Monday, October 18. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
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Candidate targets Jayhawk voters
Campaign trail leads politician to Fieldhouse
By Katrina Hull Special to the Kansan
A doctor and budding politician's love for Kansas basketball provided him with the perfect excuse to campaign at the University of Kansas during Friday's Late Night with Rov Williams.
Beach balls batting around Allen Fieldhouse read, "Doc Rocks 2000," as Jeff Colyer, an Overland Park surgeon, made his rounds recruiting and visiting with KU students to help him make a bid for the 3rd District Republican nomination to challenge Congressman Dennis Moore in the 2002 election. The 3rd district includes Lawrence and Kansas City, Kan.
"I'm a Jayhawk." Colyer said. "It's the best excuse to come tonight I've ever had."
Colyer, a Hays native, said he attended former Kansas coach Ted
Owens' basketball camp during the 1970s. He received his bachelor's degree in economics from Georgetown University, a master's in international relations from the University of Cambridge in England and returned to Kansas for a medical degree from the University.
Colyer said he brought his campaign to campus because the KU student body was one of his highest priorities. He said the college generation was concerned with the future and making a difference locally and in the world, which was what his campaign was about.
"There's a lot of passion and ideals here that we can make a difference," he said. "There'a sense of greater awareness and concern."
Aside from education, Colyer said his focus was on long-term issues such as saving Social Security without burdening students, who comprise the next tax-paying generation.
which Colver is experienced.
International relations impact the local job market, as 15 percent of jobs in the 3rd District are related to foreign trade, he said. International politics is an area in
Beginning in 1988, he served as a White House fellowship member under presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Colyer was one of 12 special assistants who helped make policy.
In the midst of international issues, Kansas was never far from Colyer's mind. He said the Soviet grain trade issues he helped resolve involved the Kansas economy. He also secured the University of Kansas Medical Center a $6 million grant to assist the former Soviet Union and Hungary in pediatric medical care through the exchange of doctors and medical students.
As a surgeon, Colyer specializes in reconstructive surgery to correct physical deformities. He has been on search and rescue missions with the International Medical Corps to Albania, Rwanda and Kenya. In Albania, he helped Kosovo war refugees; in Rwanda, he operated on victims of the civil war; and in Kenya, he worked with those maimed in the U.S. embassy bombing.
Colyer is asking KU students to
help him. He will be meeting with interested campaign volunteers at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Some KU students are already involved in his campaign.
"He's not a career politician. He's a doctor, a surgeon who's down-to-earth and out for a positive change." Bellante said.
Stephanie Bellane, a Leawood junior, passed out filers and candy at the Baldwin Maple Leaf Festival on Saturday. Bellane said helping Colyer was a good opportunity for her to get involved in politics that affected her life.
She said she planned to help with Colyer's campaign until the Republican primary in August 2000, and if he won, she would continue to support him through the election.
Colyer said students were concerned individuals who wanted to get involved and make changes in the world around them.
"The theme that runs through my campaign is that ordinary people really can make a difference," he said.
Edited by Katie Holland
Student connects with Internet craze
Corey Carson, Ft. Collins, Colo., junior, stands by the servers that make up his new business, an Internet service provider, which he created during the summer. Photo by Juan H. Heath/KANSAN
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and computer science, said the computer was a great vehicle for business because the number of customers available through the Internet was enormous.
"It's also a great mechanism for distributing commerce," Gauch said. "We can actually market products to customers without a store. You can operate a business and make it look good, but actually operate it out of your basement."
Carson may not use his basement to operate his new business, but his room seems to work just fine.
One wall of his bedroom is lined with a monitor, three computers he built
himself, a modem pool and a voice T1 among other equipment necessary for the success of his business.
The modem pool answers phone calls for ISDN, Carson said. The voice T1 has a capacity of 24 phone lines. This means fewer busy signals, which allows more computers to call.
"I wanted to make it a real reliable service," Carson said. "We had a philosophy to make a good, reliable server for the user-to-modem ratio to enable less busy signals and faster service. It works and it's quick."
More information about KansasNet communications is available at www.kansasnet.com.
- Edited by Becky Stauffer
Speech to open no-alcohol week
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Kansan staff writer
By Lori O'Toole
Tonight students will be able to discover how to spot a bad kisser, why men do not return phone calls and why women accompany each other to the restroom.
David Coleman, a nationally-known speaker, will address these and other issues at his audience-interactive "Creative Dating" speech open to all students at 7 tonight at the Lied Center.
The speech, sponsored by the Panhellenic Association and the Interfaternity Council, will be the first event of the University of Kansas' Alcohol Responsibility Week, which will emphasize the University's campaign for moderate drinking.
Coleman will use humor to suggest ways students can have fun on dates while avoiding sex and alcohol.
"The speaker will be really funny," said Allegra DeSalvo, Panhellenic vice president of educational programming. "It was our idea that it would probably be better if the message was not given in such a heavy presentation."
Julie Francis, Watkins Memorial Health Center public health educator, said the University had been participating in Alcohol Responsibility Week for at least 10 years. The week is observed by colleges and universities across the country.
There will be several free events throughout the week,
including Haunted Hawk Night on Friday from 10 p.m.
to 2:30 a.m at the Kansas Union. The student-planned
evening will include a dance, prizes, food and zames.
She said this year's activities would be different from those in past years, with a greater emphasis on positive reinforcement.
Francis said other colleges with similar campaigns, including Northern Illinois State University and the University of Arizona, reported a decrease in the number of high-risk student drinkers as well as a decrease in alcohol-related injuries.
"The University is really looking at the alcohol policy, and they've seen there's room for expanding students' options for things to do on the weekends," she said. "It's a week to bring more issues to the forefront."
Edited by Allan Davis
ALCOHOL RESPONSIBILITY WEEK ACTIVITIES
Monday:
"Creative Dating" at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center with David Coleman, a nationally-recognized speaker who will speak about ways college couples can find new, fun date ideas without alcohol and sex.
"Sex Under the Influence" at 7 p.m. at the KU Visitor Center with Walkins Memorial Health Center employees leading the event.
Thursday:
Comedy Improv at 7 p.m. at Hashinger Hall.
Friday;
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Community festival from 1 to 4 p.m. at South Park. Recovering alcoholics will speak. There also will be live music and food.
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