Thursday, February 12. 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Committee toasts 18 as drinking age
By Melissa Ngo and Marc Sheforgan
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msheforgen@kansan.com
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Kansan staff writers
Legislation opposing the current drinking age and eliminating holdover senators passed Student Senate committees last night.
Jason Fizell, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, introduced the holdover bill to the Student Rights committee. He said Senate should eliminate holdover senators because they had no constituency and were not elected by popular vote.
Holly Krebs, Oskalososa sophomore and Student Rights committee member, supported the bill.
"The question is whether holdover senators are representative of students," Krebs said. "It is the responsibility of the student body to elect their representatives, not the responsibility of the already institutionalized hierarchy."
Tiffany Seeman, Nunemaker senator, opposed the legislation. She said that all senators, including holdovers, were representative of the student body.
Eliminating the three holdover seats would leave 72 seats.
The University Affairs and Student Rights committees passed a resolution opposing the state law that restricts alcohol consumption by those under 21.
John Colbert, Engineering senator, and Sam Pierrom, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, introduced the resolution that calls for the drinking age to be lowered to 18.
"I've drank with a lot of you under 21," Pierron told University Affairs committee members. "Not being a fan of hypocrisy myself, I'd like to see you support this."
After the resolution passed the Student Rights committee.
SENATE LEGISLATION Student Rights
Passed a bill to amend Student Senate Rules and Regulations at the Mississippi Assembly.
Passed a resolution opposing the current drinking age.
trans article V, section 4.
Passed a resolution opposing
Passed a bill to eliminate holdover senators.
Finance
Passed a bill to finance the KU Public Relations Student Society of America
■ Ruled out of order a bill to finance Jayhawk Communications
Passed a bill to finance the KU Hillel Foundation's Holocaust Remembrance Day speaker, Sol Urbach.
Colbert was heard saying,
"Let's go get a drink, Sam."
Both bills will go before Senate on Wednesday.
In Finance committee, chairman Jordan Edwards ruled that a bill to finance Jayhawk Communications violated Senate Rules and Regulations.
He said the committee should not allocate $185 to finance the group because the committee already financed the Public Relations Student Society of America, which founded Jayhawk Communications.
Sarah Schreck, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator and sponsor of the bill, said Jayhawk Communications and PRSSA were distinct groups, and therefore, both should be financed.
"They have separate meetings, separate executive boards and separate goals," she said.
Schreck said she would define the groups' differences and present her case to the Student Executive committee. If the committee passes the bill, it would appear on next week's Senate agenda.
Don Marquis, professor of philosophy, speaks to the crowd as Ann Cudd, associate professor of philosophy, listens and waits for her turn to speak. Marquis and Cudd debated the ethics of abortion last night at the English room in the Kansas Union.
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Marquis said his theory was supported by an ethical, rather than religious argument.
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"People who argue the anti- abortion issue are usually affiliated with the religious right," he said. "I am not affiliated with a religion, and I don't think of myself as a conservative."
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Don Marquis, professor of philosophy, and Ann Cudd, associate professor of philosophy, debated in front of a capacity crowd of 40 people in the English Room at the Kansas Union. The event was sponsored by the Medical Ethics Club.
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Marquis said his theory was different from traditional anti-abortion argument because it was supported by society's ethics. Society's ethics suggest that killing is wrong because it denies a person's future, he said.
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Cudd disagreed. She said Marquis's theory did not consider a pregnant woman's rights.
Saul Marsh, Richmond, Va.
senior, said that although he
attended the debate, he had no
stance on the issue.
"People aren't ever required to give up a kidney or blood," she said. "A pregnant person gives up the right to life and her body for an invading force."
Cudd also said the theory was male-centered.
"I don't think men should be involved," he said. "I consider it a women's issue."
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