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Show V Rape suspects plead to lower felony charges By ASHLEY LANGSTON alangstonsuujournal com Three of the fom suspects in the Oct. 30 alleged tapes have pled down to lower sex i elated felonies, while Sl!U student Darnel Ptovoste, a inusteis of accounting student from Salt Lake City, still stands charged with rape. Telerrcnce Mclntyic, 21, of Memphis, Tenn Andy Oorecki, 21, of Evansville. Ind.; and a 15 year old male from Chicago, all pled to attempted forcible sexual abuse, which is a thud degree felony, said Iron County Attorney Scott Garrett. Provost e still stands charged with rape, Detects e Mike Bleak said Those charges are still pending McIntyre and Goreeki both pled down on Jan 25. More information about the juvenile could not be released. Garrett said. I lesaid McIntyre and Goreeki had agreed to truthfully testify against Provoste as part of the plea agreement. The county attorney's of lice has not yet received information regarding whether the three will be incarcerated, but Garrett said it is likely. I imagine theyll probably do some jail time. he said. If they are incarcerated, it will probably be in lTtah, Garrett said will They be not probably returned to their respective states. ; Student elections have been moved to March 1. The Senate will vote on the deadline for declaration of candidacy Tuesday. By The Executive moved Council primary elections to March 1 from March 22 and general elections to March 8 from March 29, training allowing enough time for the new' executive SUUSA said committee, President Micah Paul Keith. While elections have been of declaration changed. candidacy has not. The deadline was Wednesday, leaving no time for students to declare their candidacy, Elections Director Natalie Gerber said. The SUUSA Senate will vote Tuesday on Senate Resolution 09-s Flection Again. The resolution would allow students to declare candidacy with the elections director by filing a completed declaration of candidacy up to fiO days prior to campus campaigning and no later than 5 p m. live days prior to on campus campaigning, as stated in the SUUSA student election While waiting for the Senate to vote on the resolution, students can talk to Natalie Gerber in the SULISA offices at or bye-mai- l suumail. atgerbho95'a net to declare candidacy. As of right now-- election dates are set for March 1 and March 8, but if the senate passes the resolution, Gerber W'ould be allotted the power to change the dates to better accommodate students choosing to run for election, Gerber said. Membeis of the executive council said there is no need to change thedates back noi is there any chance of it happening. Resources Conservation Service soil conservationist, instructs Malea Esplin, a junior sociology major from Cedar City, and Laurel Anderson, a freshman psychology major from Portland, Ore., on how to properly clip and trim willow stems. The willows will be replanted along the Santa Clara and Virgin River banks. Jason Bradshaw, National at r p m. on Oct. 31. 0 McIntyre, Goreeki and Provoste all originally faced two counts of felony rape, a Nov. 10 Journal story reported. In addition. Provoste also faced two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and Goiecki faced a charge of providing false information to a police officer. The juvenile also faced felony rape charges. The victims in tliis case went directly to the hospital and had tests, performed. Detective Sgt. Jerry Womack said in the e Students help in rivers re vegetation -- By JOY COONEY e jcoon eyrtfsuujou rnal.com SHU students arranged an group that cut and bundled more than 500 willows Saturday in conjunction with the Natural Resources Conservation Service's efforts to re vegetate the Virgin and Santa Clara Rivers. Jason Bradshaw', NRCS soil said willows conservationist, are one of few plants that can be efficiently cut, prepared and replanted. The group cut 5 to length willow' stems in the first stage, he said. After the stems aie trimmed and the ends dipped in paint, they will be soaked in water for two weeks before they are replanted along the riverbanks. Willow s are great for because they can spring up from one stem they dont need roots to start, he said. "Willows are succulent and not rigid, so they will lie dow n and let the water through in a flood. Other plants, like cottonwoods, Nov. 3 story. 'They did belter than a lot of victims do, he said in the stoiy. They were very emotional. Weve had victims wait a week or moie to go to the hospital, and then its (difficult). Police are currently investigating a case in which the victim wailed to go the female reported hospital A 23 year-ola rape to police on Friday. However, she said the rape had happened on Feb. 5, Womack said. The victim and the suspect weie acquaintances, Womack said. Because the victim waited so long to report the incident and to go to the hospital, the odds of recovering any physical evidence was not good, he said. He said because the case was still active, he could not comment oil why the victim wailed so long to report the rape act as a dam Bradshaw said willows proliferate well and willow thickets have a good root