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Wednesday, February 16, 1977
University Daily Kansan
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Tasheff remembered
Tomorrow is Tedde Tasheff's last day as student, boy president.
Tashseh has been one of the University's less visible student body presidents. She didn't create that many headlines; either positive or negative. Sometimes it almost seemed as if the Student Senate had just faded away.
It has been a rather quiet 12 months.
THIS IS not to say that Tasheff didn't do anything. Most of the things Tasheff did during her administration were the behind-the-scenes that the average student doesn't know or care about.
Tasheff did a very good job of working with all the administrative committees and subcommittees a student body president must deal with. She fulfilled her campaign promise to use and extend student representation in school administration and faculty committees. She also kept her promise to improve the education of these student representatives.
But, again, these are all behind-the-scenes accomplishments. They are not seen by or cared about by most students. Most students didn't see anything Senate did and, therefore, assume Senate was wrong. This assumption wasn't correct, but it still probably aggravated the Senate's eternal communications and apathy problems.
MANY OF Tasheff's attempts to take actions that might really affect the average student failed. She tried to revive the KUAC ticket subsidy twice—once by a direct vote and once through a referral, the first was submitted of a referral of quorum, the second was voted down by the Senate.
An attempt to create a Senate reclamation
service failed when the Whomper died this December and an attempt to increase hours at Watson Library also failed. An attempt to put the University Events committee under Senate control after a series of incidents involving permits for campus musicians and other groups was vetoed by Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor.
Some of the Tasheff administration's public actions succeeded, of course. The Senate did pass a resolution opposing a proposed moving of the annual KU-University of Missouri football game to Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium and later conducted a student poll on the same issue. And Tasheff did succeed in getting a proposed fee waiver for graduate teaching assistants and assistant instructors endorsed by five other Kansas colleges and placed before the Board of Regents.
THE REGENTS are expected to act on the proposal soon.
Another visible Tasheff action was a qualified success. This was her attempt to spread more responsibility throughout the Senate's committee structure and keep less responsibility and power tied up in the central Senate office.
Although many committees and senators did take an active role, in many cases Tasheff herself was still the only person who knew exactly what was going on and why. But, then, this may well be the natural state of the office.
THE "QUIET" Tasheff year, like any year, was filled with failures and successes. And it is probably still too early to say for sure which predominated. All anyone can say for sure is that some things did happen and it is too late to change anything now.
Bye, Tedde.
By now, everyone who even knows what a television is has been exposed to the phenomenon known as "Roots," Alex Haley's dramatic account (in book, television and LP album form) of his ancestors and their struggle for freedom, after being brought to the Americas from their native Africa.
Black history month celebrated
Haley's novel is deservedly being hailed as a tau-de-force in literature, and its impact has focused the attention of people of all races, especially blacks, on their own backgrounds and ancestral heritage.
And like "Roots" the celebration of Black History Month during February attempts to bring to the fore an area of history too long ignored.
ON CAMPUS LAST week, several programs were presented in honor of this month's special emphasis. The department of African studies produced a slide presentation of black poetry, prose and music entitled "Black Values and Public Policy," and presented a lecture on African Past, debunking the pictures of African incarcerates and presenting a more accurate account of Africa today.
In a more contemporary vein, the emergence of black art was highlighted by a performance by the Black Exodus dance troupe from Kansas City, Mn. Other events last week on campus included a disco dance and a free "soul
food" dinner served to all students last Sunday. These events, taken as a whole, are supposed to represent what is uncommon, known as the "black experience."
design or order. And black history is being made every day.
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an ongoing process, without specific
explanation.
Paul Jefferson
Editorial Writer
Black history is made when a people play the most significant part in electing leaders.
But black history is more than foods, music, or fashion.
Black history is Watergate security guard Frank Wills uncovering what became the biggest governmental scandal in all of history.
front of a Montgomery bus and refusing to move to the back.
Black history is the Voting Rights Act or 1965, the influence of which is being studied.
It is lawyer Thurgood Marshall, arguing before the Supreme Court in 1854, when it ruled that separate local courts facilities were unconstitutional.
It is Jackie Robinson stepping up to the plate for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking the "color line."
as the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1900 by the University's leading black and white educators.
It is the establishment of the
Titian booker by Booker T.
Washington in 1838.
It is the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution, which banned slavery after the end of the war and granted all black full citizenship.
IT IS CRISPUS Attucks, who was the first man to die in the Revolution for the eventual independence of the United States. So here the "shot heard round the world."
Other people and lives have purposely been left off this list. But the above accomplishments are the primary ones of which blacks in America can justly be proud. I have omitted mention of the innumerable injustices inflicted upon
blacks in the past, as they are already tales told too many times.
Certainly, no one alive today can be directly responsible for the iniquities of the past. To impose the past on the present is unfair, but yet it is necessary to honor them with past for the cultural and collective posteriority of a people.
BLACK HISTORY is, in itself, a history of the United States. It is the history of a people, who, disadvantaged and diorented in a new country, have struggled to gain their freedom from slavery and live equally among others.
