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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1997
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Man exposes himself to woman, gets arrested
A 22-year-old student was walking north on Emery Road Monday morning when a 35-year-old man drove up beside her and exposed himself. Lawrence police said.
The woman told police she saw the man masturbating in the car. She walked toward a nearby sorority house to get away, and the man drove on. As the woman continued down Emery Road, the man drove by again. He stopped the car, opened the door and exposed himself. The woman made gestures and remarks to him, and the man drove away.
The woman memorized the man's license plate number and called the police. The police contacted and arrested Jonathan Christian, a man who matched the description given by the woman.
Eighth KU chancellor to be buried tomorrow
Memorial services will be held for Deane W. Malott, eighth chancellor of the University of Kansas, at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Danforth Chapel. Malott's ashes will be buried in Pioneer Cemetery near the Lied Center. Malot died at his home in Ithaca. N.Y., on Sept. 11, 1996.
The first alumnus and Kansas native to head the University, Malott was chancellor from 1939 to 1951. During his tenure, several KU landmarks were erected, such as Allen Field House and the World War II Campanile.
Weather interferes with GTA coalition rally
Rain and cold weather cut the Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition and student activism rally short yesterday. Information tables, a band performance and speeches by 13 of the 16 student organizations represented at the rally have been rescheduled. The rally is now planned for 1 p.m.
Thursday at the Kansas Union.
Kansan staff reports
Line-item veto power ruled unconstitutional
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson overturns the Line-Item Veto Act. The law was passed by Congress a year ago, but President Clinton hadn't exercised it.
WASHINGTON — A judge yesterday struck down as unconstitutional a law that lets the president veto specific items in Congressional bills.
UNITE coallition presidential candidate Scott Sullivan (right) shares a victorious moment with vice-presidential candidate Mike Waleen. They were joined by nearly 200 supporters last night at the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Jackson said that the law contradicted basic tenets of the Constitution. "Where the president signs a bill but then purports to cancel parts of it, he exceeds his constitutional authority and prevents both houses of Congress from participating in the exercise of lawmaking authority." he wrote.
A White House spokesman said the administration was disappointed in the court's decision.
But supporters of the law were quick to urge Clinton to appeal Jackson's ruling, predicting that the issue eventually will be decided by the Supreme Court.
The law allowed the president to veto particular items in spending bills. Previously, the president could only veto entire bills.
Clinton wanted the law to block excessive spending and special-interest tax breaks that lawmakers sometimes include in bills.
The law allowed the president to sign a bill and within five days still reject a specific spending item in it. Congress could then pass a separate bill to reinstitute the specific item, and the president has the power to veto that bill. At that point, Congress would have to muster a two thirds majority to override the president's action.
The Republican-controlled Congress passed the law last year as part of its Contract With America to put the brakes on federal spending and balance the budget.
The Associated Press
Unite outlasts Delta Force in close vote
Voter turnout disappointing
By Dave Morantz Kansas staff writer
Wet with champagne and tears of joy, Scott Sullivan and Mike Walden celebrated the Unite coalition's victory in the Student Senate elections last night.
Sullivan and Walden, both Leawood juniors, defeated Delta Force presidential candidate Jason Fitzell, Olathe junior and vice-presidential candidate Matt Caldwell, Overland Park junior, by 311 votes. Walden and Sullivan received 1,669 compared to Fitzel and Caldwell's 1,358. They also defeated independent presidential candidate Michael Yaghmour, Pittsburgh junior, and his running mate, David Hennessy, Ballston Lake, N.Y., junior. Yaghmour and Hennessy received 243 votes. Fifty-one students chose not to vote for the presidential and vice-presidential election.
Only 3,321 students voted,a little more than 15 percent of the student body. Sixteen percent of students voted in last year's elections.
The Unite coalition claimed 39 seats, Delta Force won 22 seats. There was one independent winner and one write-in winner.
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About 200 Unite candidates, supporters and friends crowded into the Sigma Chl fraternity house, 1439 Tennessee St., to listen to the election results broadcast on KJHK.
"I'm just happy that there are rewards for all the months of hard work," Sullivan said. "You never could tell until all the votes were counted."
As the results of the winners of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences races rolled in, Unite members grew nervous and worried as Delta Force candidates took one seat after another. But as they heard their coalition's candidates
win 12 of the 13 Nunemaker seats, Sullivan and other Unite members could sense victory.
I was more disappointed for our other candidates than I was nervous." he said.
Michael
Yaghmour
"I'm going to take a long nap tomorrow."
Walden also expressed relief.
“It's unbelievable,” he said as supporters hugged him and poured champagne on his head. “We stuck to our guns and overcame adverse conditions.”
Yaghmour, one of Sullivan's
ELECTIONS: For more results and a complete list of winners, see page 6A.
"We're happy for them," Yaghmour said. "It was one of the more friendly campaigns I can remember."
opponents, said Sullivan and Walden ran a great campaign.
The elections commission will not certify the results until it hears and decides a complaint filed by Delta Force regarding former KU student Travis Harrod's alleged involvement in the Unite campaign.
