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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Student senators removed after excessive absences
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By Nadia Mustafa
nmustafa@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Three student senators permanently were removed from their positions as senators and three student senators were permanently removed from their positions as University Council representatives last night because of excessive absences.
Danner Evans, Nunemaker senator; Mike Stern, journalism senator; and Jack Shay and Beatriz伊拉ra, off-campus senators, missed three or more Senate or committee meetings this semester.
Ibarra was the only senator who appealed her removal, and Student Executive Committee voted to reinstate her. She said that she was often late to meetings because she had to work.
Dion Jones, holdover senator; Erin Carlson, Nunemaker senator, and Todd Ormsbee, graduate senator, were removed from the University Council for missing three or more meetings this academic year or two or more this semester.
Jones, Carlson and Ormsbee will retain their positions as senators.
Julie Numrich, Senate executive chair, notified the senators of their suspensions from either Senate or University Council last Wednesday. The senators had a week to decide whether to appeal their suspensions at the StudEx meeting last night.
Numrigh said that Senate also had to replace many senators last spring.
Numrish also said that she was disturbed that three out of seven University Council representatives had not been regularly attending meetings. She said that their absences decreased student representation in University Council.
Senate voted to fill the University Council seats with Dave Stras, graduate senator; Aravind Mutuhkrishnan, Nunemaker senator, and Luke Pfannenstiel, All Scholarship Hall Council senator.
Armenian Numrich said that the appeals process allowed StudEx to either reinstate or remove suspended senators, depending
on whether they had legitimate excuses for their absences, such as forgetting to sign in at University Council meetings or religious holidays.
"StudEx has been pretty lenient in the past," she said. "If someone comes in, it means they want to be in Senate. If someone doesn't appeal, they probably have other responsibilities."
Numrich said that even though Senate elections were in April, she had to replace senators that were removed.
"Usually replacement senators are active committee members who know what's going on in Senate," she said. "It kind of stinks that they only have one month, but we have to have our Senate full."
—Edited by Clint Hooker
Applications for replacement senators are available in the Senate Office at the Organizations and Leadership Center in the Kansas Union, and are due March 12. Senate will conduct interviews March 16, and replacement senators will be approved by Senate March 17.
Student Senate votes to abolish fee increase
By Nadia Mustafa
mnstafa@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
Student Senate withdrew its support for a $2 fee increase last night.
In a 39-8 vote, Senate upheld Student
Body President Kevin Yoder's voe of the fee increase passed by Senate Feb. 17, which would have gone into effect if it had been approved by the administration and the Kansas Board of Regents.
Last week, KU administrators said they would not present the fee increase to the Regents. Also last week, Yoder
vetoed the increase, which would have financed the Educational Opportunity
Yoder: Senate upheld his veto of a fee increase
Fund. The fund provides money to academic departments and campus groups for financial aid and student salaries.
Yoder said he supported the $8 portion of student fees allocated to the fund, but that it should not be increased because it was established in 1900 without the support of Senate or the student body.
He said the Campus Fee Review Subcommittee should conduct additional research and Senate should discuss the issue further.
"The process has been a little rushed," Yoder said. "We can't make policy because of time constraints. Senate spends too much time nit-picking on how many stamps a group uses and not looking at the big dog money."
ng at the bus. Holly Krebs, holdover senator, said the bill's sponsors discussed the issue extensively with administrators.
"We should not be stopped by what the system is telling us to do," she said. "We
See YODER on page 2A
LEWINSKY INTERVIEW
Alicia Reed, Great Bend sophomore,
Catherine Lewis, Merriam sophomore,
Audrey Hicket, Hill City sophomore,
and Christina Lamb, St. George freshman,
gather in the Miller Scholarship Hall television room to watch the Monica Lewinsky interview.
Barbara Walters' interview with Lewinsky aired on "20/20" Wednesday night.
Photo by Jeff Severin/KANSAN.
Former intern says Clinton made her feel loved
Interview wins sympathy from few in TV audience
By T.J. Johnson Kansan staff writer
Amid some giggling and jokes about cigars, Americans and KU students had their first real chance to meet Monica Lewinsky last night during Barbara Walters' exclusive interview on ABC's 20/20.
From Lewinsky and President Clinton's first meeting to the details of the infamous blue dress and windowless corridor, the interview offered a look into the human side of the relationship between the president and his former intern. A group of
gathered at the television room in Miller Scholarship Hall to watch Lewinsky.
