Thursday, April 1, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
YOU claims Fizell helped campaign
Alleged exchanges with Delta Force prompts complaint
By Nadia Mustafa and T.J. Johnson
nmustafa@kansan.com
johnson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writers
In a move that some student senators claimed was political maneuvering, members of the YOU coalition filed a complaint reminiscent of similar campaign accusations during Senate elections two years ago.
Ben Walker and R.J. Woodring
YOU incumbent candidates for Nunemaker senators, accused the Delta Force coalition yesterday of consulting with Jason Fizell, KU graduate and former Delta Force president, for campaign advice.
Fitzell: Is accused of helping with Delta Force campaign
According to the elections code, coalitions that seek help from non-students must pay a "fair market value" for the consulting, and report it to the elections commission.
Walker did not talk to any Delta Force member about his suspicions, but he said that Delta Force did not include Fizell's alleged services on its initial expense report.
"We have a lot of circumstantial stuff, but no smoking gun,"
Walker said, "I haven't heard anything in specific."
But, Walker claimed that Fizell recently had shouted about campaign issues in the Senate office and was listed as a "friend of the force" or a Delta Force supporter on the coalition's Web site (www.ukans.edu/-dforce).
Also, Walker said, the Web site contained a picture of Fizell at the Delta Force kickoff party last month.
in addition, Walker accused Fizell of talking with Seth Hoffman, Delta Force candidate for student body president, and Partha Mazumdar, incumbent Delta Force candidate for graduate senator.
Fizell, who is a student services specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, could not be reached for comment.
Hoffman denied that Delta Force sought campaign advice from Fizel. He said Fizel was a friend of his, not a consultant.
"There's some more detective work to be done," Hoffman said. "He's not doing any work for us. YOU is trying to put a blemish on Delta Force. It is completely obvious that it's political maneuvering. It dashes my hopes for a clean campaign."
Walker said that he had the same information a month ago but denied that the complaint had anything to do with coalition politics. He said that he had not purposely waited until two weeks before the election to file the complaint, but that discussion about past campaign abuses on the Senate listserv yesterday served as a catalyst for the complaint.
After the 1997 Senate elections,
Scott Sullivan, Unite student body president-elect and Mike Walden, Unite student body vice president-elect, were fined more than $1,000 for accepting campaign advice from a Travis Harrod, a non-student.
The elections commission will begin its investigation today and conduct a hearing Monday.
If the allegations are proven to be true, the commission can take any action it determines fit.
Jen Watkins, elections commissioner, said that she hoped the matter would be resolved before the elections on April 14 and 15.
— Edited by Monica Hodes
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