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University Daily Kansan/Monday, November 25, 1991
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Board to hear arguments about Fulcher's expulsion
Panel may decide tonight on student body president's future
By Blaine Kimrey
<ansan staff writer
Darren Fulcher's fate as student body president could be decided after a hearing tonight about his presidency.
A five-member KU Judicial Board hearing panel will begin listening to Student Senate's and Fulcher's arguments contend that the governor in September to remove Fulcher from office.
The hearing will be at 7 p.m. at room 102 in Green Hall and will be open to the public. The hearing room's capacity is about 60 people.
The hearing panel members are:
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Rick Levy, professor of law and head of the panel.
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James Hillesheim, professor of education.
Rose Foster, office assistant for law school admissions.
Beth Kaiman, Sioux City, Iowa, senior
Mike Levitan, Omaha, Neb., junior.
Senate voted to remove Fulcher because of questions raised about his credibility resulting from a February battery charge.
Fulcher was charged with battering his ex-girlfriend, a KU student, according to Lawrence police and court reports.
A stay has been placed on Senate's removal motion of Fulcher until the judicial Board review of the motion is completed.
John Robertson, Senate's representative, said Fulcher had the option to appeal the decision of the hearing panel on a procedural basis.
However, the Judicial Board could reject such an appeal.
Fulcher has said that he did not know whether he would appeal the hearing panel's decision if it is against him.
If the panel rules in favor of Fulcher, he has requested the following action:
that Troy Radakovich, Student Senate Executive Committee chairperson, resign immediately for misleading Senate.
Radakovich is the author of Senate's motion to move Fulcher.
that Alan Lowden, student body vice president, resign immediately for allowing Radakovich to mislead Senate.
that Senate publicly apologize to Fulcher for denying him due process and for slandering him.
Any decision of the hearing panelis only a recommendation to the chancellor, Robertson said.
Therefore, the University administration will be in charge of enforcing the hearing panel's decision. he said.
Robertson said that if the hearing panel decided in favor of Senate, the administration probably would notify Fulcher that he officially was removed from office.
Lowden then would become president, and a new vice president would be elected by the Student Senate.
Fulcher had no comment regarding the proceedings.
KJHK is named No.1 college radio station
By Heather Anderson
Kansan staff writer
KJHK, the University's student-run radio station, was named station of the year Saturday at the Interep Radio Store National College Radio Awards.
The station also won first-place awards o best station manager, best community service, best programming and a second-place award in the marketing and promotions category.
Tim Mensendiek, general manager and faculty adviser for the station, said he was surprised the station won so many awards even though it was nominated in five categories.
The awards were given by Interep Radio Store, a sales and marketing company for radio advertising, to college radio stations throughout the country who entered the competition.
More than 200 college radio stations entered the competition, but the competition was narrowed to five semifinalists in most of the categories.
Mensendiek attended the awards ceremony in Providence, R.I., with Tricia Kensington, station manager, and Ann Peck, graduate teaching assistant.
Mensendiek said that because KJHK won most of the awards, the awards ceremony reminded him of an Academy Awards in which the same person or movie kept winning.
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"This is evidence that the students work hard." he said.
Mensendiek said many people at the ceremony commented to him about the high level of professionalism that KJHK had for a college station.
The station won $2,500 worth of awards during the competition.
He said the money would be put into the station's account for future uses, and some of it would be used for a KJHK scholarship.
KU students find success in state and college talent pageants
Julie Underwood, programming director, said she thought the station deserved all of the recognition it received.
She said the station would continue to keep the same level of excellence while doing more community activities.
Graduate student represents KU as Miss KU-Lawrence
By Stephanie Patrick Special to the Kansan
When Rebecca Mikolaj awoke yesterday, the first thing she did was drink a cola.
It was the first time she had tasted a carbonated beverage since beginning preparations for the Miss KU-Lawrence competition five weeks ago.
Watching her diet and exercising an hour every day paid off for Mikola. She became the 1992 Miss KU-Lawrence Saturday night.
Today she will start her pageant preparations all over again.
"There are no breaks, but I'll tell ya it's worth it," she said. "I am加 on mine."
Mikolaj will begin making personal appearances this week at local television and radio stations.
She will have a full workload in January, when she will begin making personal appearances at local charities and events.
Contestant Angela Casey puts the finishing touches on her makeup
Until then, she will be busy exercising,practicing her vocal performance and being interviewed.
In June, she will represent the University of Kansas and Lawrence in the Miss Kansas Pageant in Pratt.
If Mikolaiw wins in Pratt, she will represent the state in September in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, N.J.
Tracey Noll, executive director of the Miss KU-Lawrence pageant, said she thought Mikolaj had what it took to be winner.
"She really doesn't have any more (that) she needs to do," Noll said. "She placed in the top 10 in Miss Kansas pageant last year. She has a chance to do well at Miss Kansas."
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NollsaidMissKU-Lawrencealways did well at the state competition but hadneverwon Miss America.
In 1984, Miss KU-Lawrence went on to the Miss America Pageant but did not place, she said.
Mikolaj. Houston graduate student, said she had competed in pageants since 1984 because of the scholarship
money they offered.
She won $750 in the pageant. But she cares most about her newest title because she considers Lawrence her home, she said.
"Don't compare yourself to others. You need to remind yourself that you are special in your own way," she said.
Mikolaj said she had a good way to not let the competition bother her.
By William Ramsey Kansan staff writer
Karl Lawn dances daily every day, at Saturday night's Mr. Ebony/Ms. Essence Pageant, the Crimson Girls' geographer did something different.
Lawson, Denversenior, dramatized a monologue about dealing with death as part of the Ms. Essence competition, sponsored by Black Student Union. She won the title in front of people in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Lawson said she had never entered a pageant before.
"It was a lot different than modeling," she said. "I was under a lot of pressure—it is nerve-racking.
"It is just incredible how much adrenaline you have flowing throughout the entire thing."
Michael "Moses" Smith won the Mr. Ebony portion of the three-hour contest.
"I'm an enthusiastic person," said Smith, Junction City senior. "It was basically just pizzazz."
Smith also took a different direction with his talent performance. He read a poem about a lawyer who became a junkie.
"I wanted to get out a different message about not using drugs, and that it was time."
The pageant is a way to strengthen unity among minority students at the University of Kansas, he said.
"It was a change of pace for the students," Smith said. "It gives people a chance to relax and dress up."
Peggy Woods, head of BSU programming, said the pageant's six female and four male contestants were required to model fashions, perform a talent and answer two questions for the judges.
Elnora Miller, St. Louis sophomore, wears a traditional African dress.
Each of the pageant contestants were required to sell $150 of advertising for the event's program. The money and ticket profits paid for the pageant, she said.
Kansas Union Bookstore purchases.
Toi Willis, pageant coordinator, said the winners would receive a trophy, a year subscription to *Ebony Man* or *Essence* and a $100 certificate for
Willis, Kansas City, Kan., senior, said Smith and Lawson might compete in a Big Eight Conference pageant. She said that this year was the 10th annual KU pageant.
"It is going to be an ongoing tradition, as long as the students want it and BSU is around to provide it," she said.
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