Wednesday, September 7, 1977
University Daily Kansan
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SenEx. Balfour to discuss wavs University can help ombudsmar
SenEx decided yesterday to invite William Balfour, University of Kansas ambushman, to a future SenEx meeting to discuss ambushman duties and possible ways the University governance system could help him perform his duties.
William Westerbeke, SenEx chairman,
Last week, some SenEx members said the job description for the ambudsman position was so vague it left the duties of the job open to interpretation.
New post honors poet Hughes
and yesterday he thought Balfour's
attendance would be helpful to both Balfour
SenEw.
To honor black poet Langston Hughes, the University of Kansas has established a special rotating professorship. It is to be taught by a professor in the university for one semester each academic year, Ron Calgaard, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said recently.
Hughes, also a playwright and historian,
lived in Lawrence during much of his
boyhood and used the city as background for some of his works.
The first Hughes professor is expected to be named in October and will teach during the spring semester, Calgaard said. The position will move from school to school, and guest professors will come from a field of fields compatible with Hughes' interests.
"The job is still in the developing stage, and we'd like to discuss it with him and let him know of ways the governance system could help him," Westerke said. "We have several committees that could help him in problem areas."
DEL SHANKEL, executive vice chancellor, explained in an earlier letter to Westerbeke that the proposed sabbatical amendments were incompatible with Kansas State Regents guidelines, which sabbaticals should be granted strictly on merit.
reasons for its recent rejection of the new sabbatical leave plan.
DAAGWUD'S
The rejected faculty sabbatical plan would allow some sabbatical decisions to be made by considering factors other than merit, such as length of service to the University and the length of time without a sabbatical.
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WESTERBEKE the meeting would not be given to Exen Ex to narrow or improve his job's duty.
"this will not be an effort to dictate to him how to run his office," Westerbeke said.
"We want to keep the lines of information open between the ombudsman and governance and offer our assistance whenever possible."
Some FacEx members said they wanted to receive more detailed explanations from Shanker on exactly how the new proposals might incompatible with the Regents' guidelines.
In an earlier meeting yesterday, FacEx decided Westerbeek, who also is FacEx chairman, should ask the administration for an opinion letter discussing the lea-
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"The administration knew what was going on," Marquis said. "It's difficult for
wontbake said he hoped to get the letter of explanation from Shanker in time for the trip.
"I hope we can discuss the situation in Council as we now see it," Westerbeke said. "We need to discuss our next moves. It's a very tentative situation.
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