UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 3.1996
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Third parties campaign to get issues out
Candidates attempt to establish credibility
By Neal Shulenburger
Kansan staff writer
Their names will be on the ballot, but few people know who third-party congressional candidates are or what they stand for. Their goal may not be to win but to get their messages to the public.
Republicans and Democrats dominate U.S. politics. Their candidates receive more money and publicity than those who run on smaller, less-established tickets.
Two major third-party efforts are the Libertarian Party and Ross Perot's Reform Party. They have candidates for nearly every U.S. congressional office in Kansas, although none have finished with more than 10 percent in any recent polls.
Art Clack, Libertarian 2nd District U.S. House candidate, said his party emphasized cutting back the size of government and balancing the budget more than either established party.
"The government is inefficient," Clack said. "If all of the money the government spends fighting poverty went directly to the poor, there would be no poor. Instead, two-thirds of the money gets consumed by the bureaucracy and never reaches the poor."
Clack doesn't think he has much of a chance to win,he said,but running may accomplish some good.
"If I can persuade enough people to vote for me on principle, then the winner will look at me and say, 'He must be doing something right,' " Clack said. "That means he will take a look at the issues that I ran on and just might make some of the changes we want."
The Reform Party is known nationally because of its presidential candidate, Ross Perot. Its local candidates, however, do not have the same kind of recognition.
Donald Klaassen, a Reform Party candidate for Bob Dole's Senate seat, doesn't expect to win.
"My opponents will each spend about $1 million on their campaigns," said Klaassen. "I will spend about $50,000. I'm just working to get out the issues."
Klaassen said that the issues he cared about would not surface without his efforts.
"If you watch the debates, I'll bet you never hear about campaign finance reform, term limits, the plight of the taxpayer or our unbalanced trade agreements," he said.
Another sign to students that these parties are smaller than the Republicans and Democrats is their lack of an official presence on campus. The Reform party does not have an organized club, and the KU Libertarians failed to be recognized as a student organization.
The Candidates
U. S. Senate
Nancy Kassebaum's seat:
Steven Rosile, Lawrence (L)
Mark Marney, Wichita (R)
Bob Dole's seat:
Donald Klaassen, Wichita (R)
U. S. House:
2nd District:
Bill Earnest, Wichita (L)
Srd District:
Charles Clack. Manhattan (L)
Art Clack, Manhattan (L)
3rd District
Charles Clack, Manhattan (L)
Randy Gardner, DeSoto (R)
4th District:
Seth Warren, Andover (L)
L=Libertarian R=Reform
Glass ceilings bind students, survey reports
By Stephanie Fite
Kansan staff writer
Glass ceilings are not easy to break.
A recent national survey revealed that female students pursue graduate studies in typically female-dominated fields because they fear glass ceilings in male-dominated fields.
A glass ceiling is a level which certain groups, particularly minorities, cannot advance above in their professions.
Some KU students, however, don't let glass ceilings discourage them.
Amber Mounday, Valley Center senior, said her experience in the department of chemical engineering had given her a sense of individuality.
"I go after anything that sets me apart or appears to be more challenging," she said. "Since there aren't a lot of women in engineering, I found it more exciting."
The survey of more than 962 seniors at 88 colleges and universities in the United States was conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council last spring. It shows that 49 percent of women who attend graduate school choose to study education, liberal arts or social work, while 55 percent of men choose science or business.
Linda Keeler, psychiatrist at Counseling and Psychological Services at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said many factors made it difficult for women to overcome glass ceilings.
"We help students who are wondering about career issues, self-esteem and assertiveness," Keeler said. "It helps to have an adviser, a role model or someone on your side."
Mounday said she had a role model in her adviser, Marylee Southard, associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering.
Mounday said she knew she might encounter glass ceilings but planned to work through it.
"I have to let it slide off and not let if affect me emotionally," she said. "I know I need to be confident in myself and my abilities to remain tough. I work just as hard and believe I will be looked at the same."
