Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Goalposts and paperless basketball tickets were topics of discussion at the Student Athlete Advisory Committee debate last night between Student Senate presidential and vice presidential candidates.
The debate, open only to student athletes, gave candidates the chance to address their platforms specifically to student-athlete needs.
Candidates representing the Delta Force, United Students and Students’ Rights coalitions participated in the question and answer session.
Chelsey Pryor, Washington, Penn., senior and Student Athlete Advisory Committee senator, said the debate helped SAAC to endorse the best presidential and vice presidential candidates. SAAC will announce their endorsement decision later in the week.
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Hannah Love, presidential candidate for United Students said that giving students something to look forward to after the game would decrease the risk of the poles being torn down.
“The debate gave us a chance to get to know the candidates and address concerns,” Pryor said.
Student athletes addressed their concern for safety after football games when goalposts were torn down.
Caitlin Ballard, vice-presidential candidate for Students’ Rights, said implementing new traditions, like an event after football games, could deter students from tearing down the goalposts.
Hannah Love, presidential candidate for United Students said that giving students something to look forward to after the game would decrease the risk of the poles being torn down.
Delta Force addressed their platform to bring back paper tickets for basketball games.
John Cross, presidential candidate for Delta Force said the tickets would be distributed like football tickets. A KUID would still be scanned at the game to insure only students used the tickets.
“This way students could still have the ticket as a souvenir,” Cross said.
Candidates used the debate to get input on these issues from student athletes. Love said in the past a gap existed between student athletes and Student Senate.
“The debate was a way to get information out between the athletes and candidates,” Love said.
Pryor said the debate made it possible to see which candidates were willing to work closely with the athletes.
Darrell Stuckey, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore and football player, said the debate was productive.
“It was a much-needed experience for student athletes,” Stuckey said. “A lot of athletes haven’t voted in the past because they didn’t know anything about the candidates.”
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
— Edited by Stacey Couch
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Athletes attend Senate debate
I like the idea of the paper tickets, only if they throw out the KU ID scanning in the first place. It's a good step forward as far as souvenirs are concerned. However, I do want the ability to sell/give my tickets to non KU students.
Athletes attend Senate debate
Hopefully they will endorse the right candidates this year. Because their endorsement really had a big impact last year....
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