OPINION
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4A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY,APRIL 9,2002
ABOUT THE ENDORSEMENTS
Editor's note: The Kansan editorial board interviewed the presidential and vice presidential candidates from the Delta Force and KUnited coalitions. The presidential ticket from the SMILE coalition chose not to participate in the interviews. Five editorial board members, from different ages, backgrounds, living arrangements and majors, as well as editor Leita Walker and managing editors Jay Krall and Kyle Ramsey participated. Opinion editors did not vote, and there was one abstention. Voting was by secret ballot, and the ticket with the most votes received the board's endorsement.
received the board's endorsement. Board members also endorsed referendum items and individual candidates for Student Senate, although it did not necessarily endorse as many candidates as there were open seats. Candidates who did not turn in surveys were not endorsed To avoid conflicts of interests, the board did not endorse any candidates for journalism seats.
ENDORSEMENTS: STUDENT SENATE
KEY
Delta Force
KUnited
Independent
! seats.2 candidates endorsed
Architecture
Denver, Colo., freshman
"I am a very motivated, outgoing person that wants to make the best of everyone's college career."
Issues: Studio conditions in Lindley Annex, GTA and faculty fair wages; student power with tuition, especially for out-of-state students.
Nick Lawler ✔
Kansas City, Mo., freshman
Issues: Improve relations with architecture administration; improve studio facilities; transportation issues, including "Drive at Five."
"I want to see the school of architecture improve student relations to keep students up to date, and for them to have a voice in the decisions made within the school. Studio facilities can be greatly improved upon with added space and quality of work space."
Quality of Workspace
Richard Mulhern +
Colorado Springs, Co., senior
issues: Incorporating green architecture into University design; vending machine in Lindley Annex; continuing interest in lectures series, new classroom topic ideas "I'm already familiar with the architecture student body, faculty and staff. I will listen and remember what con- tenses are."
Adam Rich
Omaha, Neb., junior
issues: Better lighting in support space; improve technology and we ensure we have faculty that can help teach that technology; improve student relationships between years, making the school more close-knit.
"I care about the school of architecture and the students. I have been appointed as replacement senator two years in a row. I promise to use my seat to the best of my ability to improve the school of architecture and the KU community."
Gladstone, Mo., sophomore
issues: Additional architecture fees not raised because tuition went up; money for students to design/build projects; finalize bus dep competition from two years ago.
"I helped allocate $4,000 to the school of architecture this year and now that I know how, I feel more capable to help students."
Business
2 seats,2 endorsed
Manhattan junior
ISSUES: Making faculty evaluations available to students online, eliminating the -minus from the business school's grading system, getting a copy machine in Summerfield Hall.
"As an engineering senator, I worked hard to get library hours extended at Learned Hall, to improve safety around the building and to represent students in Senate and University Council. I'm committed to bringing that same dedication, energy and experience to the job if elected business school senator."
Overland Park junior
Aenomormer
Issues: Allowing credit for emphasis program to be shown on transcript or diploma; making the Wall Street Journal available to all business students at no cost through online permits and boxes similar to readership program; creating more availability and consistency with business class enrollment
My issues are based entirely on input from business students. I am dedicated to making these things happen. I have the knowledge and experience that will enable me to work well as a representative for my fellow students." John Messer
Kansas City, Kan., junior
Jake Mooney
**issues:** Getting a student representative with voting power on the Board of Regards; fair wages for all University employees; minority recruitment and retention.
"Being actively involved and a resident assistant, I feel
"Being actively involved and a resident assistant, I feel that I have a very good understanding of student issues and can effectively represent them."
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
12 seats, 10 endorsed
Matthew Gassen ▲
issues; tuition increase input; instructor quality; campus
hassidification
Topeka senior
"The issues that I care about are those that affect us all, and I am motivated and willing to work on problems that require effort."
Catherine Bell
Coffeyville, sophomore
"I am dedicated to listening and responding to the wants and needs of the student body, and I have the experience to get the job done."
