Friday, April 14, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Student Senate Elections
Above: Students First presidential candidate Sam MacRoberts receives a consolation hug from his father Paul after learning that he lost the race last night. He jokingly asked his dad if he could go to school an extra year to run again. Photo by Jay Sheperd/KANSAN
Left: Vice presidential candidate David Jack slow dances with presidential candidate Luke Atkinson after the results of the election were aired on JKHK. The Resume Builders failed to have a candidate elected. Photo by Craia Bennett/KANSAN
Candidates look to future
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Students First
By the time the winners of the presidential race were announced last night, the crowd had grown somber at the Students First party at Delta Tau Delta fraternity. 1111 W. 11th St..
Sam MacRoberts, Students First presidential candidate, said it was a tough night, but he was proud of what his coalition accomplished.
"Tonight wasn't a loss," MacRoberts said. "We've made our mark on KU."
MacRoberts said the senators from Students First would work with the new Senate majority, United Students.
"Our senators can work with anybody, and they are going to do a hell of a job." he said.
Carrie Depenbusch, Students First vice presidential candidate, agreed that the coalition's senators would do a good job.
MacRoberts offered a piece of advice for Walker.
"We have some of the greatest people in there who are going to push our platform," she said.
"He needs to lead with his heart," he said. "I congratulate Ben Walker and Marlon Marshall and wise them the best of luck."
Resume Builders
Resume Builders didn't win a seat in Senate this year, but members said they're only getting started.
Brett Wadsworth, Overland Park freshman, ran for a Nunemaker seat and lost.
"Luke and Dave have laid the
groundwork nicely." Wadsworth said. "Kyle Hopkins and I, the other freshman, got the feeling. We've already started talking about next year and the positions we'd take. I guarantee it'll just get bigger and bigger each year."
The notorious drunk bunny, Stinky, did not make an appearance at the party at Cadillac Ranch, 2515 W. Sixth St.
"Drunk bunny was puking in the bushes at about 7 p.m. tonight," said David Jack, the vice-presidential hopeful.
Luke Atkinson, presidential candidate, said he was disappointed that he'd have to go back to liv
ing in the same place instead of getting to move into the chancellor's house as he had hoped.
Jack put a more positive turn on the results.
"Win or lose, at least I got my name on a shirt." Jack said.
Independent candidates
The whereabouts of independent presidential candidate Tyler O'Neal were unknown last night, but vice-presidential candidate Cesar Mori, Lima, Peru, junior, was in his apartment getting ready to party as the election results were announced.
Mori didn't have the radio tuned to KJHK, where the results were being announced. Instead, he planned to wait until today to find out who the winners were.
"I prefer to have a good night and listen to it tomorrow," Mori said.
Though he was unaware of the election results, Mori said it was important that the winners — if they weren't independents — would keep promises outlined in their platforms.
Mori said he thought one of the best characteristics of the independents was that they were just that — independent, as well as open-minded.
That enables them to represent the minority, he said, whereas other candidates did not address that issue.
Mori said he disagreed with the Kansan endorsements that said the independent candidates needed more seasoning.
"We are very spicy guys," he said.
Mistake on ballots leaves one nontrad seat empty
By Erinn R. Barcomb writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Before the polls closed yesterday, Student Senate elections hit another snag.
Although Senate legislation added a third nontraditional senate seat this year, the ballots used yesterday and Wednesday did not reflect that change. The ballots asked nontraditional students to vote for only two of their peers. Five candidates ran for the seats.
"We passed that legislation Feb. 18," said Michael Henry, nontraditional senator and one of the bill's sponsors. "It wasn't vetoed or anything."
Henry said yesterday morning that he had sent a copy of the bill to the elections commission.
A communication error caused the mistake, said Zora Mulligan, elections commissioner.
"There was some confusion in a communication to me as to whether that bill had passed," Mulligan said. "I would like to personally apologize to the nontrads who are running and their voters. I understand their dismay."
Deena Hardie, nontraditional candidate for United Students, said she thought allowing an additional day of voting would be better than throwing the votes out and starting anew.
“It's unfortunate that it didn't get noticed until today,” Hardie said yesterday. “Instead of laying blame, what we need to do is come to a resolution that is equitable.”
Korb Maxwell, outgoing Student Senate president, said that as long as the ballots were counted, Senate could decide how to choose the third nontraditional senator.
Although Maxwell said he was not sure how the third seat would be chosen, he said Senate had the power to grant anyone a seat. Furthermore, Maxwell said he would be willing to write, with members from different coalitions, legislation that would fill the seat.
"I think everyone is pretty much in agreement," Maxwell said. "We all agree that these people rightfully deserve their seat."
United Students alleges campaign violations
By Emmi K. Barcoms
Bv Erinn R. Barcomb
United Students struck back yesterday by filing a complaint with the elections commission alleging slander and libel on the part of Delta Force and Students First.
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
On Wednesday, Delta Force and Students First coalitions submitted two elections code violation complaints about United Students.
Ben Walker, United Students presidential candidate, said the complaint alleged that Ben Burton, Delta Force presidential candidate, and Sam MacRoberts, Students First presidential candidate, approached potential voters while United Students representatives were talking to them.
The complaint also alleges that
Burton and MacRoberts asked the potential voters if they wanted to vote for felons because of the theft of 9,000 copies of The University Daily Kansan Tuesday morning by two United Students candidates and two others.
Burton said that he did talk loudly to a student who had just been stopped by United Students and said, "Don't vote for those guys because they are felons." But Burton said he was not guilty of slander, and he said he thought the elections commission would either drop the charges or that Delta Force would be found not guilty.
MacRoberts said he wanted to look over the complaint before he commented.
Walker has said that the theft was unrelated to the coalition as a whole.
Mazudmur said he stood by his quote, saying that Walker's statements in that same article led Mazudmur to believe that Walker was lying or that people didn't listen to him.
Furthermore, Walker said a complaint was filed against Delta Force for comments made by Partha Mazumdar, Delta Force senator, in yesterday's 'kansan'. Walker said he had an issue with Mazumdar's quote in which he said Walker was either an unmitigated liar or an incompetent student leader.
First because of Tuesday's theft.
Walker cited the section of the elections code that calls libelous and slanderous statements about other candidates a major offense. The punishment is up to the Hearing Board.
Complaints were filed against United Students and Walker yesterday by Delta Force and Students
Ayman Azzeh, campaign manager for independent candidates for president and vice president Tyler O'Neal and Cesar Mori, said he was planning to file a complaint as well.
"It wasn't a very nice thing to do." Azzel said. "I think they should be taken out before elections are done."
Complaints must be filed by 5 p.m. Monday, Zora Mulligan, elections commissioner, said that the hearings on complaints could be as early as next Wednesday.
Furthermore, the results of the election must be certified by the elections commission before they are official.
Many of the other complaints that have been filed were for minor offenses, Mulligan said. She could not provide an estimate of how many were filed yesterday.
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