University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 7, 1990
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Senate teams discuss diversity
Groups to bridge gap between students, administration
By Jennifer Schultz Kansan staff writer
Student groups should "hop on the bandwagon" because the opportunity to talk to administrators about students is limited. (For example, Schreiner, student body president,
New communication action teams had their first organizational meeting last night at Alcoves A, B and C in the Kansas Union.
Student Senate organized the teams to provide student groups with the opportunity to meet and talk with appropriate administration and faculty members about campus and minority issues.
"We expect to see positive results," Schreiner said. "The administration seems receptive. They want to work with us."
There are three teams, working for academic, minority and campus safety concerns, he said.
Because the teams have no authority to make policy changes themselves, the idea of the teams is to put their minds on how to handle who influence KU policy, he said.
Students who attended the meeting said they wanted to see sensitivity training for faculty members and a freshman orientation class to address racism, sexism and homophobia.
Kevin Eberman, Hillel representative, said sensitivity training for all students would be helpful because it can help them recognize and modify biased behavior.
Darrin Johnson, Black Student Union representation, said one obstacle was convincing professors and illustrators that a problem existed.
Johnson said he wanted the University of Kansas to organize a class that would address ethnic groups' contribution to the United States
"All our lives, we've had to learn about European-American history," he said. "We should know about that, but we also need to know about everyone who made a contribution."
Patrick Dilley, Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas representative, said he thought it also would be helpful to build a flooded history of gays and lesbians.
GLOSK wants to set up a program, if not a department, for the study of gays and lesbians. Dilley said
Schreiner said the academic concerns team would address rumors that students who felt harassed in the KU grievance system used to use the KU grievance system.
He said he invited Black Men of Today, Women Student Union, Students Concerned About Discrimination, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, Native American Student Association, Black Student Association, Dillen Hillett, Killen and GLSOK to attend the meeting and provide insight.
The goal of the meeting was to establish an agenda and to decide what needed to be accomplished
Schreiner said the teams needed to set priorities to effectively address one issue at a time.
before involving the administration he said.
He said he hoped to form a core group for each team, which would consist of five students, three administrators and three faculty members. They would study the problems presented and help set the basic agenda.
since that helps the same student.
But the teams are open to any student who wants to participate, Schreiner said.
Senate's role in the teams is to help coordinate the discussions and to provide resources to help committees compile information.
Schreiner said the teams were student-initiated projects.
He said that he, student body vice president Aimee Hall and Student Executive committee chairperson Pat Warren would meet with administrators next week to present the agenda discussed at the meeting and decide how to involve faculty and administration.
Hall said the minority concerns team discussed the development of a multi-cultural center and a rape crisis center. They also discussed the restructuring of the minority affairs office.
Hall said the teams were a good beginning in addressing campus issues.
"Obviously, a lot more needs to be done," she said.
K-State plan may cause loss of grants
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN -- The weeklong battle about a controversial reorganization plan at Kansas State University could result in financial losses for the school, faculty members said yesterday.
The plan, which would have eliminated most programs in the colleges of human ecology and architecture and design, was scrapped Monday in the face of mounting faculty and student opposition.
But faculty members say that the university would pay for the fight in lost grants, contributions and admissions
She was not gracious,冷酷不齿 and dismissive. Barbara said she was faced with withdrawals of contributions
"If all of the people who have said they will withdraw their dollar support for the university do that, we may be able to make more progress."
Marshall said that agencies considering grants already had told him that they would withhold the money until the funds were depleted.
The dean of the College of Architecture and Design, Lane Marshall, said that the proposed elimination of his college might chase away prospective students and grants.
Faculty also cited emotional scars left by the fight, which included campus protests of 2,000 students and teachers.
"There should be a major effort on the part of all concerned to understand what the deep wounds are and how to treat them."
That damage, she said, includes students transferring to other schools and faculty still worried about how long it will take.
"Trust levels must be rebuilt, and the sense of community with the developers of the plan must be restructured."
University President Jon Wefal withdrew the plan Monday after he said it was flawed by a lack of consultation with the rest of the community in its drafting. He proposed putting together a special committee to draw up another plan to deal with the school's financial problems.
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