Shultz advocates legislative controls
Sen. Reynolds Shultz, (R-Lawrence) said in a KANU interview Thursday night that if the Board of Regents and the administration did not control campus disruptions the legislature will become more involved and concerned if demonstrations continue.
Shultz said, "I don't think it would help at all if the state started running the University."
But he also said he was disappointed with the Board of Regents in some areas and thought that the University administration had been lax.
Shultz said that a good number of legislators felt the same as he, but have not spoken out on the issue.
Shultz said that if the Board of Regents would not take a firmer stand against campus disruptions, the regents who are reappointed, "might not be confirmed by the Senate."
When asked why he thought it was necessary to incorporate mechanisms for dealing with campus problems in state statutes when the Senate
resolution no. 18 left it up to the administration and students, Shultz indicated that it would not be necessary unless further disruptions occurred.
Senate bills no. 417, 418, and 421, which Shultz introduced, would require the Board of Regents to establish a code of student behavior, to release students records, and to take disciplinary action against student and faculty members convicted of a crime committed in a campus disturbance.
Shultz said the bills are still in committee.
"Under the circumstances, rather than see them take defeat, I just thought we would let them remain in committee and if more things happen in the universities and colleges, then these bills can be acted on clear up until the last day of the session," Shultz said.
When asked whether he had examined the new Senate Code and if he thought the new senate faculty governance system and disciplinary procedures were effective, he said
he had seen the Senate Code just briefly and it "sounded good," but he would have to wait and see how they work.
He said he reconsidered introducing an amendment that would withhold state funds from the University.
"How could I penalize the whole faculty for a few I don't think are an asset to the University," he said.
Speaking about the recent Chicago 10 march, Shultz said that associate professor of law, Lawrence Velvel, should not have made the statements that he did because it excited the crowd.
He said people should not be critical of faculty members unless they are out in public and speak to add fuel to the fire.
"We do have freedom of speech," Shultz said, "but I think you have to exercise a little thought."
"I would have praised the professor if he had have talked to the students to try to stop the march," he said.
Shultz said he was not against the University and he felt a responsibility to the University of Kansas, which he said was one of the great institutions in the state.
He said that the majority of the students were honestly trying to get an education, but he added, "you get this real small group that are going to protest anything and they don't care about disrupting anything at the University.
"These are the people that I am against," he said.
Concerning the Chicago 10 march, Shultz said, "I imagine that there will be more arrests because the sheriff has photographs of the march and anybody that was identified that was doing something wrong, whether it was stealing, or painting the courthouse, or knocking the windows out they will be able to identify them."
Shultz was interviewed by KANU's Gary Shivers as part of a weekly series called View from the Hill.
80th Year, No.93
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, March 6, 1970
BEAT K-STATE
Code amendments pass
Seven amendments to the University Senate Code were passed Thursday afternoon at the University Senate meeting. The meeting was broadcast by closed circuit television to the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Two amendments dealt with the selection of presiding officers. They are:
- The presiding officer of the University Council shall be selected from and by members of the University Council.
- The presiding officer of the Faculty Senate shall be selected from and by Faculty Council.
An amendment taking away the vote of the Dean of Students, the Dean of Men and the
Dean of Women also passed. They may attend, but will not be counted for quorum purposes.
Another revision gives the University Council the right to propose an amendment by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting.
A seventh amendment permits the Senate Executive Committee to annually appoint
a member of the Faculty Senate to serve as parliamentarian of all meetings of the University and Faculty Senates and Councils.
Article XII, the University Judiciary: Structure and Operation, and rules and regulations that would implement this amendment also passed.
A quorum count was called while the meeting was in the
process of work on Academic Rules and Regulations of the University Senate. Since a quorum was not present, the meeting broke up.
Unfinished business is work on Academic Rules and Regulation and to consider a revised Statement of Principle of the University and the revised Policy on Organizational Membership.
Leftists demand their rights
Story on page 20
Really...
Chancellor Chalmers, after having gravely received the LHSU demands, said, "It is difficult for me to perceive the problem."
Well maybe . . .
Chancellor Chalmers and Ernie Bauer, LHSU representative, shake hands before Bauer and the LHSU left the Chancellor's office. Chalmers asked, "When will you expect an answer?" Bauer replied, "We are not sure for we only operate in good weather."
But Chancellor . . .
Ernie Bauer, LHSU spokesman, after presenting the Chancellor with the groups demands said, "You see sir, we are a minority group. We think it is inappropriate to talk of appropriateness. We want action."