Friday, April 3. 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Candidate campaigns interfere
Student senators juggle elections, current positions
- By Marc Sheforgen and Melissa Ngo msheforgen@kansan.com mgna@kansan.com
Kansan staff writers
The abilities of Scott Kaiser.
Campus Cause candidate for
student body vice president, and Emily Heath, Delta Force candidate for student body president, are being questioned by some opposing coalition members.
Scott Sullivan, student body president, said he spoke to both Kaiser and Heath about the consequences of letting campaign activities interfere with their office hours.
"I told them that if their office performance was not what was expected, there was the possibility that they might be fired," Sullivan said.
Kaiser, transportation coordinator, is contracted with the transportation board to serve 20 office
hours a week. Heath, Center for Community Outreach co-director, is contracted with Student Senate to hold 15 office hours a week.
Last month, Kaiser told the transportation board he planned to reduce his hours in order to concentrate on campaigning.
Filling in for Kaiser is assistant transportation coordinator, Nicole Skalla. Skalla, Delta Force candidate for a Nunemaker seat, was recently elected as next year's transportation coordinator and officially takes over April 23.
Erika Nutt, transportation board secretary, said Kaiser should not be reducing his hours.
"I personally think that Scott was chosen to do a job this year," said Nutt, Delta Force candidate for a social welfare seat. "If he can't fulfill his obligations at this position, there's no way we should elect him for the vice-president position next year."
Kaiser said he would be better serving students by concentrating on the position he is running for than by working 20 hours a week for the remainder of his term.
period. This isn't something where I just stopped doing my job."
"Students are not going to experience a decrease in service," Kaiser said. "This is a transitional
Jamie Najim,
CCO director,
said Heath
did serve her
office hours
and when she
could not, she
called in and
explained
why
Kaiser: Reduced transportation board office hours
Tuesday, Heath spoke to a class about Alternative Spring Break during her office hours.
"Things like that and meetings about CCO are sometimes how I serve my office hours," Heath said.
Heath said she did attend two Delta Force brown bag lunches during her scheduled office hours but she had posted she would not be in the office and said she later made up the time.
"I think it's really disappointing when people are neglecting their jobs and duties that they are supposed to be performing to run for an office," said Matt McGuire, Campus Cause off campus senate.
candidate.
Kaiser and Heath record their office hours in a log book at the Organizations and Leadership Development Center. The book shows both have been there less than the hours required.
Heath: Says she makes up for time away from office
But the log book does not reflect the total amount of time each spend working on their respective jobs, said Bill Nelson, associate director of organizations and leadership. The log simply tallies the hours Kaiser and Heath are in the office.
Kelly Huffman, Student Executive Committee chair, said he had not seen a problem with Heath or Kaiser with serving their office hours.
"What I've seen is that the people from each coalition have been accusing the other," Huffman said. "I don't know how much of it is politicking and how much of it is legitimate. I don't think our office is suffering by any means."
Smart card will get smarter in future
By Gerry Doyle
Students at the University of Kansas shouldn't put their old ID card back in the deck just yet.
By Gerry Doyle
gdoyle@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Although the new smart cards are being distributed beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, many of their capabilities will not be realized until next fall, said Nancy Miles, campus card manager.
The Coca-Cola company will have about 30 machines outfitted to use the new ID cards next week, Miles said. However, features like meal plans, KU on Wheels and the KU libraries only will be available in the future. The old ID cards still are needed now.
The lack of functions shouldn't be discouraging. Miles said.
"Initially, it will be very, very limited," she said. "It'll be nip and tuck at first. But as time goes on, years from now, the IDs will have a lot more functionality."
Above all, Miles said, students should not be quick to ditch their old KUIDs.
Kent Miller, library facilities officer, said although switching IDs for something like checking out books might seem straightforward, the new cards could not be used until the summer session. New equipment still was necessary, and upgrading takes time, he said.
"Keep your card," she said. "Do not toss it. The current ID is used for all the things you normally need an ID for."
As a result, students still will use their old KUID cards to check out books at the library.
"We're converting from scannable numeric code to an encrypted mag stripe," he said. "We'll have to change all the reading technology, as will all the computer work stations. We have a lot of stuff on order and being worked on. So the cards are going out now, but we're not quite there yet."
Not having all the cards' functions available yet is a small haul, but not really a big deal,
The University of Kansas
said
Hersey said the multi-functional nature of the cards was a major factor in their usefulness.
Anthony Hersey, Kansas City, Mo., junior. He said a few inconveniences now were not out of line.
"I like the idea of having a smart card," he said. "It might be troublesome at first, but in the long run, they're better. We'll have a lot more freedom."
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