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officials attended the verbal prizefight, where the anti- war students threw most of the punches.
Transient students
It was at this meeting that the classic "students are only transients" line became a part of KU folklore.
"Give us credit as men of good will that we do take the students' ideas into account," Heller declared angrily, after slamming his hand on the table during the course of the meeting.
"But we find it exceedingly difficult to fit into the University decisions the contributions of individuals whose commitment is of a passing nature," he said.
Another student assented, saying that students could not hope to effect any change at KU. "How can less than one per cent of the student body change anything at KU?" he asked.
This one per cent, however, already had begun a steady march toward a peaceful revolution on the Hill.
A letter was drawn up by several discontented KU graduate students, demanding that students "be allotted 50 per cent representation on all faculty and administrative committees dealing with student affairs."
Wescoe replied
When the letter-signed by 1,700 students-was presented to Chancellor Wescoe, he replied at length in the University Daily Kansan.
Although he made no proposals for change, Wescoe concluded by saying he believed "the University has been responsive. It shall continue to be."
Although Wescoe was to be proved right in the long run, his reasoned replies only irritated some of the more militant among the malcontents. It bothered them to be referred to as "transients," and they also wanted changes to be made right away.
Twenty-one students, faculty members and non-students pledged to go to jail if necessary "to
gain a student voice" at KU, apparently referring to the possibility that participants in a planned Strong Hall demonstration might be arrested.
No police appeared at the mass meeting of approximately 700 students in front of Strong Hall later that same week.
Solidarity meeting
Essentially, it was a solidarity meeting, proving to the administration at KU that a substantial block of students would like to have more voice in the running of University affairs.
By this time, the original group had a name-Voice-a list of objectives, considerable support and some respect.
A glimmer of change appeared that same day when it was announced that a committee of six students and six faculty members would be appointed shortly to develop "mechanisms" to give students voting membership in the University Senate and its Council.
During the summer of 1968, the Student Faculty Committee on University Governance analyzed student representation on University committees and governing bodies and formulated a report suggesting changes.
Dissenting report
A dissenting report was also released by members of the same committee who declared that the majority report treated students "as an institutionalized minority with power only to advise—not make final decisions affecting their lives."
The same day Voice disbanded. The leaders quit.
Members said Voice had not been militant enough. Others suggested that it had not tried to educate students, that it did not really know what its goals were.
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We all know what happened next. A new Senate Code was written, and approved by everyone from the students to the Board of Regents.
Presently, students are campaigning for election to the new University Senate where students will be represented on many committees dealing with student affairs.
Discontented students
A grumbling group of discontented students—led by former Voice leader Rick Atkinson, Belleville graduate student—have created a new kind of protest group, the First Artauc Romantic Tautological Society (FARTS). As their name implies, their protest is limited to slightly humorous ways of poking fun at displeasing aspects of their University.
Salsich has left the campus, and most of last year's crop of activists have channeled their energies into new fields. One of them writes a regular column for the Kansan and organizes political campaigns for the Independent Student Party. Many have become FARTS members.
No one seems to be talking "student power" any more. Perhaps the revolution is over, or has reached a plateau.
But there is really no telling what tomorrow will bring.
Want a romantic castle? it's yours free but—
"Our village will give it to anyone who wants it," one of the community fathers of Bajna told the newspaper Magyar Nemzet.
The castle was built in classicistic style by the famous Hungarian architect Jozsef Hild for Count Moric Sandor, a legendary hungarian equestrian.
Sandor married the daughter of the Duke of Metternich, and the last owner of the castle was the Princess Clementine von Metternich who died in 1945.
BUDAPEST (UPI) - Castles in Spain are said to be in short supply, but a romantic castle in Hungary is yours for the taking.
After the war, the noble landmark was used as a tractor repair station.
Now it sits empty and badly damaged and Bajna has no money for repairs.
Only catch to the gift is that whoever takes over the castle must arrange for its restoration. Estimated cost: 7 to 8 forints (about $300,000).
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