**issues:** Increase student awareness and actions on issues involving the state; make campus parking more available after 5 p.m.; organize a plan to make Senate deliberate.
JD Bovle
3845 New Multicultural Resource Center; online calendar; freeze on student fee increases
Shaker Heights, Ohio, senior
not a senator. I'm also known to be very outspoken and blunt when taking on issues, yet at the same time, I always bring humor to it all."
"I'm very aware of how Senate works even though I am not a senator. I'm also known to be very outspoken and hurt when taking on issues, yet at the same time,"
Jamie Brent ▲ ✔
vulnerable issues improving environmental sustainability on campus through the use of recycled products; supporting fair wage increases for GTAs, RAs and classified staff; and the campus alcohol policy.
● SMILE
Endorsed by Kansan editorial board
Warpenton, Mo., senior
Katie Dilks
"As a senator, I would look forward to working with others (who perhaps have even more experience) to find new and creative ways of informing students of the issues at hand and the means in which their voices can have an impact."
Ames, Iowa, junior
issues: Minority recruitment and retention; passage of a
Fouzia Haq ✔✔
issues: Minority recruitment and retention, passage of a domestic partnership policy, improved recycling on campus "I would work hard to represent all students while unfolding my own rituals and convictions."
Brooklyn, N.Y., junior
issues: Use of residence half meal plans on campus; better lighting and security on campus; more accountability for allocation of tuition and campus fees.
"I provide experience through a diverse number of campus involvements. I care about the University and want to continue serving the student body to the best of my ability."
Scott McKenzie
Salinajunior
issues: Make transforming changes in the structure of decision-making power at KU; bring back beer to the Jaybow; increase the ethical considerations and morals of Student Senate and the student body as a whole.
"I am unwilling to settle for anything other than the best for students at this University. It's the least they deserve."
Amanda Meglemre ▲ ✔
issues: Environmental issues like recycling; more scholarships for minorities; domestic partnership policy.
"Last year I lost the election, but I stayed involved and still worked on my issues. I also spent many evenings this past semester visiting student organizations and soliciting student input in the tuition situation."
Overland Parks sophomore
Kari Ronningen ▲
Bismark, N.D., junior
Brains: Make the administration more accountable to students; getting alcohol in the Jaybowl and Memorial Stadium to increase revenue; creating a campus that is caring and accepting of all its members through education.
"Honesty care about KU students and want to help them make changes here that can improve their college experiences. I feel that I would be a strong voice for students in Senate and in dealings with the administration." Jennifer Wang
Jennifer Huang
Issues: Drive at Five; campus-wide community service project in the fall; online voting for Senate elections and online enrollment.
"Beyond just being involved, I am not afraid to put in the hours to get things accomplished. I and in 180+ hours of community service this year and won the Rock Chalk 'Most Dedicated Community Service Individual' award. There are many things I want to accomplish — namely a campus-wide Lawrence-wide project in the fall."
Wade Carr ✔
Wellington sophomore
Issues: Create a Web service that allows students to find information on various activities; form a committee that would allow students to have a direct hand in the allocation of tuition dollars; make improvements to the MRC.
"Being involved in a wide variety of student activities has given me a great deal of leadership experience. Through these activities I have proven myself as a hard worker with the ability to work with a wide variety of people. My involvement has given me the chance to network to a wide range of students, which would allow me to be more responsive to the needs of all students."
Adam Obley ✔
Topeka junior
issues: Tuition accountability; student access to teacher evaluations; increasing student voter turnout in local, state and national elections in November.
"I have three years of intimate experience with Senate and its boards. I'm a proven leader and coalition builder in Senate, and have carved out an independent voice. I know the process and rules of Senate, particularly in regard to funding guidelines. Mostly, though, I will use my leadership and experience to fight for students in Senate, in Strong Hall and in the capitol."
