EDITOR'S NOTE. This is the first of three stories examining problems faced by the University of Kansas Student Senate, its committee structure and its leadership.
Apathy in Student Senate increasing, senators say
By LINDA STEWART Staff Writer
Staff Writer
The Student Senate has a certain amount of apathy in which some senators have said they increased over the past year.
The first Student Senate was formed in 1903 and was entirely a male organisation. The women formed the Senate in 1926.
have been more effective than the men's. In 1333, the student governments were joined, and, in 1968, the Senate structure was reformed and was much like it is today.
Steve McMurry, who has been a senator for five years, said recently that through the years, fewer and fewer students had gotten involved in the Senate. Committee membership generally has decreased and there is a lack of new senators speaking for legislation on the Senate floor, he said.
"In 1792, everybody and his dog spoke on the Senate floor," McMurry said.
But things have changed. At the Senate meetings only a handful of senators speak for or against the proposed legislation, while the majority of the senators remain in their seats. silent
THE REASONS for this silent majority vary. Lack of information on the Senate issues being discussed, intimidation by a few senators that do talk and the fact that some senators might not concern some senators are a few reasons.
However, some of the silence is because of apathy.
Don Green, Communications Committee chairman,
said there was an abundance of apathy in the Senate.
"There are a lot of people in the Senate who have no business being there," Duckers said. "They're just talking about it."
Ed Duckers, a holdover senator from last year, agreed.
Duckers said that many senators were there just so they could put "student senator" on their transcript as well.
"The Senate is the 'Every-Other-Wednesday-Night-Club.'" he said.
Jill Grubaugh, a holdover senator from last year
said she thought apathy in the Senate had increased since last spring.
She pointed out the number of resignations, poor attendance at committee meetings and lack of participation.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Three senators have resigned this fall, saying they did not have enough time for the Senate. Also, Bert Nunley resigned his position as chairman of the Sports Committee, citing his dislike of the way Steve Leben, student body president, was running the Senate as his reason. And Grubbruguished her
See STUDENT SENATE page three
KANSAN
PLEASANT
Vol.88,No.36
Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday October 18,1977
Teaching job considered for Pearson, Dykes says
By JOHN WHITESIDES
Staff Writer
Sen. James B. Pearson and Chancellor Archie Dykes confirmed yesterday that they had met to discuss the possibility of a presidential succession of Kansas after his Senate term expires.
"We had very preliminary discussions on the topic." Dykes told us there were no agreements.
Pearson announced during the weekend that he would not seek re-election next year to the Senate seat he has held for 16 years. He said he would like to do some teaching after he left the Senate but had not made a firm decision on his futurevet.
"I haven't really thought seriously about it," Pearson said. "I'd like to do some teaching after I come back, and if I did any, it would be at KU."
"Right now I'm just trying to get through all these calls from the press and then go back to Washington and finish my term. I'll worry about 1978 when it comes."
DYKES SAID that the meeting with Pearson took place three weeks ago but that he had received no indication then that Pearson was planning to retire. He said Pearson would be a very valuable addition to the University.
"Because of his rich and unique background, he could make significant contributions to the university any number of fields," Dykes said. "He would be a very valuable and rich resource."
Pearson said that what he would teach at
KU would depend upon "what they thought I could contribute," a lawyer so that he could write a诉状.
Dykes agreed that Pearson might be hired to teach law. He also mentioned the fields of political science and foreign study as areas where Pearson could teach.
AS TO the level of teaching for which Pearson would be hired, Dykes said, "We all want to stress that these have been very preliminary discussions, and whether anything will come of it, I don't know. There has been no commitment by Jen. Pearson to teach."
lysens but he need no longer Pearson either way on the matter but that if Pearson was hired, he would be hired through the normal university process.
"There is an appointment process at the University and it would apply to Sen. Pearson the same as to any other person," Dykes said.
Pearson said his desire to teach had not influenced his decision to retire from the school.
"I've been in the Senate a very long time," he said. "It's now time to think about coming home to Kansas and entering a private life, both of which I want to do."
HE SAID pressures from the conservative wing of the state Republican party had not been enough to stop him.
"I've been fighting those people for
to me, that would be a reason for
me to stay, not to rest."
Pearson said that after he returned to
Kansas, he planned to build a new home on his farm, which is about 13 miles south of Lawrence. He also said he had other places beside teaching.
