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VOL. 101. No. 130
THE UNIVERSITY DAIL KANSAN
T THE STUDIATINEL NESPAAPER OF T THE UNIVISIBILITY OF KANASAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1991
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Impact carries Senate election
By Michael Christ
Kansan staff writer
Darren Fulcher and Alan Lowden of the Impact coalition celebrate their victory as Student Senate president-elect and vice president-elect.
At the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, several hundred people stood around the radio, impatient, yelling at the announcer to hurry.
Although the off-campus seats are usually a good gauge for determining victory, Fulcher was hesitant to start his victory party
"I'm really excited for them," he said. "They camped their butts off and they won it. I didn't. They won it."
Everyone at the Impact party was celebrating the coalition's sweep of the off camp seats except for one person Duran Fulcher, presidential
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He could not control their elation, however, as the Nunemaker sweep was announced. In that one moment victory seemed assured
Fulcher remained stone as the celebration enveloped him. With eyes closed, he crossed himself and pulled his shoulders tight together. The presidential and vice presidential results were announced
When Fulcher heard his name, the tension that he had been holding washed from his body. Amid a thud, across room from the crowd, he and Aim Lawson, vice president of the group, jumped on the table to be crowned "table the people"
"We did it." they yelled to each other. "We did it.
They were swarmed by supporters as champagne rained over the room.
Mike Schrener, student body president, presented Fulcher with a base ball and had him sign it.
"It's the Student Senate baseball." Schreiner said. "Darren's the fourth guy on it."
More election coverage Pages 2,3
Facts coalition faces dejection, disappointment
Party turns into condolences
Facts coalition candidates Jason McNtosh (center) and Giles Smith (right) shake hands after losing in Student Senate elections.
Kansan staff writer
By Jonathan Plummer
The party last night for the Facts coalition never seemed to start.
Because members of the Sigma Chraternity, where the affair was held, were participating in the Greek Week show, many coalition supporters were absent when the first winners were announced.
The mood cooled further because election returns came slowly. Late in the evening, candidates who listened to voters closely communitaries waiting for a delayed bid.
After the graduate school announcement, in which every Facts candidate won, the excitement momentarily returned. But the news
from that point on never was good for Facts.
As Jason McIntosh, presidential candidate, listened for incoming results. Giles Smith, vice president candidate, played records in the fraternity's dining room for anyone who wanted to dance.
When the final results were broadcast, McIntosh smiled as he had all evening, offering and accepting condolences.
He said it was hard to guess how much the campaign violations alleged against both coaltions had effected the election's outcome.
“At this point I just want to serve Student Senate in whatever capacity possible.” he said. “Darren and I
met Sunday, and we can come together on many of the issues."
Though Smith was disappointed, he thanked those who ran on his ticket.
recruiting and obtaining senators,
and I'm so upset because barely any
of us got in," he said. "I love them all
so much."
Allegations plague election of Senate
"Since November we have been
By Benjamin W. Allen
Kansan staff writer
Although elections results indicate a landslide victory for the Impact coalition, the results will be evaluated by campaign violations are investigated.
The elections commission will meet today to investigate complaints against both coalitions and their findings in the late afternoon.
Tom Poer, elections commissioner, said complaints charging each coalition with a pattern of assaults had been filed with the commission.
A pattern of minor violations is considered to be a significant violation of campaign rules.
Poer said that violations could result in fines or even expulsion from office, but he emphasized that the commission would determine the legitimacy of the complaints.
He said 15 to 25 complaints had
been filed against the Impact coalition and 70 to 90 complaints had been filed against the Facts coalition.
Jason McIntosh. Facts presidential candidate, said, "All in all it was a pretty clean race, and I heard the main points were the issue."
Alan Lowden, Impact vice presidential candidate, said that some of the campaign violations filed against Impact may have come from supporters, who were hanging posts without knowing the rules.
This is the first election where there have been official complaint forms.
Poer said, "Violations were not taken down and investigated like they were this year."
