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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Friday, April 13,2001
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Sports: The women's rowing team will compete in the Ohio State Buckeye Invitational this weekend
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Inside: Rabbits are not necessarily the best pets for students.
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DELTA FORCE WINS
Justin Mills. Kvle Browning defeat Jessica Bankston. Hunter Harris bv 39 votes
Delta Force says genuine change will follow victory
By Sarah Warren and Lauren Brandenburg writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writers
Justin Mills, student body president-elect, gives his victory speech atop the shoulders of Delta Force supporters. Delta Force celebrated their first presidential victory since the coalition was established five years ago. Photo by Selena Jabara/KANSAN
Four years of frustration gave way to a rush of joy as Justin Mills stood atop concrete steps overlooking Delta Force supporters holding up a bright yellow shirt for all to see with the statement "five years paid off" screened in bright blue letters.
Last night, Mills became the first candidate from the five-year-old coalition to win the student body presidency, as well as the second African-American president-elect and the first nongreek to win in at least five years.
"I think people were nervous that we were out in such numbers," Mills said before the elec.
tion result
a n o u n c e-
ments. "We're
not second-
rate. We're
here to win it."
Election statistics
Win it they did — but barely.
Election statistic
Total Senate seats
Delta Force: 33
VOICE: 31
Independent: 2
Mills and his running mate, Kyle Browning, garnered 2,032 votes in the election, beating outVOICE coalition candi-
Total voter turnout
Voted: 4,233
Total students: 24,502
Percentage: 17.3 percent
enrollment based on Spring 2001 20th-day numbers
dates Jessica Bankston and Hunter Harris, who won 1,993 votes in one of the closest elections in Student Senate history. The 4,233 ballots were counted twice by counters, none of whom were students, to assure accuracy.
Hoisted on the shoulders of supporters, Mills addressed the crowd that included 33 senators-to-be.
"We party tonight, but then we've got to work hard because we've made a lot of
See DELTA on page 3A
VOICE coalition shocked at presidential loss
Jessica Bankston and Hunter Harris, VOICE candidates for student body president and vice president, embrace after hearing of the Delta Force victory. VOICE gathered to hear election results at the Teepee Junction in North Lawrence. Photo by Thad Allender/KANSAN
By Brooke Hesler and Erin Adamson
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff writers
Jessica Bankston broke down crying last night as the election results were revealed.
The atmosphere at the VOICE coalition's election-night party was one of stunned disbelief after Bankston,VOICE presidential candidate and her running mate,Hunter Harris,lost in one of the closest elections in Student Senate history. Although the coalition took 31 Student Senate seats, there was no celebration at the party.
Reaction to the results was initially delayed because the candidates and their supporters could not hear the results over the sound system the first time they were broadcast on KJHK 90.7 FM at 10:35 p.m.
At 10:40 p.m., KJHK rebroadcast the results.
Bankston and Harris received 1,993 votes.
while the Delta Force presidential ticket netted 2.032 votes
The results are unofficial and are expected to be certified next week by the elections commission.
Bankston said she was shocked by the results. "This is unreal." Bankston said. "We stayed positive the entire time, I'm really proud of all my candidates and the campaign we ran."
Bankston said she was shocked by the results.
Early on, the mood at the party was upbeat and many candidates said they expected the coalition to win the top offices.
Candidates danced under green and red lights and carried bottles of champagne in anticipation of favorable returns.
Before they learned of their defeat, Bankston and Harris remained composed as they marked the number of votes each VOICE candidate received.
