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CAMPAIGN: A look at the foreign policy plans of the three principal presidential candidates, Pages 8,9.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102,NO.48
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28,1992
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ANALYSIS
Outsiders vie for Oval Office
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Bush, Clinton and Perot have become household names, but 20 other candidates, who support a myriad of solutions to our nations ailments, appear on presidential ballots in various states.
Lesser-known presidential candidates struggle for votes, attention
ON THE BALLOT GBUSE Bush, Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and Andre Mauro are on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. No other candidate is on the ballot.
party candidate ballot
Republican BUSH 51
Democratic CLINTON 51
Independent PEROT 51
Libertarian MARROU 51
New Alliance FULANI 39
Natural Law HAGELUN 28
Taxpayers 28
T.I. GLOUCHRE 18
America First GRITZ 17
Soc. Work WARREN 14
C.N.T. DANIELS 9
Socialist BRISEN 4
T.B.A. YIAMOUIYANNIS 4
Prohibition DODGE 3
Grassroots HERER 3
Worker's League HALYARD 2
Apathy BOREN 1
Independent BRADFORD 1
Independent EHLERS 1
Independent KIDMAN 1
Worker's World LaRIVA 1
L.B.G. MASTERS 1
American Party SMITH 1
KEY TO PARTY ABBREVIATIONS:
By Delin Cormeny
Kansan staff writer
KEY TO PARTY ABREVIATIONS:
(I.B.) Independents for Economic Recovery
(T.A.) Campaign for a New Tomorrow (I.B.A.) Take Back America (I.B.G.) Looking Back Group
★ James Wright of the Independents U.S.A. Party and unofficial Jerry Carroll are not on any ballot in the Indiana as represented as in write candidates in Kansas.
So, you think George Bush has been looking awfully pale laterly, and you are afraid he might retinue to that big Oval Office in the sky during his next term, which leave good of Danny Boy in charge.
Dan Schauer / KANSAN
And Bill Clinton might protest his own presidency if he's not satisfied. Besides, if he wins, Al Gore's wife, Tipper, will be skipping around Washington scolding us for our nation's flagrant display of moral decadence. And you know what that means: Frank Zappa's finished.
Source: Federal Elections Commission and Kansas Elections Division
Then there's Ross Perot, the southern yokel who is in, no out, no — in the running to be our next chief executive. Granted, he might be able to balance the budget, but he might get fed up and quit, too.
Not much of a choice, huh. But wait! This is beavers.
But wait! There is hope after all.
Besides the three main candidates, there are 20 others who, according to the Federal Elections Commission, will appear on at least one state ballot. One of these — Libertarian Andre Marrou — will be on the ballot in all 50 states.
The rest are considered "fringe candidates" or, as KU professor of political science Burdett Loomis put, "it side shows."
Although there is only one arguably "fringe" candidate listed on the Kansas ballot, there are several more taking advantage of our state's debt effort at legitimizing write-in candidates.
Votes for Lenaora Fulani of the New Alliance Party, Howard Phillips of the Taxpayers Party, James Wright of Independents U.S.A., "Bo" Gritz of America First, John Hagenel of the Natural Law Party and unaffiliated Jerry Carroll all will be counted. Just bring a pen to the voting booth and scribble your choice where it says "other."
The rest of the nation's rebel politicians are actively campaigning and gathering support wherever people will listen. But don't be fooled. They will make their way to Kansas sooner or later. The Sunflower State historically has been supportive of deviant political theories.
The socialist, populist, progressive and prohibitionist movements all found eager electorates amid our golden wheat fields. In fact, proud Kansans can boast that a former governor, John St. John, was nominated as the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate in 1884. He lost.
In 1936, Kansas put both Communist Earl Browder and Republican Alfred Landon on the presidential ballot. Both lost, but the legacy of their efforts has inspired a new generation of third-party candidates, and they are on the move this year. In fact, they seem to be crawling out of the woodwork with myriad solutions to our nation's ailments.
They range in commitment from five-time candidate Lydon LaRouche to "Honest" Jim Boren, who is making his debut as the Apathy Party's nominee.
are interesting and sometimes wacky and have new ideas, rarely they have been of long-term significance," Loomis said.
"Although third-party candidates
But there's always hope. The Republican Party was essentially a side show in the 1856 election, said John F. Kennedy, professor of History, look at her.
Despite this GOP precedent, McCoy remains pessimistic about the prospects of this year's outsiders.
"In all these cases, they know they don't have a chance to win the presidency," he said. "Their hope is that their group will be in a better position in the future to make a serious contest."
For some the goal is, in effect, to make a long-range impact. For others, just making noise is sufficient.
"Some stuff they advocate is completely out of the realm of changing policy," Loonis said. "But parts of their philosophy are applicable. It's a very interesting intellectual exercise."
Interesting. indeed.
So put on your sneakers, stretch your minds and take a jog through the politicallandscape insearch of a presidential candidate worthy of your vote:
This is his second attempt to win the White House. In 1988, he was the Libertarian Party's vice-presidential candidate. He and his running mate, Ronald E. Paul, came in a distant third. Although they got only 0.5 percent of the popular vote, they garnered almost as many votes as all other third party candidates combined.
Besides the three main contenders, the only other presidential candidate in the Kansas ballot is Libertarian hopeful, André Marrou.
and small businessman from Alaska. He served one term on the Alaska State Legislature, then became the director of the political action committee PROJECT 51-92, created to make it easier for candidates to get their names on the presidential ballot across the nation.
Libertarians
Marrou, 53, is a real estate broker
If elected president, Marrou would:
✓ legalize marijuana and narcotics:
√ eliminate the Department of Education;
$\checkmark$ allow unrestricted immigration;
$\checkmark$ phase out U.S. military defense of foreign lands and insist that foreign governments foot the bill.
"Libertarians join with the vast majority of Americans in calling for a smaller, less expensive, less medicaI government," a press release said.
New Alliance
Ballots in 99 states carry the name of the first African-American woman ever to run for president: Lenora Fulani. She is not the only African-American woman to seek the office this year, but her 88 candidacy made her the first. She is a recognized write-in candidate in Kansas.
√ make preschool to postgraduate education free;
Fulani, 42, and her New Alliance Party scored about half as many votes as the Libertarians did in the last election, making her the leader of America's fourth largest political party.
She practices psychotherapy in Harlem, N. Y., and holds a doctorate in developmental psychology from the City University of New York. She is the author of a weekly syndicated newspaper column, the host of a weekly cable TV show and a syndicated radio commentator.
*allow unrestricted immigration;*
*not allow restricted immigration.*
$ \surd $ support a Palestinian homeland;
$ \surd $ enact anti-discrimination legislation protecting minorities, homosexuals, disabled persons, the elderly and undocumented workers;
$ \surd $ nationalize health care
"The profound crisis of the American economy cannot be resolved without radically transforming the political environment," Fulani said. "Politics has become the most controlled and monopolized industry in America. That is why I am calling for the deregulation of democracy."
Natural Law Partv
John Hagelin of the Natural Law Party represents the youngest party on the ballot. It was created six months ago with the goal "to bring the light of science into politics." Hagelin said. He is on 28 state ballots and is a write-in candidate in Kansas.
Hagelin, a resident of Fairfield, Iowa, holds a doctorate in quantum physics from Harvard University and is a member of the theoretical physics groups at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics and at the Stanford Linear Accelerator. He is a professor and the director of the doctoral program in physics at the Maharishi International University, founded by the transcendental meditation curry Maharishi Mangai Yeshu
$ \checkmark $ lower taxes by saving money through preventive health care, effective rehabilitation and better education;
He claims his programs are founded on scientifically-proven theories. Hagel would:
$\checkmark$ raise prices for fossil fuels, invest in renewable energy technologies and promote energy conservation;
Story continues, Page 6.
Late deadline delays voting certificates
By J.R. Clairborne Kansan staff writer
Attention newly registered voters who have not received registration certificates: Don't worry. They are in the mail.
Due to the six-day extension of the Kansas deadline for voter registration, the Douglas County Clerk's office is three days behind in its scheduled mailing of voter registration certificates. In past elections, the deadline has been 21 days before the election, but the State Legislature this year extended it to 15 days.
Jo Dalquest, deputy county clerk,
said that the county clerk's office had
8,000 registration applications to process
before the Nov. 3 election.
Although the last day for voter registration was Oct.19, the certificates have accumulated since Oct.15 as people rushed to beat the deadline, she said.
"This is not unusual for a presidential election year, but this is more than anything in the past," Dalquest said. "We had just under 2,000 people register on the last day."
Overwhelmed by the influx of last-minute voters, the staff of eight fulltime and three part-time workers has been working up to 12 hours a day and on weekends to get the cards to voters, said Patty James, county clerk.
James said that all of the certificates should be mailed before the end of the week, but people who do not get their cards by Super Tuesday still can vote. Registered voters will be verified by computer-generated lists at each of the county's 51 precincts,
Registration
This year's total for Douglas County registration is 49,828. Of that number, 40,997 are Lawrence residents, according to the Dougals County Clerk's Office. These figures reflect a rise in political public when compared to the county totals of 40,574 in the 1988 election and 39,826 in 1984, said Paty Jameses, county clerk.
including Lawrence's 35 precincts.
including lawrence's 50 prefests.
Of the registration total for
Lawrence, Jaimes estimated that
about 9,000 were KU students. Past
elections have attracted almost 6,000
students, she said.
John Schwartz, co-director of Associated Students of Kansas, said that the increase in student voters was partly because ASK's registration drive came to the students.
"The No.1 comment I heard during the drive was, 'I'm glad you guys are here. This makes it easy to sign up,'" he said.
Schwartz said the organization registered 2,614 students during its five-week registration drive.
Ann Willner, professor of political science, said that the increase was because of students realizing that politics could affect employment and their future. She said that students were becoming aware of the number of people with advanced degrees working in menial jobs.
Willner said that the hype generated by controversial issues introduced by the candidates had also peaked students' interest.
The Associated Press
Bush uses news of economic growth to spur campaign
President Bush seized on news of stronger-than-expected economic growth yesterday as a welcome tonic for his ailing campaign. Bill Clinton sped through the South, telling supporters, "One more week."
The third man in the race, independent candidate Ross Perot, stayed out of sight after two days of appearances in which he accused the Republicans of plotting "dirty tricks" against him and his family.
Clinton, leading in all the polls, denounced "all this name-calling and stuff."
Bush said things were getting better and had some strong economic numbers to support his argument.
The government reported that economic growth jumped to an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the quarter ending Sept. 30. The growth surprised most private forecasters and was nearly double the weak 1.5 percent rate in the April-June quarter.
Just seven days from the election, Bush tried to play catch-up in Iowa, Kentucky and Ohio. He was running behind in all three states, which have a total of 36 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
Clinton campaigned from Georgia to Florida to Louisiana, states with 47 electoral votes that have gone to the Republicans the past three elections and that Bush needs badly to have a chance of winning this year.
Volleyball team to play match at Nebraska
The Kansas volleyball team will take on Nebraska in Lincoln tonight in the teams' second match of the season. The Cornhuskers won the first competition, but the Jawahors gave a tough performance. The team returns home Saturday against Colorado.
See story, Page 11
Family's profits grow from 4-H pumpkin project
By Kristi Fogler
The Great Pumpkin is in Lawrence this Halloween at Schaake's Pumpkin Patch, East 15th Street, 2.5 miles east of Haskell Avenue.
Kansan staff writer
Janet Schaake, who owns and manages the patch with her husband, Larry, said she had sold at least 3,000 pumkins this month at 12 cents a pound. Sixteen years ago the Schaake's started their patch on one quarter acre of land. The farm is now 60 times that size.
Actually, there are thousands of great pumpkins for students and Lawrence residents at the 15-acre own pumpkins right from the vine.
The patch started out as her children's 4-H Club project, Schoenake said.
she said. "They had some extra and sold them out of the back of a pickup truck."
For the next five years, the Schaake's sold their pumpkins at a local farmers' co-op. Ten years ago, they started to sell the pumpkins off the vine at the farm.
The patch started as a family project and continues to be one, even though it's a successful business. Schaake's children, who now have families of their own, come from around the state and country to help during the peak pump-kin-selling periods.
Schake's son and wife travel from Manhattan to help out during the weekends when most pumpkins are sold. Her daughter traveled from Minnesota to work at the patch during October. Schake's other two children, who live in the area, also help out, including Shari Schake, Eudora
graduate student.
Business has been better this year
than ever before. Jonet Schroeder said,
Pumpkin pie pickers can either choose
their own recipes growing near the
entrance or take a hay ride to the middle
of the patch.
Mary Lowery, Topeka, drove to Lawrence with her sons, Josh, 4, and Sean. 3. Lowery said she thought it would be a good time to campkins and go for a ride in the patch.
"We'll turn the cattle out on the patch," she said of her more than 200 head of cattle. "They'll eat every last one of them."
Schaake's Pumpkin Patch also offers a variety of Indian corn, gourds and squash. The patch is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Saturday. Schaake said there were still plenty of pumpkins left but after Halloween they would disappear.
Bart Trowbridge, Overland Park senior, and Stephanie Rback, Minnesota, Minn. senior, select a pumpkin