mass. Roots hold soil in place, so there is no erosion, he said. "No erosion means no loss of houses in a flood Bradshaw said 75 percent of funding for re vegetation will come from federal money, but the other 25 percent must come from donations. Thats what makes these volunteers so important, he said. s 580-541- "Without their volunteer hours, we couldnt get funding Biadshaw said each willow' that is properly cut and prepared is worth $1 50. After the willow stems are dipped in paint, Saturdays gleaning of 500 stems will be a $750 in kind donation. The willow' stems were collected from thickets found about three miles north of the Cedar City Regional Airport. Frances Romero, a senior psychology major from L.a Verkin, worked on the See RIVERS, Page 3 SUU to offer forensic science master By HOLLIE SMITH he said hsmithiwsuujournal corn Starting Fall 200(, SUU will offer a new mastei of forensic science dcgice that will train students for obs in the real world of ct line scene investigation Criminal Justice Assistant Prolessoi Call Franklin said the progt am is the fust of its kind in the western United Stales "Thats one of the reasons we looked at tins degiee, he said Abe Provost llarraf said the unneisity first looked at making loiensic science ,an undei graduate degiee. then it learned that Utah Valley State College would be ofleimg a similar degiee. Thats when com SU USA The alleged rapes occurred around 1.30 am. at P9 W. 800 South No. 5 during a party', according to a Nov. 3 University Journal story. The four suspects were arrested JUSTINE PRUITT jpruittCsuujournal the idea of a masters degiee was proposed, he said According to http:"' w w w sun edu faculty trank me '1 orensicfaqs htm, all students in the program will be teqimed to complete as psychology, computei science and forensic criminalistics said Franklin is the degree lnteidisciphnaiy because the criminal nistice field is an interdisciplinary field "There w ill be a lot of crossov er well, they were out on the job I lanafsaid SUU is still focusing on undergraduate creating pi noi, mis to lit diffeient niches He said the provosts office is also making a conscious a internship capstone couise The capstone couise w requn e them to complete a eaicer oriented project The pioject will include making propel and a 11 Today will be partly cloudy and windy. Expect snow showers this weekend. There will be colder temperatures this week. Temperatures will be in the mid 30s with lows in the low 20s and upper teens. Almanac, Page analysis of evidence, preparing ieports and ielated materials, then demonstrating capability' through an intensive courtroom praetieum. Franklin said the capstone course is not going to be easy "We will put them through examination intensive just like they would have m a courtroom, he said. "Without a fear of winning oi losing a case, theyre gaming experience that they usually wouldnt get until between the disciplines (in the piogiam), he said llarraf said the program will have six departments and four colleges woikmg together "Wehopethat wewill be meeting the needs of not only the industi y but of our students Franklin said the new master's progt am would requite students to complete 12 core houis. 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SUU is ranked No 1 in the Western Athletic Conference. SUU will take on Michigan Page 5 i Austsfcarttt (Ptiaffesacii Cart! FranRlim. LINDSEY Gymnastics team ranked No. tfiuam 'Mtttasutnt in fstadJctuna. next. 7 "Those are the final, final dates unless the president of the university decides to override said Tiffany August, vice it, president of activities. Gerber said the executive council needed enough time to train the new executive council before the end of the semester. This is wdiy elections W'ere moved up three w;eeks. Micah Paul Keith, SUUSA president, said if elections were March 22, the new Executive Council would not be able to meet together until school starts in the fall. This is why they pushed to get ele ctions moved. There were rumors that Mardi Gras would be cancelled because it was against SUUSA Constitution to have an activity that could conflict w'itli elections. Mindy Benson, director of student life and leadership, said this was not true. IJsunlly SUUSA tries not to overlap activities with elections, but it figured the activity would a bigger promote crowd, allowing the students to get to know candidates better, Benson said The candidates are going to help out with the Mardi Gras event, Benson said "What better place to talk about students, she said There will be a debate on Feb. 28. the day before elections, where the candidates will be introduced. March 1 will be elections day, with a Meet the Candidates activity on March 2, and a second debase on March 3, Geiber said. Most students who want to run for office started preparing a platform in October or November, but it is still possible to choose to run, Benson said. Running for office is open to anyone who is a student, has a GPA of 2.5 or higher, and is in good standing, she said. There are meetings planned for candidates waiting, for primary elections, but no at for students activities HAB WARD UNI VERXI I 1 JOURNAL |