Friday, March 20, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Senate adds minority seats
By Melissa Ngo
nmgno@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Minority representation on Student Senate will increase next fall.
Senate passed a bill Wednesday night to add seats for Black Student Union, Native American Student Association, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, Asian American Student Union and KU Queers and Allies.
"I's historic," said Charmain Billy, NASA member. "We were in the trenches and at the meeting for over six hours to get this."
Sandé Beauboureuf, BSU president,
said this was a big step for the minority organizations.
"The groups that asked for representation have historically been known to be under represented or misrepresented," Beauboeuf said. "Black Student Union is the main focal point for African-Americans on campus and should be a part of Student Senate."
Rachel Schwartz, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, was one of two senators who voted against the bill because it contained vague criteria for which organizations could have a Senate seat.
"Queers and Allies got a seat. Why didn't KU Hillel?" she asked. "How do we distingush?"
giving the five seats to the Multicultural Resource Center board, which would then choose the representatives from applicants. The amendment failed.
Schwartz sponsored an amendment
Yan Zeng, AASU president, said AASU was excited about receiving the seat.
"This would have made the representatives more responsible to minority students as a collective, not just to individual minority student groups," Schwartz said.
"Now Senate is going to have a voice from minority groups," Zeng said. "They'll have our opinions no matter what. They won't have to contact us like they do now to get our opinions."
Canvas on campus
Janalee Cann, Topeka senior, puts the finishing touches on a piece of artwork. Cann worked on the painting yesterday in the Murphy Hall. Photo by Lizz Weber/KANSAN
GOP prepares for possible hearings
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — House Republicans struggled internally yesterday to shape their response to any impeachment material being readied by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Democrats accused them of acting hastily and for partisan purposes.
"Premature' would be a gentle way of expressing some mystification of why they would leap to that process," said White House representative Mike McCurry as Republicans discussed the possibility of a small group of lawmakers reviewing Starr's evidence before he formally delivers it to Congress.
"I have not been consulted in this matter, therefore, I question their assertion of wanting to approach this issue in a bipartisan fashion," said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt.
For their part, Republicans said no procedural decisions would be made until Starr made a referral of information in his investigation into a variety of areas.
In an unusual joint statement, Speaker Newt Ginghini and Rep. Henry Hyde, RIII., Judiciary Committee chairman, outlined several options in the event Starr notifies them he has prepared evidence of an impeachable offense.
"Our principal concern — if an investigation is warranted — is to protect the innocent while simultaneously getting to the truth," the two lawmakers added.
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