University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 12, 1989
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Law prof quits amid dispute
by Gary Patton Kansan staff writer
Dario Robertson, a first-year associate professor of law at the University of Kansas, has resigned effective July 31.
robertson faces a formal legal ethics complaint filed May 22 by two Haskell Indian Junior College instructors. He is involved in a 3-month-old lawsuit involving alleged censorship of the Indian newspaper, the Indian Leader, by the college's administration.
But on Friday, Robertson said that neither controversy caused him to resign. Instead, he assured staff of support from the school's administration.
"I would not be leaving if it was not my perception that my involvement had caused me to be welcomed by the law school administrator." Robertson said.
"I would have liked some support from the administration," Davis said in a conversation with the dean (Mike Davis, former dean of law) where
he enthusiastically endorsed my support for an impoverished group of students. Instead, he told me that my involvement would put me under special scrutiny."
Robertson submitted his letter of resignation last month.
Davis said Monday that the special scrutiny of Robertson came from the "rest of the world," not from him. But he was impressed, he had received about 20 complaints from people outside the law school.
outside. You would not endorse his activities or anyone else's activities, regardless of their nature. I don't think a dean has any business endorsing any kind of political activity," said Davis, who left KU on June 30 to begin a one-year sabbatical.
Robertson's involvement with Haskell officially began March 14, when the Indian Leader Association voted to retain him and Topeka attorney Patrick Nichols, in association with the American Civil Liberties Union, for legal representation. The Indian Leader
had not been published since Oct. 28. It was suspended when Indian Leader and student government finances were frozen by the administration.
istration.
Robertson and Nichols filed suit March 30 in federal district court at Topeka to block publication of what Robertson called a faculty version of the student paper.
Since then, only the April 7 student-edited issue has been published. The suit is still unresolved and negotiations continue for settlement.
"I can be more of an asset to Haskell if I'm not affiliated with the University." Robertson said so much politic backlash here. "I
Davis said he did not understand Robertson's claims of political pressure.
praise "So long as faculty members conduct themselves responsibly, their political views are their own business," Davis said.
Robert Jerry, Davis' successor as dean, said faculty members were free to engage in political
activities as long as University rules were not violated and if there was no interference with teaching and conducting research for the school.
The ethics complaint against Robertson was filed by Haskell English instructors and former faculty advisers for the Indian Leader, D. W. Akins and Denise Low. The complaint alleges that Robertson acted without proper authority in the lawsuit by enlisting as plaintiffs students not previously involved with the paper.
"They have no business saying the plaintiffs were not members of the paper, given that there was no freely operating paper to publish in," Robertson said.
Robertson, a California native,
said he planned to move to Portland,
Ore. where he would teach this year as a visiting law professor at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College
He said that he would return to Kansas as needed to complete the Haskell suit.
Interim president chosen at Haskell
by Susan Newburger Kansan staff writer
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has named Jim Baker as interim president of Haskell Indian Junior College.
lege.
He is the third Haskell administrator to be assigned by the Bureau within a year.
Baker, who is the area educational program administrator for the Muskogee, Okla., area Office of Indian Education, arrived yesterday in Lawrence. He spent his first day touring the campus to become more familiar with the college and staff. He was unavailable for comment.
Baker will serve as interim president for 30 to 60 days.
Carl Shaw, director of public affairs for the Bureau, said Monday that they decided to fill the position temporarily since school was not in session.
session.
Bureau is in the process of selecting a permanent president. Monday was the last day applications were accepted, Shaw said.
The Bureau will review applications and the top three applicants will be discussed by the Haskell Board of Regents. The final selection must be approved by the Bureau and Department of the Interior Shaw Nixon
Baker replaces Robert Martin, who had served as acting president at Haskell from January 18 to May 15. Martin returned to the Southwestern Polytechnic Institute in Ohio in 2014. N.M., where he is president.
Martin followed Gerald Gipp, who was reassigned by the Bureau following allegations that he forced a Haskell instructor to change a grade in a records management class for Gipp's daughter. Denise.
Gipp is now working for the Bureau in Washington, D.C. as an education specialist for the branch of supplemental support.
Allegations of violations of students' rights, censorship and unfair policy face Haskell and the newly appointed Baker.
Post office closing in Strong; services to resume in Union
by Barbara Kollmeyer Kansan staff writer
In the early 1970s, the University of Kansas successfully fought losing its U.S. Postal Service station in Strong Hall.
Hall.
Two years ago, discussions to remove the station started again.
However, this time KU lost its battle, and on August 1, the Postal Service station in Strong Hall will perma- pently close its doors.
The closing of the station in Strong Hall was the result of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation introduced by Congress last year, which required
all Postal Services to make cuts to reduce the federal budget.
"We fought it for a year, but couldn't forestall it any longer," said Rodger Oroke. University director of support services.
provide to other colleges and universities." he said.
Oroke said the closing of the station was part of a push by the Postal Service to close many smaller post offices across the country to cut
Ooke said a smaller substation in the Kansas Union would replace the Postal Service in Strong Hall.
"The level of service we receive is not consistent with the services they support for her."
Postal service will be able to get all services in the Union which are available in Strong Hall with one exception. They will no longer be able to rent private post office boxes
on campus.
Different buildings on campus will not have their mail separated by departments as in the past, but a single bundle for each building will be delivered. All buildings will be responsible for keeping Wescoe and Strong Halls, which will have their mail sorted by Campus Mail Service.
Bill Reynolds, Lawrence Postmaster General, said that for about 20 years, KU had enjoyed a postal service system that fee colleges in
the country had.
"Neither Kansas State, Wichita State, nor Missouri has this type of setup," Reynolds said. "Only Iowa State and Nebraska have something similar, but on a smaller scale."
"The level of service to colleges was intended to be mail distributed by buildings on campus and not to sort mail for campuses."
Reynolds said postal workers who had been at KU for several years would miss the University and their relationships with the staff.
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