Credit for ROTC put to vote
The fate of ROTC credit for students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) will be decided by mail ballot before June, it was voted yesterday at a meeting of the College faculty in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
The faculty will vote by mail to determine whether they will increase the graduation requirements for LAS students taking ROTC courses. If the resolution is passed, LAS students will be given credit for ROTC courses, but the number of hours they will need for graduation will be increased.
Robert Cobb, associate dean of the College, initially asked the College to examine ROTC with respect to its educational policies. The proposal to increase graduation requirements was first presented to the faculty at their February meeting.
The proposal to vote on the ROTC question was presented to the meeting by John Wright, associate professor of human development. Wright said the faculty should consider the proposal now because there was no report from the University senate investigative committee established 4 months ago.
Rayburn Lancaster, professor of aerospace science, mentioned later that he didn't believe the faculty should vote on the issue because they haven't studied the ROTC courses thoroughly enough and they would be voting emotionally.
After much rebuttal, it was decided that the mail ballot would be appropriate because every faculty member of the College (525) would have a chance to study the arguments and then vote.
To pick official soon
Selection of a new administrative official whose job would be coordinating the University's involvement in urban action should be final around May 15, said Charles Kahn, head of the University Council for Urban Action and dean of the School of Architecture.
The Black Students' Union (BSU) working with the council, independently interviews the candidates for the position, in addition to the council's interviewing them, Kahn said.
He noted that the choosing of the two final candidates would be a joint decision by the BSU and the council. These names would then be sent to the Chancellor's Office and the Kansas Board of Regents for the final appointment of one man.
this should have experience in urban programs, and preferably in urban programs which might fit into University responsibilities and intentions.
"Also, in view of the particular crisis of our times, both on campuses and in the cities, the council felt that a candidate should be black. And to finish the ideal portrait, the council thought that a candidate or candidates should have credentials, knowledge and experiences which would fit him into the University community."
Bell stressed that this criteria was the ideal outline and not strict requirements.
A member of the council said the position has not been given an official title, but that the office would be effective and official July 1.
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The student was struck in the face by one faculty member as he was walking out and grabbed by another apparently attempting to do the same. The remaining personnel in the Forum Room were forced to separate the individuals.
More heckling continued after faculty members moved to adjourn as another student approached the microphone and urged the faculty to vote for the proposal while using some obscene language.
A verbal exchange followed as the faculty members claimed the student had no right to use that language in front of the women faculty at the meeting.
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