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Show Organization 'makes Moss' I van"" Z"'"'1. M . .-v, ' I t S ! I 1 N ' ft f -; Duane Moss and Norm Albiston credit "good organization and h ' work" for the overwhelming victory which they won in the primal"1 By RANDY DRYER Chronicle Staff "Good organization and hard work mean more than money in a successful campaign professes Duane Moss, front running ASUU presidential candidate. And he and hordes of avid supporters are quietly proving him right. Last December six University - students from all parts of the campus gathered to talk politics. But talk was not all they did. From this modest and inauspicious inauspi-cious core of six grew a grassroots organization that just last week surfaced for the first time to sweep its candidate to an easy primary victory. The campaign has not been flashy or showy just effective. "Our strategy has always been to run a low-key primary campaign. That is the reason we did not saturate the campus with posters nor advertise in the Daily Utah Chronicle," said Duane Moss. Moss indicated his people were fairly confident of making it through the primaries and the decision was made to let Todd Hayes and Dave Hansen fight it out in the primaries. Apparently the strategy paid off as Todd and Dave ended up in a primary race that was as close as possible a dead tie. Duane Moss is a mellow, unaffected unaf-fected sort of guy characterized by one supporter as "the hardest working guy I've ever seen." A small town boy from Montana, Duane believes in. working hard for everything and this includes campaigning. "Duane's not a super flash" said one campaign worker, "but he has an enormous capacity to listen. That is what impresses me most about him." In a Chronicle interview Duane was asked for his reaction to the "United We Stand" coalition that has formed against him. He smiled and said, "I planned on it, Todd and Dave planned on it, everybody planned on it. I am surprised, however, at the highly emotional reaction from the opposition in regards to my inning in-ning the primary." Duane doesn't see the election as Mormon vs. non-Mormon, but rather a basic disagreement on what ASUU should do and how it should operate. "The challenge of student government next year," hehSfd;"d,oesnotrevolwJ what to do with athletics J rather is concerned with rf. fectively organizing the coll councils to be a viable force on this campus. Concerning athletics, Duane SJIj "I support athletic mi; because they perform a necessar, ' iUu,Cti0n i n this i Athletics brings revenue to ! University and provides : volvement for over 700 athletes t and thousands of spectators." ' ' Whether or not athletics becomes (f a viable campaign issue remain ,l to be seen. .. One thing is apparent, however, good organization and hard wo! triumphed in round one. Round ;!1 two begins Tuesday. ( |