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Show I -- The Daily Uta MB8iar.March7.im Ctronicle Birth Control Pill Myers be made is in current rules concerning funding for religious groups on campus. ASUU policy as it stands now indicates that "ASUU will not fund religious activities." Healthy, sexually active women between the are needed to participate in a birth control pill research study for a month period. Participants must be available 18-5- 0 3-1- Policy approved in 1988 stated that "religious groups may not receive funding from ASUU." The insertion of the word 8 for clinic visits, if qualified, participants receive free experimental birth control pills, physical and gynecological exams, and financial compensation for time and travel. 5-- 6 For more information 268-624- , "activities" allows Student Assembly to debate funding for religious groups based on the nature of the activity. For Saint instance, the Latter-da- y Student Association may receive funding for a fundrais-inproject for the Marriott Library, but not for an LDSSA fireside. However, once a group receives funds for a project from ASUU, those funds free up other money to be used for projects that may not be sanctioned by ASUU. When please call: g 2 DO VOW funding from ASUU, no matter from page five Research Study ages of It is simply unlawful for these groups to receive any A Campus Crusade for Christ receives money for a service project, that in turn allows them to use other funds for pamphlets and proselytizing on campus activities that BREAK FROM PARENTHOOD? The University Child Care Coordinating cannot be endorsed by ASUU. Article I, Section 4 of the Utah State Constitution says that "the state shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting Office offers the free exercise thereof." during Rnal Exam Week (March for University studentsparents of children ages To register call or visit our office UCCC OFFICE 316 Union 2-- 1 7) years old. 6 585-589- 4-- 1 Separation of church and state implies that no religious organization may be funded or endorsed by a state institution. Religious groups should not be funded by student fees at all. Not because I believe that it is wrong for our money to help various religious campus organizations, but because it is against Utah state law. 7 Sponsored by ASUU. HIGH QUALITY CARE provided by The Child 6k Family Development Center Staff Touchstone Pictures what the purpose. ASUU cannot track that money once it is approved for a project, and somewhere along the line those funds release other money for things that cannot legally be funded by a state institution. Religious groups are free to exist and have campus activities, and in fact, their presence diversifies our university: however, any funding from ASUU for these groups is an endorsement, and that is against the law. There is nothing in state law, however, that would indicate that a change is needed in policy providing funds to political groups. ASUU policy prohibits funding of political campaign- ing, but states that "funding may not be denied to a student group because of any perceived political affiliation." Political groups and those groups that are perceived to be political provide opportunity for civic involvement and encourage diversity of thought at the U. Last time I checked, diversity was a good thing especially at an institution of higher learning. In fact, diversity and civic involvement seems to be widely accepted and even (gasp) promoted on college campuses throughout the country. In the case of Carrol v. Blinken (1992), a New York court ruled that the State University of New York at Albany had the right to use stu- dent fees to fund political activity on campus, and justified that decision with three reasons: promotion of extracurricular activities, "participatory training," and civics "stimulation of A-h- a! it is impossible to separate pol- itics from education. We as stu- dents are here to learn about our country, our world, and our human race. Politics are a big part of our world, folks. VVhether you agree with a group or not does not mean it shouldn't exist. Campus organizations like NOW, you to a special screening of Denis Leary pro-choi- ideas and expanding upon their liberal education. Political and social organizations are the very things that separate the U. from a community college. They not only provide u's with a chance to learn, but they allow us to meet a few more people than we normally would on our big commuter campus. I realize some of you would still rather have a couple of Big Mac meal deals than a pro-lif- e group on campus. But as students, we should be happy to pay an extra $3.33 a month in order to provide ourselves and our colleagues with diverse and broader-reachin- g educational experience. Kevin Spacey Judy Davis "The Ref" starring Denis Leary. Stop by the Chrony at 240 Union and pick up your complimentary ticket for two. Hurry supplies are limited. Tickets available after noon. 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That decision, however, is being repealed in the Supreme Court because the California school system found that it was "a radical departure from educational reality and settled law." "Educational reality!" The educational reality is that a more |