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Coalitions turn in audits
By Matt Taylor
Kansan staff writer
All five coalitions running for Student Senate turned in initial audits on time and stayed within their spending limits, election officials said yesterday.
Eleanor Macish, chairman of Senate's Election Committee, said five coalitions and three independent candidates had submitted their audits before Wednesday's 5 p.m. deadline.
One independent candidate, John Lewis, failed to submit an audit by
the deadline and will be unable to win the seat, Macinish said. His name will appear on the April 11-12 ballot along with the other candidates, but any votes cast for him will be null and void.
The Elections Review Board audited the numbers yesterday. Tom Poer, board member, said the audits were necessary to check whether the expenditures compiled with campaign spending limits determined by Senate.
The maximum spending limit for a coalition is $1,750. Poer said. The
spending limit for a coalition's presidential and vice president candidates combined is $700. A coalition can spend a total of $70 for each of the 15 voting blocs that will receive representation, regardless of how many candidates the coalition runs for seats in the bloc.
The 15 blocs are Architecture, Business, Nunemaker, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Journalism, Pharmacy, Social Welfare, Off-Campus, Non-Traditional, Resident-at-Large, Law and Graduate.
The coalitions were recorded with the following initial audit totals:
Fast Break, $1,626; Real Representation, $1,517; YOU, $1,402; Jayhawk Pride, $1,111; and New Blood, $840.
osan nuehler, independent candidate for Liberal Arts and Sciences, spent $4.26 on campaign expenses. Lynn Jenkins and Brad Harris, independent Graduate candidates, did not report any campaign expenditures on their audits.
Independent -candidates are limited to expenses of $70 each.
Coordinator asks for raise in pass prices
By Tracey Chalpin Special in the Kansas
Special to the Kansan
Students could pay $10 more a semester for bus passes under a proposal by the outgoing coordinator of KU on Wheels.
Charles Bryan,
coordinator, said
he wanted students to have an option to buy full-year passes for $80 and semester passes for $50.
Presently, students can buy only $40 semester passes.
Under the proposed plan, students could purchase full-year passes for $80 and semester passes for $50. Presently, students can buy only $40 semester passes.
A year-round pass would offset the typical slump in pass sales that occurs each spring semester, Bryan said. He wanted to present the idea to The Campus Transportation Board when he meets with them to discuss the system's budget. The meeting could be as early as April 12.
But Bryan said he thought the board would be leery of raising bus pass prices.
Raising bus pass prices.
About 7,600 passes were sold in Fall 1989, generating $304,000. The 7,000 passes sold this semester generated $280,000.
$280,000.
Used in 1980, $317,000 in student activities fees were allocated by Student Senate to the service, which is operated under contract with Lawrence Bus Company, said Carl Damon. Senate treasurer.
In fiscal 1989, the service lost about $20,000, Damon said. Figures for the current fiscal year were not available. The service cost Senate about $900,000 for fiscal 1989.
Bryan said recent operating losses were caused by adding two routes — Colony Woods and Holidome — within the past two years. He said the Colony Woods route cost about $40,000 and the Holidome about $30,000.
Rising insurance costs also could affect the operating cost of KU on Wheels.
Chris Ogle, owner of the Lawrence Bus Company, said he was concerned about a possible sudden increase in insurance during the two-year contract with KU on Wheels. The bus company could not pass on the increase in the form of higher rates to the service until the two-year contract was renewed.
"My insurance could double or triple and I'd have no control over it," Ogle said.
The board met last night to interview applicants for the new coordinator, who is expected to assume duties immediately.
Bryan said he would assist the new coordinator for about a month.
Getting ready
Craig Hewina/Special to the KANSAN
Katie Graham, an employee for Biltwell Clothing Co., Inventories merchandise for the store's opening at the Lawrence Riverfront Plaza. The store is one of 15 that will open for business at 10 a.m. today.
Rules governing homosexuals may be reviewed ROTC discrimination allegations at other universities prompts discussion
The University Council agreed yesterday to instruct the Senate Executive Committee to ask Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, to compare University and ROTC policies governing the participation of homosexuals in organizations.
