University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 7, 1990
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Finney's victory surprises students
By Amy Zamierowski
Kansan staff writer
A state of shock best describes the mood of KU Democrats and College Republicans after learning that Finney had won the governor's race.
"I was stupeted when I turned on the election results," said Pam McEwlene, president of KU Democrats. "I could not believe it. When there was such a large undecided percentage, I kept telling everyone the Democrats were going to win and they laughed at me."
KU Democrats followed the election results of Democratic candidates at McEllen's house last night. The governor said she will cheer on governor Joe Finney.
In Topeka at Republican Gov. Mike Hayden's post-election party, the reaction also was one of disbelief. KU College Republicans made the trip to Topeka after attending a post-election party in Lawrence for Sandy Leavine and Lindsay Brunson of the 4th District, and Sean Williams, who led in the 4th District race.
Democrat McEilwe said she thought that many people voted for Finney in order to vote against Hayden.
"The ant-incumbent feeling was strong," she said. "I expect Finney won by the percentage of undecided votes."
McEwle and other members of KU Democrats have been planning campaign strategies for district candidates since the beginning of the semester.
"Every weekend we have walked miles for candidates," she said. "But it has been worth the time we have spent. Democrats are doing really well in the election. They are picking up House and Senate seats across the country."
Michael Grossman, KU Democrats vice president, said that the group tried to get students to register to a test. Students had candidates' positions to the students.
Grossman, who has met Finney several times, said Finney did not rely on a large campaign budget, but instead tried to meet voters.
"Everyone who voted for Finney, she probably met and shook their hand," he said.
Lisa Hicks, chairperson of College Republicans, said that members were disappointed by the gubernatorial race results.
"The atmosphere here is dishelist," Hicks said from Topeka. "I am in a genuinely shocked state. But, as Hayden said, we have to pull together for the betterment of the state. It is a sad night in Kansas."
Mary Williams of Eudora looks anxiously at the vote count at the Douglas County Courthouse. Williams and about 30 other people awaited the count last night to find out whether Eudora was going to get a new high school. Voters rejected the bond issue by a margin of 54 percent to 46 percent.
Praving for results
New IFC board sets future plans
By Tracey Chalpin
Kansas staff writer
New Interfraternity Council executive board members take their positions today.
Kansan staff writer
Derek Bridges,
former president of
Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity,
earned 25 votes for
president, defeating
candidates Rick
Church, Jimi
Henry, and
Bobby Petty.
Derek Bridges
last night's general assembly at Sigma Nu fraternity, 1501 Sigma Nu Place.
Seventy-one voting representatives from the University of Kansas' 24 fraternity chapels attended.
Jef Risley, outgoing vice president for public relations, declined to release second, third- and fourth-place results.
Bridges is a Dodge City senior majoring in math and a former IFC judicial board member.
Other new IFC executive board members are Scott Rutherford, vice president for fraternity affairs; Kirk Burns, vice president for membership; Kirk Cerny, vice president for public relations; Michael Gomberg, treasurer; and John Walsh, secretary.
In Bridges' speech, he emphasized the importance of better communication among fraternities and between fraternities and other campus groups.
"That way incidents like SAE can be solved with a phone call instead of being in the paper for a whole semester," he said.
On March 30, a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
struck a KU student and uttered a racial insult to her while she was delivering pizzas to the SAE house, 1301 West Campus Road. The incident sparked several protests by campus groups.
Bridges said his first efforts would be geared toward the problem of sexual harassment, which he said he had been the biggest problem at KU fraternity.
He said he wanted a whole day of Greek Endeavor devoted to education about the problem of sexual harassment. Greek Endeavor is a weekend retreat designed to educate chapter leaders about Greek living.
Brides said after the election that he had been in contact with members of a campus organization called Peel Children's Society, who were starting a rape prevention workshop.
Bridges said that fraternities would have a more positive image if they were publicized better and that universities increased publicity for the system.
Outgrowing IPC president Tom Cartmell said the new executive board would face the task of strengthening IPC alcohol policy that began Feb. 28.
The alcohol policy prohibits open parties and after-hours parties and requires fraternities to fill out a complete guest lists before parties.
