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Vol. 94, No.121 (USPS 650-640)
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Faculty on panel back grade board
Staff Reporter
By JENNY BARKER Staff Reporter
Faculty members of the University Council yesterday expressed widespread support for a grade appeals board at the University of Kansas, which has been given the authority to board has in the past drawn fire from instructors.
James Carothers, chairman of the University Board of Regents, said he was surprised by the show of support.
"I had thought there might be significant faculty opposition, but there certainly doesn't seem to be any on University Council." Carothers said. "It seemed to be getting strong support, but we have colleagues who are very apprehensive."
CAROTHERS SAID some instructors were worried that many students might unnecessarily appeal grades if students had access to an appeals board, while other instructors objected
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because an appeals board would take away their exclusive right to change grades.
The proposal for a grade appeals board now before SenEx would create a board of four faculty members and two students that could order a grade change. Under current policy, only an instructor can change a grade, unless he has died, has been incapacitated, or has been found guilty of sexual harassment or academic misconduct.
He said that because of the favorable response, SenEx would probably send a grade appeals proposal to the Council for consideration at its April 5 meeting. Yesterday, the Council considered only the idea of creating a grade appeals board, not a specific proposal.
SOME FEARS OF THE faculty as to the amount of complaints a grade appeals board would cause are apparently unfounded, Carothers said. William Balfour, KU umbudman, has told SenEx that in the last 1½ years he had
heard only three or four complaints that would need to go before the board described in the proposal.
The proposed appeals board would hear grade complaints only after students had sought grade changes from their course instructors and the chairman of the department in which the courses were offered. Even then, the board would hear only complaints that came about because the department allowed its officers to the grading policy that they established at the beginning of the semester.
Charles Kahn, a professor of architecture and urban design and a Council member, said, "It's a very narrow definition of when an appeal can be issued."
ALLAN HANSON, a professor of anthropology and a council member, said, "If we don't accept it, we're saying an instructor can lay out very explicit guidelines at the beginning of the semester and then arbitrarily change them when
assigning a grade. It seems to me that to not accept the policy is strange."
Carothers said he was puzzled by the close vote because few at the meeting spoke in favor of it.
The council also voted 16-15 to table a proposal that would allow research at KU to remain classified for longer than the one-year limit set by current KU policy.
"I would be surprised if anyone who favored that change would have voted to table it, but we did not hear often or extensively from them." Carothers said.
He said he doubted that the classified research proposal would be approved this semester.
ED MEYEN, acting KU vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, told Council members that the proposal would not free faculty to begin classified government contracts but would allow them more flexibility to do classified research for private interests.
Senate committee may ask groups to list members
Finance panel says requests may violate civil rights of GLSOK
By MARY SEXTON
and CINDA HOLM
Staff Reporters
The Student Senate Finance Committee last night reconsidered, and then tabled, a motion that would require student organizations to provide the committee with more funding to consider financing them.
The committee passed the original motion Wednesday after a committee member requested a membership list from the Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas.
Candidates shun Kansas in contest for White Hou
JON GILCHRIST, chairman of the committee,
asked the committee to recorder the motion
iselors had ons of the
By KEVIN LOLLAR Staff Reporter
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in anymore.
But neither are the Democratic presi- hopefuls, even though Kansas will kill. He democratic caucuses tomorrow. In West Jude- School, 2700 Harvard Road.
So how come Walter Mondale hasn't be to campaign in the state since December Probably because he doesn't need Kar
Probably because he doesn't need Kali win the nomination.
So how can he hasn't bothered to can in the state?
BUT WHAT ABOUT Gary Hart? Heel FROM Kansas, down in Ottawa. Born went to high school there, got caught cheat a chemistry exam there.
Well, he had planned to spend Tu morning in Topeca, but he canceled out to
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Washington, D.C., for a Senate vote on pra-
nific public schools.
But that's just one day. How come he d come before?
retern may well have hit on the answer he said, "I'm not going to kid anybody. Ka isn't the hottest state in the nation. I'm not go to impose my ego on him."
