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Page 10 University Daily Kansan, September 24, 1980
Berman and Eldredge vie for 2nd District seat
By BILL VOGRIN Staff Reporter
Jane Eldredge has made stiff accusations and relied on speculation to swaiy voter opinion in her challenge of Arnold Berman for the 2nd District state Senate seat. Berman's reaction has been constant he has refused to answer any of the charges and has labeled them "stillness."
Analysis
Eldredge, 36, a lawyer and former computer programmer and systems
analyst, in the Republican candidate and has received support from at least two area businesses through Political Activity Committees.
The 2nd District has shown favoritism toward Democrats, and local elections have consistently placed Democrats in state offices. The 2nd District includes parts of the 4th, 48th, and 70th districts of Representatives, and all boasted Democratic incumbents before district reappointment.
Berman, the incumbent, is a Democrat and thinks he is running far ahead of Eidrideg.
The district divides Douglas County in half and includes the University of Kansas and Lawrence. Besides the university, the institution, the district is generally liberal.
Harriece has strong ties with civic organizations and has criticized Berman for losing touch with the voters of the district. She suggested he might be taken them for granted by not making accessible to the people of the district.
OTHER CHARGES by Eldredge implies a conflict of interest in Bermann's advice.
nuclear energy and waste and an abandonment of the district by moving out of his law office in downtown Lawrence.
"I thought about running for office several times before but I just ended up working as a campaigner for other candidates," Eldridge said yesterday. "But there were couple of things that came this time and convinced me to run."
"One was the closing of Berman's law office in Lawrence and the other was his handling of a nuclear waste proposal in the Senate."
She saw Berman's office closing as a retreat from the community and a step in his loss of communication with his family. He then moved manhasset his law practice to Toopea.
THESE COMMENTS incited the 51-year-old senator. Berman moved his practice out of a downtown office building and into his home in Lawrence.
ARNOLD BERMAN
“There are so many other things to talk about. I'm getting just a little tired of that kind of talk,” Berman said. “There was never any question of a conflict of interest and I do still practice law in Lawrence and she knows it.
"It is all getting rather silly."
The nuclear waste proposals became an issue when, Eldredge said, it turned out that Berman had been hired by a company dealing with nuclear waste. The company neglected not to participate on a nuclear waste proposal, but later flown-on it.
"The question of the conflict of interest makes me wonder just who Berman is representing," Eldredge said.
BERMAN I is steadfast in his refusal to answer Eldredge's charges directly.
tactics just cheapen and corrupt the political process. I will discuss the issues and my record."
The incumbent noted that his opponent has not attacked his voting record for the past four years in the Senate, nor has she found fault with any of the legislation he proposed or co-sponsored.
"I just refuse to conduct a political campaign on inundatedos and lies, and I will not participate in that kind of campaign," Berman said. "Those
"Apparently she is pretty happy with the job I have done in representing the community," Berman said.
berman sees KU as the focal point of any district business and considers his membership on the Ways and Means act as a definite advantage to the district.
"The budgetary decisions in the Legislature are all made by the Ways and Means Committee and by the Senate-House Appropriations Conference Committee." Berman said. "I am a member of both committees, one of only three members of the Senate portion of the conference committee."
He said the importance of his participation on those committees to KU was obvious.
BERMAN HAS described himself as a powerful member of the Senate, and he said his power and value to KU was in the Haworth Hall addition on campus.
"The Haworth Hall request was never made by the Regents; they refused it," he said. "I spoke personally to the governor about it, and he added it to the plan of the Senate to Legislature. I shepherded it through committee and got it passed."
Berman also takes credit for helping KU, during his first term, receive 45 percent budget increases, $45 million for capital improvements, a partial tuition-free waiver for graduate salaries and a channeling of state money into the state scholarship program.
"KU is the bedrock of the Lawrence
economy and is extremely important to anyone representing the 2nd District.
Eldredge has argued that Berman's position on important committees is not that great of an advantage and not a weakness that he will return to those positions.
SHE SAID HIS inability to get his proposed legislation through the Legislature showed his ineffectiveness.
"There is no guarantee that he will return to his committee assignments," Eldridge said. "Typically a senator from Douglas County is placed on the Ways and Means Committee and my chance is as good as his."
"His work sponsoring bills and getting them passed has fallen short," she said. "He has only passed one out of 20 bills that he has proposed. This is pure speculation, but I think it could be that he is a hard person to work with."
"Absolutely, I think KU is very important," she said. "I think the most important thing government can do is promote higher education.
Eldredge also voiced a strong commitment to KU and its programs.
She is also concerned about KU libraries.
"One of my pet projects is the library and its book acquisition program," she said. "It is hurting and needs funding if it is to keep up to date."
Among Midwest universities, KU ranks 11th out of 14 in faculty salaries. We need to continue to work to reach at least a medium point so we can stay in competition and attract quality faculty to the University."
Both candidates have lived in Lawrence about a decade and are graduates of the KU School of Law, who have spent about their chances to win the election.
Fair introduces engineers to employers
KU engineering students will have a chance to see and be seen by prospective employers at the 2nd annual engineering career fair tomorrow and Friday, according to Pam Madl, director for the School of Engineering.
Representatives from 35 companies, including DuPont, Exxon, Boeing and IBM, will set up exhibits on the second level of Allen Field House for the fair.
"The career fair is a pre-recruitment tool for the companies we invited and gives students a chance to talk to prospective employers." Madi said.
This year, she said, prospective employers for engineering students are in a sample supply. However, most companies offer several services to find the right job.
Because graduating seniors are seriously looking for jobsthis fall, Madi said, the fair will be open only to them from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.
280 graduating seniors attended the
conference. He shows a similar
travel this year.
"That way there won't be as many distractions," she said. All KU engineering students may attend the fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, and from 10 to 1 p.m. Friday, the fair will be open to all students who display a KU ID.
Last year, 70 percent of the school's
Many of the companies represented at theair will bring exhibits, brochures and free samples of their products, Madl said, so even students not in engineering can find something to interest them.
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