Kansas City, Mo., senior
issues: Improving Senate's outreach by increasing awareness of issues coming before Senate and seeking input on these issues; creating an online service to provide students with scholarship, leadership and career opportunities; supporting programs to increase diversity at KU, specifying the MBC.
Cinnamon Smith ▲
issues: New building for the MRC; examine the campus alcohol policy; minority recruitment and retention.
"Students should vote for me because I feel that I truly represent many types of students from athletes to people of different socio-economic status, to people of multiple races, to greeks. This allows me to get the honest opinions of all types of students. I really care about this campus."
Alciia Filipson  ☑
Milford, Neb., senior
"I'll increase student input and awareness of issues. By visiting different organizations each week, I'll inform students about and learn how they feel about issues."
issues: Student representation on the Board of Regents; domestic partnership policy; improve campus recycling; "I've been working on issues all of my mature life and will continue to do so regardless of what happens in the elections. This year, however, I realized that student senators are in a better position to communicate with the students at KU, and thus understand all the issues and indeed how many issues there are, through their positions as senators."
Ben Burgen ▲
Fakridge junior
facilities: Campus alcohol policy, environmental sustainability on campus; creating a living wage for KU employees "Students should vote for me because I will actively pursue positive changes for the students at KU."
Lawrencejunior
Eskridge junior
**ases:** Increasing diversity awareness; campus
affinity; an environmental sustainability
democracy, environmental sustainability.
"I feel I am qualified for the job because I am dedicated,
hard-working, genuine and responsible. I have worked
Kansas City, Mo., senior
ENDORSEMENTS: STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Delta Force is the right choice
Delta Force's platform encompass the big picture. That, along with a to-the-point approach, earned Karen Keith, student body presidential candidate and Kit Brauer, vice presidential candidate, the 2002 Kansas editorial board's endorsement.
After interviewing Keith and Brauer and KUnited candidates Jonathan Ng and Loren Malone, the Kansan editorial board endorsed Keith and Brauer by a 4-3 vote with one person abstaining. Representatives of the SMILE coalition chose not to participate.
chosen as Delta Force's platform has the potential to influence multiple student issues. Keith and Brauer said they would try to get a student representative on the Board of Regents and cited a plausible plan to accomplish their goal. The duo succeeds in properly addressing issues such as the tuition increase with extra representation on the Regents and also simple issues students care about.
say many. Ng said alcohol on campus was his least favorite issue appearing on coalition platforms because of looming tuition increases, but KUnited's proposed yellow bike program is just as frivolous and even more implausible. Delta Force already researched the bike program. The idea was not original. KUnited wants to implement a program in which donated bikes would be painted yellow. The bikes would be left on campus for students to ride at their convenience. But Ng and Malone both
Keith and Brauer want to change the alcohol policy on campus, lessening restrictions about where and when alcohol can be consumed. But they do say many of their goals are long-term.
Both Keith and Ng have impressive backgrounds outside Student Senate. Keith was president for Amnesty International and worked on Students for a Free Tibet among other things. Ng helped found the Pre-Journalism Club and also is a member of Asian-American Student Union.
said they didn't ride bikes on campus now. This suggests to the editorial board that the University of Kansas does not have a campus that facilitates bike riding, and the logistics of the yellow bike program are too complicated to make it worthwhile.
can students only. Brauer also boasts an impressive background on Senate. The sophomore candidate became involved with Senate committees his freshman year. Malone, who served as the appointed Panhellenic Association senator her freshman year, took last year off from Senate. Because the vice president must have extensive experience regarding how Senate works and Senate's rules and regulations. Brauer is the better candidate.
Ng and Malone made a convincing case for their candidacy, as is illustrated by the close vote. The duo will push for a new multicultural resource center in a centralized location. It's impressive to see a coalition talking in terms of specific action required for an end result.
It was a close vote and both pairs of candidates showed strengths and weaknesses in their platform issues, but Keith and Brauer answered questions directly without any spin. They are the best choice to represent the student body.
