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Wednesday, October 31, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Kangan Photo by CORKY TREWIN
Earl Haehl, Lawyer for the KU Consumer Protection
Problem-Solving Help Goal of LA&S Class
A class designed to help students solve academic, social and personal problems is offered this semester as a Liberal Arts and Sciences 48 course.
The course, Human Relations in University Life, is taught by Bask Robbery, assistant to the dean of men and assistant director of Centennial College.
"The class is run on a seminar-type basis," Rasberry said. "The student singles out a problem and outlines a program to help him achieve the behavior he wants."
Examples of the various problems the class discusses are learning how to study, how to make new friends and how to improve relationships with fellow living group
rnight now we're doing an exercise called 'sharing myself with others,'" Rasberry said. "In this exercise we will try to determine the extent to which we relate to other people such as our friends our parents or our teachers."
"From these encounters the student
FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, the student must talk with his parents, one good friend who is not attending the University of Kansas, a person at KU he has wanted to meet, but was afraid to, and one of his teachers.
Science Fiction To Be Topic Of SUA Talk
Harlan Ellison, award-winning science fiction writer, will speak on trends in science fiction at 7 p.m. to tomorrow in the Bay Area. The lecture is supported by SLA Formats.
Ellison, editor of the three "Dangerous Visions" anthologies, is known for his willingness to publish stories other editors consider too radical to print.
Ellison will stay at the University of Kansas for a week as a writer-in-residence, according to James Gunn, lecturer in English and journalism.
"Ellison is primarily here to work with the fiction writing class I teach," Gunn said yesterday. "He will be talking to other classes in fiction and to science fiction classes. He will also have individual conferences with students to comment on their work."
Ellison usually reads the story he is currently working on at his lectures. Gunn said Ellison might read from his current work tomorrow night. Ellison would also talk about his experiences as a writer in Hollywood, he said.
"The thing that makes Ellison especially exciting is his widespread activities in writing," Gunn said. "Ellison has not only grown as a writer, but that aren't science fiction. He writes a column for the Los Angeles Free Press, he's been a screen writer for television and movies for the past 10 years, he's working on series now and he is an ex-encounter speaker.
"Ellison's someone people will react to—or against." Gunn said.
Ellison will be on campus from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5. He will autograph his copies of his books from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Oread Bookstore in the Kansas Union.
In addition to editing "Dangerous Visions," Ellison has won three Hugo Awards from the World Science Fiction Convention for his short stories. He has won two Hugo awards and another TV award for television scripts and another Hugo award for a "Star Trek" script.
should learn how much of himself and his time he shares with other people." Rasberry said. "He may also find that his relationships with his parents and his old friends are not as significant as they used to be."
At the end of the course students should have a better understanding of themselves and their relationships with others and a better understanding that can improve themselves. Rasherry said.
Students enrolled in the class said they were encouraged by their personal teachers.
Kris Patton, Wichita freshman, said the class was helping her take a closer look at the problem.
"I am beginning to be able to look at others less critically. I am interested now in more than the surface of the person," she said.
"THE CLASS IS sort of like an encounter session, but were not sitting around teaching each other. Instead we talk about the effect the assignments have had on us.
"This week we're working on self-modification of behavior. What this means is each student is trying to increase a desirable behavior."
Patton said she was trying to get more practice in self-modification of behavior.
"After I have exercised, I will reward myself by doing something I want to do, like taking a nap or listening to the radio," she said.
"I feel I'm getting a lot out of the course," he said. "If you can use behavioral modification to correct little things such as smoking, you could use it to correct larger problems, such as those in social relationships."
THE HUMAN RELATIONS course was designed by Bob Rasberry and Paul Friedman, assistant professor of the speech and drama department.
Stan Bobling, Overland Park freshman,
said he has made plans to quit smoking by
hiring a therapist.
Rasberry said, "I'm sold on human relations courses. Entering freshmen need a better orientation to college. This course provides a good opportunity for freshman and sophomores to take a look at the problems that go in a university society."
Lawver Aids CPA Duties
There are 14 students in the class this
amester. Credits from the class will fulfill
the requirements.
By KEVIN MORAN
Kauai Staff Memorial
For the first time since its formation last year, the University of Kansas Consumer Protection Association (CPA) has hired a special coordinate on its legal responsibilities.
Earl Haehl, 1972 graduate of the KU school of Law, began working for the CPA in 1968.
"I WAS SURPRised when they callen and told me to come over and talk about the job. I had no idea that such a job was available," he said.
Haech said he had gained most of his experience with consumer protection matters while in law school. He served an internship with Lance Burr, who heads the consumer protection branch of the Kansas attorney general's office in Topeka.
"law school prepares you to study the law," Haeli said, "but it doesn't prepare you to go out and do it. You're still learning. You still have a long way to go."
Haelh's responsibilities include attending all CPA board meetings, reviewing the minutes of the previous meeting, advising the CPA on legal education for the CPA's grievance committee, which is comprised of all CPA who investigate consumer complaints.