Ashleigh Roberts / KANSAN
Tray Batson, Starkville, Miss., senior, cautiously makes a right-hand turn in downtown Lawrence traffic. Members of KU Enviors want the city to construct bike paths on city streets.
City commissioners short on commitment to issue, student says
By Ashleigh Roberts Kansan staff writer
Members of KU Environs are tired of the City Commission not paying attention to the road. They decided to bring bike lanes to Lawrence themselves.
Matt Caldwell, a coordinator of KU Environs, said he had given the commission a chance to prove itself, but when it failed, he began campaigning.
Although the commission supports bike lanes, it isn't committed, Caldwell said. Environs members are passing out fliers, stuffing mailboxes and selling bumper stickers in area stores to get the word out, he said. He said he hoped the commission would pass some legislation before next summer.
Environs members met last year with city officials, including Mike Wildgen, city manager, and talked about alternative transportation.
"They seemed pretty receptive, but not really willing to help," Caldwell said.
Caldwell became a member of the commission's committee for the concerns of bicyclists last May. But the committee worked too slowly, he said.
"They made it really controversial. Bike lanes aren't going to save the world or end it. They just make sense. Any city that has bike lanes has ridership go up. It's simple," he said.
But Mayor John Nalbandian said the issue wasn't that simple.
"It's a lot easier to do this on new streets," he said. "We've never seriously talked about putting bike lanes on existing streets because the lanes wouldn't meet city requirements."
There are bike and walking sidewalks in Lawrence, Nalbandian said.
Several more lanes along Naismith Creek and the South Lawrence Trafficway will be finished next year, he said.
"We're trying to make it a priority so we can have a meeting with the engineers of the city," Nalbandian said.
Caldwell said the real obstacle wasn't finding cheap bike lanes, but finding the cheapest plan, because the city receives federal grants.
"I haven't been able to find out if the federal grants are explicitly for bike lanes, but they are spending a little over $900,000 for a Clinton Lake spillway that runs to the corner of Wakarusa and down Clinton Parkway," he said. "They have the money to spend. They just need to put more thought into where it goes," Caldwell said.
The lack of bike lanes in Lawrence has proven dangerous for some students. Corey Keizer, Lawrence freshman, was hit by a truck at 40 mph.
"I wasn't seriously injured, but my bike was. It snapped right above the drop-out," he said. "The guy didn't signal when he was going into the off ramp, so I went and he just smacked right into me."
ON CAMPUS
KU Study Abroad will have an information session, on French-speaking countries at 2:30 p.m. today at 4047 Wescoe Hall. For more information, call 864-3742.
KU Study Abroad will have a student-initiated study abroad scholarship search at 6 p.m. today at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Ted Noravong at 864-3742.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Pannir at 864-7736.
- Christian Science Organization will sponsor "Healing Conflict" at 7 tonight at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Trace Schmeltz at 843-6049.
KU Queers and Allies will have a general meeting at 8 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call 864-3091.
The Student Assistance Center will have a research paper writing workshop from 7 to 9:30 tonight at the fifth floor conference room in Watson Library. For more information, call 864-4064
Student Senate will have a child care open forum at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Jason Fizell at 864-3710.
On campus items are run free on a space-available basis. Applications are available at 111 Stairwater-Flint Hall.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's car window was broken and a radar detector was stolen between 3:20 and 3:24 a.m. Wednesday in the 3700 block of Clinton Parkway, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $300.
A KU student's car window was broken and scanner was stolen between 3:15 and 3:24 a.m. Wednesday in the 3700 block of Clinton Parkway, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $249.
A KU student's plastic car window was torn and CDs and camera were stolen between 11 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday in the 2400 block of West 25th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $600.
A KU student's credit cards, keys, identification, fanny pack and miscellaneous items were stolen between 4 and 10 a.m. Sunday from an apartment in the 900 block of Indiana Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $68.
A KU student's car door was damaged and CD player was stolen between 1:30 and 8:20 a.m. Tuesday from the 1300 block of West 24th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $650.
A KU student's steering column was damaged between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sept. 25 in the 1,100 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $300.
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