THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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VOL. 99, NO.130
Common Cause sweeps Senate
by Stan Diel
and John P. Milburn
Kansan staff writers
Common Cause scored a near shutout in yesterday's Student Senate election, 49-3.
Of the 2.575 balls cast, 175, or 6.8 percent, were not for a presidential candidate
student Senate Election Results
B. Jake White and Jeff Morris were elected student body president and vice president as the Common Cause coalition swept the elections, winning every seat for which they had a candidate.
See related story p. 3, col. 5
White and Morris were elected by an 800-vote margin, ahead of Scott Hedrick and James Cervi of Certain Impact.
Total votes Percentage votes
Common Cause
B. Jake White, president
Jeff Morris, vice president
1,346 52.3
Certain Impact
Scott Hedrick, president
James Corr, vice president
525 20.4
New Blood
Brad Sanders, president
John Fawcett, vice president
276 10.7
The Answer
Amy Baker, president
Beth Skinner, vice president
99 3.8
Independent
Brian Wika, president
57 2.2
Progressive Idealists
Bryan Swan, president
James Fischer, vice president
50 1.9
On Track
Ken Babcock, president
Byron Webster, vice president
47 1.8
Condom Referendum
Yes 2,007 No 538
Other results
on page 3
"We woven every single seat; it was a "clean sweat," said White, North Platte, Neb., junior. "I never expected to win them all. I had hoped that and I set that goal. I thought it was impossible, but we had no way of knowing."
Morris, Salina junior, showed the spoils of victory with laughter and beer-sweaked clothing. However, he said, he hoped other coalition's members would participate actively in the Senate.
"I'm just glad everybody won," Morris said. "Everybody worked so hard. I'm very happy.
"The other coalfires did a really good job. Entering on such short notice, it was incredible how organized they were. I really hope they get involved. Everything from New Blood to Critical Impact to On Track. They have good ideas, and I hope we listen to them."
Morris said having a majority in the Senate would not mean that only one point of view would be expressed.
"I think a lot of people might be scared; they might think, 'They're all in the same group,'" Morris said. "But with the diversity we have from all the different living groups. I hope we can represent everybody."
"We'll listen; that's one of our big goals, to listen to people. All they've do is talk to us. We'll just do our best. That's all we can hope to do."
Stephen Kline/KANSAN
For president and vice president,
Common Cause received 1,346 votes;
Certain Impact 525; New Blood 276;
the answer 99; Brian Wika 57; Progressive Idealists 50; and On Track 47
Student Senate seats for which they could run. They did not have a candidate for the 50th, a pharmacy seat. The candidates also were elected.
Brian Stern, Senate Electors
cochairman, said the vote turnout was
about what was expected. Decreased
turnout was not a great con-
cern, he said.
More than 2,500 ballots were cast in the two-day election, down from last year's 3,878. Stern, Northbrook, Ill., junior, said several ballots were determined invalid by the committee and not counted. Not all students who voted for the Senate seats voted for president, he said.
Common Cause won 49 of the 50
Vote counting was completed by 9:30 p.m., Stern said.
"This is the earliest we have ever been finished with an election." he
said.
The counting process was not slowed by a fire alarm which went off at 7:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall, where votes were being tabulated. A remote microphone check by KJHK set off the alarm.
Karen Sanger, KJIK reporter,
said that when the station was
preparing to interview Stern, the fire
had been extinguished. He check
set the airbag alarm again.
Police and firefighters were called to the scene as about 20 students left the building. Election committee KJHK moved its equipment outside.
A false fire alarm also occurred during the ballot count last year.
Kansan reporters Kris M. Berquist and Candy Niemann contributed information to this story.
After hearing that he is new student body president, B. Jake White of the Common Cause coalition gets a congratulatory hug from president Brook Menees.
Students approve of condom machines
Kansan staff writer
by Kris M. Bergquist
Kanean staff writer
Condom machines was the question, and the answer was ves.
In yesterday's Student Senate elections, KU students were asked whether they wanted condom machines on campus and if so they had. Some of them voted 2,007 votes in favor of and 338 votes against condom machines.
"The referendum is simply an expression of student opinion," said Becki Newburn, chairman of the Student Senate AIDS Task Force.
"Perhaps it will make the administration more aware of the students' needs and wants."
The referendum will go to Chancellor Gene A. Budig, who will make the final decision about whether condom machines will be installed in campus buildings, said the chairman of the elections committee.
The AIDS task force will sponsor a public forum about the referendum at 7 p.m. April 24 in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas University.
Senate proposed six areas where
condom machines would be installed: residence halls/scholarship halls, Kansas Union/Burge Union, Robinson Center, libraries, Atlanta Memorial Health Center and rehabs in other University buildings.
By a margin of at least 1,000 votes, voters favored placing condom machines in all the areas except for the libraries and Robinson, which passed by fewer votes. By a 10-to-1 margin, voters favored installing the machines in residence and scholarship halls.
Newburn. Lawrence junior, said it was important to have condom machines in the halls.
"There are a good number of students living in the residence and scholarship halls who are sexually active. There's no doubt about it," Newburn said "Having a condom vending machine would in no way promote promiscuity. The students have totally made the choice already."
Christine Stanek, support group chairman for Common Cause, said the coalition's stance on the issue
was aligned with the students' decision.
"However the referendum has worked out, we would have supported the students' opinions," said Stanek. St. Charles, Ma. senior and off-campus senator-elect. "We want to make sure that the students get what they want."
