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Show THE I me txA s& ept m Eg 1 tt1 iWa tt Ii ill t.i rrri I i t. ci ii iv r.ffrt"rfr tft nof through the state Legislature will benefit students, & says Opinion Editor Scott Lewis. 2 A Moot Sim Point: On Top of MONDAY, FEBRUARY Policy Approved by Exec Committee MATT CANHAM Chronicle Asst. News Editor "Why did I hear about Africa only after I heard about Tarzan?" asked a young John Carlos. Carlos wonders why he saw no y African Americans in history books I or on television growing up. I The former Olympian delivered a Former Olympian John Carlos spoke with students about racism on Friday. MATT CANHAM Chronicle Asst. News Editor 15 percent cap, but it was defeated. Senate Minority Leader Mike later revived the Dmitrich, plan and amended it to a 10 percent ceiling. "I am happy to see that there was a cap proposed, but I would have liked to see the cap lowered," said see TUITION, page 4 Utah's colleges and universities garnered more funding for faculty salaries at the expense of financial aid and other state programs Friday. The state Legislature's Republican leadership demanded the Higher Education Appropriation Committee trim $2 million off the budget to use on pay raises for the most underpaid educators. "Salaries are under a great deal of pressure. We are losing our top people to the private sector," said Sen. Leonard Blackham, of an the Executive Appropriation Committee. n officials agree with Black-ham- 's assessment of the problem, but did not enjoy trimming their budgets. "I wouldn't say we liked doing this. We looked at the budget and said, 'Where would we do the least Higher-educatio- r Speaks on Local Politics EMILY FULLER Chronicle News Writer Mickey Ibarra has a lot of free time now that President George W. Bush has come into office. And according to Ibarra, he feels he deserves the break since he hasn't had a vacation in four years. But that's what happens when you're senior adviser to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. "Life after the White House has been terrific for me," Ibarra said. A Utah native, Ibarra began his career as a Utah school teacher and the National Education Association's political manager. Ibarra worked under the Clinton administration, and has been elected one of the "Most Powerful Hispanics in Wash- ington, D.C." "But I will never hold a higher title than that of teacher," Ibarra said. Ibarra spoke to students Thursday at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics about the effect Washington, D.C. has on the local level. Because the largest part of Ibarra's job is conferring with and compromising between national government and local government, he BYU, 26, 2001 a VOL 110 NO 117 er see CARLOS page 4 Faculty Solary Increase s Trim State Programs Administrators would decide how to spend the revenue from the second tuition increase, according to a speech peppered with personal anecdotes from his life on Friday in i the A. Ray Olpin University Union Theatre. 1 He addressed the issue of racism x and exhorted the young, largely a African American audience to edu- 2 cate themselves on the subject. As a child, he asked his mother ; increase. adopt the policy with With 200-met- ; two-tiere- an the Mountain: why he never saw other black people on television. "My concern was, If I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind,'" he said. However, placing first in the sprint at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City gave Carlos the opportunity to make a statement. During the medals ceremony, he and a fellow African American sprinter raised their fists and bowed their heads in a Black Power salute as the American national anthem played. The gesture was poorly received by many. "It wasn't about black and white, it was about right and wrong," Carlos WYNNE PARRY Chronicle News Writer the policy. Executive Appropriation Committee Rep, Jeff Alexana motion to made der, m Stu(lents E ncouraged To Overc ome Racism e The Regents have already a statewide 4 approved percent students get both Utah hoops teams lead the MWC. BffiaasaajgasagEi Regents. law gj fictional case. The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 The Utah State Legislature placed a ceiling on tuition increases Friday. At the request of Utah Valley State College, the Executive Appropriation Committee approved a policy that allows college presidents to request a secondary tuition increase up to io percent. The action indicates the Legislad ture's approval of the the state tuition plan adopted by in November. Board of Regents The new plan permits each state college and university to ask for an institution-specifi- c tuition increase that would be in addition to a statewide hike approved by the U some practical exoenence with a victories over Tuition-Increas- tha 'Trnfh in Tnirinn' hill feels he has a good grasp on local issues. Ibarra told students they should be thanking levels within the federal government for the construction of light rail, new roadvays and the Olympic Village. "That Olympic Village would not be there without those of us in the White House," Ibarra said. Ibarra also talked about his experiences in the White House. He compared his time there to a marathon runner finishing his race: after its over, the race was worth the trouble, but no one wants to run three more miles. "It was a terrific experience. ..because it was an experience, not a career," Ibarra said. "I haven't missed one minute at the White House." . When President Clinton's term ended Jan. 22, Ibarra was glad to know he could represent his own views, rather than always the views of the administration. "It was my responsibility to reflect the views of President Clinton...and that ended at exactly noon of Jan. 22," Ibarra joked. see IBARRA page 4 amount of damage?'" Commissioner for Higher Education Cecelia Foxley said. Foxley and the state Board of Regents, the governing body for higher education, developed their comrecommendation, which the mittee accepted. The committee took $600,000 away from the UCOPE- - - need-base- d, higher-educati- on financial-ai- d . program, $200,000 from the Americans with Disabilities Act removal. and $200,000 from hazardous-wast- e annual funding Legislators also converted some e to windfalls; $400,000 annually from financial aid and $310 from libraries, among other programs, will go toward salaries. All totaled, they shaved $1.76 million from the n budget for salaries. The pay raises go toward a continuing effort to n raise salaries of all employees to 90 percent of their market value. one-tim- higher-educatio- higher-educatio- The executive committee also approved another $3.5 million in salary-equit- y funding. The salary equity is in addition to the 6 percent salary and benefits package approved by the executive committee. Jess Dalton, president of the Associated Students of the University of Utah, said legislators placed higher education in an "unfortunate" position, "In a way, students were pitted against the professors," Dalton said. Still, he recognized the tough decisions the committee had to make. we are forced to choose between the "Any time two, we have really difficult decisions to make," he said. "Students should be generally pleased with the outcome. There could have been a lot more money taken away from ADA and UCOPE." ADA now has $200,000 in funding, and UCOPE has $1.37 million. . higher-educ- ation Olympic Education Plan Announced will be funded through private sponsors and held on campus to benefit both students and athletes, he said. Programming will include speakers and seminars,, as well as career counseling for athletes. The Games w'U allow students to hear from people in.very high leadership positions, Brirtain said, "The conference focus will be on The program BGBBS PARRY Chronicle News Writer Although the University of Utah will be out of class for an extended Spring Break during the 2003 Olympic Winter Gaines next February, another type of education will be taking place. ; Last Friday the "CPs David Eccles School of Business and the World Olympians Association, a society of curretEt aad former Olympic athletes, announced plans for an education program to be held for the tidn of the 2002 Games.. The breakfast meeting held at the Little America Hotel featured representatives from the School of Business, the surrounding community and Olympians including Prince Albert of Monaco, a former Olympic ,v. ; bebnleddcr. "The purpose of the breakfast was to kick off the topic of Olympic values and leadership," said Business School Dean of Management Jack leadership problems people face and how the Olympic valuessuch' as fair play and teamwork can help solve them," Brittain said. Career counseling will be provided to Olympic aihleles to help thcrn find employment after the Games are over "Many lathletei axe so focused oil the Games, they don't know what to do afterward," Brfctrfin said. ,,; '.' " Brirxain. , '. Olympic values 2nd leadership will sei ve as the theme of the conference, which is still in the developmental stages, he said. Prince Albert cf Horace spofcfc Friday Jegardinsj the 2002 Winter Olympics. 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