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Show The Summer IIOMICLI WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1988 Ymi rollback tops Student representatives from Utah's nine colleges and universities visited the University of Utah last Friday to participate in ASUUs Voter Mobilization Conference. The meeting was used to educate the Utah Council of Student Body Presidents about election issues and.to formulate plans to increase student political participation. The conference also included talks about the proposed tax initiatives and voter activism One of the highlights of the conference was a debate between Independent gubernatorial candidate Merrill Cook and former Utah Democratic Party Chair Patrick '' -: Shea. '.'." Shea and Cook debated the implications of three pro- posed tax initiatives scheduled to be on the ballot in November. The initiatives could cut $33.9 million from employee pedals to victory in France U. . s Seepage 10 VOL. 98, NO. 8 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH By Scott Stone Chronicle ASUU reporter : STMMm all: conference activosmm higher education. Cook spoke in favor of the proposed rollbacks and emphasized his campaign theme, "Prosperity follows tax cuts." "We have a solid statewide system of higher education and it is vital to this state," Cook said. "No one is questioning that. Is there money to be saved? I think there is." Shea spoke on behalf of Taxpayers for Utah, an organi- zation fighting the tax rollback He said the tax initiatives would severely hamper the U. and all of Utah's higher educational institutions. The tax rollback is a butcher knife approach to a situation requiring a scalpel, he said. "Professors are getting frustrated by the rollback initiatives and are considering moving their research elsewhere to get the proper support they need to be effective researchers and teachers," he said. Cook explained the U. could avoid problems by simply increasing teachers' work loads by two hours. 'The U.'s teaching load is low compared to national standards of today, so I think we can make up the $15 million to the university," Cook said. 7- " - "Professors are getting frustrated by the roll- j back initiatives and are considering moving their research elsewhere to get the proper sup-pothey need to be effective researchers and teachers," Shea said. rt Shea reminded the audience that likening Utah's tax rollbacks to those in California and Massachusetts is not realistic. Shea said the comparison is not fair because those states have larger populations capable of support-- . ing government. He added that California had a $4 billion surplus when Proposition 13 passed and that rural areas in California are now struggling for survival. "There are two facts that we must keep in mind. First, Utah has the largest per capita population under the age of 17 of any state in the nation. Second, Utah has the " ;. smallest per capita population between the ages of 17 Illy ;i. and 55," Shea said. ASUU President Mike Kaly read a statement from the Utah Council of Student Body Presidents stating that all V ;si IF I college and university student body presidents oppose "fV x . v the tax initiatives and are mobilizing efforts to defeat the rollback. V' A f "We as students have a right to a quality education. It's our future too," Kaly said. ' v The conference also publicized Participation '88, a I It mmmm wniii t w JUM ilMlMMll.Mi Chronicle photo by Andrew Holloway program aimed at eliminating student apathy on Utah ' Merrill Cook, Independent gubernatorial candidate, campuses. Participation '88 administrator Brian said the proposed tax rollback would not harm the Robertson explained the specifics of the program and schools could University of Utah if professors would increase their told student body presidents how their involved. become teaching loads by two hours. rtf 1 Jj fI " - - . ! n ri in in ii n ookstoire, U Allsop recovered and returned, investigating Chronicle staff writer University of Utah police arrested three U. students on charges of stealing almost $20,000 from the University Bookstore on two separate and unrelated occasions. Both cases are similar, however. Two employees of the bookstore are suspects in trie thefts. ' The first case deals with a bookstore employee who is charged with stealing $19,500 worth of computer merchandise h from the store during his ' employment. On Aug. 5, police arrested and filed Detective Kim Beglarian said. On July 22, Beglarian and Officer Bryan Johnson received" a tip from bookstore officials that an employee might be involved in some recent thefts at the store, Beglarian explained. He said they called Wallace into the station and asked him some questions about the thefts. "I asked (Wallace) if he would be willing to talk to me," Beglarian said, "and he was very cooperative." one-mont- felony theft charges against bookstore I employee Terry vvaiiace, iy, a jo youu oouui, otuiuy. All the merchandise taken from the bookstore, which included complete second-degre- e . f 1 1 c I'hi If II L "N-i fa -- Chronicle photo by Andrew Holloway Patrick Shea, former chair of the Utah Democratic Party, said University of Utah professors are frustrated with Utah's economic situation and will move to other , institutions if the rollbacks are approved. . "Participation '88 has the possibilities of becoming the largest college student political movement in Utah since the Vietnam War era," Robertson said. U. President Chase Peterson and Merilee Jones from the County Election Clerk's Office also spoke at the conference. Peterson talked about the obstacles confronting higher education in Utah and Jones spoke ''bout voter registration procedures. Peterson said the U. and Research Park together have the second highest payroll in the state at $321 million. The U. has also helped in the development of 57 companies which provide 4,200 jobs. "It will be these types of accomplishments that will suffer if the proposed tax initiatives pass," Peterson said. Workshops aimed at encouraging student political participation were also held. Workshops included discussions about public relations, project management, voter registration and education. v theft Car stereo theft suspects thwarted Macintosh computer systems, has been ; I employee suffer bmglmy attempts Two clerks charged with felony By Michael tl - After questioning the suspect, police filed the charges. Police said the thefts probably occurred when thebopkst6rd became crowded and busy. The computer equipment could then have been loaded onto a dolly and see "bookstore" on page lour By Michael Allsop Chronicle staff writer University of Utah police, with the help of a U. employee, arrested two men on charges of breaking into the employee's Buick at the parking lot west of the U. golf shack. The suspects, Anthony Winfrey, 21, Salt Lake City, and Everado Villarreal, 22, Midvale, were arrested and booked Aug. 9 on vehicle burglary charges, investigat- the water fountain next to the (golf shack) when I noticed my car door was open." Schramm said he ran to his car and saw someone inside it. He suprised the suspect and saw that his car stereo had been removed from the dash. "I've had two car stereos stolen out of my car before," Schramm said, "so I grabbed him by his tank top and asked him where my stereo was." The suspect did not struggle and ing Detective Kim Beglarian said. Winfrey was arrested last year by U. police on charges of breaking into an automobile. Beglarian said U. police received a tip from a U. employee who said he caught someone breaking into his automobile, The employee, Brian Schramm, told the Chronicle, "I was getting a drink from , ; replied that his stereo was still in the car, Schramm continued. Schramm told the suspect he was going to call the police when he noticed another person driving slowly toward them. : "I didn't, know what (the driver) was going 6 dd. I didn't know if he had a gun in the car or not, so I just backed off," he said. see "theft" on page two Non-prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
