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Willner appeals to Regents
Dorothy Willner, professor of anthropology, appealed her dismissal to the Board of Regents on Thursday.
By Pam Soliner
Kansan staff writer
The dismissal decision by the Faculty Senate Committee on Tenure and Related Problems affirmed Cancellor Gene A. Budig's charges for failing to perform academic duties and violating professional ethics.
academic adviser, Donald Koster, was traveling and could not be reached.
Stanley Koplik, executive director for the Regents, said yesterday that he had received a letter Thursday from Willner's sister, Ann Willner, political science. The letter requested that an appeal of the decision be filed.
Ann Wilner said she sent the letter representing her sister because her
Koplik said he would review the request and the case report before he and the Regents would determine whether to hear the appeal.
He said that he responded to the request in a certified letter to Ann Willner on Friday. He said that he would not reveal the contents of that letter until he had received confirmation that she received it.
Ann Willner said yesterday that she had not received the letter.
According to the Handbook for Faculty and Other Unclassified Staff, the committee's decision is final and binding unless the chancellor or the president approves.
Koplik said that rule did not oblige the Board to hear the appeal.
"There has to be some basis for the appeal," he said.
Dorothy Willner could not be reached for comment. Ann Willner said her sister left Lawrence after the committee's decision and had physicians and neurologists in Cincinnati. She did not know her sister's exact plans.
"I think she needs a rest to recover from this ordeal that was a travesty of justice," she said. "I say this not as her sister. I say this as a fellow faculty member who is greatly concerned that the actions of the administration and the committee place in jeopardy academic freedom, higher education and civil rights in Kansas."
Dorothy Willner, 62, is the first tenured KU-faculty member to be dismissed in KU's 124-year history.
Group addresses cultural relations
By Kathryn Lancaster
Kansan staff writer
city commissioners.
Representatives from Haskell Indian Junior College and KU's School of Social Welfare met with city officials Friday to discuss ways to improve cultural relations in Lawrence.
Mayor Shirley Martin-Smith and Mike Wildgen, acting city manager, met with three members of a group that was established to address concerns of increasing racial tension.
Martin-Smith said she attended the meeting to express the city's willing-ness.
She said Kelly Arnold, the city's management analyst, would work with the group to develop specific recommendations to be presented to
"I really enjoyed the meeting," Martin-Smith said. "I anticipate some good recommendations from the group."
Bob Martin, Haskell president, said the group was an informal and small collective of people interested in improving community relations.
The group was formed to develop programs that will sensitize people to the many cultural differences in the community, he said.
"There are a lot of positive things in this community, but there is always room for improvement," Martin said.
The group should increase in size eventually he said.
faculty at Haskell, four professors from the KU School of Social Welfare and representatives from the Lawrence Indian Center.
Ann Weick, dean of social welfare,
said that Friday they discussed
developing community-wide programs
that would lead to a broader
appreciation of cultural diversity.
The group includes students and
She said that she was encouraged by Martin-Smith's comments and anticipated that the city would take a leadership role in designing programs to improve cultural understanding in Lawrence.
Other faculty from the school involved in the project are Ed Canda, John Porter and Forrest Swall.
Haskell submits housing betterment list late
Kansan staff writer
By Jonathan Plummer
A list of housing improvements made at Haskell Indian Junior College had been sent late to the Department of Interior to be included in a report released last week, the Haskell president said yesterday.
able fire alarms and smoke detectors.
"We have cleared up the problems in the last four or five months," Martin said, "but we were just too late to get in all the responses."
Bob Martin, Haskell president,
said all of the residence hall problems
cited as life-threatening by a
1987 department audit had been
fixed. He said, however, that other,
less critical problems still remained.
The audit found that the school's five halls had inadequate electrical wiring systems, not enough exits, unprotected stairways and inoper-
The department's inspector general's office said in a report released last week that the Bureau of Indian Affairs had not completed needed improvements as of June 1989 to correct housing deficiencies at the school.
The bureau had stated it would resolve the problems by Sept. 30, 1980.
Martin said the repairs had not been made sooner because money for
the repairs had only recently become available from the bureau. He said there was no penalty pending for missing the deadline.
"There are still items that need correction," he said, "but by the end of the summer most of these problems will be taken care of."
Russell Barr, a resident of Blalock Hall, said that although he did not see trouble with the hallways or stairways of his hall, he thought that more rooms needed smoke detectors and that some of the electrical outlets in the rooms were exposed.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
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