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VOLUME 121 ISSUE 134
STRONG ENDORSEMENTS
KUnited gains student athlete support
Jerry Wang/NAMSEnvision candidates Devon Cantwell, left, a sophomore from Topeka, and Ross Ringer, a sophomore from Prairie Village, (excluding moderator, center, Kaitlyn Green, a senior from Fort Hays) and KUInited candidates, Michael Wade Smith, a junior from Goodland, and Megan Ritter, a sophomore from Overland Park, engage in a debate hosted by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Both parties spoke on a variety of platforms such as non-revenue sport fees. The SAAC chose to endorse UKinted at the end of the debate.
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Study up on: Student Senate platforms
Student Senate elections begin Wednesday and candidates are tackling some recurring issues, such as textbooks and sustainability, but also introducing new ideas and approaches to their platforms.
- Annie Vangsnes
Envision
Envision Presidential Candidate Ross Ringer said Envision's key platforms are its cost-reduction plan for textbooks and its work-for-credit internship program. Dinger said from the coalition's research they've found that
Ringer said from the coalition's research, they've found that students at the University are paying about $1.5 to $2 million more than what they would be paying if professors turned in textbook paperwork on time. KU Bookstores is receiving twice the amount of the paperwork as it did last year because of new regulations from the Higher Education Opportunity Act that enforce stricter deadlines. However, some paperwork is still turned in late.
"The problem is that there's no enforcement mechanism to make sure that professors are really following through with it," Ringer said. "It's kind of an empty statement."
Ringer said the coalition wants to e-mail professors to remind them of upcoming deadlines and start a petition to raise awareness among students so they know the effects of the deadlines. Division's work-for-credit program. Ringer said, would work to improve
Envision's work-for-credit program, Ringer said, would work to make college more affordable by integrating normal classes and full-time internships. It would allow students to be paid for internships gain career experience and earn 12 credits, while retaining full-time student status.
To find out more about the rest of Envision's platforms go to envisionyourku.org.
BY ELLIOT METZ emetz@kansan.com
After holding its fourth annual Student Senate town hall meeting, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee has decided to endorse KUnited in the upcoming elections.
The event was held Monday at the Wagnon Student Athlete Center and featured the presidential and vice presidential candidates for KUnited and Envision answering questions from about sixty student athletes in attendance.
"We very excited about the endorsement from SAAC," said Michael Wade Smith, presidential candidate for KUnited. "Student athletes play so many roles, including those of student leaders. I think it says a lot about our platforms and our leadership style."
Here is some of what the candidates had to say:
Presidential Candidate for Envision
"Our main goals are to lower the cost of textbooks and create comprehensive internship programs for students."
"The big reason for high textbook costs is that professors aren't getting their re-adoption forms in on time."
when asked which platform he would push most if forced to choose one. Ringer said he thought their work for credit internship program was the most important.
MICHAEL WADE SMITH
Decidential Candidate for United
"The new pool is something we need to get done, and the money and the plans are already there."
"We do want to do the textbook rental program. It's a good thing."
We do want to do the textbook rental program, it's a good thing. When asked which platform he would push most if forced to choose one, Smith said that KUnited's sustainability platform was the most important.
KUNITED
SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 3A
KUnited Presidential Candidate Michael Wade Smith said the coalition's key platforms are multicultural engagement and environmental sustainability at the University.
The coalition's multicultural engagement platform advocates diversity training at Student Senator orientation and obligates senators to attend a certain number of programs throughout the year to increase their understanding of multicultural issues.
"At KU, we often times say we're very diverse,very multicultural,but we don't always represent that in everything we do,"Smith said.
He said the platform would not only focus on having multiculturalism present, but also have people "engaged" with it.
Smith said sustainability at the University is another key issue,but that coalitions haven't looked at it in a broad enough sense. He said cooperation with administration is imperative to making changes and the first goal is to encourage the chancellor to sign the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, which would place the University's sustainability at a top priority throughout the entire campus.The coalition wants to set up plans for the University to be fully sustainable within a set number of decades.
To find out more about the rest of KUnited's platforms go to kunited.org.
Edited by Anna Archibald
LECTURE
O'Connor gives inspiration to law students
Sandra Day O'Connor delivered an annual law lecture Monday
At 80 years old with nearly 25 years experience as a Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor spoke vibrantly Monday evening. She talked with a group of law students, faculty, and practicing lawyers at the Dole Institute of Politics. O'Connor made the crowd
BY ERIN BROWN
ebrown@kansan.com
Retired Supreme Court Justice O'Connor gave the second annual Shook, Hardy, & Bacon Center for Excellence in Advocacy Lecture Monday night. The lecture took the form of a fireside chat with Judge Deanell Reece Tacha of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
"It's hard to be a good advocate," O'Connor said. "You want to make your arguments flow like a conversation would flow."
was established two years ago as a partnership between the University of Kansas School of Law and the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon to promote the study of advocacy for aspiring trial lawyers. The center is intended to create opportunities for practicing lawyers, judges, and law students to come together to discuss issues that are important in the practice of law, Gail Agrawal, Dean of the KU School of Law said.
laugh with a few jokes, but also told her story of perseverance and determination, rich with advice for aspiring lawyers.
The Shook, Hardy, & Bacon Center for Excellence in Advocacy
Agrawal served as O'Connor's law clerk during the 1984-1985 term and said the retired justice's visit is especially important to her.
"A visit of a Supreme Court justice is always a very special event
at a law school, and this is particularly special to me," Agrawal said. "It is very nice for me to be able to host her here in Kansas and also to introduce her to our students, and so many of my friends in the KU Law community."
O'Connor spoke about a variety of topics, including her day-to-day life as a Supreme Court justice, the importance of cooperation among the nine Supreme Court justices, and her first trip to Washington, D.C. to speak with then-President Ronald Reagan when she was a candidate for the next Supreme Court nominee.
SEE LECTURE ON PAGE 3A
The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor speaks at the Dole Institute of Politics on the campus of the University of Kansas on Monday. O'Connor told her story of perseverance and provided advice for the aspiring lawyers in attendance.
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