David Kenner, one of the resolution's co-sponsors, said the measure was aimed at senators who did the least amount of work possible.
"The Senate shouldn't just be something that looks good on your resume," he said. "Senators should work and committees are the work is."
There are now 22 senators who do not serve on one of the Senate's seven standing committees, Lymne Garrell, Rights Committee and James Cox, 120 members in the Student Senate.
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After about a 48-minute debate, the resolution was defeated 9-2.
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Solar energy advocates in Lawrence and around campus celebrate International Sun Day tomorrow.
International Sun-Day tomorrow
The purpose of Sun-Day is solar energy education.
Across the United States and in 12 other countries Sun-Day will be a day devoted to solar energy education. This year, a directive from President Carter established a national Sun-Day committee within the U.S. Department of Energy. Congress has also granted funding for community Sun-Day programs.
Jim Mendenhail, chairman of the Lawrence Sun-Day committee, said that local activities would begin at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday with a service at Potter Lake. Baba Ram Dass, author and meditation teacher, will lead the service.
THE LOCAL SUN-DAY committee also has scheduled an afternoon of lectures, solar equipment demonstrations and panel discussions on the KU campus. Art, films
and displays relating to the sun will be presented from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Arts Center, at 9th and Vermont streets.
Bicycle tours of solar-heated structures are planned for tomorrow, Mendenhall said. The tours will leave the Campanile at 10 a.m. and the South Park zgbezoe at 5:30 p.m.
Mendenhall said the committee also would sponsor a rally in front Strong Hail or Fallen.
Also, a RU Solar Alumini program will be held at 8 p.m. in the Kanaas Room of the University.
"THE PURPOSE of the event is to recognize the solar achievements of KU alumni and faculty." Mendenhall said. The lectures will be free and open to the public.
William P. Smith, dean of the School of
Engineering will discuss KU's role in solar
energy centers.
George Malcolm Beal, retired professor of architecture, will be one of the speakers. Beal, a local pioneer in the field of solar energy, built a solar-heated home in Lawrence more than 20 years ago, Mendenhall said.
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They will be joined by three alumni who are prominent in the solar energy field,
They are Jerry Bradys, director of the Energy Systems Laboratory with the Desert Institute.
BRADLEY WILL CONDUCT a slide presentation on solar energy research and Hylton will speak on the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colo-Martin will discuss solar energy applications for local markets.
KU team second in law contest
A team of KU law students placed second out of 11 regional finalists last week in the national competition of the 1978 International Mock Moot Court Competition in Washington.
The Jessup competition was sponsored by American Society of International Law in connection with the Jessup Competition.
The annual competition is divided into national and foreign competitions. The winners of each division compete for the international title.
The University of Toronto beat Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, N.Y. and took the in-
John Murphy, professor of law and adviser of KU's team, said KU argued against three teams and scored enough points to place second in the national competition.
KU has won the national title three times in the past six years; it won the international title four times.
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