University Daily Kansan
Thursday. September 20. 1973
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Kansas Staff Photo by CARL DAVAZ
Chancellor Dykes Speaks to Members of the Student Senate
Students Shape KU, Dykes Says
BY JEFFREY STINSON Kanaan Staff Reporter
The future of the University of Kansas will be determined by students like the members of the Student Senate, Chancellor Joseph A. An address last night on the senate floor.
"In the long run, what happens to the University of Kansas and higher education in the state will be determined by students who graduate less than the Kansas Legislature," he said.
After shaking hands with each senator and stepping down to the floor, Dykes expressed hope that the senate shared his concern for problems such as funding, undergraduate education and making the university accessible to the citizens of the state.
"I know nothing more critical than the inadequate funding of higher education in the country."
He cited 1963 statistics that showed Kansas ranking fourth in the nation in per capita appropriations for higher education and 1973 statistics that ranked Kansas 27th in per capita appropriations to higher education.
ON THE SAME LINE, Dykes said the total wealth of the state had risen to the point that Kansas was now 14th in total per capita income in the nation.
The library and the computation center are examples of areas in the University that provide valuable resources.
Dykes praised the Concerned Students About Higher Education for their efforts in reducing crime.
he hoped students at the other state-supported institutions would join the effort
Dykes said he didn't know enough about the Associated Students of Kansas, the statewide lobbying body, to speak for or against it.
students have good enough judgment on whether they want to join this proposed team.
"I'm confident in leaving this decision to the Student Senate," he said. "I feel that
Dykes she wasn't able to tell the senate whether the LA&S 48 courses or the Curriculum and Instruction Survey could be funded by the administration because the administration did not yet know its financial status for this year.
Membership in Statewide Lobby Voted Down by Student Senate
By JEFFREY STINSON
Kanaan Staff Reporter
The Student Senate voted yesterday not to join the Associated Students of Kansas (ASK), the statewide lobbying proposal, by a vote of 42 to 8.
things that ASK might lobby for.
ASK, which already has been ratified by students of the Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg and Washougal University, is an organization that would represent student opinion to the Kansas Legislature, the Board of Regents and the
Ron Hein, Washburn law student and director of ASK, told the senate that the organization already had developed plans to lobby for bicycle paths in state communities, seat belts on school buses and a student member on the Board of Regents. The governor also signed legislation, and use of the lieutenant governor as a state ombudsman were other
ASK would gather student opinion through polla and a representative body, BHCH.
was more concerned about lobbying for funds rather than social issues.
Opponents of the proposal said that a uniform opinion of the school's 70,000 students was deemed appropriate.
In the ASK proposal, there are plans to hire a professional lobbyist who would speak for student opinion on issues to state officials.
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