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Show Religious Litmus Tests? particular stance political issue should never be a requirement A on a for members cf any faith, writes Kathryn Cowles. Shake a... CHRONICLE RED Miscellaneous Body Part. dance critic Jessica Romirre reviews the department's latest offering. modem-danc- e Clean Sweep: The men's and women's basketball teams both took home at least a The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 share of the inaugural MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2000 VOL , I crown. J 109 NO 122 Must Decide Who Gets What Money Football Players Face Felony Charges From BRANDON W!NN U Legislature Chronicle Sports Editor MATT CANHAM Chronicle News Writer Now that the Utah State Legislature has completed its task, it falis to the University of Utah to figure out who gets selective pay raises. On top of an raise of about 5 percent, the U has some money to dole out for selective salary increases as well. The Legislature handed higher education $3.7 million to raise the salary of the most underpaid faculty' and staff to 90 percent of their market values an increase that still leaves many underpaid compared to the counterparts across-the-boa- . MWC rd nationally. From that $3.7 million, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Pershing expects the U to collect roughly $1 million, The U originally requested $4.8 million to increase the salary of 705 employees by $6,770 per year on aver age. With only 21 percent of the original request money, U administrators must decide which employees get the. raise and who has to wait. In an attempt to sort out the budget, Pershing will meet with the Council of Academic Deans today. He will also ask for the advice of the Academic Senate Budget and Planning Committee, the Senate Annuities and Salaries Committee and the Staff Organization throughout the week. Afterward, he will draft the annual budget letter, which will outline this year's budget practices for the individual colleges and departments of the U, with the final budget coming before the U Board of Trustees in Department chairs and deans will decide who gets the pay increases, but U President J. Bernard Machen and the Trustees must sign off on their decimid-Ma- University of Utah football players Anthony Arceneaux, Onyeka Ossai and Justin Walter-schei- d are scheduled to turn themselves in to authorities and be booked into jail this morning. Arceneaux and Ossai have been charged with theft of a financial card and forgery after allegedly trying to cash stolen checks they wrote to themselves and signing the check owner's felonies. name. Both charges are Walterscheid will not face forgery charges because, according to the University of Utah Police Department, he did not attempt to cash any of the checks. He was named in the actual robbery, however and was charged with a third- -' degree felony as well. ' Police said that all three are expected to surrender themselves to the court today, at which time they will be booked into jail. The alleged incident took place Feb. 17 in Austin Hall between 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., police said. Charges were not filed until Friday, third-degr- March ee 3. The three individuals reportedly walked into an unlocked Austin Hall dorm room and walked fe' .. 'J J.., - out with occupant Leeann Doyle's day planner, which contained her checkbook and ATM card. Stealing a financial card, according to UUPD, is an automatic felony. Later that morning, somebody called to tell Doyle they had found her day planner. Doyle discovered that her checks and ATM card were missing, at which point she phoned UUPD and made a report. Check Mart, located at 370 S. State St., called later that morning to confirm that Doyle had written a check for $3,745.50, police said. It was not reported to whom the check was Written out. All three players have been suspended from the football team indefinitely by Utah coach Ron McRride and could face even more serious consequences if convicted. "We felt it was appropriate to suspend them indefinitely until it is dealt with by all the appro- priate groups," Utah Athletics Director Chris Hill said. "Not only will the athletics department deal with it, but the student behavior committee will deal with it as well. That's on top of whatever legal action is taken." Hill will not make a decision on the future of the players until the case has worked its way v , " " : : : through the court system, however. "We're going to let the legal system play out its hand," Hill said. "When it's the offseason, we can move more slowly and find out all the facts." McBride was "shocked" when he found heard the three players were being investigated, but took immediate action by suspending all three. McBride said he has spoken with the players and with their parents. "These three kids have never had a problem in their past; it's been a surprising deal. They've never had a record before," McBride said. "At this point, I will let the legal system deal with them and the school deal with them, and we'll go from there. I will take more action if I have to." if the players are convicted, they could face the possibility of being released from their scholarships. All three are freshman who redshiried last season, meaning they saw no playing time and did not lose a year of eligibility. Arceneaux, a receiver from Hawaii, is the younger brother cf Utah quarterback Darnell Arceneaux. Ossai is a linebacker who was expected to be one of the Utes' top defensive players in the coming years. Walterscheid was named a Prep as a receiver in high school. Star " " y. sions. Pershing does not expect that administrators will have an easy time divvying out the selective raises. "Because there is never enough, it is a sensitive issue," he said. Lake, Rep. Afton Bradshaw, believes it is better for the U to deal with the hard decisions instead of the R-S- Legislature. "We shouldn't, mandate the spending to any institution," she said. "We just gave them 3 block of money and said, 'Run with it;' that is better than micromanagemenL" Bradshaw represents the Us legislative district and is the of the Higher Education Appropriations Committee. Pershing expects some faculty and staff across the entire campus will get part of the selective raises; the U will not focus on a few select departments, he said. He wants those faculty and staff under the 90 percent level to keep up their spirits if they don't get one of the raises. "We are going to keep trying," he said. "We don't intend to give up with one year's effort." Bradshaw suggested a name change see SALARIES, page 4 DSH'T LOOK DCWfc: U studesrt Jtss JchR?on enjos the beautiful weather Friday fay snowbearding at Brighton Ski Resort. enate, Assembly Winners Have High Hopes ELIZABETH WHITE Chronicle News Writer The Building Party has a secure hold on next year's University of Utah student government. Not only did the Building Party win the Associated Students of the University of Utah piesidential race, but it also won more seats than any other party in both the ASUU Assembly and ASUU Senate. The party wo.i a majority of Assembly seats: of 48, and almost half of the Senate scats, Twenty-si- x with seven of 16. College cf Humanities Senate winner Zach Williams attributed his victory to the party's hard campaigning. "There's no way we could have done this by ourselves," he said. "The Building Party went out of their way very early to educate people." Williams said he plans on educating the Assembly winners from the College of Humanities so everyone is motivated next year. Four of the five Assembly members from the college are from the Ascend 2000 Party, but Williams said he doesn't anticipate any problems among members over party platforms. He said he thinks they all have a high respect for each other and will work well together. The Ascend 2000 and Building Party platforms are essentially the same, except that the Building Party platform goes into more depth, he said. College of Humanities Assembly winner Rebecca McDonough, who ran with Ascend 2000, agrees. "I don't think that there are a lot of major conflicts between parties, really," she said. McDonough said if problems do arise, they'll simply have to talk through them. One of McDonough's main goals for the college next year is to improve funding. She said so much money goes to science programs at the U because it is a research-orienteinstitution. Scott Bauman of thoBuilding Party, who von his Assembly seat in the David Eccles School of Business, said his main goal is to create a friendly environment in the Business School. He said so many students don't know the others in their classes, and he wants to unify them. "I'm excited to be involved and to go to all of the meetings and pass meaningful legislation," he said. Guy Brady, who won the Assembly seat for the' College of Nursing as a wiitc-i- n candidate by one vote, has a similar goal for nursing students. "It just seems like there's this big divide between upper and lower campus," he said. d see WSNNERS, page 5 THE DAILY UTAH ONLINE CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.chronSde.Utah.edu COPY |