University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1970
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Zilm's Life: A Mass of Meetings
By BLAKE HIBBARD Kansan Staff Writer
Kansan Staff Photo by GREG SORBER
The difference between Frank Zilm and most KU students is that being a student is only a small part of his University life.
Zilm is the first student to be presiding officer of the University Council and University Senate.
Frank Zilm is 23 years old and a St. Louis senior. He entered KU in the spring of 1966 and is majoring in architecture and sociology.
In 1969 he was the vice-president of the student body and a member of the Student's Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities Committee, the University Operating Board and the Student Senate Executive Committee.
He is currently a member of the University Planning Board and is a member of the senior men's honorary fraternity of
"I do what I think is right and whether it is conservative or liberal doesn't enter into the action."
Omicron Beta Kappa, and has maintained a 3.0 overall grade point average.
WHEN INTERVIEWED at home Sunday night, between meetings and during dinner, he was his usual calm self.
"I do what I think is right and whether it is conservative or liberal doesn't enter into the action," Zilm said.
The conversation turned to the University and Zilm's beliefs about its responsibilities.
he attends an average of three meetings a day
"The most important concern right now with the University," Zilm said, "is the faculty, which comprises the majority of the University Senate.
"The faculty should start listening to the students and try to understand what the students mean when they discuss problems such as student representation in educational policies."
BUT ZILM said he believed also that students should try to communicate better with the faculty.
"In the past, the students and faculty on the University Council have been pretty responsible in their actions. I don't feel that the University Senate has shown the same amount of responsibility," Zilm said.
"Many members, both faculty and student, have come ill-prepared and not aware of all the issues or information that was sent to them about the University Senate meetings. There has been a big problem in not getting enough faculty members to have a quorum, and that's absurd," he said.
The University Senate failed to retain a quorum in its last three meetings last spring.
IN ANSWER to the question of how many hours he spent outside class as presiding officer of the University Senate, Zilm said he was attending an average of
three meetings a day in connection with the job.
Can a student do such a demanding job and still retain his academic standing?
"I don't know yet," Zilm said,
"That's part of the experiment, I guess."
On the priority of the efforts of the University, Zilm said:
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"THE MOST important thing the University has to do now is to re-evaluate the structure of education, which means more than changing the grade point system from a 3-point to a 4-point," Zilm said. "Not only do we have to reinforce and keep an honor system for those students with exceptional abilities, but we have to re-evaluate the general curriculum and requirements for undergraduate degrees and try to find out why many students don't finish college, especially those from minority groups," he said.
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