Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Trees hide behind campaign posters as students go to VOTE The campus trees were once again plastered with campaign posters as 133 students com- peted for the positions of student body president, board of student publications and student senate. Six students were on the ballot for student body president and completed several weeks of campaigning before the Feb. 9 election date. The presidential candidates made visitations to various organizations and living groups on campus. This enabled students to hear the office-seeker in per- son and to ask questions. Also, forums were presented by Union Programming Council ' s Issues and Answers committee in the Union courtyard and in Good- now, Marlatt and Putnam Halls. Each of the candidates were allowed to spend a maximum of $684 on their campaigns. This money was used for Collegian advertising, posters and other materials. The campaign lid was closely scrutinized by the Elections Committee as the candidates were required to turn in four seperate reports and receipts itemizing the expenditures. This was the second year that cam- paign lids limited the amount of money a candidate could spend. This was en- forced to include personal contributions and all other fundraising. The six candidates, each with views on the issues of Lab Fees, Holton Hall and Sports Club funding brought students to the polls for student body president elections. The results of the general election were like a repeat of the previous year ' s — yet the end result was decidedly dif- ferent. In the previous year, the front- runner in the first election was not the victor in the run-off. Receiving top votes but not a majority were Jerry Katlin, senior in management and accounting, with 993 and Mike Gib- son, junior in pre-law, with 553. Students cast 3,541 ballots, an increase of 547 more than last year. Because of last year, I was concerned about the run-off realizing that my sup- porters might not get out and vote again. It ' s hard to encourage people to vote when they see that you led in the first election, Katlin said. Gibson and Katlin went into a run-off election with an additional $171 limit for further campaign expenditures. The elec- tion was held the following week. Katlin, against the establishment of lab fees, in favor of the renovation of Holton Hall and in favor of setting up a Sports Club Council to oversee funding of Sports Clubs, won the run-off elec- tion. I feel like we ran a good campaign. Everyone I worked with was encourag- ing and supportive. There were times that I thought it would never end. However, as I look back, the time went very fast, as I ' m sure the upcoming year will, Katlin said. Voter turnout for the election was very good compared to years before, according to Diane Murphy, chair- woman of the Elections Committee and left Taylor As the snow falls the posters go up on the campus trees. Jeff Gates, junior in finance and Mike Widrig, sophomore in business administration, begin a week of campaigning by placing their posters on an available tree outside the Union. junior in radio and television, even though the voting areas were narrowed down to the Union and the Veterinary Complex. The increase may have been due to a greater convenience of only the Student ID being required to vote as compared to needing both ID and fee card needed in previous years, according to Murphy. After an unsuccessful bid for the presidency last year, the dual can- didates, Dick and Steve, attempted to run again. This time they discarded the idea of a write-in campaign and tried to get on the ballot as serious candidates. On the Monday a week and a half before the general election, Dick Bergen, junior in art and Steve Eller, sophomore in business administration and were notified by the Elections Committee that they, in being a dual candidacy, could not be on the ballot. They appealed to Student Tribunal, but Tribunal upheld the committee ' s decision. Further complications plagued the election of College of Education student senators. During the first two hours the polls were open, students were directed 22 campus elections

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Toilet paper and oranges flew over the stands at the KU-K-State football game when the fans showed their enthusiasm for the Wildcats during their first win against their Kansas rival in four years. John Sleezer Goalposts made their way from the stadium down through the streets of Aggieville as fans celebrated the ' Cats victory. Pre-game celebrating is evident as Lesa Showalter, sophomore in radio-television, and Lindy Coman, sophomore in pre-veterinary medicine, give their support to the Wildcats at the KU-K-State game. K-State — KU partying 21

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to vote for only one candidate for education senator when actually they could vote for up to three. The election was appealed by Melanie Berbohm, sophomore in pre-professional elementary education and write-in can- didate. The election was declared invalid by the Elections Committee and educa- tion senators were selected through an interview process by the Education Council. This was appealed by Alison Armer, junior in elementary education JeH Taylor and a winner of the original election, and the senators were finally chosen in a special election held in Bluemont Hall. Four students were elected to the Board of Student Publications which oversees the organization of the Col- legian and Royal Purple. Fifty-nine senators were chosen to represent students in each of the eight colleges and graduate school. A college receives senate representation according to its enrollment. For every 300 students On the ni ght of the election, Jerry Katlin, senior in management, recieves the information from Elec- tions Committee Chairwoman Diane Murphy that he has made it into the run-off election for student body president. Protesting the decision of Elections Committee not to allow him to run with Steve Eller as a candidate for student body president, Dick Bergen, junior in art, displays his discouragement by protesting in front of the Union. mwt fi i Andy Nels enrolled, the college receives one senator. Arts and Sciences, the largest college, has 16 senators representing the students enrolled. Reflecting at the end of his term, former student body president Bill Rogenmoser, senior in education, said, I ' m really relieved; I ' m tired of worrying about things constantly. But its been a very, very enjoyable year for me. — by Susan Somora campus eleclions 23