Realistically, there isn't (or there shouldn't be) anything special about being black or white or anything else. The fact of recognizing a person solely on color, nationality or sex is almost as bad as recognizing them for the reason they are same. They are accompanied with all the rights, faults, ideas and ideas as the next man or woman.
Black History月 is a time when people across the United States should take some time to reflect on and enjoy their culture. The most important progress made by the largest single minority group in the country. We should all strive to eliminate the stereotypical and separatist attitudes still with us, for now these attitudes have been made when it has no color at all.
Hustler deserves press freedom
To the editor:
This letter is in response to the statement made in the Feb. 11 issue of the Kansan by the recipient of the William Allen White Foundation's Award for Journalistic Merit, and editor of the report, which reported that freedom of the press, our Constitution's
Wescoe no taste treat
Wescoe Terrace Feb.16, 1977
Joseph and Audrey Addison 14 Cherry Tree Ave. Lymm, Cheshire
Dear Mum and Dad.
Sorry I haven't written for so long. It's lunchtime here now and I'm sitting in the cafeteria of a building where I have some classes. It's called Wescoe Terrace and it is a large L
shaped room that to me is a good example of many things found in modern day America, a sophisticated aesthetic appeal, comfort or style.
Since it seems such a good example of pure unadulterated Americana, forgive me if I was a little on its merits and faults.
One wall is painted in
Bicentennial red and blue while
part of a mock glare glares
bright orange, green and yellow
colors. Many of the naro- molded-polish seats around the edge of the room are joined to prevent easy access
the garbage cans are so large here.
Besides the regular food there's also a delicatessen in
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and are fixed on the floor so that the rigid rectangular design of the table is preserved. Most of the tables have a smooth matagoyah with sharp pointed edges, each with a small in-possessible ash tray in the middle.
AS IN MOST fast food institutions, individual and disposable seem to be key words in the , Terrace, and away, seemingly without regard to cost or the environment. For instance, when you get in the queue (they call it a "line" over here) to buy food, you pick up a cardboard tray, then a paper plate to put your food on or sandwich on, then pull down a paper cup to fill with a soft drink. After paying for the food you pick up plastic utensils, an 'individualized' carton of white powder to brighten the coffee, and an 'individualized' sack of ketchup which always seems to pour all over when ripped open. AFTER 20 minutes—actually it's usually later because it often takes 10 minutes merely to find a seat—it's time to throw
Many of the people sitting around me are from residence balls, which serve a "brown-bag" luncheon that seems to be the same everyday—a bologna or cheese sandwich, a small pack of tortilla chips and a bruised apple.
here which I usually avoid because the queue is so long and it's often impossible to get in the door, without setting crushed.
THERE'S AN election going on at the moment on campus to pick a student body president and vice president. Three teams of candidates are running and blazoned all over one of the walls in here. Their campaigns seem to be miniature versions of the national election campaigns with badges, tee-shirts, posters and even a few issues thrown in for good measure.
First Amendment, does not apply to Hustler magazine. Where in the Constitution is it written that we can arbitrarily make exceptions to amendments of the Constitution? It is not!
Kirkpatrick justified his belief that the First Amendment right to freedom of the press didn't apply to Hustler because of its "terrible writing and explicit photos." I am sure there are those who think that the Chicago Tribune itself is guilty of printing "terrible photos." It all depends on one's definition of "terrible writing and explicit photos."
Any believer in civil liberties does not have to agree with what a man says or prints but should defend his right to say or print it. There are no exceptions to general principles unless he is guilty of illegal acts in expressing those ideas.
I see it's almost time for my next class. They used to have a screaming whistle to condition us to get there on time, but we were away with it now so people are forced to look at a watch or clock.
Must rush,
Your loving son,
Paul
Kirkpatrick goes on to say that "I would rather save my fire for political repression." This is clearly a case of political repression. The courts have said that the American people freedoms that most Americans treasure, freedom of press. This is not to say that I am advocating pornography, but how one can one man be singled out when there are hundreds of publications which are equally as explicit as Hustler? Hustler has never made them more visible; there weren't many people who bought it voluntarily, for no one is forced to buy it. The excuse that Hustler and other pornographic publications are responsible for decaying the morals of the American people is that they are about the thousands of volumes that he ordered banned and burned in Nazi Germany, Shades of Fascism.
The most astounding aspect of Kirkpatrick's remarks is that in the same speech he talked about "a renewed and determined commitment to freedom from extremism, feeling among professional journalism organizations was to 'unite and resist' infringements upon First Amendment rights, but in the fourth death ways that these rights do not apply to Huster magazine.
"good" men, but to put them in jail for "terrible writing and explicit photos" is a greater threat than American freedom than they are.
Anyone who agrees with my point of view is not condoning or advocating pornography but is simply an advocate of civil liberties and is outraged by any attempts to revoke or limit our Press freedom. I pray freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.
Shawnee Mission sophomore
I close with the great words of Daniel Patrick Moynihan; "When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing they want, are good men in jail." Publishers of magazines like Hustler may or may not be
Matt Dennis
His fire's all wet To the editor.
