Delta Force launches campaign

By By Daniel Berk

Monday, March 7, 2005



Elaine Jardon, right, Overland Park sophomore and Delta Force presidential candidate, discusses the Delta Force platform with Sam Birchfield, Lawrence sophomore, and Ryan Mills, Fort Scott junior, Friday night. Delta Force held its kickoff party at the apartment of vice presidential candidate Stephanie Craig.

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Elaine Jardon, right, Overland Park sophomore and Delta Force presidential candidate, discusses the Delta Force platform with Sam Birchfield, Lawrence sophomore, and Ryan Mills, Fort Scott junior, Friday night. Delta Force held its kickoff party at the apartment of vice presidential candidate Stephanie Craig.

Even though Delta Force hasn’t won the student body presidency in four years, it’s not backing down.

The coalition held its annual campaign kickoff party Saturday night.

The gathering was smaller than in years past with about 150 people attending the party.

Elaine Jardon, presidential candidate and Overland Park sophomore, is working with last year’s candidate Blake Swenson, Topeka senior, on changing certain aspects of this year’s campaign.

The coalition is looking forward to online voting this year, Ethan Muss, Salina junior, said.

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“We have been working on online voting for a long time now,” Muss said. “It should increase voter turnout, and that has traditionally been better for Delta Force.”

Last year online voting passed through a referendum, which allows students to vote from any computer on or off campus.

Swenson agreed with Muss that online voting will help the coalition, and should give the election a record turnout.

The coalition is calling its campaign Delta Force 9, referring to the ninth year Delta Force has run for Senate.

Brian Thomas, Plano Texas senior, was wearing a Delta Force 5 shirt at the party, signaling the last time Delta Force won.

“I wear the shirt every year, so everyone here knows we can win the election,” Thomas said. “The barriers to voter turnout disappear this year because of the online voting, so everything is up in the air.”

Thomas also said he would like to see this election be less about harassing voters on Wescoe Beach. Instead, he said the election should focus on which coalition had more significant issues and a clearer vision for the University.

He also said the elections commission would have to work hard this year to ensure candidates were not harassing voters while they were on computers the days of the election. The Student Senate elections will be April 13 and 14.

— Edited by Laura Francoviglia

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