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By Cate Batchelder, Henry C.
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Last-minute campaigning may have resulted in an elections code violation for KUnited.
Ashley Smith, Tulsa, Okla., freshman and GSP Hall second floor resident, said three male members of KUnited walked into her open room Wednesday at about 9 p.m. to talk to her and her friends about voting for KUnited. Smith identified one of those members as Student Body President Jonathan Ng.
Having three men walk into her room was awkward because she wasn't expecting any men to be in the hall. The nature of their visit was also unsettling, Smith said.
"It kind of makes me lose respect for KUnited," Smith said. "I already had posters put in my window without them asking."
Another second floor resident, who would not give her name, said KUnited members slipped filers under residents' doors.
Ng said he was aware of the soliciting rules and was following them when he, Arthur Jones, and Steven Munch, KUnited
freshmen/sophomore CLAS winning candidates, talked with students in GSP. Ng said a GSP resident escorted them into the building.
Ng said Jones asked students if they had questions about platforms. They also reminded them to vote, he said.
"We were following all the rules, period," Ng said. "I know all the rules, period. I follow all the rules, period."
Elections Code, section 409.D.2, states the general limitations for campaign activities, campaign materials are allowed in student housing if the complex
director and/or assistant director allows them.
Ng said they did not ask the GSP complex director because it was not standard practice to ask the housing director to visit acquaintances. Ng said their escort took them to the doors of residents she knew.
Courtney Wachal, elections commissioner, said the possible violation would be investigated
KUnited's Andy Knopp and Catherine Bell, student body president-elect and vice president-elect, said they did not know about the incident.
Iennifer Kennedy, Arkansas
After they left, the men went down the hall to knock on more doors, Kennedy said. When Kennedy found out that knocking on doors in residence halls to campaign for a campus coalition was a violation, she said she was disappointed in KUUnited.
City freshman, said at about 10 p.m. Wednesday three or four men knocked on her door in GSP. She said she did not answer the door.
"It makes me think they shouldn't be on our senate," Kennedy said. "It's pretty shady."
Edited by Todd Rapp
Lord Wads
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Wadsworth said his coalition won by about double the points.
"We railed them both big time," said Drew Baranowski, Overland Park junior. "If people voted for us they are voting for the smarter candidates."
Increased student awareness and to have fun with the elections were the reasons the coalition formed, Wadsworth said.
Lord Wads was the vice-presidential candidate for the coalition because of a discrepancy about the validity of signatures on his petition to run for president. But Wadsworth was still the acting power of the coalition.
Voter turnout increased by 15 percent from last year, Lord Wads said, so the coalition considered its campaign successful.
"I think we did it, totally. Voter turnout was our highest priority." he said.
tion with the outcome of the campaign, before the results were released. Wadsworth hinted he might be upset if he was not elected student body president.
Despite his eventual satisfac
"I have armies waiting at the gates of KU," he said. "If I don't win, there's a good chance they'll come in and go medieval on their butt."
About 15 coalition members attended the Lord Wads elections results party at The Crossing. 618 W. 12th St., wearing official tunics with the coalition seal
— "veritas aequitas," or truth and justice. Wadsworth said only the dedicated members showed up, and aside from the small number of knights with Lord Wads, other students at The Crossing didn't seem concerned about the election results.
"I didn't vote and I don't care," said Justin Nickel, Augusta senior. "I haven't voted in fouryears."
Ryan Jones, Overland Park freshman and a squire under the training of Lord Wads, said he would help carry on the tradition and vision of the coalition to do anything they wanted after its leader graduated.
In a last-minute addition to the coalition platform, Baranoski said Lord Wads and the 12 Knights of the Crusade were in favor of keeping Roy Williams and were against Al Bohl.
After leaving The Crossing. Lord Wads and his knights visited the other coalitions, offering congratulations and consolations.
Edited by Amber Byarlay
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