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Volume XXIV, Number 8_http://www. udallas.edu/www/udnews_Wednesdays October 30,1996
Congressional candidates hold forum
Low turnout shows student apathy on issues, candidates believe
By Lisa Makson
News Editor
Last Saturday, the College
Democrats, College Republicans
and University Relations held a
District 30 Congressional Candi-
date Forum to a surprisingly small
handful of students.
Six of the seven candidates—
incumbent Democrat Eddie Ber-
nice Johnson, Republican chal-
lengers John Hendry and Lisa Kit-
terman, Democratic challengers
Marvin Crenshaw and James L.
Sweatt, M.D., and Independent
challenger Lisa Hembry—attend-
ed the forum.
All the candidates emphasized
photo by Elizabeth Hernandez the importance of citizen partici-
Democrat Marvin Crenshaw addresses the forum, pation.
“I was disappointed with the
student turnout,” Kitterman said.
“This apathetic attitude leaves our
decision-making to the involved
few. It really hurts the people who
don’t get involved.” Sweatt con-
curred and said that “things will
not change as long as people sit on
the sidelines.”
The forum was moderated by
Fort Worth Star Telegram report-
er Bud Kennedy. The forum was
divided into four sections: a five
minute speech, a moderator ques-
tion with a two minute reply, a two
minute follow-up to reply to other
candidates’ statements, and an
audience question and answer
period.
In the speech section, each
candidate outlined his goals for
office. Crenshaw opened and
said that he would be a “voice for
the district,” have a “staff to serve
the people” and he would strong-
ly encourage “citizen participa-
tion.”
Hembry said that she would
focus on “safer neighborhoods,
the drug problem, education,
Social Security, Medicare, and
decreasing the deficit for our
grandkids.”
Kitterman emphasized her
ability to relate to District 30’s
diverse constituency. “As a fel-
low Generation X-er [she’s 29],”
she said that she would “reform
Social Security” and encourage
economic development by “re-
ducing the taxes on individuals by tax-
ing speculative investing.”
Sweatt, a Dallas physician, said that
he would “focus on health care reform
and education.” Sweatt said that he
wants to speed up FDA approval of new
drugs and also improve education so
that our “kids and the nation” will
remain competitive in the 21st centu-
ry.
Hendry talked about his successful
business career and said that if we
don’t start thinking with “longer term
horizons,” on such issues as paying off
the deficit, “our children will [have to]
be enslaved” with higher taxes. Hend-
ry also said, “I would stop deficit spend-
ing and introduce a balanced budget
amendment, and lower taxes by down-
■ Please see Candidates on page 2.
New “old”
law club up
and going
Marshall Society
plans competition
By Claire Patton
Contributing Writer
The University of Dallas now has a
pre-law society, called the John Mar-
shall Society.
“In one sense, it is a resurrection ol
an old club," said John Paynter, poli-
tics professor and club advisor. UE
had a pre-law club in the past, but it
faded away.
Senior Adrian Hawkins suggested
to Paynter that there was a need for a
pre-law society on-campus, and the
Society was born.
The Society has a variety of goals.
Topping the list is the Society’s, and
UD’s, first participation in the Texas
Moot Court Competition held at Texas
Wesleyan Law School. The great thin^
about this competition, Paynter said,
is that it really concentrates on the
idea of persuasive speech while simul-
taneously
teaching stu-
dents how to
use it effective-
ly-
Teams oi
two students
must argue an
imaginary case
in front of a
judge. Partici-
pants must
base their argu-
ments upon several real court cases in
order to persuade the judge either to
or against the team’s imaginary case.
The best speaker as well as the most
successful team will be given awards.
In addition to this, the John Mar-
shall Society plans to bring judges and
attorneys to campus so that they can
■ Please see Marshall on page 10
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ohn Marshall
Society
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Mary White, Rebekah Rardin, Caroline Amorella, and Robert Dunikoski await the announcement of the winners
of Saturday night's Haunted Haggar Halloween costume and pumpkin carving contest. Amorella's costume won.
UD ranks high in religion,
says Princeton college guide
By Daniel Kennedy
News Editor
With all the concern over how UD
rates among other colleges, students, fac-
ulty, and staff may be relieved to know
that the University ranked on at least one
college guide’s top ten list. In the 1997
edition of the Princeton Review Guide
To The Best 310 Colleges, UD ranks as the
seventh most religious college in the na-
tion.
Assistant Chaplain Christine Ed-
monds sees the effects of a healthy spir-
itual life on campus in such things as
prayer groups, academics, and extra-cur-
ricular clubs.
“I’ve noticed a larger number of stu-
dents that attend daily Mass,” Edmonds
said. She also noted the proliferation of
prayer groups, bible study groups, and
rosary groups as evidence of UD’s vigor-
ous spiritual life.
In terms of academics, Edmonds
spoke of the increasing number of theol-
ogy majors in recent times.
She also said that clubs, such as the
Joan of Arc Society and the Latin Liturgy
Society, are examples of UD’s strong
spiritual life.
“I’m really moved by the seriousness
of spiritual life on campus,” Edmonds
said. “You don’t see that on other college
campuses.”
The school ranked most religious was
Brigham Young University, followed by
Grove City College, Furman University,
Loyola Marymount University, Samford
University, College of the Holy Cross,
University of Dallas, University of Notre
■ Please see Students on page 10.
Trying out the
real world—
for a summer
By Kari Fuller_
Staff Writer
Trying to get an edge on real world
experience, several UD students spent
their summers working a portion of
the many internships available to stu-
dents.
“There is no way I can say what
type of jobs people perform as an in-
tern because internships vary so
much,” said Career Development Di-
rector Merl Jennings.
In Washington, D.C., senior poli-
tics majors Jen Blader and Mike Purtill
interned for Citizens Against Govern-
ment Waste and Free Congress, re-
spectively.
Blader worked in the research de-
partment monitoring government
spending and looking for gaps. “I
applied through Dr. (Sean) Sutton and
learned so much about D.C. This
opportunity confirmed what I wanted
U Please see Students on page 3.
10 most
religious
. universities
y source: 1997 Princeton Review Guide
1. Brigham Young Univ.
2. Grove City College
3. Furman Univ.
4. Loyola Marymount Univ.
5. Samford Univ.
6. College of the Holy Cross
7. Univ. of Dallas
8. Univ. of Notre Dame
9. Baylor University
10. Calvin College
Wbat's Hot and
What's Not at UD
What's Hot:
• religious life
• political activism
• cigarettes
What's Not:
• campus appearance
• library
source: 1997 Princeton Review Guide
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