University Daily Kansan / Wednesday. April 25, 1990
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Senate gains eight more seats
By Matt Taylor
Kansan staff writer
Student Senate will convene next fall with eight more members than usual, which has brought different reactions from Senate leaders.
Aimee Hall, student body vice president, said more Senate members would bring fresh ideas to the body. There would not be a problem with overrepresentation from the additional senators.
"Once you're part of Senate, there isn't much distinction between schools," Hall said. "All of those lines are erased."
The Elections Review Board recently added eight seats to next year's Senate because of ballot problems in the April 11-12 election. There will be 74 senators on Senate next year. The change was made because the Senate, like other state ballots, some candidates were listed on the wrong ballots and several eligible voters for Resident-at-Large were not given ballots at the polls.
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The seats added to Senate were four Resident-at-Large, two Liberal Arts and Sciences, one Nunemaker and one Off-Campus.
Aaron Rittmaster, chairman of Senate's Right Committee, issued a written complaint April 13 stating that the board had no power to add Senate seats. He said Senate's membership was set up in the University of Michigan, where states that only Senate can change its membership.
"The board absolutely cannot be put into the position of being a 'star chamber', acting as judge, jury and, in many cases, lawmaker." Rittmatter wrote in the complaint.
Jo Hardesty, board chairman, said
at an earlier board meeting that the board had the power to add seats because a provision in the code states that the authority to decide election dislikes.
"I if I were heading a coalition, I "would just leave four or five of my members off the ballot and they automatically be in," Rittmatter said.
Riftmaster said the board's decision could set precedent for the board to change any rules in future election disputes.
Tom Poer, vice chairman of the board, said the additional seats were only for next year's Senate. He said several senators eventually would drop out, which would bring the number back to its usual level
"Some people move, others lose interest." Poor said.
He said he did not advocate neglect of the senators' duties, though. "I'll just happen," he said.
Additional senators would not have an impact on Senate. Poer said.
Muslims' holy month ends today
By a Kansan reporter
Today marks the last day of Ramadan, the holiest month of Islam.
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. Also called Syyam, the month begins with a new moon and ends with the next new moon. Muslims throughout the world fast daily from sunrise to sunset during the month Tariq Mohabbat, research assistant at the center for analytical research, called it a month of introspection.
"You think about your existence," he said. "It is trying to make you aware of the gifts of God. It is a cleansing
Mohabbat said that on the 27th day of the month God gave the first five books of the Koran to the prophet Mohammed.
Hamed Ghazali, president of the Muslim Students Association, said Ramadan was one of the five pillars of
Islam. During the month Muslims are supposed to do more than fast.
"A Muslim is supposed to keep himself away from all sorts of bad things," Ghazali said.
He said that the month unified Muslims and helped bring an empathy for the people in the world who are stricken with illness.
"They know for sure what it means to be hungry," he said.
Ghazali said each Muslim was to donate $7 to the needy for each member of his family
Mohabbat said the end of Ramadan was celebrated with a 3-day festival called ldd, marked by feasts, songs and performances.
"It helps get some temporary help for the poor," he said.
"It is exactly like the Christian celebration of Christmas," he said.
Students invade Crossing for poetry reading
Kansan staff writer
By Mark McHugh
Last night The Crossing, a bar near campus, was the quietest that it's been in a long time.
Twenty-seven poets, including two KU faculty members, read their verses to a subdued audience. About 70 people attended the first organized poetry reading since December at The Crossing. 618 W. 12th St.
Mark Hansen, Prairie Village
junior, organist in Reading,
leading a choir at Conveyor
Museum.
of The Crossing, two months ago to schedule a poetry reading. He said he wanted the reading to be at the Crossing so people could read their works in a casual place and not worry about the atmosphere.
"The oral tradition of poetry lends itself to the bar setting." Hansen said. "Besides, it's better than sitting with the hours in some alcove at the Union."
Kenneth Irby, lecturer in English, was the first to read with a piece titled "Narration."
"All kinds of people came here," he said of the reading. "It cut across all barriers."
Irb said he had attended poetry readings before at the bar and was pleased that the tradition of poetry reading was continuing. Irb said he was pleased that students and faculty could read together.
Hansen said that no other reading was scheduled but that if last night's reading generated enthusiasm he would like more of them to be sched-
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