Campus campaign
Candidate meeting held; positions still available
A meeting of candidates from all the parties held last night in the Kansas Union revealed the lack of competition in class officer and Student Senate elections to be held April 23 and 24, said Chuck Loveland, Riley senior and All-Student Council (ASC) elections chairman.
No one is running for 11 of the 88 student senate seats, Loveland said referring to an unofficial count. He encouraged interested students to file candidacy applications.
The deadline for candidate filing is 5 p.m. today. Those who wish to become candidates should file in the ASC office, 105 Kansas Union, Loveland said.
Of the 88 contested Student Senate seats, Loveland said 82 will be decided on the Lawrence
More voice, aid wanted by Leffel
More aid to financially and educationally disadvantaged students and more student government voice in the allocation of student fees were among the recommendations of the Campus Coalition's Campus Affairs platform, submitted last night by Rusty Leffel, Prairie Village junior and presidential candidate.
The platform proposes the Student Senate initiate more scholarships, tutorial assistance, and summer pre-enrollment orientation for the disadvantaged student. Also proposed are privately-financed loans from the city of Lawrence, the development of an Upward Bound program, and provision for housing of disadvantaged students by all living groups.
Leffel said the Senate Finance and Auditing Committee should be responsible for the allocation of student fees with the assistance of a University finance officer.
Future planning for University parking and transportation, to be done by the Senate parking and Traffic Board, must be started, Leffel said. Emphasis would be placed on Scholarship and residence hall parking. The platform also questions the $10 fee for residence hall parking.
Until a bond is passed for the new addition to Watkins Hospital, a special out-patient clinic should be built to relieve the crowded conditions that now exist at Watkins, Leffel said.
campus, while six representatives will be chosen in a separate election at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
Candidates who missed the meeting, he added, should pick up a list of campaign practices in the ASC office.
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The campaign practices stipulate any persons caught fraudulently procuring votes, obstructing the polling line—polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Strong Hall rotunda, the Kansas Union lobby, and the Murphy Hall lobby—or breaking any of the poster and handbill rules, will be fined not less than $10 or more than $100, or forfeit an office won, or both.
Independent Student Party (ISP) today issued the third in its series of position papers concerning questions facing students and offering ISP policies on such matters.
ISP issues 3rd position paper
Dave Awbrey, Hutchinson junior and ISP presidential candidate, said the paper, "The Right to an Affordable Education," deals with effectively reducing higher education expenses at KU.
ISP feels this country has reached a consensus that everyone should have a lower education, Awbrey said. The present aim is to bring higher education within every person's budget.
Among expense-reducing measures which might be instituted at KU, the paper lists
an exchange book store and a co-op supermarket and drugstore.
While operating from a small office and handling no books, the bookstore could provide significant savings on books.
Awbrey explained that the bookstore would maintain a file of students wishing to trade texts and other books. The file would be available to all students seeking books.
While the operation would probably begin on a small scale with volunteer workers, Awbrey said it might be expanded by publishing a catalogue of available books.
The supermarket and drugstore would offer reduced rates on foods and drug items to any student presenting a KU-ID.
PSA wants grievance officers
The grievance officer or "ombudsman," a suggestion of the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) platform, should be introduced to the multiversity bureaucracy of KU, said Mark Edwards, Emporia junior and PSA presidential candidate.
Edwards explained the position of ombudsman was introduced in Scandinavian countries as a method of personalizing government. He said University operations have become so complicated that students do not know where to turn.
"The  ombudsman  would
provide personal contact for students who feel left out of the computer-like administrative machinery," said Edwards. "The position of ombudsman should in no way conflict with the Dean of Students but should enhance relations between students and the Dean's office."
Edwards said this year more than twenty universities are experimenting with this concept.
"Officials from Michigan State University and San Jose State College where the ombudsman program was initiated this year have published favorable reports," said Edwards.
These universities have cited the success of the ombudsman, he said, because he points to the appropriate channels, cuts red tape when grievances are urgent, and reveals serious grievances before they develop into major issues.
"In PSA's sincere desire to open KU to the student to see their own social and academic goals," Edwards said, "the ombudsman program is another pragmatic solution to he problems that confront you—the KU student."
The paper also calls for review of all University expenditures by the Student Senate.
Awbrey explained that such a review would not give the Student Senate veto power over expenditures. It would simply give students an opportunity to voice their opinions.
The Jayhawker Advisory Board
Solicits Applications for the positions of Editor and Business Manager 1969-70 Jayhawker
Positions are salaried.
For information, contact
Tom Yoe, Advisor
32 Strong Hall
UN 4-3251
Letters of application and reference must be submitted to:
Raymond Nichols, Chrm.
Advisory Board,
223 Strong Hall
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