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Show Monday, March 24,2008 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE www.dailyutahchronicle.com The University of Utah's I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t Voice Since 1890 PURDUE 11 NM C\ M 66 Student Body President other Senior Class President position, except two Senate seats. Three seats in the General Assembly seats have yet to be decided because of a problem with the online voting. The seats representing the College of Education will be filled after students in the college recast their votes online through the Campus Information System this Tuesday and Wednesday. About 13 percent of the student body turned out to cast their ballot, a 1 percent increase over last year's turnout. Reimherr said he's looking forward to a productive year and to building on the ef- See ELECTION Page 4 General other Assembly i'.' • 1 )59 STAFF WRITER Above: Elections Registrar Dave Martini announces election results on the Union Patio during a snowstorm. Below left: Jon hayes, Kariann Hibbard and Yevegeniya Kopeleva embrace before hearing the election results. Below right: Spork Party Campaign ManagerTim Vogler shelters himself from snow while listening to Martini. of the vote. Altogether, Spork received 35 percent of the vote compared to Focus' 64 percent. The In one of the biggest landslides in recent remaining one percent of the votes went to student government election hbtory, the Fo- write-in candidates si'cb as Mickey Mouse, cus Party won the election for student body Chuck Norris and Ninja. The victorious parpresident with nearly 64 percent of the vote. ty in the two previous student government Patrick Reimherr, the Focus presidential elections won with 54 percent of the vote. candidate, and his running mate, Jon Hayes, Dave Martini, the Associated Students of received 1,741 votes compared to the 964 the University of Utah elections registrar, anvotes received by Spork candidate Graham nounced the election results to a crowd on the Anderson and running mate John Bowers. Union patio on March 14. Amidst falling snow, Madison Warren won the position of se- Focus candidates and supporters hugged and nior class president for Focus over Spork's cried as they celebrated their victory. candidate, McCaye Badger, with 69 percent Focus also won almost every legislative UTAH Natalie Dicou PHOTOS BY THOMAS NELSON/flwft)'ff Weft STAFF WRITER No. 143 I ©2008 Utes fall in 1st round Anditlmwinnerlis Michael McFall Vol. 117 Senate 3seatstobe determined* X WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—A potential matchup between women's college basketball coaching icons Pat Summitt and Elaine Elliott won't happen—at least not this year. The Utes' season came to an abrupt conclusion Sunday night when the hometown Purdue Boilermakers knocked the Utes out of the NCAA tournament, crushing hopes of a secondround matchup against Summit and No. 1 Tennessee. The eighth-seeded Utes fell 66-59 m a nail-biter after leading 29-28 at the half. It was a decidedly unsatisfying way for Utah to finish the season considering that just two weeks ago it was still riding a 22-game winning streak. A pair of postseason losses put a damper on a recordbreaking season. "It's hard," said senior guard Leilani Mitchell, who finished with 14 points and nine assists. "We came in with the expectation to win. It's not fun. All season, we were kind of just waiting for the postseason and then to go 0-2 is frustrating, but we played with great effort and we played hard. We still had a great season." Morgan Warburton tied the score at 52 on a 3-pointer with 7:33 to go, but Utah fell behind with 6:43 remaining and never recovered. The same shooting woes that caused the Utes to bow out of the MWC tournament ahead of schedule in Las Vegas once again afflicted them down the stretch against Purdue. Late in the game, the Utes missed several point-blank put-backs that could've kept them in it. Meanwhile, Purdue lit it up from behind the arc, drilling 4-of-5 3-pointers in the second half. Early on, Warburton and Kalee Whipple—who together average 31.9 points per game this season— had yet to emerge from the shooting funk they feil into during the painfully short MWC tournament. Both players started out i-of-4 from the field, and by halftime they had combined to shoot 4-of-n. Warburton finished with a game-high 18 points on 6-of-i2 shooting and Whipple went 3-of-n. Mitchell, playing in her final college game, kept the Utes in the game early on. The Kennewick, Wash., native scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting and dished out five assists in the first half, but shot just 2-of-7 in the latter half. Mitchell finished with 14 points and nine assists. The game showcased teams headed in opposite directions. Purdue was on the upswing after winning the Big Ten tournament while the Utes were still trying to live down their baffling loss to Colorado State. It didn't help matters that the game was held at Purdue, where the Boilermakers went 11-3 during the regular season in front of thousands of Purdue faithful. With the win, the Boilermakers embark on their 12th consecutive foray into the second round of the NCAA tournament. Despite the disappointing end, Elliott is a changed See UTES Page 13 Regents OK tuition increase Council selects new Average U student to pay $250 more each semester editor for Chronicle Rochelle McConkie second-tier tuition increases. Although Pearson