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University Daily Kansan
Page 0386_2 from reel: L 745 (1968-09-13 to 1969-01-10)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/192934

Title: Students End Two-Day ASC Fast
Summary: KU students complete a two-day fast in support of the All-Student Council Educational Opportunity Fund, with approximately 4,500 participants consuming only fruit juice and water.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student activism; hunger strike; All-Student Council
Named Entities: Von Ende, Rick [ASC chairman]; Seitz, Cathy [student]; Goering, Joe [student body vice president]; Dunton, Arcadia [junior]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: ROTC Study Begins
Summary: University committees begin studying the future of ROTC on campus, considering whether academic credit should be given for ROTC courses and whether the program should continue at KU.
Category: campus news
Subjects: military education; university governance; academic policy
Named Entities: Haynes, Steve [Kansan Staff Writer]; Orel, Harold [professor of English]; Cobb, Robert P. [acting Dean]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Brad Smoot Wins Frosh Class Election
Summary: Bradley Smoot wins the freshman class election, leading a coalition that swept all four class offices. The announcement was made after computerized results were tallied by the ASC elections committee.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student government; elections; freshman class leadership
Named Entities: Smoot, Bradley [freshman class president]; Pierson, George [vice president]; Fankhauser, Martha [secretary]; McCoy, Patsy [treasurer]; Johnson, Sandy [Overland Park]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Dean Taylor Rehearses Cast
Summary: Dean Emily Taylor rehearsing with the cast of "Simple Joys," a variety show opening in Hoch Auditorium, with details about cast members and production logistics.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: theater production; academic administration; student activities
Named Entities: Taylor, Dean Emily [dean of women]; Heller, Francis [dean of faculties]; Balfour, William M. [dean of student affairs]; Oldfather, Charles H. [professor of law]; Schwegler, Dr. Raymond [Student Health Center director]; Surface, James [provost]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: KU Law Grad Aids Harrison
Summary: Chester Lewis, a KU law graduate, provides legal counsel to Leonard Harrison, director of the Ballard Community Center, following Harrison's resignation as vice president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Category: campus news
Subjects: legal profession; civil rights; alumni relations
Named Entities: Lewis, Chester [former KU student body vice president]; Harrison, Leonard [director of Ballard Community Center]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Photo: Motley Crew
Summary: Photo showing Prof. Charles Oldfather providing accompaniment for Dr. Schwegler, Dean Balfour, Dean Taylor and Provost Surface during a scene from "Simple Joys" in Hoch Auditorium.
Category: photos/graphics
Subjects: theater production; academic event
Named Entities: Oldfather, Charles [professor of Law School]; Balfour, William M. [dean of student affairs]; Taylor, Dean Emily [dean of women]; Surface, James [provost]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Chief, Three Others Die in Wichita Fire
Summary: Four firemen, including Wichita Fire Chief Tom McGaughney, die in a downtown alarm fire when a roof collapses on them while battling the blaze.
Category: local news
Subjects: fire disaster; public safety; Wichita community
Named Entities: McGaughney, Tom [Fire Chief]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Sirhan May Have Chromosome Test
Summary: Sirhan Sirhan's attorney indicates he may seek chromosome tests to determine if his client was biologically predisposed to violence, in connection with the murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Category: national news
Subjects: criminal justice; political assassination; psychiatric evaluation
Named Entities: Sirhan, Sirhan B. [accused murderer]; Kennedy, Robert F. [Senator]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: UDK News Roundup
Summary: Collection of brief news items including the Wichita fire and Sirhan chromosome test developments.
Category: national news
Subjects: news summary; current events
Confidence: 0.7

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