THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(USPS 650-640)
THURSDAY,APRIL 13,1989
VOL. 99, NO. 129
Motives unclear for BSU action
by Cynthia L. Smith Kansan staff writer
When the Black Student Union president declared the BSU constitution invalid Monday night, the action called into question who could vote for BSU officers and who could run for those offices.
An ad hoc elections committee was dissolved at the same time.
At question is whether the constitution was declared void because of parliamentary irregularities or by a political power play.
"If you were an outsider looking in, I guess you would think there was some serious, high-powered politician who really didn't," said Kelley Parks, BRSU president.
BSU re- enacted its previous constitution, which took effect June 6, 1893. That constitution does not allow indi- vidual members to vote for BSU officers.
"I thought that it had gone through proper procedures, but someone brought it to the attention of the general assembly that it had it, and from the evidence the presenter, I to mutilate the constitution. Paris said."
The ratification of the constitution on Dec. 12, 1988, did not follow procedures specified by the 1985 Constitution (also called BSU correspondent secretary).
The 1985 constitution stipulated that three-fourths of the BSU general assembly had to vote to consider any amendment to the constitution. Then a written proposal had to be distributed to all voting organizations before the final vote. Pass on a vote of support from every general assembly had to approve it with the recommendation of the BSU Executive Board.
Because the ratification occurred without a vote to consider the constitution, without the distribution of the proposed constitution and without the recommendation of the executive committee, the state was declared void. Thompson said.
An unidentified BSU member said on April 3 that ratification of the 1988 constitution had not followed procedures after Paris announced that a resolution proposed by Ardra Tippet. BSU member and chairman of the Big Eight Council on Black Student Government, also had not been
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by Max Evans Kansan staff writer
University enrollment in engineering and other sciences, particula at the graduate level, is down acrue the United States, and it is causing decline in the number of graduates. Expert said yesterday Christopher T. Hill, senior specist in science and technology at Congressional Research Service
Arrested men admit to slay near border
The Associated Press
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