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Show Saying Goodbye to Your Pet: THE Good scientists have to know when to let go of bad ideas, no matter how sad it can be, says Carlos Ponce. A McConundrum: Irish culture is being trampled on by NBC. Brian Dennehy and Stone Phillips. And this Irish American is fightin' mad. Mil flafS hMMzMiM I The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 Best in Show: Coaches Elaine Elliott and Dick Hunsaker lead the pack of MWC individual honors. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001 VOL 110 NO 123 nnovauo: Election Ora ciais iiJisau Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal Today, Elections to Proceed EMILY FULLER Chronicle News Writer Although students can still vote for them, Steve Nelson and his running mate Nick Paulk of the Innovation Party may be out of the ASUU presidential race after the ASUU Elections Committee "disqualified" the party for exceeding its budget limit Innovation appealed the committee's ruling to the Associated Stu TPS"- " T".".-"V'- : Voting began at 7 a.m. today. Innova- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OH tion still WWW.UTAHCHR0KICLE.Ci3M awaits a final decision by the Supreme Court on whether or not it is disqualified. The Supreme Court will convene at 7 p.m. this evening. The election will continue as planned, at least until the Supreme Court reaches a decision. No Bull filed the grievance against Innovation for not adhering to the rule within .......1 ,.l Marie Calendar Pie's 8 Papa Murphy's Pizzas .20Loaves Great Harvest Bread ' . roam and Plastic Cups 2,403 12 Cans, Stephen's Hot Chocolate Unknown Quantities of Candy 2 . ' Pizzas ' 6Q 5 Gallon Tubs of Dreyers Ice Cream - , . . li?.30 - $50.96; $59-1- , $I$3.8?3 - , $&6,83 Undkncwii $43,98" $1 h&j&O u MATT CANHAM Chronicle Asst. News Editor full-tim- ter. 'We recognize it is a hardship for so many students. We started off on the basis of trying to keep it as low as possifor academble," said David Pershing, senior ic affairs. Pershing represented the administration at the Senate meeting because Machen is out of town on business. The entire tuition increase will go toward salaries, but in three separate areas: faculty pay raises statewide, salaries 'for the U's Web designers and salaries for new library vice-preside- nt actual market price. Innovation reported it only obtained $6 worth of materials, buckets of including 60 Dreyers ice cream (priced at $1) and 2,400 plastic and foam cups (also listed at $1). However, the value price of the materials was actually $1,727.21, which put the party over its budget. fair-mark- ASUU-mandat- et ed committee The elections-hearin- g found the Innovation Party was "clearly aware of this rule and, in an effort to skirt it, obtained receipts for the majority of the items listed, stating that the goods were purchased at value rather than donated or contributed." The elections committee voted 2 to disqualify Innovation from the race. "We disagree completely with the elections committee ruling," said Nelson, Innovation's presidential candidate According to a written statement released by Innovation's competitors, the No Bull Party "did not request nor was it its intent that the Innovation Party be disqualified." see TUITION page 3 U Hospital Plans to Add Pneumatic Tube System JARED WHITLEY 5 - "''' J o ; V' Chronicle News Writer ' 0H1 V9 & ? 1 x. 1 2 5 i I vta. it ,,-,,S- , 4 f 1 l" Larry Arko demonstrates the new pneumatic tube system. J Sue Phelps is a nurse manager for Fourth North, a cardiothoracic intensive-care unit at the University HosThe pital. 10,000 or so patients that come through Fourth North every year have serious problems with their hearts or lungs. When one of them needs medication, speed is critical in saving lives. "When someone starts to crash, you need medications immediately," Phelps said. Sending a runner down five flights J l X VJ V ' ': Party Senior Class Candidate Ann Marie Ailen consoles Innovation's Steve Nelson after the elections committee disqualified his party. No Bull The Innovation Party filed the appeal after ASUU made the election committee's decision public at 8:30 p.m., Monday. "We look to the Supreme Court to remedy the discrepancy," Nelson said. ASUU officials called the Supreme Court members to rule on the decision at approximately 9 but only four of the six attended the hearing. The court worried about the damage that could be done to Innovation's campaign if its name were removed from the ballot. "The irreparable damage would be too much...It's just too much too fast," see DISQUALIFIED page p,m.,-MoRda- of stairs to fetch new medications can take as long as eight minutes, if they run, Phelps said. During those eight minutes, a heart patient's condition can go from bad to worse, or from worse to deceased. To save time, and potentially lives as well, the hospital is introducing a pneumatic tube system capable of transporting medication and other materials to Fourth North and other