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HE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Thursday October 16,1997
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A Vol. 108 No.41
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Voter registration made easy at enrollment
(USPS 650-640)
Group hopes booth bolsters student balloting
By Tom Winter
twitter@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
This fall, students can register to vote when they enroll for classes.
The Student Legislative Awareness Board is providing voter registration applications that students can fill out while buying bus passes, yearbooks and movie cards at the "One Stop Option Shop" in Strong Hall. The table will have a SLAB representative available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during enrollment, which began yesterday.
The hope is that more students will register to vote because of the convenience, said Matt Dunbar, Overland Park junior.
"It seems like it takes more time to do it at the County Courthouse than to do it while you're enrolling." he said.
Dunbar, who worked at the table yesterday, said that a few people had registered to vote.
"In the past there hasn't been much voter participation by students," she said
Bowman said she had not expected the voter registration booth to be ready for spring enrollment.
"I am really excited about this," Bowman said.
Bowman said that she hoped students would get more involved local and state politics.
"It's good to have students register in Lawrence because things which happen in Lawrence affect the students," she said.
One local issue of interest to students is the resolution passed by Student Senate on Oct. 1, which urges the
"It's good to have students register in Lawrence because things which happen in Lawrence affect the students."
Samantha Bowman coordinator of SLAB
Lawrence City Commission to investigate and act on the needs of bike lanes in the community and on campus.
Bowman said that she wanted to see more consideration of student issues by local and state legislatures.
SLAB is hoping to get more participation by students in next year's state congressional and gubernatorial elections.
Bowman said that SLAB was planning to inform the students about the candidates and what they stood for, but that the organization would not take a position on the candidates.
Reid Walter, Salina senior, registers to vote at the optional campus fees booth, outside the Office of Minority Affairs, in Strong Hall. For the first time, students have an opportunity to register to vote while enrolling for classes. Photo Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
Makin' sweet music
Bhakta Francisco, Krsna Arjuna, and Tusta Krsaṅ in front of Watson library on western campuses and played music on campus through yesterday. Photo by Geoff Jeyhawk boulevard on Monday. The three were passing through on a tour of mid- Krieger/KANSAN
New Office of Public Safety phone numbers:
Office of Public Safety: 864-5901
Emergency Communications and records: 864-5913
Police department: 864-5900
Security and Emergency Planning: 864-5908
911 still works from any campus phone for all emergency calls
the 864-5572 number is no longer a working number
Police catch alarm bandit
The Oliver Hall resident arrested Monday for triggering a false fire alarm will probably not continue to reside in his fifth floor room.
Oliver Hall culprit faces punishment
Fred McElhienie, director of residence life, said that although he could not discuss the Oliver Hall case specifically, residents who pulled false fire alarms usually were asked to move out of the building.
"In past situations, people have generally been asked to leave
the residence hall." he said.
McEhenie said that having to ask a student to leave a residence hall for pulling a false alarm was a somewhat rare occurrence.
Residence hall occupants who are caught pulling a false alarm face punishments from both the Department of Student Housing and KU police.
Anthony T. Schulte, Salina freshman, was issued a notice to appear in court on Oct. 28. He confessed to pulling a false fire alarm at 2:20 a.m. on Oct. 7.
"In my 35 years here, I've probably seen it happen about every three years or so," he said. "It's fairly uncommon."
The alarm caused an evacuation of Oliver and students had to wait outside the building while security monitors and resident assistants checked the hall.
Schulte has confessed to pulling one false fire alarm. Oliver had four fire alarms in six days last week. Police are continuing to investigate the other alarms.
Police had posted fliers in Oliver asking any student with information about false fire alarms to call the University's Crime Stoppers hotline.
One student called the hotline and gave University detectives information that led to the arrest of Schulte. The student who called received a cash reward for the information.
Police are encouraging students with more information about the incidents to call Crime Stoppers at 864-8888.
Kansan staff report
By Tim Harrington tharrington@kansan.com
Senate ratifies judicial branch legislation
Kansan staff writer
"The Judicial Board will be interpreting our own Rules and Regulations and applying our own Rules and Regulations," said Kelly Huffman, Student Executive Committee chairman and co-writer of the legislation.
With a unanimous vote and a weary round of applause, a tired Student Senate ushered a judicial branch into its Rules and Regulations.
Earlier in the meeting, Senate approved senator replacements and appointments to the Election Commission.
According to the bill, the Judicial Board will provide due process to students and student organizations with grievances concerning Senate's Rules and Regulations.
The replacement senators selected were: Jeffrey Thomas, non-traditional; Ann Marchand, journalism; Rob Flynch, CLAS; Kendara White, off campus; Dan Walker, Nunemaker; Michael Young, Nunemaker; and Amy Cummins, graduate.
Election Commission members are: Sarah Deer, Brad Finkeldei, law students; Susan Buehler, graduate; Rich Helfrich, Ryan Laughon and Michael Kaufman, undergraduates.
The replacements joined Senate just in time to enter the debate about what is by far the largest piece of legislation Senate has seen this year - the formation of the Student Senate Judicial Board.
As the bill went through the rights committee on Sept. 9 and Oct. 8, the main area of concern was exactly how the Judicial Board would be appointed without bias to any particular coalition.
An amendment added tonight cleared up the issue quickly.
According to the amendment, one non-senator committee member will be elected from each of the five committees at the final meeting of the academic year. These five non-senators will make up the Judicial Board Selection Committee.
At the beginning of the following year, the panel will reconvene, review applications, interview candidates, and select the 10 non-senators of the 11-person Judicial Board. The StudEx chairman will be the 11th member and chair the board.
The board must consist of two non-senator law students, two non-
senator graduate students, four non-senator undergraduate students,
two other non-senator students and the StudEx chairman.
The purpose of the selection process is to distance the Judicial Board as far as possible from Student Senate.
With that resolved, the appeals process became the primary concern.
With that resolved, the appeals process became the primary concern. Appeals of the Student Senate Judicial Board will be made to the University Judicial Board, which will be composed of students, faculty and staff.
"The University Judicial Board will be sort of our Supreme Court for appeals." Huffman said.
Senators disputed exactly what could be appealed to the University Board.
Huffman wanted to ensure that the Senate Judicial Board would not be the final word in disputes, while others did not want every decision to be appealed to the higher court.
"I want to see that the Student Judicial Board doesn't get stepped on," said Ward Cook, CLAS senator. "I want an appeal to be an exceptional case. I don't want to make it that easy."
What Senate finally approved was a compromise.
According to the bill, all decisions can be appealed to the University Board. However, the University Board may not reconsider findings of fact, but may examine possible errors in due process, and overrule the decision.