THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WARM
82nd Year, No. 55
The University of Kansas—Lawrence Kansas
Vern Miller Tells His Story
Monday, November 15, 1971
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45 Senators Retreat, Get Acquainted
BY ROBIN GROOM
Kansan Staff Writer
The Student Senate retreat at Allendale in Jingo, Kan., was called successful by Jerry Saughter, Salina senator, and Susie Keesler, Kansas City, Mo., junior, last night.
Slaughter, Cowden and Peggy Roush, Overland Park senior, organized the retreat, which Cowden said was an interview of communication among student senators.
Cowden said that there was a lot of mixing and that "many new relationships and new understandings developed" at the retreat.
Slaughter approached a member of the Lawrence community in late October and asked him to fund the retreat. He said the person was connected with the University but that it was not Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr.
Slaughter said none of the money was from the Senate or the state.
He also said he didn't think the retreat would have an effect on the student elections next spring. Slaughter said the senators met at the Union at 7 p.m. Saturday and left on a bus for Allendele. About 45 senators attended the retreat,
About 45 senators attended the retreat, according to Cowden.
"Saturday night was an informal unstructured get together," said Shaunluster.
He said that on Sunday the atmosphere still was informal but that it was structured in that they set up communication triads for people to get to know everyone.
Then, Slaughter said, the senators divided into groups of seven and discussed the hypothetical situation of setting up a university. She asked, "What should they ask for suggestions on how the constituents would be represented, what the structure would be, the goals and responsibilities should be and for answers on all facts of student government."
Each group handled a separate topic and then reported their ideas to the whole group and then the group evaluated the ideas of the Student Senate and the student body here.
Two of the speakers at the retreat were William M. Bailour, vice-chancellor for student affairs, who spoke on the history of the Senate, and Tuck Duncan, parliamentarian of the Senate, who spoke on parliamentary procedure.
Cowden said that late Sunday afternoon the senators exchanged ideas on what they wanted to do.
"The reaction was excellent," said Cowden. "Dave Abbey said, 'Let's come again next weekend,' and everybody seemed to have a good time."
She said the senators thought the retreat should be an annual event.
David Miller, student body president,
when contacted at his home, said "I don't
have anything to say. I'm trying to watch a
movie."
Auto Prices to Be Reviewed
Regent Helman Onposes Campus Beer Sales
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Pay Board Will Answer Retroactive Pay Question
... Thinks Union would be "tavern keeper" ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Pay Board, George H. Boldt, said Sunday his panel would meet Tuesday to decide whether teachers and other groups might collect retrospectively the contracted wages frozen during the wage-freeze freeze.
"We agree at our meeting Friday that we should attempt to get before us promptly all matters that pertain to them. There are a number of them, for example."
The Pay Board has refused to grant general retractivity on wage increases provided for in union contracts but which were not paid during the 90-day period. It has agreed, however, to decide each case on its merits.
Boldt said the board agreed to take up the question of retroactive pay increases for teachers quickly because, "It's not comparable to any other that I know of or to be very difficult, very urgent and something ought to be done about it very promptly.
"In fact, at the end of the meeting Friday I asked all members to think about it and specify what they considered to be important to the activity that should be considered Tuesday."
IN A RELATED economic matter Sunday, Price Commission Chairman C. Jackson Grayson Jr. said he thought any adverse effect that uncertainty over the Phase II price control program which replaced the freeze at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, had had on the stock market would be cleared up by the end of the week.
The chances are pretty good that--for the next few days at least—many retail
Helman Against Union Beer Sales Unopposed to Campus Consumption
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of interviews with the Kansas Board of Regis
By T. DEAN CAPLE Kansan Staff Writer
Besides being the director of the First National Bank of Goodland, Helman has a 4,000-acre farm under cultivation. He also maintains containts cattle and spills into three counties.
Regent Robert Helman, of Goodland, said recently that he was not opposed to the consumption of beer on campus but was against its sale in the Union.
