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WEDNESDAY MARCH 6,2002
ISSUE 107 VOLUME112
Solicitation policy debated
By Sarah Hill Kansan staff writer
Door-to-door campaigning in residence halls by Vision Coalition members this weekend has opened a debate about which campaign strategies are permitted by Student Senate election rules.
The coalition canvassed Lewis Hall on Sunday, asking residents to post the coalition's signs in their windows and, some residents say, putting up material without their permission.
Kristen Zucht, Lenexa freshman and Lewis Hall resident, returned to her fourth-floor room and found a Vision Coalition button on her backpack. Her roommate told her that one of the Coalition members had placed it there.
"I thought it was overbearing and arrogant for someone to put their propaganda on other people's property," Zuch said.
Allison Fine, Overland Park sophomore and Lewis Hall resident, said that
she and her roommates put the Vision Coalition's posters in their windows, then took them down after the Coalition members left.
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"I didn't really mind, but I was like, why are they here?" she said.
Matt Steppe, Vision Coalition presidential candidate and Lewis Hall fifth-floor resident, said he only went to the
Turn to page 3A for more Student Senate coverage.
rooms of people on the fifth floor of Lewis, and other floors in the hall where other coalition members lived.
"Our campaigning is within the bounds of the election commission," he said. "Since no complaint was filed, this is a baseless charge."
David Mitchell, elections commissioner, said students had 48 hours, or two school days, to report the discovery of a campaign violation to the Dean of Students office.
"Any student who feels the code has been violated can turn in a complaint," he said.
Mitchell said campaign materials were allowed on residence hall doors and windows because they were classified as private property.
Officials from the Department of Student Housing were not available for comment. The Department's handbook "Policies and Procedures" section prohibits door-to-door soliciting without permission by the residence hall's complex director.
Mitchell said the elections commission would have a meeting tonight to discuss general campaign rules and regulations, including door-to-door solicitation.
Contact Hill at shill@kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Henning.
'Ladies'man learns lessons from sisters
By Adam Pracht Kansan staff writer
Maybe it's chance. Maybe it's genetics. But people in Nathan Urbauer's family tend to be women.
Urbauer was the first boy born in his family after four older sisters.
Urbauer, Frankfort sophomore, said the situation was beneficial in that his sisters helped him relate to women.
"Being and growing up with four older sisters, I'm more in touch with my feminine side, maybe, or my emotions," Urbauer said. "tunderstand more what girls have gone through, and I respect them more than a lot of people. I was raised like that because my dad was like that. And four older sisters—they beat it into you."
Editor's note Every face in the crowd and every number in the phonebook has a story behind it. So every week, staff reporter Adam Pracht will randomly select a KU student and tell his or her story Watch for it.
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The siblings vary in age by a wide range. The oldest, Lisa Kuenzi, is 35, while Nathan is 20. His 33-year-old sister, Amy Urbauer, said that because of the age difference, they played a major part in raising Nathan. She said that one of the values they tried to give Nathan was a greater sensitivity toward toward women.
"Because we didn't let him treat girls bad, I think Nathan is extremely respectful of women for the most part," Amy Urbauer said. "If he does something that we think is inappropriate, we all jump him."
But the dominance of women in his family extends beyond his relationship with his sisters: Lisa Kuenzi, Amy Urbauer, Shae Santiago and Sara Urbauer.
SEE LADIES MAN ON PAGE 8A
Nathan Urbauer, Frankfort sophomore, grew up in a family of mostly females. He now lives in the Theta Fraternity house, 1003 Emery Road, with all males.
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Kansas Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Carla Stovall speaks to the College Republicans in the Kansas Union.
Stovall visits speaks about budgets, taxes governor race
By Cassio Furtado
Kansan senior staff writer
Attorney General Carla Stovall, who is campaigning to become the next Kansas governor, told a group of 40 KU students last night she was glad she wasn't sitting in the governor's chair right now.
Kansas faces a $426 million shortfall in funding for the fiscal year that starts in July, which will likely bring $15.8 million in cuts to the University of Kansas.
"We are in a horrible budget situation," Stovall acknowledged, adding that this year's legislature would have to make tough choices in order to keep the state running.
But Stovall, who spoke at a meeting of KU College Republicans at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union, said she was optimistic about the situation and said things would turn around, even though she acknowledged the fiscal crisis would last for one or two more years.
Asked if she would back a plan to keep the University of Kansas unharmed by budget woes, she said her priority would be to keep K-12 education intact, adding that the University was not the only college in the state.
Stovall, who told the audience she went to college at Pittsburg State University when tuition was $256 a semester, said universities were in a better position to decide what they should cut on the eve of the state's budget crisis, referring to the University's decision on whether to raise tuition.
"That's not my call." she said. "I just don't know the budget."
SEE STOVALL ON PAGE 8A
Heather Baade, Bike Shop employee,
shows the Serfas RX bike seat.
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Seats, erectile dysfunction may keep bikers in low gear
By Summer Lewis Kansan staff writer
The study found that 80 percent of those using a conventional seat suffered numbness while only 14 percent of those using a new seat became numb. Irwin Goldstein, a specialist of erectile dysfunction with the Boston University Medical Center, conducted the study.
A study released last month revealed that blood flow to a man's penis can be so restricted by riding a bicycle that he can become incapable of an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse.
He said in the study that all male cyclists risked erectile dysfunction,
Men who enjoy cycling could be in for a rough ride when it comes to sexual intercourse.
The study found that the problem lies not in cycling itself but in the seats. It said that men could develop erectile dysfunction after sitting on a hard bicycle seat for many hours because it compressed the area known as the per-
Goldstein said that they should consider giving up the sport if they enjoyed sex unless their seat fit them properly.
ineum, which is between the anus and the scrotum.
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John Heeb, urologist at the Lawrence urology clinic, said that there were bicycle seats designed to prevent the problem.
Phillip Smetak, owner of The Bike Shop, 818 Massachusetts St., said the store sold Serfas seats.
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Serfas, a manufacturer of biking accessories, designed a seat that shifts the rider's weight off the perineum.
"The seats have a split in the center so that no pressure is applied there," Smetak said.
Ryan Lash, Leawood sophomore and president of the KU Cycling Club, said that discomfort in the groin was a sign of a rider being improperly fitted to his or her bike. He said neither he nor any club members suffered from the dysfunction.
"It's not a reason for people to not ride, or stop riding their bikes," Lash said. "It's simply time for them to go visit
Lash said that a study by the American Heart Association found that regular cycling could improve sexual function in men with heart failure.
"It's very important to note that cycling is one of the healthiest forms of exercise." he said.
"I also always ride in bike shorts with a padded chamois," he said.
a reputable bike dealer to be professionally fit. Like any sport, having the proper equipment and knowing how to use it is the most important."
Lash said that he was aware of the risk of erectile dysfunction, but that he knew that the different styles of seats could provide pressure relief.
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This story was edited by Justin Henning.
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