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kansan Election Edition
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Friday
April 17, 1998
Section:
A
Vol. 108 No.139 Saturday & Sunday
(USPS 650-640)
A Cause for celebration
Kevin Yoder, Campus Cause presidential winner in gray pullover, celebrates his victory at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house. Yoder and Scott Kaiser, vice presidential winner, won last night by 310 votes. Photo by Corie Waters/KANSAN
By Marc Sheforgen
msheforgen@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Yoder, newly-elected student body president, and Kaiser, newly-elected vice president, were surrounded by people jumping, laughing and crying. Soaked with champagne, the two embraced.
Chaos reigned at the Delta Tau Delta house last night when the announcements came by way of KJHK, declaring Kevin Yoder and Scott Kaiser victorious in this year's Student Senate elections.
Yoder and Kaiser won this year's election with 2,096 votes. Delta Force presidential and vice presidential candidates Emily Heath and Matt Dunbar's received 1,786 votes.
"When we found out we won, it was like being taken into a hurricane of champagne and people," Kaiser said. "I just want to say, next time someone asks me what the greatest moment in my life is, I'm going to talk about tonight."
Yoder said sleep might not come for awhile, as the coalition celebrated its future in Senate.
He said he was pleased with this year's voter turnout, something he said his coalition worked hard to encourage.
"We've been standing out there talking to people for the last two months. All day in the cold and the rain, doing everything we could to get our positive message out there,"
Yoder said.
Of the 21,989 student eligible to vote, 4,113 cast ballots. Sixty of those votes were ruled ineligible because students voted for too many candidates.
Eligible ballots totaled 4,035,
or 19 percent. Voter percentage
age was up 4 percent from last
year's elections.
Although the president and vice president positions belong to Campus Cause, the race for the 65 Senate seats was won by Delta Force, 34-31.
Renee Greenberg, Fine Arts
candidate for Campus Cause,
lost, but did not put down her
champagne bottle when she
heard the news.
"I think the best person for the job, but obviously a lot of people didn't agree with me," Greenberg said. "They made a mistake, but they haven't heard the last of me, I'm not done yet. I still behind the coalition. I've got up spirits for you."
Kaiser said he was relieved the campaign, one he described as involving a lot of
mudslinging, was over.
"Generally in life, the last place person complains the loudest." Kaiser said.
Scott Sullivan and Mike Walden, this year's student body president and vice president were involved in the mix of people celebrating the Campus Cause victories.
"I think that Kevin and Scott will do a great job and I'm sure they'll be able to work well with all of the other Senators who got elected on both sides," Sullivan said.
Loss won't slow Delta Force
Emily Heath, Delta Force presidential candidate is consoled by Ana Calderon, Lawrence junior, and Partha Mazumdar, re-elected Delta Force graduate senator at the campaign party. Photo by Holly Grashona/KANSAN
By Melissa Ngo
mngo@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Emily Heath and Matt Dunbar, Delta Force candidates for student body president and vice-president, hugged and cried when they heard they had lost the Student Senate election.
"We had a lot of awesome people elected who'll keep up the fight," Heath said. "As we said earlier in the year, this isn't about an election. It's about the work that you'll do and we're not going to stop working."
Delta Force lost to Campus Cause by 310 votes, one vote less than last year when the coalition lost to Unite.
This year Delta Force swept five sections — School of Social Welfare, School of Fine Arts, School of Education, Non-Traditional and Off-Campus. Campus Cause swept six.
More than 250 Delta Force candidates and supporters crowded into Dunbar's house, 420 Indiana St., and spilled onto
One supporter yelled after the announcement of their loss, "We took a majority of the seats, we can still make some noise next year!"
Erika Nutt and Carol Beck, Delta Force candidates for Social Welfare seats, were the
the porch.
first two winners announced.
A shout went up from the crowd as Nutt and Beck's victories were confirmed.
"We worked really hard and we're happy." Nutt said.
Maria Abatijoglu, Delta Force candidate for Liberal Arts and Sciences, was the only Delta Force candidate to lose the CLAS election. Julei Numrich was the only Campus Cause candidate to win a CLAS seat.
Abatjoglou's name was left off the ballot. The Elections Commission began writing her name onto the ballots five hours after the polls opened on the first day of elections.
One Delta Force candidate who lost the election will appeal to the commission.
"I want to congratulate Julie. I know her personally and she's well-qualified for the job," Abatioglu said. "I can't help but wonder if my name had been on the ballot for those hours, what would have happened."
Audrey Nogle, Elections Commissioner, offered the apologies of the commission.
"The system we have set up to check things between the commission and the coalition obviously broke down," she said. "I think that she has every right to do that (appeal) and I think that's perfectly understandable."
