Thursday, March 19, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Dinner offers taste of vegetarian
National campaign aims to share merits of alternative diet
By Emily C. Forsyth
eforsyth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Go vegetarian for your health, the earth and the animals!
A sign with this message hung outside the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building where about 80 people attended a free vegetarian dinner last night. The dinner was sponsored by Proponents for Animal Liberation in honor of the Great American Meatout, which is tomorrow.
Michael Schmitt, Harrisonburg, Va.
graduate student and member of PAL,
said this was the third year the group had
celebrated the Meatout and the second
year it had sponsored a dinner. All of the
food prepared was vegan, meaning it did
not contain any animal or dairy products.
"The idea is to get a bunch of people together to enjoy a vegan meal," Schmitt said. "If one person goes away deciding that they want to try a vegetarian diet, we're happy with that."
Food served at the dinner included tofu manicotti, minestrone soup, gingered
broccoli with red pepper, potato curry and a variety of desserts. Some food was donated by local businesses and the remaining costs for the meal were covered by members of PAL. Donations were requested.
Natalie Sullivan, Kansas City, Mo. senior and PAL member, said she hoped people would try vegetarian food.
"A lot of people don't realize how good vegetarian food is," Sullivan said. "It's not really much of a sacrifice, because it can be even tastier."
Following the dinner, organizers held a discussion to address topics of vegetarianism, such as health benefits, protecting the environment and preventing animal suffering.
Crissy Hodges, Topeka freshman, said she attended the dinner to meet people who shared her dietary lifestyle and to learn about their experiences.
"I'd like to hear the discussion afterward about why some people became vegetarian and some of the problems they have overcome," Hodges said.
Many of the people who attended the dinner were vegetarian or vegan, and some brought friends who were not vegetarian.
Diane Braun, Lawrence resident, said she was not vegetarian but she supported other people's choices.
"I object to how most animals are
raised, very inhumanely and also with a great deal of chemicals and steroids and various things added to their diet," Braun said. "I think that vegetarianism has a lot of merit."
Brandon Hubbard, Lawrence resident, said he enjoyed the food but he would not stop eating meat for the Meatout.
"It's a personal choice that's not for everybody, but I still support it," Hubbard said.
The Meatout campaign was started 14 years ago by Farm Animal Reform Movement, a national organization that promotes vegetarianism.
Caitlin Hills, director of communications for the Meatout, said that more than 2,000 communities were participating in the event this year. She said this year's Meatout was dedicated to Oprah Winfrey for her victory in a lawsuit brought by Texas cattlemen.
This year, three celebrities, Casey Kasem, Rue McClanahan of Golden Girls and James Cromwell of Star Trek and L.A. Confidential, have endorsed the national Meatout campaign.
Hills said the Meatout was held on Friday because it marked the first day of spring, symbolizing rebirth and renewal.
"People are more receptive to change in seasonal transitional periods," Hills said. "Spring cleaning—spring cleaning for the body, too."
Setting the stage
Tamotsu Matsuda, left, speaks to about 50 students and faculty in Murphy Hall about different types of Japanese theater. His lecture was in conjunction with Kyogen: Comedy of Medieval Japan II, a University production of Japanese theater that will have its final performance at 8 tonight at the William Inge Memorial Theater in Murphy Hall. Matsuda, a specialist in Noh and Kyogen theater, gave his presentation in Japanese, and Andrew Tsubaki, right, professor of theater and film and East Asian languages and culture, translated. Photo by Tara Bradley/KANSAN
Student body president confronts questions about veto, leadership
By Marc Sheforgen
msheforgen @kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
And the mud began to fly.
Questions with personal attack undertones were slung at Student Body President Scott Sullivan during last night's Student Senate meeting.
Sullivan had vetoed a bill that would move the elections of Senate committee chairpeople from the first committee meeting of next year to the last meeting of this year. This was the first vet of Sullivan's term.
"For that to be his first action of this year is the real problem," said Seth Hoffman, All Scholarship Hall senator.
While Sullivan addressed the Senate, political opponents asked him pointed questions that led to a personal debate.
Jason Fizell, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, addressed the Senate by saying the veto was not in accordance with Senate code. The code dictates that a veto by the president
must be submitted within 10 days of a bill's passing and that reasons for the veto also must be included.
Kelly Huffman, Student Executive Committee chairman, ruled the veto out of order before Sullivan had given his complete explanation of the veto. The original bill, passed by Senate two weeks ago, will go into effect.
Sullivan said he had vetoed the bill within eight days of the bill's passing but he had not given his reasons, hence the technicality that allowed the veto to be dismissed before he had explained it.
Hoffman said many senators questioned Sullivan's abilities as student body president. He said this technicality was used to magnify what some considered to be a leadership problem.
"This is just a small part of a bigger problem," Hoffman said.
Sullivan said that last year, two bills had been vetored in the same manner and that the people who objected last night had raised no questions last year.
He said he thought political maneuvering was being used to suppress his opinion about the bill.
"Some people abused a technicality," Sullivan said. "They didn't want to hear another person's opinion."
Fizell said he had asked Sullivan to publish his reasons for the veto on the Senate list-serv but Sullivan had not complied.
Sullivan said the veto aimed to allow members of next year's committees a chance to elect their leaders rather than to have the chairpeople elected by students who may not be members of that committee next year.
Kevin Yoder, Interfraternity senator, said it was unfortunate Sullivan's arguments were not allowed to be heard.
"The politics here were a bigger factor than the issue at hand," he said.
When senators focus more on attacking opponents than on the issue in question, Yoder said, it leads to an ineffective Senate.
Student input to shape unions
By Melissa Nga mngo@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Student Senate wants to make sure University of Kansas students feel comfortable in the Kansas and Burge unions.
After a presentation about upcoming renovations to the Kansas Union during last night's meeting, Senate passed an amended bill allowing student fees to be used to finance the renovations.
One amendment requires Senate to preview all proposed changes to the Kansas Union. The second amendment calls for 50 percent student participation on all committees and boards dealing with the Kansas Union.
"I think that we should increase student input because the Unions have been billed as the students' living room," said Jason Fizell, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator. Senate also failed the line-item allocation budget bill and sent it back to Finance Committee.
The line-item allocation budget is decided each spring. The budget
"I think that we should increase student input because the Unions have been billed as the students' living room."
Jason Fizell
Liberal Arts and Sciences senator
distributes funds to established student organizations, such as the Asian American Student Union and the biology club, that have about the same yearly expenses.
The bill failed after discussion about why KU choirs should not be given funding for next year.
"Most of the things KU choirs are requesting are infrastructure needs, which should be paid for by the fine arts department," said Jordan Edwards, finance committee chairman.
KU choirs requested $8,983 for a playback machine, sheet music, choral folders, a newsletter and an employee to inventory sheet music.
LEGISLATION
A bill to finance Saferide
A bill to finance Arts on the Boulevard. April 13 to 16
A bill to amend Student Senate Rules and Regulations. Article VII
A resolution to insure student representation on the Kansas Union expansion committee
Failed
Line-item allocation budget bill (sent back to finance committee)
Corey Johnson, Emporia senior and KU choirs member, said that refusing to finance the group was wrong because Senate had financed groups in the past that should have been financed by departments.
"They gave $69,000 to KU bands without being able to delineate how the two groups are different," he said
KU choirs has more than 250 student members who pay student fees, and they have the right to have their request taken seriously. Johnson said.
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