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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Thursday, April 17, 2014 SAFETY ASUU BILL Continued from page 3 Continued from page 3 sibly with olive-colored skin, wearing a ski mask and possibly a bandana. Richards said the suspect did not say anything to the victim and appeared scared when she honked her horn. If you have any information related to this incident, please contact U Police at (8ot) 585-2677. more focused on the adventures that await her this summer. "I took it pretty easy this semester, so finals are gonna be a breeze, and I'll be done next week before they even officially start," Duensing said. This summer she is going to Nepal on a study abroad with the Department of Film and Media Arts. Some students are not leaving campus for the summer. Rhet Gardner, a transfer student from Southern Utah University and a junior in Spanish, is going to take three classes this summer to gear up for training to be a physician's assistant. "I need to catch up," Gardner said. "It's kind of a crazy time." Madison Black, ASUU's vice presidentelect and a junior in biomedical engineering, said although finals have not yet started, she is already studying for them and that she's stressed about staying organized. "This summer, I plan on studying for the MCAT and going to Newport Beach," Black said. "For next year, I'm planning my schedule and organizing everything for ASUU. I'm so excited for this semester to be over, but I'm wishing I had been more organized." Finals are already taking a toll on Stella Liechty, a senior in multi-disciplinary design who will not graduate until next year. "I'm pretty much a zombie right now," Liechty said. "I'm super stoked that the semester is winding down. These last couple weeks are absolutely insane, as usual, but I'm proud of my projects so far, so that's good. And this summer I'll be taking classes and traveling and maybe getting a lowkey internship." Classes end on April 23. allowing the body to vote in their own leader as a "speaker of the Assembly." The bill would thus dissolve the vice president's ability to appoint a vice chair of the Assembly and conduct Assembly meetings, but would change the vice president's role in the Senate by allowing them to cast a tie-breaking vote. The model would more closely resemble the structure of the United States government, in which the Vice President can cast a tie-breaking vote in the U.S. Senate but is removed completely from the House of Representatives. "ASUU must have separate branches of government to run effectively," Pittman said. "It is necessary for the executive branch to stay in the executive branch and not become part of the legislative ... This is a separation of powers issue." Soares will present the bill before the Senate, and if the bill passes, Pittman said he would present it to the Assembly as quickly as possible. This could be as early as next week if ASUU calls an emergency session because of the controversy surrounding the "Utah Man" fight song. Black, however, is not on board with the potential changes to her new position. "First off, the reason I wanted to be VP is [because of] the Assembly," Black said. "I think it would be a disturbance in ASUU if the Senate were to vote for the bill." Black said she thinks it is unfair for members of ASUU to do this without warning, especially after the elections season. "It's unfair to base how I would do off of past administrations," Black said. Black said she thinks the issue arose from distrust some members of the Assembly have toward current ASUU vice president Sara Seastrand, which she said was due in part to Seastrand's appointment to the position after former ASUU president Nick Ferre was impeached because of poor academic performance. ASUU president Sam Ortiz, who ran as Ferre's vice president, assumed the presidential role after the impeachment. "From the start, people didn't see how hard she worked," Black said. Black said Seastrand's appointment might have turned some members off, but she said changing the position would harm to the way the Assembly functions. "If there isn't the VP in the Assembly, it will cause more bias in the Assembly," Black said. Seastrand did not respond to requests for comment. k.vastag@chronicle.utah.edu @katrinavastag n.turner@chronicle.utah.edu @ChronyNathan e.andrews@chronicle.utah.edu @emilytandrews FINALS WEEK Continued from page 3 3 The Daily Utah Chronicle Contact Anna Drysdale at a.drysdale@chronicle.utah.edu for more information. CALL for APPLICATIONS ON THE ROAD WITH THE NORMAN MAILER CENTER AND THE NORMAN MAILER WRITERS COLONY July 12 through August 2, 2014 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH , Where Mailer researched his Pulitzer Prize winning Book, The Executioner's Song. RESIDENT FELLOWSHIPS IN NONFICTION, FICTION AND POETRY Fellowships include housing. WEEK-LONG CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS Scholarships include tuition. 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