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Show o DAILY UTAH OTnvrwriiOn a A Wvv VV UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1986 VOL. 95 NO. 94 Gasser backs Swenson in ASUU final election by Drew Staffanson legitimacy about applications received for Staff writer Steve Swenson's ASUU presidential campaign got a shot in the arm Thursday when primary election loser Kent Gasser officially endorsed his candidacy. But the possibility of illegalities has cast a shadow of doubt over whether his party colleagues will follow suit. T Gasser spent much of the Thursday encouraging his Active Party Assembly candidates to switch their alliance to the Advance Party, headed by Swenson. At the 5 p.m. deadline, Mark Paul and Alan Peterson turned in their last three ' ) refiling applications for candidates Competition turns mining engineers into muckrakers for the experience Despite the yucky weather Thursday, the mucking went on. The Mining and Mucking Competition that is. Held as part of Engineering Week, the competition gave 33 Univer- sity of Utah students the chance to experience traditional mining methods. Each participant had five events to compete in, said Tim Hilderman, president of the student chapter of American Institute of Mining Engineers. Events included the bow saw, spike drive, jackleg, hand steel and hand muck which John Kelley, mining engineering senior, demonstrates in the photo. A switching to Coalition '86. They found out, however, that the three had been refilcd for the Advance Party earlier in the day. ASUU secretaries were not certain who had turned them in. "This needs to be thoroughly investigated. It seriously looks like fraud," Paul said. "We personally talked to all three of these candidates." The candidates for which both parties submitted applications are Jana Bishop, Chuck Knowlcs and Joe Wheat. The discrepancy raises questions of other candidates. Those purported to have joined the Advance Party arc Tom Bennett, Genny Blackner, Liz Boyden, Boyd Fisher, Lehi (Ace) Machovaoski, Michelle Marchant, Doug Sorensen, Mark Van Stcctcr, Gordon Whipple. Dee Dec Fox is recorded as having joined Coalition 86. Elections Registrar John Fackler said the Active Party is legitimate for those u ho wish to remain in it. By percentage, its candidates fared best in the primary, many of them top vote getters in their colleges. Gasser said he joined Swenson's supporters because "their interest lies with students and maximizing the use of fundi. Swenson welcomes the endorsement but said he is certain Active Party supporters will not all make a uniform switch. "The news helps us feel confident, but I still believe this is going to be the closest race ever fought at the U.," he said. "We're happy to have their people. I believe it is better for them to affiliate with a party rather than run independently." Paul downplayed the endorsement. "I think people will make a decision based on who they feel is qualified," he said. winner from the men's and women's division was chosen with $50 awarded for first place, $25 for second and $15 given for third. In addition, the top five in each division received a '.J I I Ui 1 Cu 1 copper medallion. Bill may require change in nursing curriculum Staff writer A bill currently before the Legislature may mean substantial revision of curriculum required for a bachelor's degree in nursing. Linda Amos, dean of the College of Nursing , said if House Bill 180 is passed by the Senate, the college's undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Utah could be greatly affected. Passage of the bill could not only mean the possible complete overhaul of the curriculum in the baccalaureate program, but the college may also have trouble candidates for attracting new the graduate programs because of licensing out-of-st- ate differences the bill would create, she said. Amos also said it is conceivable the liberal education requirements for a bachelor's degree would have to be fulfilled in the last two years of a student's school career, because that student may have to sit before the licensing board after only two years of schooling to meet the provisions of the bill. H.B. 180 says the licensing board may not adopt or enforce a rule which requires a nursing education of more than one year for a LPN license and more than two years for a RN license. The current trend throughout the country is for individual states to move towards doing away with the two-yeassociate degree and opt for a four-yebachelor's degree requirement for the RN ar ar license. J 73, the author of H.B. 180, sees that trend as Rep. James E. by Larry B. Tunks Yardley-Dis- t. rf I V 1 A i , ' Ail ' ' r vf having grave implications for rural communities in the Utah. He said doing away with the current two-yeminimum requirement for a RN license would greatly reduce the number of practicing nurses in the smaller towns and ar rural regions of the state because they would have to move to the larger cities to receive the necessary training for licensing. He went on to say that junior colleges and vocational schools in the state would also suffer because they would no longer be able to offer one- - and two-ye- ar nursing to students. attract programs Amos countered Yardley's reasoning by saying that people who have completed the four year program are better qualified to handle the less structured environments rural health needs present. She said small communities in the state would benefit if the four-ye- ar requirement were adopted. The broad background which the nursing students receive in the four-ye- ar program, she said, better qualifies them to meet the diversified needs of society's expanding health care systems. "Someone who cuts your hair or someone who does your nails has to go to school longer than someone who sits for a LPN license. It takes 18 months of schooling for a hairstylist to get a license but only one year for an LPN," Amos said. Amos, who came to the U. five years ago from a post as the dean of the College Nursing at Boston University, said she continued on page two tlironKlc phoin hv KTVX long-ter- m Su-v- driltin reporter Mike Watkiss and former legislator Steve Holbrook say plans are needed to aid Utah's homeless. 'Safety net' is not catching the homeless, reporter says by Donn Walker Staff writer While soup kitchens and rescue missions may be temporaty answers to the plight of the homeless, they fall short of bringing about a permanent solution to the problem, a former Utah legislator and advocate for the state's homeless said Thursday. "It seems we need a long-ter- m plan to solve this, not some stop-ga- p measures for next winter, although those are definitely needed," said Steve Holbrook, who served three terms in the Utah House of Representatives and calls himself "a social activist from way back." A result of this lack of long-ran- ge planning is that government agencies are being forced to act, but too late, Holbrook said, speaking at Coffee and Politics session at the Hinckley Institute. For example, he said, last year the Salt Lake Police Department estimates it spent over S3 million responding to calls involving the city's homeless. "It is cost effective to do something, because it is expensive not to do something," Holbrook said. "We are doing something, but it's on the wrong end, at the wrong time." Holbrook's assessment of the situation was shared by Mike Watkiss, a reporter for KTVX Channel 4, who has covered several stories concerning the homeless in Salt Lake City. "There are social costs to (the problem of the homeless)," Watkiss told the audience. "It's a lot more cost effective to deal with this problem before it happens." continued on page two Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |