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Rodney Stuart, LHS Junior Becomes City Commissioner
By ERIC MEYER
Kenneth Staff Writer
The newest member of the Lawrence City Commission is still in high school.
The new student commissioner, Rodney Stuart, junior at Lawrence High School, is one of several high school students chosen to serve as representatives to Lawrence governing bodies.
Stuart says he views himself both as a representation of young people and as a leader for others.
There are youth representatives for every organization from the Local Housing Authority to the Douglas County Commission.
"I attend all of the meetings," he said,
"Learning and observing and being asked opinions. I even sit up at the desk with the other missioners. Of course, I can't interact."
He said his position of the commission was somewhere between that of a full-time commissioner and that of an average commissioner. He said the commission meeting to complain about something.
Stuart says he does not believe he is the commission's "token youth."
"They go along with this program." he
Rodney Stuart
said, "not just primarily to get an input from young people but to give us an option" (Nicolai 2013).
Being part of the commission has not changed Stuart's opinion of it.
"I was lucky in getting on the city commission. It deals with some really interesting things like the school board. But I feel sorry for the guys that got the Local Housing Authority and the county commission."
"I attended my first meeting last Tuesday (6)," he said, "and it was pretty much what it is."
Stuart describes himself as a "conservative radical" politically. At Lawrence High School, he participates in debate and is junior-class treasurer. He and his mother, Mary Stuart, 2010 Clara Road, have lived in Lawrence for 14 years.
Stuart said he would like to run for mayor some day. He plans to major in sociology and law at the University of Kansas after he graduates from Lawrence High School. He says he hopes eventually to set up his own private law practice.
Stuart was selected to serve on the commission by a committee composed of the Student Council, the junior class, and the principal of Lawrence High School.
A new plan of operation for the campus bus system and a major proposal for major revisions in the allocations system of the Student Activity Fee fund are slated for discussion when the Student Senate meets (July 16-17). The meeting is scheduled for 7:30.
To be considered for the appointment, he had to obtain 15 student endorsements and a recommendation.
The Senate Transportation Committee will present a report on the bus system and on the results of a survey conducted during the past week to determine student reaction to proposed plan for bus operations next year.
Senate to Hear New Bus Plan
The committee has proposed the institution of a pass system which would allow a student to have unlimited use of the bus system for a $1$ a semester fee. Under the new plan single fares without the pass would be raised to 25 cents.
The survey was devised by students from the School of Business. It was conducted by teachers.
The appropriations bill is sponsored by Gus Dilzergea, Lawrence graduate student, and Robert B. Hare, a distinguished scholar.
KU Law Students Aid Inmates With Problems
As an example of the effect the proposed bill would have, the Athletic Department would be eligible to receive from student funds a maximum of the activity fee paid by only those students who participate in the athletic department, such as those who purchase tickets.
individual group allocations, a requirement for student government of all organizations receiving funds and a requirement that the school be in compliance with all students without additional cost.
Since 1965, law students at the University of Kansas have provided legal services to more than 1,000 prisoners in Lansing State Prison and Leavenworth Penitentiary. They have done so in a pioneer program called Kansas Defender.
Meyer said about 15 second and third year
students participated in the two sessions.
He said, "It was a very enjoyable
The program, which is the first modern post-conviction program in clinical corrections in the United States, was begun by Paul Wilson, professor of law at KU.
The program works with both state and federal prisoners, Meyer said, but its procedures vary. The clinical program has formed a corporation, Legal Service to Prisoners, Inc., and has hired a full-time and a part-time lawyer to handle state cases. Meyer said law students could not give legal advice.
When a prisoner thinks there are irregularities in his conviction or sentencing, he can apply to the clinic. He is frequently asked by students who travels to the prison to interview inmates.
2 Groups Apply For Fee Funding
Only two organizations have filed requests for Activity Fee funding for next year. The deadline for budget requests is 5 p.m. Friday.
To qualify for aid from the program, the inmate must not have a lawyer or be able to arise one at a time. You can determine whether he is eligible for aid and to discover whether he has a legitimate complaint. He then petitions the court to appoint a lawyer and help him draw
Roger Martin, Shawnee Mission third-year law student and senate treasurer, said Tuesday that only the German Club and the estate had filed budget requests for next year.
In addition, after the Athletic Department accepted funding from the Activity Fee, governance of that department would be assumed by students, and all departmental activities, such as athletic contests, would be free of charge to all students.
Gary Taylar, Lawrence third year law student who helps run the program, said the program helped inmates attack sentencing officers in a case and improved handling of their cases.
Taylor said that there was usually a backlog of over 50 cases and that sometimes inmates had to wait more than four months before they could be interviewed.
Martin said that requests submitted after the deadline would not be considered during the review process.
The program aids about 200 inmates each year, he said.
CONCERNED
Dizreza's bill will come to the senate floor only if it is released by the Finance and Auditing Committee, which will meet at 6:30 tonight.
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Two other bills are requests to the chancellor and the Board of Regents. One contains a request that spouses and their spouses may attend a treatment by University Health Service.
The second requests that plaques noting the financial contributions of students toward construction be placed in Wesco Hall and the new Student Health Center.
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One other bill requests that the present bus fares charged for the downtown route and the Malls Shopping Center route be equalized, either by raising the Malls route to 25 cents or by lowering the downtown route to 10 cents.
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eeris Thursday· drama critic John Lahr Friday· Eleo Pomare black ballet troupe
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