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Show DAILY UTAH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, i5 VOL. 95 NO. 22 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ASUU Judiciary starts over; Cigarette smokers to see 7 seats to be filled this year new warnings on packs by Drew Staffanson by Donn Walker Staff writer The ASUU Judiciary is starting with a dean slate this year. A position on the Judiciary is a lifetime (or at least student lifetime) appointment by the ASUU president, but after every justice on the 1984-8- 5 Judiciary either graduated or quit. President Ned " - ! 1 7 '"N r-- Stringham suited from scratch. Stringham has appointed students to fill all seven Judiciary seats, four of which have already been approved by the ASUU Assembly and sworn in. The four justices Mark Gibb, Chris Curtis, Mark Mulick and Kate Rhodes . have varied interests and backgrounds. Gibb, who is designated but not yet approved and sworn in as chief justice, is a prc-mc- d student majoring in engineering. A member of last year's ASUU Assembly, he served as chairman of the Appropriations Committee and vice chairman of the Assembly Executive Committee. Curtis, a married senior studying accounting, plans to attend law school after graduating from the University of Utah. Mulick is a junior majoring in business and a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. - Mark Gibb I i k t Rhodes, who is of Native American descent, has been involved in the Intertribal Student Association. At one time or another in her life, she said, she has lived in every state west of the Mississippi. A single mother of two, Rhodes worked as a deputy county sheriff near Colorado Springs before coming to the U. Hie three remaining Judiciary appointees will be up for approval at the Assembly meeting next week. They are: Chris Curtis Chris Andrew, a junior majoring in organizational communication. Melinda Christcnsen, a junior English major. Julie Marsden, a junior transfer English student from the University of ill!) i&i : Mark Mulick lift ;fllf sit ,. ... ).; pfiBiRI1:-- liir . W i Chronicle photos by Steve Griffin Kate Rhodes California at Berkeley. The Judiciary also has an adviser to ensure due process of law. Jon Harper, associate dean of the U. College of Law, serves in this position. In an interview with the Chronicle, Gibb said the new Judiciary plans to make some changes in its policies and procedures. "As many as three past chief justices have rewritten parts of the Judiciary's policies and procedures,' he said, "but none of them ever submitted it in bill form so it could be official." Gibb said most of the changes will be done to clarify the powers and duties of the judicial body. First, the changes will specify guidelines for injunctions and summons. Right now, he said, those guidelines are very vague. Second, options are being considered as to what authority the Judiciary has to force students to appear in court. Third, the name of group will be changed from ASUU Judiciary to ASUU Supreme Court. Since the Judiciary is an official appellate court of the Greek and residence hall judiciaries, Gibb said the new name is appropriate and would help students better understand the system. Gibb said he believes the policy changes will help the Judiciary be a more active and decisive body. He pointed out, however, that it only becomes involved in student affairs when called upon. Staff writer Warning: Cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and may complicate pregnancy. Warning: Cigarette smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth and low birth weight. Warning: Quitting cigarette smoking greatly reduces serious risks to health. Warning: Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide. A war is being fought throughout Utah and the United States. It's pitting the weight of one of the country's most powerful industries against the increasingly loud voice of a growing and zealous opposition. It's a war that concerns the life and potential death of hundreds of thousands of Americans annually. It's the war over cigarette smoking. And what many consider to be the opposition's first, significant round of ammunition was unleashed this week. It comes in the form of those four, straightforward warnings now required on all packages of domestically manufactured cigarettes. The new labels replace the familiar, standard: "The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health." They were mandated by the Comprehen- sive Smoking Education Act, which Congress passed in October 1984. "These labels, we hope, will fulfill some very useful purposes," said John Holbrook, an associate professor of general internal medicine at the University of Utah. When Holbrook says "we," he is referring to the Coalition on Smoking and Health, which helped draft last year's legislation. He played an active part on that committee, in addition to chairing the American Heart Association's committee on smoking. And he is one of five experts from outside the government appointed to the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health, a panel created by the 1984 legislation to coordinate tobacco research and education programs on the federal level. The useful purpose Holbrook says the new warning labels will serve is informing the smoking and publics. He points to a recent national Lou Harris poll which determined people aren't aware of the specific risks accompanying cigarettes. non-smoki- ng "The poll found that people know smoking is dangerous, but often don't know how it's dangerous and why it's dangerous," he said. "They really don't have a handle on the relative risks." Steve Largent, public relations director for the American Heart Association-Uta- h affiliate, said the need for the new labels stemmed from overwhelming evidence that the old warning was going unnoticed. "It had simply outlived its usefulness." But will newer, more direct warning labels be enough to keep people from habit the upa lobby says is killing Americans at the rate lighting anti-smoki- ng of 1,000 a day? "Labels in and of themselves won't reduce smoking," said Largent. "I don't delude myself by thinking there is going to be a great immediate impact," said Holbrook. So the lobby will be tied on to a report an agenda focusing commissioned by the AHA. The report outlines four objectives the lobby hopes to anti-tobac- co accomplish, objectives Holbrook feels will have a great and possibly lasting impact on cigarette smoking. First, the report calls for a ban on the advertising and promotion of cigarettes in the American media. For those who think this is a radical step, Holbrook says the "liberal" Scandinavian countries have moved in this direction and enjoyed success in decreasing smoking rates. Holbrook's words for the American continued on page three 60 of students in survey plan to vote for DePaulis by Trudy Skogerboe Staff writer When election day arrives on Nov. 5 will University of Utah students "Choose DePaulis" or "Make it Cook?" In an informal Chronicle survey taken Wednesday, 60 percent of the students questioned said they will vote for incumbent Palmer DePaulis in the upcoming election, while 39 percent will vote for local businessman Merrill Cook, and 1 percent are undecided. Students favoring DePaulis say the incumbent is experienced and they are pleased with his performance as a mayor so far. "He has been mayor for the past four months, and during that time he has done a good job," said one student. Other students say they must vote for DePaulis in order to prevent Cook from "running Salt Lake City like a large business corporation." students said he is the with candidate good ideas capable of helping the Salt Lake community. "Cook is a businessman with good ideas like the bond issue," said Brian Rigby, a junior Pro-Co- ok majoring in Only 30 percent of the students surveyed were registered to vote. Sixty-fiv- e percent said they had not taken the time to register, and 5 percent were unaware registration was a requirement for those voting in a political campaign. pre-dentist- ry. Debates over taxation are included among issues the next Salt Lake mayor must resolve, said several of the students surveyed. "People are always concerned with the amount of money they must pay for taxes, and they need to know where their tax money is going," said Sharon Keith, a freshman majoring in Spanish. According to the survey, the next mayor will also face problems concerning organization of state government, the Central Utah Water Project, the economy, maintaining a peaceful image, and keeping local businesses open(some students said Cook's bond proposals will accomplish this task). Eighty percent of the students surveyed said they vote for proposals and qualifications of candidates, while 20 percent said they vote for parties, not for candidates. Of continued on page three Non-Pro- Org. U.S. Postage Paid fh Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
