WEDNESDAY, APRIL23, 2003 NEWS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A New senators take position tonight By Cate Batchelder catbachelder@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Senators old and new will join tonight for the ceremonial transition of Student Senate. Everyone is hoping for smooth transition — not like the clash last year. "It was a mess," said Johanna Maska, Nunemaker senator and Student Legislative Awareness Board director. Maska talked about the tension created by Referendum B, which gave fraternity and sorority members off-campus status, when Senate changed hands from Delta Force to KUnited leadership. Jayme Aschemeyer, Wiggins, Colo., junior, is a Delta Gamma Aaron Jacobs, off-campus senator, lost his seat in the elections this year. He ran with Delta Force. sorority member and credits her off-campus seat this year to Referendum B passing last year. She failed to win in her last two attempts. "When Referendum B came, allowing Greeks to vote for off-campus, it swung the elections." he said. Aschemeyer is the only greek member of the five winning KUnited off-campus seats. Because there are 3,000 greek students at the University of Kansas, she finally sees Student Senate as proportional to the student population. Before this year, Jacobs said Delta Force had lost only one off-campus seat in its seven years off-campus being its representative base. "I definitely think that's in the greek favor and definitely in the student body favor to be able to have representative percentages," she said. Referendum 1, concerning freshmen representation, will also throw new faces in the mix in hopes of Senate fully representing the student body. In October, freshmen will vote online for five seats from the freshman class. "I tried running for three years in a row: KU Voice, KUnited, KUnited," she said. Serving The 14 newly-elected freshman/sophomore seats will remain. KUnited overwhelmingly swept the category. The difference between winning and losing candidates was 417. Kevin McKenzie, AURH senator and Delta Force freshman/sophomore candidate, was the highest-losing vote recipient in his category. He garnered 390 votes to lowest winning candidate's 807 votes. He also was one of the Referendum 1 organizers. "I lost, but Referendum 1 won," McKenzie said election night. Paul Van Cleave, winning KUnited nontraditional senator, said he was excited about his seat. This year was his first time running, but he said he was disappointed that some of his running mates weren't able to vote for themselves because of computer glitches. "Honestly, it feels absolutely fantastic," said Dunlap, returning CLAS senator. "We feel like we have a mandate from the student body." Jeff Dunlap, current Nunemaker senator and KUnited winning College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, said he was a total optimist after hearing the election results in which his coalition won student body presidency and 46 of 66 Senate seats. — Edited by Anne Mantey Freshman gets involved with Pride Week AndySamuelson/Kansan Christopher Entwhistle, Palatine, Ill., freshman and student senator, spent several hours planning for Pride week this week and said the most interesting event was the Brown Bag Drag Show on Friday. "The drag show is so popular because it's so outlandish," Entwhistle said. By Megan Hickerson mhickerson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Christopher Entwhistle helps bridge the gap between the gay community and the community at large. Although his mom needed some time to get used to the idea of having a gay son, Entwhistle's younger brother disowned him for nine months. "He eventually told me that it's not that I was gay, it was that I didn't tell him first," Entwistle said. that meant so much to me to hear him say that." which the Student Senate office needs sometimes," the Coffeyville junior said. "He always makes us laugh "Anyone who didn't know anyone else that was gay was pretty surprised," he said. "I grew up being Catholic and a Boy Scout." Student Body Vice President-elect Catherine Bell appreciates Entwhistle's work ethics and cheerful attitude. Edited by Anne Mantey Because of Entwhistle's involvement in the Student Senate and the Queens and Allies office, he was one of three nominated to be KU Queer Activist of the Year. "Anyone who didn't know anyone else that was gay was pretty surprised.I grew up being Catholic and a Boy Scout." Need a Job? BE ABARTENDER! - Special student discount (details on website/club setting) The winner will be announced on May 8. 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