VOL.101,NO.105
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22,1992
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Two announce vice presidency bids
Runners-up from spring election expect to be nominated at Student Senate meeting
By Jay Williams
Kansan staff writer
Two members of Student Senate have said they wanted to fill the vacant office of student body vice president tonight.
Jason McIntosh, senior senator, and Kurt Broeckelmann, co-chairperson of the Student Senate Finance Committee, said they would be nominated for the position when Senate elected a new vice president from among its members at its regular 6 p.m. meeting at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
Although McIntosh and Broeckelmann said they would seek the office, official nominations will not be taken until the meeting. McIntosh issued a news release last week announcing his candidacy.
Broeckelmann said he first thought of running for the office during final semester, but he did not make the decision official until last week.
"I heard my name being mentioned and
thought I could do the job," he said.
McIntosh said he decided to run last week
McIntosh said he decided to run last week.
"I decided to run after some people talked to me about it ... some senators and some others involved in Senate," he said.
McIntoh was elected as a holdover senator at the end of the spring semester. As senior senator, he helped orient new senators.
In April, McIntosh ran for student body president with the Facts coalition but lost to Darren Fulcher, who ran with the Impact coalition. Fulcher was ousted from the post last semester after battery charges against him were publicized. Former student body vice president Alan Lowden filled the office.
Mcntosh said he thought that most people expected him to make a bid for the vice presidency.
"I have laid myself out on the line before," he said.
Some people have said they wondered whether McIntosh had been coveting the office.
"People are always going to question your motives," he said.
Facts won 11 of the 64 Senate seats in elections last spring, but McIntosh said he did not think that would hurt his election chances.
"Mostly, coalitions are a one-time thing," he said.
Broeckelmann agreed.
Jason McIntosh
"I may be an idealist, but coalitions do not mean much anymore." said Broeckelmann, who lost a Senate seat in spring as a member of the Impact coalition.
The Finance Committee elected Broeckelmann and Leslie Lancaster, Nunemaker senator, as co-chairpersons of the committee. The Finance Committee authorizes all expenditures from the Student Activity Fund.
As the co-chair,
Broeckelmann is an ex-
officio senator, meaning
he has speaking rights at
Senate meetings but can
not vote.
Patrick Dilley, member of the AIDS Task Force and senator, said someone could challenge Broeckelmann's bid because he was a nonvoting member.
"I am not worried," he said. "I have already done my homework."
Jurt Broeckelmann
A challenge would not be a surprise, Broeckelmann said.
Senators also mentioned as possible candidates were James Baucom, off-campus senator; Scott Rutherford, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator; and Lancaster. The three said this week they were not interested in the position.
The process tonight will begin with nominations from the Senate body. Both McIntosh and Broeckelman said they had made arrangement, but would not say who would nominate them.
Troy Radakovich, who heads the Student Senate Executive Committee, said speeches for and against each candidate would be made by members of Senate after the nominations closed.
The nominees will leave the room during the vote. A candidate must receive at least 50 percent plus one vote to be elected, Radakovich said.
If three or more candidates run and no one receives the required majority, the two receiving the most votes would have a run-off election tonight.
Student Senate Rules and Regulations state that the vice president presides over Student Senate. Other duties include referring proposed legislation to committees, orienting new senators and becoming president if the office becomes vacant.
Kansas panel votes to keep 1992 presidential primary
By Greg Farmer and Gayle Osterberg Kansan staff writers
TOPEKA—Proponents of a Kansas
battle with their first
battle of 1922 yesterday
The Senate Elections Committee voted 5-4 to kill legislation that would have canceled the 1992 Kansas presidential primary.
State Sen. Lana Oleen, R-Manhattan, proposed the bill, which would have provided for a return to the prizes. The bill has not hoped to save the state $1.5 million.
The 1991 Legislature approved a presidential primary for 1992 but did not provide financing in the fiscal 1992 budget.
Oleen said postponing the primary would allow legislators to reconsider
Gov. Joan Finney recommended $1.5 million in her fiscal 1993 budget proposal to finance the primary. The Senate Ways and Means Committee will debate whether to approve the plan.
Sen. Edward Reilly Jr., R-Leavenworth, voted against the bill.
"If the public is still interested in having a primary after they learn how much it will cost, then we will progress with it in 1966," she said. "But I think that money would be better used on people rather than ballots."
"Last year, we gave the people the right to vote in a presidential primary." Reilly said. "This year we are voting to take that right back. I think the people deserve the right to take a more active part in the process."
Sen. Wint Winn Jr., R-Lawrence,
said it was important to broaden pub-
lic awareness.
"To not have a presidential primary
really compromises democratic principles and sacrifices government by a wide group of people for a concentration of power in the hands of the few," he said.
Secretary of State Bill Gravens said he was most interested in a quick resolution to the controversy. The first ballot for the governor's starting ballot preparations, he said.
The primary is set for April 7 and has attracted 10 candidates. U.S. Rep. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., is the only nationally elected member. Others have until Feb. 12 to file.
