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University Daily Kansan/Thursday, September 5, 1991
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During Navy ROTC Field Day, Jason Haney, Salina sophomore, lifts Mons Benson, Apple Valley, Minn., junior, and prepare to carry him in the fireman's carry. Navy ROTC holds the Field Day each semester at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets, as a friendly competition among ROTC members. About 110 members of Navy ROTC participated in yesterday's activities, which included a one-mile run and tag of war.
Senate reaction divided
By Rochelle Olson
Kansan staff writer
Heave ho
After six hours of heated discussion, Student Senate members left the first meeting of the year sharply divided about Darren Fulcher's ability to serve as student-body president.
Statements by Fulcher, several senators and students were followed by the Senate's passing of a non-bindable resolution that Fulcher's resignation as president.
Fulcher was charged with battering his ex-girlfriend, a KU student, during a domestic dispute in February according to Lawrence police reports.
John Robertson, a graduate senator who spoke in favor of the resolution, also said he was impressed with the senators' behavior.
He said he hoped Fulcher realized that two-thirds of the Senate had voted for the resolution asking him to resign.
Student Senators Stephanie Warden (left) and William Edwards show their concern during the open forum at the Student Senate meeting. Warden thought the length of the session was justified so that senators could fairly represent the student body.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said it would be inappropriate for him to comment on the results of the meeting.
But he said he was impressed with everyone's conduct during the meeting.
"I think they were respectful of each other." Ambler said. "I thought there were a lot of thoughtful expressions, so I am pleased with the process."
James Baucom, an off-campus senator who spoke against the resolution, said he did not think the Senate should have made a judgment.
Leslie Lancaster, Nunemaker senator, wrote the resignation resolution yesterday.
He said that he thought the judgment almost constituted impeachment
"The vote went the way I wanted it to," he said. "But at the same time, I think he could have been the best president this University ever had."
But Palmer said he had mixed feelings about the resolution's passing.
"Student Senate had no justification in making any judgment that hints at a personnel decision for him. It is not in office, he was not in office." Baumac said.
"If we judge everybody over something that happened before they were in office, I could request that a person in Student Senate resign."
Justin Palmer, member of the Women's Student Union, said Fulcher should resign.
She said she had written the resolu-
ion based on the response from her constituents.
"I think this is the most respectable way to handle it," she said.
Jason McIntosh, a senior senator who ran against Fulcher last spring on the Facts coalition, did not speak during last night's meeting.
But after the meeting, McIntosh said he thought Fulcher should resign.
"The student senators decided," he said. "They did their job."
Pat Warren, last year's student
executive committee chairperson, said Fulcher needed to take a hard look at last night's results.
Alan Lowden, student-body vice president,remained neutral.
"I cannot go on either side of this issue," Lowden said. "I still have to chair meetings."
He would not speculate about futureactionstheSenatewouldtake.
Fulcher said he had no comment.
Speaker says shooting helped unite Indians
By Rochelle Olson
Kansan staff writer
The shooting of Greg Sevier by Lawrence police last spring united the American Indian community, said Dan Wildcat, chairperson of the department of Natural and Social Sciences at Haskell Indian Junior College.
"They love the adobe-dwelling, teepee-living, pottery-making, basket-weaving, birchbark-canoe paddling Indian. But there is no Indian who does all those things. That is Hollywood."
Wildcat, a member of the Yuchi tribe from Oklahoma, told an audience of 60 people yesterday that the shooting of Sevier made many people in Lawrence realize that they had a responsibility to do something about the community's racial problems.
"If people don't get involved, nothing will happen," he said at the Ecumenical Christian Ministry.
Greg Sevier, 22, was shot and killed April 21 in his home by two Lawrence police officers after Sevier's parents called for police assistance because he was distraught and armed
The shooting was ruled as justifiable homicide by a coroner's inquest.
-Dan Wildcat, chairperson of the department of Natural and Social Sciences at Hask
"I think it is time to consider formation of a citizen's record board that deals with compliance issues."
Wildcat said the Lawrence community had recognized problems in the law Lawrence police had handled American Indian affairs.
Police officers had difficulty looking at themselves and being as critical as they needed to be, Wildcat said.
He also said he was pushing for a performance evaluation of Ron Olin, Lawrence wore
"I believe there were serious mistakes in community relations," Wildcat said. "I have yet to hear the police chief say that."
He said the relationship between police and the community was part of Olin's reponsibility.
"Sheriff Loren Anderson is more pro-active in keeping the lines of communication open," he said.
But Wildcat said Bob Walters, mayor of Lawrence, had made an effort to learn what was happening in the American Indian community.
"I would like to see commissioners and the mayor go to neighborhoods and having
Wildcat also said that he would like the inquest into Sevier's death reconvened.
"I had hoped Jim Flory would not become
He said Jim Flory, former district attorney for Douglas County, should not have played a role in the inquest because he constantly worked with police officers in prosecuting
involved," Wildcat said
Comments that Flory had made prior to the inquest gave Wildcats reason to believe that the inquest was conducted to prove that the officers had done the right thing.
He said people in the American Indian community would be more satisfied if another inquest were performed.
Wildcat said the majority of problems American Indians had were due to public ignorance
*People want to know about American Indian and are unwilling to overcome stereotypes*
"They love the adobe-dwelling, teepee-living, pottery-making, basket-wearing, birch-canoe-padding Indian," he said. "But that is Hollywood."
"So much of the information we get is through the media," Saap said. "I appreciate hearing something from him because he is involved on a first-hand basis."
Kathy Sapp, Lawrence graduate student, said she agreed with Wildcat.
Townies, a visitor from Freiburg, Germany, said she did not consider the Sevier shooting a racial incident.
"Things like that happen in Germany between white people," she said.
But he said that Haskell had not played an effective role in the community.
"I would fault us for that," Wildeat said. "Part of our mission is going to be to play a role as an educator not just to native people but to non-native people."
Toennies said she thought that Wildcat had confused the issue because the Sevier shooting was not an example of prejudice.
But Susanna Toennies did not agree
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