Leffel explains party platform
Rusty Leffel, Prairie Village junior and the Campus Coalition's candidate for student body president, said today. "The prospects for student participation under the Senate Code are exciting. The need for a strong and responsive KU student government is great. None of us can stand idly by."
Leffel explained that the Coalition's platform was divided into four parts: Academic, Campus, Extra-University and Internal Affairs, and that the Coalition is a group of independent coalitions within each school.
He said the Coalition's platform outlines areas of interest to students, and does not make decisions. The platform provides guidelines for programs of the Student Senate.
"My major goal for next year is to provide a means within the structure of student government through which we as students may participate in and express ourselves on the operations of our university." Leffel said.
"If we could answer all of the questions of a campaign in a platform," Leffel said, "there would be no need for student government. Our platform reflects programs and goals that we feel can be accomplished by a dedicated student body."
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Leffel said student government can be effective at KU, through what he termed "the student's sphere of influence."
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Editor's note: Beginning today the Kansan will feature news of the current campus election campaign on a regular basis until election day.
Leffel said the Campus Coalition does not believe in change for the sake of change, but in change for improvement.
Leffel concluded, saying, "A platform, campaign and election is only so much nothingness unless we can all mobilize and organize our efforts to affect the changes we seek in the University. A platform is only an opportunity to communicate issues, ideas and priorities of a candidate to the student body for their judgment."
The Coalition also issued its Academic Affairs platform, one of four major parts of the platform. The platform recommends a revision of the Western Civilization program, changes in requirements, more choice for freshman English, a more effective advisory system, expansion of the pass/no credit system and changes in enrollment procedures.
Edwards calls PSA planks 'pragmatic'
Mark Edwards, Emporia junior and Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) presidential candidate said today he feels his platform is "relevant specifically to KU and in being relevant to KU, it is revelant to society."
Edwards compared the general philosophy of the PSA platform to the Independent Student Party (ISP) and Campus Coalition
"One platform we find based on idealism and cliches while the other is composed of generalities," Edwards said. "Our platform is composed of pragmatic solutions that confront students directly at the University."
Rick von Ende, Abilene, Tex. graduate student and vice presidential candidate commented specifically on the social responsibility section of the PSA platform: "Our social action plans and our desire to develop social direction will work for improving society."
Recognition of the need to improve certain social aspects of the University also was mentioned by von Ende. "The PSA thinks this is a primary responsibility," he said, "and we've developed certain programs which will improve the intellectual and social atmosphere of KU."
ISP criticizes campus parties
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Aside from the release, Dave Awbrey, Hutchinson junior and ISP presidential candidate, offered comments on his and other platforms in terms of their relevance to KU and society.
Awbrey said the opposing platforms offered specific solutions without understanding the basic problem.
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The Independent Student Party (ISP) today issued a release in the form of a proposal for a fictitious election which portrays the intellectual gamble ISP feels is at stake in the April election.
The ISP release depicts the image of an isolated learning community whose students would be endangered by knowledge of the complexity of their environment and the world.
He suggested the example of selling beer in the Kansas Union. Awbrey said only a meaningful solution could be offered if there were the understanding that the basic problem is the paternalism of the University.
Awbrew then compared the other two platforms.
ISP then proclaims its fact from the fiction.
The release said, "ISP believes this campus is intricately involved in the national web... The Tower is the lie."
The release admits that ISP cannot change the nation, but suggests that it can start a
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"There is no difference at all because they say little or nothing."
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