If a primary were not held, Kansans would elect representatives to the national conventions through a caucus system. Any resident registered with either the Democratic or Republican party, would be chosen as the party's caucus at the county level. Representatives would be chosen to go on to the district and state caucuses.
To vote in the primary, residents must register and declare a party affiliation at the Douglas County Courthouse.
Anne Smith, legislative director of the Kansas Association of Counties, said she supported the defeated bill for financial reasons.
"Many county budgets are stressed already," she said. "There has not yet been money allocated by the state, and the burden will fall on the counties if the state doesn't finance the primary. We just think that the primary is an unnecessary expenditure."
Kansas has held one presidential primary. In 1980, Kansans supported incumbent president Jimmy Carter over Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., in the Democratic primary and Ronald Reagan over John Anderson and George Bush in the Republican primary.
High court set to review abortion law
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court set the stage yesterday for an important election-year ruling on abortion, but it left open the question of whether it would reconsider its 1973 abortion-legalizing decision.
The court, increasingly hostile to abortion rights in recent years, said that it would review a restrictive Pennsylvania law that had been substantially upheld by a federal appeals court.
Activists on both sides of the abortion debate said they expected the court to use the Pennsylvania case to undermine, if not overturn, its landmark Roe vs. Wade ruling. They said the decision probably would make abortions far more difficult to obtain, even if states were not allowed to outlaw virtually all abortions.
"The days of safe legal abortion are now numbered," said Kate Michelman of the National Abortion Rights Action League.
"Roe is dying before our eyes, and dail
I can say is good riddance," said Randall
Terry of the anti-abortion group
Operation Rescue.
Please see Abortion, Page 16
Where candidates stand on abortion
Supports legal abortion, notifying parents of minors; has opposed public funding for abortion, but would not veto funding as president
Brown
Supports abortion rights
Clinton
Democrats
Supports abortion rights Tsongas
notifying parents of minors Kerroy
Harkin
Supports legal abortion.
Supports abortion rights
Opposes legal abortion except in cases of rape, incest or when
Tsongas
Kerrey
Bush
Republicans
mother's life is in danger Buchanan
Buchanan
Opposes legal abortion Duke
- Opposes legal abortion SOURCE: Candidates' campaign offices, news reports
Duke
Knight-Ridder Tribune
Hardwood sculpture
Justin Knupsi/KANSAN
As part of his third-level sculpture class, Patrick Henderson, Lawrence junior, makes initial cuts on a large block of wood which eventually will become part of a sculpture. He was shaping the blocks with a chainsaw yesterday outside of the Art and Design building. The sculpture will consist of three large pieces of wood joined by bronze. Henderson expects the piece to be finished by the end of the semester.
Student volunteerism on the increase
Efforts by many campus groups add to rise in student involvement
By Svala Jonsdottir
Kansan staff writer
Gloria Cheng began volunteering because she thought she had been given much and wanted to give something in return.
She now serves as the community service coordinator for the All Scholarship Hall Council and is one of a growing number of students who choose to volunteer.
Cheng, Wichita sophomore, organizes volunteer events for scholarship hall residents.
Many KU students volunteer through their living groups such as scholarship halls and greek houses.
"They don't need any special skills, just the desire to help." Cheng said.
Lanaea Heine, coordinator of the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, a Douglas County United Way service said volunteerism was on the rise.
"There is a greater sense of giving back to the community," she said. "Another reason more people are volunteering is that agencies are more flexible and can respond to the volunteers to work as many hours as before."
Spending up to eight hours a week counselling callers, Matt volunteers at Headquarters answering phones.
KU students have different reasons for volunteering. He said.
"I think volunteering is a great opportunity for students to discover what they want in their careers or interests."
Debra Wulf, director of Brookcreek Learning Center, said the interest in volunteering at the center was strong.
Brookcreek volunteers at the center work one to five hours a week as teachers' helpers with children from low-income families.
Most of the volunteers are KU students who heard about the center through the United Way or KU
KU Careers for Kids is a campus organization that provides scholarships tounteers at Brookcreek, Head Start and Bibbaloam College.
Wulf said the students who volunteered were not
just looking to pad their resumes.
"They are people that have extra time and want to work with the children," she said. "It is a wonderful service."
Rock Chalk Revue started a community service program last year to supplement the show's mone-
y program.
"What is great is that even the groups whose ideas were not chosen for the show are still participating in the community service competition," she said. "It is easier to motivate people around a goal like this."
Lisa Krigsten, co-coordinator for Rock Chalk community service, said about 30 groups were participating and competing for the community service award.
award, but once people are out there volunteering, they realize the benefit of volunteerism."
The groups have had a clothing drive, hung Christmas lights for the elderly and worked for various agencies in Le wrence. Kriesten said.
"I think last year was a great start for this program, and this year we have contributed over 2,000 hours so far," she said.
Krigsten said she also noticed an increased interest in community service outside the Rock Chalk program.
"Many of the greek houses are doing new activities, such as having a Halloween party for underprivileged children, that they would not have done before," she said.