Black Students Find New Role, Identity in University
Editor's Note: This is the first of a five part series dealing with the state of five KU ethnic minorities today. The series will cover blacks, Mexican-American, Orientals, Arabs and American Indians. BY PHILLY AIGNS
By PHYLLIS AGINS Kensan Staff Writer
In 1966, Robert Sanders became the first black faculty member hired on a continuing basis. Sanders ia an assistant professor in biochemistry.
According to Philip Gary, director of the Office of Urban Affairs, there are about 20 housing units in St. Louis.
"The organization serves to help veterans in school and the community to realize the benefits they can obtain through the Veterans Administration Authority," said Monty Beckwith, chairman of the organization.
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Among these are organizations for student in law, engineering and ar-
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There has been a shift in attitudes among some of the black students from one of isolation from the University to another, and associating with the University as a whirlwind.
"It usually try to associate with all groups on campus," said Karen Sandera, a computer science professor.
"No one person should segregate himself to one group. If one segregates himself to just one group, he will not be able to relate to the outside world," she said.
John Harris, Chicago, Ill. senior commented, "I would rather socialize with the entire University than just within my specific minority group."
Monday, December 6,1971
Minority Group Problems Discussed
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ment Base Changed
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allocation of $22,500 to school.
The school councils are to the funds given them within the Finance Department by the Finance dung Committee.
discourses to the school councils based on the enrollment and the fee income from each school.
Jerry Slaughter, Salina senior and member of the Finance and Auditing Committee, asked that council allocations be subject only to the restrictions imposed by the Chancellor and the Kansas Board of Regents instead of review by his committee as was called for in the Miller-Snoot amendment.
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enate Votes Allocation Continue Bus Runs
student Senate voted Sunday night,定律 the Lawrence Bus Company to some form of transportation for during the winter months. The upay had been scheduled to stop to the campus area on the last day of school, throughout the final period and days from January 17 to March 17, it to bus riders will be 10 cents per ish half of the current bus fare. committee was set up to study the city of extending the service beyond
total amount of money allocated by ate for the bus subsidy was $15,184 mount was based on the cost to run sees for about eleven hours from um Hall to Gerttrude Sellarsn in hall by Hall of campus and one
The council has recently joined a group
bus to run from campus to the Gatehouse apartment complexes and back for about twelve hours each day. There will be no bus running from campus to the downtown
The Senate is paying the bus company at a rate of $8.00 per hour of service.
The money collected from the fares will be deducted from the total amount of money received by the bus company and the Senate, Dugge Ogle, president of the Lawrence Bus Company, said he thought enough people would ride the bus to get around. "Most of the money the Senate would have to pay
The Senate passed a bill requesting the Iranian Student Association to have its president submit evidence to the Senate's supporting statements accusing the School of Engineering of discriminatory practices against foreign students.
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senior and secretary of the council.
She said students could sign up in all residence halls and some scholarship halls to participate in the program or by not preparing meals for the students, about 60 cents, would be given to the council to aid Douglas County's poor in paying for rent, utilities and persible
She said the money would be paid directly to the utility companies, land lords and merchants and that the only administrative cost involved would be a small amount for the printing of posters and brochures to aid the Council's fund
SHE SAID THAT she hoped the fast would raise between $600 and $1,000 for the council. She said a fast held earlier this semester by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War raised about $500 for the blacks boycotting white business in Calre,
She did not think people in Lawrence would starve to death as a result of the legislature's across the board cut on food and medical supplies for people being "hoorbally malnourished."
She said that the council's fund raising activities were temporary and that the council was trying to help the families make it through the winter.
MANY PEOPLE, she said, are faced with paying their utility bills to keep the utilities from being cut off or buying food. She said that the cost of heating the homes of poverty families was high because of poor quality of the houses.
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leader of the Kansas House of Representatives, will speak at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Big 8 Room of the Kansas Uplink on the website, budet.cuts.
The cut first showed up in welfare checks in September and the council started collecting money in mid October. She said the cut averaged 24 per cent per family and amounted to a loss of $20,000 a month to the Douglas County poor.
submitted to a United Nations' body by the Peking delegation. It accused India of launching a large-scale attack on Pakistan and urged all people to support the Pakistani side, also called for a cease-fire and troops from the Indian-Pakistan borders.
SHE SAID SHE did not know how long the temporary measures would remain in effect. A petition requesting Gov. Robert Docking to call the legislature into special session to deal with the lawsuit by the League of Women Voters and produced no results, she said.
She said that aid to dependent children recipients' payments were cut by 24 percent and that aid to the blind, aid to the elderly, disabled and other categories were also cut.
Miss Carlson said one woman who called for assistance from the council said "Don't rush, I still have two slices of toast left." The woman actually had only two slices of bread in her house and was planning to live on these for another day, she said.
The group hit hardest were the people receiving old age assistance. She said there was a 68 per cent cut in this category of welfare assistance payments.
A WOMAN TOLD William Nesbit, service supervisor of the Douglas County Welfare Department, "I am going to have my children to go out and steal," she said.
Secretary-General U Thant asked for a temporary cessation of hostilities "in, around and over" Dacca, East Pakistan, to permit aircraft to evacuate United Nations' and other international personnel. He proposed that the cease-fire extend from 10:30 p.m. Dec. 6 to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 7.
The 15-nation council had before it a new draft sponsored by eight of the council's 10 nonpermanent members. Poland and Syria did not join in backing the proposal.
The backers of the new draft apparently hoped to get around Soviet objections by placing more stress on the need for restoring normalcy in East Pakistan and for repatriating the millions of refugees in India.
The Soviet Union, however, has thrown its full support behind India which, in turn, has expressed opposition to a ceasefire appeal.
In a statement before the council Saturday night, Indian Ambassador Samar Sen said he had seen some of the drafts being circulated. He said India was trying to help the people of Bangla Desh. The situation in India was to be told to stop doing so, "India would deliberately and resolutely have to say no."
By JEROME ESSLINGER
and CHRIS CARSTENSON Kansas Staff Writers
Speaking at St. Mary College, Pearson said that the change was brought about by a reversal in public awareness of the country's decision-making process.
LEAVENWORTH-Sen.  Sesn.
B. Pearson, R-Kan., said Sunday night that a compromise between "public tolerance" for immigration prompted a reordering of national priorities
"There is a new light for reform and redirection," he said.
Pearson said that public response to reductions in military spending and increases in expenditures for health, education, welfare consumer and employment programs, national appeal for government action to assure Americans a better quality of life."
"In 1962 defense spending consumed 48 percent of the federal budget while human resources accounted for 30 percent; however, human resources led, 42 per cent to 34 per cent, with defense spending having assumed a lower proportion of the budget than at any time since 1960," he wrote.
Pearson said a new direction in politics had been produced by more responsible action on the international as well as on the national level.
"Hostility is being replaced by a sense of, civility, of community and of reason," he
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Kansan Staff Photo by GREG SORBER
Sen. James. B. Pearson . 'quality of life' is important . .