HRC Wants to Provide Student Dialogue
By Stephen Russell
Student - to - student discussion of KU's discrimination problems is the goal of the All Student Council Human Rights Committee, this year, according to Jeff Irving, chairman.
Irving, a Leonia, N.J., graduate student, said he and his committee members are trying to reactivate the committee after its inactivity last year.
THE HRC was formed as a permanent committee of the ASC by Bill No. 19, passed March 7, 1961. The bill states that "the purpose of this Committee shall be to work alone or in cooperation with such organizations in the City of Lawrence as are appropriate to study the various and complex problems involving personal liberty and Human Rights."
Irving said the do-nothing attitude of the student group on the committee last year caused students to lose trust in its ability to function.
"We have no record of their ever meeting and they forget their constituents," he said.
The sit-in demonstration last March occurred as a result of HRC not staying close to what was going on on campus, he said. The complaining students sought other means when they couldn't get the help of the HRC.
After the sit-ins, Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe created the University Human Relations Committee, which almost totally assumed the functions of the HRC.
IRVING SAID although the committee presently has no official function nor any records or meaningful material to work with,
he feels its existence is necessary.
He feels that students should and do want to discuss their problems with other students before taking action.
"Our primary interest is to engage the trust of concerned groups and individuals in order to open channels of communication between them," Irving explained.
Irving said that beginning Sunday, Oct. 10, the committee will hold weekly meetings open to all
students. The Civil Rights Council. Students for a Democratic Society, and other groups or individuals are invited to form a "round-robin" discussion on dis-
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