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Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
WEATHER
77th Year, No.119
Expected high for today, according to the U.S. Bureau, is to be 70-75, with a 30 per cent chance of precipitation.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Lows tonight should reach 42-48.
Friday, April 21, 1967
Landslide for Craig
—UDK Photo by Pres Doudna
WHAT DO YOU KNOW? I WON
Hi, Mom! It's me, Kyle. Well, I made it. I got elected. Just one problem. Could you send me some spare underwear? Mine seems to have disappeared . . .
UP candidate leads party to big victory over North and Vox-2.276 to 950
Bm CHIP ROUSE
Kyle Craig and Brian Barker led the University Party to the largest margin of victory in its seven-year history last night.
The team of Craig for president and Barker for vice-president of the All-Student Council amassed a landslide total of 2,276 votes, compared to the 950 received by Ken North and Guy Davis of the Vox Populi team.
University Party candidates cleared eight of the nine newly elected seats on the ASC. Only in the business school did VOX prove victorious.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT his reaction to the election, Craig said, "I don't even want to wake up in the morning.
A total of 3,486 votes were cast in the election. This figure is considerably down from last spring's election when only 27 per cent of the student body turned out to vote.
The races for College Man and Woman were won by Bob Stewart, Sharon Hill, Pa., junior, and Barbara Larson, Topeka junior, respectively.
STEWART DEFEATED Gerry Riley, Kansas City sophomore, 574-437, and Miss Larson was victorious over Pam Gardner, Wichita sophomore, and Nancy Pinet, Lawrence sophomore, 487-314-196.
In the races for school representatives, Judy Strunk, Abilene
sophomore, defeated Holly Smith, Kirkwood, Mo., junior, and Kathy McCabe, Shawnee Mission junior, 119-57-37, for fine arts; John Smith, Atchison, Kan., first year law student, won an uncontested seat in the law school; Jeff Peterson, Moline, Ill., junior, won a close decision over Mike Michailles, Wichita junior, in the business school, 65-61; and Judy Whitaker, Topeka junior, won out over Patty Jeserich, Shawnee Mission junior, and Terry Eidison, Kansas City junior, 158-147-85 in the contest for school of education representative.
In the School of engineering, Ron Sutton, Junction City sophomore, defeated James Dreebelbis, Woodland Hills, Calif., senior, 181-89. Will Hardesty, Wheat Ridge, Colo., junior, won the journalism seat over Bill Kissell, Overland Park sophomore, 45-15; and Aky Hasham, Daressalaam, Tanza, Hashed Gordon Wood,
Pittsburg, in the graduate school.
The newly-elected officers of the junior class are; David Keesling, Herington sophomore, president; Jim Blakely, Topcka sophomore, vice-president; Cathy Wilson, Lawrence sophomore, secretary, and Margie Porter, Prairie Village sophomore, treasurer
burg, in the graduate school.
BRUDER STAPLETON, Fort Scott junior, is the new president of the senior class. Backing him up are his running mate, Dick Mellinger, Emporia junior, vicepresident; Karen Dunaway, Topeka junior, secretary, and Margaret High, Topeka junior, treasurer.
Bruce Dickson, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, will head the sophomore class next year. Heinig him will be Ted Gardiner, Garden City freshman, vice-president; Karen Humphreys, Ashland freshman, secretary, and Jenny Longley, Chicago, Ill., freshman, treasurer.
Craig happy and tired Barker calm, collected
The scene was tense in the "Hawklet" in Summerfield Hall basement as the election results were being counted.
Bu JOHN MARSHALL
Craig appeared very tired from the ambitious campaign he had conducted and his hands shook as he lifted a coke to his mouth.
Craig appeared tired
Red-eyed Kyle Craig and a calm Brian Barker (UF) rode to a landslide victory last night, defeating Ken North and Guy Davis (Vox) for student body president and vice president by over 1,300 votes.
Brian Barker, UP candidate with Craig for student body vice president, was calm, cool and collected.
The count was Craig-Barker,
2276 and North-Davis, 950.
"If I lose, I'm not going to stay here very damned long," Craig said.
"Win or lose," Barker said. "Kyle and I are surely looking
forward to the results because it's been a long campaign."
At 8.25, a member of the ASC elections committee announced that the results would be out in "about five minutes."
"One thing I do want to say before we do get the results," Craig said. "... We've had wonderful help from the UP workers—they did a terrific job."
People started to surround Craig, who was anxiously awaiting the results as he rubbed his black-circled eyes.
Craig interrupted a cood who asked him not to bite his nails just because the results were late being posted.
Winner surrounded
At 8:37 the announcement was made, and Craig was mobbed with handshakes, back slaps and cries of "go let's celebrate!"
"I'm absolutely petrified—why can't they hurry?" Craig said.
"I'll bite my nails down to the elbow if they don't get those results out pretty soon." Craig said.
"It's never felt so good to be tired in my life," Craig shouted.
The new student body president then said there were two things he wanted to accomplish next week.
While Craig stood by a phone waiting for a quick radio interview, he nervously pulled out his car keys and stared at them.
"First of all, I want to get back into blue jeans, and I can say 'damn' again," Craig said.
A girl shouted from the back, "What are you doing with your car keys?"
When asked about the results, Craig said the final vote was an indication that the UP platform and position UP took on the issues were winners—"not the candidates themselves."
"I haven't the slightest idea." Craig shouted back.
Celebration followed
Early supporters get voting returns
Celebration honored Craig, Barker, Don Chubb, president of UP and Al Martin, outgoing student body president
Bv MARILYN ZOOK
Continued on page 3
Unexpected early election results caught many candidates and supporters off guard last night and only about 50 people were gathered in the Hawklet when the results were posted.
No one appeared to be surprised at the winners. Candidates congratulated each other as Kyle Craig, student body president winner, looking pleased and relieved, lit up a cigar.
THE REAL SURPRISE came when the landslide votes were posted.
"I want you to know I just joined UP." one girl said as the results were posted.
ENTHUSIASM WAS LOW in the hour before the results were posted. Only about 25 people were present when the first announcement that results would be out by 8 came. Candidates speculated on the results quietly and rumors spread in the final minutes.
VOX candidates were for the most part pessimistic as rumors circulated that UP was winning everything. A few VOX members discussed plans for next year's election even before the final vote was announced.
The results were posted at 8:30 p.m., four hours earlier than previous years.
DON CHUBB, president of UP, said the early results were expected by the election committee.
"We used the computers more, had more people tabulating results and started an hour earlier than past years," he said.
Although Hawklet vigilants were doubtful that the results would soon be out, people began to gather slowly around the post the results would be posted on. Most of the speculation, however, had stopped as candidates and supporters waited anxiously for the posting.
MOST OF THE LOSING CANDIDATES glanced hopefully at the listings and then wandered back. The winners, it goes without saying, they were happy, relieved and tired. But not too tired to celebrate.
Full results on page 2