VOL.101.NO.19
KANSAN
KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER19,1991
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Fight for justice creates rift on campus
WANSAI
High school series and Inquille Jackson Kansas City Kan. freshman,hold signs in support of student body president Darren Full
Fulcher supporters rally at Wescoe
By Rochelle Olson Kansan staff writer
Students attended a rally to show their support for student body president Darren Fulcher in front of Wescoe Hall westerday afternoon.
James Baucom, off-campus seni-
sor, said that some students had
planned the rally to tell Student
Assembly members present the
student body accurately.
A few of the 300 students at the rally carried signs that said, "We support Fulcher," and "Where's the news angle now?" referring to the Kansan's decision not to print the story in the summer.
Senate voted 42-19 in favor of a motion to expel Fulcher from office in the early morning of Sept. 12.
Fulcher was charged with battering his ex-girlfriend, a KU student, during a domestic dispute in Lawrence. Lawrence police and court reports.
Disclosure of the battery charged to questions about Fulcher's ability to be an effective president is intended to adopt the motion to expel him.
James Daniels, president of the National Black Law Students Association, spoke during the rally.
He said that yesterday's rally was only the beginning and that students would marsh, rally and
protest until justice was done.
protest until justice was done.
"We will see this situation rectified by any means necessary," Daniels said.
He said that the administration had acted irresponsibly in handling the matter and was unresponsive to the needs of students on campus.
Daniels said that Senate had bent and twisted the rules and turned its back on its leader.
"This matter cannot be placed back to the Student Senate," Daniels said. "They have already proven themselves incompetent."
A sign that said "Senate out to kill credibility. It isn't racial, it's political" was draped across the table where the speakers sat.
Paul Pierce, third-year law student, also spoke critically of Senate.
"We should call for the resignation of our student senators because they haven't asked us what we want, and we put them there," Pierce said. "Nobody came to me."
Corey Carter, Shawnee senior, said she also thought Senate did not care what students thought.
She said students should pressure the administration to do something about the situation.
"Administration needs to say that whatever Student Senate did
was wrong." Carter said.
Scott Rutherford, liberal arts and sciences senator, said at the rally that Fulcher was still sincere about the issues he had campaigned for.
"He had vision," Rutherford said. "He had leadership. He had motivation. He had desires. He still knows and he's still sincer on the issues."
But Rutherford said that sensationalism in the media had caused confusion and anger in the student body.
He urged students to speak with their senators.
After the rally, David Amberl, executive vice chancellor for student affairs, said it would be inappropriate for the University administration to intervene in the Student Senate.
"I am quite confident most students would support that," Ambler said. "This is their Student Senate, not the administration's."
Joe Perry, a Kansas City, Mo., graduate student who watched the rally, said that it had not responded to the real issue of battery.
Perry said it did not matter that the battery occurred a long time ago.
"Senate's action is appropriate in response to that," Perry said.
Corey Carter, Shawnee senior, speaks in support of student body president Darren Fulcher during a rally in front of Wescoe Hall. About 300 people were at the rally at noon yesterday. Students in support of Fulcher planned the event to protest Student Senate's motion to expel Fulcher from office.
Replacement is unclear if students vote to oust Fulcher
By Blaine Kimrey Kansan staff writer
Conflicting definitions in University and Student Senate elections rules further complicate the options for dealing with Senate's motion to expel student body president Darren Fulcher from office.
experience in history.
Troy Radakovich, chairperson of the Student Senate Executive Committee, said yesterday that the line of Senate succession described in the KU Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities and the KU Student Senate Rules and Regulations contradicted the line of succession described in Senate's elections code.
According to the elections code, if an elected official is removed in a recall election by the student body, the candidate who received the second largest number of votes for that position in the preceding Senate election would fill the vacant position.
However, the KU Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities and the Senate rules and regulations state that if the office of the president is vacated, the student may not attend classes.
1. therefore, if Fulcher were removed by the required two-thirds of the students who voted in a recall election, Jason McIntosh, a senior senator and the student body presidential candidate who lost to Fulcher in spring elections, would have the option to become president.
Alan Lowden, student body vice president, would become president, and a new vice president would be elected by Senate from its 72 members.
Radakovich said he planned to contact the University's general counsel, Victoria Thomas, today to ask her which rule book took precedence in this case.
in this case.
Fulcher was charged with battering his ex-girlfriend, a KU student,
during a domestic dispute in February, according to Lawrence police
and court reports.
Disclosure of the battery charge raised questions about Fulcher's credibility and led Senate to adopt a motion Sept. 12 to remove Fulcher.
The KU Judicial Board has accepted two appeals of the motion. Fulcher will remain in office at least through the appeals process, which could last the entire semester.
