Tuesday, November 3, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
GTAC endorses local Democrats
By Julie M. Sachs
Kanson staff writer
A symbiotic relationship between the Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition and Douglas County Democrats emerged during recent election preparations.
The teamwork between the two groups developed because of the overwhelming support that the Democratic Party has given to unions, said Michael Young, vice chairman of the 3rd Congressional District of KU Young Democrats and a member of Douglas County Democrats.
Last spring, the Democratic Party helped the coalition maintain its public employee status.
State Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita,
helped to filibuster a bill that threatened
the status of graduate teaching assistants
as public employees. Young said.
Young said unions were important because they ensured that workers were guaranteed fair wages.
By filibustering the bill, Sawyer, also the Democratic candidate for governor in today's election, prevented it from going into the debating process. Young said.
Wes Beal, GTAC organizer, said the coalition decided to support the party because of its efforts.
Motivation toward helping out the party is not just personal.
"If it was just a personal thing, we would've just gone to the polls and voted," Beals said.
Mark Horowitz, president of GTAC,
said the support of the Democratic Party
stemmed from a sense of gratitude.
Beal said GTAC was staffing its members anywhere that the Douglas County Democrats needed assistance.
Although Democratic support from GTAC has been high, Horowitz said the group also was thankful for the Republicans who showed support.
"GTAC has been incredibly, incredibly helpful thus far." Young said.
Horowitz said GTAC tended to support people who supported its cause.
Throughout the past couple of weeks, GTAC members handed out literature, helped secure contacts in the labor community and urged people by phone to vote Democrat.
Ward Cook, chairman of College Republicans, said he understood why CTAC chose to support the Democrats but said some people failed to acknowledge Republican support for graduate students.
"I think a lot of times people forget what Republicans have done." Cook said.
Programs hope to raise turnout
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serve as Kids Voting Kansas poll workers.
"This is a way to give back to the community by getting kids involved in the democratic process," Hess said. "I hope we can reverse the trend of low voter turnout in American politics."
Carlin said she hoped the program would get students talking about political issues and voting with their parents. In turn, she said voter turnout would be increased now by parents and by informed students in the future when they reach voting age.
Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh implemented the the Honor a Vet with Your Vote this year after hearing about a similar program recently started in Arkansas.
In this program, voters will be given a sticker at their polling places which allows them to fill in the name of a vet.
Thornburg said he believed this would personalize the voting process and encourage potential voters to make voting a personal tribute.
eran they want to honor.
Chuck Knapp, special deputy assistant secretary of state, said all 105 Kansas counties would participate in the program's inaugural year.
He said Thornburgh had chosen to honor three of his uncles with his vote today. Wayne, Paul, and Dewey Davis served in the Army during World War II in the European theater.
Vern Pall, assistant director of communications for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said honoring a veteran was a great idea.
"It is an honorable and thoughtful way to honor those who have fought for our democracy," Pall said.
Thornburgh said he wanted his veteran's program and other factors to prove him wrong in his prediction for low voter turnout of just 735,000.
Editor, writer unwinds story of Rolling Stone's strange trip
By Pailavi Agarwal
Kansan staff writer
A writer and contributing editor to Rolling Stone said the enduring legacy of the magazine was in making music a serious business.
Surrounded by *Rolling Stone* covers and memorabilia, Anthony DeCurtis said last night that *Rolling Stone* was the first magazine to bring legitimacy to roll 'n' roll writing and to give rock stars a place on the cover.
He spoke to a 45-member audience as part of the AT&T Rolling Stone Covers Tour, which is on display in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Laura McCray, Kansas City, Kan., junior, studies exhibits from the AT&T Rolling Stone Covers Tour. The tour, on display in the Kansas Union Ballroom, includes more than 250 magazine covers, memorabilia and other items. The tour will be on display until Thursday. Photo by Matt J. Daugherty/KANSAN
Since its inception in 1967, the magazine has been based on a combination of politics and music. DeCurtis said.
"The aspect has continued, and the cover has become the governing image," he said. "But the cover is not merely an illustration; the cover is its own commentary."
The coverage the magazine gave rock stars both on the covers and within its pages made bands, actors and actresses cover material for magazines such as Time and Newsweek, he said.
DeCurtis, who has written 16 cover stories and other articles for the magazine, found his work at Rolling Stone enriching.
"It is meaningful to me that my stuff is in the library, and people go and check them out," he said.
He also talked about memorable interviews with rock stars. Although a small part of them did appear in print, others did not make it to the pages at all.
"The mythology is fun and rich; the life is richer still," he said after reading from a 1992 article that detailed his experiences as a writer for the magazine. The article was a part of Rolling Stone's 25th anniversary issue.
Anita Claus, Germany exchange student, said it was interesting to hear about the personal aspects of a rock 'n' roll writer and to hear about aspects of stories that did not make it into print.
DeCurtis said that although it was sometimes a struggle to combine business aspects with the creative ones, Rolling Stone remained an independent voice.
there is a tendency to view Rolling Stone in isolation against magazines of the same ilk, such as the New Yorker, he said.
"A reason, whatever their quality, is that they didn't represent so much," he said.
New bill changes Haskell hiring system
By Steph Brewer
Kansan staff writer
President Clinton signed the Native American Education Improvement Act into law Saturday, giving Haskell Indian Nations University more flexibility in hiring practices.
Rep. Vince Snowbarger, R-Kan., held a press conference at Haskell yesterday morning to celebrate the bill's passage and discuss the changes the legislation will bring. Snowbarger, who is running for re-election this year, sponsored the bill.
ico to create demonstration projects which will eventually lead to their own personnel systems. The universities previously operated through federal offices to hire faculty and staff.
The legislation will allow Haskell and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in New Mex
"What Haskell's trying to do is eliminate some red tape," Snow-bearled said. "This will do that."
The legislation also will provide faculty and staff with more retirement plan options.
Haskell president Bob Martin said Haskell was developing a plan for a new personnel system that likely would be complete in six months to a year.
The plan will be presented to Congress for approval in five years.
"The first thing we're going to
do is see how quickly we can move to establish a personnel office on campus," Martin said.
Martin said he wanted a faculty system with rankings. The present system does not allow faculty to move up in stature.
Instead of being classified as as associate professors or professors, Haskell faculty members are classified as instructors, which makes recruiting tenured faculty hard, Snowbarger said.
He said the new legislation would help to recruit and retain qualified faculty.
Current faculty have not been as pleased with the bill.
Employees. President Mike Tosee was unable to be reached yesterday, but in an Oct. 16 University Daily Kansan article, he expressed opposition to the bill.
Their union is the Local 45 National Federation of Federal
Tosee said Local 45's main complaint was that union members were not well informed of the bill's components and how they would affect faculty.
Snowbarger said he thought the national union influenced Local 45's position.
The national union will lose power as a result of the bill's passage, but the local union should retain their influence, Snowbargen said.
Martin said he expected some dissent.
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