Helman, who accepted the regency appointment five months ago, said he
He was raised in Norton and attended college at Fort Hays State, where he received a bachelor's degree.
HELMAN CITED reasons why he thought beer shouldn't be sold on caps.
"Students weren't being denied it," Helman said. "They could get it off campus if they wanted. The convenience of it didn't in fact be worth the trouble it would cause."
It would be "one more step of a public institution going into competition with private institutions," Helman said. He said that since the merchants were paying taxes to support the university, they should not have to compete with them.
Heoman said the trouble would come in the implications of the Union becoming a military state.
HELMAN ALSO said that "for every dime of revenue it would have created for stealthy criminal activity."
lose dollars in appropriated and endowed funds."
complex rules of the administration's Phase II price control program. They are taking a "wait and see" position until the picture becomes clearer.
Since public opinion has been negative toward KU, he said, the selling of beer in the Union would damage the University's reputation more. He said it could injure students, and the university which would be used for classrooms and instructors.
Concerning the Gay Liberation Front's actions to obtain official recognition, Helman said that a line should be drawn somewhere.
"I hope they don't get recognized," Hebian said, "but I believe they have do a few of the important education standards."
Helman said he was a registered Republican but he "takes each issue on its business."
Spokesman for many firms around the country indicated bafflement over the
prices will remain just where they've been for the duration of the freeze.
Discrimination Charged By Foreign Students
By RICHARD GUSTIN
Kansan Staff Writer
The International Club met Sunday night and prepared a statement supporting the Iranian Student Association in its campaign against the alleged discrimination of Hooshang Hatami, Tehran, Iran sophomore.
Hatami's claim of discrimination was the act of an enactment passed Wednesday in a law enactment requested a statement on admission requirements from the School Board.
The resolution that was passed by the international Club Executive Committee said,
"The International Club strongly supports the Iranian Student Association in its just campaign against the alleged discrimination towards Hooshang Hatami and any other case following under the same category.
"We do believe that all the students at KU and at an international level must join in a united effort to reach an equality of treatment. International Club cannot accept any discrimination of any nature science and culture cannot be related to national interests but should be related to welfare and happiness of mankind.
"The International Club hereby requests the University authorities and in particular, the School of Engineering, to bring in front of the student body, faculty and create a complete clarification of the case. We require that university authorities to take the appropriate measures in order to avoid similar cases in the future."
Hatami came to Kansas University to study intensive English. Upon completion of that course, Hatami was to enter the Technological University to study engineering and that he liked KU, so he applied, and was accepted to the engineering school here.
After 14 hours of engineering courses, Hatamali transferred to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to major in psychology. Then, after two semesters in college, she was invited to reapply to the School of Engineering. This application was rejected.
Hatami contacted Ben Sellers, Salina
law student and obrushman, to find out the reason for the rejection. Sellers was told Hatami was not admitted because he was an Iranian student.
Farhad Amidi, Isfahan, Iran sophomore and international relations officer of the Iranian Student Association, then contacted William Smith, dean of the School of Nursing, who referred him to Donald Metkler, who handles admission to the school.
"At first," said Amid, "I was told that the application was rejected because Humanities was not approved."
Investigation of Hatami's records showed that he had better than a "C" average. Metzler then told him that Hatami did not have adequate grades in school and asked him to enter the school. Further investigation led Hatami's records proved this to be incorrect.
Confronted with this, Metzler told Amadi that Hatimai's high school record was too low.
"He had been admitted to the school once, so this made no sense," said Amidl.
"This has happened to other foreign students," said Mehi迪玛, Tehran Iran sophomore and Iranian Student Association president, "but these students have gone to engineering schools at other campuses and so aren't her anymore."
According to Amid, discrimination was also practiced in the intensive English Center where students are subjected to stress. Students have been asked to "leave the room."
Amidi said that there have been instances where students have requested to see their final examinations after process completion, the considered unfair and were told to leave.
Hatami said incidents arise because English teachers, often graduate students, at the center are not used to the customs of foreign students. Hatami there was a need to be offensive to the American teacher may not be offensive to the foreign student.