Brooke Hesler for the editorial board
Karen Keith DeltaForce presidential candidate
Jonathan Ng KUnited presidential candidate
Paul Bammel SMILE presidential candidate
Kit Brauer
Delta Force
vice presidential
candidate
Loren Malone
KUnited
vice presidential
candidate
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Jared Hiatt SMILE vice presidential candidate
Check 'yes' on both ballot referendums
students should vote in favor of both referendums on this year's ballot. One referendum proposes
both referendums on this year's ballot. One referendum proposes the continuation of a fee for the newspaper readership program, which brings The Kansas City Star, The Lawrence Journal-World, The New York Times and USA Today to campus for students to pick up.
The $5 fee per semester is $1.50 less than students paid this year, and it is worth the cost for papers to be available on campus with the swipe of a KUID. It's a small price to pay in comparison
to what it would cost for subscriptions to the publications.
The program was implemented last fall. Its success was illustrated around the Sept. 11 tragedies when the papers were hard to come by.
The other referendum on the ballot allows students living in greek housing to vote for candidates for off-campus senator. It is only fair that greeks get adequate representation.
Greeks currently receive a form of representation through Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association
senators, but those senators technically only represent those governing bodies.
It would be better if additional senator seats were created specifically to represent students in greek housing. But until that happens, greeks must have the same representation in Senate.
Students should vote in favor of both referendums when they go to the polls tomorrow and Thursday.
River Forest, Ill., junior
Jenny Scott
for the Department of Student Housing for almost four years serving others. I actively participate in different aspects of campus leadership, such as LeaderShape and Student Leadership Institute. I'm a third generation Jayhawk. I love this town and I love this school. I want to help all students succeed."
Brooke Hesler for the editorial board.
issues: New MRC building; allowing students to park
after 5.0 m; more on tuition increase.
after b.p.m. more input on education
"I'm an incredibly dedicated leader to everything that I commit to. My activities and experiences have given me the chance to work with and understand students from many different perspectives, as well as given me the leadership capabilities to make me a great senator"
Travis Wellers ▲
Garden City junior
issues: Get a student on the board of Regents; support Miller/Winnings in their lawsuit.
"I am interested in empowering students and making sure the University is held accountable to its students." Andrew Wymore
Andrew Wymore
lazes: Student seating in Allen Fieldhouse; reform camping at Allen Fieldhouse.
"have petitions with 1,000 signatures to reform seating and camping systems."
2seats, 2candidates endorsed
Issues: A new MRC to attract and retain diversity at KU, centralized KU online services to effectively promote events in the school of education and in other organizations; student input for the allocation of tuition funds. "I've been very involved through a spectrum of organizations. I have a great deal of leadership experience and get along well with different types of people. I genuinely care about students at KU and I am ideas for improving our University."
issues: running for school of education student association events; improved transportation and parking solutions; centralized KU online services to effectively promote school of education events; student input in authoritative decisions for the school of education.
"I'm willing to listen to any problems or concerns that education students have about the University or school of education. I'm also willing to take immediate action when I do hear a need that needs to be addressed. I want everyone in the school of education to know that they can come to me if they have issues I can help with."
Engineering
Overland Park junior
Rosemary Rolls
3seats, 3candidates endorsed
Harrisonville, Mo., junior
**issues:** Get lockers in the Learned Hall computer labs; provide services such as coffee and snacks in Learned's Koch Lounge; provide student input for users of the engineering fees
Overland Parkjunior
"I have proven initiative and involvement in my living community and the engineering community. There are many campus issues and engineering specific needs that require the initiative I have proven. I'm ready to work with Senate to accomplish these goals."
Topeka sophomore
"I will make sure that every student that wants an homeschool in Universe Relations, gets it."
Kyle Johnson ✔
**issues:** Student, GTA and KU employee wages;
issues: Student, GTA and KU employee wages; increased and assured purchase of recycled materials by the University; direction of incoming funds for the University.
