Discriminatory Housing Plaintiff Begins Probe
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A complaint of discriminatory housing, to the office of the Dean of Students, has touched off an investigation by the off-campus housing committee.
Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, said today that as a result of a letter of complaint from Ivan Smith, Jefferson City, Mo., junior, a meeting of the committee will be called sometime in the next few days.
THE ACTION CAME after the Civil Rights Council last week cited four alleged cases of racial discrimination by Lawrence renters when it charged that some off-campus renters, whom the University lists for students, still discriminate.
The University maintains a list of Lawrence residents wanting to rent to students. It is, however, the University's policy to ask the renters to declare whether they discriminate or whether they will accept any students.
The University refuses to list renters who admit that they discriminate.
SMITH SAID THAT he inquired about a room at a local home listed on the housing list and was told that it was already taken. He said, however, that when Marsha Dutton, Colby senior and secretary of the council, with which Smith has been co-operating, inquired at the same house 30 minutes later, she was shown the room.
Smith's complaint, however, is the only one that has been received by the Dean of Students' office.
The off-campus housing committee, which consists of the De.ms of students, men and women, and the director of housing, will meet with Smith, Miss Dutton, and the owners of the housing involved, Dean Woodruff said.
Any further action that is to be taken will be decided by the committee.
Topics Set For Mock UN
Current international affairs will once again guide the intentions of the KU Model United Nations.
This year, as in the past, the resolutions accepted by Model UN officers to be discussed and decided on by the mock conference will mostly center around recent or pending developments throughout the world.
THREE RESOLUTION areas have been chosen so far for this year's Model UN, according to Model UN officers.
One topic which will confront the general assembly's eight political blocs is regional disarmament. This resolution does not concern world wide disarmament specifically, but proposes the limitation of any armed activity in regions around the globe.
Another resolution, internationalization of foreign aid programs,offers the Model UN a wide area to work with by proposing that the burden of aid to underdeveloped nations be shared by many countries.
The third area that will go before the mock UN for discussion will be an invitation to the People's Republic of China (Red China) to participate in the various specialized agencies of the Model UN.
These resolution areas will be introduced to the delegates to the Model UN in a series of introductory meetings, the first of which will be at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
THE PURPOSE of this resolution is to encourage Red China to take part in Model UN activities, even though the vast country is considered only as an observer nation.
Preliminary discussions of these proposals will also be conducted by each political bloc in these series of meetings.
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Vox to Meet Tonight
Vox Populi will meet at 7 tonight in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union to discuss committee organization.
Roger Wilson, Wichita senior and Vox president, said candidate selection for the Spring election would also be discussed.
COCKFOSTERS. England—(UPI)
— Six hundred students warned
today they plan a five-day boycott
of the cafeteria at Trent Park
Teacher Training College unless the
menu improves.
Claim Worms Not Yummy
They complained that their lunch menu contained such unlisted fare as caterpillars, worms, string, wire and metal cuttings.
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1963
University Daily Kansan
Fast Draw Backfires
TJUANA. Mexico — (UPI) — Capt. Eliso Christiani de la Cruz, commandant of the Mexican customs border patrol, shot himself in the hip with his .45 caliber pistol while practicing a fast draw at a pistol range yesterday.
Housekeepers Leave Army
Housekeepers Leave Army BULFORD, England (UPI) Ten women housekeepers walked out on the Royal Army yesterday.
The women complained they had to wash giant pans in the soldiers mess even when they were working "within a yard of hefty, great soldiers."