University Daily Kansan / Friday. April 8. 1988
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Student Senate Candidate Profiles
Focus
By Jeff Moberg Kansan staff writer
Focus coalition presidential and vice presidential candidates Mark Flannagan and William Sanders say they have chosen to avoid flashy campaign issues and instead have stuck to more practical ones.
"We could say we want to give away beer on Wescoe Beach and people would say 'Hey, that's a great idea. I'm going to vote for these guys,' but they wouldn't say 'Hey, is that possible?' " Flannagan said. "You have to look at an issue and say 'Can it be implemented?' "
Some of the issues they support include enhancing the advising system with University-trained peer advisers, developing a system for telephone enrollment and obtaining inexpensive fire and theft insurance plans for students.
Advising is something that students have been complaining about for a long time, Sanders said. Sanders thinks that if students could be advised by their peers, they would feel more comfortable with the advising system. Instead of advising students, faculty members should offer more career-planning advice, he said.
The University also needs to develop telephone enrollment, Flannagan said. He estimated that it would cost about $100,000 to bring a
telephone enrollment system to KU.
"It's biggest advantage is the efficiency," Flamagan said. "Instead of going through the line time after time searching for one class, you could do it over the phone."
"It forces the administration to take a stronger look at the advising system because you'll phase out the dean's stamp and the adviser's signature." Sanders said.
If elected, Flannagan and Sanders said they would appoint a committee that would solicit bids from insurance companies for a group fire and theft plan for students. Flannagan said that he would like to see KU have an insurance plan like the University of Wisconsin, where students can pay $22 a year for $2,000 of fire and theft coverage. The insurance plan would require no money from the student activity fee.
The coalition is also focusing on its Senate experience to win the election.
Mark Flamagan, Olathe junior, is in his second term as a senator and third year as a member of the Senate University Affairs committee. He is also a student representative to the University Council, and he participates in lobbying for the Margin of Excellence.
William Sanders, Lawrence junior, is in his first term as a senator. He has served as member of the Senate Finance committee and as student representative to the University Council. He was also a past chairman of the Senate Committee board.
By Jeff Moberg
Integrity
Kansan staff writer
Integrity coalition presidential and vice presidential candidates Frank Partnoy and Brian Kramer hope to turn Student Senate's attention back to where it belongs — the student.
Kramer said that Senate had become self-serving and did not really represent the student.
"It's not Student Senate. It's student senator's senate." Kramer said. "Integrity is the obvious counter of that. We're trying to keep the scales even. It doesn't have to be the traditional Senate it has been."
Some of Integrity's campaign issues are putting a McDonald's on campus, getting telephone enrollments. Securing Shuttle to a cab service.
Partnoy said he would like to see an agreement between McDonald's and the University in which McDonald's would agree to pay annual rent, the cost of the renovations to Union Square in the Kansas Union, and the conversion of Wescoe cafeteria to a McDonald's.
Both Kramer and Partnoy said they had received information from other universities about telephone enrollment. They want to create a telephone enrollment system at KU through which students could enroll from anywhere in less than two minutes.
Part of the coalition's plan is to increase the size of Senate to more than 250 seats. Senate now has 51 seats. Integrity has one of the largest coalitions in KU history with more than 170 candidates.
Kramer and Partny said Secure Cab needed to be restored.
Partnoy said the service should be able to pick up students anywhere in Lawrence and take them to their homes. Now, students have to be at one of the Secure Shuttle's stops to get a ride and most of the stops are in front of bars.
Three members of the KU basketball team, Milt Newton, Kevin Pritchard and Mike Maddox, are affiliated with the Integrity coalition. Kramer said that would be an advantage for the coalition because many people, especially alumni, would respond more favorably to someone who had played in the Final Four.
■ Frank Partnoy, Overland Park junior, said he was a Truman scholar and president of Model United Nations. He served on Senate last semester and was a member of the Senate Finance Committee.
■ Brian Kramer, Northbrook, Ill., sophomore, is currently a senator. He has served as chairman of the Senate Student Rights committee and as a member of the Senate Finance committee. He said he was also a national debate champion and ran unsuccessfully for vice president last year.
Top Priority
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Polling stations will be at Wescoe Hall, Strong Hall, the Kansas Union, Watson Library, Learned Hall, Summerfield Hall and Carnuth O'Leary Hall. Some polling
Real solutions for real problems
That's what Top Priority presidential and vice presidential candidates Brook Menees and Pam Holley hope to肩有 in Student Senate.
Holley said too many students didn't understand how Student Senate works.
"We walked into a living group the other day, and this guy said, 'Oh, my God, it's Senate season again.' It shouldn't be like that," Holley said. "We want to do what the students want. Senate has spent a lot of time plugging away without students knowing what Senate does."
Student Senate elections will be April 13 and 14. Polling stations will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday.
Three solutions that the candidates said they had for problems were a comprehensive advising system, a plan to get more money for the Financial Aid office and a center for off-campus students.
Holley and Menees both said they would like to create an off-campus center that would have apartment and carpool listings, as well as a roommate finder service. The center could provide information about signing leases and budgeting money.
Menees said that students who lived off campus deserved the center
and that it would help make them feel more a part of the University.
Holley said her coalition would like to see more money for the office of financial aid. The coalition plans to help the financial aid office become stronger by vigorous lobbying efforts
"If you can't afford to be here, then you can buy a university offer or a cleavenger. Hollyle
The present advising system is a hassle and sometimes forces students to spend longer than four years to graduate, Holley said. The coalition hopes to use resources that the University already has to transform advising into a comprehensive system.
"Instead of using the counseling center and only getting five minutes with some teacher who might not even be in your major, this goes a lot further into bringing some personal aspects into advising." Menees said.
■ Brook Menees, Prairie Village junior, is junior class president in the Board of Class Officers. He has served on the Senate Elections Committee for two years. He is also chairman of the Student Union Activities travel board and is a SUA board member.
Pam Holley, Topeka junior, is in her second term as a senator. She has served on the Senate University Affairs committee and was a student representative to the University Council. She has also served on the Associated Students of Kansas special projects committee. She is chairman of the Senate Communications Board.
stations will be outside the buildings if weather permits. To vote, all students must show a valid KUID.
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