"I think I'm going to do some reading, writing and traveling after my term is up," he said.
He said he was proud of his accomplishments as a senator but was eager to continue.
"I haven't exactly been a dramatic one," she says, clinging in without fear and I'm going out.
Bennett issued an amended statement in reaction to Pearson's announcement that he would not seek re-election next year. Bennett said he would give serious consideration to seeking the Republican nomination for the Senate seat.
Early betting pointed toward a match between Gov. Robert Bennett and former Congressman Bill Roy for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by James B. Pearson, while jockeying got started forerunner Kansas' 1978 gubernatorial sweetups.
Bennett, Roy likely to vie for Senate
Bv the Associated Press
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN-
NIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Capsules From the Associated Press, United Press International
Jackson right. White House says
WASHINGTON — The White House indicated yesterday that Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., was correct in thinking President Carter would vet any nominee to the presidency.
Jackson, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, has said Carter was not willing to approve any legislation that would eliminate federal controls on oil and gas.
Campaign Activities, spoke to about 500 people last night in the town of Cedar Rapids, during a hearing on Watergate, retired from the Senate in 1974.
German guards free 86 hostages
BOSTON — Thirty-three persons, including two former arson investigators, seven businessmen, two lawyers and three public adjusters, have been charged with crimes including arson, fraud, conspiracy and murder for action in what officials say is the largest arson-for-hire ring ever uncovered.
NAIROBI, Kenya – A special unit of West German border guards landed last night at Mogadishu, Somalia, and freed all 86 hostages on a hijacked Lufthansa plane.
The Supreme Court also said yesterday that a Concord jetline may land at Kennedy International Airport whenever the two airlines offering Concord service are ready to enter the New York market. Spokesmen for British Airways have argued that the aviation industry is the controversial faster-than-sound airplane from Paris to FKK tomorrow.
The court asked attorneys for both sides to submit additional legal briefs. The justices want to hear the lawyers' opinions on how the 1964 Civil Rights Act affects Bakee's case. If the court decides the case only on the wording of the 1964 law, which forbids discrimination by educational institutions receiving federal funds, the potential for a ruling with profound effects on the nation's race relations will be diminished.
Three of the four hijackers were killed in the raid and one of the 60 attack commandos was wounded. See story page two.
High court decries Bakke publicity
Jan Roskam is a self-cleaned airplane not. Not only that, but he likes to work—so much, in fact, that being a professor of arecanautical engineering, designing innovations for light aircraft and serving as a consultant to companies involved in aviation don't keep him satisfied. He does, however, have the MA in Civil Engineering Council and whenever he gets the chance he goes on test flights of aircraft carrying equipment he has designed.
See story page five.
Fourteen persons were arrested in raids yesterday and the Massachusetts attorney general said he had uncovered corruption in the state fire marshal's office and in the fire departments of Boston and some Boston suburbs. See story page two.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cited yesterday that it might not recuse the landmark case, many legal scholars called the highly publicized petition to overturn.
33 exposed in Boston arson ring
Locally . . .
Roskam
Roy began enlisting the support of prominent Kansas Democrats in a possible bid for his party's nomination for the Senate. But he said it likely would be late November before he announced his decision.
Dr. Jack Walker, chairman of the division of family practice at the KU Medical Center and former mayor of Overland Park, became the first potential governor candidate to test the waters in the wake of Pearson's announcement. Walker, who said
HE SAID every call he call had made supported him if he wants to run. Roy said he had called Norbert Dreiling, former Democratic state chairman, John D. Montgomery, Democratic National Committee member, Martha Kewa and Dan Glickman.
Sam Ervin, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina and chair of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential
Senator Sam
ERA unnecessary, Ervin says
Staff Writer
By BRUCE WELLS
Former U.S. Sen, Sam Ervin told about 500 people in Murphy Hall last night that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would be necessary addition to the U.S. Constitution.
After a lecture on "My Sense of Justice," Ervin responded to a question concerning his opposition to the ERA. He criticized proponents of the amendment, saying that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 already had made most of the inequalities between the states.
"We don't need any new laws," he said.
"Statutes already, already, prohibiting
"I THINK it is unnecessary and would
At a press conference yesterday afternoon, Ervin said federal laws forbade hiring, firing and dispropeasures against him. KA, he said, would do more harm than good.
constitute a great change in our government," he said. "The ERA would transfer more power from the states to the federal government than ever been done by any amendment in history."
