Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Students pay approximately $450 in student fees annually. Why not have a say in the process?
That is the thinking behind The University Daily Kansan, KUJH-TV and KJHK’s second annual Student Senate debate, scheduled to take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 6 on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
“If students don’t vote, they have no say in where the money goes, and it’s important that students spend their money wisely,” said Brenna Hawley, Salina junior and editor-in-chief of The Kansan.
This year’s debate is designed to appeal to the everyday University student who may or may not know much about Student Senate, Hawley said. Last year, the debate was in the evening, the candidates were dressed formally, and the audience consisted mostly of student senators. This year, candidates will be speaking to students midday on campus in casual clothes, and this, Hawley said, will hopefully attract as many students as possible.
“The more people we get interested in what the candidates have to say, the better the election could possibly be,” Hawley said. “That is definitely the goal.”
"Leaders in Student Senate have a much more significant effect in the day-to-day lives of the average students than the federal government."
Malcolm Gibson
General manager for The Kansan
Yelena Pavlik, Plano, Texas, senior and managing editor of KUJH-TV, said it was the student media’s duty to inform students about the upcoming election.
“Being a campus media, we feel it’s a very integral part of our job to sponsor the Student Senate election debate so that we help create awareness about it to students on campus,” Pavlik said.
Malcolm Gibson, general manager and news adviser for The Kansan, said students typically failed to realize the importance of elections.
“A lot of their money is spent by Student Senate, and they should participate because it is important for that money to go where they want it to go,” Gibson said.
Gibson said Student Senate elections were in many ways more important than national elections.
“Leaders in Student Senate have a much more significant effect in the day-to-day lives of the average students than the federal government,” Gibson said. “It is just as, if not more important in many ways, and I hope this debate raises the awareness of that.”
Questions for the candidates can be submitted to senatedebate@kansan.com.
— — Edited by Melissa Johnson
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