ELECTIONS RESULTS
President/Vice president
Kevin Yoder/Scott Kaiser (Campus Cause) 2096
Emily Heath/Matt Dunbar (Delta Force) 1786
Architecture/Urban Design — 2 seats
Ben Watson (Campus Cause) 77
Frank Louis (Campus Cause) 63
Anthony Hersey (Delta Force) 56
Floyd Cliff II (Delta Force) 54
Business — 2 seats
Erik Lund (Campus Cause) 96
Leslie Peterson (Campus Cause) 90
Kathy Meert (Delta Force) 60
Mike Schinder (Delta Force) 58
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — 10 seat
Cody Simms (Delta Force) 479
Sam Pierion (Delta Force) 462
Melissa Coleman (Delta Force) 461
Sarah Schreck (Delta Force) 461
Michelle Dennard (Delta Force) 457
Heather Yates (Delta Force) 457
Amy Ravis (Delta Force) 456
Korb Maxwell (Delta Force) 448
Mary Liu (Delta Force) 439
Julie Numrich (Campus Cause) 415
Brooke Warde (Campus Cause) 359
Heather Fields (Campus Cause) 348
Tiffany Seeman (Campus Cause) 345
Morgan Browning (Campus Cause) 327
Dave Diefendorf (Campus Cause) 316
Amy Broockerd (Campus Cause) 316
Bobby Bowes (Campus Cause) 311
Maria Abatioglou (Delta Force) 308
David Wisely (Campus Cause) 307
Michael Margherio (Campus Cause) 306
Education — 2 Seats
Regan Koch (Delta Force) 44
Jamie Black (Delta Force) 36
Damon Miller (Campus Cause) 23
Tara Savage (Campus Cause) 23
Engineerina — 3 seats
Engineering — 3 seats
Marshall Marshell (Campus Cause) 188
Jeremy Bodecker (Campus Cause) 159
Larissa Lee (Delta Force) 150
Delano Sheffield (Delta Force) 146
Adam Gumwelsi (Campus Cause) 130
Anthony Nicholson (Delta Force) 127
Fine Arts - 2 seats
Ashley Lucas (Delta Force) 100
Mark Bradsch (Delta Force) 90
Renée Greenberg (Campus Cause) 60
Kim Buettner (Campus Cause) 50
Graduate — 12 seats
Amy Cummins (Delta Force) 134
Alan Steams (Delta Force) 130
Mark Horowitz (Delta Force) 129
Todd Ormsbee (Delta Force) 126
Partha Mazumdar (Delta Force) 124
Sara F. Colla (Delta Force) 122
Robert Futrell (Delta Force) 121
Patrick Cliff (Delta Force) 120
Ellen Mir (Delta Force) 118
Cotten Seiler (Delta Force) 117
Craig Davis (Delta Force) 116
Heather Stras (Campus Cause) 55
Dave Stras (Campus Cause) 54
Tracie Schuler (Campus Cause) 52
Tashia Bradley (Campus Cause) 52
Darius Taleshi (Campus Cause) 50
David Harris (Campus Cause) 46
Matt Kuzinski (Campus Cause) 41
Journalism - 2 seats
Journalism — 2 seats
Kristen Merchant (Campus Cause) 72
Mike Stern (Campus Cause) 60
Keena McClendon (Delta Force) 52
Sara Cropper (Delta Force) 50
Law — 2 seats
Kate McEwen (Campus Cause) 59
Greg Skoch (Campus Cause) 59
Mark Chotimkol (Delta Force) 34
Non-traditional — 2 seats
LaShawna Harris (Delta Force) 107
Janie Bosco (Delta Force) 104
Greg Woolen (Campus Cause) 97
Dion Jones (Campus Cause) 91
Nunemaker — 16 seats]
Alison Balliff (Campus Cause) 1023
Ben Walker (Campus Cause) 993
Erin Carlson (Campus Cause) 987
Kim Fuchs (Campus Cause) 953
Allison McCallie (Campus Cause) 933
Danner Evans (Campus Cause) 931
Jake Ballard (Campus Cause) 930
Jessica Corcarone (Campus Cause) 913
R.J. Woodring (Campus Cause) 903
Erin Duensing (Campus Cause) 890
Ryan Price (Campus Cause) 882
Chris Irby (Campus Cause) 878
Dede Seibel (Campus Cause) 872
Suzanne Blount (Campus Cause) 856
Melisa Veon (Campus Cause) 849
Aravind Muthukrishnan (Campus Cause) 814
Seth Hoffman (Delta Force) 606
Askia Ahmad (Delta Force) 592
Lindsay Rome (Delta Force) 579
Holly Krebs (Delta Force) 553
Lisa Meinen (Delta Force) 551
Brenda Chung (Delta Force) 548
Jaime Tucker (Delta Force) 532
Jason Thompson (Delta Force) 521
Nicole Skalla (Delta Force) 509
Sara Cannon (Delta Force) 504
Luke Pfann瑟利 (Delta Force) 501
Raheisha Nard (Delta Force) 493
Christie Garton (Delta Force) 487
Jessa Hall (Delta Force) 476
Airick West (Delta Force) 438
Ira Fryman (Delta Force) 430
Wendy Butter (Independent) 367
Aaron Profit (Independent) 365
Off-Campus — 5 seats
Pharmacy — 2 seats
OH Campus — 3 seats
Nick Zaller (Delta Force) 865
Katie Shay (Delta Force) 863
Deidre Backs (Delta Force) 848
Dave Rand (Delta Force) 800
Boatriz Ibarra (Delta Force) 777
Mati McGuire (Campus Cause) 691
Lori Ravis (Campus Cause) 685
Lindsey Gaston (Campus Cause) 661
Conway Ekpo (Campus Cause) 613
Ash Taha (Campus Cause) 584
Jenni Nivae (Campus Cause) 42
John Day (Campus Cause) 31
Jennifer Nazworthy (Delta Force) 23
Melissa Robinson (Delta Force) 23
Residential — 1 seat
John Vaglio (Campus Cause) 807
Laura Bennett (Delta Force) 746
Social Welfare — 2 seats
Eritka Iruk (Delta Force) 26
Carol Best (Delta Force) 23
Sasha Ringler (Campus Cause) 10
Sarah Lamberton (Campus Cause) 10
Campus safety petition
yes 3003
no 947
Daisy Hall Polling Sites
yes 2519
no 1278
Final farewell
Paul Pierce and the three men's basketball seniors said goodbye to the Kansas program with a dinner, speeches and awards. See page 1B
Students and the Senate
The University Daily Kansan surveyed 80 randomly-selected KU students about the Student Senate elections. The polls have about an 11 percent margin of error.
Today's question:
Can you name a student senator who represents you?
Research by Sarah Hale and Cammi Heimann
Kristi Elliott / KANSAN
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