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Wednesday, February 27, 1974
University Daily Kansan
SenEx Asked to Study College Firing Policy
By BUNNY MILLER
Kenan Staff Reporter
The University Senate Executive Committee (SenEx) is expected to consider tonight a professor's request that the University Senate conduct an investigation of the hiring and firing policy of the College. The College President, Seaver, SenEx president, said yesterday.
Carl Leban, associate professor of East Asian studies and oriental languages and literatures, Monday submitted letters to the University of Pennsylvania where the reported firing last week of all persons in the college whose titles included the word "visitor" or "visting" appeared to him to be on the job.
This action, Leban said, is "fraught with grave implications and possible legal consequences."
Seaver said the firing was part of the senate's internal reallocation of funds. Leban's letter, he said, has brought up a "serious matter."
DEL SHAKELK, executive vice chancellor for the Lawrence campus, said that Mr. Lebanon's request to Lebanon's request but that he thought it might be "based on some misinformation." Shankel said he would hear the request and asked why he was fighting of the Family Senate tomorrow night.
In his letter, Leban based his complaint on these seven points:
—Since the reported termination of all
business "getting" faculty is a class-action filing,
it will not be filed here.
of previously unclassified personnel have now been revised without notice.
Unclassified status has previously been assumed to mean that conditions of employment, including duties, privileges, salary and other benefits, were subject to individual and not class negotiation. A serious violation of the new code in such a change without notice, discussion, review or sanction from proper authority.
—if, in fact, unclassified employees of the University are found to have been treated as a class, it will probably be found also that they have received none of the protections or guarantees afforded employees, a second, possibly serious, violation of the law.
THE CLASS-ACTION firing of any group of employees seems indisheathable from an industrial layoff. As such, the case for a layoff to avoid Senate investigation should therefore seek to determine whether all such requirements have been met, and if they have not been met, what legal liability has been incurred by the individuals and agencies ordering the
—The senate should also seek to define the rights of persons laid off, both individually and as a class. There should be immediate clarification of their rights of legal recourse, both through organs of the state and through the state and federal courts.
—Since the class membership of this group may in fact conceal other cogent
Food Prices Increase At Many Local Stores
Of 29 items published 15 went up in
average price, eight went down and six
went down.
Average prices of over half the items published in this week's Consumer Protection Association food price survey showed increases during the past week.
Price change included: Five pounds of granulated sugar, C and H brand, up at five of 10 stores; store brands, up at three stores.
Round steak, bone in, down at seven stores, up at one store; boneless, down at eight stores.
Oatmeal, 18 oz. box of Quaker Old
pasture milk sits cent at six of 10 stores
and down, at three.
dry milk, 28 quart box, up by 16 to 66 cents
at three stores; store brands, up by 30 cents
at five stores.
Red potatoes, 10 lb. sack, up by 10 to 30 cents at four stores.
Eigs, down by four to 20 cents a dozen for Eigs at four stores; to 14 cents at six or eight.
Folger's instant coffee, 10 oz. jar, down by four to eight cents at five stores.
—"SINCE THE PERSONS involved in this action were never informed that they were being treated collectively and were never given opportunity to organize, seek recognition, choose representatives or present themselves for bargaining as a group, the senate should determine whether there have occurred violations of federal
factors such as sex, minority membership and age, the senate should advise the faculty on the possibility of filing suit or petitioning for injunctive relief under statutes prohibiting discrimination in employment.
"Since it appears that this most indivisible form of collective bargaining is now an operative policy of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and previous assurances of the importance of individual contributions may now be inoperative, the senate should seek immediately to advise the faculty on the need to develop a new regulation, elect representatives and effect whatever other actions are required to participate in just and equitable bargaining with their employers.
and state laws governing collective bargaining.
HE SAID the term visiting applied to professors in three categories;
—Those teachers who knew they would be staying at KU for a limited time.