Ervin, who was a senator from North Carolina for 20 years, said the amendment would transfer every law relating to men into the hands of the federal government.
Responding to a question after his lecture last night, Ervin said a California Supreme Court decision favoring Allan Bakke in a reverse discrimination case was consistent with the ruling. He said the way to abolish discrimination was not through more discrimination.
"I would hate to be operated on by a surgeon who couldn't meet minimum requirements," he said. "I think the decision ought to be affirmed."
THE U.S. SUPREME Court currently is hearing an attack on the California high
Bids open on union construction
Construction of the satellite union will start soon, possibly within the next month.
Bids for the project, which is scheduled for completion, took Tuesd. fall semester, will be held on Tuesday.
signed, the contractor would not be required to do so.
The satellite union will be built near Allen Field House directly south of Jayhawker Towers. It will provide a wide range of amenities for the campus, the southern part of the main campus.
Max Lucas, director of facilities planning, said last week that it would take about two weeks to evaluate the kids and determine who the contractor would be. Although he said he hoped construction would begin immediately after the contracts were
The satellite union will have a book and supply store, cafeteria, lounge and meeting rooms. Twenty-four hour automatic loading is available at one of the building's entrances.
In this artist's rendering, the new KU satellite student union is shown as it will be viewed from the northeast. The building, scheduled for completion by 2019, is planned to be completed in mid-2020.
Satellite
ACCORDING TO architectural plans and specifications approved by the Kansas Board of Regents last month, the three-story building will be constructed with concrete and finished with a brick chosen to blend in with the other campus buildings.
One feature of the building will be a terrace completely surrounding the second floor. The terrace will be accessible from all activity areas on the second floor and will provide space for relaxation and other outdoor functions.
Ervin praised the writers of the Constitution for establishing a fair system of justice that makes it "virtually impossible to convict an innocent man."
The basement level will not be finished now, but will be available for expansion of services as future needs arise. The entire area will be accessible to the physically handicapped.
The former Watergate Investigation Committee chairman said that Americans should be thankful that the Constitution best system of justice ever devised by man.
The satellite union is being funded mostly by revenue bonds supported by student activity fees. Of the total anticipated cost of $40 million, approximately $200 million. The additional $500,000 will come from surplus funds allocated by the KU Memorial Corporation, overseer of Union
court ruling that backe, a white, was a victim of reverse discrimination because he was denied admission one of the state's medical schools. Bakee was not admitted despite having recorded a higher score on a test than some blacks who were admitted.
Students started paying for the satellite union last fall. For that semester, students paid $3 each for the project. But starting the semester with the second semester after that, each student pays $6.
KU STUDENTS VOTED in 1968 to have plans developed for a satellite union, but the Student Senate set the project aside because of commitments of student fees for a new health services building and partial support for Wescoe Hall construction.
In spring 1976, students voted to revive the project, and plans for the building were modified to meet new needs and to account for inflation.
Because the revenue bonds are for 30 years, students may pay for the faculty until graduation.
ERVIN SAID THAT individual rights were constant and well defined in the judicial process and that equality of these rights also were guaranteed.
"Our rights and responsibilities are not determined by the wills and wills of the general legality."
Another question focused the senator's attention on gay rights. He said that he did not know of anything in the Constitution that gave rights to "pervers."
Ervin said during the news conference that he favored capital punishment for "atrocities" and that the United States should keep control of the Panama Canal.
"I don't see any reason why we should give it away," he said. "We purchased it like Alaska or the Louisiana Territory—we will well give America back to the Indians."
Drive to close to repave lots
Memorial Drive will be closed Thursday to all traffic to complete repairs on parking lots along the road. L.William Fenstemaker, KU Parking Services, said yesterday. Memorial Drive runs from the intersection behind Snow, Storm and Bailey hills.
Fremstaker said that permit holders for lots along Memorial Drive would be allowed to park in X zone or in zones whose colors matched their permits. KU police will be stationed at both entrances and give directions to alternate parking areas.
Repairs will begin at the east entrance to the drive.
Fenstemaker said he hoped that the east half of Memorial Drive would be reopened to parking by noon.
Fenstemaker said that several attempts had been made within the last month to resurface the Memorial Drive car park, and a gamepark game parking had prevented completion.
"Now we have to get it done as quickly as possible before winter, and the weather forecast for this week is good," he said.