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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2007
Ceiling-scraper
Michiko Takoei/KANSAN
Weel Zetel, painter for the University of Kansas, fixes water leaks and cleans dust on the ceiling Monday afternoon on the fifth floor of Watson Library. Wetzel said this make-over project going on was not only for Watson Library but also for the entire University.
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>> STUDENT SENATE ELECTION
Student Senate presidential and vice presidential candidates, Hannah Love and Ray Wittlinger, for United Students, Joathan Wilson and Caitlin Ballard, for Student Rights, and John Cross and Liz Stuewe, for Delta Force, debated school issues in the Courtside Room at the Burge Union last night. Student Senate elections will be held Wednesday.
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Debate discusses what-ifs
BY ASHLEE KIELER
Student Senate presidential and vice presidential nominees focused on Senate's involvement with administration during a formal debate Monday evening.
The hour-and-a-half debate, sponsored by the Elections Commission, also dealt with how the candidates would accomplish their goals if they're not elected later this week. Each nominee was given the chance to answer questions and respond to what other nominees said.
Cayla Witty, Wakefield senior and elections commissioner, said the debate gave students the opportunity to ask questions and get more pointed answers from the candidates.
Candidates were given the opportunity to express how involved they felt the administration should be in Senate.
junior and vice presidential nominee for Students' Rights, spoke first. She said big things could happen when Senate got involved with administrators.
Caitlin Ballard, Overland Park
Next, Ray Wittlinger, Olathe junior and vice presidential nominee for United Students, spoke. He said Senate needed to focus on taking student's ideas to the administration.
"We are first and foremost here to represent students," Wittlinger said.
Liz Stuewe, Lawrence junior and vice presidential nominee for Delta Force, spoke third. She stressed the need for students and administrators to work toward common goals.
Each coalition presidential nominee was asked how he or she would accomplish his or her goals without being elected.
Hannah Love, Dodge City junior and United Students presidential nominee, said without Student Senate it was still possible to accomplish goals through the relationships
that students and administration already have in place.
Johnathan Wilson, Paola sophomore and Students' Rights presidential nominee, said following through on goals was the most important thing about being a leader.
John Cross, Kansas City, Mo. junior and presidential nominee for Delta Force, said he would continue to facilitate any positive change or action needed on campus through his coalition.
"Delta Force works year round." Cross said. "In the fall we're still actively trying to make change."
The elections commission will post the winner of the debate on its Web site this week. Candidates were judged based on their arguments and how they presented themselves.
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akierenkansan.com.
》THEFT
Edited by Darla Slipke
Hot dog trial called'stupid'
Man found not guilty after more than 70 days in jail
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The two-day trial last week in Sedgwick County Court against Thomas M. Wendley, a veteran living on Social Security, "was stupid," said presiding juror Krysti Mason, 21.
WICHITA — An elderly man who spent 71 days in jail for taking two hot dogs he said he forgot to pay for at a convenience store has been found not guilty of felony theft.
Kansas law requires felony prosecution for crimes such as petty theft if the suspect has had two prior convictions. Wimberly had two previous misdemeanor thefts on his record, one more than a decade old.
Wimberly, 75, stayed in jail after being arrested because he couldn't pay the bond, $100,000 at one point,
even though he was charged with a crime that nets probation after a conviction.
Last July, Wimberly walked out of a QuikTrip without paying the $2.11 for the hot dogs. He paid for a candy bar and had enough money to pay for the franks, but he said he saw his dog outside trying to jump out of his shopping cart, so he went out to stop the dog — and forgot to pay for the hot dogs.
Cases like his go to district attorneys when they reach felonies, after a recent Supreme Court decision prompted city municipal courts to send misdemeanor cases to district attorneys.
"It's highly frustrating," said Kim Parker, deputy district attorney for Sedgwick County. "Nevertheless, we're trying to make sure no one
walks through without some sort of consequence."
Parker said the district attorney's office, because it takes prior criminal records into account, has handled cases such as alcoholics stealing mouthwash.
No one is saying Wimberly has led a perfect life. More than 20 years ago, Wimberly, then 52, hit and killed a 10-year-old girl. Wimberly remembers the car brakes failing, but police said his blood alcohol level was 0.122, higher than the legal limit of 0.1 at the time.
Wimberly pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and drunken driving.
"I took responsibility." Wimberly told The Wichita Eagle in a December telephone interview.
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to succeed.
"By accommodating families in general, we're making a statement that we value what people with families bring to this campus," she said.
Hilltop currently employs about 50 to 60 students every semester who assist full-time teachers. Due to the additional classrooms, Pisani said the number of student employees will also increase by about a third. The center will add 12 to 15 full-time staff members, including 10 new teachers.
Pisani said some staff and faculty who try enrolling their child at Hilltop are on the waiting list as long as three to four years. Students receive priority over faculty and staff when enrolling their child at the
center.
"It's a major thing in people's lives," Pisani said. "Some people stay at KU so their kids can come here."
Kansan staff writer Brian Lewis-Jones can be contacted at bljones@kansan.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers