THE UNIVERSITY'S DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2007
Thomas
Name: Jacqueline Thomas
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Meade
Year: junior
Major: human biology
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Any spontaneous excursion with my
friends
Favorite Lawrence place. My kitchen at 6:30 on a spring evening with the patio door open and my wok sizzling.
Political role model: it's a toss-up between Bob Dylan and Jack Kerouac.
Favorite Lawrence place: My
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Buckley
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Overland Park
Year: junior
Major: political
ripoe
vigilant before football games.
Favorite Lawrence place: Liberty
Hall
Political role model: Jimmy Carter
Wiley
Name: Katherine
Wiley
tradition or memory: Stop day Favorite Lawrence place: Pita Pit Political role model: Of history, Margaret Thatcher. Now, probably Sen. Tom Coburn
Wiley
**Coalition:** Delta
Force
Mednansky
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: sophomore
Major: chemistry
Favorite KU
science
Name: Sara Medansky
Coalition: Delta Force
Hometown: Wichita
Year: junior
Major: biochemistry and political
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Beating Missouri at last year's home-
coming game.
Name: Bridey Maidhof
Political role model : Alice Paul
Favorite Lawrence place: Papa Keno's
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
One of KU Hillie's major events during the year is Rock Chalk Shabbat. Jewish students and their families come from all over to have one, huge Shabbat dinner together. This year's was beautiful, flawless, and is easily my favorite memory of a KU tradition.
Political role model: Nelson Mandela.
Nearete
Name: Aude
Negrete
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Lenexa
Year: Junior
Major: political science and international studies
Favorite KU tradition or memory: I love graduation, I go for at least one of my friends every year and it's a very exciting time
Favorite Lawrence place: Henry's because doing homework there is the best.
political role model: Tenzin Gyatso and the Dalai Lama.
Verbeck
Name: Christopher Verbeck
Coalition: Delta Force
Hometown:
Platte City, Mo.
Year: junior
Major: political science
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Any of my memories involving togas.
Favorite Lawrence place: Half-Price Books
Political role model: Pericles
Cheney
Name: Quinton
ematics
Favorite KU tradition or memory;
Playing a concert in Michael Haines'
basement.
Political role model: Jon Stewart, Plato
Gudgel
welfare
**Name:** Whitney
**Gudgel**
**Coalition:** Delta
**Force**
Hometown:
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: junior
Major: women's studies and social
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Favorite RO tradition of memory.
The pre-game "inspirational" video they play at the men's basketball games. Watching Julian dunk that basketball with the Rock Chalk chant in the background gives me the chills and chokes me up every time.
Favorite Lawrence place: johnnyk
7A
Political role model: Any woman who has fought to make a difference in her community and the world.
Stettner
Name: Max
Stettner
Coalition: Delta Force
Hometown:
Overland Park
Year: junior
Major: American studies
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Placing my arms around my neighbors' shoulders and singing the Alma Mater before KU basketball games as the whole arena is conjoined as one.
Favorite Lawrence place: Clinton Lake
Political role model: Yitzhak Rabin, Former Israeli Prime Minister
Name: Kristen
Zowan
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Wichita
Year: junior
Major: anthropology and sociology
Cowan
Favorite to tradition of memory.
Move-in day at Watkins Scholarship
Hall because I was ecstatic to welcome a new class of "Wild Watkins Women."
Favorite Lawrence place. The gorgeous view of the Kaw River Valley from the top of Mt. Oread
Political role model: Queen Elizabeth
Name: Gina Gay
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: junior
Major: communications
Favorite KU
Gay
Favorite Lawrence place: Jeffer son's
tradition or memory: Basketball names and Traditions Night.
Political role model: Nancy Pelosi
Name: Whitney Eriksen
Favorite Lawrence place: Henry's Uostairs or South Park
Political role model: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stiefel
Favorite KU tradition or memory: spending days, not just hours, at Allen Fieldhouse with great friends and great basketball.
Hometown: Hutchinson Yankee Juniors
Force
Hometown: Prairie
Ville
Year: junior
Major: political
science, humani
Political role model The people who make a difference, one person at a time, by caring about their communities.
