Wednesday, April 18, 1962 University Daily Kansan
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Same Old Issues In 'Great Debate'
The opposing candidates for student body president rehashed old campus political issues last night in their second "Great Debate."
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Jerry Dickson, Vox Populi candidate, and Gerald (Kep) Kepner, the University Party aspirant, discussed such campus issues as the ASC committee system, direct primaries, and which party best represents the interests of the KU students.
After Kepper had said in the first debate last week that he thought the ASC committees should be put under more ASC control, Dickson said that the plank in the UP platform which called for a bi-partisan qualifications board to be used to select members of the ASC committees was "an attempt to undermine the executive branch of the student government (the student body president).
THE DEBATE, THE SECOND IN a series of four to be held in large dormitories on campus, was held in the lobby of Lewis Hall in front of approximately 75 students.
The student body president now appoints these committees with the recommendation of an ASC board. Dickson asked UP why students should elect a student body president if they cannot trust him to carry out his duties.
KEPNER COUNTERED that Dickson has twisted his words. He said he did not propose direct control of the ASC, but that past student body presidents had violated an ASC Constitution calling for the appointment of secretaries of the public relations, student welfare and student activity branches of the ASC by not making these appointments.
He said if these committees had been formed, the Vox platform planks calling for a Big Eight College Bowl and an increased statewide activities program would be unnecessary. He explained that these two things would be taken care of in the ASC public relations committee.
He proposed that all ASC committee chairmen submit reports to the
student body president by Dec. 1 as to how many times the committee has met and what they have accomplished.
In discussing the direct primary system which UP uses and Vox does not, Dickson said that they detract from the general election's importance because the voter has to vote twice instead of once as would be the case if just general elections were held.
Kepner said he felt the direct primary provides for the best qualified students running for the different offices.
HE CONTINUED THAT CAMPUS parties are a way to get things done and that a strong party, such as the closed primary builds, practiced by Vox, is the best way to accomplish this.
He said UF is more representative than Vox is because they have more living district seats in the ASC. He said that even though Vox had a majority of the school district seats, these school seats were not as important as the living district seats. He explained each school has a council to handle the problems of that individual school so it did not require as much as the living districts do. He added that most ASC legislation is directed toward the living district.
When asked by a member of the audience their ideas on civil rights, Kepner and Dickson agreed that discrimination is morally wrong and that the discriminatory clauses of some KU fraternities should be removed from their constitutions, but this removal should not be made by force.
IN DISCUSSING THE PLATFORMS of the respective parties, Dickson said that the UP platform does not call for any extension or expansion of student government like the Vox platform does. He said that UP calls for only slight changes and does not make these changes concrete.
'Blue Curtain' Set on Satellite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - (UPI) — A secrecy-cloaked satellite was launched yesterday toward polar orbit but the Air Force kept all details of the shot classified.
THE AIR FORCE DECLINED to say whether the satellite was a Discoverer or a "sky spoy" vehicle.
Under its new policy of restricting information on military space shots, the Air Force would not even give the time of the shot.
ment said only, "A satellite employing a Thor Agena B booster combination was launched today by the Air Force from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif."
A BRIEF PREPARED STATE-
Last week, the Air Force issued a directive that all information concerning military satellites was to be classified. The same directive eliminated names for satellite programs, such as the Discoverer or the Samos or Midas Sky Spy vehicle launched from here previously. The decision came after speculation that a shot on April 9 involved a sky spy vehicle.
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DIANE UPTON, MISS SLIDE RULE, 1962
Come Have Fun!
This year's engineering exposition this Friday and Saturday is filled with excitement. . ..
- See the scooter that rides on a cushion of air!
- See the Kaw River Valley flooded right before your eyes!
- See crude oil made into plastics and gasoline!
- ● See a real Nike-Hercules missile!
- (See all the engineers in white shirts and ties!)
42nd Annual Engineering Exposition