Wednesday, December 6, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
You're so vein
Beth Dwyer, Wellsville junior, donates blood at the Kansas Union with the help of Cathy Coon of the Red Cross. "I think it's a good thing to donate blood, and more people need to give." Dwyer said Tuesday.
Photo by Justin Schmidt/KANSAN
Close-call elections to be discussed
By Kursten Phelps
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students can get a crash course in other "cliffhanger" presidential elections that rival this year's race today at a panel discussion.
Karl Brooks, assistant professor of history and environmental studies; Jonathan Earle, assistant professor of history; and Phillip Paludan, professor of history; will discuss the 1824, 1876 and 1960 presidential elections that were as hotly contested as this year's race. Paul Schumaker, chairman of the political science department, will talk about the possible impact of this year's presidential gridlock.
The panel discussion,
"Cliffhangers 101," begins at 10 a.m.
at the Kansas Room in the Kansas
Union.
Although Earle said some students might not be quivering to hear about the political storm that was brewing in 1824 between candidates John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay, the current political climate should draw students into the drama of politics.
"This was the Hollywood movie and the Broadway show of the 19th
"CLIFFHANGERS 101"
What it is: Three history professors will discuss close presidential elections in 1824, 1876 and 1960. The chairman of the political science department will talk about this year's race.
When: 10 a.m. today
When: 10 a.m. today
Where: The Kansas Room in the Kansas Union
century," Earle said. "As annoying as it can seem, it is very entertaining and very interesting. If they do come, people will see that politics has been made much more interesting by the photo finish of the election."
Earle will talk about the 1824 election in which Jackson won the popular vote, but none of the three candidates won a majority of the electoral votes. According to the United States Constitution, it was up to Congress to decide the fate of the election.
Earle said from what historians know, Adams, the son of second U.S. president John Adams, and Clay, the speaker of the House, worked out a deal that gave Adams all of Clay's support in exchange for being appointed as Secretary of State.
"The Jacksonians were not happy," Earle said. "The believed that that guy from Boston who was in cahoots with a Washington insider stole the election from the choice of the people."
Earle said the major effect the 1824 race had on the nation was the establishment of political parties.
"That was the way the Jacksonians figured out they could really capture power and guarantee the will of the people." Earle said.
Another close presidential race occurred in 1876 between Samuel Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes. One electoral vote separated Hayes, the winner, from Tilden.
Paludan said the 1876 results had a greater impact on the nation than this year's results would likely have because Hayes' eventual victory resulted in the end of the Reconstruction period in the South.
"The troops pulled out, and southern states were allowed to deal with former slaves as they wished, so it effectively ended national protection of former slaves," Paludan said.
A more recent dead-heat presidential race unfolded in 1960, when a mere 100,000 popular votes but 100 electoral votes gave John F. Kennedy the victory against
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"Kennedy came into office with no cloud over him, which gave his social reform program and aggressive foreign policy a big boost." Brooks said.
But Schumaker said this year's month-long election controversy wasn't because candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush were sore losers.
"I think they have a strong sense of moral duty to fight the fight they're fighting," Schumaker said. "On one hand, Gore thinks he has moral principle to everybody whose vote is on his side, but Bush has the view that recounting lends itself to tampering."
Schumaker said that even if students were not history or political science majors, they should be interested in today's discussion.
"I think that it will be particularly interesting to hear how this works in a historical perspective." Schumaker said. "By looking at other cliffhangers we will get a lot better sense of how to interpret this election."
— Edited by J. R. Mendoza
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By J.D. McKee
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff writer
Fashion brought together Pi Betaphi sorority and Lewis and Templin residence halls at a fashion show last night at the KU Visitors Center.
Sorority, residence hall women strut
The show, titled "A Winter Wonderland of Fashion," was used as a presentation ceremony. The Center for Community Outreach received a check for $260, raised by residents of Lewis and Templin. Members of the sorority and residence halls were models for the show, which provided an opportunity for Greek and non-greek students to come together.
"It's kind of nice to bring greeks and nongreks together to do some
Fisch also said she was attracted to the show because of the opportunity to wear clothes from various stores.
"There's a big separation between the two," said Annie McBride, Omaha, Neb., sophomore and Lewis resident. "We wanted a chance to work together."
Six members of the sorority volunteered to model for the show, including Melissa Hooks, Dallas freshman.
It sounded fun being able to wear
thing," Hooks said. "We're having so much fun doing it, you don't even realize that you're doing something worthwhile."
The event was sponsored by Weaver's Department Store, 901 Massachusetts St., The Buckle Inc., 805 Massachusetts St. and the KU Bookstore. The stores loaned out clothes to the students. Engwood Florist, 1101 Massachusetts St., also helped sponsor the event and donated flowers to the show.
"It's not often that sororities and residence halls get together to do a function," she said.
Amanda Fisch, Overland Park sophomore and Lewis resident, said she enjoyed getting together with the women of the sorority.
"The they worked with people at the store to find clothes they wanted to wear." McBride said. "They put their own personality into it."
clothes from different places and to dress up and show off a bit," she said.
Barbara Ballard, associate vice chancellor, and Randy Timm, assistant director of student housing, were the masters of ceremonies for the show and are former models themselves.
"It takes a lot of guts," Timm said of the models. "Especially with your friends around."
Ballard was impressed with the students who modeled.
"They did well," she said. "A lot of people turned out for it, so I think they had fun."
The Unity Dance Troop, a University of Kansas hip-hop dance group, also performed at the show.
"We wanted to get more groups to be able to work together," McBride said.
McBride said she hoped to continue doing the show every year and to include more houses in the greek system.
Edited by John Audlehelm
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