See CANDIDATES on page 3A
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS
Delta Force VOICE
Independent
President/Vice President
Justin Mills/ Kyle Brownning ▲ 2.032
Architecture
Jeff King ♦ 66
Tony Treu ♦ 80
Business
Ryan W. Evans ♦ 115
Andy Spikes ♦ 108
Katie Bartlett ▲ 556
John Gimpaoli ▲ 463
Julia Glimore ▲ 531
Sarah Hockinson ▲ 493
Jessica Mester ▲ 507
Jonathan Ng ◆ 369
Jesse Oehhlert ▲ 499
Aaron Paden ▲ 472
Hayley Rumback ▲ 507
Kendra Seaman ▲ 507
Eric Snider ▲ 518
Galen Turner ▲ 466
Education
Tracy Chiles   
Engineering
Kyle Johnson 165
Andy Knopp 178
Nikki LaClaire 178
Fine arts
Larry Goltz ▲ 110
Cooper Priess ▲ 101
Kelly Schellman ▲ 117
Graduate
Jamel Bell ▪ 106
Dan Carey ▲ 161
A Cummins ▲ 188
Molly Dungel 171
Dunbar 165
Kran A. Armin 158
Crystal L. Johnson 165
Michel D. Johnson 159
Michel Rossier 165
Hugo A. Vera 170
Journalism
Andrew Bailey 129
Katie Holman 165
Law
Megan Jarvis 74
Mike LeCount 85
Non-traditional
Micheal Appleby ★ 83
Rachel Cornish ● 87
Joan P. Winston ▲ 59
Nuneemaker
Mike Barmicle * 806
Catherine Bell * 913
Casey Collier * 913
Genevieve Gordon * 846
Marsha Harrison * 756
Kendra Knight * 819
Megan Knop * 858
Destinee Maxwell * 824
Dallas L. Rakestraw * 766
Laura Rupe * 866
Brett Staudst * 793
Anne Walden * 833
Mike Walker * 781
Robert Wells * 792
Claire Zeigler * 861
Off-campus
Ben Burton ▲ 949
Matt Dwyer ▲ 950
Karen Keith ▲ 876
Maggie Rose Koerth □ 872
Breeze Luekshi-Stahman □ 882
**Pharmacy**
Kimberly Boaz
Ann Stueve
**Residential**
Matt Stoppe
**Social Welfare**
Jaimee Dixon
Dulcinea King
Greek philanthropy project loses $700 to theft
By Cynthia Malakasis
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Thief steals profits from Habitat fund-raising event at Fieldhouse
A box containing $700 in cash and $384 worth of tickets was stolen from Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday night. The money and the profits from the tickets were to be donated to Lawrence Habitat for Humanity to help finance the House that Greeks Built, a project that raises money to build a house for a homeless family.
The box was stolen after tryouts for NCAA for a Day, a philanthropy organized by the junior Greek council. Wednesday night, 63 KU students tried
out for a team that will compete against members of the Kansas men's basketball team Sunday, April 22.
The students had to pay a $5 participation fee; tickets for the game cost $8. Kelly McNearney, Panhellenic Association vice president for interfraternal relations, said the incident angered and saddened her.
"I'm really upset because they stole from somebody who had nothing," McNearney said. "This person stole from a homeless family, and that's as low as you can go."
MNearney, St. Louis sophomore, said she had set down the cash box on the
bleachers for about two minutes to help collect trash, and when she returned, the box was missing.
McNearney said the person who took the cash box must have been one of the participants. She said basketball players who helped run the tryouts were not suspects because they had left the fieldhouse before the box disappeared. She also said that greeks who organized the event were not suspected, because they all left the Fieldhouse together after the box was gone.
She said the stolen $700 included the student participation fees, profits from ticket sales and money from donations.
McNearney said she notified the KU Public Safety Office around 10 a.m. yesterday and gave them the names and phone numbers of the participants who were still there when the box was stolen. She said she remembered exactly who was there at the time.
Although hopes for finding the culprit
Sgt. Troy Mailen from the KU Public Safety Office said the total value of the theft was estimated at $1,104, including the $20 value of the box. He said the theft happened between 9 and 9:30 p.m., and officers were conducting an investigation and interviews with people who were there at the time.
Hillary Dunn, Panhellenic Association vice president for public relations, said she was upset that the theft had occurred at the beginning of the project.
Anyone who has any information should contact Crimestoppers at 864-888-88.
and the money are grim, Mailen said, he is hoping someone who has witnessed the crime will come forward.
"It puts a damper on the whole situation," said Dunn, Dallas junior.
Dunn said the greek community was accepting donations for its project. Donations should be sent to 422 Kansas Union.
Edited by Melissa Cooley