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Abortion Draws Lands, Brickbats From Crowd at Panei Discnssion More than 250 WSU students VanderLeest. who cautioned development. " A lot of people heard views on abortion at a that her opinions are her own have misconceptions about the panel discussion Wednesday in and do not speak for the WSU appearance of ^ fetus in its early the CAC. The talk was sponsored nursing program, said abortion stages of development. Many by the Association for Women deserves a realistic, r>ot moralistic think it is merely a clump of Students (AWS). treatment. cells. Actually as early as the end Panel members and audience Treated Realittically o f the seventh week of participants voiced opinions and "If abortion was treated more pregnancy all fetal organs are gave information on moral, realistically, the •psychological present and functioning," she medical and political aspects of effects on women seeking them said. abortion. would be minimized," she said. The Right-to-Life organization Panelists included Steve Much of the trauma is induced approves of abortion only when Fairchild, coordinator of WSU's by mores and judgmental it is a matter of saving one life or chapter of Zero Population attitudes, she said. losing two. "People cannot say Growth; Karen Myers, VanderLeest believes abortion mentally deficient babies are less pr^ident-etect of Kansas Right is a personal matter between the human or that they cannot to Life, and Dr. Pat VanderLeest, women seeking it and her contribute to or be happy in STEVe FAIRCHILD, KAREN MYERS, FAt VANDERLEE8T chairman of WSU's nursing physician. Fairchild, who society," Myers said. ...panelists play tug-of-war with abortion topic... department. supports the opinion, said the individual, not the legislature Quality Not Quantity should decide. VanderLeest opposed that Representing Kansas Right to view, saying the quality of life is Life, Myers said, abortion, like of more concern than quantity. theft, is primarily a moral issue. ZPG coordinator Fairchild said Contending that society’s laws he considers contraception more reflect its conduct, she said, ”1 favorable than abortion don't think people have the right VanderLeest agreed "A s a to draw lines from conception to method of birth control, birth that define what is human abortion is probably the Sunflower and what is not. I don't see the lousiest.” difference between human life VanderLeest also said the high and a human being." cost of abortion in Kansas Vol. L X X V ! No. 29 Friday, January 28.1972 Human Being? (between $2CX)-$500) is a result VanderLeest said that human of rising costs and state law More Pending Review life does exist at the moment of requiring consultation among conception, but questioned three physicians before whether that life is a human proceeding with an abortion. being. The costs are not meant to be Myers presented slides prohibitive on moral grounds, Senators Dumped,Censured showing early stages of fetal she said Two senators were removed the power to recommend specific graduate representative, both and one was censured and put on action or simply to recommend resigned. Vivion. who had a class Today Is Last Chance probation Tuesday as members that some action be taken by the conflict on Tuesday nights, was of W SU's Student Senate acted Senate reassigned to University Senate. on recommendations from the The final ruling was to accept In other action, the Senate For Changes, Refunds Senate Board of Review. the probation conditions set appointed Joe Warner, LA Today is the deadline for late their dean and the course Janis Hicks, proportional down by the board and to accept senior, and Linda Noddy, LA enrollment, schedule changes and instructor representative, and Sherri or reject its recommendations senior, to the Board of Student refund claims on partial There is a $15 charge for Flickinger, fine arts accordingly, Difficulty was Publications; Kathleen Garrett, withdrawal for spring semester dropping a class even if a student representative, were rentoved encountered because few Continuing Education, to the Late enrollment and schedule is adding one to replace it. Fees from their posts. Freshman Class guidelines exist for the review Special Policy Committee on changes are being handled already paid for the dropped President Kevin Brown was procedure. Academic Tenure and through the registrar's office. course may be applied toward censured! and placed on Board Meets Again Promotion; Tony Pietschner, Ed. Claims for refunds and payment the new course, but the $15 probation. of fees are being channeled penalty will still be charged. The review board will meet junior, to the University Senate through the business office. Both A schedule change due to Punitive Action again this week to consider the Ad Hoc Committee of Teaching, offices are on the first floor of reasons outside a student's The review board met cases of two more senators, and and Bob Krestel, Ed. junior, to Jardine Hall. control may be refunded or Monday and recommended one whose case was postponed the Task Force on Student Fees Late enrollees are being waived by the student's dean. punitive action for nine of 11 for Athletic Admissions. from last week. charged a late fee of $5 for one Applications for waiver or refund senators reviewed. The Senate, GIgi Spangler, holdover The Senate also recognized to three hours, $10 for four to are available in rach dean's however, voted to approve only senator, and Mike Vivlon seven campus organizations. six hours, and $15 for seven office. three of the board's hours or more Classes dropped after March recommendations. Students may add courses 24 will result in a grade of WF Senate review is required by Bill to Kill Education CoIIoeos with the signed approval, of both for the student. the S G A constitution for senators who have excessive Designed to Stop Duplication % absences or are not performing their duties. A bill introduced Monday to efficient." Chaffee said. "It The Senate approved censure the Kansas House would depends on the service goal; and probation for only one of eliminate colleges of education where the students are is what the recommended five. The at WSU, KSU andKU. counts. The purpose of the probation conditions are no Presented In the House by college is to serve all areas of the more unexcused absences from Rep. Bert Chaney. state. Many of the students are Senate meetings, definite and D-Hutchinson, the bill provides workers and need a situation substantive involvement In that teacher education be taught where they can work; committee activities, and one to only at Kansas State Teachers transporting them to another two hours work per week in the College at Emporia, Kansas State university can only hurt." SG A office. Failure to comply College at Pittsburg and Fort The bill will be stu d i^ by a with the above conditions will Hays College. committee prior to acceptance mean immediate recom­ Leonard Chaffee, WSU dean before the legislature. "A n y mendation for removal of education, contends that the thorough Investigation of the bill was designed to erase proposed bill will show that It is Senators Argue duplication of state programs, unwise," Chaffee said. Consideration of the review concentrating them in a "One of the needs of our board's recommendations combined, cooperative effort to school system is to prepare dom inated most of the provide a more economically teachers for urban schools," three-hour meeting. Senators efficient system. Chaffee said. "Does it make argued among themselves over "It is fallacious to say that sense to eliminate a college of the method of consideration, doing away with school programs education right in the middle of BUNDLED COEDS conditions of probation, and will make the system an urban center? I don’t believe hurry through icy weather to reach warm classrooms... whether the review board had automatically more economically it does at all." Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives M b 6 The Sunflower, Friday, January 28,1972 I New faH Language Additions Win Be Chicane lit Spanish 77? In th<2 Ng v 5 Chfcano literature and a announced several curriculum language skills-understanding, 9:30 Spanish 111 dess for Mexican changes that "should be speakir>g, reading and writing Abortioii bill defeated Americans are two new romance beneficial to students of romance and a knowledge of the country's language courses to be offered in languages and literature and culture-will be offered to liberal TOPEKA <AP) In the House of Representatives t O : 3 C fall 1972. students interested in Chicano arts students who have Thursday, Jan. 27, a move to consider a bill dealing with D r . Eugene Savaiano, studies." completed French or Spanish abortions was defeated. The vote came on a motion by chairman of the romance A five-hour class w hich 111 and 112 or two years of high Rep. Frank McMaster, R-Wichita, who wanted the House 11:3C languages department, recently indudes a composite of the four school French or Spanish. This to immediately consider the bill for the apparent purpose five-hour course beyond the 112 of trying to amend the measure and repeal the state's 1970 level will .complete the liberal abortion law. 1:00 Ignorant Nonblacks Criticize arts language requirement. A bill introduced in the Senate Jan. 27 would require Antoinette Tejeda will teach a teachers at institutions under the Board of Regents to Spanish 111 class exclusively for work 12 classroom hours per week with certain 1:30 Black Dialect, Teacher Says Mexican Americans. The course exceptions. “Nonblacks label the black be accepted with the point of is the first of Its type to be- offered at WSU.

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