THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.16
KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1991
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Fulcher appeals expulsion to Judicial Board
Student Senate's vote to remove president will be stayed if board agrees to hear case
By Alexander Bloemhof
Kansan staff writer
The KU Judicial Board will determine today whether it will hear student body president Darren Fulcher's decision to expel him from office.
If the board accepts the appeal, Fulcher will remain president after 5 p.m. today, the time when the Senate decision would take effect.
Fulcher, who filed the appeal late
friday afternoon, said he appealed to
the Justice Department.
followed the correct procedures and had denied him due process.
Senate voted 42-19 early Thursday morning to expel Felul from office and to end his Senate membership. The motion was made by Troy Rabakovich, chairperson of the Student Senate Executive Committee.
"It was illegal," Fulcher said. "They definitely broke their Senate rules. Before they can expel an officer they have to go through certain steps."
The motion stemmed from questions raised about Fulcher's ability to be an effective president after a battery charge against him was made public
Fulcher was charged with battering
bish. a girlfriend, a KU student, during a domestic dispute in February, according to Lawrence police and courtreports.
Fulcher said that he had sought advice
that he had Darren Fulcher sought advice
from lawyers and that they had encouragedhim toappeal.
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Alan Lowden, student body vice
president, said he also encouraged an appeal.
"Ipersonally don't know whether we had jurisdiction over that," Lowden said.
He said "Roberts' Rules of Order" stated that a body had the right to purge its members. But the manual required that such bodies be legislative bodies such as the Senate.
As an ex-officio member of Senate, Fulcher does not have the power to vote, Lowden said.
"Roberts' Rules," a handbook for parliamentary procedures, is used by Student Senate in actions on all issues not covered by the Student Senate Rules and Regulations or the University Senate Code.
According to the University Senate
Code, the Judicial Board acts to resolve conflicts, complaints and grievances that arise within the University community.
If the board accepts Fulcher's case, he would stay in office until the board has completed hearings and made a recommendation to the administration.
In Fulcher's case, the board would make its recommendations to the office of student affairs after hearing the appeal.
Strauss is one of three lawyers on the board. The board also includes 24 faculty members, nine staff members, six administrators and 16 student
"An appeal would stay the action that is appealed," said Eric Strauss, chairperson of the board.
members.
Lowden said the board's student members were appointed by the student body president. But so far, only four appointments have been made.
Jeff Weinberg, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, said that the board's recommendations were not binding but were taken very seriously by the administration.
Fulcher said he did not know whether he would file a lawsuit if the board upheld the Senate's decision. But he said he intended to exhaust all possibilities for further appeal.
Hispanic month features Chavez
"If there was a decision to expel me from office, it should be the decision of the student body who elected me to office," Fulcher said.
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By Rochelle Olsom Kansan staff writer
Cesar Chaver's speech in October will highlight the second annual Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins today.
"He is a personal hero for me," said Louis Lopez, president of the Hispanic-American Leadership Organization. "He has dedicated his life to migrant farm workers and to the consumers."
Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, founded and leads the first successful farm workers' union in U.S. history.
"He's an historic figure," Lopez said. "He won't just be talking to Hispanic-Americans. He can affect all of us. He talks about human rights and human issues that we all have in common."
Llope said he was so impressed by Chavez when he saw him speak in February in Chicago that he would have been satisfied if the speech were the only event planned for Hispanic Heritage month.
Angela Cervantes, chairperson of the Heritage committee that planned activities for the month, also saw Chavez speak.
The crowd of 3,000 stood on their chairs and was cheering. Cervantes said.
"Just from a brief speech, his charisma really affected us." she said.
"We thought it was time KU hosted someone like Cesar Chavez," she said.
Many other events are planned for the month. HALO plans to bring a Flamenco dancer and guitarist at noon
Friday to the Kansas Union lobby KANU will broadcast Hispanic music throughout the week.
There also will be a dance Friday evening at McCollum Hall.
She said that part of the forum would be devoted to the history of Aztec women before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors.
Cervantes said she was excited about the HERspanics Forum, a forum for women, Oct. 26. "We are trying to attract freshman women," she said. "We want to get them interested in history and leadership."
"A lot of Aztec gods were women,"
centees said. "It was defini­
ly nota palikai."
Cervantes said that she also was looking forward to the Hispanics in kansas. "I'll be there," he said.
Carlos Murguia, a judge and KU graduate, will speak at the forum.
He is a prominent figure in the Hispanic community, Cervantes said.
"He is a role model, and we need more." she said.
Paul Rodriguez, treasurer of HALO, said he was eager to see the Hispanic Student Art Exhibit Sept. 23-27 at the SUA Galleries in the Kansas Union.
"I hope that we get a good response from the students," Rodriguez said.
HALO will be selling "Celebration
Kansas" uniforms to the Kanaa
Union this week to kick off the
The theme for the month is "A Celebration of Colors."
Lisa Molina, secretary of HALO,
said the theme symbolized the different colors of people within the organi-
zation and desire to get many students involved.
