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Wednesday, October 8,1980 Vol. 91, No.33 USPS 650-640
Classified Senate votes to endorse candidates
By CINDI CURRIE Staff Reporter
The Classified Senate voted yesterday to endorse candidates for the Kansas Legislature in the November election.
Before the motion was passed, the senator
introduced provisions to right of 10 Douglas
County courts.
Jan O'Neill, Classified Senate president, also announced her resignation, effective immediately. O'Neill said she resigned because of personal reasons.
Joseph T. Collins, classified senator, said a new president would be chosen in a few weeks.
The Senate voted to endorse candidates only if a candidate received 80 percent approval of the senators. A mail ballot will have to be answered by at least 27 of 30 senators for a candidate to be
However, Collins said he doubted whether the Senate could get an 80 percent endorsement of one candidate for each of the representative districts.
ministration to recognize the group as part of the University.
The Senate will vote to endorse candidates
from the 43rd, 44th, 45th and 46th representative districts and the 2nd senatorial district.
THE CANDIDATES for the representative districts are Marlin Joe Hanning, a Democrat, and Davie Miller, a Republican, for the 43rd; Dr. Linda Karp, a Democratic, Jr., a Republican, for the 44th; John Solbach, a
Democrat, and Kent Snyder, a Republican, for the Senate and Betty Jo Charlet, a Democrat, and for the House.
The candidates for the 2nd senatorial district are Arnold Berman, a Democrat, and Jane Eleanor Wade.
Endorsements will be announced after ballots
Candidates seek classifieds' endorsement
By BRIAN LEVINSON Staff Reporter
R. PRIAN LEVINSON
Staff Reporter
John Solbach, incumbent Democratic state representative for the 45th District, said yesterday that he would support legislation to give more choice in which official group by the KU governance system.
with the economic problems facing classified employees and said that Solbach voted against a proposed state spending lid in the last legislative session.
"Your representatives have a responsibility to put a hold on economic problems." Snyder said. "State government must take the bull by the horns."
Willie Amison, Republican challenger to Democrat Betty Jo Charlton in the 46th District, said continued support of education was his most important concern.
"I feel it is important to have a balanced budget with an adequate tax base to support the economy."
"I don't promise anything, but I will work to
October.1980
Ampersand
skies and a few high clouds, according to the KU Weather Service. Winds will become northeasterly at 10 mph by afternoon.
Fair skies with light easterly winds and a low near 52 are forecast for tonight.
Tomorrow and Friday will be mostly sunny with highs in the low 80s.
The Senate voted to allocate Blacks in Communication an additional $240 for a tape recorder and cassettes for use in the group's radio show, increasing its total supplementary allocation to
The Senate also voted to eliminate KU's Model UN allocation of $66.70 for postage and printing.
THE BLACK STUDENT UNION last night
their annual rally. The union will
allocation for travel expenses to send their chair to
with provisions for the non-owner control
Union officials could be financed but that delegates could not.
She also said that it was unfair to some groups such as Associated Students of Kansas could be allotted travel money but that the Black Student Union could not.
Robin McClellan, Student Senate executive committee chairman, said that ASK was a revenue code allocation and therefore was financed differently than Black Student Union.
The student organizations' budget requests
are returned Oct. 14, Lewis Armstrong
classified senator, said.
Debate on the motion included whether senators could accurately represent the 1,400 classified employees at the University and State Department, or would actively support a candidate's campaign.
In other action, the Senate voted to write a third letter to the Kansas Board of Regents requesting that it place a member of the staff on the chancellor search committee.
O'Neill said there had been no response from Bernard Franklin, Regents chairman, to a letter sent in July requesting the addition to the committee.
The search committee is made up of faculty, students and alumni and was chosen by the Board of Trustees.
O'Neill said the third letter would say, "I would like the courtesy of a response."
She said that Acting Chancellor Del Shankler recommended the search committee allow classified members to meet with finalists if the Regents did not approve the change.
Jacob Kleinberg, search committee chairman,
has said he has not heard from the chancellor
after his dismissal.
Classified representatives would submit their recommendations for chancellor to the search committee after meeting with the finalists, O'Neill said.
The American Association of University Professors also has asked for meetings with the finalists for chancellor, and one senator suggested the groups work together.
Field House. The KU women host Emporia State
get requests
were divided into two bills by the Finance and Auditing Committee. The Senate acted last night only on groups that had been funded in the previous year, so not currently funded will be considered tonight.
OTHER GROUPS that were turned down for funding last night were Alpha Rho Gamma, Architecture Student Council, Biology Club, Engineering Student Council, Fencing Club, German Club, KU Crew Club, KU Folk Dance, Minority Business Students Council, Thai Association, University Daily Kansan and Iranian Student Association.
Other groups allocated funding last night were Consumer Affairs Association, $3,146; Friends of Headquarters, $3,294.43; KU-Y, $191.44; Psychology Club, $114; Student Occupational Therapy Association, $71.60; KJHF-MK, $1,353; Women Ensemble, $20.50; Women's Coalition, $164.
The Senate allocated $11,842.42 last night.
According to Bren Abbott, Senate treasurer,
the Senate has about $16,000 left to allocate.