thursday, September 4, 2003
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Democratic Dean gains support
By Meghan Brune
mbrune@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Z. Gordon Straus/Kansan
Members of the Lawrence community listened to Lauren Sullivan, the informal organizer of the Lawrence for Dean group during a gathering at the public library. The meeting, held last night, was held in order to garner support for Howard Dean, Democratic presidential candidate.
Lawrence has had enough. "I am Lauren Sullivan and I want my country back."
Lauren Sullivan's declaration came in front of 60 other supporters of Howard Dean. Supporters of Dean, one of nine candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination, gathered at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., for the fourth meeting of Lawrence For Dean.
The group is a part of Dean's national campaign, which has groups in more than 500 cities. The groups hold meetings to discuss the Democratic presidential candidate and mobilize support.
candidate Lawrence For Dean started after organizing on the Dean for President Web site, www.deanforamerica.com. The Web site uses a service, Meetup, to organize local, smaller meetings.
Sullivan, chairman of Lawrence for Dean and Lawrence graduate student, said meeting attendance has increased since 14 people came to the first meeting in July.
Wearing a Dean T-shirt which had "Fast GOP relief" printed on a box of Aspirin, Sullivan said she was tired of the way President Bush had been running the country.
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"This is more than a political campaign," Sullivan said. "It is a movement."
Supporters watched clips of debates and Dean campaigns
LAWRENCE FOR DEAN EVENT
Saturday, Sept. 13 at 10:30 a.m.
What: The Lawrence for Dean group is taking a bus trip from Kansas City to Iowa for a steak fry.
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Who: Presidential Candidate Dean and former President Bill Clinton will speak. All other presidential candidates have been invited.
Cost: The cost is $50. Contact information on the Web site, www.deanforamerica.com
during the meeting. The crowd cheered along with the video when Dean said he would "reverse everything President Bush has done," on a C-SPAN debate.
debate.
Madelaine Marchin, Manhattan senior, has been a Dean supporter since she heard him speak two years ago at a Young Democrats convention. Dean has strong beliefs on important issues like education, she said.
"I see the country going in a direction that is dangerous and I have to do something," Marchin said.
As former Governor of Vermont, Dean provided health insurance to all Vermont children, balanced the budget and championed The No Child Left Behind Act, an education bill that stresses equal education opportunities regardless of economic background. These efforts and his unique background — he's
also a licensed doctor—have led to increased media attention. In recent weeks, Dean has been featured on the covers of Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report.
World Report.
Dean has dubbed this month "The September to Remember." His goal is to gain the support of 450,000 voters nationally. So far there are 347,124 Americans registered with the Dean Web site. In Lawrence, 198 people have signed up to receive Dean related news.
up to receive Dean's Marchin, a member of KU's Young Democrats, is organizing a KU for Dean group, that will include students and faculty. Before the meeting she had about five members. Afterwards her list had grown to 14 names.
grown to freshman Freshman Sam Stepp said he
"Dean is very charismatic and he stands up for what he believes," Stepp said. "I think he is going to win."
had attended meetings in his hometown of Kansas City since last March, but this was his first Lawrence meeting.
Justin McFarland, College Republicans chairman, said the College Republicans planned to support President Bush next fall. He said that while any candidate was competition, he was confident that Bush would remain in the White House for another four years.
"I think the campaign is running on a bunch of hype," McFarland said. "It will be interesting to see if it lasts another 13 months."
— Edited by Abby Sidesinger
By Paul Kramer
pkramer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Online voting gets OK from Senate
Students will be able to vote in campus elections from any University of Kansas computer, after a package of election legislation was passed last night at the Student Senate meeting.
The bill eliminated any chance of off-campus voting, by limiting access to KU computers in labs such as Budig Hall and the Kansas Union, or any other University computer. Students can also vote from residence hall computer labs.
Kyle Johnson, student executive chair and sponsor of the bill, said he thought the validity of voting would be compromised if it took place off campus.
Kristin Seibel, residential senator, argued that voting should be allowed by anyone with access to the Internet. Seibel said ethical standards would prevent illegal practices.
computer tests.
The bill was opposed by Melinda Bretthauer, non-traditional senator, who argued that not all students have the time to stay on campus and vote. She cited students who commute from Kansas City, students with children and student with jobs as those affected by the bill.
The original bill passed. Online voting will be available to students for two days from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the first day of voting and 6 a.m to 4 p.m. on the second day of voting.Days of voting will be specified before the elections.
Last night's other debated bill was a funding proposal for the University's blood drive that begins Sept. 29.
beginns Sept. 19. The bill was brought before full Senate and presented with the amendment to add $431 for an awareness campaign for a Food and Drug Administration policy that forbids gay males who have had sex with another male since 1977 from giving blood.
As opposition began to come from Senators unhappy with a
$431 commitment, representatives from the Student Legislative Awareness Board stepped forward and offered to take on the awareness campaign, alleviating the senate's financial burden.
Blake Shuart, SLAB legislative director, said that even though SLAB might not be able to meet the $431 the Senate was going to spend, the campaign would be as effective.
"We can give more energy and time and involve more campus groups such as Queers and Allies and the KU Blood Drive Committee," Shuart said.
- Edited by Katie Nelson
Forum discusses Internet privacy violations, identity theft
By Joe Hartigan jhartigan@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
One of the main causes of identity theft is information shared by Internet companies, speakers said at a forum held yesterday.
"Most people just scroll down and click yes when those privacy agreements pop up," said Jenny Mehmedovic, assistant vice provost for information services. "You should really read
those to see what those companies are doing with your information."
The forum, Privacy Issues Since September 11, was hosted by Student Union Activities and was at the Hawks Nest of the Kansas Union. Panelists discussed various issues related to privacy including the Patriot Act, airport security and computer viruses.
The speakers were David Gottlieb, professor of law; Bill Staples.
chair of sociology department; Jim Flory, an assistant U.S. Attorney; Dinah Lovitch, a representative of the Lawrence Public Rights Defense Committee; and Mehmedovic and Jerree Catlin, associate director of academic computing services.
Catlin said the best way to protect yourself from identity theft was to change passwords often and keep them secret.
"You see kids shouting passwords across the room," Catlin
said. "Don't even tell your mom."
Catlin said there was a way to protect computers against viruses that could distribute personal information on the web.
For the last year and a half, academic computing services has offered students and faculty a free virus detection system that tracks viruses, Catlin said.
While opinions among the panel members varied, each speaker was concerned with the
effect technology has on privacy.
"Soon we'll be putting our fingerprints into the computer when we want to log on or scanning our retinas," Staples said. "Those are just solutions that create a whole new set of problems."
About 25 people attended the forum. Sean Pauzauskie, forums coordinator for SUA and organizer of the event, said he was pleased with the discussion.
"My intent was to take a multifaceted look at privacy since Sept. 11." Pauzkausie said. "I felt like that definitely came out of the discussion."
David Armstrong, Overland Park sophomore, said attending the event gave him a new perspective.
tive:
"I had only heard the left side of it," he said. "I was really glad to hear the opposite side."
—Edited by Neeley Spellmeier
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