Allocations top list of Senate responsibilities
Editor's Note: This is the last of two stories on the development, operation, role, power and paraphrasing of a book.
Rv.JOHN JOHNSTON
Senate Renorter
The Student Senate's most important roles are to allocate activity fees, advocate student concerns and set up service programs, according to John Beisner, student body president.
Perhaps the greatest power the Senate has lies in its allocation of student activity fees. Under the aussies of the Senate's Finance and Auditing Committee, the $21 collected every semester from all KU students is distributed among campus organizations. In addition, the Transportation Committee supervises the $1.50 students pay in transportation fees.
About three-fourths of the money goes to predetermined groups such as the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation, the University Daily Kansan and the University Theatre, Lewis Gregory, chairman of the Finance and Auditing Committee, said recently.
The remainder of the available funds are allocated to campus groups through budget hearings conducted by Gregory's committee. Any organization that is recognized by the University
qualifies for these funds. If a group requests an allocation from the Senate, it is required to come before the committee during its hearings and present reasons for wanting the funds.
Gregory said the Senate use a philosophy that encouraged funding of activities that provided tangible returns to students such as concerts and performances, and helped promote the University such as forensics.
"We try to decide which groups provide the greatest returns to the students for their money," he said.
Brad Max, a senator from Oliver College, said funding of campus organizations made the Senate more aware of problems within these groups, in which the Senate keeps a close eye on them.
The second role of the Senate Beamer cited, advocating student concern, in one that is uppermost in this year's debates.
Beisner said the Senate should act as a mirror of student concerns for the administration.
"The greatest potential of the Senate lies in trying to lobby for change within the University community and interacting with the other groups within the University," he said.
Beiser said this potential hadn't been tapped fully but the Senate was moving in that direction.
Todd Hunter, student body vice president, agreed that lobbying for change was an important function of the senate and emphasized a need to develop communication with state officials.
Beisner said interest in working for change varied with specific topics.
"I really depends on the issue. You bring up parking and there will be someone there to help out, but another subject might not bring the support," he said.
The third major role of the Senate is to set up programs that serve the students of KU. These programs, which are usually handled by the university, are widely in their scope and degree of development.
Work Force 75, which was started by the committee but has now become an independent organization, attempts to provide a link between seniors and prospective employers.
The Health Advisory Board is another group that has expanded under the Services Committee. The board deals with problems of health service at KU, including budget considerations.
The Services Committee also sponsors a roommate file, car pool file, tutorial service, complaint service, ecological services committee, housing committee, transportation committee and
Operation Escort, which has developed into a campus security program.
Most of the services sponsored by the Senate affect from one-quarter to nearly all of the students at KU, according to Steve Segebrecht, chairman of the Services Committee.
He said his committee met when he became chairman to decide on which areas to focus attention this semester. Some of the issues dealt with by the committee also were suggested in the charges that Beinser presented to the Senate when he began his term as president, Segebrecht said.
Suggestions on areas that need attention rarely come from students outside the Senate, Segebrecht said. He said student ideas were encouraged but not submitted very often.
The three major concerns described above are all drawn together in legislation passed by the Senate. The committees work out proposals to make student government more efficient and their service to students, but before most action can be taken it has to be passed by the whole Senate in the form of legislation.
This is where the Senate exercises its power. The legislative process provides an opportunity to express concerns about the state.
There are three types of legislation considered by
the student Senate. Petitions and resolutions carry no binding authority. They basically are statements urging administrators or other groups action to the University to take specific actions. They also are used by the Senate to voice opinions on almost any subject of interest to students.
Unlike petitions and resolutions, bills carry the power of law, provided they are approved by the state legislature.
Legislation submitted to the Senate generally for a set pattern before it is brought before a Senate member.
The first step is for the author of a piece of legislation to submit to the House for approval and voting.
The bill then can be sent to either the presiding officer or the Student Executive Committee (StudEx). It then may be sent to a committee for further study. The bill is eventually considered by StudEx and then usually placed on the agenda for the next Senate meeting.
The Senate can either pass the legislation, defeat it or refer it to a committee for more consideration. The final action for the passage of a bill is the signing by the president. The president can employ the senate to require a two-thirds vote of the Senate to override, but this veto power is seldom practiced.
KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Vol. 85-No.72
Vol.85-No.72 Wednesday, December 11,1974
By Kaman Photographer DEBBIE GUMP
The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Education in Washington. Behind her right shoulder, adorning the refreshments table, was a picture of her when she was the coach of a women's baseball team.
A fond farewell
Well-wishers surrounded Emily Taylor, dean of women, who was the guest of honor last night at a farewell reception in Lewis Hall. Dean Taylor will become the director of the Office of Women in Higher Education of the American Councill on
Legislators for raise for faculty, poll says
By CARL YOUNG
Reporter
Kansas legislators disapprove of the decriminalization of marijuana but favor a suggestion by the Kansas Board of Regents to establish college salary taxes, according to a Kansas poll.
The week-long vote indicates that 58 per cent of the legislators wouldn't vote for a bill decriminalizing marijuana, while 14 per cent would.
