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University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 22. 1960
ASC Bill Involves Complex Process
By Susanne Shaw
Betty Bungarner, Tulsa, Okla. senior and secretary of the All Student Council, got an idea for an amendment to the ASC Constitution when a member of the University administration asked her what students would think of the idea of having old tests on file.
It took Miss Bumpgarner three months of work before she was ready to present the proposed amendment to the ASC.
A Difficult Process
Some students may think when an ASC member has an idea to change something in the Constitution the member just brings it up in council meeting, the idea is voted on and, if it is passed, it becomes a law.
This idea is quite contrary to what actually happens. ASC members spend a great deal of time working out the best possible solution before they present their ideas to the council.
When an ASC member wishes to change or add a new bill to the Constitution the following procedure is used:
The proposed law is introduced to the council as a bill. The bill is given its first reading and referred to the Committee on Committees. This committee studies the bill and makes a recommendation to the council, usually at the second meeting.
At the second meeting the bill is discussed and voted on by the council. If it is passed, the bill goes to the office of the chancellor. If the chancellor does not take any action within two weeks, either signing it or vetoting it, the bill becomes a law.
A bill changing the ASC Constitution must be voted on at an all school election.
Bill Would Start File
The bill which Miss Bumgarner proposed to the ASC would establish a central filing system for course outlines and revise Bill No. 18 which concerns teacher evaluation sheets
Miss Bumgarner began looking into the possibility of such a plan and in December she conducted a survey of both students and faculty members.
After making this first survey she tabulated the results and found that it was generally agreed by faculty members and students that the concept of giving the students a better idea of what an instructor expects of the student, and work involved in the course, was a good suggestion. But it was felt that placing old tests on file was not the best or most practicable way of achieving this throughout the university.
Second Survey Used
She then began a second survey on the idea of establishing course outlines. After tabulating the results of the second survey, Miss Bumgarner found that students and professors alike felt this idea was usable and would be of great benefit.
After receiving favorable comments on the idea Miss Bumgarner
had to find the best possible way to put this proposal into effect.
She met with William Stuart Forth, head of the undergraduate library, and asked if the outlines could be kept in the undergraduate library. She found it was possible if an ASC committee would do the filling.
Her next problem was to find an ASC committee that could do the work.
Two Sections to Bill No.18 Miss Bumgarner decided that the student's academic committee which is provided for in Bill No.18 should handle the course outlines and also the teacher evaluation sheets. Thus, she added two sections to Bill No.18.
Section 8: The Student Academic Committee shall be responsible for facilitating the central system of course outlines as set forth in the report.
Section 9: The Committee shall be responsible for carrying out a system of curriculum evaluation as set forth in the report Teachers Curriculum Evaluation Sheets.
Miss Bumgarner prepared a 12-page report containing the results of the two surveys she made. At the March 23 ASC meeting she gave each council member a copy of the report and asked that the school division representatives present to the deans of their respective schools the ASC report. This was for the purpose of determining whether they would be in favor of the suggested plan.
If this bill is passed by the ASC and signed by the chancellor it will go into effect next year.
Changes in Strong Increase Space
Tapping, pounding and the whine of power drills have been part of the background noise at Strong Hall this year as the second floor is remodeled to increase office space.
Two new offices, for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School, have already been completed and are now being occupied.
According to Keith Lawton, director of physical plant operations, additional space for the public relations office, the chancellor's office and about thirty faculty offices for the mathematics department will be located on the east side of the second floor of Strong Hall, where remodeling work is now going on.
Mr. Lawton also said that plans were being made to construct new offices in the basement of Strong Hall for the history department. He explained that the opening of Summerfield Hall, with its thirty new classrooms, made the need for office space temporarily more acute than the need for classroom space.
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One of those under arrest was Ibrahim Rashid, son-in-law of former premier Ismail Sidky, who was accused of sending information to Israel in invisible ink.
A Dutchman, two Italians and two Greeks were among the nine. A total of 16 persons will be put on trial May 7 on charges that they gave Israel information about the United Arab Republic's military, political and economic situation.
Six separate cases were listed, including one which was alleged to involve a plot to kill Nasser.
Newspapers headlined the "Case of the Spy Fouad Moharram" and indicated that a mastermind in the alleged plot was U.A.R. airlines pilot Fouad Moharram Aly Fahmi.
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Peter J. Caws, assistant professor of philosophy, will interpret the views of the late Very Rev. W. R. Inge on science, philosophy and theology at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Canterbury House, Episcopalian Student Center.
Martin F. Chapman, KU extension representative, has been awarded the Missouri Valley Adult Education Association's achievement award for Kansas.
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