6A
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
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BIOS
Matt Erickson
He is a junior from Eden Prairie, Minn. majoring in geography and minoring in history. If elected he
vows to champion issues to make the University and Lawrence a better place for students, and to use sustainability as an economic solution.
She is a junior majoring in communications with an international studies co-major interested in Russian and Eastern European Studies from Olathe. She is a transfer student, and since the fall she has been involved in the rights committee. There she served on the legal services advisory board and the judicial board subcommittee.
Samantha Harlan
Olathe junior
Envision
Elise Higgins
Topeka junior Envision
She is majoring in women's studies and political science. She's the president of the student organization
the Commission on the Status of Women, a student senator, and works at the University's human resources department. She is excited to improve off-campus safety and make Student Senate a better advocate for students.
Hadley Kombrink
Students of
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Noel Mon-
telongo
Dodge City senior
United Students
To him, KU is more than a big party. He loves the lush land- scaping and buses chugging by full of happy students. He wants everyone to have a shot: whether it is by getting rid of the +/- system, saving stop day (and stop day eve), or offering free passes at the rec. Choose the party that has your back - United Students. Rock the vote!
Megan Morriss
Megan Morris Leaword junior United Stu-
United Students
On campus she is involved in the Society of Professional Journalists and in her sorority Alpha Chi
Omega where she serves as the professional development chair. She is also a director for the KUJH TV cable sports show, Jayhawk SportsTalk.
Katie Oberthaler
Envision
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Judith Owen
Paola junior
Students of
Liberty
Michael Perry
As a person fairly small in stature, and with a major in a fairly small department, she will be acquainted with sticking up for the little guy. If what you're looking to change in the status quo needs a bigger voice, she's just the girl for the job!
Prairie Village sophomore United Students
He is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and is currently a senator
representing the Fr/So CLAS. He is committed to making the campus a better place for everyone by listening to what you want and acting on it. Vote United Students!
Andrea Peterson
Junior
She is a junior majoring in political science, East Asian languages and cultures, and international
studies. She spends her free time speaking very bad Japanese, being heavily invested in the KU community, having loud conversations over hot cups of tea and singing along ironically to gangster rap.
Zoe Raglow
Overland Park junior United Students
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She is currently a junior in the Honors Program double majoring in human biology and
French. She lives in a scholarship hall and would love to see more representation at the University level. Vote United Students, 'cause we're all in this together! Rock Chalk!
Daniel Rhoades
Kansas City, Mo., sophomore United Students
He is a member of the KU Honors Program and an active member in Natural Ties. He
was born and raised a Jayhawk, and the best part of KU for him is the basketball student section. I know I can help make KU a better place for future Jayhakes, and would love the opportunity to do so.
Arjuna Singh Students of Liberty Did not respond
Alan Schurle
Manhattan junior
Envision
He is majoring in chemistry and English. If elected to Senate, he would like to promote community service and zombie awe
Sameer Sharma
Overland Park junior
Envision
Matthew Shaw
now he wants to represent his skillz and you in the KU Student Senate. Don't hate him cause he is beautiful, just vote for him!
As a child he mastered the art of politi-
ing and has been playing zero-sum game theory ever since.
Since starting college at the University in the fall of '06, he has served for three years as a student senator,studied abroad, and been involved in various campus organizations; most notably the Mountain Dewds. He want to make campus more sustainable.
Heidelberg, Germany, junior Envision
Michael Shelton
Michael Silton
Coffeyville sophomore
United Students
He believes that Senate exists for the students' benefit, not the coalitions', and that campaign stances and issues are important all the time, not just in April. He looks forward to representing the juniors and seniors in CLAS by doing everything he can to make their desires a reality.
Michael Wade Smith
Goodland sophomore United Students
He is running to represent Jr/Sr CLAS students who want to see their campus grow, improve and change
with the times. He wants students to know they have a voice in University decisions and that the Student Senate will speak on their behalf.
Mike Stock
Heisa
Merriam junior Envision
political science major and is currently a student senator. He studied abroad at the University of Bonn in
Germany his sophomore year and is vice president of exchange in AIESEC. He is excited to take representation into his own hands and really help organizations while in Student Senate.
Darrell Stuckey II
He wants to be someone who lives to influence those around him in a positive way and not just exist as a student athlete. He believes students should have a reason to cheer in and out of sporting events. Rock Chalk Jayhawks. Go KU!
Kansas City, Kan., senior United Students
Chantz Thomas
Lindsborg sophomore
United Students
He is a premedical student majoring in microbiology and history, and is currently the secretary of the University affairs committee of the Student Senate. His primary aims in running for a second term as a senator are to provide students with responsible and reliable representation, and keeping their academic, health and financial interests in mind.
Christopher Weaver
Students of Liberty Did not respond
Laura
She is a sophomore majoring in Spanish and English. She has served on the executive
Brown Whitney
board of Sellards scholarship hall, the multicultural affairs senate committee, and the multicultural education funding board, and she will be the all-scholarship hall council environmental chairwoman for the 2009-10 school year.
Sharla Cruse
Aurora, Neb., sophomore United Stu-
GRADUATE
shadow government that really runs Student Senate. He has been on the shadow government for three years.
Slade Bond
Tom Cox
Shawnee graduate student
Envision
Post, Texas, graduate student Graduate Envision
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He is running for his sixth term as a senator at the University. He is also secretly running for his second term as president of the
She is a third-year doctoral student from Post, Texas, majoring in educational psychology &
Bo Donora
research with a minor in African & African American studies, and is running for a graduate senate seat with the Envision coalition. Since coming to the University in fall 2006, she has been involved in her department.
