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Show Wednesday, October 8, 2003 oj 1840 E. Salt Lake City UT 84105 cs Volume XXXVI Issue 5 COLLEGE Mayoral Debate Pits Three Candidates on Issues Kristen Reber the four years under his leadership; including the new library, increased housing and outdoor dining downtown, as well as many youth programs. He asked voters to continue this development by keeping him in Staff Writer Three Westminster students had the chance to pit mayoral candidates Mayor Rocky Anderson, Molonai Hola, and Frank Pignanelli against each other on tough political issues live on KCPW Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Westminster. . Two of the candidates advance to the final election after Tuesdays vote, which was counted after press deadline for The Forum. Along with three other panelists from media outlets, seniors David Pang, Aaron Thompson, and Louise Stephens were selected to have the opportunity to present one question each to the candidates. Pignanelli, Hola and Anderson voiced their varying opinions on issues ranging from mass transit to campaign spending. One such polarization of viewpoints was the candidates response to a question concerning Utahs liquor laws. office. Touting 10 years political experience in the Utah State Legislature, and a relationship with those who occupy legislative seats, Pignanelli claims to offer influence and a perspective his competitors dont have. Hola, the only Republican the of candidates, maintains he offers a fresh and a diverse face to Utah politics, saying, I am diversity, and I am not a lawyer or a politician, I am a businessman. According to him, running the city is much like running a corporation, and his success in his own personal business endeavors prove him worthy of the job. All three candidates asked those in attendance to mark their vote in favor of them in the primary election. great-workin- g Mayoral candidates Molonai Hola, Frank Pignanelli tant to college voters Sept. 30 in Gore auditorium. and Mayor Rocky Anderson addressed issues impor- bership requirement and that he would lobby at getting current liquor laws changed. When you cant see the drink beneath the ice cubes, there is a problem, Anderson answered, referring to the one-ounlimit imposed on liquor pours. He further said to an encouraging Westminster crowd, that there is absolutely no rationale for a private mem Hola implied he would focus his efforts on stimulating the economy, saying, We have adequate liquor laws; Id spend more time on recruiting busi' nesses. ; ce ! ' Demonstrating a middle ground, Pignanelli agreed that changes need to be made, and sketched out a plan for creating an entertainment district, where current liquor laws would not be so stringent. Anderson emphasized progress the city has made in . UFOs Kept Secret, Independent Researcher Tells Audience our Addie Ryder Photo Editor Is the truth out there? A small group of Westminster students hoped to find out the answer on Oct. 1 when Richard Hastings, a veteran researcher of unidentified flying objects , (UFO), spoke to a half-fuGore auditorium about govof UFO ernment cover-up- s and Barney Hill. The incidents occurred on a rural road, and. the abductees could not account for hours in the ascent beyond the capability of any craft known to the military. .Later on Hastings 4 discovered that this account was kept secret from the N,m pub-li- e. Hastings, who has been independently a personal account of a UFO sighting that started his inter- want on earth, but rather he provides the est in researching the topic. Hastings recalled being at an Air Force base in Montana when a UFO was spotted on radar. He said that military aircraft were called to intersect the object. They were unable to make contact because the UFO performed a vertical public with formally classified government documents he obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), V researching UFOs since the Z memory of their abductions. 1970s, will not speculate about David Hastings answers a curious student's question after he presented his 30 years of UFO research to Westminster on Oct. 1. what UFOs indeed exist. UFOs; the Hidden History, showing the documents he obtained through FOIA that give accounts of UFO sightings by military personnel and civilians. The documents describe the crafts colors, sounds and movements. Some of the documents Following his opening speech, Hastings gave a 30- minute slide show, titled farming couple namedBetty that prove beyond a reasonable doubt that UFOs do gave accounts of alien abductions. One account was by a z Cg Page 5 Dr. Kimberly Zarkin joins the Westminster community disarray that accompanied Orson Welles War of the Worlds. hypnosis to retrieve the sightings. Hastings said the only ticket for admission to his lecture and slide show is an open mind. He began his lecture with tl-lSiitl- planet. In 1969 radar reports from Keys Air Force Base show that a UFO was tracked on the same night, place and time the Hills claim to have had their close encounter. The main reason given for of the government cover-up- s the UFO sightings were worries the public would become frightened and cause mass chaos. Hastings referred to the . night. Neither person had any memory of the abduction. They had to go through intensive ll . alien to Jr I the audience that all his information is circumstantial evidence. He said, no one can hold up a piece of aircraft found at Roswell and say that aliens really did land on earth. Hastings told the audience that he provides his informa- hyp- nosis Betty Hill vividly recalled being on board an aircraft and taken away from her husband for a medical examination. Before they were returned to their car, the aliens told the Hills that they would have no memory of their experience. tion on a . t tions. 05 Cg Page 8 m- y zi x games -it sionary and leaves it up to the audience to decide on an opinion about UFOs and abduc- Hastings said, Researchers consider the Hills account a genuine case of human contact with beings Griffin Volleyball plays hard in conference take-it-or-leave- basis. He said he is not a mis- Cg Page 7 ' V During Hastings emphasized to V: I I i f? 5 y Creek side concerts rock the night |