Wichita sophomore
Nathan Dormer ▲
Issues: Lockers installed in the engineering computer labs; polling site at Learned; increase services in Koch Lounge; increase level of technology in Learned through the engineering technology fee. "I have experience at it I have shown that I work hard to improve the learning conditions for engineering students at KL."
students at KU.
Theresa LaFollette ✔
Olathe freshman
issues. A 24-hour additional move-out time for all students in residence halls, greater student input for tuitions dollars go; increase student safety, especially adding real phones next to blue phones.
"I care about what happens to both the school of engineering and the University of Kansas. I'm a good listener and a hard worker. I can bring enthusiasm and dedication to the Senate. I would bring a sense of accountability to the Senate."
Marci Deuth ✔
Salina freshman
issues: Student Senate election pollite site at Learned so it is easier for engineers to vote; Lockers in some of the labs in Learned; improve computers and technology in Learned by using the technology fee that students already pay.
"will put time and effort into improving the University for all students, and especially those in the engineering school. I have the goals of the students in mind and wish to do everything possible to represent and assist them. My goals are specific and feasible, and I am both willing and able to implement them."
Kansas City junior
Tom Gonzales
issues: Minority recruitment and retention; maximize student services in the new Learned addition; ensure that students reap the benefits from the tuition hike.
"I can represent the best interests of engineering students and I want to make efforts to better engineering students in the future."
Fine Arts
3 seats, 2 candidates endorsed
Tommy Bobo ▲
North Augusta, S.C., freshman
**measures:** Tuition increases; fine arts budget cuts; budget allocation
issues: Make student resources more accessible to students; get a student on the Board of Regents; more public art on campus.
Katie Harris
"Students should vote for me because I am dedicated. I have been involved on this campus since I have arrived. I spend endless hours a week in meetings trying to make a difference in this community. I am a nice guy who likes doing nice things."
JUGGERING
"I care about my department's outcome, and I'll keep
Bead Hancock
Hugoton sophomore
at a task until there is a positive change."
Rugby specialist
Issues: Institution of a domestic partnership policy;
student power in tuition increase; budget decision within the school of fine arts.
"I am a typical student in the school of fine arts who cares about his education. The budget cuts within the University have caused a shortage of funds and materials within fine arts. It is important to me and my friends (most of who are fine arts students) that all the departments within the school of fine arts have adequate funding."
Topeka sophomore
Katie Rush ✔✔
issues: Re-instating the previous (longer) hours of the common shop, photo lab and computer/print lab and providing more student help; repairing or replacing such necessities as easels, chairs and tables; making the University equally responsible with the students for funding campus safety features such as dual-use emergency phones and improved lighting on campus.
"I understand how dedicated students in the school of fine arts are to their majors and how unfair and frustrating the administration can be when they won't listen to our needs. I will fight to make the fine arts students heard and have their needs met."
Graduate senators
10 seats, 8 candidates endorsed
Oklahoma City graduate student
issues: Fair contract for graduate teachers that cover students' insurance; campus democracy; tuition, women's issues; alcohol back in the Union.
"Being a student for the past 10 years has put me in a position where I have encountered many students and their issues. Also, since I have been teaching for the past three years as a GTA, I can speak for my fellow school classmates. I have also been involved with many other groups as an undergraduate. Further, I have worked as a University administrator for a year and have come across many of the policies that affect us that we need to be aware of."
Independence, Mo., graduate student
issues: Making not only Student Senate, but senators more visible to students; to be approachable and to be a voice for the graduate students, as well as the whole student body; improved MRC.
I've worked hard to get involved, whether it through Student Senate or just by attending a football game. I'm sincerely interested in expressing the needs of not only graduate students, but the student body as a whole. I elected, I hope all students feel they can contact me with any questions or concerns they may have."
Newport, N.C., graduate student
issues: Fair wages for KU employees; living wage for companies receiving tax abatements from the city; increase representation of the needs of graduate and professional students.
"I will continue to be a vocal and a conscientious graduate senator and campus activist. Delta Force believes in activism over apathy."
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