Pending the investigation, Sullivan and Walden will take office on April 24 after power officially changes hands at a joint meeting
of current senators and next year's senators.
Harrod said the attention surrounding the investigation could have helped bring voters out in the 30 degree cold, snow, sleet and rain.
"Since nothing ran during the last couple days, I think it just got students' attention on Friday and Monday," Harrod said. "It was the worst weather I've ever seen in years for an election. If you came out and voted in this staff, you had to really want to get out and vote."
Grey Montgomery, student body president, also expressed concern.
"Obviously I'm disappointed with the turnout," he said. "I really honestly hope Scott and Mike can follow the progress we made and follow in our footsteps."
Delta Force takes most CLAS seats
Coalition pleased with election results
By Mark McMaster
Kansan staff writer
As the first student senators' results were broadcast on the radio, Delta Force vice presidential candidate Matt Caldwell cringed.
The final results came. The coalition lost, but by a smaller margin than many of the candidates had expected.
Unite. Unite. Unite.
Cheers erupted throughout the Overland Park junior's house, where 40 Delta Force candidates and supporters had gathered for their election night party.
Then, a Delta Force winner was announced.
Seconds later, the phone rang. It was Caldwell's mother, wanting to find out how he did.
"I'm happy with the way it turned out," he told her. "We didn't win, but we still did well."
The mood at the party remained similarly positive, and most of the candidates thought that they had accomplished something, whether they won or not.
"I think it was amazing how many juniors and seniors got in," said Jason Fizell, Olathe junior, who
"We didn't win, but we still did well."
Matt Caldwell vice presidential candidate
lost his bid at the presidency. "The makeup of Senate is going to be a lot different than it normally is."
"All along, we weren't favored to win," Fizzell said. "Next year, hopefully, more people will get involved. This is definitely a movement."
The news wasn't a disappointment. he said.
Lenexa freshman Seth Hoffman was one of the many underclassman candidates who lost to the Unite coalition.
"I'm just a little disappointed," he said. "But I'm not done, and I have a strong feeling you'll see my face in Senate someday. You can't stop activism, and that's what Delta Force is all about."
Jason Fizell celebrates with Matt Caldwell after hearing the number of senate seats that Delta Force had won. Although Delta Force lost the presidential election, the coalition was happy about the final results.
Many Delta Force candidates said they thought their coalition would make a difference in next year's Senate.
"While Delta Force will be a minority, the people that won will be an impact, and I think it'll have a
positive impact, and we'll make changes from the bottom up," said Anthony Kitchen, Lawrence senior, who won a Social Welfare seat.
Marina Jaffe, Kansas City, Mo., senior, lost in her campaign for a Nunemaker seat but said that she was nonetheless glad she had participated in the Delta Force coalition.
because of our campaign," she said. "Just the fact that child care passed proves that we've had an influence."
"I think there's a new awareness
Fitzell said the campaign had been a success because it had made people pay attention to the issues and to the election.
"It's gotten a lot of people involved in Student Senate that had never even thought of it before," he said. "This is an incredible start."
Day on the Hill
The following bands are scheduled to perform at the ninth annual event:
They Might Be Giants
Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers
Glitterkicks
The Gravel Pit
The winner of the KJHK Farmer's Ball contest
Day on the Hill will take place from noon to 6 p.m. May 3 on West Campanile Hill.
They Might Be Giants to perform at festival SUA's Day on the Hill will feature six bands
By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
The annual event, which will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on West Campanile Hill, also will feature five other bands.
They Might Be Giants will headline Student Union Activities' free Day on the Hill music festival on May 3.
Michelle Dennard, Ablene junior and live music coordinator for SUA, has spent the past month scheduling the concert's performers.
"It worked out nicely," she said. "We'd decided the headliner some time ago, so we didn't have to put much energy into that and could devote more time to selecting the other bands."
SUA solicited taped auditions from bands wanting to perform in the show and selected its three favorites.
Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers, the Glitterkicks and Norman 360, all Lawrence bands, were selected.
Dennard said she was enthusiastic about the acts performing, especially They Might Be Giants.
The Gravel Pit, who is touring with They Might Be Giants, also will appear. The winner of the KJHK Farmer's Ball band contest, which will be held April 22, 23 and 25 at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., will open the concert.
"We've had some good bands in the past, but they haven't been as well-known," she said. "It's good to have a band that people recognize and will be excited about coming out to see."
Anthony Nicholson, Overland Park sophomore, said They Might Be Giants was a good choice for the event.
"Everyone loves them," he said,
"We're the kind of band that no one takes seriously, and that makes for a good, festival-like atmosphere."
SUA was allowed to spend up to $15,000 on the festival, but Dennard said the group would spend substantially less because of community and on-campus sponsors.
"We're spending more than we usually do on the talent fees," she said, "Usually the Lawrence bands play for free, but we're trying to help them out financially."
Dennard said she expected 8,000 people to attend the festival.
In addition to the musical entertainment, the festival will have a Twister contest and prize giveaways.
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