CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Tuesday, November 3,1992 3 KU forum highlights Election Day issues Campaign representatives answer students' questions By J.R. Clairborne Kansan staff writer On the eve of the general election, student representatives for the presidential candidates fielded questions and comments from students in KU residence halls. More than 25 students attended "The Last Word Presidential Forum," a panel discussion last night in Templin Hall. The forum was sponsored by Lewis and Templin halls. For more than an hour, the representatives answered questions on their candidates' stances on dealing with the national debt and the economic employment, future Supreme Court nominees and legalization of drugs. entering the presidential race also were addressed. The issue of trust concerning Bush's involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, Clinton's alleged draft lodging and Perot quoting and re- Representing the candidates were: Richard Heap, president of United We Stand at KU, a Ross Perot support group; David Olson, head of KU College Republicans; Jason McMntosh, president of Students for Clinton-Gore; and Frank Kaul, Libertarian candidate for 3rd District U.S. Representative and Lawrence graduate student. Kaul also was the representative for Libertarian presidential candidate Andre Marrou. Organized by John Sparks, Kansas City, Mo., junior and Templin resident assistant, the forum was designed to give students, especially undecided voters, a general idea of the issues pertinent to this year's election and a last look at the candidates. I waited just to hear the last words and to have an idea of what I want the next four years to be like when I go to the poll tomorrow," Sparks said. "I think there are other students like that, and I thought this would help." During dinner hour at the residence halls, a presidential poll was taken among the students. The vote was taken through a Jello-slinging contest instead of the current mud-slinging, Sparks said. Of the 135 Jello votes slung, the results were: Clinton 61, Bush 43 and Parot 31. Kip Chin / KANSAN Holiday harmony James Ralston, director for choral activities, directs the KU chamber choir in Murphy Hall as the choir prepares for the Vesper's concert The Lawrence Children's Choir will join the chamber choir in singing selected pieces in the concert on Dec. 6. Officials look into check lanes' legality By Kristy Dorsey Kansan staff writer State Rep. Sandy Praeger said she suspected the license check lanes might actually function as sobriety check points. State and city officials are examining whether the Lawrence police department gives the public adequate notification about its driver's license check lanes. Praeger said that, according to a 1884 attorney general opinion, if the check lanes are actually sobriety check points, the police department's notification system was not specific enough. "What I would like to know is, how do they distinguish between a driver's license check lane and a drunk driving check lane?" she said. "The problem I'm having with this is if they're setting them up as one thing and then actually conducting them as something else." be there," she said. "From what I've read in the attorney general's opinion, that's not specific enough." "They issue a statement that says where the check lanes will be for the next month, but it's vague about what times officers will Praeger said she was pursuing the issue at the request of Brad Garlinghouse, KU student body president. Garlinghouse said that he had asked Praeger for help because only state officials could ask the attorney general for a legal opinion. Garlinghouse and six other student representatives brought up the issue at a meeting with city officials Oct. 16. Garlinghouse said he thought the check lanes were targeted towards students. Police chief Ron Olin said he thought the department was running the check lanes properly. However, he said he received conflicting opinions last week from the district attorney's office and the city prosecutor about the matter, so he was conducting an oral inquiry with the attorney general's office. He hoped to have a final opinion on the issue by the end of this week. "On the one hand, I feel like they're not following the criteria set by the attorney general, and on the other hand, it seems like when they do the check lanes, they direct them towards students," Garlinghouse said. "I really feel like the students who go to KU are viewed more as a nuisance to Lawrence than as citizens of Lawrence." "What we're doing is verifying that our public notification system meets the guidelines set by the attorney general in 1984," he said. "We will continue to do driver's license check lanes in exactly the manner set by the attorney general." City commissioner Bob Schumm said he supported Praeger's interest in making sure the check lanes were fair and lawful. Exhibit focuses on Garden City "We want to make sure that anything we do with our law enforcement department is done within the letter and the spirit of the law," he said. "I hope we're not going after any specific group of people. If we are, that needs to be corrected. That's my position, and that's the City Commission's position." Study examines foreign influence on growing town By Delin Cormeny Kansan staff writer The city is still studying the issue, and the city attorney will make the final policy decision, said Mike Wildgen, the city manager. The population of Garden City has tripped in the past 12 years, and the newcomers have been primarily Mexican and Southeast-Asian immigrants. "It's a different city," said Mary Warren, executive director for the Finney County Museum. "English, Spanish and Vietnamese are the pri- maries." An exhibit based on this study and titled "I am Born Again in America: Observations on a More Diverse Nation," opens today at the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St. The exhibit addresses the effects of the influx of foreign cultures on Garden City and presents the town as a microcosm for the rapidly changing face of America. According to a study done by the Changing Relations Project in conjunction with KU anthropology professor Don Stull, immigrants and minorities came to Garden City to work at the world's largest beef-packing plant. International Beef Processors, Inc., which opened in 1980. A second beef-packing plant opened three years later. A separate exhibit, dedicated to the ethnic and cultural diversity historically found in Douglas County, also will be on display. Since 1980, the ethnic population of Kansas has changed tremendously. The exhibit revealed that the number of Asian Americans increased by 111 percent, the Hispanic population grew 48 percent, the Native American population rose by 43 percent and the African-American community grew 13 percent, while the white population increased three percent. The exhibit predicts that by the middle of the 21st century, minorities will make up more than one half of the population of the United States. "We need to respond to these changes," said Steve Jansen, director of the museum. "We hope these exhibits will give people more information." He said that the exhibit about Lawrence will focus on the Kansa and Delaware Indians and Lawrence's early African-American community. "Lawrence is made up of many different perspectives," he said. "We have many different and distinct groups in this town and not enough communication and understanding. Whites tend to deny the importance of the past and concentrate instead on the present and the future. Minorities tend to bring up the past because it is a much more prominent, real and present part of their lives. That kind of difference in cultural perception is very much at issue here." The Garden City exhibit will focus on the town's response to the immigrants, which now make up one-third of the population. Warren said, "For instance, students who do not speak English can go to special English as a Second Language classes now. And we have many, many holiday celebrations where there is a mix of cultures. We celebrate the Vietnamese New Year in late January, the Tet celebration and Mexican holidays." The exhibits, which combine photos and texts, will be on display until Nov. 25. Allen Field House hopefuls Daron J. 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