TUESDAY,APRIL8,2003
OPINION
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 13A
KUnited Candidate
Delta Force Candidate
Lord Wads and the 12 Knights of the Crusade Candidate
Independent Candidate
Endorsed by the editorial board
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I've worked actively with several University offices to take a more active role in making sure that students have access to information and to opportunities that will serve to enhance their experiences here. I will represent by heightening that level of involvement. Minority recruitment, graduate student advocacy and greater communication among graduate students, departments and the University are all active points on my agenda.
If the KU mainstream is undergraduate, then I speak from the margins. I hope to bring that voice to the Senate. What uniquely qualifies me, though, is that my work outside of the Senate puts me in direct daily contact with my constituency, so that my voice is not only unique. It is accountable and sincere, and the greatest change is always on the other side of sincerity.
DavidMitchell ▲✔
Second-year graduate student
Graduate Senator, 2002-2003; Founder, Elections Reform Task Force, 2002; Elections Commissioner, 2001-
2002; Finance Committee member, 2002-2003; Delta Force Activist Group, 1997-2003; Columnist, The University Daily Kansan, 2001; Student Rep, Committee for Undergraduate Studies and Advising, CLAS, 1998-2000; Rights Committee member, 1997-1999; KU ACLU, 1997-1999; KU Young Democrats, 1997-1999; Students FIRST foundation, 2000
I would like to improve off-campus safety, improve rental equity, improve access and spending at the Hilltop Daycare Center and provide apportioned living group representation in Student Senate.
My strength lies in experience. Not many candidates can claim six years of public service in and out of Student Senate to this community.I helped reform the elections process at KU and implementing online voting.For graduate students specifically, I feel I represent them since I live off-campus, work full-time think progressively,and am committed to public service.
Seung Eun Oh ▲
John Paden ▲✔
Graduate student in electrical engineering
Incumbent
JEEE chair and vice chairman
I will continue to support resolutions that help GTAC reach its goals. Other issues that affect all students that I believe need to be addressed are the banning of commercial solicitation on campus, joining the city and University bus systems and increasing access to recycling — more ubiquitous distribution of recycling bins.
I will work toward increasing student access to Student Senate by working toward a complete online voting system and supporting freshman senator representation.
Hugo A. Vera ▲✔
Second-year graduate student in fine arts and education
Grad Exec Board, GPA, GTAC fine arts liaison, Student Senate Finance Board, President and co-founder of KU Choral Society, Men's Glee Club conductor, KU Opera Theater, GTA, KU Chamber Choir
I honestly believe that the University does not truly understand what GTAs and graduate students contribute to the University and the city. I would make Senate and KU aware of this.
Being a person of color is also something that allows me to look around and realize that KU does not work hard enough in recruiting grad students of color. There is a lot of talk of what to do but I am yet to see any real action. Talk is cheap and being cheap is something to minority recruitment that KU and student cannot afford. I will hopefully have more action with this issue and less words.
By making people in Senate stop taking themselves so damn seriously and make them aware that being part of the senate is not a resume builder. It is there to help students and the community to make it better. Nothing more, nothing less.
UNIOR/SENIOR CLAS
14 SEATS
Steven P. Adam
Cribb
Altman
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Junior in Spanish and business administration
Alternative Breaks;
Beta Theta Pi social
chair and executive
committee; Inter-fraternity Council formal recruitment counselor; Rock Chalk Revue stage crew and cast member; Lambda Sigma Honor Society; Greek Environmental Board; Honors program; study abroad
I feel it is very important to go out and meet the people that you are representing rather than calling and e-mailing them. This relationship with your constituents enables the students to confide in you. I will make every possible effort to meet the varied demands of liberal arts students.
Student Senate should open up to include more students' suggestions outside of Senate. This is the student's university and everyone's views should be heard.
Robin Anderson
Senior in political science and English
President of KU Young Democrats; Student Rights committee; Delta Force Nunemaker candidate; Dole Internship participant; congressional intern for Dennis Moore
Upperclassmen need senators who will fight blatantly large tuition increases at all levels of the bureaucracy so we can all finish school without adding to already large loan debts. The University also needs to be held accountable for where our money is going. It's the only way to maintain KU's educational integrity.
I would be realistic, not overly dramatic, and I wouldn't pretend I was more important than any other student at KU. That'd be a change.
