THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2007
NEWS
STUDENT SENATE
3A
Candidates prepare for elections
BY ASHLEE KIELER
Student Senate elections begin tomorrow. Presidential and vice presidential nominees from Delta Force, Students Rights and United Students vie for the top spots in Senate.
Delta Force
Cross and Stuewe
John Cross, Kansas City, Mo. junior, is running for the presidential seat on the Delta Force ticket. Cross, an English and French major with a minor in philosophy, currently holds a junior/senior College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Senate seat.
Cross is involved in with many groups and organizations on campus from the Swing Dance Club to KU for Uganda.
"I think Senate has a lot of potential to make positive changes for the sake of the student body, and I want to make sure that it fulfills that potential," Cross said.
Cross' running mate, Liz Stuewe. Lawrence junior, is majoring in political science and American studies.
Stuewe has been involved with numerous groups and organizations during her time at the University. A few of her positions are serving as the president on the Commission for the Status of Women, Dole Institute of Politics-Student Advisory Board member and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center-Advisory Board member.
"I've had the opportunity to work with civic leaders all over campus," Stuewe said. "I've worked with everyone from students, to administrators, to elected officials."
Stuewe said she decided to run for Student Senate because of her love for the University and the feeling that she could make a difference.
"I spent my high school literally staring out the window at the University," Stuewe said of her connection to the University.
Students' Rights
Wilson and Ballard
Johnathan Wilson, Paola sophomore, founded the Students' Rights coalition as a way to give the power back to the students.
Wilson, majoring in political science, ran for Student Body Vice President last year on the $100 Fee Cut ticket. Wilson currently serves on the Senate University Affairs committee.
"I feel that it is very important to represent the students and my obligation to help bring the rights back to them," Wilson said.
Wilson said the coalition feels that this "prestigious" institution robs the students of their right to an affordable education.
Wilson's running mate, Caitlin Ballard, Overland Park junior, recently transferred to the University. Ballard, a political science major, attended the University of St. Mary's her freshman and sophomore years.
During both years at St. Mary's Ballard served as class president.
"I really enjoy the leadership roles and rallying people around our coalition," Ballard said.
The possibility to work with lots of groups through Senate is exciting, she said.
Senate elections begin online at www.ku.edu/computing/election Wednesday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Thursday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students can also vote at polling sites set up on Wesco Beach and Mrs. E's beginning Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
United Students
Love and Wittlinger
Hannah Love, Dodge City junior,
is the presidential nominee for United
Students. Love, a junior/senior
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
senator, is majoring in sociology.
Love began her Senate career as a freshman senator during her first few weeks at the University.
"In the last two and a half years I've had the opportunity to serve on numerous boards and committees," Love said. Her proudest accomplishment as a senator came from her work in the Campaign for Affordable Textbooks. The campaign created an online book exchange and most currently an initiative to create a textbook library.
Ray Wittlinger, Olathe junior and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator, is Love's running mate. Wittlinger is majoring in political science.
Love also serves on the Unclassified Senate and University Senate.
Wittlinger was first appointed to Senate as the Interfraternity Council Senator. After a year in the position he chose to continue his Senate experience by running as a Freshman/Sophomore College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator.
Wittlinger has served the University in many roles including the Student Senate Executive Secretary and the Campus Safety Advisory Board.
"Hannah and I are dedicated to representing all students and bring about positive change," Wittlinger said.
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
— Edited by Sharla Shivers
LOCAL CRIME More than 25 kids stolen from goat farm
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Someone is stealing baby goats from Bob Throop and Jeff Hill, and the two men are certain the predators are humans, not other animals.
Hill and Throop, who run a goat-raising enterprise near Lawrence, say they've had about 25 baby goats — called kids — stolen since March 1.
They suspect the animals are being taken shortly after they're born and hand-fed until they are slaughtered from some sort of religious rite. Young goats are part of religious meals and celebrations in Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
"Obviously there's a lot of cultures that eat goat." Thoop said.
"You figure at 40 to 50 bucks a pop, for those 20-plus kids, that's an easy grand." Hill said.
Hill said he thinks someone figured out how to make some quick money off the kids.
And the partners say they've seen no blood or carcass parts that would suggest the animals are being stalked by wild predators.
The thefts hurt their operation in several ways.
They planted acres of grass for the young goats to eat this year, and now don't have enough kids to eat it. Mothers, especially those giving birth to their second or later litters, have udders filled and no babies to feed.
Most important, the newborns would have been the foundation for later herds.
"We'd have been happy to sell the males," Throop said.
The men hope anyone buying a young goat will check that they are buying from a reputable source.
"We're after the people who stole them, not the people who received them," Throop said. "We figure our goats are lost. But we'd certainly like to stop this from going on again. We just want to catch the person responsible."
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THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
April 10th,2007
ABLEHAWKS
funded by:
STRENGTH
SENATE
Career Opportunities For Students With Disabilities: Students will learn about how they can be better prepared to enter the workforce by focusing on self-advocacy, networking, laws regarding employment and disability, and more! Special Guest Speaker: Mr. Alan Muir, the Executive Director of Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities at the University of Tennessee
KU Four-Square Club
3:30-5pm on Tuesday, April 10th. Rooms202/203 at the Student Recreation Fitness Center For more info, please contact ablehawk@gmail.com
Join the KU Four-Square Club for a quick game between classes!
PAID FOR BY KU
Four-Square Friday
11:30-2:30
Wescoe Beach
KU COLLEGE REPUBLICANS Guest Speaker: KS Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh
Have your car "professionally" washed!
SEE YOU ON THE BEACH!
Meeting Tuesday April 10 at 7 pm Kansas Room Kansas Union
INSIDE INDIA Learn about the culture of India through dancing, free henna, and testimonies A FREE Indian Dinner will follow Guest Speaker: Mahasweta Banerjee Dept of Social Welfare
KU Chapter CARWASH Saturday, April 21 $ ^{st}$ from Noon-4pm Wal-Mart Lawn & Garden Center $ ^{31^{\ast}} $ & Iowa
Thursday, April 12th at 6:00 pm Relays Room, Burge Union Sponsored by AIESEC
ABWA
American Business Women's Association
Art of Living Club at KU aol_ku@yahoo.com, http://us.artofliving.org
Breathe in Health, Breathe out Stress
Learn about the breathing techniques meditation and more at the "Yoga of Breath" workshop.
Malott Room, Level 6 Kansas Union April $11^{th}$ ,7 PM-8 PM Admission is free
want to get involved
on campus?
The Board of Class Officer's is looking for class representatives for next year.
Get information Wednesday April 18 $ ^{th} $ in the Governor's Room of the Kansas Union at 5:00 p.m.
All KU students are welcome!
For more information email Ryan Northup at kuryan85@ku.edu or Murtaza Khan at thekhan@ku.edu
Reproductive Religion Rights Pro-Choice Spirituality
The Odd Couple?
Reproductive Rights and Spirituality
A pro-choice interfaith forum
Listen to and participate in a dialogue between religious leaders about how reproductive rights and spirituality interplay
Where: The Kansas Room in the Kansas Union, KU
When: Tuesday, April 17th at 7pm
*Refreshments will be served*
SYRF
Choice USA
Your event is organized by the students for
the SYRF Foundation.
www.syrf.org
Attention Student Groups:
If your student organization is registered with the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, you may get a BFA or MA in HOSTING GROUPS in the Kingston University School Senate.
Email hurly@ku.edu for more information!