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Tuesday, April 8, 1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Get out and Vote!
1997 Student Senate Candidates
In answer to the question, In 30 words or less, state one goal you would like to accomplish if elected.
Architecture and Urban Design
Chad Boomgaarden (UNITE) - No Comment
Adrienne Goodwin (D-Force) - No Comment
Kami Kinkaid (UNITE) - No Comment
Dave Tomlinson (D-Force) - No Comment
Education
Mary Novascone (UNITE) - If elected, I hope to increase the communication between student senators and the students of K.U. Since I would be a voice of the students, why not listen to their opinions and work for them.
Business
Chris Gentry (D-Force) - No Comment
Scott Merchant (UNITE) - I would like to help faculty evaluations become public to the students of KU.
Zach Svoboda (UNITE) - No Comment.
Engineering
Regan Bramblett (UNITE) - No Comment
John Colbert (Ind.) - Abolish student senate and crown myself king of the monarchy that would replace it.
Holly Coulter (UNITE) - No Comment
Sergio Guerra (D-Force) - No Comment
Kelly Jones (UNITE) - No Comment
Anthony Nicholson (D-Force) - If elected, I would make it a goal to organize the Senate to lobby for more funding for computers and technology, to ensure the high level of our education.
Jeff Schaller (D-Force) - I would like to voice my opinions, and those of engineers on this campus, on the issues at the meetings.
Fine Arts
Kate Ascheman (UNITE) - My main goal if elected is to make student evaluation available to all students, with linear tuition students need to know if the instructors they are receiving are worth the amount of money we are spending on our education.
Dominique Boucard (UNITE) - No Comment
Renee Greenberg (D-Force) - I would like to help create a solid recycling program through the university.
Law
Brian Goodman (UNITE) - Another issue to be solved is to get KU computer facilities up to a level similar to those public institutions at our level. Alok Srivastava (UNITE)- The one goal I would specifically like to accomplish is to get more students feedback and student's involvement with university affairs.
Non-Traditional
Grace Budenbender (UNITE) - No Comment.
Jason Littlejohn (UNITE) - Honestly, there are two, a return to pre-linear tuition and faculty evaluations.
Pharmacy
Cole Forbes (UNITE) - Making faculty evaluation open to students is my primary goal. This could improve the quality of teaching as well as allow students to make better choices when enrolling.
Jenni Nieva (UNITE) - I would like to increase the student population that is aware of the issues the Senate is working with and improve their knowledge on how they can become a part of those issues.
Anthony Kitchen (D-Force) - My greatest goal is to represent the purpose and values of the social welfare profession. I will be open with any social welfare student's suggestion while in general educating the people in the school on the events in the senate. Christy Lamble (D-Force) - One goal I have as a Social Welfare Senator is to report back to the students about what Senate is working on, and what issues concern students in the school. Unfortunately, most students never know what student senate is doing, and don't feel that the decisions made affect them.
Jamie Hart (UNITE) - No Comment.
Erika Nutt (UNITE) - No Comment.
Journalism
Jeff Auslander (UNITE) - The coordinated KU/city-wide bus system. We will have greater access to campus across Lawrence. This access will be available to everyone. Tony Fonk (UNITE) - No Comment.
Residential
Katie Donnally (UNITE) - Since I am running for Residential senator, I would like to further involve resident halls, scholarship halls, and Jayhawk Towers with student senate, either by committees or awareness. Keena McClendan (D-Force) - No Comment.
Off-Campus
Whitney Black (D-Force) - I want a reliable, effective escort
Whitney Black (D-Force) - I want a reliable, effective escort program, so students feel safe on campus at all times, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make this promise a reality.
Jen Bonicelli (UNITE) - No Comment
Ana Calderon (UNITE) - I would like to continue my quest to make sure that every single student organization no matter what their goal has a chance at senate funding and a fair "trial."
Matt Dunbar (D-Force) - Helping the University to work with the city in establishing an effective city wide bus service as opposed to throwing money at an aging (if not dying) bus program on campus.
Lidia Faverman (D-Force) - No Comment.
Lidia Faverman (D-Force) - No Comment.
Steve Grant (UNITE) - In my opinion it is faculty evaluations. I don't want to upset faculty, but I think it is necessary/beneficial for student to know all about the teacher before being enrolled in the class.
Dion Jones (UNITE) - No Comment.
Danielle Madeira (UNITE) - No comment.
Mike O'Neill (D-Force) - No comment.
Natalie Sullivan (D-Force) - Some of my other goals include installing hand dryers in bathrooms instead of wasting paper towels, switching to campus wide compact fluorescent lighting to save energy, working on a student choice dissection policy, and transportation improvements like city wide bussing and bike lanes, and improving campus wide GTA support.
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Matt Bachand (D-Force) - I would force senate to acknowledge responsibility and accountability to the Lawrence community. Partnerships with Haskell and the city are economically viable and could only improve life at KU Jen Barker (UNITE) - No Comment. Lisa Brady (UNITE) - No Comment. Ward Cook (UNITE) - If elected, I will continue my efforts to improve safety and parking on campus. I will continue to encourage more student parking with little to no increase in fees. I will also encourage more blue lights and other safety issues to increase the safety of KU students. Colleen Devaney (UNITE) - No comment. Julie Felkner (D-Force) - I would like to involve the average student who normally does not know what happens in student senate by publicizing the meetings and allowing for regular student input.
Larry Gibbs (D-Force) - I would like to get a resolution of support from senate with respect to the B.S. Biology debacle.
Kelly Huffman (UNITE) - No comment.
Becca Kelley (UNITE) - I would like to see a centralized and improved advising center/system and I would like to be a part of the implementation and communication process.
Chris Kemp (UNITE) - I would like to see greater involvement by the KU student in student senate. I would like to have more input from student body.
Dale Knipp (UNITE) - Put in as much input as possible to Senate meetings.
Amanda Landes (UNITE) - I would like to work in conjunction with the Roger Hill Volunteer Center (United Way) as well as other organizations in order to give students an increased opportunity to gain fulfilling experience in the community (major related).
Brad Leckron (D-Force) - No comment.
Joshua Mermis (UNITE) - No comment.
Julie Numrich (UNITE) - I would like to see students become more aware of the things that students do. I would also think that the publicity that student senate gets could be more positive.
Andy Schauder (UNITE) - No comment.
Sara Schreck (D-Force) - No comment.
Rachel Schwartz (D-Force) - No comment.
Amy Stetzler (D-Force) - No comment.
Rochelle Votaw (D-Force) - No comment.
Nunemaker
Erin Carlson (UNITE) - No comment.
Jason Daniels (D-Force) - We are required to learn about
dead white men while we are here at school. If elected I would work to increase the study of women's issues on campus both in the classroom and organizations like the Emily Taylor Resource Center and give funding to a group even if it has the word feminist in it.
Danner Evans (UNITE) - No comment.
Charles Henderson (UNITE) - No comment.
Seth Hoffman (D-Force) - To make student senate the actual voice of students rather than a resume builder for budding politicians.
Marina Jaffe (D-Force) - No comment.
Scott Kaiser (UNITE) - To destroy hostilities between Greeks and non-Greeks. Also, improve the food quality at G S P.
Shannon Kelley (UNITE) - No comment.
Shannon Martin (D-Force) - Completely recreate student senate into a body motivated by active individuals. I would like to see senate working to make sure the student's best interest is taken into account for every University policy.
Molly McNearney (UNITE) - I would like to take care of the parking problem on campus. We need more parking space, leading to less frustration.
Kristen Merchant (UNITE) - No comment.
Jessica Mikels (D-Force) - Beyond breaking down the communication barrier I would also like to work with GTA's so that training and benefits both could be made available to them.
Jeff Morrison (UNITE) - No comment.
Luke Pfannenstal (D-Force) - I would like to use the senate web page as well as ads in the Kansan as a way of informing the student body about issues and actions student senate is undertaking
Chris Roark (UNITE) - No comment.
Dede Seibel (UNITE) - No comment.
Tiffany Seeman (UNITE) - I would like to improve the transportation system to make it as efficient as possible. Better routes and a system between the city of Lawrence and KU on Wheels need to be implemented.
Jason Thompson (D-Force) - I would like to see Student Senate become proactive rather than reactive. We need to address problems at KU as quickly as possible, before they get out of hand.
lan Wilbur (D-Force) - I would like to see real change in the student senate. I would work to encourage more students to get involved in taking an activist stance on issues that affect them.
Kellv Watson (UNITE) - No comment.
Shawna Wright (D-Force) - The realization of a campus-wide recycling program is a priority to me. This goal requires action in addition to initiative, so senate involvement is key to its success.
Graduate
Amy Anderson (UNITE) - No comment.
Amy Anfleetbuff (UNITE) - No comment.
Rob Dill (UNITE) - No comment.
Christine Dixon (UNITE) - No comment.
Jordan Farrow (D-Force) - To address students' concerns with listening, rather than talking (e.g., students have some great ideas, but may not always have the time or resource to implement needed change).
Jim Green (UNITE) - No comment.
Robert Grisaffe (UNITE) - I would hope to accomplish the goal of allowing graduate students more interaction in classrooms with undergrads through joint classes teacher assistant positions and graduate teaching positions.
Bob Hershberger (D-Force) - No comment.
Mark Horowitz (D-Force) - No comment.
Rob MacRae (D-Force) - No comment.
Monique Madeira (UNITE) - No comment.
Pat Mazumdar (UNITE) - No comment.
Matt McClorey (UNITE) - No comment.
Matt Milroy (UNITE) - No comment.
Max Myers (UNITE) - I would like to see increased spending on technology, mainly computer labs, etc.
Amy Rosenberg (UNITE) - I want to bring graduate students together socially to increase school spirit and foster a sense of the KU graduate community.
Dave Stras (UNITE) - My personal goal is to lobby to allow legal service for student to advise student in administrative proceeding against the University.
Brian Wolfe (UNITE)
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