Students can 'sound off' in human rights survey
By RICHARD LUNDQUIST
About 500 KU students are getting the chance to voice their grips on everything from the sale of contraceptives to the sale of cigarettes on campus.
The 500 students make up one part of a two part survey being conducted by the Human Rights Committee (HRC) of the All Student Council.
The first part of the survey consists of sending letters to Lawrence landlords, inquiring about discrimination practices. The second part of the survey is a random sampling of student opinion on various campus issues.
STONE SAID so far they have gotten back about one-third of the letters with about three or four of the landlords admitting practicing discrimination. The rest said they did not.
"We sent letters to about 200 landlords in Lawrence trying to find out of they practiced discrimination in renting to students," said Neil Stone, Shawnee Mission sophomore and a member of the HRC.
"I hope to let the students know what places discriminate and,
hopefully, some kind of economic pressure can be brought against them." said Stone. Other than this all the HRC can do is publish its findings.
The second part of the survey consists of a six-page questionnaire that is being distributed to about 500 students.
"We hope to measure student opinion on subjects which, in recent months, have been of some concern to students at the University of Kansas", states Carl Struby, Leawood senior and chairman of the HRC.
MADE UP BY THE HRC with the help of Herman Lujan, assistant professor in political sciene and the committee's advisor, the questionnaire runs the gauntlet of student complaints.
It asks if students think a geometric progression of traffic fines is justifiable at KU. Women are asked if they approve of the present closing hours and if they would like to live in places other than those approved by the Dean of Women.
A student taking the questionnaire will have the chance to express his opinion on the grading system, the distribution of birth control information and contraceptives by the student health service, and the sale of cigarettes on campus.
STONE SAID, "No one has actually ever taken a random sampling of the student body to see what they think." The only way to see what students think is to take it to the students.
"We probably will just present the facts to the ASC," said Stone. "We want to make the information available to the students, the administration, and the faculty so they will know what the student opinion is."
The HRC hopes to have the present survey completed in about two or three weeks. The questionnaires are being distributed in person so that a clear explanation of them can be made.
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ASC bodies to be queried
The various All Student Council (ASC) committees will be asked, starting tonight, to justify their existence, according to Rusty Wells, Portland, Ore., sophomore.
Wells, the ASC Evaluations Committee chairman, said his group will hold hearings to ask each of the other committees what useful purpose they serve, what they have accomplished, and what their plans are.
"The ASC gets bogged down with too many committees," he said. "These committees are pay-offs for political work. Some just plain aren't doing their job, Hopefully we can get rid of some of the deadwood."
WELLS CITED THE Traditions Committee as one example.
"I am not picking on the Traditions Committee in particular," he said, "but the last time I heard of it was during the big Torchlight Pep Rally. Now they're planning something for basketball. What I plan to ask them is
Wells' group will talk with six committee chairmen night, six tomorrow night, and four Wednesday night. Thursday night the group will talk to ASC officers.
—'what have you done in between?' Shouldn't we abolish this committee and give it to the cheerleaders and pom pon girls?"
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