said the U's yearly tuition increases are consistent with national trends, he said The State Board of Regents approved a 6 percent the U is currently increasing at a rate comparatively tuition increase for the U last week at its meeting in lower to other schools. St. George. He said in 1990, the U's tuition increase was about With this increase, the average resident student 4 percent higher than the national average of peer taking a 15-hour course load will pay $256.20 more research institutions, but now it is about 20 percent for tuition every semester. lower than this average. Regents spokeswoman Amanda Covington said The Regents also allowed Utah colleges and unithat at 5.7 percent, the average tuition increase for versities to increase student fees by an average of all 10 public colleges and universities in Utah is the 3.49 percent annually. Last year, fees went up 4 perlowest it has been since 2001. Last year, the average cent. Students will now have to pay an average of statewide tuition increase was 6.6 percent. $523 each year in fees. "State appropriations into higher education have The U will add a $5 library fee to offset costs for assisted our institutions and have helped to ensure the Marriott Library to purchase journals, which we can make modest tuition increases," said U In- have increased in cost by 8 to 10 percent. terim Commissioner of Higher Education David Administrators say they decided to cut $5 from the Buhler in a statement. Tuition increases are split into two tiers. The Re- See TUITION Page 4 gents approved a 3.5 percent first-tier increase for nine institutions of higher education. This increase represents the institutions' share of the state-approved faculty and staff pay raises in which the state pays 75 percent and universities use tuition revenue to pay the remaining quarter. University of Utah • . 6% The U will have a 2.5 percent tuition increase for Utah State University 6% its second-tier, which pays for school initiatives Weber State University . . ' 5.5% such as advising, construction and other projects. Southern Utah University 7% Student Body President Spencer Pearson said the level of this year's increase is "moving in the right Snow College 4.5% direction," since it is less than in the past. Dixie State College 6.5% Last year, the U saw a 7 percent increase in tuition College of Eastern Utah ; • 4% and fees, and there was an 8.5 percent rise in 2006. Utah Valley State College 6.3% 7 • "'."•! "It's best for students not to have a large increase, Salt Lake Community College 5.5% but it's reasonable to expect at least the rate of inflation—which is about 4 percent—and the U is only Source: Utah System of Higher Education two above that," Pearson said. He said the U was in the "middle of the pack" for ASST. NEWS EDITOR Rochelle McConkie Gardiner plans to continue with the special sections initiated under the current editor in chief, Matthew Piper, alThe U's Publications Council has se- though there will be some alterations. lected current news editor Dustin Gardin- Instead of having a weekly arts and ener to be editor in chief of The Daily Utah tertainment section, which is currently Chronicle for the 2008-2009 school year. called Redux, the paper will put out a Dan Lauritzen, chair of the Publications separate weekly tabloid that will stay on Council, said Gardiner was chosen for his the racks for students to pick up. Also, the current Activities section will focus even-handed approach to the paper. "Dustin is very organized and very solely on outdoor recreation, which he business-oriented," Lauritzen said. said will draw in readers. "He's good at getting the job done the "Utah is a Mecca for outdoor enthusiright way at the right time." asts," Gardiner said. Gardiner said he wants to expand the Gardiner has worked for The Chronicle online presence of the paper to meet the for three years, starting as a news staff demands of changing media. He plans to writer two years ago and serving as assisdevelop multiple formats to present sto- tant news editor last year. He also applied ries online, including audio interviews, for the editor in chief position last year. podcasts and photo slide shows on The He is a senior who is double majoring Chronicle's website. hi mass communications and political "As the print paper dies out, online will science. be the lifeblood of newspapers," GardinGardiner was chosen over current er said. "We need to train students for sports editor.Tony Pizza, assistant news the world they'll be working in." editor Ana Breton and Erik Lopez, who Gardiner also plans to focus the paper works at SLUG Magazine, an arts and moref0n campus news and will only cover entertainment magazine. Lauritzen said natioiial or statewide news if it relates to Gardiner was chosen almost unanistudents or the university. He said students mously, with one vote going for Pizza can read national stories in other free pa- and one for Breton. pers distributed on campus or online. "There was strong competition, and I'm During his tenure, Gardiner plans to put a looking forward to working with a lot of heavy emphasis on educating staff members. people I competed against," Gardiner said. "We will be doing a lot more to train Gardiner will begin the position in new writers, and there will be side-by- the 2008 Summer Semester. side editing in every section," he said. r.mcconkie@chronicle.utah.edu ASST. NEWS EDITOR How does the U's tuition increase compare? » • V • • i • ' ; i |