-Allens who were previously denied tenure under a Board of Regents rule which was challenged last week by Kansas Atty. Gen. Nerv Miller.
Teachers who couldn't otherwise be hired under university rules. This "catchall" category includes spouses of faculty members and people who received their degrees in the department they wish to teach in.
Beisner Lists Charges for Senate
RICK McLAUGHLIN, DALLAS junior and former chairman of the Student Rights Committee, said he thought the charges to the committee were good.
Manpower will be the biggest problem in implementing charges recommended by new student body president John Beisser, Salina junior, to the standing committees of the Student Senate, former members of the committee said yesterday.
Beiser listed his proposed charges for the senate's eight standing committees in a letter.
Beisner emphasized that this list was only preliminary. He said that his charges were very vague and that he intended to give the police more complete charges after spring break.
MANY OF BEISNER'S charges for the Academic Affairs Committee concerned issues that were discussed in the recent student body officers' campaign.
Beisner charged this committee to begin lobbying in the College Assembly for modification of the foreign language requirement, to work with administrators on a pre-enrollment plan and to investigate the academic advising programs.
Beisner charged the Student Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities Committee to continue investigating compliance of the code with the university's rule of the 20 per cent student representation, to initiate discussions concerning a University budget, to evaluate the relevance of the Student Code of Rights, to examine the use of student resources to clarify the role of the University Judiciary.
But he said the committee would have to take into account the potential manpower it would need. He said he was disappointed with his committee's performance on the questions of 20 per cent representation and the fact that, because of the limited manpower it had
Beisner gave the Student Services Committee five charges, including investigation of a proposed satellite union in Summerfield Hall, evaluation of placement programs and reinitiation of "Operation Escort."
ANN DILLON, HUTCHINSON junior and former chairman of the Student Services Committee said that all the projects included in the charges were good, but that many others still required the services category could make the committee a "jack of all trades, master of none."
Charges to the Communications Committee, of which Beisner was chairman, are to continue a program to contact students in living groups develop publication of regular reports in the University Daily Kansas of senate activities, investigate a statewide public relations effort in cooperation with the University of Missouri to monitor a poll of student opinions on the senate.
HAL URBANEK, SALINA junior and former member of the committee, said these programs were mostly projects that have been discussed in the committee under Beiser.
Urbanek said he questioned the feasibility of the "statewide speakers program" because of conflicts with other programs in the University.
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Average Price
Licensing Price
Cereal bowl, Gm Milk, 12 oz.
Oatmeal, Quaker Muffin, Fanched, 18 oz.
Bread, white, 16 oz. store brand
Bread, red, 16 oz. store brand
Sugar, granulated oil, 35 g, pca K4
Store brand
Store bread, rest in -10
Round steak, bone in -10
Tissue steak, rest in -
Pork loin ceal in -10, End cut
Pork loin ceal in -10, End cut
Tuna, chunk light, 5.5, Starklt
Store brand
Store bulk, All Star
Store brand
Dry milk, 24 oz., sticks, 13, Canard
Store brand
Tuna, chunk light, 7.5, Starklt
Store brand
Dry milk, 24 oz., sticks, 13, Canard
3.75 mm Screwdriver, 3.75 mm Screwdriver
Store brand
Tuna, chunk light, 7.5, Starklt
Store brand
Frozen peas in box, store brand, no can0, can0
Delimont
Tuna, chunk light, 7.5, Starklt
Frozen orange juice, 6 oz., Mindele Ma
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NO LATE REQUESTS WILL BE CONSIDERED
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Beisner charged the Finance and Auditing (FRA) Committee with insuring the smooth operation of the new budgeting system.
Under the new system, all the committee will hear budget requests from individual groups seeking funds. Besner said F&S's job while the budget was being discussed would be to coordinate the work of the committees and to compile the entire budget.
TWO NEW COMMITTEES, Sports and Culture, were created with the new budgetary procedure. Beesner said these projects were designed to build skills with defining their areas of activity for now,
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