Eric Strauss, chairperson of the Judicial Board, has said that the result of a student vote might take precedence over the appeal process. He said he will wait to see if the appeal could for a
student-body election about whether Fulcher should remain president. Students for Justice, one of the groups lobbying for a student election
about the issue, communicate it during the conference, Desey Tziortzis, vice president of Students for Justice, said the group did not want the recall vote to be a run-off election between McIntosh and Fulcher.
Matt All, secretary of Students for Justice, said, "It's my personal opinion that I learn should not take the position of president."
McIntosh said he did not know whether he would assume the presidency if it were open to him.
"My actions are not the issue here," he said. "The issue is do the students want Darren Fulcher as president and does he have the credibility to be president, regardless of me."
Students for Justice needs 15 percent of the student body, or 4,100 students, to sign the recall election petition before the Elections Commission begins election proceedings. Tziortzis said the group planned to submit the completed petition to the Elections Commission Sept. 27.
Radakovich has appointed all but one of the nine members of the Elections Commission. He said the ninth member probably would be appointment of a new secretary.
All said the Elections Commission had to conduct an election within two weeks of receiving the petition. If the group's goals were achieved, an election would take place no later than Oct. 10.
Although Radakovich is the author of the motion to remove Fulcher from office, Radakovich said his responsibility for appointing Elections Commission members and his feelings about Fulcher's presidency did not present a conflict of interest.
Radakovich said that he appointed the members but that a two-thirds majority of the Senate approved them.
rucner has said that he would step down if a majority of the student body voted him out. However, the recall election would require a two-thirds vote of the students voting to remove him.
his vote on the backbenching bill.
Tziortzis said she hoped Fulcher would keep his word and comply with the wishes of a simple majority. Fulcher could not be reached for comment about the issue yesterday.
them book the history study. Although the three executive board members of Students for Justice said they thought Fulcher should step down, they said the petition did not reflect their opinions.
All said the opinions of the executive board of Students for Justice should inhibit Eulah supporters from signing the petition.
"If they really want him to be student body president, they should sign the petition and get out and vote." All said.
the petition and get out of the way. Another petition is being circulated this week calling for a referendum on Fulcher's presidency. Lowden has said that the petition had procedural flaws.
All said he hoped Students for Justice and the group that organized the referendum petition could join forces. Todd Moore, one of the organizers of the referendum petition, said Tuesday that he would not mind combining efforts because the two groups were working toward the same goal.
Bush prepares to send combat planes over Iraq if Saddam doesn't comply with U.N.
GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. — President Bush declared yesterday that he would send warplanes to escort U.N. helicopters searching for hidden Iraqi weapons if Saddam Hussein continued to impede the inspectors. Bush said he was fed up with Saddam but he was not looking for a new war.
The Associated Press
Bush and other top administration officials, while raising the prospect of imminent military activity, sought to cut short any speculation that new fighting was in store. "This is not Desert Storm II," one senior
Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser, said the warplanes would provide air cover for the helicopters should Saddam continue to place restrictions on inspections, but if Saddam would comply with the U.N. resolutions there wouldn't need to be an execute order.
The president said there was determination that Saddam would comply with the United Nations mandate for inspection and destruction of Iraq's nuclear and other major weapons facilities.
be placed, had requested and would receive Patriot missiles for defensive purposes.
He said that Saudi Arabia, where the planes would
Marlin Fitzwater, presidential representative, said. "We believe Iraq still possesses several hundred Scud missiles of the type used against Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War."
However, Bush said, "I'm plenty fed up. I think the man will see we are very serious about this ... He knows better than to take on the United States of America."
Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, Abdul Amir al-Anbari, dismissed the situation as a tempest in a teacup, but said, "Of course, if the coalition led by the United States wants to commit an aggression against Iraq's people, certainly they are capable of doing that."
Arthur came asking Bush, when asked about the possibility of renewed military conflict, said, "I don't think Saddam wants that. I'm confident he doesn't."
Bush made the comments during a hike into the coastal polices on a trip to promote his environmental policies.
Al-Ambari said Iraq had been fully cooperating with the United Nations, and was trying to make
arrangements so the weapons inspectors could do their job without violating Iraq's national sovereignty.
At United Nations headquarters, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said he saw no sign the Iraqis were ready to drop their resistance to weapons inspections.
The senior official traveling with Bush said,
"There are some units that will definitely go in to (Saudi Arabia) ... some within the next day or so." He smoke on condition of anonymity.
Pentagon sources, also speaking privately, said one U.S. air wing had been ordered to prepare to fly to the region.
Supporting forces, which would provide intelligence information, security and fly possible rescue missions if needed, would be included in the package, the sources said.
agree to your request.
"We're ready to move if so ordered," said a senior Air Force officer. "My feeling is that we won't move."
An army source said his service had told members of some Patriot missile battery units to be prepared to go to Saudi Arabia.
U.S. presence in Gulf region
Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea
SOURCE: Defense Department
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