Revised Title IX guidelines less harsh, officials say
By STEVE BOYCE
Kansan Staff Reporter
Recently announced revisions of Title IX guidelines for the elimination of sex discrimination in education are less harsh in many respects than the policies of Kansas athletics administrators said Tuesday.
The revisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, issued recently by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, passed on June 26, 2004 by Ford by Caspar Weinberger, secretary of HEW. II Ford and the U.S. Congress approve the guidelines as they stand, University athletics officials foresee few immediate or extensive changes in the way and physical education programs are handed
"My most immediate reaction after reading these guidelines is that they are more relaxed than the earlier ones," said Clyde Walker, KU's athletic director.
In A LETTER TO FORD that appeared with the proposed guidelines in the April 7 edition of the "Chronicle of Higher Education," Weinberg said the actions on athletics and physical education raised some of the "most difficult policy and legal points."
Weinberger said in the letter that revisions of Title IX were necessary because Congress enacted the broad law with "little legislative history, debate and thought about difficult problems of application."
The revised guidelines stress the concept of equal opportunity and not equal expenditures for women's rights.
Under the new guidelines, an institution would be allowed to exclude women from teams playing contact sports, even if a separate team for contact sports were not fielded for women. Contact sports are defined as football, basketball, wrestling, rugby, boxing, ice hockey and any other sport whose purpose or major activity involves bodily contact.
"IT NOT VERY HAPPY that they watered that part down," said Marian Washington, assistant athletic director for women's intercollegiate athletics. "The whole purpose of this program is to provide at least an experience for women to participate in a sport if there's enough interest."
Washington said she thought the administration at the University was dedicated to a well-rounded women's program that would include those contact sports for women wanted by the women.
"When you talk about contact sports, you're
talking about women's basketball, and this is a sport that has grown nationally," she said. "If this institution weren't to sponsor basketball it would be a tremendously negative move, and I'm sure that the school is interested in a very well-rounded program."
ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL "Title IX guidelines were interpreted by some to mean that all but sex education classes must be ceducational, the revised guidelines specify that classes teaching contact sports, in addition to sex education classes, are exempted from coverage.
Wayne usness, chaplain of the department of health, physical education and recreation, said his department already complied with Title IX guidelines. He said single-sex classes were restricted to those who attended sports and those that needed the use of a men's classroom. He said, the present government
"We felt that our department, with its classes and intramural programs, complied with the previous guidelines, so of course, we comply with these," Osness said.
The revised Title IX gives colleges three years to comply with guidelines in the areas of athletics and sports.
"A PROGRAM THAT is feasible just can't be developed overnight. Walker said, "and these programs have to be built."
Washington said that in some cases the three-year compliance period could slow the development of their operations.
"I think that most women would like for things to be moving along a little quicker." Washington said, "but I do know that if you don't have the facilities, may be three years is a just period of time.
"But I really am hesitant when I know that there are many institutions that are in positions to make a move very quickly who are going to take advantage of the three-year period to put things off. Here, I think compliance should take less than three years."
The revised Title IX guidelines state that if athletic scholarships are given, the institution "must provide reasonable opportunities for such awards for members of each sex in proportion to the number of students of each sex participating in interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics."
THE PREVIOUS TITLE IX guidelines prohibited institutions from administering scholarships designated for members of one sex. The revised title allows scholarships to be awarded under certain conditions.
Walker said he found the scholarship sections of the guidelines to be vague upon first reading and didn't know how the athletic scholarship program at the University would be affected.
Currently, men are awarded athletic scholarships from the Williams Educational Fund, a part of the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation (KUAC). Students who attend high school don't receive money from the Williams fund.
Washington said women's athletic scholarships would be offered for the first time next year on a annual basis.
Another revision to the guidelines drops a proposal that institutions be required to conduct an annual poll of students to determine those sports in which men and women would like to participate.
WALKER SAID the revised guidelines were more satisfactory than the old ones.
"The basic crux of these guidelines is that equal opportunity for women is needed." Walker said, "and I'm in full accordance with that theory. They should have the proper equipment, facilities, publicity and travel expenses to have a good program."
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Assembly admits School of Religion
Vol. 85—No.127 Wednesday, April 16, 1975
The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
By PAUL SHERBO Kansan Staff Reporter
of Religion, Frances Horowitz, professor of psychology, said.
The Kansas School of Religion was recommended to the vice chancellor for academic affairs for acceptance as a graduate student and majors by the College Assembly Tuesday.
A voice vote for recommendation came after the assembly adjourned then reconvened as a committee of the whole to discuss the issue.