Favorite Lawrence place: Eighth Street. It's a good street.
Name: Nate Totten
Favorite Lawrence place: Tad's
Tropical Sno
Coalition: United Students
Hometown: Bloomington, Minn.
Year: junior
Major: advertising
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Heckling opposing teams at Hoglund Ballpark.
total role model: Harrison Ford as the president in "Air Force One" or Jesse "The Body" Ventura, former Minnesota governor
Cohen
STUDENT SENATE ELECTION
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Name: Liz Coher
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: Junior
Major: human
bioloqv
I throwing newspaper contett at basketball games — especially when I go home and find it in places I didn't know existed
Favorite Lawrence place: Sylas and
..
Political role model: Eleanor Roosevelt
Name: Bob Scalise
**Coalition:** Independent
**Year:** freshman
**Hometown:** Olathe
**Favorite KU tradition or memory:** Basketball games
**Favorite place in Lawrence:** Massachusetts Street
**Political role model:** Ronald Reagan
Name: Andrew J. Schreiner Coalition: Students' Rights
Coalition: independent
Name: Ronald Yu
Coalition: Students' Rights
Hometown: Hona Kona
Major: speech-language and hearing
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
The Rock Chalk chart
Favorite Lawrence place: Rec
center
Name: Jean Menager Coalition: Students' Rights
Full name:
Michael Gray
Coalition: Students' Rights
Hometown:
Buhler
Year: freshman
Major: biochemistry
Gray
Name: David Mills
Coalition: Students' Rights
Favorite Lawrence place: Henry's Political role model: Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson.
Name: Austin Young Coalition: Students' Rights
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Going to the Chi Omega fountain in
the middle of the night in November
to take pictures.
Guhl
**Coalition:** Students' Rights
Hometown:
Haven
Year: Freshman
Major: Human biology
Guhl
Political role model: Kathleen Sebelius
Name: Keyon Sharifian
Coalition: Students' Rights
Name: Abdulaziz Almudarra
Coalition: Students' Rights
Favorite Lawrence place: Buffalo Wild Wings
Name: Jackie Wittlinger
Coalition: United Students
Knopp
Coalition:
Hometown:
Manhattan
Year: freshman
Major: pre-busl
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Streaking to the Chi Omega fountain.
Favorite Lawrence place: On the patio at the Chipotle on Massachusetts Street
Political role model: Barack Obama
Redlin
Coalition:
United Students
Name: Kimberly Redlin
Hometown:
Minneapolis,
Minn.
Year: Sophomore
Major exercise
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Political role model: Ronald Reagan
Name: May Davis
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown: Clay
Center
Year: freshman
Major: philosophy
tradition or memory: Calling the Free for All way too much
Favorite Lawrence place: The gorgeous neighborhoods around campus, especially on beautiful spring days!
Political role model: Lyndon B. Johnson
Wilcox
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Hometown:
Manhattan
Year: freshman
Major: undecided
My first Kansas basketball game — this year's opener against Northern Arizona
Favorite Lawrence role: Mass. St.
Political role model: Bill Clinton
Name: George Lewis
Political role model: Hannah Love
Name: Tom
French
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
Year: sophomore
Major: business finance
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
The Jayhawk's 40-15 victory against Nebraska or the wins against Texas and Kevin Durant to win the Big XII Conference and Tournament titles.
Favorite Lawrence place: Allen Fieldhouse.
Political role model: Bob Dole
Hometown:
Year: freshman
Major: social welfare and
Treaster
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Name: Grant
Treaster
Coalition:
United Student
political science
wilt Chamberlain come coming back to Allen Fieldhouse to speak and retire his jersey.
Favorite Lawrence place: Sunflower Bike Shop
Shaw
Political role model: Barack Obama
Name: Matthew
Shaw
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown: I'm a military kid,
so I can't claim
anywhere, but I
moved to Lawrence from Heidelberg, Germany
**Year:** Freshman
Favorite Lawrence place:
Major: German and political science Favorite KU tradition or memory: Camping for the basketball games
Political role model: Martin Luther King Jr.
