CAMPUS AND AREA
University Dally Kansan, March 26, 1985
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Senate to hear representation petition
By JULIE MANGAN Staff Reporter
A Student Senate committee last night approved a petition that would prevent students convicted of felonies or sexual crimes from representing the University of Kansas in highly visible positions.
The petition will be sent to KU officials if it is approved by the Senate. The Senate is scheduled to consider the petition at its meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
The Senate University Affairs Committee last night approved the petition.
Senate approval of the petition would not mean that action will be taken. The petition is a request for action and a statement of opinion.
The committee also approved a resolution criticizing the renewed
scholarship of Roderick Timmons, who is on athletic scholarship as a defensive lineman.
Timmons was convicted last year of sexual battery, a misdemean charge stemming from an incident in Jayawheel Towers on March 2, 1984. He has not played on the team since the 1983 season. He was dismissed from the team then but was reinstated by Mike Gottfried, head football coach, earlier this spring.
The resolution is also on tomorrow's Senate agenda. If the Senate approves the resolution, copies of it will be sent to Gottfried, Chancellor Gene A. Budig, Athletic Director Monte Johnson, KU's NCAA representative Del Brinkman and contributors to the Williams Fund, which helps support athletic scholarships.
Committee members passed the resolution and the petition without discussion. They had approved a
combined version of the two actions during their last meeting.
The full Senate approved the earlier measure and linked it to athletic department financing for women's and non-revenue sports, but William Easley, student body president, vetoed the amendment.
In other action, the committee:
- Approved a petition requesting that a change machine be installed in Strong Hall.
- Tabled a request for the athletic department to withdraw its proposal that season ticket buyers contribute $750 to $5,000 to the Williams Fund in order to acquire choice seating in Allen Field House.
- Tabled a resolution to restrict smoking to designated areas on campus.
KU DEMOCRATS WILL meet at 9:15 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union. Dennis Moore, Johnson County district attorney, will be the guest speaker.
TODAY
ON CAMPUS
KU SWORD & SHIELD will meet at p.m. in the Walnut Room of the U.M.
THE TRANSCENDENTAL Meditation Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Union.
THE BIOCHEMISTRY CLUB will meet for "Lunch and Learn" at 12:30 p.m. in 610 Haworth Hall.
THE STRATEGY GAMES Club will conduct its weekly meeting at 7 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
THE WEEKLY CLASS AND discussion for Moral Development and Conscience Formation will be from the Department at the St. Lawrence Catholic Center.
THE ST. LAWRENCE Catholic Center will conduct its weekly scripture study at 7 p.m. at the center, 1631 Crescent Road.
THE WEEKLY FOUNDATIONS of Catholicism class will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. at the St. Lawrence Catholic Center.
NOTICE
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NOTICE
Anyone having an interest in frernity living, organization and function WHEN: TONIGHT, Tuesday, March 26, 7 p.m. WHERE: Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
WHAT: 1.) Informal presentation by IFC executive officers on the fraternity system at KU and how it works.
2.) Question and answer period following the presentations.
Sponsored by the Interfraternity Council and its member fraternities.