DAILY UTAH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1986 VOL. 95 NO. 7J Registrar proposes ASUU election irule changes Wants to ensure politicking is financially honest by Drew Staffanson Staff writer ASUU primary elections are now less than a month away and the wheels of student campaign machines are turning. But while presidential and Assembly hopefuls are out garnering support, John Fackler, ASUU elections registrar, is working to see that their politicking is done fairly. "My job is to make sure people are represented," Fackler said. "We're trying to create an honest election financially." To do that he has proposed a series of election rule changes that he says will make candidates more responsible and stimulate a larger voter turnout. First, Fackler wants to raise the presidential campaign spending limit from $ 1 ,000 ("where it's been for years") to $1,500. The increase, however, will be coupled with more stringent financial disclosure requirements. Candidates will have to submit a complete financial report, including names, addresses and numbers of contributors. The statements of the two final presidential candidates will be published in the Chronicle. In addition, the Election Committee will call area businesses and calculate a price base for campaign materials. It will then use that base when reviewing the financial disclosures. In the past, ASUU candidates have done things such as have parents buy campaign items who then "rent" them to students. Fackler said the new disclosure guidelines will guard against this type of "creative accounting." Exceptional discounts from personal friends in a legitimate business are acceptable, he said. "But those discounts will be reported, verified and published." Fackler favors allowing larger outdoor banners but wants to cut campus clutter by further limiting the number of indoor posters. Last year campus maintenance charged ASUU $500 to mess. "Candidates were clean up the own their take down posters and pay a $50 required to clean-u- p fee, but ASUU still ended up having to pay $350 of its own," he said. Finally, Fackler is proposing to change the election final to a schedule from a two-da- y primary and two-da- y three-da- y will final. one-da- y and "It keep primary candidate spending down, make them concentrate more on the primary and hopefully increase voter turnout," he post-electi- , on said. Proposed rule changes will go before the ASUU Assembly for approval January 30. ASUU Elections ?, (lironkk phot by iitvt Onllm Registrar John Fackler is proposing changes to make the elections process more fair. Books on unsafe contraceptive Students to lobby for out 110 years too late, editor says Legislature increase limits by Dory Donner Staff writer Recently published books about a dangerous contraceptive device are probably out about 10 years too late, a magazine editor said Tuesday at the Hinckley Institute's Books and Banter., At Any Cost by Morton Mintz and Nightmare: Women and the Dalkon Shield by Susan Perry and Jim Dawson were published in 1985, but the A.H. Robins company took the IUD off the market in 1974 to avoid lawsuits, said Marjorie Kyriopoulos, of Network writer-edit- or magazine. "The entire issue is fraught with paradoxes," she said. The IUD was developed to be effective and safe for women who hadn't had children. But it turned out to be less effective than other forms and infinitely more dangerous. Advertising touted the device as "anatomically engineered" and therefore more comfortable than other IUDs, but the crab-lik- e shape caused excruciating pain when inserted and often required anesthesia to be taken out, Kyriopoulos said. The prongs on the sides of the device often perforated the uterus, but even more dangerous was the "wicking effect" of the string attached to the contraceptive. The IUD is attached to a string so that it can be removed. Most of the problems caused by this IUD were because of the "new and improved materials" of the string, Kyriopoulos noted. continued on page five .... t'PvFvJ r. V' ' - Staff writer After a quarter of training and preparation, 17 University of Utah students are now getting the opportunity to perform their newly acquired duty lobbying the Utah State Legislature. The lobbyists spent autumn quarter learning about the legislative process, digging up facts and sharpening communication and persuasion skills under the direction of Hinckley Institute Director Ted Wilson. ASUU Public Affairs Chairman Brett Bailey, who leads the group, said the lobbyists are mainly concerned with two issues confronting U. students. First, he said, the lobbyists will work to convince state senators and representatives to limit 1986-8- 7 tuition increases to the proposed 6 percent and less if possible. In the span between the 1984-8- 5 and 1986-8- 7 academic years, U. students will have been subjected to a 21 percent increase in tuition and fees, "and that's only if there are no more proposed increases," said Bailey "The largest part of that increase came last fall when all at once we were hit with a 7 percent tuition increase, a 2 e library surcharge and the new computer percent fee, which jumps the figure another 8 percent." Bailey said that if all goes as expected, education costs at the U. should go up only about 4 percent this fall, since the two-ye- ar .i. " hi ' by Drew Staffanson tA. - ' :' one-tim- j library surcharge applied to this year only. Another big concern for the lobbyicts is state support for the U. computer, program. Hie Joint Appropriations Committee considers three recommendations when determining higher education funding, said Bailey. They come from the Board of Regents, the governor and the Legislature's own fiscal analyst. 1 Z"' The Regents recommended the state pour $1.8 million into the computer program. Both Gov. Norman H. Bangerter and the fiscal analyst, however, recommended Chronicle photo by Todd Crosland Nothing, even fog, lasts forever Alone University of Utah student takes advantage of Tuesday's early morning sunshine near the Marriott Library on campus. Although students begrudgingly retrieved their boots and carried umbrellas to school Monday, Tuesday brought with it sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures. Clear skies and warmer temperatures are expected . the state give nothing. Student lobbyists have each been assigned to work with key legislators in an effort to raise support and funds for the project. "Our representatives and senators need first to know how worthwhile the program is," said Bailey. "If we can get at least some funding now, our chances of future support are a lot greater." Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT