University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 14, 1987
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State/Local
GOP leader talks on campaign strategy
Kansas Secretary of State relates his experiences for KU College Republicans
Bv ELAINE WOODFORD
Special to the Kansan
Political campaigning can be an incredibly good experience, especially if you win.
Kansas Secretary of State Bill Graves said his first campaign experience was positive, primarily because he won. "I must have done
something right, because I was elected."
Graves, a former KU student, drew on his own campaign experience in 1986 to discuss successful political campaigns at a meeting of the KU College Republicans last night at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
It was an unusual path that led Graves to elected office. "I had planned on entering my family's trucking business, when my father informed me that he had sold the business. I was unemployed, and I needed a job," he said.
Graves found a job in the office of then-Secretary of State Jack Briar.
Bill Graves, Kansas Secretary of State, discusses his experiences on the campaign trail. Graves spoke last night in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
Steve Wade—Special to the Kansan
He was appointed Assistant Secretary of State in 1985 and was elected to his current office in November.
When he hit the campaign trail last year, he had a crash course in Kansas geography and public relations.
"You just don't run out and jump in your car and start driving around the state seeking support," he said. Graves stressed that campaign strategy involved a large amount of orchestration.
Advertising, public appearances, effective commercials and plenty of publicity are the key elements to a winning campaign. Graves said.
In a statement aimed at college students, Graves challenged KU students to get involved in politics, especially those policies that concern them.
"We gave young people the right to vote at 18 years of age because we felt they were mature enough to handle the responsibility," he said.
"I feel that college students have a responsibility to government," he said. "This generation can make a difference if they are willing to get involved."
NOW leader to talk at K-State
After the meeting, Graves said he thought that the drinking age wouldn't have been raised to 21 if politicians had feared serious political fallout from the legislation.
Speech is first time group's president has spoken in Kansas
By a Kansan reporter
National Organization for Women president Molly Yard will speak at the Kansas NOW conference Oct. 24 in Manhattan, said Debby Brown, Kansas NOW official.
Yard will speak at the Kansas State University student union. Brown said yesterday that this would be the first time a NOW president had spoken at a Kansas conference.
"She's very dynamic. I have a feeling we're going to have quite a crowd. We're expecting a lot of our members who weren't able to go to the convention in Philadelphia," Brown said.
Yard was elected July 18 at the organization's national convention in Philadelphia. Yard, formerly NOW's political director, replaced outgoing NOW president Eleanor Smeal.
Pam Skarda, Omaha, Neb., junna,
and president of the NOW chapter at
the University of Kansas, also said it
was important that a national officer
was coming to Kansas.
"They've neglected the Midwest for a long time, so this is a first-time deal," she said.
Yard will give a press conference at 10 a.m. Oct. 24 at the K-State student union.
On the Record
A 1985 white Cadillac valued at $7,000 was taken between 6 p.m. Sunday and 4:45 p.m. Monday from a business parking lot in the 2800 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police reported.
Currency worth $1,380 was taken between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Monday from a business in the 1300 Street, Street, Inverclyde police reported.
A four-wheel drive vehicle, a trailer, two motors, a grass catcher and a gas can valued together at $4,650 were taken from a business parking at 3:10 p.m. Monday in the 3900 Trail Road, Lawrence police reported
An amplifier, speaker box and radar detector valued together at $50 were taken between 10:30 a.m.
and 3 p.m. Monday from a car parked in the GSP-Corbin parking lot. KU police reported.
■ An AM-FM cassette player valued at $900 was taken between 9 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday from a car parked in the 1400 block of Westbrooke Street, Lawrence police reported.
An AM-FM radio/cassette player valued at $300 was taken between midnight and 8 a.m. Monday from a Lawrence police drive. Lawrence police reported.
An AM-FM radio/cassette player valued at $230 was taken between midnight and 8 p.m. Monday from a Lawrence Drive, Lawrence police reported.
A 19-inch television valued at $344 was taken between 9 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday from a residence on 6th Street, Lawrence police reported.
A 10-speed bicycle valued at $250 was taken Friday from a residence on Eddingham Drive.
