Finalists
Photo by Halina Pawl
The three finalists for the 1969 KU Relays queen are (from left) Jane Porter, Reading senior, Chi Omega sorority; Pat Madison, Kansas City, Mo., senior, McCollum Hall and Valerie Fladeland, Deerfield, Ill., sophomore, Delta Gamma sorority.
Administrators, Nixon don't agree
By JOE BULLARD
Kansan Staff Writer
President Nixon, in a recent formal statement, denounced campus disorders as a threat to academic freedom, but limited any federal controls to invoking a bill passed by Congress which provides for withholding federal financial aid to students who have been convicted of violating U.S. legal statutes.
University of Kansas administrators disagree with the President as to the value of the law in question. Most administrators think the University knows what its problems are and feel the University is best qualified to solve these problems in its own way.
In making his statement, Nixon said the withdrawing of privileges from students violating the law is one of the oldest practices of universities and colleges.
William Balfour, dean of student affairs, said, "It is now definite, we will have to take aid away from students convicted of breaking the law. However, we would prefer the government leave a decision such as this up to the institution."
Francis Heller, dean of faculties, said, "It is a law and therefore should be enforced. One does not disobey the law but works to try to get it changed."
"No one really wants any government help in this," said Emily Taylor, dean of women. "We would prefer to take care of our problems in our own way."
Heller said, "If students are convicted by a court of breaking the law, then the court applies punishment on the person. The University should not be made to impose further penalties upon a student."
In his statement, Nixon also expressed fear that academic freedom was in trouble on the nation's campuses due to the recent outbreak of violent student demonstrations.
Balfour said he agreed with the President's statement on academic freedom, for something must be done about violent student protests. He said the University must listen to student protestors and attempt to bring about changes for the better in the educational process.
Heller said, "When small minorities of students can immobilize a campus so a person
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who wishes to learn is prevented from doing so, then academic freedom is indeed in danger. In many instances this has been the case."
Census confidential
By SARAH DALE Kansan Staff Writer
Contrary to popular belief the Census Bureau is not going to reveal your personal life to the 200 million people in the United States. If you have such qualms concerning this, ease your fears for John C. Beresford, director of the Data Access and Use Laboratory Bureau of the Census, has revealed the true facts of the Bureau of Census
"In all of the data we make available confidentiality is
assured," Beresford said. "The Census Bureau is concerned only with statistical data, this also includes a geographical unit, consequently individual identity is completely removed. With the 1970 census identity will be traced to an area of 500,000."
Beresford said the questionnaire sent to citizens is converted to magnetic tape with the name, address and numeric identifier removed. The tapes are then placed on a tape file, which is used to build area tabulations.
includes questions in regard to age, race, sex, relationship to the head of the house and marital status, Beresford said. He went on to say the only personal question is an item concerning income.
The Census Bureau always
Seminar to meet on Central America
Many complaints and campaigns have been lodged against the 1970 Census. Currently, Beresford said, there are 124 bills in the United States House of Representatives which call for the ending of mandatory responses to the Census.
The next session of the Continuing Seminar on Central American Development will be held Friday in 203 Bailey, the political science department announced yesterday.
humanities in resolving or affecting these problems and to enumerate areas where KU, because of its resources and expertise, can play a useful role in aid and cooperative research
The session at 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. is sponsored by the Ford Cooperative Research Program.
Herman Lujan, associate professor of political science and program co-ordinator, said the reasons for the humanities session are to define the most pressing problems of development of the humanities, to clarify the role of the
Panel members for this session are: John Brushwood, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and moderator; George Woodyard, professor of Spanish and Portuguese; Carlyle H. Smith, professor of design; Charles Stansifer, professor of history; John Wolf, philosophy instructor and Mariano Fiallos, Dean of Faculty of Science and Letters, University of Nicaragua.
"If such House bills are passed the cost of maintaining the Census Bureau will skyrocket from $200 million to several billion dollars as we will be in the position where we must sell ourselves to the public."
Beresford spoke to the KU Center for Regional Studies and the Kansas Department of Economic Development.
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