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Fulcher referendum splits student opinion
By Blaine Kimrey Kansan staff writer
KU students questioned yesterday about the standing of student body president Darren Fulcher offered differing views about what should happen to their lead
Student
Senate
passed a
resolution
early yester-
day morning
requesting
the resig-
ning of
Falcher
Matt Logan
Fulcher was charged with baiting his ex-girlfriend, a KU student, during a domestic dispute in to Lawrence police reports.
The issue of greatest concern to students questioned yesterday was whether the student body should remain silent, or rather should retain his presidency.
Michael French, Seattle.
Wash, graduate student, said he wanted a referendum to go before the student body.
For a referendum vote to be valid, 10 percent of the student body must vote.
French said he thought getting the turnout would not be a problem.
"I'd like to think 10 percent would vote in a referendum," he said.
w o u l d vote
Matt Logan, Lawrence graduate student, questioned whether 10 percent of the student body
"I don't know," he said. "You said. 'Students can be pretty apathetic here.'"
Craig Goodwin
Craig Goodwin
Grandview, Mo., junior, said he did not think there should be a referendum.
"I think Senate should drop the
Mike Satzman
issue," he said. Good-wind said the reason he felt the he did was that the issue had to do with Fulcher's private life.
"I don't think the resolution is fair atall," he said. "I think everyone's done something wrong."
Mary Moreno, Garden City senior, said she thought areferendum was a good idea because Fulcher helped the student body and the students should have a say on the issue.
"I think a lot of people would vote for him to step down," she said. Moreno said she would vote for his resignation.
Mike Saltman, on the other hand, said he thought Senate should not drop the issue, but deal with it. He said without a student body referendum
sophomore, said he preferred that Fulcher resign.
Saltzman, Long Island, N.Y.,
Heather King, Shawnee junior,
said that before she knew about
the incident, she thought Fulcher
would be a good president.
"If he wasn't a public figure, it would be his own prIVATE business," she said.
Heather King
She said that because most people knew about the incident, it affected his credibility. Therefore, he should resign, she said.
Nathan Tackett, Salina freshman, said, "I'm really impressed that he went to the parents of the girl.
"If there were an election, I would vote for him not to resign because without him in Senate it would be difficult government (or the whole year)."
Budig, Shankel, Ambler express support for Senate's handling of Fulcher situation
Kansanstaffreport
KU's administration yesterday expressed satisfaction with the special meeting of Student Senate Wednesday night.
In a joint statement, Chancellor Gene A. Budig, Del Shanker, interim executive vice chancellor, and David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said they thought Senate had discussed the controversy about student body president Darren Fulcher in a rational and thoughtful manner.
Fulcher was charged with battering his ex-girlfriend, a KU student, during a domestic dispute in February, according to Lawrence police reports.
The administrators said they did not want to interfere with Senate affairs and would refrain from commenting as long as the matter was unresolved.
Thev said they were confident the senators
would resolve the issue in an acceptable way.
However, they said they had been "impressed by the ways in which Darren Fulcher (had) represented his constituents throughout the early months of his tenure as president."
In the statement, Budig, Shankel and Ambler condemned violence in any form against any member of the KU community.
They said they were committed to educational programs and other activities intended to eliminate violence against ethnic and religious groups, women or other members of the community.
they said they were concerned about the welfare of all the individuals who had been victimized by this incident and urged them to seek the University's assistance through the services of the office of student affairs.
National radio debate
Richard Levy (right), professor of law, fields a caller's question about the complexities of abortion law while Gordon Bassham (center), a reporter for radio station KMUW in Maui, looks on. Vance Hiner (left), news director at the KU radio station KANU, hosted Choosing Sides, a radio program dedicated to the discussion of abortion. Co-produced by KANU and KCUR in Kansas City, Mo., the show was carried by more than 25 public radio stations nationwide. The show was broadcast at 6 last night.
KU faculty to tackle statewide problems
By William Ramsey
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — KU faculty members will play a role in a state program designed to deal with a long list of problems in Kansas.
The program, "Creating Tomorrow," will consist of six task forces that will examine economic development, social issues, education, health care and environmental issues.
University faculty members will have positions on most of the task forces, which should begin meeting this month, said Ann Cook, special assistant to Gov. Joan Finney.
Stanley Koplik, director of the Board of Regents, has almost completed staff appointments to the task forces. He was given the job of leading the agency announced the idea for the program in April.
"We will hopefully stimulate discussion by providing ideas to solve some old problems," Koogil said.
Former Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden formed a commission that researched similar state issues during his term.
The commission published its findings in 1990. State Rep Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, said that Finney's idea for a statewide task force was not a new one.
She said that governors often delegated statewide problems to a group of specialists who could spend time evaluating solutions.
The governor is looking in the right place for her committee members, Charlton said.
the community to use the universities to help solve "She wants to use the universities to help solve the state's social and economic problems," she said. "I think they have a lot to contribute."
Cook said the final results from the task forces would be used as a blueprint from which the team could build future structures.
"This won't be another report to be put on a shelf," she said.
Cook said that action would be taken after the task forces finished their research. Five of the six committees are slated to meet this month to set timelines for the next 6 to 9 months.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr. R.Lawrence, said the project could help showcase the University
"I've always felt that we underutilize the University personnel," Winter said.
Residents sav roadway will cause moves, be noisy, dirty
Kansan staff writer
By Heather Anderson
Keean staff under
About 100 people gathered in the Douglas County Courthouse last night to discuss plans for the proposed South Lawrence Trafficway.
The meeting was scheduled so the public could comment on the roadway.
The trafficway is planned to begin at 23rd Street and Noria Road, loop around the south part of Lawrence and continue to Kansas Turnpike in north Lawrence.
ntrafficway, which will eventually be four lanes wide, is estimated to cost more than $41 million dollars, but Chaney, county commissioner, said.
McElhaney said the trafficway would benefit the county, but that he knew there would be some aspects of the project that people would not like.
"There are always some pitfalls," he said.
By holding meetings like this one,
the commission hopes that some of these problems can be avoided, McElhaney said.
Dean Stoneback, a resident who lives near the proposed site, said he was concerned about the number of trucks that would travel on the road.
He said that the trafficway would attract trucks in the same way that it did before.
John Heider, another resident who lives near the proposed trafficway, said he was afraid of the noise and pollution that the road might cause.
He also said he realized theproposed trafficway was something the city needed.
Terry Flanagan, a representative from one of the engineering firms that is designing the roadway, said that the next several months would be spent
McEthaney said he wanted the citizens to be informed about all of the trafficway plans.
"This is a necessary evil," he said.
collecting data and determining such things as the kind of traffic signals that could be used and the curvature of the road.
Flanagan said the designers were looking into designing a pond for the northern crawfish frogs because the roadway might interfere with the land where they live now.
Some residents also will be forced to move because of the trafficway.
Between five and seven families will have to move off their property when the project gets started, Chris McKenzie, county administration said.
The commission limited the time for public comment so the designers could concentrate on collecting other data on the trafficway.
Karen Heck, another Lawrence resident, said she was concerned about knocking down people's houses to build the trafficway.
The public officially has 12 days to make comments about the trafficway.
Proposed Roadways
South Lawrence Trafficway
The South Lawrence Trafficway is proposed to help alleviate traffic in Lawrence. It would incorporate existing portions of 31st Street, County Road 13 and Clinton Parkway.
Existing roadway New right of way
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