Wednesday, September 9, 1998 The University Daily Kansan Section A · Page 5 Missionary preaches Jesus through strength By Pallavi Agarwal By Pallavi Agarwal Kansan staff writer He breaks piles of bricks, blows up a hot water bottle and breaks baseball bats, all for Jesus. Say hello to Big Tommy, also known as Tom Sirotnak, a 300-pound behemoth armed with a bag of tricks and the Word of God. Big Tommy will entertain students at the University of Kansas today, and through his performances, will tell students how Jesus changed his life. The missionary was a defense team captain of the University of South California Trojan football team in the 1890s. He was the team's first walk-on in 25 years to earn the title of captain. "Big Tommy's story is the inspirational story of how God changed the life of a boy who was someone average," said Jonathan Hupp, campus minister of Jayhawker Campus Ministry, which is sponsoring Big Tommy's trip. "When he was young, he was considered to be mentally slow. But he transformed all that." Big Tommy will perform from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today on the Stauffer Flint lawn. A longer performance is set for 7:30 tonight at Ballroom in the Kansas Union. Cheh Lim, another minister with the group, said Big Tommy was on campus last year as well, although he didn't perform the entire show. "He broke off the handcuffs he was BIG TOMMY'S PERFORMANCES 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today on the Stuart-Flawn lawn 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union wearing and ripped a Los Angeles phone book in half," she said. Big Tommy has traveled around the world. Hupp said that Big Tommy had met President Reagan and Governor George Bush, among countless other politicians and business leaders. The group arranged a publicity campaign to announce Big Tommy's arrival. The campaign has created a sense of suspense about Tommy's identity. "We have heard that students are asking each other in classes who Big Tommy is. Some students wanted to know if he was a rock star or what," Hupp said. Black-and-white posters saying "Who is Big Tommy?" and "Big Tommy Rocks" have been intriguing students across campus. This campaign, tried and tested at the University of North Carolina, Duke University and North Carolina State University, certainly has made students leap to conclusions. sungHee Cha, graduate student from Seoul, Korea, thought it was an advertisement for Tommy Hilfiger, a brand of clothes. hupp said, "We sure have people wondering." Senate to consider new legislative job By Seth Jones Kansan staff writer By Seth Jones The question of whether a new executive position should be added to Student Senate is on the agenda for tonight's meeting, the first of the school year. Korb Maxwell, legislative director, is hoping Senate will see the need for the addition of a campus legislative director. Maxwell said the new position would make his job more efficient. The new position would adopt half of Maxwell's duties, giving him the time he said he needed to concentrate on state legislation. The campus legislative director would concentrate more on city and campus lobbying, two things Maxwell thinks there aren't enough hours in the day for. "Right now, even if worked 40 hours a week, there isn't enough time for me to focus on both local issues and issues in Topeka," he said. "We had this problem last year, too. The legislative director only had enough time to look ahead one hour or one day in the future because of all the responsibilities. With the addition of a campus legislative director, I'd be able to do m o r e research and plan much more in advance." Senate also will vote on whether to be a co-sponsor with Student Union Activities for the appearance of the MTV program "Loveliest." SUA has requested $2,000 from Senate to help pay the $21,000 cost of bringing the program to campus Sept. 18. Scott Kaiser, student body vice president, said he thought tonight's meeting would set the tone for the year. "This should provide us with a litmus test on what the year will be like," he said. "I expect to see us looking into the future for the year and what our goals will be, more so than in a month. Hopefully, we'll discuss recreation and task forces and other things we hope to take on this year." Tonight's meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. All Senate meetings are open to the public. HAPPJNESSJSASTATEOFMJND Join facilitators: Linda Divine, LSCSW Bill Hale, M.D. Millie Zimmerman, Ph.D Learn to obtain a greater appreciation of life's pleasurable experiences and greater ability to flow with what is unpleasurable. 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