Banner policy may be changed
By KAREN MAJORS
Staff Reporter
University policy prohibiting the display of banners at University events might be changed in the next four to six weeks. Chancellor
"We would like to make the policy more flexible, but that is difficult to do with this type of usage," he said. "If it is applied one more time, we will be more efficient."
"Since the police enforce the law, it becomes difficult to have a flexible policy when you have to rely on other people to make decisions."
Dykeen said he supported the current banner policy, which prohibits the display of banners at University functions and
"TO PLAY IT safe, the University simply said no banners and let it go at that," he said. "They thought we would be too difficult to handle."
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced plans to install a sensor system.
Dykes said a faculty governance committee and the University Senate executive committee were discussing changes in the current banner policy because of an AAUP report, issued last May, concerning the arrest of KU graduate Ron Kubu of Lawrence.
Kuby, arrested May 21 before the graduation processional, displayed an 18-foot banner, which said "KU OUT of South Africa," at the north end of Memorial Stadium. He was taken to Lawrence city on charges of resisting arrest and $50 bill was set.
The policy stems from a Kansas Board of Regents' ban on all political advertisements at university functions and facilities, said T.P. Srinivasan, president of the KU chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
The AUAP report calls the University policy prohibiting the display of banners "overly broad and excessively cautious."
Srinivasan said the Regents' rule prohibiting political ad-
versorship did not provide a need or a basis for a blank ban on the din-
verse.
The American Civil Liberties Union also interceded in Kuby's case, supporting his complaint to George Kaul, president of the Lawrence chapter of the ACLU, that his freedom of speech had been repressed.
Mark Ritter, counsel of the Lawrence chapter of the ACU, said the ACU would assist Jim Gleub. Kube's lawyer, in the case.
Ritter said the ACU would help Gleason research, but would not help him in planning and presenting the case.
Ritter said the ACUl issued a statement yesterday, stating "the charges against Kuby's freedom of speech is offensive since it occurs in an academic setting, where freedom of thought and expression has traditionally been respected and cherished.
"We support Kuby's fight to protect his constitutional rights and those of students in proceeding generations."
Kuby also filed complaints against his arrest to the KU Judiciary
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Iranians view life under Khomeini
Bv BRET CONLEY
Staff Renorter
Although several Iranian students said they harbored "down with the shah" sentiments they now live in, they seem to have been acquainted about Ayatollah Khomeini's retime.
"I thought religious rule would not be as progressive as the government should be," Pirman said, but the new government has been doing it. I think there will be stricte for some time.
Said Piramair, an assistant instructor of political science from Iran, said the repression under the bather bothered him, but he was not particularly concerned if government might replace the shail's.
"You have to keep in mind, however, that Khomeini does have a power base in the country. There is a group, rather large, that supports him. They are quite zealous."
Morteze Kaveh, a newly arrived Iranian student, disagreed with Pirnaver's view that the new reineme was too ongressive.
"I WENT TO Tehran to find out what was going on and I think that most of the people like the regime, "Kaveh said.
"The people who lost money and benefits when the shah's regrant fell are the ones who did not," she added. "The minded people don't like it, but the government is good because 95 percent of the population is."
Kaveh said it was easy to obtain a distorted view of the situation in Iran from the media in the United States.
"When there is a demonstration against Kiometi, they have 5,000 to 20,000 people here. But the TV channel here, 'Kaveh said,' but television does not show demonstrations for Kiometi. When I see them," she said.
up for a demonstration in support of Khoreini.
"WE WANT an Islamic republic and we don't want to sell to out everyone. If you give the government to the high-minded people the item to give it to the communists opposes."
Kaveh said the country probably would be functioning normally within two years.
Mhedi Abadi, a social science student at KU and author of the book 'Social Change in Iran,' published in 1978, said he felt hopeful at the beinihme of Kozmir's reine.
"I lost my faith when Khomien broke his promises of freedom, democracy and freedom of the press," Abedi said. "As far as I am concerned, the shah and Khomien have only changed places. Iran is still in a state of crisis with a single narty and no elections."
have elections. If he doesn't, I think he fall very soon. Religion and politics should not intermingle. Though he has 100 percent religion of the religious groups, among the Christians, he is one.
"KHOMEINI WILL succeed only if they
Aabedi said he would have preferred that inter Prime Minister Shahbaz Bakhtari and a social-democratic government would have come to office.
One other Iranian student, who refused to be identified, said she thought Khomeni must go as soon as possible.
"I don't even call him a conservative ruler," she said. "He is misusing his power and the violence is getting worse.
"I don't think the people can take it in government, I demand the department government with a parliament, but unfortunately Khomeini has a majority right now. Religion is helpful with morals, but I don't want to be part of that."
Collapsed stairway
The fire escape at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity collapsed Saturday afternoon inuring Gregory Harding, Leawood县, who was standing on the fire escape.
Fallen student critically hurt
By JUDY WOODBURN Staff Reporter
KU police said Gregory Harding, Lenwood school, was standing alone on five fire escapes that led to the top floor. The police escaped shortly after 1 p.m. Harding fell 23 feet on one of several trash dumpsters and on the ground, police
The fire escaped led to a study room on the building's top floor and was connected to a wooden sundeck on its lower end.
A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, injured Saturday when a fire escape on which he was standing collapsed, remained in critical condition until unit of Lawrence Memorial Hospital after surgery yesterday afternoon.
