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Show Rampton, Strike face students in discussion Governor Calvin Rampton and his opposition for office, Nicholas Strike spoke at the Candidates Fair Wednesday in the Union Ballroom. Local and state candidates answered questions in a morning-long session sponsored by the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Rampton said that he would like to see the University grow more in the next four years. Student population has slowed down and "now is our opportunity to get ahead of ourselves." Strike pointed out that spending during Rampton's term has increased 96 percent while the population of Utah increased only 8 percent. Rampton explained to an angry out-of-stater that non-residents are welcome in Utah but someone must pay higher tuition and it is only fair the non-residents pay more. Strike said that a third-term governor tended to build a corrupt bureaucracy and polls had shown that Utahns agreed. Rampton answered an-swered that Utah government had not been run on a merit system since Governor Clyde's administration. Rampton also wondered why he was running so high in the polls if Utahns were against third-term governors. Strike said that he knew how to govern well on the basis of his business experience in Presses. He and his brothers founded Ajax Presses and brought it to the position it now holds as the number one seller of presses in the world. Strike said he would sell Utah like he sold presses. Rampton mentioned that he had four children who had attended the University and he would like to see the University improve in quality, not only in population. |