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CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, October 23, 1984
S. Africa bill still causing conflict
By JOHN HANNA Staff Reporter
A proposal that attempts to cut Student Senate ties with South Africa has resulted in an exchange of written opinions between the University General Counsel and a sponsor of the proposal.
The proposal is a bill that would prohibit any organization that receives money from the Senate from using that money to buy products from companies that do business in South Africa.
Last week, Vickie Thomas, general counsel, issued a written opinion that said the legislation, if passed, would violate state law because it would inhibit the bidding process required for spending state money.
BUT CHRIS BUNKER, Prairie Village law student and co-sponsor of the bill, yesterday issued a five-page statement that disagreed with Thomas' opinion.
"It is my considered opinion that the General Counsel has not interpreted the Kansas statutes and the Kansas sessions set out below," Burker wrote.
Thomas said yesterday that she had not seen Bunker's response and that she could not comment on it.
In his statement, Bunker said the intention of the bill was to not remove companies from the competitive market but to add another condition to it.
"The term 'competitive' is not all inclusive," he wrote. "If a purchase were required to accept all bids that could ever possibly be made, the process would be bogged down to the point where nothing would ever get
BUNKER ALSO CITED a state law that says the state must accept the bid of the lowest responsible bidder.
In his statement, Bunker also said although state law did not specifically give the Senate the powers it would receive under the proposed
bill, the law did not take those powers away from the Senate.
"The logical extension of such a statement is that all acts occurring within the borders of the State of Kansas not specifically authorized by the statute are not allowed." Bunker wrote. "I am not familiar with any statute that specifically allows the citizens of Kansas to comb their hair, brush their teeth, enjoy the sunshine or fall in love."
THOMAS WROTE LAST week in her opinion that according to state law, the state must buy its supplies through a competitive bidding process and that the guidelines indicated that she would be bought at the lowest possible cost.
The bill would inhibit the bidding process, Thomas said in her opinion. The money that Student Senate allocates — $383,000 for fiscal year 1965 — is state money because it is kept in the state treasury for the University, Thomas said in her opinion.
The money is generated by the $24 student activity fee that students pay with their tuition at the beginning of each semester.
"NOWHERE IN THE statutes concerning state monies do I find authority to remove from the competitive bid requirement purchases by student organizations." Thomas wrote, "nor do I find authority to remove from the competitive process certain companies based on whether or not they conduct business in the Republic of South Africa."
Dennis "Boog" Higbinger, student body vice president and censor of the bill, said yesterday that it might affect only the money — about $130,000 — that passes directly through the Senate office.
Bunker and Charles Lawhorn,
of campas senator, have rewritten
the bill, which the Senate sent back to
the Finance Committee because it
was not written correctly.
KU freshman killed on Kansas Turnpike
Montague J. "Monty" Brentlinger, Topeka freshman, was killed Sunday night when he was struck by a car on the Kansas Turnpike after the car he was driving broke down.
According to Kansas Turnpike authority reports, the accident occurred at 8:25 p.m., about 3½ miles west of the West Lawrence turnpike exit, when Mr. Brentlinger staggered a highwayway struck by a bus on a roundabout car. Mr. Brentlinger was pronounced dead at the scene.
The son of Don and Carolyn Brentlinger, Mr. Brentlinger was born February 6, 1966, in Topeka. He was a member of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Topeka and was a Phi Gamma Delta fraternity pledge at KU.
A 1984 Topeka West High School graduate, Mr. Brentlinger was active in cross country, basketball and track.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Bremnan Funeral Home 800 W Sixth Street.
A rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m.
The funeral Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3601 S.W. 17th St., Topeka.
Burial will be at Mount Calvary Cemetary, Osage City.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Monty Brentlinger Memorial Fund at Topea West High School, 2001 S.W. Fairlawn Road, Topea, 66604, in care of the principal, Connie Skinner.
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