Welch said members of the fraternity occasionally used the fire escape to leave the house instead of using the building's regular rear exit.
John Welch, SAE president, said the accident had really shocked members of the house.
"We had no way of knowing that this thing could happen," Welch said. "Nothing was loose or shaky before."
A member of the SAF strategy, who asked not to be identified, said people were escaping during a party on the sunday Friday night. At that time, he said, the police were watching.
"But I'd say about 90 percent of them use the regular exit." he said.
"I can't count the number of times I've used that fire escape, even jumped onto it."
it," the house member said, "and nothing ever happened."
He said he had visited Harding Saturday at the hospital. Harding was not able to talk at the time, he said, but communicated with paper and pencil.
Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McWain said he had seen the fire escape and had roped off the area after the accident, but bad no explanation for the accident.
Jack Rowe, SAE house corporation president, could not be reached for comment Sunday afternoon.
"He seemed in really good spirits," the member said. "He even cracked a few jokes."
He said that although the building had been damaged during a Lawrence Fire Department fire incident, he said fire inspectors did not have the expertise to inspect the structural stability of fire damage.
"All we can do is check the access to the door. If you get the doors on the right we think it might be weakness, if we think there might be a structural weakness, we would notify a building manager."
Meynain said structural conditions usually were inspected by using blueprints when a building was constructed or an addition was made to a building. In such a case, maintenance of structure is left up to the owner, he said.
"In my opinion, this problem seems as though it would have been hard to detect, even by a structural expert, once the structure was in place," he said.
McSwain said he and a structural engineer from the city would inspect the fire escape today.
Enrollment hits new high
With first-day enrollment figures showing an increase of 600 students from last year's figures, KU officials of the district predicted a final enrollment of nearly 380.
Officials said 22,048 had enrolled on the Lawrence campus and 20,244 had enrolled on the Kenyan campus. The Kansas City, Kan. The figures from Lawrence campus and 194 on the Kansai Lawrence campus and 194 on the Kansa
City, Kan., campus, as compared with first-day enrolment figures for the fall 1978 semester.
A final enrollment up 400 or 300 run, last fall's total of 25,480 is expected, and 16,280 will be special closed enrollments and mail enrolments for doctoral candidates can be added. About 2,000 students enrolled in the period enrollment期长fall the fail.
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By TONI WOOD Staff Reporter
Classified employees ask for own senate
Administrators at the University of Florida teach students faculty loud and clear, but do not hear from classified employees. Tom Collins, a vertebrate zoologist for the Museum of Natural History, wrote:
As a result, Collins and other nonfemale employees have proposed a senate to represent the concerns of the classified employees to the administration.
Collins' job, like about 1,000 other non-faculty workers on campus, is classified by the government according to certain skills and experience.
Collins was named chairman of a steering committee to form a senate for classified employees July 16.
"The Student Senate represents students. The Faculty Senate代表教授," he said. "But classified employees do not have any kind of representation."
"Most of us are employed in areas where a union would not be appropriate. But we do want a way to interact with the administration."
Collinis said more than 700 people on campus had signed a petition calling for the removal of the classified employees. About 500 signatures were from classified employees and the rest were from unclassified employees.
COPIES OF THE PETTITION and a code for the senate will be given to classified members of Congress. Senator Kansas Union, Collins said. The proposal will be presented to Chancellor Arlene R. Hammond.
Collin said the senate would comprise 30 members, with a president and secretary. The committee also would have employees, and the recipient with the highest vote from each class would be on the board.
If the senate were set up, it could be the largest organization of government employees in the state, Collins said.
about 100 people on campus have classified job titles that qualify them for representation by the AFL-CIO, said Philip Rankin, acting director of personnel.
But that leaves about 1,100 classified employees, including typists, clerks, secretaries and accountants, who have no experience expressing gravures or making suggestions.
PAT KUTZ, a secretary at Wescow Hill and a member of the steering committee, said, "Why not have a senate? Students do. The faculty does."
"I want to consider myself a professional, but there's no one to represent classified people. No one listens to them."
Jan An Neill, an accountant at Haworth Hall and secretary of the steering committee, said the senate would deal with conditions in KU policy changes, working conditions and KU policy changes.
"As it stands now, we have absolutely no representation and no say in what happens. We just want the opportunity to air our view to the administration," she said.
Gerhard Zuther, chairman of SenEx, said the classified senate could be effective, but members should not expect the administration to always listen.
"I WOULD HAVE to tell them in all honesty that they should not think it's pie in the sky," he said.
Richard Mann, director for institutional research, information and personnel, said administrators were waiting to see the proposal before making any judgments.
But he said the administration could not deal with many of the employees' concerns because most policies affecting them were issued by Kansas Legislature and various agencies.
Rankin said that about 95 percent of the rules and regulations for classified employees were set to Topeka, and that the KU administration had little say in setting the policies.
Collins said he was aware of that, but the senate would be concerned with other policies that were set on campus.
"We know our limits, too," he said. "We're more concerned about our relations with the administration on this campus; we are many, many things that affect us."
THE SALARY ISSUE WOULD have to be dealt with by the Board of Regents. Several members of the steering committee expressed concern about wages, but the proposed senate would have to lobby for changes in the Senate instead of with the KIU administration.
Ron Peterson, a clerk at Wescoe and a member of the steering committee, said classified employees at the University made
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