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KANSAN
April 15,2004
IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.131
Election hits pavement
By Dave Nobles
dnobles@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Coalitions wage message war in chalk
Throughout the class have swept through campus in darkness, leaving behind only their battle colors. Chalkers are the footmen of the campaign battle, delivering their coalition's message all over campus.
Throughout the election season, they
The largest battle of the year was on Wescoe Beach. Chalkers from both Delta Force and KUnited filled the beach with chalk, covering nearly every inch with their coalitions' names.
camps stormed campus again, but with the intent of smaller messages over a larger area, said Steve Munch, Bellevue, Neb, sophomore and KUnited presidential candidate.
Tuesday night, chalkers from both
"I don't think you'll see anything the magnitude of Wescoe Beach," Munch said. "That was a one time thing."
Chalking has increased in importance as both coalitions vie for the attention of the student body, said Brian Thomas, Plano, Texas, senior, and Delta Force member.
"It's like a chalk arms race," Thomas said. "We're the chalk minutemen and
Anne Iverson, Le Mars, Iowa, sophomore, chalked for Delta Force Tuesday night. Twenty to 30 Delta Force campaign members chalked for three hours throughout campus. Delta Force used about 15 boxes, or 780 pieces of chalk, during the campaign.
SEE PAVEMENT ON PAGE 7A
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Business faculty, students disagree over 'Apprentice'
By Rupal Gor
rgor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
"You're fired!" has become a familiar phrase throughout America each week as Donald Trump has ordered a competitor to leave the NBC reality show, The Apprentice.
Tonight is the two-hour finale of the show, and the 16 original candidates are now down to two: Bill and Kwame. Faculty and students in the business school at the University of Kansas have their opinions about the show and its ways of incorporating business tactics into the different tasks each week.
Candidates on the show have been competing with other business people to earn a job at The Trump Organization and a $250,000 salary. Competitors teamed into two groups and worked on tasks using business strategies such as management, finance, promotions and sales to win Trump's approval.
Students in Lisa Bergeron's finance class occasionally talk about the show. The business lecturer said that a couple of weeks ago she had her students vote on who would be offered the job in the end. Students who voted correctly will get five extra credit points, she said.
Bergeron said that her class has a set curriculum, but it would be interesting to see a
APPRENTICE IS TOPS
The last episode of The Apprentice is tonight at 8 on NBC, Sunflower Broadband channels 8 and 14.
The Apprentice is first in network television rating among ages 18 to 49.
The Apprentice is first in network television rating among ages 18 to 49.
Show Viewers in millions
1. The Apprentice (NBC) 13.7
2. American Idol (Fox) 13.0
3. ER (NBC) 12.1
4. American Idol (Fox) 11.5
5. Survivor: All-Stars (CBS) 10.2
Source: Nielsen Ratings from the USA Today Web site, www.usatoday.com
class analyze and discuss the show on a deeper level. Although the show is reflective of strategies in the business world, it also portrays business as constantly intense, she said. And that's unlike the real world.
Elizabeth Stopsky, St Louis senior, never misses watching The Apprentice. She even has her friends tape it if she has to miss it. She said the show let people see what the business world is really like.
The show's best business strategies are
SEE APPRENTICE ON PAGE 8A
Senate campaigns continue
By Andy Marso
amarso@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Delta Force and KUnited candidates and supporters were out in full force yesterday encouraging students to vote in the Student Senate elections.
With the polls remaining open until 4 p.m. today, students should expect more of the same until then. Students can vote from any on-campus computer lab or at polling sites in front of Wescoe Hall, at Mrs. E's, GSP-Corbin Hall and the Student Recreation Fitness Center.
The campaigners were restricted from approaching students within 100 feet of the polling sites. But many of them concentrated their efforts near those areas, leaving some students annoyed.
Both coalitions had at least 50 people each actively campaigning for them yesterday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., while the physical polling sites were open.
"I understand they're trying to promote themselves, but they could relax a little with people who have to get someplace," Katie Zumbehl, Westwood freshman, said.
Zumbehl and her friend Christine Maxwell, Prairie Village freshman, live in GSP-Corbin. They said were approached outside the hall multiple times by KUUnited supporters yesterday.
Catherine Bell, student-body vice pres
SEE SENATE ON PAGE 8A
Negative flier vexes Delta Force candidates
By Andy Marso
amarso@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Delta Force members are angry about a flier accusing the coalition of being anti-greek.
The flier, which emerged yesterday, encourages greeks to vote against Delta Force, which it said was created "to disrupt the amount of power and representation that Greeks have on campus."
The flier highlights an editorial written by Delta Force co-founder Matt Caldwell in 1999, calling it, "The Last Straw." The editorial, entitled "Why Fraternities Should Be Abolished," was published in the Kaw Valley Independent newspaper, according to the flier.
The flier goes on to state that Delta Force has never represented greeks and never will.
SEE FLIER ON PAGE 8A
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