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During the past year, one ROTC cadet was disenrolled from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one from Harvard University because of the Department of Defense's policy of excluding homosexuals.
ROTC programs at the University of Kansas abide by the Department of Defense policy to exclude homosexuals.
The cadets have refused to sign
Article 10 of the University's Code of Student Rights and Responsibili-
forms acknowledging their debts to MIT and Harvard.
ties states that a student may not be denied the rights of access to and participation in any University-sponsored or University-approved activity because of race, religion, sex, disability, national origin, political affiliation, age (as specified by law), ancestry or sexual orientation.
Bill would affect Regents makeup
By Pam Solliner
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA - A bill approved by the House may impact the pix of ethnicity and gender of the Board of Regents.
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The bill,
approved Wednesday,
would make it a general state
policy to try to
ensure proportional representation.
State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, said women and minorities were making gradual gains.
and women on state boards.
The bill, approved 100-24, states that officials making appointments to boards and commissions should try, when possible, to ensure those appointments make the board representative in gender and race of the population it serves.
Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Regents, said the governor made staggered appointments to the nine-member board. Three appointments are due to be filled in December. One woman and two members of minority groups now are on the Board.
The measure also contains a clause that states a person's qualifications should be considered first. The bill now goes to the Senate.
The Board of Regents falls under this category.
The Regents population includes the campus communities of its seven
The law would apply to those boards and commissions provided by statute, including about 440 organizations, said State Rep Joan Wagonnon,
"It would change the mix of the board." Konlik said.
All three Lawrence representatives voted for the bill.
"It's a statement of the way things should be," she said. "There's still been a preponderance of white males on the state boards of state government."
Wagnon, who introduced the bill,
said the bill encouraged officials to appoint minorities and women, giving them equal access to power.
Six of the 33 female representatives voted against the bill.
Other representatives raised questions about the bill.
"I think people should be selected based on their qualifications rather than on their gender," said State Rep. Jayne Aylward, R-Salina.
State Rep. Vern Williams, R-Wichita, said the appointment of women and minorities would become more common as they became more involved in politics.
"This natural solution will undoubtedly result in more qualified selections than mandated appointments," he said.
Frank Ybarra, Gov. Mike Hayden's deputy press secretary, said, "Governor Hayden has always approached appointments with an open mind and is committed to ensuring they were balanced and representative." The Associated Press conti-
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Coalition members argue recycling issue
By Matt Taylor
Kansan staff writer
About 45 people listened to the five coalition leaders who participated in the debate at the Kansas Union, sponsored by Environs.
Coalition leaders said in a debate last night that they would do anything necessary, from calling the U.S. government to banging on administrators' doors at 3 a.m., to help improve the environment.
Brad Sanders, New Blood presidential candidate, said that he would do anything possible to get his policies carried through, even if it meant knocking on administrators' doors and demanding action.
Pat Warren, Fast Break vice-presidential candidate, said that approach would not work. He said Senate should question the administration in a better way.
Mike Schreiner, YOU presidential candidate, said that the biggest thing that Student Senate could do to help save the environment was to educate students about conservation. Schreiner said the Senate should sponsor forums and speakers to activate the conservation programs, and the University could save energy by using more energy-efficient lights.
All of the candidates said that they recycled products at home and that they supported campus recycling programs.
Warren said recycling was an anti-
students needed to acquire
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environmental ethic." he said.
If elected, Fast-Break would mandate all Senate-financed student organizations to use recycled paper, Warren said.
"They'll either use recycled paper or won't use Student Senate money," Warren said.
Sanders said Jayhawk Boulevard should be closed from the Chi Omega fountain to Sunflower Road to reduce air pollution on campus. Senate should take action quickly and avoid forming any more committees to study environmental problems, he said.
said,
"We can do anything we want."
Sanders said. "Let's put these studies into effect."
Todd Boerger, Real Representation presidential candidate, said that the environmental problem stretched worldwide and that Senate should unite with government agencies for help.
Jeff Milligan, Jayhawk Pride presidential candidate, said Senate should take advantage of active environmental programs and make them more consistent. Campus pollution could be partially reduced if catalytic converters were required on all buses, he said.
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