Graduate United Students
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Kelly Duqan
Savage, Minn., graduate student Graduate Envision
She is earning her M.A. in classics and is insatiably passionate about dead languages, archaeology, adventure and
She is earn-
the Envision coalition. She would love to represent the wide variety of graduate students and all Jayhawks next year as a graduate Student Senator. Please contact her with any concerns or ideas (gopher@aku.edu).
Stacy Elmer
Topeka graduate student Graduate United Students
She has served on Student Senate for two years. She remains committed to ensuring that the voices of
graduate students are represented adequately, particularly regarding the elements essential to graduate life such as access to research and funding opportunities. She is excited to continue serving as a proxy for graduates camps wide.
GJ Greenwill
Graduate Students of Liberty Did not respond
Kellee Kirkpatrick
Ellinwood graduate student
Graduate Envision
Kellee Kirkpatrick
She is a third-year graduate student and GTA in political science. She is currently the president
of the political science graduate association. This year, she served on the finance committee. She has also been active in the Graduate Professional Association and serves on the Graduate Executive Committee.
Jonathan Knapp
He is a graduate student in geology and serves as the masters representative to that department. He has served as a student representative to the Faculty Senate at his undergraduate institution. He has extensive experience fighting for diverse student representation in university decision-making. He hopes his experience and energy can be of service to the KU community
Laingsburg, Mich. graduate student
Graduate Uni. Soc.
Rachel Margario
Graduate student
Graduate Envision
She is a design and MBA graduate student. She got a BA in geography and communication studies in 2004 from the University. Currently she is co-president of net impact and Able-hawks. She believes involvement is the key for constant progress. She advocates for inclusion on campus and global sustainability.
Ennie Ndoro
Ennie Ndoro
Graduate Envision
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Mark Pacev
Manhattan graduate student Graduate Envision
He is a masters/PhD student in Mechanical Engineering where he researches bio-fluids pertaining to
women's health and the prevention of HIV transmission. This will be his seventh year in Student Senate at the University. He is the current finance committee chairman and senior senator. He also coordinates the basketball camping lotteries.
Dylan Smith
School of Journalism Students of Liberty
Jim Stoutenborough
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Graduate student
Graduate Senator Envision
He is currently the manager of the University of Kansas Survey Research Center. Jim is an active
researcher with three publications in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Jim has also served in several leadership roles in the political science graduate association.
Student Senate was the first activity he got involved in when he first arrived at KU because it's really
Justin Thomas
Jupiter, Fla. Graduate student Graduate United Students
an excellent way of making a difference on campus. He serves as a senator and would really enjoy the opportunity to do so again.
Rob Topinka
Madison, Wisc., masters student Graduate Envision
He is a first-year masters student from Madison, Wisc. His goal in running for Student Senate as a graduate student with Envision is to promote cooperation and teamwork between graduates and undergraduates; no coalition understands the importance of this better than Envision. He is also a member of GradEx.
Alex
OFF CAMPUS
Alex Bowmar
Bowman
Off-Campus
Students of
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Mark Campbell Leawood sophomore Off-campus United Students
He is excited to be running for Student Senate. With your vote, he will be able to continue his ef-fort to improve
your campus. God bless.
Joe Day
Junior
Off-Campus Envision
Omaha, Neb., sophomore Off-campus United Students
Kirsten Devin
council. He has been involved with Student Union Activities for the past two years and was recently named SUA President for the 2009-2010 school year.
Please don't let her hometown fool you, she has always been a Jayhawk at heart. She absolutely loves KU and everything it embodies, including Student Senate. She is currently a CLAS senator and has witnessed a solid
year of traditions that she looks forward to carrying on for the next generation.
Tyler Enders
He is a member of the sophomore leadership council, Beta Theta Pi, and the Alternative Breaks CORE.
Libby Johnson
Matthew Hale
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This semester, he has spent a majority of his time and energy devoted to the movement From Blue to Green: Conserve KU. If elected, he plans on being a progressive advocate for green initiatives.
Matthew Hale Off-Campus Students of Liberty
Lawrence sophomore Off-Campus United Students
She is running for Student Senate because she wants to be a part of the process that makes KU a
better place. Students who live off campus face specific issues and concerns; she wants to make sure that students are getting the best college experience possible during their time at KU.
Mitchell Jones
Off-Campus Students of Liberty Did not respond
Pat Newsum Sophomore Off-Campus envision
He is a sophomore studying philosophy and English at KU, and running for an off-campus Senate position. As rush chair of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, he understands the needs of those students living in off-campus organizations, and hopes to strongly defend their rights in Senate: "Success and Nothing Less."
Peter Northcott
Olathe junior
ff-Campus Students of Liberty
He is majoring in political science. He earned an associate degree from Johnson County Community College in administration of justice and graduated with honors. He is an Eagle Scout. He has taken first place in numerous full-contact MMA and Judo competitions. He likes to think that he is an open and well-balanced individual.
Matt Rissien
Overland Park senior
Off-Campus Envision
He is a senior from Overland Park in the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences with a major in religious studies and a minor in Judic studies.
He is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and is currently president of Hatikvah, a student group planning Israel week being held April 26-May 2.
Courtney Rooney
Overland Park junior
Off-campus senator Envision
She is a prephysical therapy major applying to physical therapy school this summer. She is a member of Pi Beta Phi
sorority, volunteers weekly for MOPS in a church nursery, and in her free time she enjoys reading, socializing, or playing soccer. She am highly interested in being involved with Student Senate.
Matt Vance
Overland Park sophomore Off-Campus United Students
He is an active member of Phi Delta Theta and Board of