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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015
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In this image taken from video posted to hillaryclinton.com Sunday, Hillary Rodham Clinton announces her campaign for president. The former secretary of state, senator and first lady enters the race in a strong position to succeed her rival from the 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama.
KEN THOMAS
LISA LERER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics Sunday, making a muchawaited announcement that she will again seek the White House with a promise to serve as the "champion" of everyday Americans.
Clinton opened her bid for the 2016 Democratic nomination by positioning herself as the heir to the diverse coalition of voters who elected her immediate predecessor and former campaign rival, President Barack Obama, as well as an appeal to those in her party
still leery of her commitment to fighting income inequality.
And unlike eight years ago, when she ran as a candidate with a deep resumé in Washington, Clinton and her personal history weren't the focus of the first message of her campaign. In the online video that kicked off her campaign, she made no mention of her time in the Senate and four years as secretary of state, or the prospect that she could make history as the nation's first female president.
Instead, the video is a collection of voters talking about their lives, their plans and aspirations for the future. Clinton doesn't appear until the very end.
"I'm getting ready to do something, too. I'm running for president." Clinton said. "Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top.
Many had hoped Clinton would face a challenge from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has said she will not run.
It's a message that also made an immediate play to win over the support of liberals in her party for whom economic inequality has become a defining issue. They remain skeptical of Clinton's close ties to Wall Street and the centrist economic policies of the administration of her
"Every day Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion, so you can do more than just get by. You can get ahead and stay ahead."
husband, former President Bill Clinton.
"It would do her well electorally to be firmly on the side of average working people who are working harder than ever and still not getting ahead," said economist Robert Reich, a former labor secretary during the Clinton administration.
Unlike some of the Republicans who have entered the race, Clinton was scant on policy specifics on her first day as a candidate. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, for example, kicked off his campaign with
a website and online videos that described his positions on an array of domestic and foreign policy issues.
Clinton also began her campaign for president in 2007 with a video, followed by a splashy rally in Des Moines where she said, "I'm running for president, and I'm in it to win it." This time around, Clinton will instead head this week to the first-to-vote Iowa, looking to connect with voters directly at a community college and small business roundtable in two small towns.
when families are strong, America is strong. So I'm hitting the road to earn your vote. Because it's your time. And I hope you'll join me on
this journey." she said in the video.
This voter-centric approach was picked with a purpose, her advisers said, to show that Clinton is not taking the nomination for granted. Her campaign said Sunday she would spend the next six to eight weeks in a "ramp-up" period, and she would not hold her first rally and deliver a campaign kickoff speech until May.
Clinton is the first highprofile Democrat to get into the race, and she quickly won the endorsement of several leading members of her party, including her home state governor, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.
Engineering students prepare for regional conference
ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK
The American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Continent Regional Conference, which comes to the University once every 10 years, will take place next week from April 23-25 and will bring more than 400 people to Lawrence.
said.
For the past year, Julia Dury, a junior from Blue Springs. Mo., has been organizing the conference.
"It's kind of like planning a wedding, but less cute," Dury
Dury has been booking venues for the competitions, organizing meals and catering arrangements for the attendees, and recruiting judges from the area, all while staying in contact with the 16 participating colleges.
"All in all, it has been a lot of time, mostly spent emailing and calling people and budgeting money, but it has been very rewarding," Dury said. "I'm excited to watch everything take place."
Dury's efforts will allow
students from 16 different colleges the opportunity to participate in competitions, attend a social event, view presentations and projects, and more.
One of these competitions is concrete canoe racing.
Billy Hirchert, a senior from Washburn, N.D., is the captain of the University's concrete canoe team.
Hirchert said the team went to nationals last year and didn't perform well. They're looking to redeem themselves next week.
"Last year, our boat was short, wide and heavy — the complete wrong shape," Hirchert said. "So choosing the correct dimensions for this year's was the biggest thing."
Hirchert said the team put in more than 1,000 hours of work on this year's boat, only for it to crack.
"We have this saying, 'If something catastrophic doesn't happen on a weekly basis, it wouldn't be concrete canoe,'" Hirchert said.
He ended up contacting other teams from around the
"Everyone was super happy to help. We ended up fixing it, and now you can't even see the crack," Hirchert said. "Troubleshooting is a big skill that's gained throughout the conference."
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Another of the conference's competitions is steel bridge design.
Jacob Cocke, a senior from New Braunfels, Texas, and captain of the University's steel bridge team, said they have been preparing for the competition since August.
country and Canada for help.
The scoring is based on how fast teams can assemble the bridge, how much it weighs and how much it deflects under different amounts of weight.
"It's much more hands-on than what our classes go into," Cocke said. "The best part about the competition is seeing how you compare against other engineering students, and the different concepts that fit the same situation."
Edited by Kayla Schartz
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