WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Wads'planto exitelection fails
By Cate Batchelder
cbatchelder@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
During the entire race for student body president, Lord Wads and his 12 Knights of the Crusade hinted at a surprise — a grand finale.
"We had the surprise set, and then the Final Four came up and we had to go to New Orleans," Brett Wadsworth, Lord Wads vice-presidential candidate, said.
This elusive surprise was to drop out of the race at an informal debate Monday and endorse a "real" coalition, Delta Force or KUnited. But Wadsworth and presidential running mate, Andy Foertsch, missed the debate for the basketball game.
"When KU started winning, we couldn't focus our energies on the campaign anymore or school for that matter," Wadsworth said.
"We had the surprise set, and then the Final Four came up and we had to go to New Orleans."
Brett Wadsworth Lord Wads vice-presidential candidate
Wadswsorth and Foertsch said they always had planned to drop out.
Well, voting day has arrived and now the big surprise is that they're still on the ballot.
No one may be more surprised than the other coalition candidates.
"I thought he was just going to joust Andy or me for the nod," said Drew Thomas, Delta Force presidential candidate, in talking about the surprise and the possible endorsement.
Before this week's big campaign push, Wadsworth said he had the two coalitions worried that Lord Wads and the 12 Knights of the Crusade would take away votes from the other coalitions. From the get-go, the coalition's intentions were to bring awareness to the election and have a little fun at the same time. The campaign would also serve as a last hurrah for Wadsworth and his knights before they graduated, Wadsworth said.
Taking away votes from other coalitions wasn't part of the platform.
"It's not like we're Nader," Wadsworth said.
Andy Knopp, KUnited presidential candidate, said he thought the Lord Wads coalition completed its objective of raising awareness to the elections. There's no way of knowing whether it would take away votes from other coalitions, he said.
"I just think students are
For an expense report breakdown for each of this year's coaltions, see page 8A
going to make an independent decision and elect the best person for the job," Knopp said.
After hearing the other coalitions' platforms, Wadsworth said both had merits. He said that by choosing to endorse one side, however, his voters might choose one coalition because of him and the stupid acts he's done.
"It's wrong to sway people just because I'm a funny person," he said.
Dropping out of the race could have also meant that his voters might not go to the polls at all, he said.
"The reasons for dropping out just aren't good enough," Wadsworth said. "It's out of our hands now."
Edited by Jason Elliott
Elections commission fines Senate candidates
At an elections commission hearing last night, two candidates for Student Senate were fined for not completing candidate workshops.
One candidate, Peter Thornhill of Lord Wads and the 12 Knights
of the Crusade, waived his priva-
cy rights. The other candidate,
from KUnited, kept his right to a
private hearing.
All candidates for Student Senate seats must complete one of two workshops or an online quiz, according the Elections Code. Candidates must get 100 percent on the quiz and have
unlimited attempts at attaining it.
Joe White, elections commissioner, said the commission gave the candidates ample time to finish. White said he didn't think the commission should have tolerance for candidates who couldn't figure out the code rules.
He wanted the candidates to
"Why would you want a candidate who can't follow simple rules?" he said.
be removed from the Senate race.
The commission voted to allow the candidates to run. Thornhill was fined $30. The KUnited candidate was fined $15.
Cate Batchelder
Commission plans to study lot times
By Jessica Hood
jhood@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
The commission decided to wait until next year when more detailed research could be done.
The Parking Commission stood by its earlier decision not to expand student parking in the lots between the Military Science Building and the Multicultural Resource Center and between Malott and Haworth halls.
Currently the lots, numbered 35 and 37, are restricted until 7:30 p.m. Last month Kyle Johnson, parking commission member, proposed that 48 spaces in the lots be restricted until 5 p.m. so students could park in the designated spaces earlier.
After the March 25 meeting, the parking department looked at the lots at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to better understand parking usage there. The commission also gained information on lot 17 directly behind Summerfield Hall. But the research did not convince the commission to expand the time that parking is available to students in these lots.
At yesterday's meeting, the commission discussed the expansion and decided to conduct more research on the lots.
"It would be a big mistake to
Commission member Johnson proposed a compromise that would include changing Lot 17 to be restricted until 7:30 p.m. for faculty and staff and have half the spaces in lots 55 and 37 restricted until 7:30 p.m. for faculty and staff and the other half available at 5 p.m. for students.
reverse the decision based on six more nights of data," Allen Ford, parking commission chairman, said.
In lot 37 there would be 20 spots for students and 20 spots for faculty and staff, Johnson said. In lot 35, the exact number of the division is yet to be determined. These changes would affect spots that do not have other restrictions on them.
"We can get a good sense of demand by restricting a certain number to students and faculty," Johnson said.
Jeff Dunlap, a parking commission member, supported Johnson's new proposal because it would allow the area to be more easily patrolled.
"It's only 20 spots to patrol making it easier to assign tickets," Dunlap said.
Ford said the commission needed to make a well-developed plan about obtaining data to reconsider the proposal.
Edited by Amber Byarlay
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