Arguments against the motion centered on questions of how much money and how many faculty positions the College would give a new department of religious studies.
"This is enough to give them what they need but not to oversupply them." Mostert said.
The Regents would have to give just enough money for faculty positions to keep the department going, Paul Mostert, committee member, said.
The Kansas Board of Regents would have to determine the legality of allowing the school to continue accepting donations as a department, Nancy Dahl, chairman of the assembly's steering committee on the School of Religion, said Tuesday.
ANOTHER OBJECTION was that the School of Religion had little to do with non-Western religions. A new department of the School is building one on the foundation of the School
Arguing against the motion, Morwitz said that the faculty of the School of Religion shouldn't be used exclusively in a doctoral program. He says faculty drawn from other departments.
Arguments in favor of establishing a department of religious studies stressed the need for such a department and the high standards of the School of Religion.
"Religion is a bona fide subject to be taught in a university," Robert J. Friaski, professor of physics and astronomy, said. "In my own assessment, it is a good quality department and compares favorably with other departments."
A motion to put the matter to a mail ballot failed with only 17 votes. Twenty-five votes or 5 per cent of the members present were needed to approve such a motion.
THE ASSEMBLY'S VOTE will bring improvements both to the University and weak areas of the School of Religion, Lynn Anderson, the School of Religion, said after the meeting.
"I think it's a good thing. It will strengthen the college," he said.
Taylor said the new status would help the *Dear* nation, and embrace it with non-Western religion.
The motion asks the Kansas Board of
Trustees to ordoney grade unassigned and
2.5 classified votes.
It also asks the Regents to confer tenure on those currently holding tenure in the School of Religion and to commit program resources to a new department for no less than five years.
In other action the assembly passed a resolution presented by Gerhard Zuther, professor of English, to express appreciation and good wishes to George R. Waggoner, dean of the College. Waggoner's resignation as dean was announced Monday.
of full-time salaries to the department of religious studies.
The resolution was approved by a standing vote of the whole assembly.
CHANGES IN THE requirements for physics majors were unanimously approved. The new requirements place a focus on the university, laboratory work and modern physics.
The assembly also approved a resolution by Zuther to express appreciation to Cobb and others.
Assembly action
The assembly also accepted a change in requirements for French majors.
By Staff Photographer DON PIERCZ
Lymn F. Taylor, deam of the School of Religion, listens to discussion concerning the acceptance of the school as a
department of religious studies at a College Assembly meeting Tuesday. The assembly vote to recommend the change to the constitution
Dean pleased with decision
Senate set to decide budget fate
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After running into another fence, the man was taken into custody. He was taken to a hospital for treatment and he died there then to the city jail for questioning.
By ROBERT A. GAVIN Kansan Staff Reporter
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Lyn Taylor, dean of the Kansas School of Religion, said he was pleased with the College Assembly's decision Tuesday to allow students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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THE SCHOOL HAS TWO rabbis, a monk,
tun and several others of Protestants.
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"I would hate to develop a common core,"
All teachers except one have doctoral degrees, and four numbers have degrees from four colleges.
"We're a folly little faculty," he said. "There's a real close fellowship here. This is an odd little show. There's only one administrator. That's me."
"It it's a good thing," Taylor said Tuesday. "It should have happened. I think it will strengthen the college and curriculum. It will allow us to do more things because we didn't have the money. It was a sweet wedding."
The School of Religion has 12 teachers, seven of which are fulltime. Over 800 students are taking courses in addition. In 20, students are majoring in religion, and 35 graduate candidates are preparing their master's projects.
could have to develop a common core,
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Taylor, dean of the School of Religion at UCLA and the catalytic figure in the progression of the church.
"We have brought this program from a volunteer Christian school to an accredited
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"THERE ARE TWO THINGS you can do with religion," Taylor said, "practice it and study it. In a private institution, you can do both. In a public institution, you can only study it. That's why we're very careful in this school."
Enrollments at the school increased
amongst them this semester and
founded 1961.
Bv GREG HACK
Kansan Staff Reporter
The Student Senate will allocate $446,897 in student activity fees for the 1975-76 school year and decide whether to spend the funds in 12,426 when it meets tonight and Thursday.
The activity fee allocation may not be the massive task it seems, however, because six committees after two weeks of hearings have been closed to the Senate for the spending of the funds.
The committees have already done the dirty work—cutting requests for $135,944 to $28,391, the amount the committees had to allocate. The rest of the $446,897 was committed last January to eight line-item organizations, the Student Senate operating budget and the Senate's controlled reserve fund.