Hael said, however, that he didn't give legal advice to consumer complainants, nor did he ask about his own role.
HE SAID HIS MAGISTRO ROLE was to provide the CPA with legal advice in cases that concerned consumer complaints or in the event that some business tried to sue the CPA. He said he also helped the CPA with matters such as completing tax forms.
Although the CPA is legally considered a corporation, it has no status and doesn't have tax benefits.
"The CPA does have a board of directors and because it is a non-profit organization it is entitled to certain tax exemptions," he said.
HAEHL SAID HE ALSO HAD to see to it that the CPA compiled with government regulations, that say non-profit organizations such as the CPA can't support their business because they pay or distribute propaganda calling for the violent overthrow of the government.
"However, the definition of lobbying varies," he said. "You never know what that means. What it means one year may be different from what it means another year."
Haeli said when he advised the CPA on a possible course of action, he had to consider whether the action would jeopardize the CPA's tax exemption.
But he doesn't advise the CPA on every complaint it receives, he said.
The CPA didn't have the money to hire several lawyers, he said, but he expressed hope that a consumer protection clinic would be able to help students who were interested in this area.
“THERE IS ONLY ONE OF ME and too many of them (complaints).” he said.
Haehl he planned to conduct a housing survey to investigate landlord-tenant relationship to simplify a 10-page report, written by the attorney general's office.
Discussing other goals and accomplishments of the CPA, Hael said he hoped to make available by the first of the year a booklet on consumer information which would incorporate information from the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, the Small Class Court Act, the Uniform Code of Civil Rights and sources of consumer protection material.
He said the current lease was very difficult to understand, and by rewriting the lease he hoped to condense it to two pages and write it so it could be understood.
the balance of relativity. He stand
Haelih, who received his bachelor's
degree from the KU School of Journalism
and was a reporter and a photographer for
the Kansan, said he would like to teach a
journalism course which would combine
"ANYBODY WHO CAN UNDERSTAND most leases can also read and understand any lease."
JOURNALISTS NEED TO UN-
Rush Official Elected Archon
John Zeigelmeyer, Shawnee Mission senior and vice president of rush for the Inter-Fraternity Council was elected Sunday to a two-year term as archon on the Governing Executive Council of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
As an archon Zeigelmeyer will be able to vote on the executive council board. He will also represent the Phi Kappa Si fraternities in a nive state area.
New Traffic Board Member Represents Residence Halls
The governing executive council board has four officers who are graduates and six archons who are undergraduates. Each archon is assigned to represent a district.
A fifth student has been appointed temporary member of the University of Kansas Parking and Traffic Board to represent students living in residence halls.
Before Buckton's appointment, the board consisted of four students and four faculty representatives. Although the new appointment upsets the balance of faculty to students, Saver said he didn't foresee this factor changing the operation of the board.
The appointment of Buxton was made in response to a request that a student be selected to represent the special interests of residence hall students. The request was made by J. J. Wilson, house director; William Ballau, vice chancellor for student affairs; Jennifer Sahina junior and president of the Association of University Residence Halls.
Cindy Buxton, Alton, Ill. junior, was appointed two weeks ago by the University Senate Executive Committee (SenEx) to serve for the remainder of this academic
According to James Seaver, SenEx chairman, Buxton will be considered a "regular temporary member of the board." This means she will have all of the normal voting rights of a regular member, but her appointment will expire at the end of this year.
Capt. Joseph Marzullo, chairman of the Parking and Traffic Board, also said he didn't expect the change in balance to be a major factor in the board.
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Although the board hasn't met since Baxton's appointment, Marlard said he had been an integral part of the committee.
Marzluff said he hoped to keep the board as small as possible for the sake of workability. However, he said he welcomed the change and promised to the board on behalf of the residence hall.
As a temporary member, Buxton will serve until a new board is chosen by SenEx Next spring. A revision of the University Senate code would be necessary to increase the size of the board permanently, but a residence hall representative could be included in the four student appointments made by SenEx without changing the code.
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DERSTAND things such as zoning, things that tend to be involved with politics as well as law," he said. "I can see a very strong need for journalists who are trained in the
WASHINGTON-The official who notified Eilid Richardson in 1961 that he was being fired as a U.S. Attorney says Richardson was dismissed by President John Kennedy, not by his brother, Robert, the attorney general.
Haakl said he thought the Lawrence CPA had been quite effective.
Kenneth O'Donnell, a Boston attorney who was President Kennedy's appointments secretary, recalled that he had telephoned Richardson to inform him that he would resign to resign as U.S. Attorney for Boston so the court could be appointed to the office.
"There have been one or two mistakes made, but any organization that doesn't make mistakes isn't doing anything," he said.
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HARLAN ELLISON
Award-winning science fiction writer and editor of the anthology "Dangerous Visions" will speak
Thursday, November 1
7 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium
Free to the public
This lecture sponsored by SUA