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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, November 1, 1990
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Most money goes to Republicans
By David Roach
Kansan staff writer
Campaigns for statewide offices have collected more than $2.1 million in contributions since the June primary, and the lion's share of that money has gone into Republican coffers, according to campaign finance disclosure statements filed by candidates this week.
In most races, Republicans outspent their Democratic opponents by at least 2-1 to, and they raised more money by about the same margin. In the race for insurance commissioner, these margins were about 8-1 to.
Alain Ciglert, professor of political science, said the Republicans' ability to raise significantly more money reflected the political realities of Kansas, where registered Republicans by about 170,000.
The only Democrats to outgun the Republicans were incumbents.
Democratic incumbent candidate Rep. Jim Slattery turned the tables on the Republicans in the 2nd Congressional District race by taking in $247,000 in contributions compared to his opponent, Scott Morgan
In the State Representative 45th District race, Democratic incumbent John Solbach received about $7,000 in contributions compared with about $2,700 collected by his Republican opponent Martha Parker.
Cigler said that the amount of money spent on a campaign did not
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There's no question that incumbents' access to money, more than anything else, deters serious challengers from taking them on.
Allan Cigier. professor of political science
determine the winner.
However, he said that incumbents had more access to money than challengers, which gave incumbents an advantage because their ability to generate contributions made a cumulative gain by make a waste of money for challengers.
"There's no question that incumbents' access to money, more than anything else, deters serious challengers from taking them on," he said. "The most serious problem we have is the lack of serious competition."
Citigar said that elections should be made more competitive by making campaign spending more equal through state and federal campaign financing. But he said that such reform was not likely to occur.
"The very people that would be in charge of changing the laws are the
people who are benefactors of the current system," he said. "Candidates are not going to pass reform that would disadvantage themselves."
State Sen. Wint Winter, R-
Lawrence, said that campaigns were
too expensive but that the state
should get involved in financing
campaigns.
He said he favored putting lids on campaign spending and limiting the amount of money candidates could accept from political action commit-
Most of the $2.1 million raised by campaigns for statewide offices went into the governor's race, but the races netted about $600,000.
The big money-raisers in the Republican camp were insurance candidate Ron Todd, who gathered $206,000 in contributions and incumbent attorney general Bob Stephan, who garnered $142,000.
Todd's Democratic opponent Paul Feleciano list $27,000 in contributions and Stephen's Democratic opponent Bert Cantwell reaped about $11,000.
In other campaigns, Republican candidate for treasurer, Eric Rucker, took in almost $70,000 while his opponent, Sally Thompson, raised about 41,000.
Republican candidate for secretary of state, Bill Graves, netted more than $62.000 His opponent, R. William, had not filed a disclosure statement.
Campaign funding
U.S. Rep. 2nd District
Slattery (D) $247,000
Morgan (R) $70,000
U.S. Rep. 2nd District
Insurance Comm.
Insurance Comm.
Todd (R) $206,000
Feleciano (D) $27,000
Attorney General
Attorney General
Stephan (R) $142,000
Cantwell (D) $51,000
State Treasurer
State Treasurer
Rucker (R) $70,000
Thompson (D) $41,000
Sec. of State
U.S. Senate
Graves (R) $62,000
Dickens (D) NA
Kassebaum (R)$360,000
Williams (D) $13,000
Speaker says vote evil of two lessers
By Carol Krekeler
KANSAN
Kansan staff writer
The main issue in this year's gubernatorial race is whether Democratic candidate Joan Finney is competent to govern Kansas, Burdett Loomis, charismatous political science, said yesterday.
"This is not to say that there aren't other issues," Loomis said. "But everything else is judged by the frame of Finney's competence."
Loomis' topic, "The Evil of Two Lessers?", was the subject of a weekly forum attended by about 50 people and sponsored by Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Hayden's campaign staff has focused almost entirely on Finnev's shortcomings, he said.
"Haden's best claim to election is that he is not Joan Finney," Loomis said.
Loomis said Finney should have had a political advantage because she was a woman.
"Men always have somewhat of a difficult time campaigning against a woman," he said. "Dealing with a woman's competence makes it an even tougher situation in a variety of ways."
Hayden wanted to debate against Finney so that he could expose any possible inadequacies, he said.
"Finney has certainly been her own worst enemy." Loomis said.
"You encourage your opponent to speak as much as possible," he said. "Mike Hayden would have told you that if you had the campaign if he could have."
He said Finney had done a poor job of defending herself and counter-attacking Haven.
Loomis said that despite Hayden's attack on the inadequacies of Finney, Hayden had not run a dirty election.
"This has not been a mud-slinging campaign by any means," he said.