ADDITIONAL FUNDS for organizations could be obtained by changing one or more of the line items, but this would require a two-thirds vote of the Senate. Ed Rolfs, student body president, said Tuesday that the senate had recommended a line-item change that had recommended a line-item change.
Dave Shapiro, Sports Committee chairman, said his committee had come very close to cutting the Kansas University bill. He said it would subsidy the committee didn't do so because of the procedural difficulties in cutting a line item and because there were other costs, prices.
"I expect the meetings to be smooth and I hope the senators have done their homework," House said. The senators also want to ask them if they will offer of their deedings why they want to fund."
The Cultural Affairs Committee had originally recommended a cut in the University Concert Series' line item, but changed this recommendation Monday.
John House, Student Senate treasurer,
said he had foretress any problems at the
school.
HOWEVER, THE SEARCH for more bands and for larger, more make the band more popular. Kofa's staff and co-founders.
budget, has recommended that $8,500 of the costs are allocated to groups affected by the lack of fund.
Ralfs said he would propose an amendment to specify how the money he would spend.
Rolfs said, "The main controversy at the meeting, if there is any, will occur with the possible amendment concerning the $8,500 program fund allocation."
The Finance and Auditing Committee, which oversees the Senate's operating
Although his amendment is not finalized, Rolfs said he probably would recommend that most of the funding go to groups under the Student Services Committee. He said the rugby, soccer and fencing clubs also had received additional funds from the £500.
THE SPORTS COMMITTEE had only
$16) to fund $3.35 of requests from the three clubs, along with $4.75 of requests from the other clubs.
Student Services had the most difficulty of all committees, taking three consecutive nights of hearings to trim $29,424 of requests to the $14,449 they had to allocate.
Eleven groups recommended for cuts by the Student Services Committee disagreed with Rifls. They said they couldn't survive without more funds and formed the Student Services Committee.
"I have looked over the requests from groups," Rolfs said, "and I believe $5,000 will enable groups affected by cuts to schools and programs until the full Senate allocations."
The council is supporting a bill to allocate
Myron Berglund, also representing Headquarters on the council, said, "We are trying for as many signatures as possible but we hope for at least 3,000. That would be
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$10,000 from this year's contingency fund to groups for expenditure next year. The council sent information explaining their groups' services to all student senators Tuesday in an effort to gain additional funding.
BART DELEYE, a member of the council representing Headquarters, said the council had been collecting signatures of students who supported the council. He said the council had 1,500 signatures by noon Monday.
Relays and engineering display highlights of weekend open house
By J. MARTIN DOLAN
Kansan Staff Reporter
Kansan Staff Reporter
More than 50 departments and divisions of the University are planning special activities for this weekend's open house, to be held in contact with the 50th Annual Kansas Relays.
The open house, which will run Friday through Sunday, will include activities ranging from a NROTC's frisbee contest to a students' analysis of "Jesus Christ Superstar."
Ed Julian, director of the division of special events and coordinator of the open house, said Tuesday that the purpose of the event was to acquaint the people of Kansas with the development of the University and with the quality of its research, teaching and faculty while promoting an enjoyable and entertaining weekend.
To ease the confusion of the weekend,
Julian said, there will be three separate walking tours of the University and a bus tour. Information and tour guides will be
The exposition, in its 58th year, also gives students the opportunity to work by themselves and with each other as they will after graduation, Moldenhauer said. He said there was very little faculty competence, so many students were started a month and a half ago.
JULIAN SAID the open house would highlight two exclusive events at the University: the Relays and an engineering exposition.
available at the Kansas Union, Hoeh, Strong and the information both on Jayhawk Blvd. A special center will be set up in Hoeh for persons needing additional informati
Besides student projects, exhibits from western Electric, NASA, Santa Fe and other corporations will be displayed. There will be flight simulators, models of oil
Les Molenhaenker, student director of the exposition, said the presentation would give the public a chance to see what KU students did. "We have a question and what happened was doing for society," she said.
refinement and soap-making, and demonstrations of space suit mock-up using computer simulations.
THE EXPOSITION will be from 8 to 12
p.m. Friday and from 7 to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Lawrence will join in the open house through its Chamber of Commerce Relays Parade, which will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The parade will be preceded by a merchant's marathon race at 9:15 a.m. and side-merchants and west-side merchants.
Other University activities for the open
house include the University Theatre's
presentation of Mozart's opera, "Don
Alexander," on 6 a.m. at 8 p.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Museum of Art will sponsor two Japanese films and tours of the museum's collection of Japanese prints. The first film, "The Island," will be shown at 8 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The second film, "Moonlight and the Old Woman," will
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