UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, April 13, 1995
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Money available for new poll site
By Brian Vandervliet Kansan staff writer
Randall Trowbridge, Maryville, Mo., freshman, stands in line to play Mortal Kombat II in the lobby of McCollum Residence Hall, far away from the five Student Senate voting locations on campus. Although he has been hounded by many eager young politicos, he is reluctant to trek back to campus to vote.
"There's no reason why they couldn't have boots on here." he
said. "Most students just don't have a lot of time. Making it easier to vote is never a bad thing. There's no sense in making people jump through hoops."
REAL Student Senate candidate and current residence hall senator Stevie Case wanted a voting booth for
Daisy Hill. But the bill she proposed was overwhelmingly denied during a roll-call vote in Student Senate about two months ago.
"There's no reason why they couldn't have booths up here."
cized."
"Some senators voted against the bill because they were scared of the Daisy Hill vote," Case said. "So I feel like a lot of the votes were because of political motivation."
The Elections Commission consists of eight students and two administrators. Members of the commission are responsible for the operation of Student Senate elections.
For next year, Senate has approved $1,784 for an additional voting booth. Suraj Dudhoria, elections commissioner, said it would be up to next year's commission to decide if or where to create a booth.
"They definitely should consider
But Ken Martin, liberal arts and sciences senator and a United Students coalition Senate candidate, said he voted against the bill because it was not a matter for Student Senate to decide where polling took place.
"The bill really should not have come through Student Senate," he said. "That process should be left to an impartial Elections Commission. The process should not be politi-
Randall Trowbridge Maryville, Mo,freshman
the reason the money was given," he said. "The commission will decide that. They will seek student input, look at the issues and look at where there is a lot of traffic."
But the additional money won't necessarily be used for an additional
booth, said David Hardy, associate director of the Organization and Activities Center and member of the Elections Commission. This year, there are five polling locations: the Kansas and Burge Unions, Wescoe Hall, Watson Library and Robinson Center.
"It will depend on what the new folks want," he said.
The "new folks" will be next year's Elections Commission, who will be appointed by the student body president and the vice chancellor for student affairs.
"I'm not saying we won't do it," Hardy said. "I'm just saying there are a lot of issues. If you put one on Daisy Hill, you would also have to consider what the alternate sites might be."
Students visit Israel
By Eduardo A. Molina
Kansan staff writer.
While many students headed for Florida, Arizona or Mexico this spring break, 10 KU students went to the Promised Land.
The students, who are Jewish, never had been to Israel before. While there, they climbed Masada, the ancient mountaintop fortress in the Judean Desert in Israel.
After an hour of climbing uphill through a winding path, the students reached the top of the mountain, where they could see the Dead Sea and the Jordanian desert.
For Andy Greenstone, Houston junior, the sight was beautiful.
"Climbing Masada was something that I always wanted to do," he said. "It was my favorite place."
The trip was not a vacation, but rather a mission sponsored by the KU Hillel Foundation. The students' mission was to visit historic and religious places and to explore their Jewish identities.
One of the religious places was the Western Wall, a remnant of the second temple wall in Jerusalem. It also is called the Wailing Wall.
Holly Friedman, Omaha, Neb., junior, found an important symbol for her religion.
"Visiting the place enhanced my spirituality," she said. "Some people tell you about the meaning of the place, but you have to go there to
experience this feeling."
For Craig Novorv, Overland Park junior, the trip was a learning experience about the history of Israel.
"Walking around the streets of Israel was fascinating," he said. "Everything is so old that all the places have a historic meaning by themselves."
Greenstone said that being in Israel was like being at home.
"For the first time, we were not a minority," he said. "You can find many people who believe in the same things you believe. We are not new persons after the trip, but it is a beginning to enhance our Jewish identity."
The religious and historic experiences gave the students an important perspective of Israel. But the students also got to see evidence of the conflicts that are a part of everyday life there.
"To see people people younger than you carrying guns wakes you up to the country's reality." Greenstone said. "But at the same time, you feel that these people are there to protect you."
Molly Ackerman, Minneapolis freshman, said that she had felt secure visiting the country despite Middle Eastern tensions.
"I have never been so proud of being Jewish," she said. "Being Jewish is not only to have religion; it is a way of life."
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