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Thursday, March 2, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Staff Photo by ELI REICHMAN
A writer, producer, director, and reporter, Fabian Bowers, is this semesters' recipient of the Roe Morgan Visiting Professorship Award. Bowers, who has lived over half of his life outside the
United States, believes that if you say "no" to a new experience then you are really losing out, "because experience is the whole point of education."
Old Senate hands over authority
Rv MELISSA J. THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Many speeches were heard and many rounds of applause given last night as the new and old student senates met to exchange the proverbial reins of power.
No legislation was considered at the traditional joint meeting, but three holdover senators were elected from the outgoing body to serve during the current term.
"You'll all agree that it was an eventful year."
Former student body president Steve Leben told the group in his final officers report that there was probably only one thing they could all agree on.
HE SPOKE of having pride in the accomplishments of the 1977 Senate. And he spoke of regret about failures in communication on Senate activities that he said had clouded public opinion about those accomplishments.
Leben said the three actions he was proudest of the improvements that had been initiated in the recreational services, the planning of the pre-paid legal services and the change in Senate funding of intercollegiate athletics.
one help given to individual students was also something the whole Senate should take pride in, including the partial victory that Leben said was won in the fight over KUAC ticket surcharges for Memorial Stadium renovations.
It's unfair, he said, to make constituents rely solely upon the University Daily Kansas for all their information about the Senate.
ONE MAJOR area where Leben said he had failed was in communications, and he reaffirmed former student body president Gavin Lefebvre to last spring about carmus press coverage.
Leben expressed confidence in the abilities of the new student body president Mike Harper and the new vice president Richard Riehle, capable, he said, of re-energizing the Senate.
HB48 Rau Munay, former student body vice president, had words of caution for new senators about typical budget traps and communication problems.
"I think the next year will obviously be a testing year for the Senate," Munyan said.
testing you for the button... to make.
"It has a lot of improvements to make."
Two improvements Munayn said he wanted to see were mandatory membership on committees for senators and mandatory committee consideration of all legislation.
HE SAID reducing the Senate's size also should be given some thought by the new governor.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, also spoke to the gathering. He said he thought KU student government was far above the quality of that at Kent State University, where he worked until last summer.
He said he had watched the internal wranglings of the Senate and had come to the opinion that the Senate was its own worst critic.
INTERNAL problems are present in all organizations, be said.
Amber echoed Leben's opinion that the message not done much communication to its constituents.
"Perhaps there is too much reliance on the Daily Kansas," Amber said.
"Perhaps it's our easy scapgeet for the hard job of keeping in contact with con-
If the Senate does not improve its communication and develop some continuity of effort, its validity as a student group will be lost. he said.
"YOU WILL not deserve the right to speak for the student body."
Before the meeting of the old Senate was officially adjourned, three holdover senators were elected. Jill Grubaugh, Frontenac, Mo., senior; Jane Calacchi, Glendale, Mo., sophomore; and Tom Byers, Lawrence lounge, were elected.
During the nominations for the holder positions, there was a call by an outgoing
senator for a quorum count. In past meetings, the 1977 Senate has had difficulty in drawing enough members to legally take binding action on legislation.
Barry Shalinsky, former law school senator, called for the quorum. When Munayn frowned and refused his request, Shalinsky gave own name in running the bidder sets.
"IN ORDER to make sure the new Senate does things right, I'd like to nominate myself," Shalinsky said. His statement drew muffled laughter.
Harper and Robinson also spoke to the new senators after the first meeting of the 10th Congress.
Harper forewarmed senators about the hard line that he said he was taking on attendance. He also encouraged them to try to keeprecruiting, because it becomes more in writing seismation.
the new senators closed their meeting last night with nominations still on the floor for the election of representatives to the Senate. They will reconvene after spring break.
Bowers loves new experiences
Fabian Bowers won't say no to a new experience.
By JAN SMITH Staff Writer
Bowers is this semester's recipient of the Rose Morgan Visiting Professorship Award. The award funds visiting professors to teach classes at KU for one semester.
Bowers, 61, said he was willing to try almost any new experience.
"I say yes to everything," he said. "If your mouth is set for 'no' you lose out on new experiences, and experience is the whole point of education."
THE CLASS IS structured in an informal setting where I try to share my experiences in Asia with my students," Bowers said recently.
Last semester, the department of East Asian studies asked Bowers to come to KU to teach a class called "A Meeting with Jiaoan." he said.
"The students at KU are glorious. They constantly reach out to learn. They're like a sponge."
Bowers, who called himself a writer, producer, director and reporter, said he had been fired after the investigation.
AURH election draws 3 teams
Three teams officially have filed for the 1978-79 Association of University Residence Halls' rale for president and vice president, both inctions committee chairman, and vistory staff.
Larry Britton, Wichita junior, and Peggy McCarten, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, will run for president and vice president respectively. Phill Kaufman, Memphis senior, filed for president and Donna Paola siophomore, for vice president.
Dimitri Siosc, Athens, Greece, junior,
also has filmed for president. His running
mate will be Sophie Dahdah,
Salmay, Kuwait freshman.
Filing deadline was Tuesday.
AUHR elections will be March 8 and 9.
Poll will be open to thematrix of each of
the three districts $50, 100, 200$.
presidential and vice presidential candidates must run in teams and must either have been members of the AUHR assembly or collected 100 signatures on a petition.
"Oui magazine asks me to do an article about sex in Kansas," Bowers said. "Who knows?"
Akira Yamamoto, assistant professor of anthropology and East Asian studies, recently asked him to produce a program about the Kickapoo Indian Reservation in Horton, Bowers said, but he does not know if he will do the program.
Bowers' magazine articles range in topic from Soviet refugees to cruelty to animals in America. He has written about celebrities such as Gretar Garba, Marlon Brando, Steve
States. He was educated in France and lived part of his adult life in Asia. He traveled to Japan and Indochina during World War II and then served as a captain at MacArthur during the occupation of Japan.
"I enjoy best my friends who I can really talk to because they're not on public stage," he said. "They're so totally open and honest and frank."
**EVER.** HE said he was happiest when he was with people who were not in the village.
Bowers said he had written articles totaling about three million words for American magazines, including *Life*, *The New Yorker* and *Wildlife*. He wrote 10 books, most dealing with Asian life and has produced about 30 "Camera 3" cultural programs for CB-TV. The programs describe the lifestyles of people in Cambodia, Cambodia, Iran, Baikil, India and Indonesia.
"MY GOAL FOR these programs is to reveal to the five million people who view 'Camera 3' what they could never have possibly seen without my guidance. I want them to see the lives of the lifestyles of the people in the programs truthfully and in a way that tells it like it is."
After leaving KU, Bowers said, he might writer reminiscences about his visit here.
Bowers said he would like to produce a "Camera3" program about Kansas.
Bowers said that he had always been a freelance writer and that he wrote about it.
Bowers said a program he produced on dance in Thailand will be shown at 10 a.m., March 12, on CBS-TV. In April, another show on Thai dance is scheduled.
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