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Show VOLUME XXXIV • NO. XXII THE STUDENT VOICE OF UTAH VALLEY STATE MONDAY • MARCH 13 • 2006 :P u^iy- EXCEL-lent Andrew Stoni Team Excel sweep student elections Vegor Pedersen News Writer T he votes are in and Team Excel won this year's student government elections in a landslide, beating Team Allstarz by a nearly two-to-one margin in all five position races. But controversy surrounds the final results as presidential hopeful Joe Allen of Team Allstarz claims ASUVSC election officials treated his team unfairly. There were tears of joy and tears of disappointment last Wednesday night as current student body president Jared Sumsion read the final results. Sumsion led the elections committee that oversaw the heated three-day process, at one point saying that it was easier to run his own campaign last year than to be the referee this year. The election results are as follows: In the student body president race Andrew Stone received 1477 votes against Joseph Allen's 750. Kris Coles received 1341 votes against Ryan Brown's 735 in the executive vice president race. In the race for vice president of academics Amy Brockman garnered 1388 votes http://vw.Vi ** aeload Stop Home See ELECTION • A3 •ealinq with pornography iddiction Chad Clark/NetXNews Members of Team Excel celebrate their victory last Wednesday night. All five members of the team won their respective positions by a nearly two-to-one margin. State Legislature approves new library Michael Palmer Assistant News Editor After much deliberation and anxiety, UVSC has received funding for its multi-million dollar library facility, the Digital Learning Center. Lawmakers finalized $46.75 million for the library minutes before the conclusion of the 2006 legislative session. "We haven't had a lot bigger news than that at UVSC," said Val Hale, assistant vice president for external affairs. "You can't be a university without a good library." The $46.75 million dollar amount is the largest ever appropriated to UVSC, although slightly less than the projected cost of the library. The additional money will be raised by donations. "Our top priority, the Digital Learning Center, was funded at $46.75 million. Total cost of the building will be $48 million, so we will need to raise an additional $ 1.25 million,1' president Sederburg said in a press release. UVSC has already begun raising money for the project. The school has also sent out bids for the design and construction of the library, and ground- Courtesy Photo/College Marketing The proposed Digital Learning Center, depicted here in an architectual rendering, is expected to be completed by spring 2009 at a cost of $48 million dollars. Work on the new building will begin later this year. breaking is anticipated to take place in the size of the currently library. the fall. The completed facility is exPresident Sederburg said the new lipected in spring 2009. brary "will change the whole nature of Once the 180,000 square-foot con- the campus/ 1 struction project is finished^ the Digital Improved features expected in the Learning Center will be the largest facility on campus. It will be nearly twice * Huntsman Sr. to address graduates i( • Food for Fines, through 3/15, Library Jon Long News Writer •Nutrition Fair, 10-2 pm, Hall of Flags • Senator George McGovern, 1 pm, Ragan Theater • West Side Story, 7:30 pm, Hale Center Theatre 0 r~7 • UN Conference on Central Asia, 8:30 am jj 5 pm , Centre Stage As graduation looms in the near future and some of the Wolverines that have been spending a big part of their life under the green and gold banner of Utah Valley State prepare to say their farewells and move on to jobs or graduate schools, the commerce committee is sending them off with some motivation. Jon M.. Huntsman Sr. will bestow some parting words upon the departing Wolverines on April 28 in the McKay Events Center. For those unfamiliar with Mr. Huntsman, he has led a lucrative and ac- JonH. Huntsman Courtesy Photo tive life and is the founder of Huntsman Chemical. Among other notable achievements in Huntsman's life, the Horatio Alger Association honored him as a "Distinguished American" in 1997. Huntsman lives in Utah and is considered to be one the world's most influential humanitarians and philanthropists, having donated $225 million to the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Huntsman also played a large role in the rebuilding of Armenia in 1988 after a major earthquake. Huntsman rose from humble beginnings. Born in 1937, he was raised in Blackfoot, Idaho in near-poverty conditions. Upon graduating high school, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. After which he served in the U.S. Navy as a See HUNTSMAN-A3 |