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Show 2 - The Daily Utah Chronicle Thursday, February 25, 1999 n Brief News Editor, Laura Hancock: laura.hancockchronicle.utah.edu Assistant News Editor, Dave Hancock: davechronicle.utah.edu Campus Elections Grievances Dismissed Campus Prominent Author to Speak About Destructive Language As part of Black Awareness Month at the University of Utah, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, a prominent figure in the fields of civil rights, black feminist theory and race, racism and the law, will speak in the A. Ray Olpin University Union Ballroom at noon tomor- ,:,y iiiiii v mi ::j j, UMjpMMlMlllBIMMMMl row, Feb. 26. Ernestine Johnson, the student Three grievances were filed with the election's committee Monday, Feb. 22. Tuesday, the committee ruled on them. Galo Ramirez, the campaign director for the United Party, filed the first grievance. It was filed over the placement of a Convergence Party banner on Wasatch Drive. Ramirez complained that the sign was placed too close to a United Party sign and obstructed it. The election's committee dismissed the grievance because both parties agreed to go up and move the banners far enough apart that neither one was obstructed by the other. "We were seeking a compromise and were given it," United Part presidential candidate Ben McAdams said. was an exception to the rule, so wc didn't know how to decide if the rules were broken." "Wc were pleased with the ruling," McAdams said. "I felt the hearing was a success for Convergence Party presidential candidate Cameron Soclbcrg also filed a grievance, this one against the United both parties," United Part candidate Dan Anderson said. "It increased awareness of adhering to Party. all rules for both parties." The complaint was that United had violated the rules established for the "Meet the Candidates" social held in the A. Ray Olpin University Union Jackson Rose also filled a grievance but it was not discussed because he did not attend the hearing. Thursday, Feb. The social was an exception to the rules. Candidate posters were not supposed to be posted until Saturday, but an exception was made to allow banners to be hung only in the ballroom during the social. While the United Party was carrying their banners outside, they leaned them against the pillar just off the ballroom dance floor against a pillar. "It wasn't clear, so no fine was given," Elections Committee Chair Chris Winstead said. "The whole event Senior class presidential candidate Quote of the Day "We also specifically invited Cameron and Dan, but they didn't care enough about the U to attend, " Ryan Oakes candidate on a meeting at the Legislature concerning the U's forthcoming tuition increase United Party ONLINE continued from page "A book Crenshaw edited, Words That Wound, talks about language and how when it is misused, it is both damaging and devastating," said Johnson. "It also addresses the responsible use of language." The whole idea behind both tomorrow's keynote speaker and events earlier in the week was to expose U students to the many different ways language can be used, including ways that are destructive, says Johnson. "Because the U is such a homogenous campus, at times other groups of people who add culture and ethnicity to the U experience get overlooked and underrepresented," she said. "When that happens, you have an environment where people are allowed to become direct or indirect targets of destructive language." In addition to tomorrow's address 1 people working on the glitches," Win-stea- d said. Almost 500 people had voted by 4 p.m. Wednesday. Problems occurred last year as well. Last year the College of Law was unable to vote for the first few hours due to technical difficulties. The Opportunity Party's Doug Dubitsky and Kyle Roche got third place in the primary elections by less than one percent. They submitted the names of 17 students who they said tried to vote but couldn't. They were placed back on the ballot and ended up winning. The elections committee called it a "virtual tic." Kimberle Williams Crenshaw by Dr. Crenshaw, a colloquium, titled "Fighting Words and the First Amendment," will be held in the Panorama Room of the union today at noon. Events will be held next week as well. On Monday, March 1, "Black Champions," an event exploring the diversity of the African American athlete will be held in the Panorama Room, and on Wednesday, March 3, Dr. Edwin Firmage of the U College of Law will deliver an address titled "Understanding the First Amendment" in the Saltair Room of the union. Dave Hancock Nation Most students who witness cheating do not report the occurrences to professors and are uncertain about the rules of academic integrity, according to an informal survey conducted during Rutger University's Academic Integrity Week last month. The survey was conducted by the College and University Judicial Board members in the five student centers on the New Brunswick and Piscataway Campuses. hundred and Feb. 25 Today is the final day of primary elections for . ASUU office. You can either vote on the Internet at www.utah.edu, in the lobby of the A. Ray Olpin University Union or in the ASUU offices, located in Room 234 of the union. A debate between the candidates for president, and senior class president of the Associated Students of the University of Utah will be held today at noon in the lobby of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Institute vice-preside- nt Building. As part of Black Awareness Month, a colloquium, titled "Fighting Words and the First Amendment," will be held at noon in the Panorama Room of the A. Ray Olpin University Union. Simon Stern, of the U department of English, Sharief Shaw, a law student at the U, and Thomas Horgas will all speak. Students Don't Report Cheating Six Events The Hinckley Institute of Politics will deliver an address titled "Is the Party Over?" Rob Bishop, chair of the Utah Republican Party and Megan Holbrook, chair of the Utah Democratic Party will speak at 9:10 a.m. in Room 255 of Orson Spencer Hall. who coordinated the event, said she hopes to address racist and assaultive language on all college campuses, and at the U in particular. Jacob Parkinson 18. Campus forty-si- x students completed the survey anonymously at contact tables in the student centers. Sixty-on- e percent of the students said they have seen other students cheat, said Rutgers College junior Ram Mani, a member of the judicial board who served as of the student committee for Academic Integrity Week. Donald McCabe, an associate provost for campus development at k who has done extensive research on academic integrity at Professor Konstantin Matveevof the Duke University will deliver an address titled "Coulomb Blockade in Quantum Dots" at 4 p.m. in Room 102 of the James Talmage Building. Rutgers-Newar- various schools since 1990, said the figure of 61 percent is fairly typical. Students who witness cheating don't report it to a professor or a teaching assistant for many reasons, Mani said. "Fear is a large factor, and it is unusual to report cheating so students will follow the trend and don't report it," Mani said. "Also, some students don't see how cheating affects them." "Students don't feel it is their responsibility. They see it as the professors' responsibility," McCabe said. "They learned as children not to be a tattle-tale- ." Daily Targum The Middle East Center is hosting a discussion group titled "Rhetorics of Dominance and Ceremonies of Submission in the Middle East" today at 4:15 p.m. in Room 208 OSH. Alpha Kappa Psi, a coeducational professional business fraternity, will be on campus today to accept applications for founding members of a new U chapter. More information can be had tonight at 7 p.m. in the Business Classroom Building. UNION s We need volunteers to help with on Easter Egg Hunt on 45-5- 0 March 25th from 9:30 until noon. Contact Erica at 581-765by March 14th if you can help. 8 l&Mmmmmm 39mm II 4)1 OPEN SOI L J. |
