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Student Body President nominee Chance Magniness talks to a supporter at a campaign launch event Thursday night. The coalition, "Onward," launched with Logan Miller as the vice president pick.
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Alcohol sales and better parking: 'Onward' launch addresses disappointments on campus
Thursday brought the arrival of a new Student Senate campaign with promises to remedy what they see as the failings in other coalitions and the University as a whole.
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The campaign launch, which drew a crowd of more than 90 people to Ellsworth Hall, established the coalition named "Onward." It also brought forth the election of a new presidential and vice-presidential ticket. Chance Maginness, a current senator for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, won the presidential nomination unopposed.
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"When I came here, I loved this place," Maginess said during the coalition's launch. "It was a place that made me feel so many different things. When you walked across campus, you felt like people wanted you to be here."
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However, he said the University he remembers fondly is not the one he attends now. In the last two years, he said, the University has changed, creating tension and a sense of fear throughout campus. That, Maginness said, has pushed him to run the coalition.
The focal issues within Onward's coalition differ substantially from other coalitions that have launched thus far, such as the KUnited coalition, which launched Sunday and had a caucus Thursday. KUnited has platforms relating to issues such as diversity inclusion, and accountability.
main platforms: making the University a wet campus by allowing alcohol on campus and establishing a better parking system at the University.
Logan Miller, a junior from Shawnee with no Student Senate experience, went unopposed in his nomination for the vice-presidential nominee on Onward's ballot and won.
"When I met Chance and I heard his energy, it gave me this passion I hadn't had since senior year of high school," Miller said after the meeting. "It gave me this feeling that, if I really
However, Ellie Milton, a freshman from Omaha, who spoke at the launch, said that Onward's platform regarding changes to parking is arguably the most vital and convincing part of the case to vote for them.
gave it my all, we could really do something."
"Parking office has actually agreed to work with us and only us on parking reform," Milton said during the meeting. "You won't get that from any other coalition."
"When we were having conversations about, 'what are two issues that are on people's minds all the time,'" Maginness said after the launch. "Alcohol and parking are usually what comes up."
According to Miller, the "something" he is referring to begins with the coalition's two main platforms, which were presented at the launch.
David Dillon, the chancellor search committee chair, said they are looking for someone who is passionate about the University's research, among other requirements. Hannah Edelman/KANSAN
However, the two platforms presented at Thursday's launch aren't the end
Though not many specifics were given at the launch, these two issues are encompassed in the coalition's two
Hannah Edelman/KANSANiversity's research, among other
KBOR approves chancellor description
"The leader should be one that is able to reach out to the entire state of Kansas on behalf of the University of Kansas," Dillon said.
He also said the new
While addressing the board, the chair of the search committee, David Dillon, said that there were two main factors the committee would be looking for in a new chancellor.
The committee decided on the description after two meetings. In the first, the committee discussed the strengths and opportunities of the University. The second meeting divided the committee into two groups to edit the description after meeting with various constituent groups from the University and Lawrence community at two open forums.
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The committee is taking suggestions on characteristics for a new chancellor and
nominations online.
The committee, with R. William Funk & Associates as consultants, will be taking applications until March 30. Dillon still predicts that the
committee will recommend to the Regents a new chancellor by the middle of May.
chancellor should be, "someone who is passionate about a major research university." The statement says candidates should be able to generate resources, including funding, for the University, and should possess leadership and interpersonal skills.
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As of Feb. 15, the Kansas Board of Regents is officially taking applications for a new chancellor after approving the leadership statement — which outlines the official job description
of Onward's plans, Maginness said after the launch. According to Maginness, more platforms will be announced at the coalition's next meeting Tuesday.
The description also includes qualifications like, "a commitment to an open, diverse and inclusive learning and working environment that nurtures the growth and development of all," and an "in-depth understanding of and commitment to a strong Division I intercollegiate athletic program."
created by the chancellor search committee with input from students, faculty and the community.
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Dillon cited the KU Medical Center and the University's Cancer Research Center as examples.
The chancellor leadership statement outlines the history of the University, the position of the chancellor and the characteristics that the committee agreed on.
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