Regents delay Velvel's promotion
On March 20, the Kansas Board of Regents deleted the names of two University of Kansas instructors from a list of 113 faculty members recommended for promotions by E. Laurence Chalmers, KU Chancellor.
The names of the two instructors, Lawrence Velvel, associate professor of law, and Fredric Litto, assistant professor of speech and drama, were dropped because of their controversial activities at KU.
Velvet's name was deleted from the list because of his speech Feb. 17 on the steps of Green Hall to a group demonstrating against the trial of the Chicago Seven.
State Sen, Reynolds Shultz, R-Lawrence, said a faculty member's position should be to squeelch protests rather than promote them.
Litto's name was deleted from
Folk group to perform in KU concert
Peter, Paul, and Mary, a well known folk trio who have recorded five Gold Record winning albums, will perform at the K.U. Relays concert on April 18 in Hoch Auditorium.
Block tickets will be available at $3.50, $4.00, and $4.50 each. No block order for less than 20 tickets will be accepted in any price division.
The block ticket drawing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, by which time all block ticket request forms should be brought to the SUA office in the Kansas Union. Payment must be made in full at this time. No block ticket requests will be accepted after Thursday night, nor will any requests be subject to alteration. The drawing will consist of each group drawing a number which will determine the order in which the tickets will be allocated, the lowest numbers being assigned the better seats.
Tickets will be delivered Monday, April 6.
Regents to consider space plan
A plan to consider using Educational Building Fund (EBF) receipts for student fees as a temporary solution to space needs at the state's colleges and universities was sent to committee by the Kansas Board of Regents.
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., speaking for the Council of Presidents, asked the Board of Regents Friday to consider using EBF receipts so that an equal amount of fees can be used to guarantee revenue bonds for building projects.
The Regents would have to seek legislation to permit EBF money to be used for such a purpose.
The Regents' legislative committee will also consider a proposed policy that would permit faculty members to seek political office if these offices involved no conflict of interest or time. The proposed policy was drafted by Paul Wilson, KU professor of law.
The Board referred a new retirement policy affecting employees of student unions, athletic corporations and other groups associated with the colleges and universities to the athletic committee.
A computer study committee report was referred to the academic committee.
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the list for his part in producing a film which was to be shown behind the Iron Curtain. The film, titled "Kaleidoscope, An American Dream" was criticized by Congress as showing poor taste for a film to be sent abroad. Congressmen have canceled the funds previously allotted for the production.
When Chalmers presented the list of promotions to the Board of Regents for approval, two Regents, Henry Bubb and Paul Wunsch, were opposed to approving Velvel and Litto. Chalmers then proposed to delay action on the two until additional information concerning their qualifications could be obtained.
Max Bickford, chairman of the Board of Regents, said Monday that the information had not yet been received from Chalmers. Bickford emphasized that the promotions of Velvel and Litto have been postponed and not denied.
"A final decision will not be made until we receive additional information from the Chancellor." he said.
In response to the Board of Regents action, five KU professors have circulated a petition among faculty members to gauge the support behind Velvel and Litto. The petition contains a statement pertaining to the Board of Regents' infringement on academic freedom and allows faculty members to express their support or disapproval.
Another petition in support of Velvel and Litto containing the names of 200 KU law students was presented to Sen. Shultz by Tom Ashton, Lawrence second-year law student.
Ashton said there could be many serious consequences if Velvel and Litto are denied promotions but the most serious would be censorship by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
Commenting on AAUP censorship, Richard Cole, KU professor of philosophy, said it would mean "an erosion of quality."
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