University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 8, 1988
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Student group begins petition
Anti-racism organization objects to Senate's paying for forum
By Jeff Moberg
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Members of a student group that opposes racism on campus yesterday began a petition drive to urge Student Senate to rescind a decision to pay a part of the security costs incurred from a free speech forum attended by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
number of signatures collected.
"Barring natural disaster, I am going to sign the bill Monday." Kenechsa said
But Jason Krakow, the student body president, said he would sign the bill regardless of the number of signatures collected.
The student group, Students and Community Against Oppression and Racism, urged passers-by yesterday to sign a petition opposing to Senate's paying the $3.208.06 security bill incurred by Slightly Older Americans Freedom, the sponsor of the forum.
by 3.10 p.m.yesterday,the group had collected about 350 signatures at their table set up in front of the Kansas Union.
Jadey Antifson, a member of the SCAOR, said that Slightly Older Americans for Freedom should have postponed the forum until it informed Senate of the potential security expenses.
"Perhaps that's something they should of thought of before they organized it," Anfinson said. "You don't just wake up one morning and say, 'I'm going to hold a forum.'"
Linda Pointer, another member of the group,
said that Michael Foubert, the director of Slightly Old Americans for Freedom, said he had a donor to cover the security costs before the forum.
"Helied when he said he had an outside donor," Pointer said. "By passing this bill, Senate is endorsing a campus organization lying to the minority community."
Foubert said last night that he had never claimed that he had a donor for the forum and that the people conducting the petition drive were liars themselves.
"In efforts to get students to test, they're telling half-truths and untruths," Foubert said. "Maybe they are ignorant of the truth. I'm really tired of dealing with people like them."
Krakow said that he had also passed in front of the Union while the group was collecting signatures. He said that he did not think that the group was not going about the petition drive fairly.
"It looked to me that rather than a petition drive, I saw a bunch of students telling one point of view and asking them to sign a notebook if they agreed. "I thought the word 'ridicid'." To me, that's not a very fair petition drive."
The group will also be collecting signatures in front of the Union today.
Nine candidates remain ineligible
By Jeff Moberg
Kansan staff writer
The Student Senate Elections Committee last night reaffirmed its decision to declare nine senatorial candidates ineligible in next week's elections.
This time, however, it had a quorum present.
On Tuesday, when the committee made its original decision to declare the candidates ineligible, at the time of his election, four members, four members shy of a quorum.
A quorum is the number of committee members who must be present for business to be conducted, which, for the elections committee, is one half plus one. Seven of the committee's 13 members attended last night's meeting in the Kansas Union.
Wednesday night, the Student Senate Executive Committee asked the elections committee to reconsider its decision because it hadn't had a quorum when it made that decision.
Stephanie Quincy, student body vice president, addressed the committee before debate on the issue.
"When the campus reads that three people made a decision to kick nine people out of the elections, people will start questioning the validity of the committee," she said. "In the committee's best interests, it should reconsider."
On Tuesday night, the committee declared five senatorial candidates from the Focus coalition and four from the Top Priority coalition ini-
The elections committee then voted to reconsider the decision and gave a spokesman from each coalition two minutes to speak.
guote because they filled out their senate applications incorrectly. The candidates wrote that they were running for a liberal arts seat where they should have written that they were running for a Nunemaker seat. Liberal arts senators represent juniors and seniors in the College, and Nunemaker senators represent freshmen and sonohomores.
All candidates from the Integrity coalition for the Nunemaker seat filled out the forms correctly.
Spokesmen from both the Top Priority and Focus coalitions argued that the application form was misleading because it didn't ask specifically what seat the applicant was running for. Candidates are required to fill out only the blank space on the form over the words "college/school/other."
"The term Nunemaker means nothing," said Mark Flannagan, presidential candidate of the Focus coalition. "The ones that messed up on the application are actually in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences."
Jane Hutchinson, campaign manager of the Top Priority coalition, said, "We complain and harass students to get involved, then they catch up on a technicality by people with no integrity."
The elections committee then voted to uphold its earlier decision to declare the candidates ineligible. The elections committee decided that it was the responsibility of each coalition to make sure applications were filled out correctly.
Steve Dixon, elections committee chairmen, said the ineligible senators may refile as write-in candidates before 5 p.m. today.
THURSDAY-Examination of Lawrence's black churches and the leadership they provide. Also, a look into the quality of life for them.
TAs may be fired
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WEDNESDAY-Is KU making enough of an effort to recruit black faculty? Some say no.
Kansan to examine racism on campus
By James Buckman
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MONDAY- Racism at KU and on college campuses across the country. Findings show that some minority students want to leave KU because they feel isolated.
FRIDAY-An overall look at minorities and the problems they face.
