8A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2002 Election bill proposals fail ] 8 By Caleh Nothwehr cnothwehr@kansan.com kanstha staff writer Two bills that would radically change the way student senators are elected failed in last night's Senate committee meetings. The first bill was an amendment that would re-apportion the way Senate seats are distributed. In the proposed plan, two-thirds of the seats would be allotted toward schools and one-third would account for living organizations. A second part of the plan would total the number of votes received by individuals and reward seats to the corresponding coalitions. Federico Ferrara, sponsor of the bill and Venice, Italy doctoral student, said the current election procedure needed to be changed. "The system currently in place is the most disproportionate system known to human kind," Ferrara said. Ferrara said the proposed plan would benefit Senate and the student body because the number of candidates who received seats would be more proportionate to the number of votes received. "There is always resistance to change," he said. Johanna Maska, Nunemaker senator and Galesburg, III. junior, voted against the proposed plan because she said it focused too heavily on voting for coalitions rather than individuals. But Ferrara wasn't surprised the amendment didn't pass. "It puts a coalition before a person," Maska said. She said students should focus more on voting for individuals because coalitions, unlike political parties, didn't associate with a certain ideology. For the second time this year, the University Affairs committee failed a bill that would implement online voting in Senate elections. This time, Kit Brauer, holdover senator and Denver junior, proposed an internal system that would be ready by this April's elections. Brauer said the internal system would completely restructure Senate by allowing more students to vote. He said he was planning to turn the issue into an initiative where it would be voted on in the spring election. Samantha Mangino, journalism senator and Manhattan junior, voted against the bill because she said the effort had been rushed and needed more time to be researched. In other news: The Finance committee approved $15,351 in funding for student groups who made presentations. Kyle Johnson, finance chair and Wichita junior, said the large amount of money did not worry him because $51,632 was still left to be allocated with two-thirds of the year's meeting still remaining. Drew Thomas, off-campus senator and Hays senior, said the funding passed because the groups who presented were well-prepared. "These were strong groups with solid events." Thomas said. Groups who received funding included: NAACP, Black Student Union, KU Chorale and Academy of Students of Pharmacy. - Edited by Katie Teske Hundreds held as hostages by rebels in Moscow theater The Associated Press MOSCOW - At least 40 armed Chechen rebels stormed a crowded theater and took hundreds of people hostage in the midst of a musical, threatening early today to shoot their captives and blow up the building if Russian security forces attacked. Several hours after the rebels rushed the theater, firing automatic weapons, they began communicating with Russian officials by cell phone. The hostage-takers demanded that Russia end the war in Chechnya, a southern region where the army is fighting Islamic separatists. the theater in a working-class neighborhood of southeastern Moscow, about three miles from Red Square. Some hostages released by the gunmen reported seeing pools of blood. But there was no confirmation of casualties at The rebels had automatic weapons, grenades, belts with explosives attached, mines and canisters of gasoline, lawmaker Yuli Rybakov said outside the theater. There was little water or food inside, he said. The raid occurred in damp weather. The gunmen told national parliament member Aslanbek Aslakhanov from Chechnya, who was serving as a mediator, that they wanted Russian troops to withdraw from Chechnya and implement a cease-fire, he said. A pro-rebel Web site said Russia had seven days to begin its withdrawal or the theater would be blown up. Hundreds of chemists assemble on campus for conference By Louise Stauffer lstauffer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer After two years of preparation, the 37th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society began last night. Up to 700 chemists were expected to attend the events which began at 7:00 p.m. at the Kansas Union Ballroom with poster presentations by graduate students. In-depth display tables discussed topics such as solutions for protein analysis or described the chemistry departments of visiting schools such as the University of Missouri-Rolla. Questions such as, "Are we running the risk of developing a resistance to the antibiotic used to treat anthrax?" will be addressed in the events that will last until tomorrow. Bala Subramaniam, distinguished professor and chairman of chemical and petroleum engineering, will be among the scientists delivering presentations on the emerging field of environment-friendly green chemistry." "The most important aspect of the meeting is being able to have people on the KU campus and see what goes on." Robert Carlson General Chairman "The most important aspect of the meeting is being able to have people on the KU campus and see what goes on," Robert Carlson, general chairman of the three-day event and professor of chemistry said. Laura Lucas, St. Joseph, Mo., graduate student, said the meeting was a good opportunity for chemists to talk in an informal setting. The meeting is held on a different campus each year of the universities involved, and KU has not hosted the meeting since 1992. Students come from the seven state region that includes "You can ask specific questions and get suggestions and ideas," she said. Arkansas, Iowa, parts of Southern Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota. The scientists and students involved are expected to make more than 330 presentations. Amy Lillquist, Fayetteville, Ark., graduate student, said she would be giving a talk at one of the symposiums about her graduate research thesis on the investigation of pharmaceuticals in environmental water. She said she was looking forward to the society meetings. which is relevant to what I'm doing," she said. "It can help solve my problems and see other things that interest me." 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