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Show 40 UjifT igaasufeigy- It's party time for ASSUSC BY LISA JANE LAIRD Like Olympians spending anxious weeks preparing for their start, two full party slates and a handful of independents declared their candidacies for office in the Associated Students of SUSC. Some 35 candidates began their race during Friday's nomination procedures in the Great Hall. After weeks of strategy planning, senate candidates in the two schools of Education and Business, Communication and Technology will face off in Wednesday's primary race. Candidates for the presidency, vice presidency and other senate positions will get a reprieve until the general election on March 2. To the restrained applauding of party faithful, the Edge party and the New View party nominated 30 people to vie for control of the governing offices of ASSUSC. K.C. Jones, current academic vice president, chaired the assembly. He counseled the candidates to seek friends from the other parties. Referring to the current presidency which consists of members of all three parties from the last elections, Jones said they all learned the importance of THUNDERB ' :w i xfpP V px- ."S, cooperation. Steve Fox, the election chair, was absent from the assembly, but Jones and James Heather, an election committee member, clarified the rules and procedures for the next week and a half of campaigning. During the senate primaries, the Edge party will list Ted Boyack, Ben Felix and Michael Roddy for the School of Business Communication and Technology; Jeff Jones, Janae Jorgensen and Kevin L. Smith for the School of Education. Primary candidates for the New View party include Steve Fenn, Kent Gordon and Vicki Vorwaller for business, communication and technology; Liz Chapman, Daren Estes, and Mary Lee Pearson for education. A full field of independents are pulling together to campaign as education senators. Lesa Albrecht, Lambda Delta Sigma President Mary Dunnell and Sherri Robinson said they would like to increase opportunities for education majors outside of the classroom. The women are sharing funds to offset the big push of the party candidates. Business major Roger Olcott and communication major Peter Tagg are campaigning as independents for the School of Business, Communication, and Technology. The hierarchy of the Edge party will include Darin Bird, ASSUSC political affairs representative, for president, Tad Brinkerhoff, LDSSA president, for administrative vice president, and Sen Marni Madsen for academic vice president. The. New View party is headed by Mark Waters, stddent activities board chairman, for president, Roger Wareham, student service center (continued on page 3) ' s i. ii. Sherratt congratulates head women's basketball coach Boyd Adams on becoming the 18th SUSC President Gerald member of SUSC Hall of Fame Saturday evening. R. 'Birds crush Mustangs in final Division II game SUSC fixture Adams inducted into SUSC Hall of Fame in halftime BY JAY ceremony Boyd Lifelong HINTON Adams' first year as women's coach, the 1982-8- 3 team from the year before and season, he took a Since then he has improved SUSC's record to accumulated an 80-5- 8 record in five and one-ha- lf seasons. In eight seasons coaching the men's team Adams compiled a record of 74 wins and 98 losses. win season with a 90-7- 3 SUSC closed out its 1987-8- 8 over the Mustangs of Master's College. With the win Head Coach Neil Roberts and the 'Birds finished with a 16-- 1 1 mark on the year. The win also marked the end of SUSC's NCAA Divison II era as the college will enter the Division I ranks next year. SUSC built its biggest lead of the half at 15 points when Senior guard Michael Alexander nailed a three-poijumper with 58 seconds left in the half. Entering lead. the locker room the 'Birds held a 43-3- 4 Late in the second half Team Captain Derrick Williams their biggest hit a three-poijumper to give the lead of 20 points. The 'Birds got the bulk of their scoring from the five seniors on the squad. Williams had a team high 20, while Ted Thomas had 17 and Rhet Parsons and Alexander had 14 apiece. In Head women's basketball coach Boyd Adams was inducted into the SUSC Hall of Fame during halftime of the Thunderbirds' 90-7- 3 victory over The Master's College Saturday evening in the Centrum. Before 1,944 fans and numerous family members, Adams was inducted as the 18th member of the hall of fame by President Gerald R. Sherratt. Adams has been involved with SUSC athletics for more than 20 years as a player and coach. In 1986 he was named NAIA District Seven Women's Coach of the Year. "It's probably one of the greatest moments of my life," said an emotional Adams after being inducted into the hall of fame. "It's just wonderful. This is a real great honor for me." "Boyd Adams has contributed a great deal to the SUSC athletic program," said Athletic Director Gar Gallup. "He has been a major figure as the program has and now a moved Trom a two-yeto a four-yea- r, Division program. He has also helped in laying some very important groundwork in the women's program for our next step to a higher level of competition." ar 1. nt nt |