UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 25.1995
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Code may include class disruptions
By Josh Yancey
icans staff writer
University Senate Executive Committee yesterday considered an expansion to the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities which would classify disruptive classroom behavior as academic misconduct and thereby allow faculty members to remove students from the classroom.
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, presented the request by letter to SenEx chairmen Jack Davidson and Alan Black. He said the existing section in the code had been too vague when dealing with academic misconduct.
"This vagueness has caused problems before in ascertaining what jurisdiction and what procedures to employ when dealing with problems," Shulenburger wrote in the letter.
Shulenburger requested that the definition of academic misconduct by a student be expanded to
include "threatens an instructor or fellow student or engages in behavior that is perceived as threatening" and "the unauthorized changing of grades or the forging of faculty or academic administrative signatures to allow unauthorized enrollment in or dropping of classes."
He said that a student who allegedly threatened a faculty member or another student could be asked to leave the class for as many as five days while a review committee decided whether the instructor's complaint was valid. The student then could be returned to the class or be transferred to another section.
Davidson, professor of physics and astronomy, questioned the range in which disruptive behavior is classified.
"Is it reading newspapers in class?" he said. "Chewing gum?"
Davidson related a classroom experience in which he had been hit by a wad of paper thrown by a student. If the proposed policy had been in effect then, he said, he
would have had the stugent removed.
"What if the student doesn't leave?" he asked. "I've got some big students."
The committee agreed that an instructor should call the police if a situation got out of hand.
In other business:
Davidson said that a committee on academic policy and procedure would review the addition.
SenEx reviewed a draft of a letter to Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, which requested Meyen's office to remind the University community of the rules surrounding the posting of non-University-related advertisements on University property. They cited a recent Vivarin advertisement that had upset some faculty and students.
Discussed recommendations for the reform of grievance procedures at the University, including the process by which students appeal grades. Rick Levy, professor of law, is working on the reforms.
South Park denied historical register listing
By Tara Trenary
Kansan staff writer
City commissioners last night voted not to nominate South Park for placement on the Lawrence Register of Historical Places because doing so would interfere with the city's plan to build a new jail near the park.
The commission voted 2-3 against the proposal after deferring the issue on Aug. 15 until the county decided where to build a new jail and how to design it.
"South Park is a crown jewel downtown," said Curt Eosn, Lawrence resident. "It shouldn't be in the shadow of a prison."
Commissioner Bonnie Augustine said that placing a park on
Placing South Park on the historical register could interfere with the construction of the new jail, Augustine said.
Commissioner Allen Levine voted to nominate South Park as a historical place. He said that he thought the commission would have nominated the park had it not been for the jail issue.
"It's our responsibility to preserve and to protect our landmarks," he said. "If not now, when?"
Since the August deferment, the city's Parks and Recreation Board and the Lawrence Historic Resources Commission endorsed the nomination.
Park meets requirements for a local listing," said Cathy Ambler, member of the Historic Resources Commission.
The proposed jail would be in a parking lot at the northeast corner of South Park and south of the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center.
"Both groups concur that South
In other business, the commission:
directed Mike Polk Rentals to reapply an application and a revised site plan for a retail building on the northeast corner of East Ninth and Connecticut streets.
directed city staff to work with residents in the 1700 block of Tennessee and Ohio streets concerning improvements to the alley.
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