There are three ways to get Hatami reinstated in the School of Engineering according to Sellers. It can be done by either a statutory or legislative procedures, or judicial procedures.
"We hope we can do it by the regular administrative procedures," said Sellers.
Dealers 'Loan' Cars for Use by Athletic Corporation
By DAN EVANS
Kansan Writer
Athletic coaches at the University of Kansas are riding in style this year—mostly at the expense of the Athletic Corporation and some Kansas car dealers who have supplied cars, dealer license plates included.
Wade Stinson, director of athletics, said Wednesday that 16 or 17 cards had been "loaned" by Kansas car dealers this year for use by coaches. The coach drives the cars, he said, for recruiting purposes. They also use them as personal vehicles.
H. J. Ulrich, superintendent of the Kansas Motor Vehicle Department, said Sunday that his office could revoke the use of dealer license plates if the plates were unauthorized. He would not comment on possession of a driver's license driven by coaches at the University and would not say whether his department planned on investigation. He did say, however, that if a complaint were filed and identified," his office would investigate.
KANSAS ADMINISTRATIVE Regulation 36-20-33 states: "Private use of retail motor vehicle dealer number plates is restricted to the dealer and the dealers' spouse. Plates cannot be used by a retail motor dealers' family to drive to and from school. A permanent assignment to any vehicle for use not connected with vehicle sales."
Of the "loaned" cars, at least seven bear dealer license plates. 12. Mercury basketball coach owned by head basketball coach Ted Owens. 13. education vehicle in addition to bearing a
dealer license plate. The car's list price is $5,997.80.
CARS USED in driver education programs, he said, are issued a "Drivers Ed" decal upon application by the dealer. In the case of cars designated for driver education being used otherwise, he said, such use is contrary to departmental policies and could result in a suspension of the plates.
Whitney Warren, administrator of the dealer licensing division of the Motor Vehicle Department, said dealer plates were issued for the purpose of "demonstrating, displaying and exhibiting" cars. He stated that dealer plates were not to be made for any other purposes. He noted, however, the department made one exception to the rule and allows dealer plates to be used on driver education vehicles.
In a memorandum dated Jan. 21, 1971, addressed to all motor vehicle dealers and law enforcement agencies in Kansas, Superintendent Urhich stated: "The laws provide federal funds for motor vehicles for driver education mendable and in the interest of public safety; however, it is pointed out that private use should be avoided at all times because the vehicles are on a loan arrangement that requires no longer than driver education could result in a cancellation or suspension of the dealer plates so used."
Kansas car dealers have been advised periodically about the correct use of Drivers Ed"诀章 through the Kansas Motor Car Dealers Association, Warren said.
WARREN SAID, some violations probably were committed probably by unauthorized personnel.
The application for the "Drivers Ed" decal on the car driven by Coach Owens was submitted to the department Oct. 15 by Laird Noller Lincoln-Mercury Inc., The application stated that the firm had assigned the car to the University of Kansas.
Driver education has not been offered at the University for "about two years," according to Don Henry, associate professor of physical education and former driver education instructor. There are no plans to renew driver education instruction, he said, either next semester or next year.
Bob Turgeon, general manager of the company, said last week that the car was loaned to the Athletic Corporation for use by Coach Owens.
Athletic Director Stinson said the Athletic Corporation did not own any cars but owned two trucks. He explained that it was for clients by dealers at the corporation's request.
DEALERS MAKING such "loans," he said, receive the same benefits as top contributors to the University's athletic program. He said these benefits might include good seats for games and tickets to athletic events.
Those dealers loaning cars to the corporation with dealer plates are: Moorman Buick, Topeka, Laird Noller Lincoln-Mercury, Topea; Daale Sharp Printio, Topea; Bob Reiter Chevrolet, Great Bend, Bill Irene Chevrolet (now Turner)
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Head Basketball Coach Ted Owens and 1972 Mercury Marquis . Loaned' vehicle bears dealer license plate, driver education registration.
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