The regents' 10 per cent faculty pay increase was favored by 51 per cent of the legislators and opposed by 22 per cent. The rest were undecided.
More than 60 per cent of the 125 legislators responded to the Kanasan poll, which asked the legislators to answer 10 questions and whether they were conservative, liberal or moderate.
Of the legislators responding to the poll, 56 per cent of the senators and 62 per cent of the representatives said they were moderates. Of the rest of the senators
The poll asked the legislators to answer either yes, no or no opinion to nine questions on a post card. Space was provided at the ballroom of a gymnasium. A 10th question had three choices.
responding to the poll, 25 per cent said they were conservatives and 12 per cent said they were liberals. Seven per cent said they were liberal, conservative or moderate.
Of the representatives responding to the poll, 23 per cent said they were conservatives and 3 per cent said they were liberals.
Responding to the question, "Would you vote for placing a constitutional amendment before the voters that would legalize liquor by the drink?" 54 per cent of the representatives and 50 per cent of the senators. The two groups succeed in opposing this bill were 44 per cent of the senators and 38 per cent of the representatives.
"My opinion on number one (the liquor question) would be governed by the size of the clamor of my constituents," a representative from Kansas City, Kan., said.
Two legislators indicated that they favored liquor by the drink with the option of each county deciding whether to remain "dry" or become "wet."
Inflation gives rise to pessimism
More than 50 per cent of the representatives favored the regents' 10 per cent increase in faculty pay, 20 per cent opposed it and 23 per cent were undecided. Of the 34 percent who rejected, 40 per cent, favored the increase, 13 per cent opposed it, and 31 had no opinion.
Half of the senators said Kansas law should permit abortion after the 14th week of pregnancy, and 43 per cent said it shouldn't. More than half the representers should permit such abortions, 25 per cent should 'and' 23 per cent were undecided.
Just less than 20 per cent of the senators responding to the poll favored decriminalizing marijuana, 31 per cent opposed it.
A conservative senator said he favored abortion "only to save the life of the mother."
By RON WOMBLE
Public opinion poll taken throughout 1974 indicate that Americans are becoming an increasingly disillusioned and pessimistic people. Their major concerns are the wars, the business, and the future in either area, as far as the people are concerned, is not bright.
Kansas law now permits abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy.
Almost 75 per cent of the people polled in 1974 said they thought the economy was the nation's most serious problem. They think the current economic problems threaten their standard of living, and almost 70 per cent say they are now experiencing severe
economic distress or are at least having difficulty coping with problems brought about by the recession.
Spiraling food costs have done much to form public opinion on the economy. High retail prices, in spite of continued low wholesale prices, have convinced most consumers that the "middleman" is to blame for the high cost of food.
The sixth question was, "Should farm property evaluation be changed so that farm property is assessed for the income it produces?"
Sales of U.S. grain oversales, which helped raise food prices at home, also have come from public scrutiny. Public opinion was twofold: some people felt it was too large sales to the Russians this year were
pared down by the government, and guidelines were placed on overseas sales to
Farm land now is assessed at its sale value.
About 55 per cent of Americans place a large share of the blame for current economic problems at the door of big corporations, and in late 1973 and early 1974 angered consumers who were paying higher retail prices. Efforts by some companies to imitate their public image through advertising have helped them to have changed many people's minds.
Much of the burden for solving he
Methadone clinic gets funding
By JILL DOLES
Mayor Jack Rose expressed support for the clinic, saying that Watkins ran a tight program compared with other programs and that the funds were well spent.
The commission unanimously approved a request by Martin Wollmann, director of the hospital, that the city continue its annual pledge of up to $500 for the program.
City Reporter
The Lawrence City Commission voted last night to renew financial support for the KU Methadone Clinic at Watkins Memorial Hospital.
In other business, the commission approved a low bid of 862,490 from CNS Park Construction Company of Lawrence for construction work in walkways in the Schwegier school district.
of the representatives, 65 per cent said they favored such a change, 17 per cent opposed it and 23 per cent were undecided. Of the senators, 56 per cent favored the change and 13 per cent opposed it. A quarter of the senators were undecided.
City Manager Burd Watson said the city's expense was about $2.75 a month.
The Methadone Clinic, established in January 1971, treats nonstudents as well as students. The clinic treats heroin addicts with a program of methadone maintenance.
The Douglas County court recently said the city had the right to establish a skeletal
The area is general^1 / bounded by Louisiana and Iowa streets and 19th and 22nd Streets.
sidewalk benefit district and assess residents for the construction.
Residents of the area are appealing a lower court decision to the Kansas Supreme Court.
Lloyd Davies, 1645 W. 19th St., said some residents were still interested in going to the school.
The city recently lost a request for a superdeserts bond from the group. District Court Judge James Puddock said such a case was because no injunction had been issued.
City Attorney Milton Allen said the city had no legal stay barring them from construction. He said the appellants had the right to post bond and seek an injunction.
"If you go ahead and put the sidewalks in, you deny us that opportunity," he said.