Benjamin Bammes
Junior in physics, math and computer engineering
Campus Christians member; management and operation of a personal business; physics research
Good representation involves knowing the opinions of students along with fully knowing how each proposal and resolution affects my constituency. I will always discuss Senate proposals with my peers and I will always make sure I understand each problem or proposal so I can always do what's best for KU.
I want to ensure that students are informed and active in KU politics. I also want to ensure that Senate funds diverse events and causes.
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Part-time manager at a liquor store
By being honest, I will not promise to do a lot and then not do much. If I don't make lots of promises, I can focus more on doing things that are attainable, rather than the usual 'I'm going to do so much crap.'
Drew Baranowski
Junior in English
Part-time manager at a liquor store
By bringing a fresh approach. I don't have any prior political involvement so I can resist falling into typical patterns.
member; Multicultural affairs associate senator; intramural basketball; Christ Community Church small groups member
Bethany Baxter
Junior in political science and international studies
I think a key way to represent constituents is by keeping them informed. I think that, by doing this, I will become aware of their views and concerns on issues through the feedback received. This awareness will allow me to make decisions in alignment with the opinions of my constituents.
Multicultural affairs committee
I will strive to make it a more appealing organization to those who are not senators. I think Senate is an important group on campus and I will work to ensure that it is an organization that is friendly and embraces all students. I would like to see Student Senate focus more on issues that affect students' everyday lives.
Shannon Bell
Junior in political science Incumbent
University Affairs committee member; associate senator; Panhellenic senator; member and philanthropy chair of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority; member of the Panhellenic Judicial Board; Rock Chalk Revue cast member; Campus Safety Advisory Board member
I would represent my constituents best in addressing safety and transportation needs that affect students on a daily basis through the Campus Safety Advisory Board. I enjoy interacting with my constituents and taking their thoughts and opinions with me to Senate meetings.
Bobby Birhiray
Junior in human biology
I would encourage more student participation on committees and boards of Student Senate.
Black Student Union; equal opportunity fund committee; finance committee; Student Senate finance committee
finance committee; Kansas football team
My experiences in Student Senate will help me become a good student senator. I am educated on the issues and I am playing a part in the solution.
I can change Student Senate by being me.I think Student Senate has been trying to make Senate more diverse with quality students.
Kelli Brandt
Junior in women's studies
Commission on the Status of Women task force; Delta Force Activist Organization; Alternative Breaks participant
I am a female student in the largest school who has lived on and off campus and has worked in student housing. Because of this, I have a broad view and understanding of student needs and life at KU. Through my involvement with the Commission on the Status of Women task force, I have become aware of the need for increased safety awareness as well as sexual assault prevention at KU. Since women make up half the population at this University, I think it is crucial that these needs be understood and met.
I don't think one senator alone can change very much,but a group of people with common goals can create a lot of change for the betterment of the University.
- LeaderShape participant and on-site coordinator; All Scholarship Hall Council Executive board; ASHC National Communication Coordinator; Miller Hall Judicial Board and Service Chair; ASHC Leadership Development Program; Blueprints registration co-coordinator, Student Leadership Institute; Raymond Nichols league of student leaders, HAWKLink guide; HAWKLink/stEp tutor and mentor; NSO Advisory Board; former Zeta Tau Alpha secretary
Amanda Boyer ✔
unior in genetics
By focusing on both the broad concerns of upperclassmen in CLAS and the more specific issues, I think I would serve these students interests and be a fair, unbiased representative of their concerns. I would work to make CLAS juniors and seniors aware of any issues pertaining to both their college and the University as a whole. I would make every effort to keep overall
constituents best interests at the forefront of decision making, while also remaining open-minded and conscious of individual situations.
I would simply keep my constituents interests at the forefront and leave any personal agendas out of the process and I would work to make myself accessible not only to my constituents but to the student body as a whole.
Ashley Dosien
CLAS rep 2000-2001
Jeff Dunlap ✔
junior in political science and sociology
Incumbent
Finance committee member; Nune-maker senator; Parking Commission member; Transportation Board member; Delta Upsilon vice president of public relations; National Society of Collegiate Scholars member.
I will represent my constituents best by continuing to work on specific projects that result in tangible campus improvements that benefit CLAS students. Specifically, I will continue to work on increasing the amount of parking available to students after 5 p.m., promote the construction of a new MRC, which is critical to creating a diverse student body, as well as other projects. I will actively communicate with the CLAS administration and lobby for student concerns.
I would work to incorporate the yellow bike program into Student Senate and continue to encourage responsible fiscal policy.