Can't fight him for that. He gets paid to State Sen. Tom Rehorn, D-Kansas City, I said that Hart had his priorities well in ord that one.
AND BESIDES, Kansas only has 44 Der-
cate判绩, compared with 171 selected
players.
Maybe Kansas just isn't important Democratic presidential candidates. After the state has always been staunchly Republican, this shift has since taken place since all Landon ran for president in 1936.
Mike Swenson, press secretary for Gov. Jo Carlin, said, "A state like Kansas that has say in a nomination or national election trouble attracting candidates. That's unstandable. They're campaigning where people are."
But Hart is a hometown boy made good, favorite son.
"A lot has been made of the fact that Kansas Senator Hart's home state," Swenson said, "it's also accurate that he hasn't lived here some time.
"We're proud to claim he grew up here, 1 Colorado can more realistically claim him as favorite son."
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The six-man, six-woman Bristol Superior Court jury deliberated for six hours before finding John Corduroi, 24 and Victor Rapoese, 25, guilty of raping a 22-year-old mother of two at Big Spring New Bedford, Mass., on March 6, 1983.
FALL RIVER, Mass. — Two men were found guilty yesterday of aggravated rape for attacking a woman on a barroom pool table while onlookers cheered. Two other defendants were not found guilty on all charges.
"The verdicts proved that the criminal justice system can give fair decisions to rape victims," said Darlene Wheeler of the Coalition Against Sexist Violence.
Jose Medeiros, 23, and Virgilio Medeiros, 24, were acquitted. The two are not related.
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CORDEIRO AND RAPOSO sobbed as the jury foreman announced the verdicts. Court officers then led them out of the courtroom to an upstairs meeting room to see their families before taking them to the Bristol
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company last year, Mitchell said he saw a potential market in Lawrence for a new favor company that sold good products at reasonable prices.
Mitchell and his fraternity brother, Jones, leased an office in the Holiday Plaza in August.
The combined company employs four students as sales representatives at the University of Kansas and 16 students on other college campuses.
In January, JRM Favors combined with Val-Pac, a competing company, and leased a store in downtown Lawrence. Val-Pac is also run by KU students.
Cohn said that he had received so many calls for messages that he had to place more help-wanted ads in the Kansas.
But Cohn didn't think adding to his student staff of seven women and five men would be difficult. He said he worked for them the first time he ran the ad a month ago.
Cohn said The Touch needed to employ an equal number of masseurs and massressees because the business had an equal number of male and female customers.
"CUSTOMERS ALMOST ALWAYS want their massage done by a member of the opposite sex," he said.
Moser said that it had been a good investment, but that last semester was a little slow.
Moser said that being a part-of者 of Polles didn't left him any time to study, he said. "I never did."
Messer said that he and Crawford bought the tavern, formerly called Bottoms Up. almost two years ago, as an investment.
Cohn said that scheduling appointments around the masseuses 'studying time was easy in the massage business. said or
David Moser, Wellington senior, and Scott Crawford, Overland Park senior, employ 15 KU students at their tavern, Frolics.
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Moser said that he and Crawford spent part of their profits on advertising. They print and distribute flyers and run ads in the Kansas to notify students of their specials.
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MITCHELL ALSO ADVERTISES in the Kansas and other university newspapers in the Midwest. JKM Favors also bargains signs on campus buses, Mitchell
Cohn and Roberts advertise their massage and pet-sitting services with flyers on campus bulletin boards
Most of the students who run businesses while they are in college say they don't intend to continue the business after they graduate.
Mickey Larson, Olathe sophomore, who plays albums at weekend parties with Alan Kloster, also an Olathe sophomore. He has taught the business while we we're in school."
Cohn said he might not even keep The Touch going until he graduated.
"I'll just keep it until I get bored or retire," he said.
Because of the unlimited possibilities of expansion of his party-favor company, Mitchell said he would probably keep at it and work out the business after he graduates.
"Right now, J&M Favors is trying to move into wholesale." Mitchell said. They plan to open a distribution warehouse.
Also unlike most student entrepreneur, Mitchell said that he and Jones planned to keep J&M Favors in the summer by selling softball uniforms.
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