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World Peace a Concern
By Murrel Bland
Larry Laudan, Lawrence senior,
is concerned primarily with two
things - academic freedom and
world peace.
Laudan discussed his concern for these two subjects during a recent interview.
"I SPENT MY FIRST college year at Ohio Wesleyan," he said. "I was very disappointed because academic freedom was quite limited there."
Laudan leaned back in his chair in his private recently remodeled office in Strong Hall. He picked up a pencil from his desk with his right hand and tapped the knuckles on his left hand.
"I was quite disturbed because the administration prohibited the faculty and the newspaper from expressing all their ideas," the sandy-haired 20-year-old said. "The administration also stopped several groups from forming on campus."
Laudan has the only undergraduate teaching assistantship in the philosophy department. He instructs small discussion groups of students who are enrolled in the elementary philosophy course.
HE CAME TO KU two years ago. This spring he will complete a four-year college course in three years when he graduates with a major in philosophy.
He will attend Princeton University this fall. He recently received Danforth and Woodrow Wilson fellowships for graduate study.
Laudan said he also is concerned about academic freedom at KU.
"The Minority Opinion Forum decided to have a speaker from the Fair Play for Cuba Committee last May," he said. "The forum was successful in getting a member, Edward Shaw of Detroit. I was very disappointed when a note from the
administration ordered that the speaker not talk to any classes.
"PROFESSORS PLANNED to have the speaker talk to several classes," he said. "However, the administration's note ordered that Shaw speak only at the forum.
"The Administration felt that if Shaw talked to classes, he would be speaking to captive audiences.
"I don't feel that the classes were really captive audiences," he said. "It was announced in advance that the speaker would talk to these classes and the students were not required to attend these sessions.
"I feel that a professor should be absolutely free to say anything he wishes," he continued. "Education is hampered unless professors have absolute freedom of expression."
LAUDAN SAID his other concern — world peace — was one of the main reasons he is active in the Student Peace Union (SPU).
Wednesday, May 9, 1962 University Daily Kansan
"I feel that people must be told of the harmful effects of a nuclear war," he said. "I feel that SPU is an organization that can help inform people of these dangers."
He said that he feels that many newspapers and magazines have misled the American public about the danger of nuclear war.
"THESE PUBLICATIONS have made it look as if a nuclear attack would not be too detrimental to the United States," he said. "They go on the premise that only one bomb, five megatons, will be dropped in an attack. What they don't realize is that if an attack does come, it probably will be continual, with 40 or 50 megaton nuclear weapons.
"I feel that the threat of nuclear war is increasing," he said. "People must act now to remove this threat." Laudan said that most people probably class him as a liberal because of his stands on academic freedom and world peace.
"I'd rather not be called a liberal, since the term means so many different things to different people." he said. "I would rather be classed as a rational, tolerant, logical individual."
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The National Science Foundation has awarded KU a grant of $7,020 to expand next year's undergraduate research participation program into economics, geography and the philosophy of science.
They are Shelia M. Ryan, Aurora, Mo., senior; F. Roberts Searcy, Shreveport, La., junior, Judith J. Laidig, Clatham, N. J., sophomore; Dixie L. Kaufman, McPherson junior, and Marilyn Hardisty, Salina junior.
KU Receives NSF Grant of $7,020
KU already has four NSF grants totaling $56,675 for next year's student research in natural sciences, physics, pharmacy and chemical engineering. About 56 students can be used in this program.
Five students now are engaged in research in the department of sociology and anthropology.
The grant of $7,020 will permit the addition to six students. They will receive small stipends during the 1962-63 year and $600 for 10 weeks of summer work with faculty members on research projects.
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TOKYO — (UPI) — Students at Wasaed University held seven of their professors prisoner for 12 hours last night and today in a hassle involving protests against U.S. nuclear tests.
Students Detain Teachers
The 50 students held the professors in an attempt to force school authorities to withdraw an expulsion order against three students who cut classes and prevented other students from attending class while protesting against the U.S. tests.
heckled Atty, Gen. Robert F. Kennedy during a visit last February.
Waseda is the same university where a group of shouting students
The members of the militant leftist Zengakuren Students Federation, locked the professors in a Zengakuren office yesterday afternoon. They were not released until 4:30 am. today.
The professors were released when it became apparent that University authorities did not intend to give in to the student demands.
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