Freedom of the press doesn't apply to Hustler magazine, says the man who received the 1977 William Allen White Foundation award for journalistic merit. He was tastelessness, and goes on, "I would rather save my fire for political repression." In other words—I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. Would it be unkind to suggest
Would it be unkind to suggest
when Christ chose men as his apostles.
The role given to women does not lessen their worth and might in serving God. Women are the center of the family. God gave them the inheritance, the children, and the task to raise them through His teachings. If women relinquish their role in God's plan, the whole family structure will be weakened. This will make it only more important for the priests, male or female, to build up the Kingdom of God.
Joany Van Mol
Joany Van Mol Kansas City, Kan., junior
To the editor:
Sex bill lauded
The passage of Elwaine Pomeroy's bill which would legalize sexual acts between consenting adults is paramount
Readers Respond
his saved fire might not be all that warm after the courts get through soaking his matches?
Meanwhile, Vern Miller's men (does anyone in Lawrence remember him?) invade the campus of a sister institution and confiscate a film—again. A university professor, University suffered a similar indignity from the local authorities.
are legal questions and moral questions raised by outside intervention into a university's activities are not without some interest to a few of your readers.
Through all this, the Karsan staff jokes about a lack of news and publishes the second article this year (that I remember) on the sale of drugstore items in the Union bookstore.
Steve Miller
Waverly graduate student
Church can't err To the editor:
1. J. Westernman, in his letter of Feb. 11, displayed his ignorance concerning his own religion. It is an unfortunate fact that many children raised under him never grasp the basic teachings of the Church. When a reference is made to the infallibility of the Catholic Church, it is meant that the Church, by the special assistance of the Holy Ghost, can infiltrate the faith of believers a doctrine of faith or morals. The Church teaches infiltrate through the Pope alone, as the teacher of all Christians, or through the Pope and the bishops. This doctrine is based on the beginning of the Christian Faith. Vatican II did not change this fact.
It is also a fact that Pope Paul was not speaking ex cathedra was not speaking ex cathedral that women should not be ordained as Catholic priests. I was disappointed with Mr. Hicks's response to the issue in his letter of Feb. 8.
In his directive, the Pope has simply restated the criteria established by God for Catholics to follow. God created man and nature, but also gave these roles, or callings, are as relevant today as they were
to the ideals of sexual privacy, human dignity, and equality in Kansas.
The Pomeroy bill is especially pertinent to gay women and men because our statutes criminalize our lifestyles and our ways of expressing love. Although these laws are rarely enforced, many books they may be used for selective enforcement and may easily provide a basis for discrimination against gay men and lesbians in areas such as employment, housing, child custody and education. Eighteen states have made the archaic sex laws; Kansas would be wise to follow this trend.
The simple fact is that the state has no place in our bedrooms (be they gay or non-gay), and we consider sodomy an unconstitutional right of privacy. Concerned KU students can make sexual privacy a reality in Kansas by urging their state senators and representatives to pass the governor's proposed legislation.
newspaper. You printed the quotes.
The companion bill that specifically prohibits homosexual marriage strikes as practical compromise. However, we support the overall Formery effort in the hope that eventually the legislation prohibiting same-sex marriage will be made of increased sensitivity to the dignity of gay people.
Todd VanLaningham
Margaret Arnold
Margaret Arbour faculty adviser, Women's Coalition
Todd van.aningnam director, Gay Services of Kansas
You do not have to waste your time explaining that you didn't make up the quotes or create pot smoking in the residence. I believe your readers this fact without being told.
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To the editor:
The feeling came over me while reading your story that you wept as you wrote it. Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech has become a classic quote, and the word "Quotes"故事 in, I'm sure, soon to follow under the heading of "heart melters."
People are held responsible for what they say and newspapers are held responsible for what they print. The students totally responsible for their estimates of pot smokers in the halls and anyone who disagrees with them should speak with the RAs who made the estimates. They make the estimates (erroneous or not) does not resign all responsibility from the
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Political blackmail To the editor:
Tedesha Tellese's proposal that we have the size of the faculty member's contribution toward student union funds increased strikes me as nothing short of political blackmail. I don't doubt this appeal was made to improve the status of the student in the academic community, a community that overall, has a limited view of the council member's activities.
Houletly, I've heard it said that anyone today deserves exactly what they can get and it's just that simple, but for a second, let's look at the record. What has the Student Senate actually accomplished this year? Why is this matter being left unresolved as a new election in the planning stage?
While I don't see anything wrong with making a proposal of this type, I wonder whether Tedde will actually stick her hand out for more funds if the faculty gives in.
Instead of resorting to backbiting tactics at the end of her term, I believe it would have been better to keep the crowned to size up the fiscal year from the start with a realistic (although possibly disappointing) outlook and petition to make it soon as possible afterwards.
The real moral to be gained here, however, is that the amount of service the Senate performs is essential to the academic community and that that type of service really does have an impact on that community. The council members have been an effective form of government is another story.
Quentin Peterson
Leavenworth freshman