UP now called Action Coalition
By KEN PETERSON Kansan Staff Writer
The University Party (UP) has changed its name to the Action Coalition (ACT) and is now "more of a group than a party," explained Bob Stoddard, Kansas City, Kan., junior and ACT's candidate for student body president.
The name change came Tuesday night when the ACT formed its platform.
The ACT platform calls for the finalization of a student course evaluation program with results published at least annually, and a program to allow students to participate in the selection of professors.
The ACT platform supports a calendar revision with classes
beginning in early September, finals completed before Christmas vacation and a one-month semester break. Second semester would end in mid-May according to the platform.
Curriculum changes supported by ACT include abolishing the Western Civilization comprehensive examination, introducing more relevant black and Mideast studies, extending the pass-fail system to all departments and assuring that pass no/credit won't appear on a student's class roster.
Other curriculum changes advocated by ACT are introduction of more seminars to reach more students, establishment of short- and long-term "interim" study
programs and a revision of English and language department requirements, specifically dropping the beginning language regulation for students with high school backgrounds in those languages.
Duke Browne, Kansas City junior, is ACT's vice presidential candidate.
ACT also proposes establishment of a two- or three-year pre-med major at the University of Kansas Medical Center allowing students to
KU student elections will be March 26-27.
Rumors that the department of American studies is being dissolved are untrue, Stuart Levine, head of the department, said last week.
Instructor shortage causes campus rumor
ACT supports investigation to improve conditions in off-campus housing and a University-sponsored study of the north Lawrence ghettos.
If the Senate Code is approved in a student vote this month, the student body president will preside over the new Student Senate.
"We do have a problem in that we don't have enough faculty for our growing enrollment," he said, "but I don't think there's any chance of the maior being closed."
Levine blamed the faculty shortage on lack of University funds.
He said federal funds have been severely cut this year, making it impossible for the University to open any new faculty positions.
Another reason he gave for the faculty shortage is an apparent decline in enrollment growth for the next two years. "The enrollment will not actually drop but will level off for the next two years," he explained.
"The University gets these figures from graphs of birth rates," he said. "Of course, there are other variables involved, but this is the greatest."
Levine said the staff of four faculty members is under a great
Stoddard, a pre-medical student majoring in chemistry, represents the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the All-Student Council.
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Until the department is able to hire more faculty members, Levine said, "We may have to introduce stiffer requirements for a major, or have a difficult test, which students must pass to get in."
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