University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 20, 1989
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Lobbyists have long tradition
by Mary Neubauer Kansan staff writer
The word "lobbyist" often conjures the image of big-moneyed lawyers backed by even bigger-moneyed covenants to pedicle influence on Capitol Hill.
Rae Forker Evans disagrees
Evans, the vice president of national affairs for Hallmark Cards and executive lecturer, said yesterday at a speech sponsored by the School of Business that lobbying was an old and honorable call based on the First Amendment right to assemble.
"The first 10 amendments were achieved through public pressure and private persuasion, through the work of popular lobbyists who thought a society of sheep would be destroyed by government of wolves." Evans said.
Lobbyists came into being, she said, to ensure that minorities' rights were represented in a Constitution that would ensure equal rights for blacks, American Indians or poor
Hallmark executive describes their origin, history, function
and only a handful of Catholics and Jews.
Lobbying has changed along with political and business trends since the beginning of the country. Evans said.
She called the first lobbyists an army of creatures in the New York Legislature. They created a paunchy, cigar-smoking image for lobbyists, who kept spittons within reaching distance, she said.
With the Roosevelt and Wilson eras came an attitude favoring longevity, she said, and the motto, "To get along, go along."
Politics and lobbying changed again under the Lyndon Johnson administration, she said.
Evans said Johnson called the people who ran Capitol Hill a herd of
bulls and adopted a policy for working out legislation problems before they reached the Congressional floor
"He liked to work things out in the cloak room and the committee room, and then, when it was all worked out, it could go to the floor." she said.
Lobbyists find it hard to make themselves heard on the Hill today, Evans said, because their numbers have increased to more than 15,000.
They have become such a force on the Hill, she said, that Bob Dole, Senate minor leader, said the term change to "mariety pleaser" could be changed to "mariety pleaser."
Dis jockeys became lobbyists six weeks ago, Evans said, when Congress proposed a pay raise that required more than doubled members' salaries.
The nation's disc jockeys broadcast news of the pay raise across the country, and listeners called in with their opinions.
"Congress came face to face with its constituents and Congress blinked," she said. "Essentially we've all become lobbyists. Much worse could happen to a democracy, I think."
John Sathiamoorty, Lawrence resident, said he was disappointed that Evans was not able to comment on her work specifically, but he did not believe that she couldn't because it would hurt Hallmark's future strategies.
Kris Wesley, Lawrence graduate student, said she was glad that Evans spoke at the University of Kansas because Evans was the first speaker the School of Business had been able to bring this semester.
"I was very impressed with her as a woman lobysty." Dowsell said. "I also thought it was funny that she said she was nervous about speaking to us after she speaks with Congressmen every day."
No boom in STDs this year at Watkins
by Kris M. Bergquist Kansan staff writer
For the first time in five years, tans may be the only thing KU students brought back from Spring Break.
For the past five years, Watkins Memorial Health Center has noticed increased numbers of cases of sexually transmitted diseases among students after Spring Break. However, this year was different.
"This is a very surprising year," said Jody Woods, practitioner nurse at Watkins. "You would never know that Spring Break ever hit us."
Woods attributed the change to different attitudes.
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"Overall, the females and the
Overall, the females and the males seem to be much more particular, and they care more about their own health than they used to. I think that maybe people have realized that nothing is free and everyone is going to be paying a price sooner or later."
— Jody Woods practitioner nurse at Watkins
own health than they used to," Woods said. "I think that maybe people have realized that nothing is free and there are no reasons to be paying a price sooner or later."
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins, said that specific statistics on the decrease wouldn't be available until the end of April, but he said that he had not inflicted a decrease in the number of patients with sexually transmitted diseases.
males seem to be much more particular, and they care more about their
"It would be a first if higher awareness and caution was the case, but so far it looks good," Yockey said.
Yockey said that two years ago, the average number of visitors by people with sexually transmitted diseases was between 350 and 450 a month.
"This year, we are impressed," Yockey said. "I don't really know the reason for the decrease. I h.pet that people are becoming more concerned about their sexual relationships. We need to be careful and regering other places to be seen."
After that Spring Break, the number of visits doubled to 870. The same pattern emerged last year.
Mark Weller, Mount Prospect, Ill., junior, said he took the information he had read about sexual diseases seriously and bought condoms before he went to Padre Island for Spring Break.
"For one week of fun, I don't need to catch something that will be with me for the rest of my life." Weller said.
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