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"I was fairly sure he was an ex officio, non-voting member, but I was looking through rules and regs to find the exact rule," Thomas said. "By the time I found it, it had already been voted on."
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Thomas said he later approached Kaplan and pointed out the rule, but didn't call for a revote because 10 to 15 committee members had already left.
Khayet voted against the bill, but said Knopp should have a vote on it, despite the non-voting membership rule.
KNOPP: Voting rules and practices questioned
"That rule is used to check against abuse, but he's been on the committee for the entire year," Khayet said, "and like any other student he should be able to vote."
Ng said he never voted as president because he had veto power, speaking rights and other ways to influence legislation.
"Usually in committees I tried to stay out as much as I could," Ngsaid.
Knopp said Ng's situation was different because he floated from committee to committee rather than being a steadfast member of one.
Mills said that even if the rules didn't explicitly forbid Knopp from voting in one committee, past presidents had always understood them that way. He said that the fact that Knopp was one of the bill's co-authors also presented a conflict of interest.
"To vote somewhat illegally on something that benefits you directly in order to clear the vote, I think that's a little unethical." Mills said.
The student executive committee will discuss the complaint tonight before full Senate meets.
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PULITZER: Aneurysm work wins prize for alumnus
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could actually have an aneurysm," he wrote in a Journal essay, part of the 10-story package that won the Pulitzer.
After doing research on what an aneurysm was and how it would affect his life, Helliker realized that most people - doctors included - didn't really understand what aneurysms do, and what steps people can take to monitor and repair them.
Helliker decided to work with Burton on the both informative and personal series of stories.
"The popular perception is that an aneurysm is something you die from instantly, like getting hit by lightning," Helliker said. "People showed a tremendous appetite for information, and a tremendous frustration with the medical community."
The articles informed people of options for screenings and surgeries that even their own doctors didn't know to tell them, Helliker said. Aneurysm research is so young and so isolated, many doctors don't yet know what advice to give patients, and patients don't know when to screen for the enlarged arteries.
When Helliker's personal
"There's a lingering feeling in the medical community that it's a helpless situation," he said.
accounts of dealing with the fear often associated with aneurysms ran in late April last year, readers responded.
"The response was overwhelming," Helliker said of the hundreds of letters the newspaper received praising the work. "I couldn't keep up with it."
In the articles, Helliker informed readers that the problem was genetic. If a father or grandfather died of an aneurysm rupturing, there is a good chance another relative might have the same problem.
Helliker said he heard from readers who, after learning of the genetics of the disease, got screened and found they had aneurysms.
When found early, aneurysms can be monitored, and if necessary, treated with surgery.
"Kevin saw this not merely as a personal thing, but as a story. That's what makes him such a great reporter," said Dan Hertzberg, deputy managing editor at the Journal.
The readers thanked Helliker for his work in a way no editor or panel of judges ever could.
"Who needs a Pulitzer Prize," Helliker said, "when you have people tell you that you saved their lives?"
Ninth inning
Monday night in Chicago when he was watching the
Kansas City Royals surge back in the ninth inning against the White Sox, Helliker said he thought about his path toward journalism at the University.
"I had been at KU for four years," he said. "I didn't take a journalism class until my last year. The Kansan was kind of my ninth inning."
Working at the Kansan before graduating in 1982 gave Helliker discipline, made him think about writing and allowed him the opportunity to find a job where he could do what he loved - writing.
"By the end of my beginning reporting class, it was clear that Kevin would have his choice of numerous job offers," said Ted Frederickson, professor of journalism.
And just as the Kansan helped Helliker find his profession, his prize-winning series on aneurysms helped shape Helliker's focus within his profession.
"With these stories, I have kind of found my calling," he said.
Helliker has considered himself a generalist for most of his writing career, but after the way the aneurysm series helped people, he has more health care stories planned, he said.
"Everybody has a profound interest in health care, and the things that can go wrong with it," he said.
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