UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Resignation letter marks departure from SenEx
Graduate senator finds fault in lack of student power
By Jamie Munn
Kansan staff writer
The University Senate Executive Committee was a little quieter yesterday as the group officially recognized the resignation of perhaps its most vocal student member.
"I am unable to muster even the minimal amount of motivation necessary to waste a second more of my life attending another SenEx meeting." Altevoyt said in his letter.
John Altevogt, Eudora graduate student, announced his resignation from SenEx and University Council through a letter that was distributed at the meeting.
As his reason for resigning, Altevog dited lack of student power in several areas, including the Partnership for
Altevogt said students had been treated as if they were "second-class citizens" by the University's administration. He specifically criticized Bob Friedau, head of Council, William Crowe, dean of libraries, and Jack Davidson, chair of the libraries committee.
Several SenEx members who were seeing the resignation letter for the first time were surprised by some of Altevort's complaints.
Excellence plan and the Senate Libraries Committee.
"I'm concerned by the sweeping nature of these allegations and by the lack of much substance," Friauf said.
Friauaf said Altevogt's objections about the committee might have been the only legitimate complaint.
"Most of these other claims are perceptions which I think are just not valid," he said.
T. P. Srinivasan, head of SenEx, said he agreed with some of Altevogt's grievances but that he would not have taken the same action.
feelings expressed in John's letter that there is plenty of need for active communication between governance leadership and student leadership in the days and weeks to come.
Srinivasan said, "It's clear from the
Srinivasan said he would recommend to newly elected Senate president Sherman Reeves that a substitute be appointed for Altevort's seat.
However, the appointment may not be necessary because SenEx meets only one more time this semester, he said.
One student SenEx member, Jeff Russell, pledged to help deal with the problems that led to Altevogt's resignation. Russell, Overland Parkjunior, said he was encouraged by the committee's reaction to the letter.
"I think it was designed to make sure that everybody realizes that on both sides, students and faculty, we need more open lines of communication." Russell said.
Russell said he and the other student SenEx member, Jill Bechtel, Hutchinson junior, wanted to continue to work with the committee.
NCAA committee member, lawyer addresses inequalities in athletics
Thursday, April 21, 1994
Higher educational standards, pay for student athletes and gender equity are among the issues the NCAA is considering, said David Swank, a member of the NCAA infractions committee.
By Roberta Johnson Kansan staff writer.
Swank, who is the Rice visiting professor of law from the University of Oklahoma, spoke to 25 students and faculty members last night in 106 Green Hall.
"The primary concern for Black coaches was that it deprives students from disadvantaged backgrounds."
He said the NCAA would investigate the claim by some African-American athletic coaches that its academic requirements — which will be raised in 1995 — discriminate against some student athletes.
he said. "The new standard was challenged because the eligibility index was flawed, and, as a result, a new study will see whether it is."
In addition to receiving full or partial scholarships, some athletes can qualify for an additional $2,000 in Pell Grants, he said.
Swank said paying student athletes also was an issue.
Because men's basketball and football provide 90 percent of revenue from college sports, Swank said, some people reason that women's programs should not receive the equal support as mandated by Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972.
Under Title IX, schools must provide chances for women to participate in sports in proportion to the number of women on campus.
"KU is not a model of compliance, but that is changing rapidly," he said.
"But there still is a long way to travel.
Eric Richard, a Tulsa freshman and redshirt member of the men's track team, said he disagreed with the theory behind gender equity.
"The logic falls that in order to solve problems, throw some money around," he said. "It's a lot of bean counting."
Richard said that the men's track team had 12.6 scholarships for about 50 members and that the women's team had 16.6 scholarships for about 40 members.
Richard said he supported exemptions from Title IX for sports without male or female counterparts and for the men's basketball team.
"Without men's basketball, there's no support," he said, referring to the revenue men's basketball creates for the University.
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