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Wednesday, December 8, 1971
University Daily Kansan
Economy, New Priorities Cited for Shift
Continued from Page 1
"It's like a doubleheader. Woodstock represents the end of the first game, and we lost. In the second game's going to start and that's going to be real interesting because we're more experienced," he said.
"OUR ECONOMY depends on war and in about five years, it will need a war-time boost and we will need another war crash. Then we'll need another war boost to reinflate the economy. When this happens you'll have kids who will be afraid of your children who will totally blow their noses."
In addition to economic problems, he thinks most of the same issues that caused protest still important contemporay.
"There will be the same issues because racism, poverty and war are still as strong as they ever were," he said, underground. No one says 'nigger' anymore but they've still got theinger attitude," he said. Ranney says he believes he must agree to use which had both positive and negative aspects. He thinks that although it might be the only way to relieve oppression, it has not been used as to when it could be used.
THE MAJORITY of the people who have been totally radicalized will remain
William Lucas
radicalized": "Ranney predicted,
we see solutions being fairly
bombing I mean passive non-
working I mean than working
with the extras."
"I'm just going to drop out," Ranney said. "I mean I'm through hassling."
Although Ranney said he was just as concerned about social problems as before for his protest and thinks he is making a significant contribution through his work with mental retardated students at Elementary School in Lawrence. "I'm just going to drop out,"
William M. Lucas, associate dean of the School of Architecture and chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee, said he had noticed both a change of attitude and a change of issues. He noted that students were quickly and openly about his perception of the mood of students:
"I think the students are still very concerned about issues they consider to be paramount, but I don't need them to be more responsible approach. The attitude is not so much. 'I don’t like the way things are run is my love of it.' Operation operation. They’re saying. Well, I don’t like some of the things that are going on but I’m going to keep a long-range substantial change."
LUCAS THINKS the faculty are much more open to student ideas and participation in academic decisions than before, because of the organization and in general classroom situations. In his opinion, there has also been a change of issues and a new priority to claim the attention of the university. The budget problem.
Lucas said he believed the outcome of the present budget crisis would determine the quality of education in the future.
"The major crisis now is the budgetary situation. While it immediately affects faculty salary and career prospects, students because they suffer from the curtailment through class size and the types of other activities which can be achieved," he said. "I would hope that students would transmit this message to their friends, friends and representatives."
Lucas thinks increased student participation in administrative and academic affairs and in industry has been achieved such as the Whomper and teacher evaluation, has had a definite influence on the present attitude towards education.
"I think the student input into these areas is a good thing, and it can help them feel more situation is much calmer now." Lucas said. "Earlier, students were trying to effect quick change in their management change they themselves must now make a commitment and expend dedication and time."
"Many of the students didn't realize how many hours were spent in these decisions. That what I mean by making a commitment because they spend many hours unheralded in committees."
Although some students have complained that the numbers of their delegations to faculty and research are too high, they do not give them enough votes to
make significant changes, Lucas suggested the most important one was to encourage conversation and consensus in which student input could be very
"It's not a matter of numbers but of ideas; they can influence the vote," he said.
ANOTHER FACTOR influencing the change of attitude. Lucas believes, is that now there is a broad base of student feedback, whereas before only care was taken to stand a book and made it known.
'When campus problems started emerging, it was a particular group of people which was quite vocal, and the student who was content to sit back and observe; then, as problems arose and became confrontations, many of these other students started making their opinions pro or con. 'Lice explained.
"Finally, it got to where those that didn't agree with the protesters said. Do your own research on them. What is what I'm doing. Go ahead and demonstrate but don't close the University so I can't finish my education." Recently, we've been taught by some of our teachers and this has made a difference."
Byron S. Eldmondson,
Lawrence junior, former
Michigan state senator,
Vietnam Veterans. Against the
War Lawren chapter. His voice
and manner were quiet and
experienced. He explained
the chapter's projects.
ALTHOUGH THE veterans' group has participated in several demonstrations across the country and has more demonstrations planned. Edmondson was not their main activity.
"The main thing that our group is doing is speaking to churches and several groups and I think we have accomplished something in making people think and maybe be doing something," he said.
Edmundson reported that since there were many different types of people in the VVAW, the group members needed to form a members for a panel instead of sending one speaker. The VVAW speakers have visited church groups, a college class, several faculty, a fraternity and a sorority.
"We haven't had any trouble getting speaking engagements," she said. "We would like to get and talk to groups like the Elks, Eagles and others."
Edmondson said that the Lawrence VVAH had discussed why there were fewer mass killings in 1970 and 1980, but no one had any answers.
Lefebel stressed the fact that students weren't just students but teachers in Kansas, but all students in the state. The problems facing KU students are much the same as Kansas students, he said.
