MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2002
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David Ambler, former vice provost for student affairs, said the current compensation amount was set because administrators didn't want to portray the presidency as a full-time job. Ambler acted as an adviser to the student body president position for 25 years at KU and said it wasn't unusual for a president to put in a 50-hour week.
The road to the student body president office isn't without significant costs either. In each of the past three years, records show winning campaigns spent between $3,000 and $6,000.
"Students are getting a good deal for their buck in terms of representation." Ambler said.
Many times, the student body presidential candidate ends up absorbing many of the expenses.
The financial responsibility of running a campaign relied heavily on the student body president candidate, said Karen Keith, who ran for president with Delta Force last spring.
"I was really fortunate that I had some dispensable money." Keith said.
Keith, Tulsa, Okla., senior, said managing her campaign was financially easier because she was on full academic scholarship.
"It would be a very different story if I was paying for school," Keith said.
In Keith's case, one financial responsibility meant putting up the money for kegs of beer at coalition fund-raising parties. According to the Delta Force
2002 final expense statement,
Keith put up $300 for such
expenses and she was not guaranteed to get that money back. To help defer this and similar costs,
Delta Force held parties after the election last spring and at the beginning of this school year to repay Keith and others who contributed money.
Keith also said running with a large coalition helped with raising funds.
Mills said he spent approximately $200 through smaller costs that added up over the course of his campaign for presidency. In addition, the Delta Force 2001 final expense report shows Mills' parents contributed $400 to his campaign.
In their KUnited campaign, Ng and Vice President Loren Malone contributed heavily to
Jonathan Ng 2002-2003
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS
Justin Mills 2001-2002
the campaign's budget. Ng said he and Malone contributed approximately $2,700 to their campaign.
Ben Walker 2000-2001
Yoder said he spent approximately $1,000 on his campaign. He said in order to attract the attention of 25,000 student voters, it was necessary to spend money on advertising.
"The money was a small sacrifice for the opportunity," Yoder
Kevin Yoder 1998-1999
said.
While both Ng and Mills agreed that not every KU student would be able to afford running for student body president, Ng likened the presidency to public service at any level.
"A single mother with three kids probably couldn't run for Kansas governor," Ns said.
—Edited by Lauren Beatty
JRP
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housed at JRP, take no position on the matter, Mike Neal, assistant dean of the school of education, said KU on Wheels should continue to examine ridership as the weather gets colder.
"Most of their research was done during very warm weather." Neal said. "I asked them to continue researching during the time of year when it's a greater service to the students."
Appleby said the transportation board would consider dropping the route because an extra bus would be needed in other locations on campus as the weather got colder—specifically on Daisy Hill where ridership is greater.
Neal said he wanted to make the students aware that the transportation board was making a decision on the route and they should voice their opinions.
The existing route to JRP picks up students at GSP-Corbin Hall, travels through campus, unloads and picks up students at JRP and then circles back through campus to GSP-Corbin.
If the transportation board cancels the route, the next closest stop for students headed to JRP is at Snow Hall, 1,100 feet away, by way of sidewalk, Appleby said.
"Based on sheer numbers, it makes sense to move the bus over to a Daisy Hill route," Appleby said.
KU on Wheels added the route at the beginning of this semester after officials from the School of Education made an appeal for
"Based on sheer numbers, it makes sense to move the bus over to a Daisy Hill route."
Mike Appleby Lawrence junior
the route at hearings in the past two years.
Last spring, officials presented a petition with approximately 300 names of students who wanted the route. Appleby said the transportation board created the route strictly on a trial basis.
"We figured, 'Hey, we'll at least try it,' Appleby said. "If it didn't work out, it was off the route."
Students who currently ride the route said it would be a greater convenience in the approaching winter months.
"It will be a pain in the butt to walk—especially when it gets really cold," said Allison Stonacek, Omaha, Neb., freshman.
Other students admit that the route isn't attracting a large number of riders.
Mariel Maddison, Greenwood Village, Colo., freshman, said she was the only one on the bus in its last leg from Snow Hall to JRP during the few times she rode it.
Although Appleby said he expected the board would vote to cancel the route, that decision could change if a great number of students voiced their concerns and started riding the route.
— Edited by Christina Neff and Rvan Mlashock
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The students volunteering also served as strong role models for the children, Best said, and helped to give them hope for the future.
pus world," he said, "and it helps to be exposed to different cultures."
"They see that we were kids just like them, and it shows the kids they can go to college some
day." he said.
Children ages 2 to 13 participated in the art activities.
The activities help the children develop art skills and art education, as well as encouraging creative thinking, Kemnitzer said.
Some clung to the legs of Kemnitzer as she brought them into the activity room, but others rushed to the tables of piled fabric strips where Amy Barton, St. Louis freshman, helped children sew braided rugs.
Barton said she had not expected so many students to volunteer.
"It's important because you know you are making someone happy by being there for them," she said. "You can be really important to somebody just by helping them out."
For more information about volunteering at reStart, Inc. visit www.restartinc.org.
—Edited by Matt Gehrke
CAMPUS
Hemenway names new city liaison
An assistant to Chancellor Robert Hemenway will become Hemenway's liaison to the Lawrence community, a role left vacant since Reggie Robinson. Hemenway's former chief of staff, left in October to become president of the Board of Regents.
Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor, will serve as liaison between Hemenway and the University's constituents in Lawrence, Hemenway announced Friday. Hemenway had announced earlier that Robinson's position would not be filled because of budget constraints. Instead, its duties will be divided up: Mary Burg, executive assistant, will act as Hemenway's liaison with the Athletics Department. Janet Murguia, executive vice chancellor for University Relations, will be the chancellor's liaison with the Alumni Association. Along with James Potorff, University general counsel, Murguia will also take charge of managing "the flow and analysis of policy issues through the chancellor's office," the office announced.
"Given the budget situation, the KU administration must practice what it preaches," Hemenway said. "I am taking this vacancy as an opportunity to cut administrative costs and do more with less."
Lecture to discuss U.S.-Asia policy
The speech, titled "Central Asia: The Cradle, Crucible and Crossroads of Civilizations" and sponsored by the Office of International Programs, will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
"It is easy to merely identify and assign historical and geographic significance to the Caucasus and Central Asia just ask Alexander the Great. Xerxes, Genghis Khan or Vladimir Lenin." Brady said. "However, the challenge in the first decade after the fall of the Soviet Union was to see its relevance for the United States."
The people, politics and geography of Central Asia will be the topic when Thomas Brady, Central Asia specialist and aide to U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, speaks on campus tomorrow.
Wind ensemble to play '20s classics
The KU Wind Ensemble will bring the music of the Roaring '20s to life with a performance Wednesday night.
Small ensembles will perform classics from the 1920s such as Kurt Weill's "A Little Threepenny Music" and "Symphonies of Wind Instruments" by Igor Stravinsky. Later, the entire wind ensemble will play "Irish Tune from County Derry" by Percy Grainger.
The concert, "Roaring 20s," will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the Lied Center.
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