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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Tuesday, February 18. 1997
Two coalitions set for Senate race
Candidates agree student awareness vital for elections
By Dave Morantz Kansan staff writer
Although Student Senate elections still are about seven weeks away, candidates already are gearing up for the contest.
The first candidate workshop takes place at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
All candidates must attend either tomorrow's workshop or a workshop on March 18 or March 19 to be eligible for the election.
Candidates traditionally form coalitions to pool resources and money for the campaign. Although students can run independently, most choose not to because of the high campaign costs.
Two coalitions already have formed.
Delta Force is headed by Jason Fitzell, Olathe senior and off-campus senator, and Matt Caldwell, Lawrence junior.
The other coalition is headed by Scott Sullivan. Leawood junior
and liberal arts and sciences senator, and Mike Walden, Leawood junior and liberal arts and sciences senator. Sullivan and Walden's coalition has not chosen a name yet, but that will soon change.
"When we announce the name, we're going to come out with a bang." Sullivan said.
Fitzell said his coalition had chosen the name Delta Force because the Greek letter means change. The coalition is attempting to reach out to students who do not traditionally get involved with Senate.
Virtually all coalitions are invitation only. Fizzell
and elections also concerns Fizell.
"Isee in Senate a lot of times that they just pass a resolution and that's the end of it," he said. "We need to keep tabs on what happens after the resolution."
Sullivan also recognized the need to get students involved in the organization.
"Outreach is an instrumental
said. "They decide they need one person from each house or scholarship hall. We want people who are generally interested in being activists on Senate."
Scott Sullivan
Leader of an as yet unnamed
Student Senate coalition
part of Student Senate and something that needs to be improved," he said. "We are committed to addressing the issue."
Sullivan said his coalition would focus on student rights issues such as student access to faculty evaluations.
Apathy toward Student Senate
the monopoly on what issues we discuss," he said. "Students should have input into what's happening."
"I don't think that we have
Delta Force will focus its energies on issues such as campus-
Candidate workshops
8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18 at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
jfizell@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu or
7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
For more information, contact Chad Perlov at 864-4060.
Students interested in running for Student Senate on one of the two existing coalitions should contact: Jason Fitzell at 842-8569
ifzell@kubu.co.uk.kans.edu
Scott Sullivan at 838-9511 sullivas@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
wide recycling, bus transportation, child care and improving Robinson Center.
"A lot of people are concerned with spending student money on programs the administration could pay for," Fizell said. "But I think issues like recycling are important enough to warrant attention from Student Senate."
More time added for seniors to apply for their degrees
By Kevin Bates
Graduating students have an extra few weeks to finalize their college education.
Bob Turvey, assistant registrar, said the date students needed to apply for their degree was moved back from Jan. 31 to Feb. 28.
The new deadline to apply for a degree will guarantee a student receives his or her diploma at commencement. Turvey said more than one deadline existed and sometimes students could be confused.
He said the extra time was a result of an estimated date made by the registrar's office a year ago.
"In the past, students assumed that if they met the final April 15th deadline, their diploma would be there at graduation," Turvey said. "Unfortunately, that's not true."
Kansan staff writer
"For about 10 years, we've known that about February 1st was the day we needed them all in," he said.
Increased printing capabilities from Jostens, the Topeka based company that prints diplomas for the University, led to a later deadline.
"We asked for the earliest date where we could give a 100 percent guarantee that we could get the diplomas printed," Turvey said.
Last year, he received a call from an upset student who did not know about the deadline, Turvey said. The deadline was easy for students to miss.
"This is the first year we've published it in the timetable," Turvey said. "It's kind of a silent deadline."
Diana Fox, assistant director of undergraduate services in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said students missed the deadline often.
the timetable is the only place the date is published," Fox said. "Next time, we hope it's publicized so students know. Smaller schools don't have this problem. We're so large it's hard to get the word out."
Jury finds man guilty in nightclub murder
Kansan staff report
The second trial of a 23-year-old Topeka man drew to a close Friday as jurors found him guilty of first-degree murder.
Damon McCray was convicted for the Aug. 15, 1996, murder of a Topea resident in the parking lot of Langstons Nightclub, 806 W.24th St.
The verdict was reached after the jury listened to testimony from Douglas County forensic experts, law enforcement officers and eyewitnesses during the week-long trial.
The jury found McCray guilty of shooting and killing a former Topeka High School classmate, 24-year-old Onzie A. Branch, outside the nightclub.
McCray's first trial ended Dec. 6 in a hung jury. A mistrial was declared by District Judge Michael Malone, and the trial was reset for Feb. 10.
McCray did not take the witness stand in the second trial. In the first trial, McCray alleged that Damon Hall, one of the main witnesses for the prosecution, had committed the crime. That claim was not made in the second trial.
McCray's sentencing is scheduled for April 3.
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