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Show ., . 86TH YEAR; NUMBER 35 SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY• CEDAR CITY, UTAH THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1992 Adair, Lord to face off ~ iE ~ ~ ~ ~ l Students peruse campaign literaJure during the Primary Elections Wednesday. This Primary Election elicited the largest voter turnout to dau. Tory Adair of the Life Party and Sandy Lord of the Together Party edged out Voice's Jake Shewmake to advance to the March 4 General Election as candidates for the SUUSA presidency. Finalists for academic vice president are Life's David Heaton and Craig Marchant of Together. Leading the competition for activities vice president were Lisa Pearce, Voice, and Penny Shelton, representing Life. A surprise in the primary comes from Life's party-every member advanced to the final election. Voter turnout was also surprisingly high, with 1,000 students voting for the presidential candidates-27 percent of the student body. Primary voter turnout has increased greatly in the past three years, with 839 voting last year, and only about 300 in 1990. PRm.AKY t:UCTION Kt:SULTS SUUSA Academic VP Arts and Letten Sen. Bua/Tech/Comm Sen. EducaUon Sen. Science Sen. David Heaton [LJ ...... 445 Craig Marchant (T] ...287 Jeremy Fuller [V]. ....... 260 Saaha Volkov [VJ ........ 96 Bonnie Hennefer (LJ ...80 Stacy Nix (TJ ............. 73 Misty Miller [L] ......... 69 Jeff Hadlock [L) ... ...... 66 David Benge (T] ......... 63 Brady Peterson [V) ....... 60 Amy Spillsbury [V) .......60 Kim Schiemer (TJ ......... 51 Darren Gatea (LJ ....... 149 Brian McCoy [LJ ....... 123 Lonn Hunter[V] ....... 122 Darren Cox M .........118 Don Brinkerhoff [L] .. . 114 Kirk Mom [VJ ......... 105 Asai Gilman [T] .......... 101 Becca Anderson (T] .......90 Darin Hunt (T] ............ 79 Clint Enman [I )........... 70 Cheri Dodd, (L) ......... 84 Mechelle Mellor (T) .... 70 Thom Pronk [L] ......... 69 Amy Kearaley M ....... 67 Steve Chamberlain (T).66 Vick Naiabitt [L] ........65 Andrea Anderson [V]. ... 62 Amy Camp [TJ ............ 55 Anne Goldberg fV] .......42 Mike Barrick [LJ ....... 115 Ron Killian (TJ .......... 89 Stephanie Denick [L) ... 82 Kim Robinaon M······75 Bradley Wilaon (TJ ...... 68 Nancy France [L] ........ 61 Jennifer Palmer [V] .....61 Ben Baldwin [VJ ........... 43 Jodi Slade [T]. .............40 President Activities VP Tory Adair (LJ .........340 Sandy Lord (T) ........ .337 Jake Shewmake [VJ ..... 323 Liaa Pearce [VJ ........ .424 Penny Shelton [LJ .....299 Brad Bishop fT] .......... 267 KEY: Boldface indicates candidates advancing to the election on Wednesday, March 4 . Party affuiations-[LJ, Life; (TJ, Together; fV], Voice; fl), Independent. Legislature funds library, but not growth BY NATALIE COOMBS Thunderbird Managing EdiJor Utah's institutions of higher education are facing a major enrollment crisis, according to SUU Vice President of University Affairs Michael D. Richards. This year's legislative session, which ended last night, allocated funding for 2,700 FTE students; however, there are already 5,000 unfunded students on Utah's campuses. The State Board of Regents estimated in its original request to the Legislature that Utah's campuses would need funding for 9,210 FTE students, and the allocation amounts to less than one-third of that estimation. Richards said, " The funding level is going to severely constrict student access to higher education in the state." The good news of the session, said Richards, was that the legislators placed a renewed emphasis on preserving the quality of education for students who are already on Utah campuses. He said the Legislature adopted a proposal that would retain about one-half of tuition rate increases on the individual campuses for enhancement of student services beginning with this next fiscal year. Additionally, the capital bonding bill passed that will grant approximately one-third of the funding needed to complete SU's new library. Originally the bill proposed $4.4 million in phased funding for SU's library but the amount was cut to $3.4 million. Although the university will be unable to begin construction until the balance of funding-about $7 million-is obtained next year, the amount is enough to select a design architect and to proceed with design development. SU's request for library construction funding is part of a $65 million carry-over to next year, and Richards said the amount will likely be passed. U so, construction could still begin as early as March 1993 . Additionally, SU was given approval for project development and bonding for Phase II expansion of the Student Center and convention center, and a proposed addition to the Harris Pavilion was also approved out of non-appropriated funds. According to Richards, as soon as design development is completed for these projects-approximately a 10- to 12-month process-and revenue bonds are issued, construction could begin. ' The capital funding allocations, however, took a back seat to university officials' concerns over enrollment funding. Although the funding figure of 2,200 contemplated last week was raised by 500 FTE through an allocation of an additional $1 million , Richards said the amount is still inadequate. "We have really attempted to indicate to them that the enrollment funding for higher education was totally inadequate. To fund 21 percent was a major setback for higher education and the youth of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) |