4A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Chanay said he thought if a third party that had no connections to Student Senate oversaw elections, there wouldn't 'be what he called "bogus" charges.
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Coalition
Last spring, Student Voice was charged with violations of the elections code, including violations about campaign materials, charges of libel and expense reports not being turned in.
Nick Sterner, student body president and member of KUinited, said Senate did have checks and balances in the elections commission process.
Student Senate Executive Committee, which consists of the elected student body president and vice president and other appointed student staff, appoints the Elections Commissioner. Full Senate must approve the commissioner. The other positions on the commission are volunteer positions, which also are approved by Senate.
Once the commission is formed, it works under the Dean of Students office.
He said it was important that students have a role in deciding who would oversee elections.
Sterner said any changes to the elections commission process would need to be considered by Student Senate as a whole, not just the student body president.
Anne Iverson, Le Mars, Iowa, senior, said she thought the parties in control use their power to keep their power. Iverson is the former chairwoman of the Student Rights Committee, a
Having three commissioners from the greek community misrepresents the student body and affects the ability of the committee to act fairly, Iverson said. A separate body without so many connections to Student Senate should govern the elections, she said.
Student Senate committee that deals with student rights in matters of University policy and academics.
Chanay said the root of the Student Voice's trouble was the commission's association with KUnited. Chanay said two of the commission members dated students who ran on the KUnited ticket last spring, and three of the six students on the elections commission are members of the greek community.
Sterner and Luke Thompson, acting elections commission chairman, declined to comment about last year's elections. Chanay said those connections caused the commission to favor parties that are currently in control.
Yet other candidates said the commission acted fairly, but they wouldn't comment on possible biases of the commission.
"Bottom line, this is more corrupt than a third world country." Chanay said of the elections commission.
Stephanie Craig, Edmond, Okla., senior, who ran for vice president with Delta Force, said the commission used its resources to the best of its ability.
Craig would not comment,
however, on biases of the commission, because of her working relationship with some members on Student Senate. Craig is currently a holdover senator.
KUnited also was charged with two violations last year; Delta Force was not charged with any.
The judicial board, a University governance panel that looks into student grievances, heard appeal hearings between Student Voice and the elections commission. A panel of two faculty members and one classified staff reviewed two charges of libel and a $100 fine Student Voice received for turning in an expense form late.
Mike Kautsch, professor in the School of Law and chairman of the appeals panel, said in the panel's report that the judicial board thought the $100 fine was too high, and it recommended a $25 fine.
The panel also dismissed two libel charges with the consent of the elections commission. The commission told the panel that mistakes had been made in the processing of the libel charges.
Additionally, the panel recommended that the libel provision be removed from election code because of its wording and possible conflicts with first amendment precedents.
The report on Student Voice's appeals also stated that the coalition and the elections commission be commended for the congenial manner in which its members conducted themselves in the hearing.
— Edited by Patrick Ross
Passwords
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Mehmedovic said it was recommended to change the password after giving it away.
The information technology security office can perform password assessments, during which workers would try to guess or crack passwords. If they were successful, the user would be required to change the password.
Mehmedovic said violations of the policy would result in a full range of disciplinary measures.
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- Edited by Theresa Montaño
Crime
"We sit outside and hang out and talk with these guys," Lee said. "They're cool."
Lee said he thought members of the fraternity could have been responsible for the damage.
"There are a lot of people pissed off right now," he said.
Shaad said he didn't think the damage necessarily should be blamed solely on members of Sigma Nu.
"I would like to say the security guards keep people out, but they don't know everyone who lives here," Shaad said. "I don't
presents:
know anybody in the house that would steal people's stuff, so I have no idea who it would be."
Lee's $1,200 laptop was reported stolen from his room in the Sigma Nu house sometime between 10 p.m. Sept. 10 and 12:30 a.m. Sept. 11. A $2,000 Sony laptop and a $300 motorcycle helmet belonging to a security officer were reported stolen sometime between late Sept. 10 and early Sept. 11, Anderson said. An employee at Citywide Security Company said lawyers told the company they should not comment on the incidents at the Sigma Nu house.
— Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
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The University of Kansas Department of Theatre and Film University Theatre presents
JACQUES BREL
is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
General admission tickets are on sale in the KU ticket offices, University Theatre, 864-3982, and Lied Center, 864-ARTS, and on-line at kutheatre.com. Tickets: public; $18. all students; $10, senior citizen and faculty; staff. $17. Both VISA and Mastercard are accepted for phone and on-line orders. This production is partially funded by the KU Student Senate Activity Fee; funding is also provided by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a national agency.
paid for by KU
by Jacques Brol, Mort Shuman and Eric Blau
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