THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol.86 No.18
The University of Kansas—Lawrence. Kansas
September 18.1975
Minority report on teaching filed
By STEWART BRANN
A member of the Commission on the Quality of Classroom Instruction last night filed a minority report as an alternative to the commission's preliminary proposals. Edith Hetherington, graduate student member, presented her proposals to the Student Senate and again at the commencement meeting following the Senate meeting.
Hetherington said she had drafted the minority report because the commission's original proposals had attracted many negative opinions.
HETHERINGTON'S PROPOSALS will be
considered along with other recommended changes in drafting the final report.
Her 10 proposals vary slightly from the commission's preliminary report. They request that policies and procedures for the management of staff be established within individual departments.
The commission's interim report suggested that one set of policies and procedures apply to all departments within the University.
Hetherington also proposed that instead of instituting a more restrictive class drop policy, which the commission proposes, a new mandatory drop policy should be used to effects of the present 13-week drop policy. If
needed, a new policy could then be established.
She suggested that graduate instructors be eligible for teaching awards and that those who received awards be eligible for salary increases.
Hetherington said that by submitting her alternative proposals, she hoped the commission's report would establish a positive tone which indicated students wanted to maintain an already high quality of classroom instruction at the University.
Hetherington, who was present at the Graduate Student Council meeting Monday night in which a resolution was drafted to remove her from the council she was influenced by the council's action.
"It made me aware of how much hostility
that the form of the commission's report
had created."
She said her proposals were partial an- awers to specific objections raised by SenEx
Senators refuse intramurals bill
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THE COMMISSION MET last night following the Senate meeting to begin finishing its report to present to the Senate Oct. 1.
A bill to create a Recreation Advisory Board was sent back to the Student Senate Sports Committee at last nights' Senate meetings to instructs to make it more understandable.
The bill, which Senate officials had
admitted, was not without much
trouble, was debated halfway.
Staff Writer
Senators also were informed that 61 students had fired for 18 available seats in the Senate.
In addition to sending the recreation hall back to committee, the senate passed resolutions calling for beer sales in the village and allowing tramural games and were handed copies of
Several graduate students attended the meeting to explain their complaints about the
Ed Rolfs, student body president, said before the Senate meeting he didn't think the recreation bill was controversial and shouldn't have trouble passing.
a dissenting report by a member of the
on the Quality of Classroom
Instruction.
The bill was one of a series creating the recreation board and defining its powers and composition. The proposed board would have a role in planning and managing the University's intramurals and sports clubs.
The board would consist of the recreation services director; chairman of the department of health, physical education and recreation; dean of men; dean of women; vice chancellor for student affairs and six members of the sports committee.
When the bill was introduced last night senators immediately began to question it.
Lawyers express support for malpractice insurance
Ellen Reynolds, graduate senator,
questioned whether the bill would give too much funding power to a few students. She asked if the Senate would still have say about how much money was given to individual clubs.
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Most lawyers in Kansas have mlaptractive insurance, according to Ken Klein, executive secretary of the Kansas Bar Association (KBA).
Lawrence lawyers, however, seem to be the public know that they have the insurance.
Klein said he thought the increase in lawyers who carry malpractice insurance was due to the increase in national publicity about lawyer malpractice suits.
Several local lawyers were reluctant to say whether they carried malpractice insurance. One local lawyer, who asked not to be interviewed, said an invitation to be sued by a client."
Another local lawyer, who also asked not to be identified, said it was difficult for a lawyer to be sued by a client because most have had contact with only one lawyer.
Consequently, he said, they wouldn't be aware of whether their lawyer had made a decision that would have been illegal.
The malfunction insurance program used by mont Kauan lawasers was developed and installed by the University of Montkau.
"Lawyers usually don't let clients know about mistakes," one Lawrence lawyer said. "Since the so-called 'wheels of justice' are so slow, there is usually time for a lawyer to correct a mistake he might have made."
Charles Whitman, Lawrence lawyer, said he thought 40 per cent of local lawyers had malpractice insurance, but it isn't something lawyers talked about. he said.
The cost of malpractice insurance is
relatively inexpensive, according to Jan Pacy, the KBA's malpractice insurance rates are $103 a year for $100,000 of malpractice coverage.
Whitman said there were few ways a lawyer could be sued by a client or form of complaint.
Probably the most common reason a client would sue, lawyers said, was if a lawyer failed to file legal documents within six months and resulted in a monetary loss to the client.
Lawyers usually make mistakes only if they are under extreme pressure. That's unusual, especially in this area, one lawyer said.
Klein said the KBA sought to establish a group malpractice insurance plan about four years ago when the idea of attorney drastically diversified in nationally publicized cases.
"The public has now become su-
censed. Klein said, "because of these un-
conducted acts."
He said the malpractice plan used in Kansas was designed by a KEA committee in cooperation with the Forest T. Jones Insurance Agency, Kansas City, Mo., based on the malpractice history in Kansas and states like it.
One of the attorneys who asked not to be identified said he had carried liability insurance in one form or another for "many, many years."
Klein said, "when the KBA organized the (mind practice) insurance plan, most
Whitman said malpractice cases were rare, especially in Douglas County.
Dave Shapiro, sports committee chairman and sponsor of the bill, said that the board would probably send a package budget to the Senate for approval but that the Senate could cut or increase allocations to individual clubs if it wanted.
Some senators, however, said they were still worried about a loss of Senate control.
Rufs introduced an amendment intended to answer their questions. The amendment called for the board to present an itemized budget listing the amounts allocated to the various sports clubs and intramural sports, as the amendment did not satisfy all senators.
The graduate students discussed the commission's preliminary proposals point by point. Only a few of the proposals were discussed last night, but commission meetings will continue at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Tuesday.
"The amendment just confuses the issue." Bill Blessing, Senate parliamentary panel.
Blessing said the board didn't seem to be the step-saving budget device it was designed to be. If anything, it would add a new sten.
Other senators questioned the board's streamlining ability. Several were ruled out of order by Mary Loose Reese, student body president, and asked to bill rather than the amendment.
The bill was finally sent back to committee after Bruce Woner, StudEx chairman, suggested the Senate was "wasting its time."
A resolution "strongly recommending" that the Karaasan Board of Regents allow 3.2 beer to be sold in student unions passed nearly unanimously. Rofa said he would introduce a similar resolution to a meeting of body president students Sunday in Emprissa.
Both of last night's Senate resolutions passed without debate.
Rolfs said he hoped the resolution for public access to intramural games would have some effect. The intramural board is already moving in that direction.
Bitt Rickey, chairman of the elections committee, announced that 61 students had filed for the Oct. 12 elections. He said 38 students had filed for the eight freshmen-boone or three.
Three students filed for each of four Freshman Class offices.
The major criticism was of the commission's suggestion that the University institute a more restrictive class drop policy. Several persons said they thought a more restrictive policy wouldn't improve the quality of classroom instruction
DENNIS EMBRY, LAWRENCE graduate student, wanted to know what research the commission had done to improve the quality of work would be more beneficial to KU students.
Crisi Illf, commission chairman, said the commission had reached that conclusion from the recommendations of KU professors.
Embry said one point in the commission's research report had been misinterpreted by the authors.
THE REPORT SAYS RESEARCH by Wilbur McKeachie, of the University of Michigan, indicates that a strongly motivated student will perform better in a small discussion class, while a moderately motivated student will perform better in a large lecture class.
Embry is聘 McKeechie's research dealt with the differences between cooperative and competitive class environments, and from what the commission report says.
Kathy Dugan, Lawrence graduate student, said the commission must be sure that research supports conclusions to the commission presented.
"Anyone who recognizes the importance of the report will realize what an ill-considered report might do," she said. "If it happens, stock if some of these things go through."
Slow meeting
Debbie Kruegel, Overland Park senior, watches other Student Senate members at Wednesday evening's quiet Senate meeting in the Jawhawk room of the Union.
Mix-ups delay senior class party
Staff Writer
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Misunderstandings between senior class officers and the Allen Field House Utilization Committee have for, and the students in the regals party, scheduled for Friday久。
their own security and implement the rest of the plan itself.
Jerry Waugh, assistant athletic director for operations, said yesterday he informed Steve Clark, board of class officers adviser, that the field house couldn't be used for the party because the class hadn't implemented a security facility to protect the year's annual sophisticid floor.
However, Jack Foster, senior class vice president, said he was under the impression that the class had fulfilled its obligations it presented a plan to Waugh last week.
According to Waugh, the plan was just talk. The class was supposed to provide
Foster said the plan was formulated following a chain of events that began when he attended a meeting of the University Events Committee two weeks ago.
At that meeting, he said, he had received approval for the date of the party and the use of the field house, contingent upon the use of the field house. Field House Utilization Committee.
Waugh is chairman of the utilization committee and regularly uses the use of the following tools:
When he contacted Waugh, Foster said, Waugh arranged for Foster and Richard Coulson, senior class president, to look at his use and begin devising the security plan.
Foster said he and Coulson submitted a
paper to Waugh which would have enclosed
the center basketball court in a snow fence or for leading in the east lobby of the building.
The enclosed court would have been used as a dancing area. he said.
Foster said that at that point he had the impression that the class had the approval to do so.
Waugh said the main concern of the utilization committee was to prevent damage to the synthetic floor. However, he said, the class also needed to provide personnel to move goals and set up the court.