Mark A. Dupree ✔
Junior in political science Incumbent
Second-term president of Black Student Union; President of Big 12 Black Student Government; senator, University Student Senate; Alpha Phi Alpha treasurer; Inspirational Gospel Voice
I will represent students on this campus with loyalty and trust. I have come to the realization that, with hard work and dedication, one will find motivation to assist himself and others in reaching their goals in education. So it is my belief that I can bring a true sense of diversity to the students which is beyond color and culture, but about life.
I will not profess that I can change Senate, but I will profess that I can bring a sense of awareness to the problems and issues that we, as a student body, have been ignoring and blinded from for years. This awareness will force students to make change rather than I, as a democracy —as one community as one campus and as one KU.
Alicia Ellingson
Senior in English, Spanish and strategic communications
Incumbent
CLAS senator; member of the Multicultural Affairs Committee; participant in Lysistrata Project, MRC, U.S. Diversity Requirement and SLAB; Douthart Hall president; All Scholarship Hall Council Executive Board
First, increase outreach through more organization visits and printing fliers with senators' contact information to distribute around campus and to advisers. Second, work on issues including multicultural recruitment and retention, the MRC, creating a U.S. Diversity requirement and offering online advising sessions.
Require senators to attend five to six organizations' meetings. With 80 senators, we could share ideas and get feedback from all 400+ campus organizations.
T. Brett Gilmore
Anna D. Gregory
Junior in political science and history
Communications director Student Senate; organizer of "Bring Justin Home" campaign after 9/11; organizer of Rally for Higher Education and information campaign to lobby for reasonable tuition; Diversity Peer Education Team member; Transportation Advisory Board member; Student Rights Committee vice chair and member
After three years of Senate, I've learned that the most important work isn't done in meetings. The work outside of meetings — the projects, the brainstorming, the phone calls and visits — make the difference. I will be where my
constituents are and include them in the real work of Senate.
Leo Khayet ★
Junior in political science and international business
LeaderShape Institute; Blueprints Leadership Conference 25 year Leadership Conference; Board of Class Officers; Resident Assistant at Jayhawk Towers; RA/ Proctor Council; Hillel; KU Israel Alliance
Student Senate should focus more acutely on how to expand and develop the University's excellent academic reputation while retaining efficient and responsible student services.
A student senator is, in my estimation, a steward of the interests of his constituency. I will work diligently to allow my constituency to have greater control of their tuition dollars. Specifically, students should be more involved in the organization of University programming.
Junior in political science
Tyler Rand Longpine ▲ ✔
junior campus senator; off-campus living resource center board member; University Affairs committee member; co-founder of Students for Peace
Instead of service outreach hours in the remote Senate office, I would push for Senate to table on Wescoe Beach and the Kansas Union. Lobby more often. Often, Student Senate shies away from parking issues. The parking department has turned parking into a three-ring circus, and I will work toward bridging the gap between Senate and the parking department. Recognizing that the preponderance of Junior-Senior CLAS students live off-campus, I will continue to work with the off-campus living resource center.
Change current outreach requirements so senators are required to seek out their constituencies and thus are able to better represent them. Senate reaportionment as it applies to living situation, is another internal Senate matter big on my list.
Scott McKenzie ▲✔
Doozie Martin
Senior in French and political science
Senior in environmental studies, American studies and philosophy with minor in peace studies Incumbent
Philosophy club vice president; coordinator for Environs; Proctor council executive board; All University Residence Hall executive board; student senator; SUA executive board.
I would continue to make sure the doors of democracy are as wide as possible formy constituents and all students. My constituents are diverse, so I hope to talk to many people to find their feelings. Hopefully these efforts will allow Senate to reflect the students.
I would make senate a tool and a resource for all students at the University. I want to make it easier for students to be involved with Senate and its processes.
Amanda Meglemre
Student rights committee member; committee secretary; Senate finance committee member; All Scholarship Hall Council senator;
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wno you can vote for
A student may cast votes for President and Vice-President, as well as for the following senate seats:
Any academic division in which the student is currently enrolled (not just admitted).
Residential: students living in the following residential areas operated under the auspices of the Department of Student Housing: residence halls, scholarship halls, Stouffer Neighborhood, Sunflower Apartments and Jayhawker Towers Apartments.
Off-campus students: students who are not residential students (including those who are residents of a fraternity)
Non-traditional (if the student is non-traditional).
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