Friday April 15, 1988 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas Vol. 98, No. 135 (USPS 650-640) Top Priority completes near sweep Menees and Holley top coalition's wins Pam Holley and Brook Menees celebrate after learning that the Top Priority coalition had won a majority of the student senate seats. By Jeff Moberg Kansan staff writer Students elected Brook Menees and Pam Holley, Top Prior candidate, as student body president and vice president by 636 votes, thus capping a near sweep by the coalition. After being informed of their victory at about 11:30 p.m., the two were ecstatic. "The entire time, I've had comments on our organization," Menees said. "I knew we had a lot of support, but I did not know if people were going to come out and vote. We ran an honest campaign, and we ran a good campaign." See related graphic p. 6. Holley said, "Our coalition was incredible. Everyone did a great deal of work, and it paid off. Without the people on our coalition, we could not have been this successful." A total of 3,878 students voted during the two days of polling, compared with 3,155 last year. Five ballots were ruled invalid. Brian Stern, elections committee chairman, oversaw the ballot counting. The polls closed at 5 p.m. After sorting the ballots, elections committee members began counting about 7:30 p.m. All returns were counted by about 2:15 a.m. The Top Priority coalition presidential and vice presidential candidates received 1,772 votes, or 46 percent. Mark Flannagan and William Sanders, Focus coalition candidates, received 1,136 votes, or 29 percent. Frank Partnoy and Brian Kramer, Integrity coalition candidates, received 922 votes, or 24 percent. Election results are unofficial until they are confirmed by the Election Review Board. The review board will meet Monday and Tuesday night to review the results. Voter also decided that KU should enter a national AIDS study on college campuses. The vote was 2,065, or 70 percent, in favor of participating in the study, and 882, or 30 percent, against participating in the study. 'O - Pam Holley Our coalition was incredible. Everyone did a great deal of work, and it paid off. Without the people on our coalition, we could not have been this successful.' Student Body Vice President-elect The deadline for entering the study is today, an official from the American College Health Association said earlier this week. The ACHA is conducting the study in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control. Cancer for Discounts In races for senator positions, Top Priority won 43 seats, and Integrity and Focus each won 4 seats. Holley said having many new faces in Senate would not be a problem. "We have a lot of new enthusiism." she said Both Menees and Holley said they were eager to get familiar with their new positions and to begin working on their campaign issues, which include a comprehensive advising system, increasing funds for financial aid and establishing a center for off-campus students. "I promised a lot of people I would work on these issues, and I intend to get started on them right away," said Menees, who is the fourth consecutive student body president from Shawne Mission East High School in Prairie Village. "I said it once, and I'll say it again. I'm not a resumesadder; I'm here to work." STUDENT SENATE RESULTS Holley said, "I think the things that are most important are to get accustomed to the office, and then get started on our issues. We need to start setting an agenda and see where we can get started. We need to jump right in." At 7:54 p.m. yesterday, a fire alarm sounded in Bailey Hall, where the Senate Elections Committee was counting ballots, but the committee did not evacuate the building while fire officials checked the premises. Reporting II student Ken Nagel contributed information to this story.
Total votesPercentage of Votes
TOP PRIORITY
BROOK MENEES
PAM HOLLEY		VICE PRESIDENT1,77246.1%
FOCUS
MARK FLANNAGAN
WILLIAM SANDERS		VICE PRESIDENT1,13629.5%
INTEGRITY
FRANK PARTNOY
BRIAN KRAMER		VICE PRESIDENT92224%
INSIDE See page six for individual Senate seat winners. All figures are unofficial Success hasn't sunk in for winners "The reason this campaign has been so successful is that our coalition members have worked very hard," said Menees, student body president-elect. "They deserve this." Drenched in champagne and surrounded by well-wishers, Brook Menees and Pam Holley credited their victory to a clean campaign and a strong coalition at last night's Top Priority party. The mood at the party at the Sigma Nu fraternity, 150 Sigma Nu Place, was anxious but upbeat before each set of results came in. When the set seats were announced, cheers broke out as coalition members realized that Top Priority was winning the majority of the positions. Rv till less At about 11:15 p.m., Jason Krakow and Stephanie Quincy, current body president and vice president, arrived at the party. About 15 minutes later, as the partiers listened anxiously to results on KJHK, Krakow could not wait any longer. Kansan staff writer "If KJH won't say it, I will," he said, as he pulled out two construction-paper keys on which were written the names Brook and Pam. "Congratulations, you guys, you did it. You won." Holley, student body vice president-elect, said that she wasn't sure whether Krakow was serious. didn't sink in. It still hasn't sunk in." Both Holley and Menees had snapped a photo of the crowded room of Top Priority supporters who wanted to hug and kiss their winners. "I just looked at him," she said. "It didn't sink in. It still hasn't sunk in." "I know deep in my heart that my coalition was kept completely clean." Menees said. Both said that they were proud of the way they had conducted their campaign. Although neither Menees nor Holley would comment on the specifics of the other coalitions, many Top Tight candidates got in digs at the losing coalitions. "Let's all meet at McDonald's for lunch tomorrow," someone yelled, referring to a campaign promise of the Integrity coalition. Top Priority's campaign platform, which the coalition said included real solutions for real problems, included promises to work to improve advising, to try to ensure students financial aid, to develop an assistance KJHK reporter Susan Wallace, left, Jennifer Howe, Merrigan junior, and Steve Fluhr, Integrity's candidate for engineering senator, listen to announced election results at the Integrity coalition party. Fluhr did not win the seat. center for students who live off campus, and to give students more access to Student Senate. Although the Top Priority parties revealed in the victory of Menees and Holley, others still waited