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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 15, 1993
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Council debates plan for diversity
Committee discussion set for Spring'94
By David Stewart
Kansan staff writer
The University Council reviewed and discussed the proposal of a master plan for student diversity on campus during its monthly meeting yesterday.
The Council heard some of the goals of the "Blueprint for Diversity" through an introduction by Maurice Bryan, assistant executive vice chancellor and director of the office of affirmative action.
"Diversity and multiculturalism is vital to any university." Bryan said. "We should be preparing students for the type of diverse environment they're likely to encounter after graduation."
Composed of student and faculty representatives, University Council makes recommendations on proposals before they reach Chancellor Gene Budig.
With the plan scheduled for committee discussion by Spring 1994, Bryan said that the Blueprint for Diversity would include three phases: reviewing what steps the University has taken previously to ensure a diverse campus; examining what steps need to be taken in the next three years; and setting long-term goals for ensuring continued diversity.
"It's really early in the process, we don't have a plan yet," Bryan told the Council. " its final goal is a statement of commitment from the administration of what will be done to improve diversity."
Though Bryan said he had not formed the committee for discussing the plan, he said that he hoped minority, homosexual and international student groups would contribute to the process. He said he also intended to discuss the diversity issue with student leaders, the Lawrence community and KU alumni.
"The plan itself will not change people's lives," Bryan said. "It will give some identification of what's going to be done to improve diversity."
Some Council members questioned the purpose and authority of the diversity plan.
Don Marquis, professor of philosophy, said he wondered how such a plan would increase minority involvement in what he considered the almost total racial segregation of the fraternity and sorority systems.
"We've had a lot of pronouncements of diversity in the past," Marquis said. "I'm just wondering how this plan will be different. How will it change things?"
Bryan responded that the plan would look at all areas of the University, not just the Greek system.
Bob Anderson, associate professor of French and Italian, said he had concerns about the plan's purpose in light of other studies attempting to increase diversity.
"There will be a comprehensive review of the situations on campus, not just one area," Bryan said. "We want dialogue on the issue, and I know there will be differences of opinion on the issues of diversity."
"Why haven't they been doing something about these issues already?" Anderson asked. "I'm just worried about too many people doing the same thing and then nothing coming of it."
Senate allocates half of fund
By Donella Hearne Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Three meetings into the semester, Student Senate already has passed legislation allocating more than half of the fund set aside for new student organizations.
The fund, which also gives money to organizations that require additional financing, had $62, 521 as of July 31, the beginning of the fiscal year. The account now holds $28,322.74.
At the meetings it was speculated by some members of Senate that it may be running out of money.
But Senate Treasurer Jeremy Haas said the Senate would be able to fund groups throughout the year as long as it acts in a fiscally responsible manner.
Haas said fiscal responsibility meant closely evaluating the requests for money that groups are making, not throwing out every group request for money.
"One of my big concerns," he said, "is that we are finding out if a group provides a valid service at KU. Another question that needs to be asked is what is the effect an organization will have on KU."
One source is additional money collected from the student activity fees.
Senate also has extra money that carries over from last year. This money can come from three different sources, Haas said.
Haas said he thought Senate had been very responsible about getting all the necessary information on groups they were financing.
Each year the budget is made according to projected revenue from the student activity fees. If enrollment is higher than expected, there is money that was not allocated when the budget was made up. That money carries over to the next year.
The second source is unused money allocated to groups.
The third source is money left over in the previous year's
Student Senate midterm
Halfway through the fall semester Senate has allocated more than half its money for the year. This chart compares this year's spending to the same time last year.
100 % $2000 $1,300,000
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new group fund. This year $127,885 will carry over from last year's fund.
Part of the money that is carried over each year is put into a reserve fund for emergencies or special Senate projects. Part of the money is put directly into the fund, and the rest will be divided into reserved funds that can be accessed with Senate approval. Access to those funds would require either a two-thirds majority vote, or a three-fourths majority vote, depending on the location of the excess funds.
The proposal for the distribution of the carry-over money will be presented in the next group of Senate legislation.
Jeff Bottenberg, graduate senator, said he thought the attitude of the Senate body as a whole was good.
"We are not lacking in getting details or finding out about these organizations," he said.
Senators are asking a lot of questions this year. he said
Sedentals are asking a lot of questions this year, he said.
Jill Tibbitts, senator, said that she thought a lot of bills were being passed right now but that the body was making good decisions.
Two area men arrested after re-enactment
The Associated Press
Clarksville Police Chief Kyn Wilson said arrest warrants were issued yesterday for Chad Allen Beers, 24, and Jonathan Wade Kliem, 19. The warrants were the result of more than 150 tips that police and the FBI received after the re-enactment Tuesday night on Fox Television's "America's Most
BRIEFS
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — Two Lawrence men suspected in a robbery and kidnapping case were in police custody last night, thanks to tips called-in after the crime was re-enacted on a television show, an official said.
Wanted."
Beers and Kliem are accused in an armed robbery at a convenience store in Clarkville on Sept. 24, and face a kidnapping charge in the abduction of Wesley Hanscum, 79, from his home in Clarksville.
Beers was arrested Oct. 1 in connection with the robbery of Checkers Foods, 2300 Louisiana St., during which more than $25,000 in cash and checks were taken by a man wielding a knife.
Beers escaped from a Douglas County sheriff's officer Oct. 5 as he was being returned to jail after meeting with a Lawrence psychiatrist.
Arrests made in theft
Kansan staff report
A 19-year-old Kansas City, Kan. man and an 18-year-old Tonganoxie man were arrested yesterday in the
A dispatcher then told the officer that three cars had been broken into in the parking lot, the report said. The officer found car stereos and speakers in the bed of the truck. The truck's occupants were then arrested and taken to the Douglas County Jail.
theft of car stereos and speakers in the parking lot behind Oliver Hall, KU police reported.
A KU police officer saw a truck speeding out of the lot shortly before 1 a.m. yesterday, according to police reports. The officer started to follow the truck and heard a report over the scanner of a possible prowler in the lot they had just left. The officer stopped the truck in the 900 block of Iowa Street.
Both suspects were released yesterday. Each was issued a summons to appear in Douglas County District Court if charges are filed later, said Chris Kenney, Douglas County charging attorney.
Where the bell tolls
Valerie Bontrager / KANSAN
Don Swem, employee of the Verdin Company of Cincinnati, takes apart the keyboard to the bells in the Campanile. Renovation of the Campanile started yesterday. Swem is removing the bells from the tower today so they can be returned in Ohio for repairs.
Ballard: Not enough women are participating in politics
Representative speaks to KU NOW about running for office and winning
By Carlos Tejada Kansan staff writer
In the middle of a complicated answer to a question, State Rep. Barbara Ballard said she liked bureaucracy.
eight years on the Lawrence School Board before being elected to the Kansas Legislature in November, had enough experience to be an authority on the issue.
"I didn't want somebody to come who would be out of her league," said Witt, a Chapman junior.
Then she stopped and told the audience that she had not meant the phrase the way it had sounded.
At "Women and Politics," a discussion sponsored by the University of Kansas chapter of the National Organization for Women, Ballard said that, although such mistakes were accepted in common life, politicians had to be extra careful that their views were not misrepresented by the media.
At last night's discussion in the Kansas Union, Ballard discussed the problems faced women who entered politics. Ballard, who also is KU's associate dean of student life, told the audience of about 20 that media relations were not the least of the pitfalls troubling aspiring female politicians.
Ballard told the audience that they also dealt with politics.
"Men benefit from women being in lead roles,just as women benefit from men being in lead roles.
Barbara Ballard
"If we don't feel good about ourselves, we can't do things well," she said. "Sometimes we don't do them at all."
The purpose of Ballard's discussion was to encourage more participation in politics by women, said Shelly Witt, president of KU NOW. She said Ballard, who served for
"Believe it or not, we all engage in politics every single day," she said.
"There are all kinds of things we end up negotiating, and we don't consider that politics."
Although women have not been allowed to participate in politics until recently, they have a lot to contribute to government, Ballard said.
"Women in lead roles have benefited all citizens in the United States," she said. "Men benefit from women being in lead roles, just as women benefit from men being in lead roles."
But Ballard said that women had to rally behind one another to break stereotypes and be elected to public offices. She said the growing number of women in Congress could be attributed to increased support from women voters.
But first, those women had to run for office whether it be Congress or the Student Senate, she said.
"You can't be president if you don't run," she said. "Keep that in mind."
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