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Show TIIE TIIUNDERBlRD • SOUTIIERN UTAH UNIVERSI1Y • TIIURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1992 • PAGE 3 Senate hopefuls Candidate visits discuss growth southern Utah of SU campus BY CH ERIS TUCKER Thunde'l'bfrd Editcr Democrat David Nuffer and Republican Davtd W atson , candidates for State Senate District 29, came to SUU's campus Monday to discuss issues such as growth of the SUU campus, funding of higher education, abortion and other issues. Both candidates agreed that they wanted to see SUU grow, but differed on how the school was to handle or fund the growth. Given the choices of capping enrollment, cutting other state budget items to increase education funding, raising taxes, or raising ruition, Nuffer said he would prefer to cap enrollment while simultaneously raising other taxes such as mineral resource taxes and toxic waste taxes. Watson noted that all of Utah's income tax goes to education and next year the state will have $106 million more dollars to allocate to education, due to income growth. O n the subject of education, Watson said he wants to integrate the Board of Regents and channd students to come to SUU. "It's the best quality for the dollar spent," he said. Nuffer said, "Quality is where we need to be, it's a mistake to spend $2-5 million to make UVCC a four-year i.n stitution when students can go right here." The candidate.s both claimed to be prolife when a question was asked about abortion, but Nuffer said Utah's abortion law is a mistake. "We have wasted $150,000 to defend that law," he said. "I believe in life from conception, but that law is a waste of money." Watson defended the law, saying it was necessary. "Anytime you put a new sentence into an abortion ruling it's open to prosecution," he said." Anything differential will be challenged, so we might as well call it as it is." Ron Holt, the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. House of Representatives, state district one, visited SUU Monday morning to meet briefly with students on campus and answer their questions. In front of the Srudent Center, Holt met students, passed out campaign literarure, and took advantage of the opportunity to state his position on several issues and take shots at his opponent James Hansen, the republican candidate. William Lawrence, an independent, is also running for the first district congressional seat Holt said, "I am a proven leader with a lot of energy to get things done. Incumbent Jim Hansen is Utah's stealth congressman-he's invisible on Capitol Hill, but occasionally shows up to take the credit. Just look at his voting record." Holt also participated in a televised debate on the SUU campus with his opponents, Hansen and Lawrence, on Oct. 22. The event was sponsored by KUED Channel 7 and league of W omen Voters. Ron Holt, DemocTatic candidare fOT U.S. House of Rep-resentatitll!S, made a brief visit to SU Monda,. SU leaves housing shortages to community BY LEASA TRIPP ThundeTbiTd Staff WriteT The housing shortage for SUU students seems to be a never-ending plague for both married and single students. On and off campus, housing shortages are the college student's nemesis. Currendy on campus, there is a 96 percent occupancy rate; meaning that out of 448 single student beds, only 29 are available. These vacancies are all for male occupants, however-there are no female openings. Manzanita is filled to 106 percent of its capacity with several students triple-bunked, a condition that SUU Assistant Vice President of Student Services Mark Barton indicated would absolutely not be allowed next year. SUU's family housing facilities are also filled to 100 percent capacity. Off campus, the vacancy rate is even less promising at a mere three percent, leaving only 40 out of 1553 beds available. According to Barton, conditions are looking up with many new private projects under construction or near completion. "The Stratford ON CAMPUS • HAUNTED HOUSE: Sigma Nu is sponsoring their annual Haunted House Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Sigma Nu house. Inldey's is taking free photos of those who go through the house, and the cost is $3 per person or $5 per couple. All ages are welcome. · JAPANESE MINI-FAill: Japanese arts and crafts along with cultural displays will be on display tomorrow in the Kolob Canyon living Room &om 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Participants can learn origami, make Oriental names and play with Japanese toys. Students can also learn Japanese self-defense and sample Japanese snacks &om 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair is part of SUU's International Week. ruRKEY TROT: Srudents can sign up for the annual Turkey Trot, a two-mile run held Tuesday. Participants meet at the Physical Education Building and the entry fee is $1. For more information or to sign up, students can oontact Shane Lamb in the Srudent Government Offices at 586-7766. Manor apartments should be available by January at the latest, and they offer 17 apartments for a total of 102 beds, and the Cabrera project provides 48 beds and should be available within a month," he said. Barton also mentioned that an additional 45 beds are being constructed by Comfort Inn to accommodate the summer housing needs of the Shakespea.rean Festival and these beds will be converted to srudent apartments during the school year. "Students don't like units with three bedrooms and six occupants, they want their privacy," Barton said. "And I do see that option becoming possible in the future, but the costs would increase." The family housing conditions are not quite as optimistic. "Family housing needs are still very tight," Barton said , adding that SUU can only construct buildings that will pay for themselves, and building and renting low income family housing is just not economically feasible at this time. "Hopefully the community will build the married housing that is needed," Barton said. "Private construction benefits the community economically where SUU construction does not SU Senators hear three requests BY JENNIFER MORLEY Thunde'l'bird Associare Editcr In contrast to last Tuesday's record for the longest debate, SUUSA Senators have now set the record for their shortest debate this year. The five minute debate resulted in a unanimous $375 funding allocation to Sen. Stacy Nix to fund her special project of printing pamphlets for" Awareness Week" to educate students about sex education, date rape, sexually transmitted diseases and sexual abuse. Opening the debate, Nix added a stipulation to her bill saying that "any funds not used for this project will be returned to the SUUSA Senate." "I thinlc that everyone one of us (senators) knows someone who has dealt with one of these issues," said Nix. "This project will help, it needs to be done." Sen. Darren Gates, speaking on behalf of the investigating commi~ gave the bill "a positive recommendation for the full amount" Sen. Sasha Volkov is requesting that $1,381 be allocated to the Uterary Guild to fund a poetry reading series. The series according to Volkov will be "the highlight of SUU's culrural life in winter and spring quarters." Acx:ording to Volkov, in his doquendy written bill, "the readings will benefit many a scholar, not only the short ones but also the taller. To be or not to be emotionally elevated by the magical power of the word, that is the question." SUU's Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED), an academic honor society which helps students interested in careers in the pl'C" professional and allied health fields, requested $500 to help fund their annual trip to the University of Utah. According to Sen. Kim Robinson, the trip will include students in nursing, medicine, pharmacy, dental, physicians assistant and physical therapy programs. This trip will not only expose these 35 srudents to graduate programs, but it will allow them to gather information about these programs to bring back to other students, said Robinson. . The SU Waukeenyans requested $2,500 for the purpose of acquiring new uniforms "to better represent SUU's standard of excellence," according to Sen. Cheri Dodds. The Waulceen yans have chosen'a 28 member team in order to involve a larger number of talented individuals, said Dodds. All other costumes available from past years total only 16. The Waukecnyans are an active part of Clubs and Organizations and are currendy involved in many fundraisers to earn money for the new uniforms, according to Dodds. The Waukeenyans have already cut costs by taking advantage of available talent sources on campus such as the costume shop and their adviser Mitzi McKay, according to Dodds. "Waukecnyans are a visual part of the university and they carry SU' s image as student representatives while performing at home or traveling to other universities,"said Dodds |