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Debate includes priorities, pizza
Students cheer for candidates during the presidential and vice-presidential debate. There were about 130 students present for the debate last night at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Photo by Selena Jabara/KANSAN
By Erinn R. Barcomb
Kansan staff writer
Candidates stuck with certain themes when answering questions in front of an audience of about 130 at last night's presidential and vice-presidential debate.
Ben Burton and Justin Mills, Delta Force candidates for president and vice president, played up the coalition's four-year history on campus, while Sam MacRoberts and Carrie Depenbusch, Students First candidates for president and vice president, described their coalition as the first all-inclusive third-party coalition.
ben Walker and Marlon Marshall, United Students candidates for president and vice president, said their coalition had the experience in Senate to get things done, although independent candidates Tyler O'Neal and Cesar Mori said an independent leadership was necessary to get all students involved in Senate.
tant issue for Student Senate.
Moreover, Luke Atkinson and David Jack, presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Resume Builders, didn't hesitate to entertain, including having a Pizza Shuttle "two-fer" delivered during the debate, which they ate.
Candidates gave statements, asked questions of each other and answered questions from the elections commission, including what they saw as the most impor-
MacRoberts cited getting what Students First call a "SafeBus" to run from campus to area bars and pumping up homecoming as priorities.
"We don't think our time should be spent in Topeka," MacRoberts said.
Burton said that although Walker spent time in Topeka as the director for the Student Senate Legislative Awareness Board, the Kansas Legislature raised tuition and backed out of the two-for-one technology fee.
perception of Senate as a money-distributing body. That would include providing more student services, such as student discount cards to be used at area businesses and expanding Saferide.
Delta Force would aim to get students more involved in decision-making with the Kansas Union, Burton said.
"I don't think Senate has done a good job of opening up issues on the student union," Burton said.
But Walker said United Students' goal was to change the
Environmental awareness on campus, including cleaning up Potter Lake and increasing student representation in
University Council, would be priorities for O'Neal and Mori, O'Neal said.
Jack said that the priority for the Resume Builders was finding a nice place to live over the summer and that Chancellor Robert Hemenway's house had a nice porch.
The candidates also talked about ways to keep senators actively involved in Senate.
Depenbusch said she would use her expertise with parliamentary procedure to make meetings faster and more efficient.
By giving senators new and exciting projects to work on,
Carrie Depenbusch, Students First vice-president candidate, answers a question presented by another candidate on the panel. Students First is one of the five coilitions running for student senate. Photo by Selena Jabara/KANSAN
Mills and O'Neal said senators would stav interested in Senate.
"If you just have them saying 'yea' and 'nay' all the time, they're going to get bored." Mills said.
Marshall said United Students wanted to see the Committee for Advancing Post-Senate Activities increase its presence in the body. CAPSA organizes activities such as post-Senate parties at Jack Flannigan's.
"As a working body, you have to have some fun," Marshall said.
Another debate will take place at 12:15 p.m. Monday at Wescoe Beach.
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Starr speaks to 1,200
Clinton investigation separation of powers among issues discussed
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Bv Rvan Devlin
He spoke to about 1,200 people at the Lied Center.
Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr spoke about his former job and his investigation of President Clinton last night as part of the University of Kansas' School of Business Vickers lecture series.
Starr told the audience that he wanted the office of the independent counsel to be dissolved. He said he favored returning the power of investigating high government officials to the office of the attorney general, where the duty was carried out prior to 1978. He said that the office of independent counsel violated the separation of powers mandated by the Constitution and was an abuse of the power of the legislative branch.
an abuse of the "While a noble experiment, the creation of the office eroded public confidence in the administration of justice," Starr said.
wanted reform:
"Reformers tend not to like structure and dismiss it as irrelevant," he said. "But we are dealing with issues of government. From the beginning, structure has been the safeguard of American liberty."
Starr said that the focus of government officials should be based on the structural principles of the Constitution and he urged the American public to be weary of candidates who wanted reform.
After his speech, Starr answered questions
from a panel made up of KU business and law students. Many of the questions dealt with the five-year investigation of President Clinton and subsequent impeachment trial.
Starr called Clinton's behavior "wretched and horrible."
notion.
"I certainly wish the president had told the truth quickly," Starr told the audience, which responded with applause.
When asked how he thought his investigation would affect the behavior of future presidents, Starr said he thought it raised the standards of the presidency.
the presidency." "This is America," he said. "We believe in holding our officials to high standards, and we as Americans want those standards abided by. I think that's the message it sends to future presidents."
When asked how he wanted to be remembered, Starr said he would like to be remembered as someone who performed his duties as a public servant.
"I'd like to be remembered as someone who performed his job and who performed it honorably and admirably, and who upheld the law," he said.
Rachel Flaster, Overland Park freshman, said she attended the speech even though she was not a fan of Starr.
"He had an interesting perspective on politics," she said. "I appreciate the fact that he didn't just focus on the Clinton investigation even though he knew that's what everyone expected to hear."