for results for their seats. Holley said that although she was happy to be student body vice president, she was anxious to hear the final results for all members of Top Priority. Menees said that the results shocked him and that he hadn't known what to expect until he heard the outcome. "You never know who's going to get out and vote," he said. "We heard that we had a lot of support, but we didn't know if that support would actually vote." Coalitions accept defeat, say press affected result By Donna Stokes By Donna Stokes and Dayana Yochim Members of the two losing coalitions had different reactions to election outcomes. One coalition accepted the results and the other refused to talk to the press. Kansan staff writers At the Phi Kappa Pi fraternity, 1602 W. 15th St., where focus coalition members waited for election matches, the evening never reached a climax. About 50 Focus supporters and coalition members were on hand to celebrate in anticipation. But when unofficial election results came in at about 11:30 p.m., Focus members accepted defeat. Mark Flannagan, candidate for student body president, said the overall campaign went well. "The debates went great," Flannan said. "It's definitely a campaign to be proud of. Our campaign was clean. We didn't muddling." Flannagain said that he would not ask for a recount but that outside factors played too large a role in the election. "When you get right down to it, the Kansas can have a big impact on it," he said. William Sanders, candidate for student body vice president, said that because Top Priority candidates won See DEFEAT, p. 6, col. 1 Five die in explosion at Naples USO club The Associated Press NAPLES, Italy — A car bomb blew up in front of a club for U.S. military personnel in Naples, killing five people and wounding at least 17, Italian officials said. A U.S. sailor was among the dead, the Pentagon said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast that happened shortly after 8 p.m. (2 p.m. EDT) at the USO club. A Pentagon spokesman in Washington, Lt. Col. Jim Jannette, said one U.S. sailor had been killed and four sailors were wounded. Italian media quoted officials as saying five people died in the blast. A U.S. Consulate official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he had been told that five people were killed. Identities of the military victims were not immediately available. One of the bodies at the entrance to the club was draped in a U.S. flag, witnesses said. Italian media said the bomb exploded during a reception at the club for the commander of the USS Paul, a torpedo boat destroyer docked in Naples. One of those hurt, a 27-year-old Italian woman, was reported in grave condition. Jannette the USS Paul and USC Capodanno were in the Naples port at the time of the blast. The Capodanno has its home port in Newport, R.I., and the Paul is from Mayport, Fla. Investigators said yesterday's blast destroyed the inside of the club and wrecked other cars on the street. The bomb apparently was hidden in a Fiat 127 auto that was ripped apart by the explosion. Campus minorities seeking recognition Editor's note: This is the concluding part of a five-day series examining racism on campus. By Kathleen Faddis Kansan staff writer When Mary Padilla, Overland Park park, arrived at the University of Kansas three years ago, she was aware of the minority affairs office but she thought it focused only on the needs of black students. Padilla said that Hispanics often felt left out when minority issues were discussed because most people are Hispanic and their minority issues meant only black issues. "Faculty and students alike need to realize there are Hispanics on this campus." It's a need that's recognized by Rosita Dorsey, KU's new director of minority affairs. On Wednesday, she had her first public meeting with KU students to tell them that her office intended to serve all minorities equally. The perception that the office is meant primarily for blacks is one that can be rectified, she said. "That will require outreach on my part, and I plan to take that responsibility." Although blacks make up 46 percent of KU's minority population, the number of Hispanic and Asian American students has been growing steadily since 1977. The enrollment gains for these groups have coincided with a decline in enrollment for black students. In the fall of 1977, 259 Hispanic students and 137 Asian-American students were enrolled at KU. In the fall of 1987, KU had 338 Hispanic students and 380 Asian-American students. This represents a 30 percent increase for Hispanic students and a 77 percent increase for Asian-Americans. an education. Joseph Kuo, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures, thinks that Asian-American enrollment has seen consistent increases because of a strong social pressure for Asian-American students to get problem said he did not think KU was doing enough to make American Indian students feel welcome. Marvin Buzzard, dean of students "Asian people always try to get their children more education," he said. "In Chinese thinking, for example, money is not everything. Regardless of whether you're rich or poor, you're educated. And that is respected." Those numbers baffle officials at both KU and Haskell Indian Junior College. Many of them think the problem might be simple neglect. But if KU has made progress with Hispanics and Asian-Americans, its record with American Indian students remains dismal. American Indian enrollment at the University has steadily decreased. Between 1986 and 1987, American Indian enrollment dropped from 191 to 106. "We would like to strengthen and expand our connections with Haskell Indian Junior College," Dorssey said. "It would seem to me there could be at Haskell, said that administrators from Haskell and KU had recently begun looking at these problems. A committee of administrators from both schools began meeting two months ago to discuss how to increase the numbers of American Indian students at KU. Buzzard said he felt confident that those at leadership levels were addressing the issues and that there would be improvement. "I feel like a real hand is being extended by KU." Buzzard said. Jerry Hutchison, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said that the committee would initially look at recruitment at Haskell and at increasing the lines of communication between the two schools. Students belonging to other minority groups often go through the same feeling of isolation that black students experience. Students exist to help alleviate that feeling. Bernice Slowe, Lawrence junior, said, "A lot of Native Americans who See MINORITIES, p. 8, col. I