4 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Monday, September 23, 1968 Senate a beginning The students' voice has been heeded at KU. Greater student representation in University affairs is one of the fiery issues now not only in the United States but in the world. Last spring, Student Voice, now renamed Peoples Voice, demanded 50 per cent representation on University committees involving student affairs at KU. As a result of the protests, a twelve member committee of six students and six faculty was formed to study the question of student representation. The report includes a Senate Code which would abolish the present All Student Council and substitute a Student Senate. However, the proposals of the report do not provide 50 per cent student representation originally asked for. This Student Senate would be part of the existing University Senate, and have voting powers in the organization, administration, and much of the academic matters of the University. The Student Senate would have 95 members as compared to the 550 faculty and administrative members in the present University Senate. This, then, is roughly 15 per cent student representation. A minority report on the committee's study was also issued and this report demands the original 50 per cent representation. The proposed 15 per cent representation is a small percentage. But as members of the committee have pointed out, student representation in University governing is a big step. The Senate Code which contains the majority report must be passed by the present University Senate Council, the University Senate, the ASC and the entire student body. Later, after the idea of student representation has been clearly established at KU, the vast percentage difference between student and faculty representation on the Senate should be cut down. The proposals should not mark the end of the quest for student representation at KU but they do set up a feasible and expandable beginning. It would be better now to try to push these proposals with their small percentage of student representation through now instead of having the whole plan rejected because of the fear of student radicalism. The future of student representation here will be up to students to work toward greater involvement and representation and up to the faculty and administration to be receptive to the proposals. Alison Steimel Editorial Editor the rock hound Maestro on record Bv WILL HARDESTY HOROWITZ ON TELEVISION by Vladamir Horowitz on Columbia is the soundtrack recording of the maestro's television performance. To ask or even to doubt that Horowitz can play piano well is something like asking if Cream can play hard rock. His playing shows his master's touch. Music on the album includes such things as a Chopin ballad, nocturne and polonaise, two Scarlatti sonatas, Schumann's Arabesque and Traumerei from "Kinderscenen," a Scriabin etude and Horowitz' own variations on a theme from Bizet's "Carmen." Horowitz was skeptical about doing a TV show, but made a couple of practice sessions. He then said he was convinced the music came through as the "prime concern," and agreed to do the "special" which was programmed Sunday. He says the program, which was video-taped on Feb. 1, 1968, "is taken from the music that I have included in recitals in recent years." All in all, if you can get into classical music, this is a good album. An in all, if you can get into classical music, this is a good album. An album and group which is starting to get some of the play and recognition deserved is SPIRIT by Spirit on Ode. This is a very jazz-oriented album, but the group does a good job. It is a heavy, electronic album with 11 solid songs on it. Particularly good are "Uncle Jack," "Mechanical World," and "Elijah." A good investment. The proposed changes in the University Senate of KU to include student representation are complex and sometimes confusing. Letters to the Editor Also the minority report and its reasons for dissension will be discussed. The Daily Kansan editorial page will concentrate on the report this week, try to explain it and comment upon its possible effect on KU. quotes... Peoples Voice Chancellor's Selection "Whatever their differences with us, whatever the depth of their dissent, it is vital—for us as much as them—that our young feel that change is possible; that they will be heard; that the cruelties and follies and injustices of the world will yield, however grudgingly, to the sweat and sacrifice they are so ready to give. Senator Robert Kennedy To the Editor: Please permit me to set straight some misconceptions generated by your coverage of the recent Peoples Voice Counter Convocation. I did not say that I have a low regard for my fellow faculty members. What I said was that I have a low regard for my fellow faculty members with respect to their participation in the making of University policy. I did not attack their academic ability, because in fact I believe them to be quite competent in their professional fields. In particular I think that my colleagues in the Philosophy Department are exceptionally qualified in their field. Your article tended to make the students who participated in the Counter Convocation look foolish, whereas in fact they are serious students deeply concerned about the evils of our society. In addition, you entirely misrepresent what took place by taking remarks out of context, while failing to get at the core of what transpired. For instance, you entirely failed to mention that Professor Michael Maher presented a lucid and very penetrating resume of his view of the ideal university, along with a nice summary of the many ways in which, in fact, KU fails to be ideal. "I'm specifically for human rights, freedom, love, peace. The chancellor spoke to the idiot masses only in platitudes and generalizations!" Finally, let me remark sadly that the contrast between the UDK report of the Counter Convocation and the far superior one in the Lawrence Journal World nicely illustrates my remark (unreported by you) that perhaps there are some areas of university management for which teachers and administrators are better prepared by way of greater experience and training than are students. Sincerely, Howard Kahane To the Editor: When a minority group on campus such as Peoples Voice receives such an unjust representation as it did in Wednesday's UDK, it is no wonder that the majority of KU students tune out to their protests. As a "non-hip" student curious about Voice and its programs, I attended last Tuesday night's meeting and would like to comment on what I saw. There were a few members present who were arguing for radical changes in the University, but the emphasis was certainly not on radicalism, nor was that the mood of the meeting. I heard several members sincerely concerned about communicating with "straight" students on issues relevant to the University and to the students themselves. The method of communication was the main topic of discussion and I was encouraged to hear a concern for people as people and not part of the "idiot masses." (This was contrary to my original conception as an uninformed student that all members of Voice were militants and anarchists.) After taking part in only one meeting of Voice, I would definitely support its justification on this campus. Sure, there is dissention within, as there is in any organization, but at least the first step has been taken to overcome it. In conclusion, it is my feeling that Voice does have something to say to KU students. I would hope that neither those involved in this movement or those uninvolved will tune each other out. Any effective changes made must be the result of a two-way type of communication in which the attitude is to "search for the truth" that is supposed to be characteristic of a university. Sincerely, Donna Woodard Tulsa, Okla., Senior To the Editor: At the same time that KU students are pressing for important procedural changes in the Kansas University decision-making structures, a crucial substantive matter with procedural implications is taking place—the recruitment and selection of a new chancellor. Obviously, the decision about what policy orientations, background experiences and "qualities" are to be esteemed in a chancellor (and consequently, what "kind" of person is recruited) will be made largely by the selection committee. Presently, the selection committee consists of four members of the Board of Regents of the University of Kansas. By whatever method and for whatever reasons members of the board are chosen, none of the current KU board members seem to have the University as their full-time business. Perhaps the most widely known member of the board (and also a member of the selection committee), Mr. Henry Bubb, is recognized for his banking activities and his virtual instrumentality in the Citizens for Reagan movement. Yet the startling feature of the chancellor selection committee is the absence of both faculty and student representation. If it seems dated that there are no students on the committee to add their voices, surely it must be blatantly anachronistic that there are no faculty members contributing to the selection process. James R. Killingsworth Dots and Dashes Richard Nixon's truth squad, set up to spy on Hubert Humphrey, will probably eventually feel it's looking into a mirror. This year all the candidates' "truths" are almost identical. 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