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Show The Thuiulcrhirif Monday March 3, 1986 Page 3 Primaries set stage for general election BY JANET CRAWFORD It would be hard for any student to be oblivious to the campaigning that has overtaken the campus in recent days. The promotions for the elections appear several shapes and forms, from posters, and sweatshirts sundry items to the candidates themselves. buttons, Some 400 SUSC students were busy voting Wednesday in primary elections to eliminate all but two candidates for administrative vice president and six in the arts and letters senatorial race. In the vice presidential race, Mike Anderson of the Star party qualified in the top spot with 194 votes. Independent candidate Chris Angelo qualified for Wednesdays balloting with 112 votes. Other competitors who did not qualify were Craig Goddard of the Real People party, who tallied 88, and Ron Phillips, an independent candidate, with 28. In the race for the six ballot positions for arts and letters senator, the Star party qualified three candidates for the general election with Jeff Ingman receiving 62 votes, Jana Bunnell pulling n in 57 votes and Sonja drawing 38 votes. Also, Mike Brady of the Real People party reeled in 57 votes, Fred Bland, who has now joined the Real People party, received 34 votes as an independent and independent Scott Wheeler received 40 votes for the final ballot position. Other competitors who didnt qualify for the general elections were Real People candidates Keith Betsuie and Jane Fercik, each with 15 vote?. And so, the electioneering continues. Although the morass of material may seem confusing, the election process itself is a relatively simple one, according to Vice President for Student Services Sterling R. Church. All students must have a 2.0 or better grade point average to be eligible to run, he says. First, each candidate has to be nominated and someone must second the nomination. After the nominations, campaigning is opened for the primary elections completed Wednesday. At the voting polls in the Stduent Center, Fieldhouse and Library each student must present, a valid picture I.D. and state his or her major. The students identification and major are verified by phone. The top ballot spots for which students may vote for only one are for president and academic and administrative vice presidents. Students may vote for three senators but only in the school containing their particular major (see page 6). General education majors are only allowed to vote for the president and vice presidents. Also listed on the ballot are any issues that are to be voted on (see page 2). Two parties dominate the candidate slates this year. Elections Commitee Chairman Robert Mull says a general difference between the two parties is that the Real People party has a lot of students who have attended other schools and according to what they believe, they feel that SUSC should be brought up to the level of some of the other schools in the country. The Star party has a number of students who have been active in student government and say they are better qualified. Guess-Munso- McDermott, a concert pianist, performed and talked at Thursdays Convocation. McDermott played a few piano selections for her audience and then she spoke of her past playing experience in Alaska and her visits to Russia for Anne-Mari- e competitions. VP hopefuls have varied backgrounds BY HEATHER HARVEY ASSUSCs two vice presidential posts those of administration and academics have candidates with varied experience stemming from school politics to experience in the armed services. Running for Academic Vice President are candidates Larry Schmidt from the Real Peoples Party, Bill Honeck from the Star Party, and write-icandidate John Rex. Schmidt, who claims to have an advantage over the other two candidates in that he is older, says that although he has not had any direct experience in politics, he was in the Utah National Guard for five years. My job there consisted of spending money, developing he programs, and managing people, he stated; worked also he there in he was added that while in the business world. Schmidts platform maintains that if he is elected he would try to be the students employee. We would send thQ n senators to the clubs to find out what the clubs need, instead of waiting for the clubs to have to come to us, Schmidt said. Schmidt also says he wants to help the students more by increasing services and thereby making it easier for the students; I want to offer the students of SUSC the best chance for the best education, and I think that will help, he added. Honeck, a junior who is majoring in Interpersonal Communication, has held several political posts during his schooling years both here and in high school. At Box Elder (Utah) High School he was the student body president, and during his sophomore year he was senator for the School of Arts and Letters. He also served as the ASSUSC Chief Justice, SUSC Delegate Chair to the Utah Intercollegiate Assembly, and is currently a Resident Adviser in Juniper Hall. This election is a race of platforms and he sees experience, said Honeck, who added that the as solid, only the Star Partys platform tangible platform in this race. Honeck doesnt (continued on page 5) College faces tough times due to bleak budget hike SUSC will receive a bleak 2.2 percent increase over last years budget, following a embattled 1986 state legislative session. According to Vice President for College Relations Michael Richards, the college had originally asked for a 14 percent increase to cover salary equity, cost of living increases for faculty, new facilities management, and quality and program changes. SUSC received a base operating budget of $11,023,200. We received a bleak budget from the legislature, Richards said. This is very discouraging. Richards said that SUSCs main priority for this legislative session was the salary equity program for the faculty. SUSCs goal has been to increase salaries up to the average of the colieges peer institutions. Richards said that there was no progress made in that area. The college received a .36 increase for salaries, which Richards said would only cover faculty promotions. He said that there was no progress made in adjustments in this session. This jeopardizes the progress the state has made in higher education, Richards said. In public schools, Utah ranks near Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas on dollars spent per student. cost-of-livi- The minimum operating budget is in place, but the quality is in question, he said. The current national salary average is $39,S00 per year for a professor. SUSCs average is $35,500 per year. SUSC is behind about $4,300, falling 14.8 percent behind. For the capital budget, SUSC needed money for code compliance, capital improvements and capital developments. The slate owns $750 million in plant (buildings and land). These need maintenance to keep them operational and safe, Richards said. SUSC asked for the funding of three projects for code compliance: a campus fire alarm system, a new roof for the Auditorium and repaving parking lots. In capital improvements, SUSC asked for funding for two projects: one was energy tunnels, a project Richards said would pay for itself in 5 'z years, and site the improvements, demolishing some buildings such as Fieldhouse and restoring others. Neither was awarded any funding. The total funding awarded for the state higher education for capital improvements was about $1 million, less than .001 percent of the plant value. SUSC submitted two proposals for capital of land adjacent development. The first was a purchase the second was and for space parking to the Centrum to finish the basement of the Industrial Education building. The college was awarded $1.3 million on bond tor for the land adjacent to the Centrum, but the proposal the it made to never basement I.E. the buildings legislative floor. The state needs to generate more revenue for higher education, Richards said. The state senate is generally supportive of higher needs an education, but the house (of representatives) If the said. he overhaul in terms of education, trouble. This is in Utahs this road, on legislature stays no where close to meeting higher education s needs. Richards said that there is a flood of students coming into higher education demographically. Higher education will provide for enrollment growth for as much as theyre funded; if theyre not funded, they cant take the students, said Richards. He said that some growth may go out of state or unskilled some students may not go to college and find said. Richards best students, jobs. The risk is losing the |