University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October19.1977
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Student Senate committees
From page one
think that new senators and newly formed committees hurt the budget hearings this year and that the hearings went better than any he had seen.
He said he and other Senate officers studied the results the night the hearings ended and found only four cases in which they had given more money than they did.
Committees also are plagued by internal problems, such as personality conflicts, poor attendance and getting bogged down in parliamentary procedure.
At a meeting of the newly formed KU lobbying group, Concerned Students for Higher Education (SHE), the entire hour-long meeting centered on procedural difficulties and ended without anything being accomplished.
ONLY THREE of the 13 members attended the last StudEx meeting, and some committee chairmen generally agree that attendance often is poor and always fuc-
Dave Dunce, chairman of CSME, said he thought the fluctuating attendance made costume companies feel uncomfortable.
"There are a few leaders who do all of the work, and some committees are just too be to help."
With all of the problems committees have, it is understandable, why legislation sometimes bypasses them. However, the committees were formed with the intent of being used, and if they are not, they do not seem to serve any purpose.
Harper said committees not being used because some senators wanted to get involved in the process.
MIKE HARPER, StudEx chairman, said he thought the committees were responsible enough to handle the issues that arose for Senate consideration.
"People want to see things done at the snap of the finger," Harper said. "Bypassing the committees often allows this to happen."
He said the legislation the Senate passed last spring, including the $80,000 allocation to recreational services and the resolution that would limit the number of women's athletics, was done too quickly.
"We obviously did it wrong," he said.
French singer to perform
One quality will distinguish the concert to be given tomorrow by Jacques Yvart from every other concert given at the University in the past two years. It will be in French.
Yvart, a French singer, composer and author will appear in concert at 4 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Admission will be fifty cents at the door.
compositions, along with material written in collaboration with the poet Andre Devknik
Vyart will sing traditional folk songs, poetry set to music and a variety of original
A pamphlet about the concert states that the themes of Vavr's music, as well as the melodies from "Ode to Joy," the tradition of the troubadores and chansonniers. Many of his compositions reflect the human experience.
The concert is the first to be sponsored by the department of French and Haitian in two years.
Orientation Meeting
for SORORITY RUSH
October 20,1977
7:00, Union Ballroom
Registration materials will be distributed— if you cannot attend, a friend can pick up materials for you or you can stop by the Dean of Women's office after Thursday.
Information about dates and requirements for rush, sorority costs, and answers to your questions will be available from elected sorority officers. We will be happy to help before the meeting, too. Just call 864-3552.
Requirements: 2.0 G.P.A. with 12 hours
Fall . . . In Love with fashions from the VILLAGE SET
922 Massachusetts Open Thurs. nights until 8:30
SOME SENATORS charge that Leben is responsible for railroading legislation through the Senate. Leben was in favor of both the $60,000 allocation and the resolution to discontinue funding of women's athletics.
--often were influenced by Leben's arguments.
Harper said this charge was made harper when it was often the one to introduce legislation.
"Steve does have the right to present his own legislation," Harper said. "But sometimes this looks like he is railroading it."
Harper said he had approached Leben and asked him to have new senators present legislation instead of always presenting it. He was also told should present lexisation he had written.
Some senators said the fact that Leiben introduced legislation made it carry more.
ED DUCKERS, one of the main advocates of the committee system, said new senators
"THE ADMINISTRATION acted directly on what the Senate did," Leben said. "When we said we would no longer fund women's athletics at KU the administration included in its budget q request for funds for women's athletics."
'New senators think, 'well, he (Lebanon) that way so I'll vote that way. Duckets.
2. Muster, grantee student senator,
said that Leben's personal philosophy was
that every issue was an emergency and that
Leben did try to railroad issues through the
Senate.
Leben said that charges made against him concerning railroading were false and that the reason he had pushed the resolution to discontinue funding of women's athletics was that it was important to pass it at that time, the administration could make other plans.
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Leben said that the $60,000 allocated to recreational services was made quickly so that improvements could begin during the summer. He said it had been impossible then to foresee that the improvements would not be started until the spring.
The $60,000 is being held in the Senate unallocated fund. Holdings in the improvements were caused by Facilities Operations' inability to do the work despite a statement made last spring that it could have done more. The Senate has have the time or the manpower to do the work. The Senate currently is contracting outside assistance to get the improvements
made. Some are scheduled to be made this spring.
IMPROVEMENTS TO be made include the lighting of tennis courts behind Robinson Gymnastics and improvements in the intramural fields at 23rd and Iowa streets.
Leben said he thought much of the discontent about the way the Senate was being run was coming from senators who were in office this last year or from senators with other motives.
"I think a lot of people are unhappy with me because I just don't care whether or not they're happy." Leben said. "My job is to make sure, not to make sure that people are happy."
ALL SENIORS: HOPE Award
This is the semi-final balloting help choose the top five finalists
Thursday, Oct. 20, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 21, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
WHERE TO VOTE:
Kansas Union Lobby, Information Booth Wescoe Cafeteria
SUA FILMS
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Friday & Saturday
12:00 midnight
$1.25 Woodruff
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Friday, Oct. 21
3:30, 7:30, 9:30 p.m.
$1.25 Woodruff
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILM OF THE YEAR ABOUT THE DICITATOR OF UGANDA!
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Saturday, Oct. 22 3:30,7:30,9:30 p.m.
$1.25 Woodruff Auditorium