With more than 40 local polling sites, it's easy to be confused about where to vote. Check the Kansan's handy polling site map. PAGE 8A
POLLING
BIG 12
The seven seniors on the Kansas women's soccer team played their last home game and clinched the Big 12 Championship. PAGE 1B
KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2004
VOL.115 ISSUE 51
Flu vaccines arrive today
BY AMANDA O'TOOLE
aotoleo@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
Seven hundred units of influenza vaccine are scheduled to arrive today at Watkins Health Center, less than a month after the health center had to cancel flu clinics across campus because of a national shortage.
The center got what it asked for after it requested the 700 units from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) earlier in October, said Myra Strother, director of student services.
Watkins was originally scheduled to receive about 3,000 units.
Strother estimated the 700 units would be enough to vaccinate all students, faculty and staff that fit in the high priority group defined by the CDC.
Those in the priority group will be the only ones to receive the vaccina-
"We're trying to make sure people at
high risk for the flu don't end up in the hospital or severly ill."
Myra Strother Director of student services
tion, she said.
The first two days of the clinic will be limited to students to ensure that they have a fair chance of receiving the shot, and KUIDs are required.
Faculty and staff will be invited to participate Thursday and Friday.
The second-floor conference room at Watkins will be turned into flu-clinic headquarters.
The goal of the clinic is to make sure all high-risk students receive the vaccine, Strother said.
high risk for the flu don't up in the hospital or severly ill," she said.
"We're trying to make sure people at
It is important for students who fit in the priority group to get the vaccine even if they don't consider themselves to be at a high risk, Strother said.
Even if a person is healthy now, a chronic illness like asthma could increase the severity of the flu if they get it.
According to the KDHE, persons 2 to 64 years old with underlying medical conditions, pregnant women, children 6 to 18 years old on aspirin therapy and healthcare workers involved in direct hands-on-patient care are included in the high priority group.
People on steroid medication could also be included in the high priority group. Strother said.
People will be closely screened to make sure they fit within the high priority group.
FLU CLINIC HOURS AT WATKINS HEALTH CENTER
Wednesday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
for KU students only
Tuesday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.for KU students only
- Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for students, faculty and staff
SEE FLU ON PAGE 6A
Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for students, faculty and staff
www.kansan.com
- Shots will cost $15 and intranasal Flu Mist will cost $25. Cash, check and credit card are accepted and KUIDs are required
Source: Watkins Health Center
Association names new president
By Ross Fitch
rfitch@kansan.com
KANSAST STAFF WRITER
Kevin Corbett found out last week that he will get to fulfill one of his dreams.
The Kansas Alumni Association named Corbett its new president and chief executive officer Friday, Oct. 29. Corbett succeeds Delbert Shankel, who was appointed interim president and CEO in May 2004. Corbett begins his new duties June 15.
Corbett begins his new duties Nov. 15.
When nominated for the position, Corbett gladly accented.
A 1988 KU graduate, Corbett said his career goal was to retire as the president and CEO of the Alumni Association.
"It had a lot to do with a once in a century opportunity to have the University, the Alumni Association, KU Endowment and the Athletics Department working together in a synergistic way.
"Those groups have worked together in the past, but I want to really solidify those relationships."
A six-member search committee reviewed approximately 30 candidates nationwide before recommending Corbett, said Robert Driscoll, committee chairman.
In 1997, Corbett returned to the University from stints in Georgia, Oklahoma and Colorado to be the Kansas University Endowment Association's director of constituent development. He is currently the senior vice president for development and secretary for the Endowment Association.
The committee ultimately recommended Corbett because of the immediate, positive impact he would have across the University community and his breadth of experience in managing an organization, Driscoll said.
Though the committee did not regard Corbett's University experience as essential, it was a major plus. Driscoll said.
"It permits him to get down to the business of the association right away," he said. "It lessens the learning curve."
As president and CEO of the Endowment Association, he will interact with alumni, who are some of the Endowment Association's primary donors.
At the Endowment Association, Corbett is the direct supervisor of John Scarffe, director of communications.
His new appointment is great for both the Alumni Association and the Endowment Association, Scarffe said.
"He's been good to work for and with," Scartte said.
SEE ASSOCIATION ON PAGE 6A
Is this thing on?
Sara Koben, Overland Park junior, and Lisa Rapschutz, high school student, sing YMCA at McCollum Hall's Open Mic/Halloween Party on Saturday. Students sang everything from Bon Jovi's *Livin' On A Prayer* to Aretha Franklin's *Respect*. Students performed in the second floor lobby, with acoustic guitar players performing as well as free food and beverages. The McCollum Hall government hosted the event.
Registration problems arise in Lawrence
BY LAURA FRANCOVIGLIA
lfrancoviglia@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
--never received her registration form
Heather Leger missed two bubbles when she filled out her voter registration form on Sept. 28: her citizenship status and age.
Though Leger's problem was unusual, the process of voter registration was imperfect for the Student Legislative Awareness Board. SLAB helped to register 5,435 voters and problems were common. The organization coordinated the University of Kansas' voter registration drive. Katie Wolff, SLAB legislative director, said registration forms from groups around campus and republican registrations filled out with the Young Democrats were turned into SLAB.
Problems of registration forms included forms filled out in pencil, filled out for another state and forgotten signatures, said Wolff, Shawnee senior. Wolff said she and the other SLAB members tried to oversee the registration process
Leger, Derby sophomore, said she didn't receive a notification about the status of her registration until one day before the deadline, Oct. 18. She had already reregistered by then because of unusual circumstances. Leger, a republican, filled out the form at a table on Wescoe Beach headed by Young Democrats. She thought they threw away her registration form because of comments she said members of the group made. Voter suppression is a felony, so an investigation by the KU Police Department followed. In the end, Leger said the Young Democrats did not throw away her registration form.
"Even though we did the best we could, there were things we could have easily missed as well," Wolff said.
Wolff and Jason Boots, Student Senate community affairs director, said they have been referring anyone who had a problem with registering to the Douglas County Clerk.
Boots said 25 to 30 people have emailed or called the Student Senate office with questions regarding voter registration. Of those, he said the majority had questions about how to check the status of their registration, while between five to 10 people had legitimate problems.
Wolff said some students had accused SLAB of not turning their voter registration forms in, but it wasn't true.
Strategic registering
ELECTIONS
Leger tried to check her voter registration status online, but when she couldn't find her name, she assumed the Douglas County Clerk's office
"I would never disenfranchise someone." Wolff said.
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"There's a lot of problems with registration," Wolff said. "It stems from no civic education in high schools anymore, and it stems from laziness."
See more election coverage on pages 3A, 7A and 8A.
Boots said there were more problems at the end of the voter registration drive. He said the registration forms at greek houses were not picked up until the last day of registration. Boots, Plano, Texas, junior, said he tried to call about 20 people who didn't fill out the registration forms properly three hours before the deadline. He said he was unable to reach most of them in time.
Football loses
SEE REGISTRATION ON PAGE 6A
A local man took his dissatisfaction with President Bush across the state line. Stephen Lerner formed a chapter of Driving Votes to register Democratic Missourians. PAGE 5A
Kansan fell this weekend to Iowa State in a game that was plauged by injuries and an ineffective offense. Quarterback Adam Barmann was one of the injuries. PAGE 1B
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