Public hearings about the complaints will be at 5 p.m. Monday at Alcove in the Kansas Union and English Room in the Kansas Union.
Propelled by hunger Kurds try food raid
The Associated Press
CUKURCA. Turkey — Turkish troops used guard dogs to try to control desperate Iraqi Kurds who were grabbing grain and vegetables from a truck, but the crowd swarmed back when the dogs were off, thus trampling the cargo it had struggled to obtain
The incident yesterday demonstrated the growing fears of hundreds of thousands of Kurdish refugees threatened by starvation, freezing temperatures and disease on the Turkish-Iraqi border.
The German shepherds bit an old woman on the shoulder and tugged at the sweater of another woman. The difference inence at the Cukurca refugee camp
Turkish authorities pleaded yesterday for more international aid for the 400,000 to 500,000 refugees
they say now have arrived at their frontier.
But relief officials said distribution of staple products had been severely hampered by roads that have been rendered impassable by mud and rain in the mountainous border region.
At the entrance to the Cukurca camp yesterday, Iraqi refugees ransacked a truck loaded with bulgur wheat, beans, pasta, onions and potatoes donated by Turkish Kurds.
"Delaying aid means abandoning these people to their deaths," said Health Minister Hali Sivgin
Turkish troops menaced the crowd with fierce German shepherds in an attempt to restore order. But when they called the soldiers back on the truck, spilling and trampling nearly half its contents.
Minority students say KU slow to reform
By Lara Gold
Melinda Griggs, like most students, came to KU for an education.
Kansan staff writer
But disappointment with the University of Kansas has overshadowed her education.
"I feel comfortable here, but I don't feel right here," she said, referring to the University and its educational programs.
"One of my TAs once told me that I wasn't intellectually smart enough for the class," said Griggs, Liberty, M. freshman.
Griggs and about 40 African-American students expressed their displeasure with the University and asked for assistance at a protest in front of Strone Hall.
"No one wants to take responsibility for the minorities around here," she said to the crowd.
A year ago yesterday, African-American students ted a group of about 500 students from Strong Hall to the chancellor's home demanding that the administration take the responsibility and make reforms for
'I feel comfortable here, but I don't feel right here.'
- Melinda Griggs KU student
KU's minority community.
At that rally, African-American students submitted a 12-point plan to the administration that they thought would help the campus climate for African-American students and all minorities.
A year later, some African-American students say the administration's commitment to the reforms does not exist.
"Our 12 points of emphasis have not been addressed," said John Lewis, executive board member of Black Men of Today.
is that the position of coordinator is being advertised and will be filled in the near future.
Some of the 12 points of emphasis submitted last year are that the University appoint a coordinator for all recruitment and retention programs dealing with minority students. The administration's response
Another point is that more scholarships should be offered for minorities. The response from the University is that it has established a new endowment fund for minority students, which is $1.9 million has been denoted so far.
Before yesterday's protest, Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, said the administration had looked at the students' concerns.
Shankel said the administration was committed to working with the students to discuss further concerns. However, Lewis said the protest
"I believe we have addressed all the points," he said, referring to a letter the administration sent to Mr. Greenberg in response to the 12 points of embryals.
"If the administration is not willing to do anything, why should Black students attend here?" he said.
Lewis said that like most African-American students, he has had to struggle with limited finances to
receive his education.
Just because some African-American students are not graduating on time does not mean they are stupid, he said. They are not graduating on time because they do not have the finances or the opportunities for University financial aid to pay for their education.
He said many African-American students were frustrated because they often were the only African-American in a class.
The administration has not adequately financed recruitment and retention programs for African-American, Lewis said.
Cory Anderson, executive board member of Black Men of Today, said the administration's commitment to recruitment efforts was inadequate.
Anderson said the protest's purpose was to reiterate what African-American students wanted from the administration.
"We've worked with them for a year and a half now," he said. "We are pointing out what hasn't been done."
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