Parties argue planks Vox-UP discuss platform issues concentrate on Union, regulations
Last night's McColum Hall debate between the Vox Populi and University Party student body presidential slates centered around ideas presented in the two party platforms.
Speaking before a standing room audience, candidates Tom Rader, Greensburg sophomore and Vox student body presidential choice, and his running-mate Dick Darville, Shawnee Mission junior, exchanged comments with UP's Al Martin, Shawnee Mission sophomore, and Janet Anderson, Prairie Village sophomore.
ALMOST ALL PLANKS in both platforms were discussed. University regulations and the relocation of the Kansas Union received the most attention.
Miss Anderson, leadoff speaker, gave a plank-by-plank explanation of the UP platform.
Maturity within the student is the basic reason for the plank on abolition of disciplinary action by the University except in areas directly related to academic matters. Miss Anderson said.
"KU STUDENTS should take personal responsibility both as students and as citizens," she said. "UP does not feel that there should be a University wall of protection as far as the student is concerned."
Darville replied, "Many changes do need to be made in the disciplinary system, but some students have over-emphasized this, and want to throw out all regulations. Tom and I think this extreme view is unrealistic.
"We have proposed a University Regulations Commission, to be composed equally of students and faculty. It would not be dominated by faculty, but would have their help."
ACCORDING TO MARTIN,
"There is no basic difference between the two party's ideas and goals except in one major area—to Vox an administration 'no'
means 'no,' to UP an administration 'no' means student committees will research the problem until they can, hopefully, come up with a solution presentable to all."
Rader answered, "We do not feel we can accept either of two extreme positions—the present situation or the one UP has proposed. We are not sure all students want all regulations opposed. There are values in certain regulations."
He challenged Martin's statement about Vox and a University "no."
"I defy anyone to find that statement in print. We did not make it," he said. The rest of his statement concerned other planks including "stop week."
IN HER REBUTTAL statement,
Miss Anderson admitted the UP
disciplinary action plank could
not be accomplished in one year.
"There will have to be a precedent set," she said. She added that the UP White Paper, published in the University Daily Kansan, outlines her party's stand on the subject.
Martin added, "Vox says the Disciplinary Committee offers everyone a fair shake. Look at their platform. If everyone is now given a fair shake then why is this (Vox's plan for a Student Regulations Commission) in there?"
Martin also gave a short explanation of possible financing for another Union to be located on the west side of campus.
THE VOX STUDENT body presidential candidate followed, saying "the major question is abolishing regulations. Concerning this, Mr. Martin is unrealistic."
Rader answered Martin's statement on the new Union. "We're not against a new Union, we just don't think it's feasible. This is the main thing we have against the UF platform; it just isn't feasible."
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Topic: ASC's place on Hill
The influence and role of the All-Student Council in University affairs was the main topic when University Party and Vox Populi confronted one another in debate yesterday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
The discussion about ASC arose from questions concerning the proposed methods of fulfilling the parties' platforms. The debate was sponsored by Student Union Activities and KU-Y.
IN HIS OPENING remarks, Rader talked about what he called "a new sense of responsibility" as the growing trend in student government.
"We want to move student opinion into areas where otherwise change would not take place; where it will not take place unless we direct it," Rader said.
Martin, taking his turn addressing the 80 people at the debate, said, "There's no basic ideological split between Vox and UP. Vox supporters oppose our platform mainly because we proposed it."
Each candidate suggested that the other pariy's platform contained measures already being handled by student government.
Daily Kansan
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