Even though the plan has been submitted, waugh said, as of yesterday, none of its officials had heard anything.
Foster said he had hoped to use regalia committee members to police the area, but he agreed with Waugh that it was a clear case of misunderstanding.
Religious enlightenment goal of Unification Church
By CHUCK ALEXANDER
Staff Writer
The its image as image a big business nationally, the Uni-
fication Church operates at a very modest level in
Mexico.
The church is a blend of Christianity and Oriental family worship, according to Neil A. Salonen, U.S. president of the church. The church, which has 30,000 American members, also has centers at about 150 college campuses, which are a channel for many converts.
For the past two years, the church, founded in Korea, has invested time and money to enlighten people in the West about its religion, through the work of the World Relief Organization is the founder and director of the organization.
A tidy frame house at 700 Ohio St. serves as the quarters and Lawrence training facility for five officers.
Michael Harms, director of the center, said he thought the student branch of the organization, Collegiate Association for the Research of Principals, used the same purpose as many large organizations.
Harms said that even though C.A.R.P. and the church have come under sharp criticism from some quarters, he remains optimistic.
Organizations such as C.A.R.P., Project Unity, One World Crusade, the International Cultural Foundation and the International Federation for Victory Over Communism provide a broad base for organizations from other organization also supports the Korean Folk Ballet troupes and the D.C. Striders Track Club.
"We're not opposed to different religious groups but we feel we can help students, too," Harma said. "We want them to be free."
Money for these organizations is mainly derived from door-to-door solicitation or solicitation by mail.
In this attempt to relate to people, the Unification Commission has assembled other organizations, all ultimately headed by Moon.
"They were running ads in the Journal-World and the UDK... so far-fetched that I had to check it out."
According to a spokesman for the Hillcrest Merchants Association, few complaints against the
solitary们 have been filed with the association by Hillcrest customers.
However, a spokesman for the Malls Merchants Association said Tuesday that several complaints
had been made by patrons and the association had taken steps to project customers.
"We have had to ask them (C.A.R.P. solicitors) to leave the shopping center several times," Herb Williams, president of the Malls Merchants Association, said. "I've even seen them chasing cars to get donations. They're a very aggressive group."
Williams said that because of the problems the C.A.R.P. Followers were causing at the Malls, the association voted to set up guidelines that all groups that solicit money or sell goods in the Malls must follow. These guidelines require groups to have acquired permission of the association and to maintain a fixed point of solicitation, such as a table, he said. Members of the church have applied for permission from the church being a week ago, without permission and without a stationary point to solicit from him.
"The first boy we talked to said he had a quota to meet." Williams said.
The church's enterprises reaped an $8 million profit for the movement last year. The money was raised primarily through the sale of flowers, canvases and decorations on this holiday, this year's profit should reach $10 million.
The movement has acquired about $10 million worth of property at training centers at Tarrytown High School in the Bronx.
the Columbia University Club in mid-Manhattan for $1.2 million. It owns a California ranch and owns or rented 120 communal houses across the country.
According to Salonen, the church plans to acquire seven more centers like the Columbia Club. A long range goal is the purchase of the Empire State Building. Salonen said when that happens people
"We're not opposed to different religious groups. . We try to relate to all kinds of people."
"This is our expansion phase," Salonen said.
"This is our 'expansion phase,' 'Snailman stage,' and 'Snailman stage,'
says one. They say that the movement wasn't for them,
they say that the movement wasn't for them."
will realize the Unification Church isn't a fly-by-night organization.
Vakas said that he hadn't known about C.A.R.P.'s
some have said that the moveover wasn't for them.
"I approached me (C.A.R.P.) strictly out of fear. I was very concerned, and I studied him. I2nd Lieutenant in the Army, said Tuesday." "They were running ads in the Journal-World and the UDK. The advertisements were so far-fetched that I had to check it out."
relationship to the Unification Church before he approached them.
"The church was not mentioned all," Valkens said, "we have a little investigating on my own to out about it."
Vakas said the group's objectives were very idealistic and included drug rehabilitation and family counseling programs. However, the vagueness of the programs turned him away.
"When I asked for specifics about the program, they didn't have any." Vakas said.
Vakus also said that questions which challenged the dominant thought of the group weren't welcome.
"If you question this person's God, you get the 'dagger in the eye' look," Vakas said. "I was disappointed because of the religious fanaticism I encountered, too."
The Unification Church has received complaints from angry parents who have said their children have been brainwashed or programmed. Such programming has allegedly led young youths to give all of their possessions to the organization and drop out of school to devote more time to the church.
Harms disagreed with such reports.
"We encourage them to stay in school," Harms said. "They went to school to find a reason to life. Many feel they don't need to go on to school after they've found this (the church)."