ICUs. "The pneumatic-tub- e transport system is being installed with the see TUBE SYSTEM page 4 BOBBI PARRY Chronicle News Writer The University of Utah Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgendered Resource Center opened its doors to students Monday, beginning its first official day of service. "We are hoping to provide a place where anyone can come and get resources, hang out or relax," said center volunteer Scott Lundberg. The LGBT Center currently offers services in the A. Ray Olpin University Union Cork Room, and will be open from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Lesbian Gay Student Union officials said they hope to find a more permanent location in the union by Fall Semester 2001. "We are still running through the process," Lundberg said. "This space is not a high traffic area. We would like to be more visible and more secure." Lesbian and Gay Student Union Arlyn Bradshaw said the center will provide support and information for LGBT students. "LGBT students have a lot of internal issues.... The center is a new way to get help to these individuals, to get them the proper information," he said. Lundberg said there arc many misconceptions within the campus and the community about LGBT students. "People don't understand our differences. They think homosexuality is to be feared," he said. Bradshaw agreed. "If you go on what is said about gays and lesbians in the community, set-u- p POOR COPY 3 it can be a completely negative experience. It doesn't have to be," he said. The center will help students deal with any negative attitudes they may encounter. "People will always have animosity for certain groups," LGSU Charles Milne said. To help fight negative attitudes, the center will work to educate the campus about LGBT issues, Milne said. "If people have questions about a friend who's gay or they're working a on LGBT about paper issues. ..they can come get information about sexual identity," he said. Bradshaw said while LGSU has experienced some discrimination from individual students, overall student response has been supportive. "It all comes down to respecting others' opinions," he said. The center received the backing or both the U's administration and th Associated Students of the University of Utah in locating a space and funding for the center, Milne said. Lundberg said people in the community have also given their support to the center. "We had a fundraising dinner that was quite he said. The dinner, held in January, raised about $3,000 for the center. Milne said decisions on how to spend the money are still being made. "A lot of it will go toward such as the safe zones," he said. The program will work well-attended- ," program-ming-effor- safe-zon- - Ji c ts es see CENTER page 3 THE DAILY UTAH ONLINE CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.Utahchronicle.com "1 ! ) d 3 Percent LGBT Resource Center Opens for Student Use d The 4 percent statewide increase is in a of 4 anticipation percent faculty pay raise. The Legislature has a policy that 25 percent of all faculty pay raises must come from an increase in tuition. Lawmakers, in fact, did approve a 4 percent increase in faculty and staff pay, but they also added money to increase health benefits by 16 percent and $5 million to help those who make less than 90 percent of their market value. Pershing told the Senate the tuition increase already approved by the Regents would have to go up another 1.5 percent for Utah's public colleges to match the funds. If the Regents approve the U's request during its March 15 and 16 meeting, the statewide tuition increase would be 5.5 percent for next Fall Semester. The Regents also pushed for and lawmakers adopted a tuition increases that would affect plan for "second-tier- " individual universities. The university president would decide how to spend the revenue from this second tuition increase. Lawmakers decided the state's universities could request a 4 percent "tuition surcharge" that the Regents would have Regents-approve- University of Utah President J. Bernard Machen wants to increase tuition by another 3 percent, administrators announced at the Academic Senate meeting Monday. The Utah State Board of Regents, which governs higher education, approved a statewide tuition increase of 4 percent before the legislative session. If administrators gain support of the Regents, U students will see a total increase of 7 percent e A 7 percent tuition increase would cost a undergraduate taking 15 credit hours $84 more per semes- tedbargained price rather than the fair-mark- et ,.,.,..,. Marictt Price ' $0 $0 re" '' M.iiiij. Food bought for campaigning by Innovation was listed at the dona- 3-- $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 ,20 ..1,.. 1.. . ' iLil3 Red-boo- k, the ASUU constitution. " Innovation Campaign Purchases Purchase Innovation Price , . dents of the University of Utah's Supreme Court, which granted an injunction for 72 hours, allowing the party to stay on the electoral ballot. |