Court rullnca rai sss eiiisrslhinp In ruling against the students, Justice Byron White, By Kent Anderson Chronicle managing editor It's too soon to tell whether Wednesday's Supreme Court decision, allowing school officials authority to censor high school newspapers, will affect University of Utah publications. But some students and faculty are concerned the ruling's precedents and "vague" U. publication policies leave the censorship door open. The Supreme Court's 3 decision upheld the action of a high school principal in Missouri's Hazelwood School District who removed pages from the school newspaper because they included articles about teenage pregnancy and divorce. 5-- writing for the majority, likened the role of school officials to that of a newspaper publisher, who has the right to remove articles from the paper. "A school must be able to set high standards for the student speech that is disseminated under its auspices . . . and may refuse to disseminate student speech that does not meet those standards," White said in an opinion joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor and Antonin Scalia. The ruling brought a sharp rebuke from Justice William Brennen, who was joined by Justices Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun. "Such unthinking contempt for individual rights is intolerable from any state official," he said of the principal's action. Gwendolyn Gregory, deputy general counsel of the National School Boards Association, praised the Court's ruling, which she said recognizes the realities of the school environment. "Kids don't have the same rights as everyone else. . . . They can't vote, they can't drink there are all sorts of things they can't do." Whether this decision will affect publications at the U. is unknown. But a drive to amend publication guidelines at the U. has been underway since early October. ASUU Vice President Brooks Amiot and Todd Gabler see "Court" on page four ThE DAily UtaN ACTIVISTS H THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, CLE 1988 BSSU UNIVERSITY OF UTAH VOL. NO. Keeping U. on your toes See page 8 69 Analysts' proposal cuts $300,000 from higher ed. budget By Todd Curtis Chronicle staff writer Utah State legislative analysts, working for both the Senate and the House of Representatives, recommended a $1.8 million budget increase for higher education Wednesday. This new proposal is approximately $300,000 less than Gov. Norm Bangerter's proposal and $23.7 million less than the State Board of Regents' requests. The legislative analysts made their recommendations to a joint appropriations subcommittee for higher education meeting at the State Capitol. "In preparing this year's budget for higher education, we faced lots of problems," Boyd Garriott, a legislative analyst, said. Each year, in addition to the Regents' and the governor's budgets, the legislative analysts' office creates its own proposal, which is then used along with the governor s and see "legislature" on page three Funding for By Darren Hawkins Chronicle assistant news editor The buildings in Park Circle once stood tall as models of modern progress and technology. Now many students dread the whistling AiSM "hroniclc photo by Krin '.al nvs Boyd Garriott, legislative budget analyst, discusses the budget for higher education with Senator Richard Lake City and Rep. LaMont Richards, Lake City. Legislative analysts proposed a $1.8 Carling, R-S- R-S- alt million budget increase, $23.7 million less than alt the Regents requested. renovations top-priori- ty radiators and peeling plaster that have come to symbolize older campus structures. And even though improvements on these buildings are top priority, state funding is not available, causing the most needy to wait. And wait. And wait. While they remain in F limbo, other LnXn, C nn mmj Chronicle photo by Steven Wilson Renovation of old buildings at the University of Utah is often a problem due to lack of funds. Top priority remodeling projects such as the James E. Talmage Building must often wait for years. Others, such as the Merrill Engineering Building, are almost constantly being reworked with the aid of research grants. is still For example, the Merrill Engineering Classroom Building was finished and fully operational last fall. The Colleges of Engineering and Science often receive a large number of remodeling projects totaling hundreds of thousands of projects are completed. dollars yearly. Why are these buildings funded while others sit waiting? The difference lies in the nature of the college. Engineering and the sciences deal with technical research requiring frequent laboratory changes and updated equipment. Much of the money for renovation in these colleges comes from research grants, while funds to make capital improvements on the Talmage or Cowles buildings must be appropriated by the state. To the best of Lewis Penman's memory, the James E. Talmage Building has been on the renovation list for at least eight years. The office Penman directs, University of Utah Campus Planning, has now ranked a $3.8 million renovation of this building as the No.l campus project. Talmage's partner across the circle, the Leroy Cowles Building, comes in a close second with an estimated S4.1 million remodeling cost. In fact, if Penman had all the money he could wish for, S 1 1 3 million would go to the list. first five buildings on his the or He hopes, projects perhaps dreams, will be completed before 1993. And longevity on the need list doesn't necessarily guarantee funding. "You might scarce go so long on the list that you get tired and give up or something else will take over your priority," Penman said. For example, he said that two years ago plans for a central storage facility topped the need list, but now come in a lowly 21st. "(Building renovations) depend on the climate. With the energy crisis several years ago, there was a lot of money coming in for departments researching that area," Penman said. Every year for the past several years the amount of money spent in renovation has risen steadily. In 1987, the U. spent SI 2.1 million on 221 projects. And while Campus Planning handles everything from changing door nameplates to building the parking terrace at the Health Sciences Center, most of the projects average between $3,000 and S20,000. Any undertaking totaling more than S30,000 must be approved by the U. Institutional Council. At the last meeting, the Council OK'd five proposals, including a new ventilation system for the cadaver room in the Physical Therapy Building. However, only about 8 percent of the projects at the U. are expensive enough to require Council approval. Oftentimes renovations are canceled in midstream because the department requesting the work simply doesn't have the money to carry it through. Nearly 40 percent of the projects requested are canceled. Non-prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT