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KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOPEKA, KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL. 104, NO. 55
ADVERTISING: 864-4358
(USPS 650-640)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994
NEWS: 864-4810
Where to cast your ballot
Polls open at 7 a.m. today. If you are a registered voter, go to the address printed on your voter registration card. If you do not have your voter registration card, check the map to see which precinct you live in and the match the precinct to the voting places listed below. You do not need a voter registration card to vote. Polls close at 7 tonight. To avoid a long line, the Douglas County clerk's office recommends voting before 5 p.m.
Ward 1, Precinct 1 Pinkney School, 810 West 6th St.
Ward 1, Precinct 2 Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Ward 1, Precinct 3 Lawrence Arts Center, 9th and Vermont
Ward 1, Precinct 4 National Guard Armory, 200 Iowa St.
Ward 1, Precinct 5 Deerfield School, 101 N. Lawrence Ave.
Ward 2, Precinct 1 Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.
Ward 2, Precinct 2 South Park Recreation Center, 1141 Massachusetts St.
Ward 2, Precinct 3 Hillcrest School, 1045 Hilltop Dr.
Ward 2, Precinct 4 Allen Fieldhouse
Ward 2, Precinct 5 West Junior High School, 2706 Yale Road
Ward 2, Precinct 6 First Baptist Church, 1330 Kasold
Ward 2, Precinct 7 American Legion Building, 3408 W. 6th St.
Ward 2, Precinct 8 First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway
Ward 2, Precinct 9 Immanuel Lutheran Church, 15th and Iowa
Ward 2, Precinct 10 Clinton Parkway Assembly of God, 3200 Clinton Parkway
Ward 2, Precinct 11 Holcom Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St.
Ward 2, Precinct 12 Mustard Seed Church, 700 Wakarusa Dr.
Ward 2, Precinct 13 Brandon Woods, 1501 Iverness Dr.
Ward 3, Precinct 1 Central United Methodist Church, 1501 Massachusetts St.
Ward 3, Precinct 2 Cordley School, 1837 Vermont St.
Ward 3, Precinct 3 High School annex, 2017 Louisiana St.
Ward 3, Precinct 4 Centennial School, 2145 Louisiana St.
Ward 3, Precinct 5 Checkers, 23rd and Louisiana
Ward 3, Precinct 6 Schwegler School, 2201 Ousdahl
Ward 3, Precinct 7 Southside Church of Christ, 25th and Missouri
Ward 3, Precinct 8 Sterling Heights, 1800 W. 27th St.
ward 4, Precinct 1 Central Junior High School, 1400 Massachusetts St.
Ward 4, Precinct 2 Babcock Place, 1700 Massachusetts St.
Ward 4, Precinct 3 East Lawrence Center, 15th and Brook
Ward 4, Precinct 4 Kennedy School, 1605 Davis Road
Ward 4, Precinct 5 Prairie Park School, 2711 Kensington
Ward 5, Precinct 1 New York School, 936 New York St.
Judicial Building, 111 East 1.1th St.
Reasons to hit the polls abound
Source: Douglas County clerk's office
Dave Campbell and Naoh Muster / RANSAN
Sense of civic duty issues prod voters
By David Wilson Kansan staff writer
Derek Seaman, Lawrence junior,
won't be voting today.
"I don't think it would help anything," he said.
For one thing, he's not registered. But even if he were, he wouldn't vote. he said.
But Marc Wilson, Hiawatha senior,
wants to convince students that voting will help something—their visibility.
Wilson, who is co-chair of the Student Political Awareness Task Force, explained that if college students voted in drove, politicians would pay more attention to them.
"People have a tendency to listen to you more," he said. "I personally believe a vote makes a difference."
Still not convinced?
"I can give an example of two issues that will have an effect on students' lives," Wilson said. "The South Lawrence Trafficway and the sales tax issues."
But what if they don't? Would it be irresponsible for a student who couldn't answer basic questions about an issue or candidate to vote?
Probably not, said Allan Cigler,
professor of political science.
"Ignorance has not stopped anybody in this country from voting," he said. "In a democratic system, there aren't any knowledge restrictions. But most students who eventually vote do inform themselves a little bit."
Cigler said that the races this year — especially the governor's race —
had been somewhat boring. In most cases, he said, students will drag themselves to the polls with a nagging sense of citizenship.
"It has been hard to get excited about this race," he said. "Most voting will be a reflection of strong citizen duty."
Patty Jaimes, county clerk, predicted that 61 percent to 63 percent of the registered voters in Douglas County would vote today. Jaimes based her prediction on the low voter turnout for the Aug. 2 primary, which she said was the lowest in Kansas.
Ena Wheeler, Lawrence senior, is running for state representative of
At least one student won't forget to vote today.
But students, many of who weren't here Aug. 2, may boost that figure.
"I'm sure that has a lot to do with it." she said.
the 46th district as a Libertarian, which encompasses most of the KU campus. Her opponents are Democrat Troy Findley and Republican Eric Schmidt.
"I'm going to go down first thing in the morning," she said. "I've got my alarm clock set for 7:30, and I'm going to log down and vote."
Wheeler said that in other races, she would vote for a variety of Democrats and Republicans.
Wheeler said she was leaning toward Bill Graves for governor.
Graves, a Republican, is running against Jim Slattery, a Democrat. Wheeler said that if she didn't vote for Graves, she would write in the name of a friend.
"But with all the mudslinging, I may not vote for either one of them," she said.
"It's pretty much split down the middle," she said.
Election Day prohibition over
By Nathan Olson
Kansan staff writer
People over 21 who feel they need a bottle of vodka before or after they vote are in luck.
Until this year, retail liquor stores were not allowed to sell packaged alcoholic beverages during times when polls were open. Stores could open after polls had closed.
That changed July 1 when a bill the Legislature passed to allow retail liquor stores to sell alcohol on election day went into effect.
Alcohol sales by the drink, in bars, clubs and restaurants, continue to be legal on election day.
The previous law had existed since 1949, when selling packaged alcoholic beverages in retail liquor stores became legal in Kansas.
One interpretation of how the law came to be was given by R. E. "Tuck" Duncan, executive secretary of the Kansas Wine and Spirits Wholesale Association.
"Back in the old west, the saloon was the voting place," he said. "On election day, they had to shut down the saloon so people could vote."
The change in state law came with a qualification, however. Changes in the law were subject to city ordinances and resolutions. Although Lawrence's alcohol laws do not differ from the state's, a city ordinance that prohibits cereal malt beverages being sold on election days still exists.
Therefore, cereal malt beverages, or beer with a 3,2 percent alcohol content, still cannot be sold while polls are open.
Ray Hummert, Lawrence city clerk, said that the city ordinance probably would be changed to make it consistent with the state law by the next election.
Native Americans interpret life through spirituality
Student says his religion helps him understand the world as a whole
Although most people value their spirituality, for many Native Americans the issue is of paramount importance. In fact, said Dewayne Thomas, Gallup, N.M., junior, the true essence of being a Native American is spirituality.
By Nathan Olson Kansan staff writer
Thomas, who is a Navajo, said that his people's religion had evolved when they decided that everything had life.
"We try to give order to everything," he said.
That order begins with a creator, Thomas said. Plants come next, then animals.
"Plants are one way we can talk to the creator," he said. "They have answers to different things, like illnesses."
Native American Heritage Month
Plants also symbolize the cycle of life and death and rebirth, which Thomas said was important in understanding the world as a whole.
Thomas said that his kinship to the earth was so deep that it was difficult to articulate.
"This is where I am, where I belong," he said. "I've been here thousands of years."
Other Native Americans believe that if they articulate their religion, it could lose its power. Jeanette Littleson, registered nurse at Haskell Indian Nations University, said religion was private to Native Americans.
"It's one of the few things that hasn't been taken away from us," she said.
Many others agree, including Ray Pierotti,
"Basically, there is a recognition of the rights of animals to exist," he said.
One aspect Pierotti said he was willing to discuss was the relationship between his religion and animals.
assistant professor of systematics and ecology. Pierotti, who is a Comanche, said that he preferred to keep some aspects of his religion to himself.
That significance could mean a variety of things, such as giving thanks to the animal for sacrificing itself.
"Different peoples have different traditions and therefore different beliefs," he said.
Pierotti said that it was important to understand that his beliefs could not be applied to all Native Americans.
"An important aspect of my belief system is the importance of other forms of life," he said. "That's not to say animals can't be taken for food. But when its done, we recognize the significance of what we've done."
Pierotti said that while some Native Americans did not consider it wrong to use dogs as food in some extreme circumstances, Comanches held that dogs were similar to wolves and coyotes. Because wolves and coyotes are important to Comanche tradition, to use dogs as food is to insult the tradition.
Another aspect of Pierotti's religion is his recognition of the restorative powers of nature. The Haskell/Baker University wetlands, for example, provide people with a place to experience nature.
"Some have talked about building a new set of wetlands," he said. "But that's like saying, 'Til take your mother away but give you another one who's just as good.' It can't be done."
For Pierotti, religion makes people what they are.
"You can't explain it to anyone who hasn't experienced it," he said. "But those who have experienced it don't need to explain it to each other."
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