Ruling unlikely to change defense policy
He said that the present alcohol policy was not as strict as it could be but that alcohol restrictions needed to be eased into the creek system.
He said the new executive board also needed to help fraternities recruit more minority students.
Reactions to high court decision for gay soldier mixed
By Karen Park
Kansan staff writer
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday that allowed a gay soldier to reenlist in the Army drew differing responses from those working to change a Department of Defense base based on their sexual orientation.
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, said he did not think the ruling would help the University of Kansas' efforts to try to change the policy, which excludes individuals from being commissioned and receiving scholarships based on sexual orientation.
The policy violates the University's anti-discrimination policy, which prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, sex, disability.
national origin,political affiliation, age, ancestry or sexual orientation.
"It seems to me they drew the case very narrow," Shankel said. "I don't think it will result in any significant breakthrough."
But Robert Cloken, director of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, said the department might heighten efforts to change the policy.
"The Department of Defense is not going to change its policy without some pressure." Cloudius said. "This is another bit of pressure."
Perry Watkins, the gay officer involved in the court decision, was allowed to re-enlist in the Army three times before 1982, said MaJ. Doug Hart, public affairs spokesperson for the Department of Defense.
Before 1982, the Department of Defense policy regarding gays, lesbians and bisexuals stated that an individual would be dismissed from the military if the individual was found engaged in homosexual acts. It is not uncommon for a discharged person if the person only admitted being gay, lesbian or bisexual.
After 1982, the Defense Department revised its policy to include admitting homosexuality and bisexuality as grounds for dismissal.
Before 1982, Hart said that Watkins was allowed to re-enlist in the Army because even though he admitted he was gay, the Army did not find Watkins committing homosexual acts.
attempted to discharge Watkins. He filed the lawsuit in 1984.
Hart said that he did not know how the Army would react to the Supreme Court ruling but that the ruling would change the way Defense Department policy.
After the 1982 policy change. however, the Defense Department
KU Army ROTC Maj. Steve Johnson said the court ruling would have no effect on the policy.
"It's an individual, single event," he said. "The ruling has not changed the Department of Defense policy."
David Orr, vice president of the KU American Civil Liberties Union, said he thought the Supreme Court decision would have an effect on U.S. citizens' views concerning homosexuals and bisexuals.
"Legally, the ruling isn't supposed to have any effect on the Department of Defense policy," he said. "But it could. People overcome their prejudices."
Bank kills $4.6 million suit against developer
Two sides reach accord after developer defaults on loan
By Elicia Hill
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence National Bank has dismissed a $4.6 million lawsuit it filed against a Lawrence developer who had defaulted on two loans totaling almost $4.4 million, according to a release published by the bank yesterday.
The lawsuit, filed Oct. 22 in Doug-
 County District Court, stated that Robert G. Billings, developer of the Alvamar residential area and golf
course in west Lawrence, defaulted on two promissory notes he took out in 1989.
The bank lent Billings $4.2 million on Sept. 1, 1989, that was to be paid back Sept. 1, 1990. Billings took out a second loan for $175,000 on Dec. 1, 1989, that was to be paid back March 3, 1990.
Billings had not made payments on either loan as of yesterday. The statement released yesterday said
The suit, in addition to seeking payment of the loans, also was seeking the interest on the loans and court costs of filing the suit.
that after extensive discussion, an agreement had been reached between the bank and Billings.
Neither Billings nor bank officials would elaborate on the terms of the agreement.
The daily interest for the two loans, at 13.5 percent, is $1,600 and $65.
The suit also stated that to secure both loans, Billings pledged collateral with his shares in corporations and life insurance policies. But Billings would give up the collateral when the bank tried this month to foreclose on it.
respectively, and the accrued interest on the two loans is $260,000 and $12,000. The total amount due as of Oct. 22 was $4.6 million.
Terry Sutcliffe, president of Lawrence National Bank, said that there were five additional banks
involved with the suit but that he would not name them.
mullings, 53. Lawrence businessman and former KU student who was a basketball player in the 1960s with Wilt Chamberlain, is well known for turning farmland into developed areas.
He was named Kansan of the Year in January by the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas, an organization that recognizes Kansas' national significance and its citizens' achievements.
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