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cellor, William Balfour, dean of student affairs, and several students traveled to Topeka to speak to Kansas Attorney General Kent Frizzell concerning a ruling dealing with the refusal of the University Printing Service to print the BSU paper.
- Tuesday at 2:15 p.m., members of the BSU gathered on the steps of Strong Hall to protest alleged mistreatment of the BSU by the University, the Chancellor and the Daily Kansan.
The Harambie controversy began February 18, when University Printing Service employees held a walkout in protest of allegedly obscene material which appeared in the BSU newspaper. The printing service employees refused to print the paper thinking they could be held liable for the publication.
Thirty minutes later, the employees were given permission to appeal their case before the Attorney General. The production of the Harambee was then halted indefinitely, awaiting the ruling from the Attorney General.
Monday the Harambee appeared on campus after the BSU had the paper printed in Wichita.
In the student meeting Tuesday morning, the discussion of Kansans being dumped into Potter Lake Monday was never brought up. During the brief meeting the
BSU advocated that staff members of the Kansan halt publication of the student paper to draw attention to what the BSU claims is discrimination against blacks at the printing service.
Following the meeting between the BSU, Awbrey and the Kansan staff, the groups moved to the Chancellor's office for an hour long meeting at which the BSU once again outlined their case against the printing service.
The BSU asked the Chancellor to stop using the printing service to print University publications.
The BSU said they thought if the University would take a definite stand on the issue that this might prompt a quicker decision from Frizzell.
Chalmers replied that the operation of the University depends on the daily material printed by the printing service. He said suspending the use of the printing service would solve no problems and probably would not result in a quicker reply from the Attorney General's office.
A suggestion was offered that the University and the Kansan go somewhere else to have their publications printed. Chalmers said state law required that University publications paid for by either state or student funds must be printed by a state shop.
Chalmers stressed that any
speculation or any discussions on what the University would or would not do after the Attorney General's decision would be pointless. He stressed that a decision from the Attorney General would be necessary before any further action could be taken.
The SenEx resolution said:
The resolution passed by SenEx Tuesday afternoon was necessary to provide guidelines on the liability of the University concerning student publications, said Charles Oldfather, professor of law and chairman of SenEx.
"Any publication funded through or produced by a University agency is the responsibility of the editor of the publication. Such editor bears full civil and criminal liability for the form and content of the publication. Each such publication must identify the responsible editor.
In this regulation, the term "editor" means the person, board, or other agency which determines the form and content of the publication."
Oldfather said, "The necessity of passing this regulation resulted from the BSU incident. We were looking for a rather specific statement which we thought existed but didn't. The problem has never been noticed before and no place was provided for an efficient overall statement of policy."
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own programs."
"Our goals are long-range, in the one to five year range," he said, immediate changes for example might be something like dorm contracts."
Ebert's running mate, Greg Thomas, Shawnee Mission sophmore, said that the difference between Alliance and the other partys was in implementation of their program.
"My main reason for getting into the campaign," Thomas said, "is to better the black students situation on campus."
Ebert said, "Greg and I got together, not because of a black/ white difference, but because we were in agreement with the things needed to be accomplished by students at this university."
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learned to accept," George said. "We've got to start breaking it down. We have to educate people to the problem and why it exists."
The issues are practical education and women's rights said Sharon Baucom, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore and ISP candidate for vice-president of the student body.
For women's rights, she said women are "niggers in a male-oriented society. Why should women be condemned because they can have children and men can't?"
"I am a college woman aware of what is going to affect me on the outside," Miss Baucom said. "I'm ready now as a college woman to help make effective changes."
Other issues are education, reorganization of student government, minorities in the University, University finance and student housing.
She said the Student Senate had the power to start initiating changes.
George proposed that the student body president be made
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stronger through presidential advisers.
Major programs under the student as a citizen are citizenship at 18, Student Power, Inc., ecology, the Free University and Vietnam.
"The president of the student body hopes to represent the students as a campus and as a community." he said.
"Student Power, Inc. would get students involved in things. It would provide manpower for the community." George said. "It would be a commitment by students to give so much time a week."
The vote at 18 would give students a real say in all policies, George said. If we had an effective voice in our own government, other problems could be solved more easily.
George said through education, support to organizations such as Zero Population Control and speakers people would be faced with the problem of ecology.
"We have to reverse the current trend," he said, "or we're going to die. If we don't change now, disintegration is inevitable."
George said the campus and society had to be involved and educated on interests relevant to everyone. The society should be examined in a broader context.
"I do not think the comprehensive exam fulfills the intended goal," he said, "that of helping us to understand our civilization better. It seems to be detriment to that goal."
sive examination and a reduction in the foreign language requirement.
duction of the foreign language requirement to two principal courses. After completion, he said, the student would be able to decide whether he wanted to take more.
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"Too many students are kept from the degree they want because of the language requirement," he said, "particularly in the college."
Miller said that he favored re-
He said that he did not favor the $6 cut from the present $12 student activities fee, because it would result in football tickets costing about $20 and basketball tickets costing about $17.
Beck said that he thought it would be an issue oriented campaign forcing the student to vote.
Beck proposes a new program—a TV network. He said that its function would be to bring the University issues and politics before the student each evening. This would be done to bring the issues back to the student, rather than making the student look for them.
Chalmers said the resolution was needed, but that it may not help in cases of prosecution.
"The county attorney would handle any case involving obscenity in University publications. He would have the option of either respecting the University regulation, or by-passing it and prosecuting on the basis of state statute." Chalmers said.
After the meeting with Frizzell in Topeka, Chalmers said the Attorney General assured the University that he was working as quickly as possible to have a decision formulated.
Chalmers said, "During the legislative session the Attorney General's office is swamped with requests for decisions on bills on the floor. But it seemed to me that his office had put our problem near the top of the priority list."
Balfour said the University could probably expect a decision either today or Thursday.
During the BSU gathering on
the steps of Strong Hall Tuesday afternoon, John Spearman, Lawrence sophomore and president of the BSU, said the University would publish the BSU newspaper. He said the University may have to drive 630 miles to get the paper printed, but if necessary the BSU would "kick the University's ass all the way."
Spearman said the University and the Student Senate had failed the BSU.
Concerning the refusal of the printing service to print the BSU paper, Spearman said, the Chancellor "refuses to deal with the problem of racism, because that is what it is."