A superseasal bond is a common-law writ commanding a stay of a legal proceeding
representative wrote that he didn't See LEGISLATORS page 8
representative wrote that he didn't See LEGISLATURES no 6
The city also approved a bid for $33,200 from Jim Cark Motors for nine police cars.
The commissioners referred an item requiring the repair or demolition of a house
The second question of the poll was, "Would you vote for placing before the voters a constitutional amendment that allows the president to first-degree murder and kidnaping?"
The city also approved a bid of $33,220
The commission recommended the demolition of a vacant house at 821 E. 13 St. and gave the owner until Jan. 1 to repair a house at 418 Indiana St.
City Planner Dick McClanathan said the request was a "classic case of spot zoning" and recommended that the request be denied.
See PESSIMISM page 8
at 413 W. 14th St. to the Minimum Housing Code Board of Appeals. They also gave the owner until Jan. 1 to repair or demolish a garage at 617 W. 4th St.
A request to rezone an area near the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity to a commercial building has been approved.
All of the members of the West Hill Hara
Historical Association opposed the rezoning and
signed petition.
Of the representatives, 54 per cent indicated they would favor the death penalty for first-degree murder and klapping. 38 percent opposed it and the rest had no opinion.
The request was made by Marie Lynch on behalf of the fraternity. The site was to be used as a snack bar and a convenience-type grocery store.
The off year elections in November gave the people a chance to express their dissatisfaction, but only about 40 per cent of the eligible voters even bothered to vote. The low voter turnout was itself an expression of public opinion. Neither of the two major political parties had been able to capture the confidence of the people. Of the off election was that the people had little control over whatever his strife and confidence in the
of the senators, 63 per cent would vote
yes, 25 per cent would vote no and 13 per
cent would not.
A plan for a development of duplexes, townhouses and apartments on a tract bounded by W. 4th Street, W. 3rd Street, Wisconsin Street and the Kansas Tumpike access road was unanimously approved by the commission.
"Death for all that commit the crime, not just minorities," a representative from Kansas City, Kan., said. "A dual system of justice cannot prevail."
economic problems has been placed on the individual, and most Americans say they are trying to conserve energy and cut back on expenditures in some way. Automobile sales for 1974 were down 23 per cent, and the unemployment merchandise for Christmas have been disappointed by skimpy shopper turnouts for the post-Thanksgiving rush.
The third question concerned the decriminalization of marjuana. Just more than 50 per cent of the representatives favored it, but only 40 percent favored it. The rest were undecided.
Americans are expecting more action on the economy from government, however. President Gerald R. Ford's Whip Infusion Now (WIN) program generated little enthusiasm across the country, and his proposed five per cent income tax surcharge for the middle income bracket got a chilly reception from the people.
Americans in 1974 had a low opinion of government and little confidence in the ability of politicians to solve the economic and social problems the country faced. In January, 80 per cent of the people were that former President Richard M. Nixon would be impeached, although a smaller percentage actually thought he should be impeached. When Nixon resigned and Ford became president, a mood of euphoria set in across the nation. Journalists called it 'Dick's honeymom' with the American phrase 'the party of euphoria that euphoria and ended the honeymoon.' Many Americans seemed convinced that the pardon was underhanded "politics as usual."
The second section of today's paper analyzes the events of the past year in the music and art worlds, explores the lighter side of the world, examines a year's important personalities. See pages 9 to 16.
Investigation continues in Wakarusa shooting
Local and state law enforcement officials continued last night their investigation into the fatal shooting Monday evening of a 26-year-old Lawrence man.
A 16-year-old boy is being held in custody pending the results of the investigation by Douglas County Sheriff's office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI).
The victim, Jerry Lee Tinkham, manager of the toy department at K-Mart, was shot in the neck and wounded, shooting, according to Laurance W. Price Jr., county coroner. An autopsy performed at Lawrence Mineral Hospital showed that he was shot a gunshot wound to the heart, Price said.
He was shot some time before 7 p.m.
Monday and aid a few minutes after being
hit in the stomach.
Tinkham was shot once with a small caliber weapon during an allercation with a juvenile at a residence in the southwest part of Makaras township, a sheerf report said sale.
Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson said
more information had to be investigated before a recommendation could be made to the juvenile court as to whether to charge the juvenile. Johnson said the juvenile had been interviewed by the sheriff's office and the KBI.
The juvenile now is in the custody of the juvenile court in a facility separate from the main office.
M. Tinkham was born Aug. 23, 1948, in Galesburg, Ill. He attended school in Abingdon and Avon, III. He was in the U.S. Army and was discharged in December 1972.
Mr. Tinkham is survived by his father, Bennie Tinkham, Bushnell III; Iii, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cline Danner, Abingdon, IIi; his step mother, Able Tinkham; and his five sisters, Mrs. Charles Miles, IIi; Mrs. Leroy Cook, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Leroy Dunne Bushnell, III, and Carol Lynn Tinkham, of the home.
Tinkham is to be buried tomorrow in the Cherry Grove cemetery in Abingdon.