$258 were taken between 10 p.m.
Sunday and 7:30 a.m. Monday from a
car parked on Heatherwood Court,
Lawrence police reported.
A micro-cassette player and a radar detector valued together at
Two microwaves valued at $600 were taken between 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday from a business in the 2200 block of Brakeridge, Lawrence police reported.
Spencer museum gets grant
By a Kansan reporter
The Spencer Museum of Art received a $200,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts yesterday.
National endowment officials announced the award in Washington, D.C. The museum is one of 87 institutions out of 179 applicants selected to receive the award. This is the first Challenging Grant the museum has received.
Under the conditions of a challenge grant, the award must be matched by at least $600,000 in new private donations during the next three years. The museum is required to make some of the money to the museum while it still seeks matching funds.
The matching funds will go to donors' choices that support either acquisitions or operations costs.
Doug Tilghman, acting director of the museum, said the grant would be used for special exhibits, publications and educational services.
Tilghman said that he did not think the museum would have any problems matching the grant, and that the museum would have the contributions before the end of three years.
DISCUSSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FILM:
Assistant Director of KU Honors Program
Director: Gyula Gazdag. A group of elderly pensioners embark on a bus tour - but it is no ordinary event. They are survivors of Auschwitz, revisiting the scenes of their persecution. Package Tour combines shattering memories of the Holocaust with the touching banalties of war. Participants can create a quiet document of provocative power. Don't miss it. (1984, 75 min/Color, Hungarian w/subtitles)
Browsing Room, Kansas Union - Level 4
PACKAGE TOUR Wednesday, October 14 7:00 p.m., Woodruff Aud.
Co-sponsored by Hillel
Browsing Room, Kansas Union - Level 4
Co-sponsored by Hillel
C·P·R
Saturda
October 17, 1987
Your best friend has stopped breathing! Suddenly you're the most important person in her life!
Do you know what to do?
Learning emergency life-saving skills is easier than ever. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and The American Red Cross can teach you how to save lives with CPR.
Student Union Activities
offeehouse
12th & Oread
above Yello Sub
8AM-Midnight
M-TR, Sun
8AM-14M
Fri & Sat
Sat., Oct. 17 from 9-12 and 1-4 p.m.
Haskell Indian Junior College (Gym)
A Coffeehouse
Stop by Wescoe Beach or call 843-3550 for information or to register.
Serving fine feces, baked goods,
fresh salads, deep-dish quiche,
homemade soups, bagel sandwiches,
delicious ice cream treats
Call us. We'll help. Will you?
sponsored by
Weaver's Department Art & Sign Miller Furniture
Store Graphics
Please complete and fill out applications by: Friday, October 23 at 5 p.m.
delicious ice cream treats.
sponsored hv
MEETINGS:
THESIS & DISSERTATION SUPPORT GROUP
A support group for graduate students doing thesis or dissertation work in any academic area.
INDOOR RECREATION- Coordinates the College Bowl, the All-Campus Recreation Tournament and game clubs. Has the potential for creative expansion.
For more information stop by the SUA Office or call 864-3477.
FORUMS - Promotes and encourages student interest in lecture-oriented activities.
Thursday's, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
FOR INFORMATION AND SIGN UP CALL:
Dr. Brian McNell (864-3931),
University Counseling Center
SUA is looking for creative, energetic and dedicated leaders to initiate creative programming in the following Board areas:
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
You can make a difference!
NEEDS YOU!!
KJHX FM91
presents
Spins on the Town Pre Late Night With Larry Brown Bash
Kansas Sports Bar & Grill Tonight at 8:00-11:00 p.m.
Live sounds by KJHK disc jockey Featuring food and drink specials
Friday, October 16
KJHK will be spinning the latest in contemporary alternative music at Kief's records and tapes, 25th & Iowa at 2:00-5:00 p.m.
★ Album give-aways!!
The University of Kansas Theatre for Young People
Presents
THE CODE BREAKER
By Pauline C. Conley
2:30 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 1987 Crafton-Preyer Theatre
All seats reserved/For reservations call 913/864-3982
Tickets on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office
Tickets: $2.50 regardless of age