Campus/Area University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 27, 1989 3 Citizens salvage garbage Residents gather to SORT trash by Jennifer Corser Kansan staff writer At the Douglas County Fairgrounds, Lawrence residents help collect plastic, aluminum, glass and newspapers for the recycling fair. The Piles of trash littered the parking lot of the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Saturday. But the trash was not waste — it was worth money for members of Separate Out Recyclables from Trash. items were donated to Separate Out Recyclables from Trash as part of "SORT Saturday." SORT members kept busy, sorting glass, newspapers and plastic into separate pairs as cars pulled in for parking lot, bringing more trash. "There are a lot of people out there with energy to do something besides mean," said Patricia Mar. Martinez, the organizers of SOFT Saturday. SORT sold the donated recyclables to a recycling company in Topeka, Marvin said. The money will be used to promote recycling in Lawrence and to provide more information about recycling. People milled from booth to booth, learning about the different recycling projects each organization sponsored. Members of Youth In Action, an organization at Hillecrest Elementary School in Lawrence, collect cans, bottles and plastics for recycling, said Katie Bruner, fourth-grader at Hillecrest. "I think it's a great way to keep the world alive," Bruner said. The money the students raise is donated to Cheyenne Bottoms, a stop for migrating waterfowl in those that is drying up. Bruner said. Andy Contreas, executive director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lawrence, said the fair was designed to be concerned about waste. "It's always good to make something of no use into something of use," he said. The club, which has recycled newspaper since 1975, has several newspaper drops in Lawrence, Contneras said. The money from the recycled papers pays for activities for disadvantaged youths. "It's putting waste products to use for youths in our community," he said. Environs, an environmental group based at the University of Kansas, had a display showing噬菌体抗菌 products such as substituting tacks in place of tape, and bottles in place of styrofoam cups. Paula Hofaker/KANSAN Paper was just one of the materials collected at the recycling fair Saturday. Officials expecting low voter turnout at primary bv Carrie Harper Kansan staff writer Low voter turnout is expected for tomorrow's city primary election, a city election official said yesterday. Patty James, Douglas County clerk, said voter turnout for the primary would not be as high as it was in the past ago, which was less than 40 percent. James did not release any figures on the projected turnout of the 28,795 registered voters in Lawrence. Register. "I don't want to discourage candidates out there working so hard." James said. The primary will narrow the field of candidates for City Commission from 15 to 16, who will then compete in the April 4 general election. Voters may cast ballots for three candidates in the primary. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Phil Minkin, spokesman for the Organization for Wise Leadership A. Political Committee, said the committee was toward to promote a high voter turn- The large field of candidates has confused the election, Minkin said, and that general dissatisfaction with "I think a general disaffection with the election." OWL-PAC endorsed three commission candidates last week, and has distributed more than 7,000 filers to commission candidates it endorsed. Minkin said. He said he did not think anyone could predict election results because of the projected low turnout and the splinter issues. But, he said, "Usually the one-two-three winners in the primary win one-two-three in the general." turnout than two years ago. He said there was not a burning issue to get people out to vote. Nancy Shontz, League of Women Voters board member, said the League did not endorse candidates or take positions on partisan issues. "Our goal is to bring out as many people as we can and inform them of the issues." Shontz said. The league sponsored a forum Thursday night in which candidates were allowed to make opening statement, the formal mix followed the statements. Schumm said he saw four major issues in the election. "In casual conversation, you can pick up a lot of information you can't get from prepared statements," Shontz said. The candidates offered a wide spectrum of views on the timetable for growth in Lawrence, from modest expansion to rapid expansion, Schumm said. He said the second largest issue dealt with neighborhood problems like parking, traffic and intrasecurity. The real life issues were important to voters. Bob Schumm, Lawrence mayor said he expected significantly lower Nation's cleverest debaters compete Baylor University, last season's national runner-up, and Northwest enn university met Saturday in the tournament, which will end today. by Brett Brenner Kansan staff writer KU team is host for 100 squads KU did not participate for awards because it was the host squad. This weekend was the clash of the forensic titans. Two of the top debate teams in the country met during the Heart of America Debate Tournament, sponsored by the University of Kansas Debate Squade. The team from Baylor arrived in Wescoe Hall armed with 15 research-filled portable file cabinets. The Northwestern team sported a full-body armored folios stuffed with evidence and a tape recorder playing Lou Reed. The tournament is divided into policy and value categories. Policy debates deal with specific topics and value debates cover broad issues. "We've really outdone ourselves with the quality of the competition." Rowland said. "We have 13 of the top 16 policy teams in the nation. We only invite the top 40 teams for the value debates." The first part of the tournament consists of round-robin competition with the teams with the best records going to the single-elimination rounds. Although the match was against Northwestern, Baylor team member Daniel Plants said he wasn't pressured. "If it was in the elimination rounds, it would be more important," Plants said. Baylor won the match, punctuated by fast-talking debaters, wild arm movements, pounding fists and occasional laughs and rolling eyes. The tournament will end with the final round later today at the Kansas Union. ASK stays neutral on policy by Alan Morgan by Alan Morgar Kanean staff writer The Associated Students of Kansas will not have a policy concerning qualified admissions. ASK's policy council decided at a meeting during the weekend in Toecka. ASK met Saturday to discuss qualified admissions and to prepare for a busy week in the state Legislature. Mark Tallman, legislative director of ASK, said that after a long discussion about qualified admissions, the council decided that the best course of action would be to take no position on the issue. "There is just not enough of a consensus among the students of Kansas to take a position." Tallman said. "We have to reflect the position of students, and we don't feel the students have a set position on this issue." "Our delegation was deeply divided on this subject," Milligan said. "There is no way I would support any policy that denies a high school student in Kansas from attending a state university." receiving the student's acceptance to Kelly Milligan, Topeka senior and director of the KU chapter of ASK, said that he was pleased with the council's decision. "The problem is that many members of ASK have felt that we have to take a position on issues concerning students." Milligan said. "There is nothing wrong with students to take a position on an issue." Consensus among students to take a position on an issue. "The bottom line of tougher admission requirements is that some students are going to be excluded, even though their parents are paying taxes to support the school. Although the council did not take a position on qualified admissions, it did decide to support a bill that would establish a nursing scholarship program. The bill would establish a fund and review board that would present as many as 250 scholarship each year, not exceeding $3,500 each, to students interested in pursuing graduate study. The Board of the Committee is scheduled to meet today to discuss the bill. ASK also voted to support the Student Freedom of Expression and scheduled enter the House Education Committee today. The bill would take the power of censorship away from Kansas high school administrators and allow students the right to publish without prior restraint. 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