Spanish department will hear appeals
"We had a report that classes weren't meeting, so we did some spot checking." he said.
Starting Monday, the Kansan will look into forms of racism on campus in a five-part series.
Robert Spires, chairman of the department, said that the department had learned from students that some classes were to be canceled
Approximately 10 teaching assistants in the department of Spanish and Portuguese who allegedly canceled their classes on the Friday before spring break will learn today whether their contracts will be renewed for next year.
TUESDAY-Ministry enrollment at KU. Despite University efforts to boost minority enrollment, progress has been slow, figures
He said that the department found some empty classrooms. The department then took action against those teaching assistants who were not in their classrooms on that day.
Kansan staff writer
By a Kansan reporter
Police look for suspect in Lawrence shooting
He said that the teaching assistants were notified before they assumed their positions that canceling a class without authorization could be grounds for the cancellation of their teaching contracts.
But Spires said that the teaching assistants would be given full opportunity to present their personal reasons for canceling their classes.
"They received a letter saying that unless they appeal, unless they present a case, they will not be renewed next year," he said.
Spires would not disclose the names of the teaching assistants involved.
An arrest warrant has been issued in connection with a shooting that occurred in east Lawrence Wednesday night.
Lawrence police are looking for Johnny Rhodes, a 6-foot-3-inch, 20 pound black male, said Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney.
Rhodes, 32, is wanted on one count of aggravated battery in connection with the shooting of Derrick Wayne Overly, 1600 Haskell Ave.
Police said the shooting occurred shortly after 8:35 p.m. Wednesday outside an apartment at Edgewood
Homes, 1600 Haskell Ave.
lawrence police spokesman Sam Smith said that both Overly and another witness had identified Rhodes as the gunman.
Overly, 34, received gunshot wounds to the right upper thigh, the right hand and the groin, according to a lawmaker invisor at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was transported by ambulance to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
Overly was listed in fair condition at the Medical Center last night.
Pleasure cruise
Mary Horn, Moline senior, windsails on Lone Star Lake. Horn took advantage of the 80-degree weather yesterday to practice some light windsailing techniques. The warm weather, however, has not been around long enough to warm the water, which is still a chilly 50 degrees.
'With a Twist'wins two class elections
'Final Four' coalition prevents sweep by capturing junior class offices
Kansan staff writer
Rv Donna Stokes
The "With a Twist" coalition won the senior and sophomore Board of Class Officer elections, and the "Final Four" coalition won the junior class elections. The last of the ballots were counted yesterday.
Cliff Stubbs, Board of Class Officers president, said that many of the students who voted on Wednesday and yesterday voted a straight ticket.
He said that 643 ballots were cast in the elections, which were held in the Strong Hall Rotunda.
Rounda.
"It was a very good turnout," Stubbs said.
"It was a very good turnout," Stubbs said. "It really helps to have more coalitions run," he said. "It's hard to get people to come out and vote when a party is running unopposed. That has happened in the past, and it really kills the vote totals."
a. 5 The new members, who were informed of their
victory by phone, will take office at the end of the spring semester.
The board participates in projects that are class-specific or traditional in nature, Stubbs said. In the senior class elections, Bobby Jann, Northbrook, IL., of the "With" with 107 votes, on the other side with 107 votes. Other were Michael Blumenthal, Kansas City, Kan. 93 votes for vice president; Maren Malecki, New Ulm, Minn. 102 votes for secretary; and Kathy Brennan, Lenaea, 93 votes for treasurer.
The losing coalition for senior class offices,
"Direction," consisted of presidential candidate Chris Seferyn, Olathe, who got 65 votes; vice presidential candidate Mike Maloney, Kingman, who got 79 votes; secretary candidate Jane Martin, Overland Park, who got 69 votes; and treasurer candidate Brett Round, Leawood, who got 84 votes.
The "Final Four" coalition won all four junior
class seats. William Leslie, Deerfield, III., won the presidential office with 179 votes. Other winners were Jamie Solem, Lincolnshire, II., 192 votes for vice president; Tim Hagan, Omaha, Neb., 191 votes for treasurer; and Karen Drees, Wichita, 187 votes for secretary.
the wut a Twist” coalition lost the junior class elections. Presidential candidate Todd Anderson Porch, Dallas, got 140 votes; Preston Clarke, St. Louis, vice presidential candidate, got 129 votes; Anne French, Prairie Village secretary candidate, got 134 votes; and Darren Orme, Meade, treasurer candidate, got 127 votes.
"With a Twist" was the only coalition to run candidates for sophomore class officers. Presidential candidate Joel Joyce, Lawrence, won with 107 votes. Tim Keel, Leawood, vice presidential candidate, Julie Axland, Overland Park, secretary candidate, and Hallie Hudson, Chanute, treasurer candidate, each won with 111 votes.
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