VOL.101.NO.14
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Motion: As a result of Darren Fulcher's conduct, which has been injurious to the student body and the Student Senate and his absolute lack of response to Senate Resolution 1991-302, I hereby move to expel Darren Fulcher from the office of student-body president and terminate his membership in this body. - Troy Radakovich. Student Senate Executive Committee Chairperson Amendment: The provisions of this motion will take effect at 5 p.m. on 9/16/91.
Motion passes 42-19
Julie Jacobson / KANSAN
room full of student senators and spectators, student-body president Darren Fulcher listens to the approval of a motion passed early this morning ousting him from office. He maintains he will not
Senate votes to expel Fulcher
By Blaine Kimrey Kansas staff writer
Student Senate voted 42-19 early this morning to expel student-body president Darren Fulcher from office.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that Fulcher's expulsion was the first time, to his credit, that an employee had been forced to step down.
Senate reached the decision early in the morning after more than seven hours.
The passed motion is binding, unlike a resolution passed by Senate last week that requested Fulcher's resig-
"I never have had any intentions of resigning," Fulcher said after the meeting, opening as possible with Student Senate. I still have no intention of resigning." I
According to this morning's motion, Fulcher's expulsion will be effective Monday. That is the deadline for he to respond to last week's resolution.
The motion stemmed from questions raised about Fulcher's ability to an effective president after battery issues against Fulcher were made public.
Fulcher was charged with battering his ex-girlfriend, Audra Glavas, Kansas City, Mo., senior, during a domestic dispute in February, according to Lawrence police and court reports.
Troy Radakovich, Student Senate Executive Committee chairperson, motioned for Fulcher's removal after school and for the completion of legislation he had completed.
Radakovich said Fulcher's actions
had hurt Senate's credibility.
"I've looked at the situation strictly from a business standpoint," he said. "Work has been hampered."
Earlier in the meeting, Radakovich had asked Fulcher if he had anything new to add to his testimony about the battery incident.
Because Fulcher said he did not have anything to add,Radakovich said he was sufficiently informed to ask Senate for Fulcher's removal.
"We've had a special hearing." Radakovich said. "I don't feel he is adequately able to hold his position as student-body president."
He said that although Senate rules and regulations did not contain removal procedures, Robert's Rules demand that parliamentary procedures about parliamentary procedure, did.
In cases in which Senate's rules and regulations do not have guidelines for procedure, the handbook can be referred to instead, Radakovich said.
James Baucom, off-campus senator, said he was against the motion because Senate did not know the whole story.
"It's not necessarily wrong at all times to hit a woman."Baucom said.
"No one has knowledge of the victim's dental condition before and after the incident." he said.
Baucom said, "No one has even considered why the state entered into a diversionary agreement with Fulcher."
Baucom said Fulcher was provoked during the dispute.
According to court reports, Fulcher must pay $443.01 restitution through October for Glavas' dental expenses
Fulcher said he did not want to elaborate about the details of the incident. He said the people involved
privacy.
"I guess when I think about what's on going on, the first thing that comes to mind is anger," Fulcher said. "I'm hurt."
Nevertheless, Fulcher said what mattered was that he still respects himself.
"Regardless of what happens, my life will go on," he said. "What doesn't kill us will make us stronger. After going through this, after seeing my face in the paper every day, I don't think you could have a strong lead."
Another major question debated last night was whether a student-body referendum on the issue should have been allowed.
"Talking about a referendum is ridiculous," said Pat Warren, Overland Park first-year law student "that'll take six weeks."
"Representative bodies exist for a reason," he said. "They exist to make decisions."
"Why are we afraid to let the students decide?" she said.
Julie Crust, graduate senator, said a
medium election should be conducted.
"I'm concerned not only with the credibility of one person, but the credibility of others."
James LaSalle, law senator, said Senate should stop pursuing the issue.
"I don't think it's the responsibility of Student Senate to make any state-
Several senators said they had been involved in discussions during the last week about Pulchev.
Senators differed greatly, however, on their accounts of their constituents' response.
"It was after I talked to my constituents that I abandoned my instinctive affiliation with Darren," said William Edwards, off-campus senator.
On the other hand, Angela Cervantes, off-campus senator, said her constituents supported Fulcher.
What happens next:
A resolution is an opinion of the Senate, requiring no direct action.
Who will he the new president?
The expulsion motion differs from senate resolution 1991-302 passed during a special Senate session a week ago in that it is a mandate.
If the motion passed through Student Senate this morning is fulfilled, Darren Fulcher will no longer be body president at 5 p.m. Monday.
The motion directly calls for Fulcher's removal and passed with
the required two-thirds Senate vote.
This leaves the post of vice president vacant.
If a president leaves office for any reason, the Student Senate's rules and regulations states that the vice president, currently Alan Lowden, would assume the presidency.
If Fulcher is expelled Monday, senators will have to meet soon to elect a new vice president from their 72-member body.
Julie Jacobson/KANSAN
While listening to conflicting speeches on the motion, Tonya Sanchez (standing), Brooklyn, N.Y., senior, offers Fulcher support.
History of building problems frustrates science library director
By William Ramsey
Kansan staff writer
A pipe that burst Tuesday in the Anschutz Science Library is only the latest of a series of problems with the building, the library's administrative director said yesterday.
A small window in a pipe in the building's fire-safety system broke and released water down four floors on the west side of the building. A broken pipe flows maintenance staff to examine the system.
It has not yet been determined why the sight glass broke, but library officials said they were not surprised that it did.
She said this was the third water problem the library had experienced this year, and the lighting and air control systems had been problematic.
"We've had continuous problems with the building since we've moved in," said Katherine
The library opened in November 1969. Pew books were ruined in any of the accid-
tions.
During Tuesday's incident, only duplicate documents stored on the first floor were dampened.
"I'm just grateful that the collection wasn't damaged," Neeley said.
Water short-circuited the electrical contro board in the west-side elevator and may have been damaged.
Yesterday, some damp areas were roped off,
and fans were set out to help dry the floor.
A cost estimate of the damage has not been completed.
In July, a sprinkler in the fire-safety system went off for no apparent reason and filled the front hall of the building with 3 to 4 inches of water. The building, called Saile Gaille Burchill, Neely's assistant.
Burchill said there also were difficulties with the systems that controlled the lighting and the equipment.
He said the University was responsible for all maintenance work. Most warranties on the
"They tried so hard to make this a high-cost, efficient building, but they really didn't go as far."
But it was a long-term process to rid a new building of all the problems, said Mike Richardson, acting director of facility operations.
He said the science library was no exception.
"I know it's had at least its share of prob-
lems," he said.
many of the lights had burnt out, and the University had not replaced them because they
building from the contractor expired after a year.
Dou Riat, assistant director of facilities planning, said if there was a problem with the work done by the contractors, the University could not demand that it be fixed if the warranty had expired.
He said he had no evidence that the contractors had made mistakes.
Riat said that R.D. Andersen, the contractors from Topeka, had built the building and that they would soon begin construction on a 6-story apartment building is scheduled to be completed by August 1992.
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