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Fridav. April 29.1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
University Council elects new officers for 1994-95
Leaders emphasize student interaction
By Jamie Munn Kansan staff writer
In the first meeting of its 1994-95 members, University Council elected a familiar face to be its new leader.
member of both the Council and SenEx, resigned, citing lack of student power in both groups.
T. P. Srinivasan, who was head of the Council's Senate Executive Committee this year, was chosen by a majority ballot vote yesterday.
Wil Linkugel, professor of communication studies, was elected chair of SenEx.
Srinivasan, who was elected in a runoff with Sandra Zimdars-Swartz, professor of religious studies, repeatedly emphasized that the Council should be a pro-active, not reactive organization.
"It's time for university governance to communicate actively with student governance to prevent some of the problems perceived as a lack of communication," he said.
In a speech before the vote, Srinivasan said he wanted to keep open lines of communication so that students and faculty could reach similar goals.
He said another goal of the Council's leader should be constant communication with the Board of Regents.
Zimdars-Swartz, who co-authored a new educational conference between educators and students, also had expressed more student involvement in governance.
"Communication with student representatives is crucial," she said. "But students should take seriously their responsibilities as well as their rights."
University Council members also discussed the Legislature's latest interest in faculty salaries.
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said a 2.5-per cent base increase for faculty salaries would likely pass.
Newofficers
1994-95 University Council officers
Chair—T.P. Srinivasan, professor of mathematics
Assistant to the chair—Alan Pierce,
Lawrence senior
The salary increases, however.
1994-95 Senate Executive Committee members
Chair—Wil Linkugei, Communication studies
SenEx assistant chair—Ken Martin,
Bloomington, Minn., junior
Faculty;
Bezaleel Benjamin
Jack Davidson
Liane Davis
Wil Linkuke
Kathleen Neeley
Barbara Schoen
Students:
Kim Cocks
Ken Martin
Amanda Rees
would not be as favorable as those hoped for in the Partnership for Excellence plan, which failed earlier this month. Shulenburger said.
KANSAN
Teacher with AIDS sues over firing
The Associated Press
Campbell University, a 100-year-old Baptist institution, said it was protecting students by banning the teacher.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated the action and filed a lawsuit Tuesday. The teacher, identified in federal court documents as "John Doe," joined it.
He wants his job back, compensation for lost wages and unspecified punitive damages. The commission is
asking for an injunction barring Campbell from discriminating against employees with the AIDS virus.
Hank Dunbar, a representative for Campbell, said Thursday that the university did not comment on pending litigation.
In a statement filed with the commission in June, Campbell said that because the teacher was in physical contact with students, university officials felt replacing him was in the students' best interest. The university said it offered to pay off his contract.
Court documents say the teacher had direct contact with students as an instructor of tennis, weight-training and dance.
Campbell officials discovered the
When the university, which self-insures its employees' health coverage, received bills totaling $20,000, it checked his medical records and discovered his diagnosis. He was told to leave May 26, 1993.
teacher's condition after he missed five weeks of work last spring while recuperating from a type of pneumonia associated with AIDS.
Campbell enrolls about 4,000 dents at its campus in Buies Creek
The AIDS virus is spread by unprotected sexual intercourse, contaminated blood and from mother to child. The AIDS virus has been found in tears and saliva. However, federal officials say no reported instances of transmission from these body fluids exists.
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