Rock
Hometown:
Year: freshmen
Major: elementary education
Favorite KU tradition or memory: Homecoming Favorite Lawrence place: Home Political role model: Kathleen Sebelius
Name: Anne Slaughter
Coalition: United Students
Hometown: Kansas City, Kan.
Year: freshman
Mater: Northwest English
Favorite Lawrence place: The Bourne
Plaig
Major achievement:
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Jumping in the Chi Omega fountain on your birthday
Political role model: Condoleezza Rice
VanBuskirk
Name: Colleen
VanBuskirk
Coalition: Delta
Force
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: sophomore
Major: English and political science
Favorite Lawrence place: Wescoe Beach.
Doing KU theatre last year I was in "A Congress of Women" and part was very out of character for me. I was forced to do things that I would never usually do in public.
Political role model: John Lennon.
niquez
Coalition: Delta
Force
Name: Matt En
Hometown:
Topeka
Year: freshman
Major: sociology
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Embarrassing K-State in football two of the last three years.
Favorite Lawrence place: Most awesome food establishments on Massachusetts Street, especially Papa Keno and Jefferson's. Political role model: Barack Obama
Name: Vans
Coalition: Delta Force
Hometown: Salt Lake City
Year: Freshman
Major: art history and classics
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Tabling on Wescoe Beach.
Favorite Lawrence place: The Dusty Bookshelf
Political role model; Bill Clinton
Name: Luke Rosebraugh
Coalition: Delta Force
Name: Bryant Williams
Coalition: Delta Force
**Name:** Ben
Cohen
**Coalition:** Delta
Force
Name: Kristen
Coalition: Delta Force
Name: Matthew Z. Hudson
Coalition: Delta Force
Simon
Hometown:
Homewish
Lenexa
Year: sophomore
Major: philosophy
Higgins
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: Can I just say
hasketball, or is that too obvious?
Favorite Lawrence place: Generally someplace with a view. Treetops is a safe bet.
Coalition: Delta Force
Year: freshman
Major: English
Political role model: George Washington.
and women's studies
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Joe's Run
Favorite Lawrence place: Aimee's Coffeehouse
Political role model: Madeleine Albright
Bartlett
**Name:** Tim
Bartlett
**Coalition:** Delta
Force
Hometown:
Topeka
Year: sopho-
more
Major: political
Porte
Favorite KU tradition or memory: Beating K-State and Delta Force. Favorite Lawrence place: Jade Garden
Political role model: City Commis sioners Dennis "Boog" Highberger and Sue Hack.
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Bearing K State at football
**Name:** Alex
Porte
**Coalition:** Delta
Force
Hometown:
Great Falls, Va.
Year: freshman
Major: political science
Favorite Lawrence place: Jefferson's. Who doesn't love Peace, Love and Burgers?
Political role model: Barack Obama
Name: Brian Frankian
Major: political science Favorite KU tradition or memory This year's football game against K-State.
Favorite Lawrence place: this campus and this school — otherwise I wouldn't be running for Student Senate.
McGonigle
Political role model: John Edwards
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Wichita
Year: freshman
Major: journalism
Favorite Lawrence place: Sylas and Maddy's
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Waving the Wheat
Political role model: Kathleen Sebellus
Name: Aly Rodee
Coalition: United
Students
Hometown:
Wichita
Year: sophomore
Major: journalism
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
The Rock Chalk Chant and the history behind it.
Favorite Lawrence place: Potter's lake
Political role model: Nelson Mandela
Patton
ness
Full name: Rodrick Patton
Coalition: United Students
Hometown:
Olathe
Year in school:
Freshman
Major: Pre-busi-
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
Kansas Basketball
Favorite Lawrence place: The Wheel
Political role model: John Ashcroft
non
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown: Ottawa
political science
Year: sophomore Major: film and
Favorite to tradition of memory
Early my freshman year, when
friends and I went swimming in
the Chi Omega fountain. In our
underwear.
Favorite Lawrence place: The hearts and minds of all students.
Who is your political role model? Luiz Lulza da Silva of Brazil. I'm always a fan of overthrowing corrupt military regimes.