Referendum, recall process in bylaws
Senate enacts legislative package
Procedures for student referendums and for recall or impeachment of senators and student body officers became a part of the Student Senate bylaws Wednesday night when the Senate voted to enact a legislative package to superdece All Student Council statutes.
The referendum and impeachment processes have been subjects of Senate resolutions.
A petition of 5 per cent of the student body "shall occasion a referendum vote, to be announced in the Daily Kansan for five successive publishing days prior to the vote. The results of the vote shall be published in the Kansan and recorded in the minutes of the Student Senate."
A majority vote against pending Senate legislation shall outlaw for the duration of the legislative session the introduction of any bill which incorporates the specific provisions which the referendum has invalidated.
Petitions to recall a senator or student body officer must have the signature of 25 per cent of the students entitled to vote a person to that office, with the exception of at-large Senate seats.
Impeachment Proceedings
Impeachment proceedings must be brought by at least 50 per cent of the Student Senate, and the charges shall include at least one of the following: (a) negligence in office, (b) violation of the oath of office, (c) conflict of interest, (d) misappropriation of funds, (e) fraudulent election of office or (f) grave misconduct in office.
A two-thirds vote of the Student Senate shall be necessary to convict the accused.
Another provision of the by-laws allows any student enrolled at KU to serve upon four of the five Student Senate coordinating committees: Internal Affairs; Extra-University Affairs; Academic Affairs; and University Services.
Nine Resolutions
Nine Senate resolutions are currently in committee or ready for vote by the Senate.
An amendment on election procedures that will provide for separate listing on the ballot of presidential and vice-presidential candidates is now out of committee and will be voted on soon.
A resolution to include a list of opinion questions in enrollment packets is in the elections committee. It was not possible to carry out the intent of the resolution at fall enrollment, but the list may be included in enrollment packets this spring.
The Committee on Student Rights, Privileges, and Responsibilities has possession of a resolution to prepare guidelines for student dissent at KU.
A resolution proposing the instigation of a system of ratings of curriculum and instructors is in the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee.
The Student Health Committee and the Senate as a whole are working on a resolution to increase the funding available to Watkins Hospital. The resolution charges the committee to establish a subcommittee to investigate the feasibility of a "convenient and inexpensive off-campus out-patient clinic."
Establishment of an exchange bookstore has been put into the hands of the Union Operating Board. The resolution provides for the store to exist "soley for the interchange of information on used textbooks from one student to another," and no guidelines will be set on bookswapping arrangements students might wish to make.
The Off-Campus Housing Committee has been asked to establish a housing commission to rate off-campus dwelling units and landlords. The resolution provides that the committee
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should act as a "grievance agent" between the student tenant, landlord, the University and appropriate housing inspection agencies.
Foreign Student Aid
Foreign Student Aid The multiplicity of possible improvements that might be made in the life mode of foreign students in America is the scope
of the resolution charged to the Foreign Students Committee. Some suggestions for consideration include: an international house, opportunities to live with American families in Lawrence, opportunities to visit cultural and industrial areas in the Midwest, motor pools to facilitate foreign students' exploration of
America, guaranteed housing arrangements for arriving students and establishment of a reception center to ease the cultural transition of foreign students.
The Student Senate Executive Committee is coordinating plans for the Summer Tutoring Camp for disadvantaged students, which will open this summer.
Inception of the camp will involve cooperation among the Black Student Union, the University's Council for Urban Action, the Student Senate, the Inter-Fraternity Council and such volunteer teachers from the University and community as can be obtained.
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