A recent poll that shows Hayden ahead of Finney might be an indication of Hayden's victory, he said.
Jan Roskam, professor of aerospace engineering, said he wondered why more attention had not been focused on Christa Campbell-Cline, the independent candidate for governor.
"She's not Hayden and she's not Finney, he said, referring to why someone might vote for Campbell-Cline.
Master mason
Denise Disney, Prairie Village junior, learns how to build a brick wall. Students in architecture studio got this experience yesterday behind Marvin Hall.
Policy excluding homosexuals not attacked at area schools
By Karen Park
Kansan staff writer
A Department of Defense policy that excludes gays, lesbians and bisexuals from receiving ROTC scholarships and being commissioned has caused debate between KU students and administrators.
During the Fall 1990 semester at the University of Kansas, students have demonstrated, University Council has passed resolutions and the administration has issued statements regarding the policy.
But other Board of Regents institutions have not had the same reaction.
Michael Steiny, student body vice president at Kansas State University, said that he had heard of discussions about changing the Defense Department's procedures and the observations had taken place, and no official action had been taken.
"We have so many other things that are taking precedence," he said. "We need a student government
Steinly said a student government election was one item taking precedence over changing the policy.
K-State has Army and Air Force ROTC units.
"Some students are interested in trying to change the policy, but I not foresee them trying to get ROTC kicked off campus," he said.
The KU University Council passed a resolution May 3 that prohibited ROTC commissioning from taking positions in the Department of Department policy did not change.
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Some students are interested in trying to change the policy, but I don't foresee them trying to get ROTC kicked off
Michael Steinly
Michael Steynen student body vice president at Kansas State University
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Chancellor Gene A. Budig refused to sign the resolution, saying that the ROTC program was beneficial to the University and its students
Sept. 24, the KU University Senate rejected a Council resolution that would have discontinued counting hours toward graduation requirements.
K-State's anti-discrimination policy, like KU's policy, stipulates that discrimination based on sexual orientation will not be tolerated. Steinly
Harry Stephens, vice president for student affairs at Emporia State University, said that Emporia State's Army ROTC program was an extension of KU's ROTC program but has not been used in the current policy had not been an issue.
Oct. 1, Del Shankel, KU interim
executive vice chancellor,
announced the formation of a special
chancellor's committee that would
work with national education associations
and legislators to try to change
the Defense Department policy.
Jane Grieber, secretary for affirmative action at Emporia State, said Emporia State's anti-discrimination policy did not include guidelines addressing discrimination against sexual orientation.
Theresa Massa, director of equal opportunity at Pittsburgh State University, said questions regarding the school's decision had not been brought to her office.
She said Pittsburg State did not include gays, lesbians or bisexuals in its anti-discrimination policy and laws did not include such distinctions.
But Massa said that if an issue arose about discrimination based on sexual orientation, the university would examine the situation.
Jim Rhatigan, vice president for student affairs at Wichita State University, said Wichita State did not require attendance or participation.
Fort Hays State University's ROTC programs were discontinued by the Defense Department because of a cut in defense spending.
The Kansas College of Technology in Salina also does not have an ROTC program.
Vandalism at Stull's mythical 'gate to Hell' frustrates residents
By Elicia Hill
Kansan staff writer
For 15 years a myth has been proving
that the Satanic branch in Stull is
host to Satan each Halloween.
The real evil has not been Satan but the vandalism that occurs on the church's shrines.
old church, said the myth had caused heartache for Still residents, who have seen the tombstones of their loved ones topped by密度 seekers looking for the "gate toilet."
John Solbach, who is organizing a 123-year
profit organization to preserve the 123-year
"You get an idea of the emotional burden when you watch a grown man cry like a baby when he found out his son's bombstone had been torn from the ground." The "myth is nothing but fiction, but the pain
Barbara and Bobby Bowen, Stull residents for almost 60 years, said they had met people from as far as the West Coast taking pictures of the empty church because of its reputa-
is falling on real people."
Sobach said the legend gained wide recognition from KU students after an article was published.
The Bowens said they had never heard of
the myth until a few years ago when the vandalism began.
"Some kids told us that their professor told them the hootenanny story," she said. "The police later found my husband's great grandmother's tombstone in one of the fraternities."
Maude Spencer, who has lived across from the church for 16 years, said the area had been a refuge to some of the refugees.
David Benjamin, Lawrence graduate student, made a architectural study last year of the church. He said he was embarrassed by the involvement in the degradation of the church.
"The myths are so ridiculous," he said.
"For example, the first three digits of Stull's ZIP code are 666, but any area in Topeka, for that matter, has 666 in its ZIP code."
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