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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 3,1967
Foreign students say-
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students can cook their own food. However, the residence halls do fix sack lunches for Arab students whose religion requires a period of fasting during the day.
Want University help
Many foreign students think the University should do more to help the foreign student find housing.
"The University and city have an obligation to help students find decent housing," Akuchu said. "The University could at least have a person check these housing places for cleanliness."
"The University could inspect the housing and notify the city health authorities of poor conditions. If the authorities comply with this, standards will be raised."
University doesn't help
University doesn't help Akuchu said the University doesn't make provisions for the foreign student.
"The University inspects its own housing once a year—why not foreign student housing? Because there is no inspection, landlords take terrific advantage of students," he said.
J. J. Wilson, housing director, agreed there is a need for a staff member to check for the clean-liness and decency of foreign student housing. However, he said, he would assign a low priority to it.
'Have to find dollars'
Wilson said humanitarian goals have to be balanced against "hard dollar" realities because "we have to find dollars for everything."
Wilson said there are insufficient funds for hiring a staff member to inspect housing unless the state, the student's activity
Members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) met Monday evening in the Kansas Union Jayhawk Room to discuss issues concerning Draft Resistance Week, Oct. 16 through 21.
John Garlinghouse, Salina graduate student, spoke to the members about the possibility of renting a bus for a trip to Washington Oct. 20, to meet the "Torch for Peace" marathon. The trip, which would cost more than had been anticipated, was called off. A few talked of going by car but nothing was decided definitely.
Contributions from members for an ad in the Kansan were also brought up and unanimously supported. The proposed ad will list all male students who refuse to fight in the Vietnam war. The idea behind the measure is to get full support of other campus organizations during Draft Resistance Week.
Discuss "free" university
SDS meets talks 'Resist Draft week'
Hamilton Salsich, English instructor and sponsor of the "free" university, gave a partial list of the courses which will be available if the system is employed at KU. Further plans will be discussed with professors and students at next week's meeting, Salsich said.
fee or the landlords pay for this service.
Dues for membership were the last item on the agenda. A spokesman for the group said collecting money would increase the interest of the members but at the same time would make SDS less democratic. Membership dues were decided on and collected by passing a hat—rather, a green
"Should we do more for the international student than we do for our own?" Wilson asked.
There is a channel for complaint for the foreign student who is dissatisfied with his housing. Wilson said, but he doesn't believe that the number of students affected would warrant a staff member to check the housing conditions.
Channel for complaint
Could find a room
"I think we'd rather be in the position of offering housings lists, and not determining whether they're decent." Wilson said.
Unlike Dean Coan, Wilson did not believe there was any shortage of housing for the foreign student.
beret—around the room.
"I think I could find someone a room this afternoon," he said. "It's easy to get carried away on how little we do for the international student when it is just the opposite."
Wilson said the law of supply and demand should be a control for housing and not a subjective bureaucratic opinion. Housing checks, he said, would not be popular with the students since many prefer to choose the way want to live.
Mrs. Ruth Nash, director of off-campus and married student housing, said when landlords list their apartments and sleeping rooms with the University, they
are required to sign forms saying their property meets state housing codes and they will not discriminate.
May file complaint
If a student feels he has been discriminated against in housing, he may file a federal complaint with the housing office. This complaint then goes to an off-campus housing committee for action. If the landlord has violated the housing code, the address is removed from the University listing.
"If students do have complaints," Mrs. Nash said, "We wish they would register their complaint with this office, for until there is a complaint, there is no check made of the housing."
Although the health authorities inspect any rooming house with five or more roomers, or four apartments, there are still many apartments which aren't inspected, she said.
Once a landlord's name is removed from the list, it is never re-instated.
Some don't list
"Most landlords who don't intend to conform, don't list with us."
Akuchu disagrees that discrimination is not practiced in off-campus housing.
"When you call on a landlord," Akuchu said, "they are happy to let you rent the apartment. However, when you show up, they say they have just rented it."
Later, Akuchu said, the "For Fent" sign is still up.
Afraid to complain
Akuchu said many foreign students are afraid to complain to the housing office because they don't want to get involved in housing difficulties.
Wilson said he had no new ideas on how the University could alleviate the housing problem.
"My fountain of ideas is dry on this," he said.
Seniors in law will carry canes
Men who will be carrying canes during the next two weeks at KU don't have rheumatism. They are Law School seniors observing a tradition believed to be more than 50 years old.
John Woolf of Wichita, president of the senior law class, said the canes must be carried on Fridays prior to home football games.
The cane-carrying symbolizes a law student has been at KU for at least seven years.
If caught by a fellow senior without a cane, the offender must buy his classmate one cup of coffee.
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and hospital services are still covered in full.
New single student rates are $48.60 per year, compared to $41.40 last year. Married student and dependent rates are $174.00, compared to $180.00 last year.
Rates, Barr said, are based on the amount of student usage of hospital facilities. Rates are higher for single students this year because they used the facilities more during the last school year and because of increased hospital costs. Married student and dependent rates are lower because dependents made less use of the facilities during the same period.
Official Bulletin
Foreign Students; You are invited to attend a special United Nations Dinner at Chanute, Kansas, on Oct. 28. the U. Birthday. Transportation will be provided. Sign up at the Office of the Dean of Foreign Students, 226 Strong.
TODAY
Jayhawk Sports Car Club Meeting,
7:30 p.m. Forum Room, Kansas Union.
SUA Lecture. Dick Gregory. 8 p.m.
Hoch Auditorium.
TOMORROW
History Dept. Reception. 4-6 p.m.
Kansas Room, Union.
Student Quarterback Club. 12:30 p.m. Forum Room, Kansas Union.
Association of Graduate Students in English, 7. n.p., Joubauk
Kansas Room. Union.
California Recital. 7 p.m.
Albert Gerken.
English 7 p.m. Jayhawk Room, Union Classical Film. 7 & 9 p.m. "The Cat and the Canary." Dyche Auditorium.
Colby student wins fellowship
Collegiate Young Republicans. 7:30 p.m. Forum Room, Union.
Case took his undergraduate work in business administration
Carol Wayne Case, Colby graduate student, has been awarded the $500 August and Sophia Lauterbach fellowship of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Colby. The $500 fellowship applies for the 1967-68 school year.
and in study for the master of science degree in manpower management.
The fellowship is for students who are graduates of Thomas County high schools and are studying in the Graduate School, the School of Law or the School of Medicine at KU.
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