Friday, April 6, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Game tests running mates
By Cynthia Malakasis
writer@kansan.com
Kansas stoff writer
Student body presidential and vice presidential candidates tried to reveal personal details about their running mates last night at Battenfeld Scholarship Hall in a show of the new *Newlyweds*.
Josh Boots, president of the All Scholarship Hall Council, organized the "Know Your Mate" event where the candidates answered questions about their running mates in front of a student audience.
Mills: Delta Force coalition presi dential candidate
"I wanted to develop a program that would be fun and yet informative," said Boots, Plano, Texas, junior.
The game started with Delta Force candidates revealing that they had been both stung by wasps as children and VOICE candidates being teased about romantic undercurrents in their partnership. The pair from VOICE laughed at the insinuation.
Browning: Delta Force vice-president candidate
Justin Mills, Delta Force presidential candidate, also drew laughter from the audience and a strong reaction from the VOICE side when he said he thought his running mate Kyle Browning was most like the opposite coalition
because "he colors his hair." Jessica Bankston, VOICE presidential hopeful, said she thought her running mate, Hunter Harris, was similar to the opposite coalition in that he had an activist, liberal approach to student politics.
The candidates also had to guess their mates' favorite movies and the number of hours they had spent together in the last week. After three rounds,VOICE defeated Delta Force with a 20 to 15 score.
Bankston: VOICE coalition presidential candidate
The show was followed by a question and answer session, in which the candidates had the opportunity to express how they felt they differed from the opposing coalition in a more relaxed environment
Harris:VOICE coalition vice-president candidate
than Tuesday's formal debate.
Bankston said she thought that, although both coalitions were devoted to the University, their main difference lay in their priorities.
Hunter named some of the VOICE priorities as multiculturalism on campus and working with the city and state governments.
Mills said he thought Delta Force was different because it was a traditional grassroots coalition.
Jen Burns, Shawnee graduate student, said she enjoyed the show.
"I saw a lot of different sides of the candidates that you don't normally see," she said.
— Edited by Joshua Richards
Judge: Kansas Highway Patrol violated Kansan's right to records
By Amanda Beglin
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A judge in Shawnee County District Court ruled March 29 that the Kansas Highway Patrol violated the law when it refused to grant the University Daily Kansan an accident report about a car wreck in September.
The Kansan filed a lawsuit against the highway patrol in October after 12 attempts by mail and phone were made for the report. The information in the report detailed the car wreck on Kansas Highway 10 near Olathe involving Lawrence residents Sean Michael Scott, 16, and Felicia Bland, 39, who died at the scene.
*Kansan* reporter Lauren Brandenburg had tried to get a copy of the report since the end of
Scott pleaded no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter last month and was sentenced to 30 months in a youth correctional facility.
September, according to Nathan Willis, the edi-
WINIS, the curator who filed the lawsuit.
"Our chances of winning were good because the law on was our side," Willis said. "The exceptions that KHP used didn't apply."
The highway patrol, according to the court decision.
Willis: former editor pleased with outcome of case
denied the Kansan access to the report because "a public agency is not required to disclose criminal investigation records."
The Kansan maintained that the highway patrol's actions violated the Kansas Open Records Act because the accident report was public record.
Kansan attorney Mike Merriam said he had cited prior attorney
general opinions concerning the scenario.
"I'm relieved that the court ruled that it was public record," he said.
Allyson Christman, the legal counsel for the Kansas Highway Patrol, did not return phone calls yesterday. It is unclear if the highway patrol plans to appeal the verdict.
Brandenburg said she was happy to see the issue resolved.
"I'm glad the Kansan won because we were right all along," Brandenburg said. "If we had lost, the precedent set would have been horrible."
Willis said the decision was a moral victory for the Kansan.
"There was no legal reason why we couldn't have the report," he said. "It's a victory in student news to stand up for our First Amendment rights. There's such a stigma against student journalists. People just think we're playing around, but this says we're not."
- Edited by Jacob Roddy
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