In spite of an amendment to the referendum that took out the phrase, "The University of Kansas should place 'condom machines' in the fol-
See CONDOM, p. 6, col. 4
Campus pagans sponsor forum on their beliefs, rituals, magic
by Max Evans
Kansan staff writer
Magic, Maypoles, reincarnation and a safe-sex orgy were just a few of the topics discussed last night at an informational forum sponsored by the Campus Pagan
After a short listening of singing and introductions, the two-and-a-half hour event began with a comment directed at the teacher. She signed in Sue Westwind, Lawrence graduate student.
About 130 people turned out at the Burge
union for "A Pagan Springtime."
"in our practices, there is no Satanism, nor heresy," Westwind said. "We are here to take care of the planet. The earth is being destroyed is to, as the equivant of a sin."
"We hope you are enjoying the fruits of the rain-magic we have been doing." Westwind
But, before waiting for a response, West-wind denounced any affiliation between witches, which is what the pagan members are called, and Satanism.
Westwind said society's recent preoccupation with "Satanic ritual abuse" had caused a fear of being targeted by other groups to falsely label any group practicing rituals and magic as Satanists.
"I have never seen a criminal act by any pagan or witch," Westwind said.
But even though the group does not practice criminal acts, Dorcas Rebanha, Network member, said some members had healing powers and practiced magic. How did the magic was not like that on television.
Focusing on the historical aspects of the pagan religion rather than on the current practices of witchcraft, the third speaker at the forum, Stephen Figgins, Lawrence sophomore, said that various natural phenomena, including the phases of the sun and moon and the chasing of the seasons determined when pagans gathered together for celebration.
She said the magic was powerful, and sometimes the effects could not be predicted accurately, so it was not to be performed without first considering the consequences.
"You could be having a picnic and do some magic for a sunny day and, who knows, maybe that's what caused this drought," Rebana said.
"It's not like, 'Bewitched', where you wuggle your nose and the dinner is ready," *Rachel* says.
Figgins said the largest festival came May 1, which is now celebrated as May Day. Figgins said that both then and now the festival was held on a purple pole, decorated with flowers and streamers.
"The Maypole was like the penins of the earth," Figgins said. "It was great. You
See WITCHES, p. 6, col. 4
Secure Cab to offer students free taxi services once again
Kansan staff writer
The Secure Cab will run once again starting tomorrow, said Scott Russell, coordinator of KC.
A-1 City Cab will sign a contract to run to service from April 15 until May 21. Russell
"It's all a matter of getting it signed now," he
said. "It's been approved by everybody involved."
"We're operating this with the perspective that it's a pilot system, so we can study it over the summer and make it a better system." Russell said.
Student Senate will pay $2,700, or $15 an hour for the service. he said.
To use the service, students must call the cabs company and present their current KUIDs
One cab will run from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Sunday through Thursday, Russell said. Three cabs will run those same hours Friday and
Saturday.
Shirley Bennett, co-owner of A-1 City Cab,
said that because many students already called
A-1 for rides, she thought the service would
save students money.
"I'ts not necessarily for people who want to go out and party." Bennett said. "I'ts for any student who needs the transportation It's pretty hard to find, especially if you're thinking of all the students who need the
security of being out of harm's way."
one said that students might have to wait a little longer than usual because only one cab was available.
"If they could be patient with us, we will, in turn, show them some patience when they're tired."
Secure Cab began in 1880 and was called *tipy tax* because it catered to students who wished to pay their taxes.
Secure Cab was canceled in 1988 when Union Cab Co. raised its rates for each ride from $2.50
In 1988, Student Senate began the Secure Shuttle, a system in which a van ran a prescheduled route every night. According to 1988 reports, the number of students to Student Senate for each rider was $75.00.
He said the KU on Wheels switched to the demand response Secure Cab system because it reduced the cost of energy.
I meant in said that some changes in the new system were based on past systems. The companies were the ones who had been kept out of the bureau instead of by the ride so it was easier to keep track of money, he said.
David Krantz, Overland Park senior, said even though he had never used the 1930s as a ballpark, he thought it was
Secure Shuttle service ended Jan. 31, 1989 when corporate Coach of Lawrence, which ran the shuttle service on the Hudson River.
"If you're not responsible behind the wheel, it doesn't mean you have to sleep where you are on the road."
House OKs $49 million contra aid
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The House yesterday voted overwhelmingly to approve a compromise $42.7 million package of non-military aid for the embassy in Beijing, George Bush a chance to forge a bipartisan policy on Central America
The vote in the Democrat-controlled chamber was 309 to 110.
"This bill tries to set in motion a united, single-voice policy," said House Speaker Jim Wright moments before the chamber voted.
The action represents a bid to declare a truce in the bitter, year-old fight between the White House and Congress about aid to the contrasts and put pressure on Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista government to keep its promises to allow democratic reform
Many of the suspicions and much of the distrust that characterized past debates on the战与 the contrails still were as well as both chambers held debate.
Some members clung to hopes that more arms could be sent to the contras.
Leaders of both parties pleaded in vain with contra supporters not to push amendments, saying they would scuttle Bush's attempt to foster an era of bipartisan cooperation and reduce the legislative branches of government.
The compromise plan, reached after more than two months of negotiations, would provide at least a temporary trope in the war that has been waged between the White House and Capitol Hill since former President Obama's reelection, and the contras as a force to battle the Sandinista government.
The compromise plan would give the contras food, clothing and medical assistance to sustain them through February, but it would bar the government from renewing the guerrillas' fight against the government.