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Show Scared cf the Swimsuit Competition: Presidential candidates are campaigning as if it were some kind of pageant, says Chris Yeates. to No ZZZs Will Bring You Your Knees: Cassandra Hartley examines sleep and the student W2, Head in the Clouds: TUESDAY, OCTOBER -- ing. The bill awaits President Clinton's signature, which Bennett believes is a sure thing. The money will go to design the new museum. "This was built as a library, I experienced it as a library and I still fcclnt should be a library," Bennett said. "We should create a museum built as When Sen. Robert Bennett, attended the University of Utah the George Thomas Building was a library and the place the student body went to register for class- .ft es. Today it is the Utah Museum of Natural History, but tomorrow the The plans Self-Assessme- nt MATT CANHAM Chronicle Asst. News Editor ' Following the advice of Dean of Students Stayner Landward, the. Associated Students of the University of Utah will attempt to give all students a chance to find a second home on campus and to strengthen their leadership abilities. The ASUU general meeting, held Monday, focused primarily on expanding ASUU's visibility on campus and the number of students involved. "Student involvement is vital to a good college experience,"' ASUU President Jess Dalton said. The meeting, attended by members of ASUU's many subdivisions, heard about the importance of active participation from Landward and Assistant Dean of Students Annie Nebeker, before breaking up into focus groups to discuss specific areas in which ASUU can improve. Landward told the group of 75 student leaders that far too often people "walk around with our blinders on. "As you are walking around campus, smile to someone, see if they smile back. That has become out of fashion on this campus," he said. ASUU, the student government, represents a student population of more than 27,000, while the number of students involved in ASUU is a little more than 250. Landward and ASUU leaders agree that the student government should be a place where all stu When the Senate reconvenes in January, Bennett said his first piece of legislation will be the University of Utah Museum of Natural History Assistance Act of 2001, a bill that would appropriate $15 million to the U over a couple of years to use on the new museum's construction costs. If the federal government supports Bennett's legislation, a private foundation, the Emma Ecclcs Jones Foundation, has promised to match the see MUSEUM, page SM2AMTH WHTEf;X: dents can find a sense of belonging. "Hopefully what this is about is f ; iT-- Sm. ? swaps ago meeting niche for our different student populations," Landward Onia Hatch saia it was time to get said. Scett Howell is usir.g Hatch's ovwi Dalton called the meeting to listen to the ideas of ASUU members. He wanted to bring "minds together to look critically at ASUU together in a more effective way," Dalton said. "It is easy to get caught up in what we are doing, but other issues arise. This is to help us address those issues." During the focus groups, multiple students said the ASUU offices were intimidating when they first visited, and urged ASUU's Executive Cabinet to make the office's entrance less formal. The students also said ASUU must do a better job at informing students about what services it offers and about the opportunities words against him. a I new blood m Washington, D.C Now, " ' TV f If m .TT I - . 1 is too long; it's . TTveniy-fou- :. said to an Hewcli tirrwj &j? a clmg;," ys-a- " rs w&cnze at he Kwcfcley Institute of fioKtics Monday "x v , yn ; ! 1 1 "rVch't get me wx.;n& done, food thlngsIbu: he's lost" soifce. terms tf' serve, " ask. to award involvement. Dalton also used the meeting to show his administration how the group has progressed in fulfilling their election promises. see ASUU, page 4 5cott HowsiS Hcwi! did nof depate wish Hach Mondayi bui; said'thrt; 3i three Batrh1 senkriJv in th Ut, Ses- - d;b.itep itc looks lOivatd ro. " if,, te ?.nstKihlr, Ko'veJ! aaid Aad ' AUhoogh Hvwell f ranrung as a he don't neawant to swe or, the DecMCiat because h's "aiways been onfite fvd he Vibes some stances j'u'iicjaf y Corstrittse as Hatch Ki ' ' thttare copoidwd conseivartve. fir years. ; Howtti w uiSterftsted in sen'ing on , "For rftft, I break all the itiofds," h? ths InteHcr, Agrkuittsre ar.J Educa- "said tion coiJu,Tittees of tvj US. Senate,, ' Howail wid be supports t usit.cas alio pronged not to vote aicl thinis h? ynderstands iCthr;oio- a'ong pam' hne but according to what he alb htt ';thtti Ctf con think I'm a very progressive mJ the Const:-- , - Democrat," he said, ' putting family atd waar inyoiviti xr.eti . r" "' -- ' 1 - " " One focus group commended the University College for calling new students to tell them about the different organizations on campus. Another suggested increased involvement by the General Assembly and Student Senate to get more people active in the student government. The focus groups also discussed new ways ASUU can serve students, such as an ASUU scholarship CsrM fer US, Serw e&sencs Qf od pvblic policy dic-- 1 tates that vre've got to hv gool to get involved. Board members discussed more "grassroots" efforts, such as talking to classes about ASUU or wearing ASUU shirts so that students looking for information know who to 3 HmuellHds Meeting Uiicovers issues Methods to Increase Student Involvement Discussed at Meeting a museum." future of the Thomas Building is unknown.. The museum has outgrown its current building on Presidents Circle and is attempting to get enough money to build a new facility in Research Park. The U and the museum made a large step in that direction Monday. Bennett announced that both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate approved a bill to fund the Department of Housing and Urban Development that includes a provision giving the U $500,000 as a for the new Museum of Natural History in Research Park are already underway. ASUU 53 VOL 110 NO "down payment" on the new build- MATT CANHAM Chronicle Asst. News Editor Wsfc 24, 2000 Museum to Get $500K For Research Park Site wwm a I U football team can only blame mental lapses for its failures. The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 Fir The r ..' , ' tuton. " W,. h HoweS 3a:d is tG weU-etyu'pp- cd b: 3 senator lcause cf his , in iboth ' ' s&id, Tcfwrjajs and fio-vc- K) ii 4Jsc ic his 33 ' " HowcG also oppose s alortioa "I be!!l'f!, the same way &f the Cbi:h i Jesvs Christ of artei-dc- rit'ri-?nc- t tin privt and pujlte sV" 'IVc had ihs best t;f roth GJKt , f , v ? Siftt2 wo'ilds.-h- e years S;irte ncM ifwt Bt?ch ih't abortiofcls an Ucnw- - tie jtii)y , In erf sin saiics sur.h as thow tnvoiivj-- . ipeest and rape, he SCt had a ?t;iyit 24 years in tbv pul,Uc ' Sphere, , thirds Ssn. Orrfn Hstdi'j vanfs people who run for office to be on equal playing fields! z s Howcli said most of his, money donors and that coities from 85 percent of Hatch's comes from - - in-sta- te nut-ot-sla- ts correlations 'Tint's who Tin beholden to, Utah, you. your parents, brothers and sisters.," Howell S2d In kepisig his responsibility to ths people of Utah, Hovc'i id he wants to fund University of Utah Health Sciences and the Huntsman Cancer Institute, ' "IVii as PiIcat:on zealoV' he said. Although hfi is behiud in iiw polls, Hrmctl said he thinfe his ca:tt(.&ign ' will Hiurr It 'ouiid" , ' fie siid tvirfe tkvIsiuD and iradva adviriiicrrwrtts his numbers started sair&g on Hatch's a'ld the ad' " , - e-- Shockwaves,- Ore of the areas n which he and Is rlaich dilTrr, ifow;ll fgad ing campaign finance tekit. He Is up, ! 't - , . Kcwcll sa'd he is slowly bui hopes t be gylrJfig on ad THE DAILY UTAH ONLINE CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWV.UtahchfOnicle.COm , |