Throughout the interview, Lewinsky filled in the intimate and personal details that had been missing from the Office of the Independent Council report that was
A group of female KU students
released last year. She addressed the feelings that led to her involvement with the president, her feelings throughout the relationship and the aftermath of its disclosure.
closure:
Burdett Loomis, professor of political science,
watched parts of the interview at home and said that he found it curious.
During the interview, Walters revealed that Lewinsky had become pregnant by a man she had met in the Pentagon during her relationship with the president. Lewinsky had an abortion to terminate the pregnancy, according to her forthcoming book "Monica's Story".
"It was just strange. I was ready to see someone mature and heady, and I saw a lot of little schoolgirl." Loomis said. "Essentially it's entertainment."
when asked if she had ever thought about Hillary Clinton during the affair, Lewinsky said, "I did. I think I thought about her a lot, but I never thought she would find out. I was never going to talk about this publicly."
"It was the way he looked at me and the way he held me and the way he touched me. I think you feel that warmth with someone."
Lewinsky portrayed herself as a person with low self-worth, vulnerable to the situation she was placed in with the president.
She said that the president made her feel loved and acted as if he was in love with her.
Lewinsky took issue with the media's portrayal of her as a stalker during the
"At that point, I would not say that was an issue of him wanting to get rid of me and I wouldn't leave him alone. After all, he was the one who had to pick up the phone and call me. I had no way to get in touch with him then," Lewinsky said.
Despite her apologies to the country and the Clinton family, Lewinsky attacked those who transferred her to the Pentagon to keep her away from the president.
"I don't think that my relationship hurt the job he was doing. It didn't hurt the work I was doing. It was between us, and I don't think it was their business, actually." The private look the interview offered of Lowinsky had mixed effects on viewers.
During one scene in which Lewinsky became emotional about the media's treatment of her mother, Rebekah Moses, Great Bend sophomore, said, "Oh, my God, she's blatantly acting!"
1996 presidential election, during which she had been transferred to the Pentagon.
Christina Lamb, St. George freshman, said she felt more sympathy for Lewinsky and believed her emotions.
"I guess I have a more favorable opinion of her now, and I know she did stuff that was wrong and it was her second affair, but I almost feel sorry for her with the way everything has been brought up," Lamb said.
Moses had a more blunt assessment of Lewinsky.
"When you sleep with dogs you get fleas," she said.
Edited by Kelli Raybern
Police stake out intersections to stop drivers from running red lights
By Katie Burford and
Dan Curry
At the major crossroads of the city, Lawrence police will take a stand against drivers making runs on red lights.
Kansan staff writers
kburford@kansan.com,
deurrv@kansan.com
Lawrence Police Chief Ron Olin said that two recent accidents and an increase in sloppy driving were the causes of a police crackdown on red-light violators.
"Drivers are accelerating to get through intersections after the light has turned red," he said.
issued during the tax
Olin said ticketing these violators posed a logistical problem for police. In order the catch the driver, officers either have to run a red light themselves or do U-turn in the intersection.
Although Olin said that issuing a citation does warrant the risk of causing a wreck, he said the department wanted to prevent accidents from occurring.
To confirm the severity of the problem, police performed a two-hour test run Friday at the intersection of 23rd and Iowa streets. Twenty-one tickets were issued during the test.
To reduce the risk of harm but still curb irresponsible driving, the Lawrence Police Department will use multiple officers to stake out intersections, Olin said.
An officer on a motorcycle will observe an intersection and notify other officers placed on each street leading away from the intersection by radio that a violator is heading their way.
"I thought it was really unfair because I had this truck right in front of me," West said.
She said the truck was moving so slowly that the light was green when she entered the intersection and red by the time she exited it.
Jaque west, Lawrence freshman, is considering challenging a $56.50 ticket she received for running a red light Monday night at 23rd and Iowa streets.
West said that slow turn lanes caused congestion at major Lawrence intersections, especially 23rd and Iowa streets, that made good driving difficult.
West said that police ought to stop red-light runners, but it was short-sighted of them to concentrate on only those violations.
Richard Noggle, Romance,
Ark., graduate student, said that
he frequented the intersection at
23rd and Iowa streets but never
noticed a problem with dangerous
driving there.
"I've never seen anybody run a red light," Noggle said. "But I think it's reasonable to to ticket them."
Olin said that intersection stakeouts would happen as often as the manpower was available to perform them. He said the police department would concentrate its efforts on intersections of streets with high-traffic volumes and speed limits of over 30 mph.
Citations for running a red light do not have a set fine — the amount of the fine is determined by a judge.
Even if citations stop the problem, the cure won't please everyone.
"Getting tickets in general is never any fun," West said.
Edited by Melody Ard