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By Kate Lee Kansan staff writer
The University Council yesterday agreed to return to the University Senate Executive Committee an amendment about the scheduling of events during the final examination period.
The Council also voted to approve a resolution about racism and prejudice.
Under University Senate Rules and Regulations, events that require student participation may be scheduled during final week if the University does not control their scheduling. For example, the University does not control the scheduling of basketball games.
Ray Moore, presiding officer of the Council, said that Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, introduced the issue to SenEx after being asked to by David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs.
The Organizations and Administration Committee drafted an amendment and sent it to SenEx for approval. SenEx also drafted an amendment on the same topic that was forwarded to the Council for its approval.
The committee's amendment included a provision that allowed activities to be scheduled after noon on Saturdays. The amendment approved by SenEx did not include that provision.
Pat Warren, a student representative to the Council, introduced another amendment at the meeting that would allow Saturday activities but would limit them to the hours of 12:30 to 9 p.m.
Ambler said that the matter was
brought to his attention by both students and faculty.
"Last spring, when we were having the controversy with KJHK, it was brought to my attention by a student that a board meeting was scheduled during finals week," Ambler said. "He pointed out that University Senate's rule referred to student attendance being required. I thought, how could I be required from tradition in spirit. I thought that maybe we shouldn't be scheduling University governance meetings during finals."
The problems are not confined to governance meetings. Amber said
"There have been problems of large scale social activities planned during finals and on stop days," he said. "There are events that are not necessarily in violation of the rule but that require students in the event to take care, to plan and execute them. It seemed inconsistent with the regulation."
Warren said that he introduced his version of the policy because he thought it captured the spirit of the campaign better than the SenEx amendment.
"The amendment of SenEx is too restrictive," he said. "I don't see the logic in taking out the Saturday provision. It would restrict the athletic department, it doesn't allow professors to reschedule finals if necessary and it doesn't allow for any University events during that time. Students need a break occasionally during final."
The Council began a discussion of racism and academic freedom at its Oct. 5 meeting. At that meeting, Don Marquis, associate professor of philosophy, proposed a resolution
that would reaffirm the Council's condemnation of racism and racist acts at the University and would support of academic freedom for students, staff and faculty.
The Council voted to refer the matter to SenEx, which drafted another resolution and sent it to the Council
The preamble of the original resolution included a reference to the Minorities Issues Task Force Report. The results were removed from the final resolution.
The preamble of the approved resolution states that the Council supports the principle of racial equality and condemns racist acts. The text of the resolution states that the Council also supports the following principles:
The academic freedom of KU faculty to assign readings and invite guests to their classrooms that they visit in the best interest of their students.
▶ A campus environment where people would be able to express their views although others might find them abhorrent
Full support of the previous rights and privileges, including the provision of security and if necessary, the opposition against the suppression of speech.
Marquis said that he drafted the resolution because he thought KU should be a campus where minorities felt comfortable but that it should not interfere with the rights of professors to invite guests into their classrooms.
"I stand four square against racism," he said. "But I would permit anybody, including racists and anti-Semites to speak" not because I endorse them but because it is good for students to hear them."
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