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NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Let's talk about sex
Andrew Hoxev/KANSAN
Stacey Burton, Overland Park graduate student, hangs a banner at the Sextival in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall Monday. The event offered students a chance to get information on safe sex and testing for STDs. "Knowing the whole gamut of options is really important," Burton said. Burton is the education and outreach coordinator for the Douglas County AIDS Project.
STUDENT SENATE
Elected freshman senators take seats to represent class
BY MEGAN HEACOCK mheacock@kansan.com
FRESHMAN SENATOR LINEUP
KU students elected five freshman candidates last week to represent them in Student Senate.
Here are the five freshman senators who were elected last week. They attended their first Student Senate meeting Wednesday.
The new representatives are: Javon Shackelford, Alpharetta, Ga., Christine Lee, Omaha, Neb., Adam Miklos, Hutchinson, Kan., Alex Rippberger, Olathe, Kan. and Gabe Bliss, Olathe, Kan.
Bliss
The senators attended their first Senate meeting last Wednesday. Christine Lee, the only woman to be elected, said she was amazed with the results.
Lee
Miklos
"I was surprised and elated to get elected," she said. "I wasn't sure how the results would be because I am an out-of-state student and only knew five people coming to Kansas."
Besides chalk on a sidewalk,
some candidates relied on electronic means of communication, mostly through Facebook. Every candidate except Lee created a campaign group on Facebook to rally support. Rippberger, who created a Facebook group with Bliss, said that Facebook was extremely helpful in reminding people to vote but that talking face-to-face was still a valuable method.
Rippberger
Alex Earles, Salina senior and student executive chair of Student Senate, said 622 people voted for this election, which was less than half of the 1,491 students who voted last year. Earles said there may have been a decrease in voters this year because only 17 people campaigned to be freshman senators, compared to the usual 25-30 candidates of years past. Earles also said heavy rainfall during campaign week washed away chalk drawings and may have deterred people from being in front of Wescoe to campaign.
Shackelford
Rippberger said he wanted to get involved with the finance committee of Student Senate, citing a need for the group to be more financially strict with its decisions.
"I felt that talking to my friends and other people I knew around campus was the best way to create interest and votes," he said.
kinds of concerns was the purpose of Student Senate, and would be further shaped by the new senators.
"Student Senate is the voice of the students to the administration, community and even the state and national government," he said. "Through Student Senate and its five standing committees, which are open to all students, everyone has a voice and a place to express concerns and desires for change."
Earles said addressing these
Freshman elections take place every fall. Any freshman may participate by submitting a $20 check or 50 signatures from other freshmen, according to the Student Senate Web site.
- Edited by Megan Morriss
CRIME
CRIME Man charged with child endangerment. jailed
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police said a man out buying drugs flagged down officers after he couldn't find the car
he'd parked with his 6-year-old stepson inside.The man,31 was charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
Police said the suspect had flagged down a police car around 4:30 Saturday morning.
hours later about a half-mile from where the suspect hailed officers.
The child was unhurt. The man remains jailed on $4,000 bail.
Police found the car two
Associated Press