Molly Westering, Grand Island, Neb., first-year law student, said she appreciated Starr's approach to the speech.
"I respect him as an intellectual," she said.
"Even though I didn't agree with a lot of what he said. I thought the speech was interesting."
Starr's lecture was financed by a private donation from the Vickers family of Wichita.
Former Independent Counsel Ken Starr spoke at the Lied Center last night as part of University of Kansas' School of Business Vickers lecture series. Starr's lecture focused on the topic of governmental reform and the weight of constitutional matters in the making of law. Photo by Craig Bennett/KANSAN
KU resources helps students pinpoint, focus on objectives
By Warisa Chulindra
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
John Wells, Overland Park freshman, recently took a test that had surprising results.
He took the Strong Interest Inventory test at Career Counseling and Planning Service — a part of Counseling and Psychological Services.
Taking into account his personality, interests and values, his desire for a high salary and goal to work with less supervision, the test suggested a career in engineering might suit him.
"I like science, but I've never thought about engineering," Wells said. "I'm kind of surprised. I'll look into it."
with advising and enrollment under way, Career Counseling and Planning Service is busy helping students examine what major and career will satisfy their interests, personality, and val.
sonality and values.
Richard Nelson, assistant director of CAPS, said contrary to what students thought, the tests did not tell them what jobs for which they were best suited.
"It's a test that gives them information about themselves, so they can make better choices for themselves," Nelson said.
Graduate students serve as counselors, helping students find out what is most
CAREER
COUNSELING
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■ Career Counseling and Planning Service, second-floor of Watkins Memorial Health Center, 864-2767.
Offers Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Strong Interest Inventory tests, which cost $9.
■ University Career and Employment Services, 110 Burge Union, 864-3624.
important to them whether it be income, prestige or security. Counselors also confirm whether a major or career fits a student's interests, personality and values, and they point out other career possibilities.
Most students visit CCPS one to three times. Services are free, but if students choose to take the Strong Interest Inventory test or the Meyer-Briggs Type Indicator, a personality test, the cost is $5 a test.
Students also learn the process of making career decisions that they can use later in life if they decide they want to change careers.
Nelson said this was an important skill because members of this generation would change careers three or four times in their lifetimes, compared to their parents' generation, which changed jobs five or six times, working for different companies in the same field.
When students find a career that interests them, they have an informational interview in person or on the phone with someone in the field. They talk to members of the community and KU alumni.
Students are referred to CCPS by faculty, other students and the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center. CCPS often refers students to University Career and Employment Services, 110 Burge Union, to develop resumes, practice mock interviews and search for internships.
Ann Hartley, associate director of University Career and Employment Services, said it was busy helping students find summer internships and jobs for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students who were not in a professional degree program. They also refer students to CCPS for testing.
Students suffer, fight allergies as pollen level increases
By Warisa Chulindra
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
With warm spring days comes the blooming of plants and flowers. It also brings pollen from trees, grasses and weeds, which marks the start of allergy season for many University of Kansas students.
students. This means more students are having trouble breathing, experiencing itchy or watery eyes and sneezing.
When Scott Lowe, Virginia Beach, Va. graduate student, moved to Lawrence
from the East Coast, he had to get accustomed to having allergies twice a year — in the fall and the spring — instead of just in the spring.
"My allergies haven't been too bad, yet," he said. "But it was really bad last semester. I'm used to it, though."
Students from other parts of the state or from out of state tend to suffer from allergies because they are not accustomed to the environment, said Kim Schwartz, registered nurse at the allergy clinic in Watkins Memorial Health Center.
"We're starting to have more and more problems as the weather is getting
warmer and stays warm." she said. "I think everyone loves the warm weather, but the poor people suffering from allergies may not welcome it with open arms."
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reports that weed pollens account for 50 percent of allergies in the United States, grasses for 30 percent and trees for 10 percent. Pollen from cottonwood trees is the source of many allergies in Kansas, Schwartz said.
Many people take over-the-counter medication to combat their allergies.
"It doesn't really help, but it's like a
temporary Band-Aid. "Lowe said. "It gets me through the day."
Students usually consult with physicians before deciding whether medication or injections would be most effective.
People with stronger allergies usually benefit from allergy shots, Schwartz said. She said they were more expensive with the initial solution costing $1,000 and additional bottles of solution ranging from $60 to $150.
The immunity begins to develop within a few months, and people usually receive allergy shots for three to five years before the treatment takes complete effect. If the
Schwartz said allergy shots were most effective when administered in the fall.
allergy shots do not improve allergies patients could stop taking the injections, Schwartz said.
Choose when medication, such as Prescriptions medication, such as Allegra or Claritin, are sometimes prescribed by physicians.
Miranda Schuster, Garnett senior, has been using Allegra and Flonase, a nasal inhaler, for nearly three years. She uses the medication throughout the year.
"It helps a lot," she said. "Though it has been acting up lately. I just remember to take it more often."