"I haven't talked to anybody who thinks they know why. Just ask them. I don't know how people aren't into big demonstrations and now it's time to get them started," But we still think that some type of demonstrations are valuable to us.
Leflent and other members of the group compiled a suggestion for how to address students could take to inform others about the crisis of higher education.
"There's really so much to do. Students can talk to their parents, friends from other schools, newspaper editors, reporters, and teachers about what they know best—being a student." Rieke said.
B里克 said students needed to know the facts about higher education and the proposed and opposed policies. He said they also needed to convince others that they were concerned with work to make things better.
Rusty Leffler, Prairie Village second-year law student said that the main emphasis of the organization was on informing others.
"Students need to make known the fact that they are not merely students but members of a community that as students they are deeply concerned about the future of their education."
Support of Students Urged for Funding
The organization leaders asked to contact civic groups, legislators and other students in their districts during the vacation.
"SOME OF US think that it could be really significant for veterans to be giving up another Christmas because of the war," he said, "and this might have an impact on people. Not all of us are on fire that. Some think demonstrations are no longer effective."
Members of the organization also discussed some of the problems they had encountered or expected to encounter.
Edmondson admitted that he was discouraged because no one wanted to get out and engage in protest if they did, he com-
manded the teacher with superficial commitment which propelled them through one short demonstration but stopped short of long-term application to their own life styles. However, he thinks some progress was being made subtle by individuals who were often aided at some other of their own habits.
Some members of the Lawrence VVAW have planned to go to Texas to participate in one of several demonstrations which
Jan Busch, Leawood senior,
wrote to Ms. Moskowitz explaining the battle situation to people who felt there was enough money but that it was being spent
Byron Edmundson
are to be coordinated nationwide during Christmas vacation.
"The University is facing a severe deterioration in higher education, the state of Kansas is facing a severe deterioration in higher education," Greg Swainson, president, Tuesday, a meeting of Students Concerned About Higher Education in the State.
Rieke suggested that students be ready to answer such questions with facts about the operating budget.
Ruike spoke to a group of 50 persons about the need to get out and talk to people about higher education during the upcoming vacation.
William, M. Balfour, vice chancellor for student affairs, has contributed to the quiet mood of the campus. Balfour, who has been through tough times during the last few years, talked slowly and carefully about the mood of the campus as if he were thinking
"I don't think it's apathy
"Our main goal remains to
By PEG RILEY
Kansas Staff Writer
inform people about the crisis in higher education and get them to do something about it," he said.
necessarily, and I never did feel that kids were apathetic. They just were interested in something else," he said.
Also, in his opinion, there is a growing tendency for both you and me to listen to each other and to sit down together to talk over
BALFOUR CONSIDERS the economic situation an important factor because it forces more careful attention to what is important to them. He said that jobs were harder to find now than before, and that the good students had a much better chance of the employment they wanted.
Kiessen, 63, replaces former postmaster general Winton M. Blount, who resigned in October to serve for a Senate race in Alabama.
WASHINGTON (AP) —Elmer T. "Ted" Klassen, former number two man in the old Post Office Department during its reorganization, was named Read Chairman of the U.S. Postal Service Tuesday.
"We consult with students more than we used to, and I think we need to do that," said administration is that students are listened to and their opinions
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As an example, Balfour mentioned that, in his office's work with the residence halls and the AURH, he has seen a student using input about decisions on rule changes and use of money.
BESIDES the attitude of listening seriously to student ideas and courses originated by the university administration have opened another door by giving students 20 per cent representation on the board. In general, Balfour thinks more students want to work within the
"I like to think that students are more willing to sit down and talk things over than they used to do," Ms. O'Brien said, "we have learned not to overreact. Three years ago, we would have made more elaborate preparations for meetings and had been more tensed up."
system.
Balfour believes most students are sick of violence. He said those who were in high school when the shootings were committed, and who are now college freshmen and sophomores were aware of their predecessors' tactics from their predecessors' tactics.
"High school students are more sophisticated than they were a few years ago," he remarked. "They have lived through things, that the world has realized this (violence) is not the way to go about things."
ANOTHER IMPORTANT character, actually mentioned was the view now that the perhaps the role of the University is to be not the salvation of the country.
"The realization that national issues are not really the concern of the University per se has taken some of the heat off of the students. The university no longer asks the University to take a stand on these things."
The primary concern now, he suggested, is to restore the importance of the University's role as educator.
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"My own feeling is that everybody is beginning to realize that higher education has lost its privileged status in regard to its importance. I feel redeem itself, and students are realizing they have a part in it." Balfour said. "Higher education was looked on as a cure for societal tensions and it has not fulfilled that been part of its financial bind.
"Students are beginning to realize that higher education is on the firing line, that it is being stolen by a new type of violence didn't help in the least."
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