University Daily Kansan, March 2, 1984
CAMPUS AND AREA Busby
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what's wrong with Student Senate
"I think we offered the student body, in a time of transition and a time of change, a serious, responsible alternation in government — and the student body."
BUSY SAID THAT he would keep his seat in the Senate but would limit his involvement in Vogel's administration.
"The students who voted for them showed that they didn't want my help." Busby said. "They don't want my type of leadership in student government."
"Something that's important for me is that those people work for Carla and Boo on their virtues. They didn't vote for a cooperative type of government."
POOR VOTER TURNOUT also hurt his chances of winning. Busy said.
Paul Bushkirk, Busy's running mate, said, " Their biggest difficulty is going to be working with 66 people who are going to give them a hell of a fight."
Nonetheless, Bc.kirk said that he would support Vogel and Higberger champion.
Loren Busby. Starting Over Coalition candidate for student body president, left, announces that he and his running mate, Paul Buskirk, center, have lost the race to lead the Student Senate. Busby announced the results last night to a small gathering at his home, 701 Arkansas St., as Maria Bell, a reporter for KHK radio, listened.
With his feet propped up on the desk in his room, candidate Bob Murphy listened contentedly last night as the presidential election came over the radio.
By JOHN HANNA Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Apathy candidates say they met goal
Both candidates said their goal had been to make people aware of the Student Senate's problems and to get
A shirtless Bob Swain, Murphy's running mate, and a half-dozen fraternity members crowded around the door to Murphy's room on the second floor of the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, 1941 Stewart Ave.
DESPITE THE LOW VOTE, total,
Swain and Murphy said they were
satisfied with the showing because they
had raised the awareness of students
and other candidates during the campaign.
Swain and Murphy, the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the Apathy — It Just Doesn't Matter Coalition, finished third with 202 votes in this week's student body presidential elections.
"It was time for people to take a stand and redo student government or to take it back."
them to respond by voting.
After Swain put on a shirt and took a seat on a couch, Murphy said their campaign had shown the other candidates the need for a "down-to-earth" approach to the elections and student government.
Swain said he thought members of the Starting Over and Costume Party coalitions had been receptive to his coalition's ideas.
SWAIN AND MURPHY nearly dropped out of the race Tuesday because they were worried that they would take votes away from the Costume Party, which won the election by 138 votes. Swain said.
"we wanted us or Costume to win," he said. "But we decided that dropping out wouldn't be fair to the people we had already talked to."
Swain said he couldn't say whether he was surprised by the number of votes the Apathy Coalition received or whether he had known what to expect.
"We got the best out of the money we
put into the campaign. That was about 14.36%, he said. We got a lot of our candidates.
swain said the Costume Party had the edge going into the election because it had already won some student votes and would be in an election declared invalid last January.
But now the Costume Party coalition will have to win the support of the student senators elected last fall, Murphy said.
"THE FIRST THING they will need to do is gain the support and the confidence of the Student Senate." Murphy said. "A lot of the senators are tailor-made from the other coalitions who won't agree with what they stand for."
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Swain said that the elections had not yet restored Student Senate's credibility and that he hoped changes would take place.
"it's been all talk, and there must be a little action to restore its credibility," she said.
votes. Loren Busby and Paul Bushkirk, the presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Starting Over Coalition, received 193 votes. Bob Swain and Robb Murphy, the presidential and vice president, received 192 votes. Just Doesn't Matter coalition in finished third with 202 votes.
Both Murphy and Swain said they were not disappointed with their campaign.
CARYL, SMITH, dean of student life and adviser to the Senate, said that although some students needed help in using the voting machines, the machines helped ease the election process.
"It's very evident that the student body is not used to using voting machines," she said.
previous years, polls had closed at 5 p.m. and results were not known before midnight.
Election officials knew the results by 7:15 p.m., he said, and notified the candidates immediately. In
Goldberg said that vote counters invalidated about five write-in votes because the name was written in the wrong place.
Rolls in Strong Hall and the Frank R. Burge Union closed at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Voting machines in the Kansas University remained open until
A WRITE-IN vote must have first and last names spelled correctly and must be written in the slot designated for president or vice president.
The Student Senate presidential vote with 100 percent of the vote counted:
PartV/Candidate Vote
**Costume**
Vogel, Highberger ... 1,051 46
**Starting Over**
Busby, Buskirk ... 913 40
**Apathy**
Swain, Murphy ... 202 09
Write-in votes ... 135 05
Percentages rounded
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