Marty Brave Bull concentrates on making a necklace at the Indian ArtFair. Brave Bull was making the necklaces yesterday for children at the fair.
Mark Rowlands/KANSAN
Running to victory
Tony Sands looks for a gap in the University of Tulsa defense in the fourth quarter of the Jayhawks' 23-17 victory against the Golden Hurricane. Sands, who passed Gale Sayers and John Riggins' in moving to second on Kansas 'all-time rushing list with 2,657 yards, gained 157 yards in Saturday's game. The Jayhawks' victory boosted their record to 2-0. See story on Page 7.
American Indian art show brings broad mix of crafts to Lawrence
By Rochelle Olson
80 artists from tribes nationwide come to Haskell to take part in show
Kansan staff writer
Wilmer Kaye came from Hotevilla, Ariz., to sell his hand-carved Kachina dolls at the third annual Lawrence Indian Market at Haskell Indian Junior College.
The market took place Saturday and Sunday on the pow-wow grounds at Haskell! Eighty artists from various tribes
*"Roots don't crack." Kaye said.*
*have rings, but the roots are solid.*
Kaye said he carved his dolls from the roots of cottonwood trees using nothing more than a pock-
Kaye, from the Hopi Tribe, has won several best-in-show awards and is featured in a book about the top 25 Kachina-doll carvers.
Kachina dolls are dolls of Hopi gods and goddesses.
"I'm still trying to get better," Kaye said.
She uses gouache, a type of watercolor that is thick and difficult to work with.
Houseman-Whitehawk said that she had studied art for years but did not find her medium until she took a beginning class at Haskell.
nebago Sioux trix and former artist-in-residence for the Shawnee Mission school district, also was at the show selling her paintings.
when he was 15 and had since inspired the work of several other carvers.
After Kaya carves the dolls, he sands, stains and paints them with acrylic.
"It took me a long time just to mix the stuff," Houseman-Whitehawk said.
Indian market at Haskell Junior College attracts nationally known artists to local art exhibition.
have said he was meticulous about the sanding and staining so that the paint would go on smoother.
He said it took him anywhere from three days to complete a smaller doll to a month for a 2-foot doll. The larger size sells for about $3000.
Despite the cloudy weather this weekend, eager crowds gathered around the American-indian artists to look at
Laurie Houseman-Whitehawk, a member of the Win-
During her year at the Shawnee Mission schools, she spoke with 26,400 students at 55 schools about Indian culture and art.
"We looked at the culture through my art," she said.
She explained symbols such as the sacred jhoo in four directions to the stu-
dium.
The four directions symbolize the four seasons and the four-legged animals. The hoop also signifies black, red, and green; the colors of all people on earth.
"It is an Indian symbol but a universal message," she said. "We are supposed to get along with each other and the world."
Victor Papanek, professor of architecture, visited the market Saturday.
He teaches a course in American-Indian architecture at KU.
He said he liked Houseman-Whitehawk's greeting cards and bought some of his pointers very sensitive.
and thought some of her paintings were very sensitive.
But his passion is for the Acoma pottery, Papanek
"I fell in love with one small pot, but it was $800, and I neclected to buy it." he said.
Teachers deficient in science math skills
Papanek said he also enjoyed the food at the market.
Slow-learning students not to blame, panel says
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - If students are dummies at science and math, don't blame the children, a panel of scientists and educators said. Odds are, their teachers are not qualified.
More than two-thirds of elementary-school science teachers lack adequate preparation in science, and more than 80 percent of math instructors are deficient in mathematics, according to a report issued by the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government.
"Every school day, students in these grades come to school naturally curious about the world and go home having learned to hate science and mathematics a little more," said the report released yesterday.
Lewis Branscomb, a Harvard University professor and chairperson of the commission's panel on science and math education, said, "Everybody can learn what they need to know about math and science, and we've got to stop accusing the kids who are a little slow or lacking talent."
The panel argued that the federal government should be involved in recruiting teachers, setting curriculum goals, coordinating research into teaching methods, and developing textbooks and other educational materials.
Although education is mostly a state and local responsibility, Branscomb said the federal government should "play a leading, rather than a cheer-leading, role" in improving science and math education.
- Devoting part of the financing for federal science agency research to efforts at improving math and science education.
- Under the commission's plan, the National Science Foundation would improve universities' education of math and science teachers. The Education Department would concentrate on reform in the nation's elementary and secondary schools.
- Setting up a national clearing-house for information on education systems and a center "to build a connection" with American students should know."
The panel also recommended:
Creating model schools for math and science training and setting up programs to spread their methods to schools nationally.
- Giving the Education Department more flexibility in the way it spends money. Under the present system, Congress prescribes much of its spending.
Education Secretary Lamar Alexander, who was a member of the Carnegie panel before assuming his Cabinet post earlier this year, had no immediate comment on the report.
The Carnegie Commission was established in 1988 by the Carnegie Corp. of New York, one of the nation's largest philanthropies, to study ways to incorporate scientific and technological knowledge in government policy-making.
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