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Show i 1 THEo -- n f"0 r"i. I " t;or'" j jr FSZT i - r -- ruiuid l'ay professor helped Ul bring about construction or tne new Lmrary square. U Doesn't Mean the Same. Equal r II Ai iniet i l Matt Lcaiu nun a s ill I I I Editor in lannam Dunes tne notion mat women have to binge drink to be considered equal to men. Playing it Cool: The invincible U gymnastics team takes a breather il I hofnro roninnalc The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 29, 2002 FRIDAY, MARCH VOL 111 NO 127 Amidst Confusion, Elevation, I mpact Win WTin inrr ttiih. rmr m nni hi m inn m it tnn hihh mira iiiim Mmiii-i- fiTTifiim in wiiriiiiri iTTinrnrn nn rir 1 VOTES PARTY NAME Impact Bill Randall Lloyd-VicEdwards-Preside- President e 1,030 (41) Colter Allen-Preside- nt President Hammer-Vic- e 754 (29) Probable Cause Steve Rinehart-Presiden-t Annie Deprey-Vic-e 582 President (22) Rodney Jv! President Earl-Vic- e 203 (8) Allen, Edwards Gear Up for Final Push ERIK A JOHNSON Chronicle News Writer of the Asso- ciated Students of the University of Utah as 36 students heard Elevation and Impact declared as the winners of the primary' elections. Candidates from both winning paras they ties remained stone-face- d heard the numbers. Bill Edwards and Randall Lioyd from the Impact Party earned 1,030 votes, and 754 students voted for AnnMarie Allen and Colter Hammer of Elevation. This year's pri- - International Students Face Changes in Wake of Sept. 11 ' I t: J " ., I i- i , ON mary election had 3,407 voters, 426 more than voted last year Despite the high voter turnout, the candidates did not crack a smile during the midnight reading of the results until Walker listed Karl Marx as a write-i- n candidate. "The primaries are no indicator of what's going to happen in the finals," Edwards said. "We're just happy to be in the finals." Allen said she was tired, but "excited" for the campaign ahead. The announcement was scheduled for 10:30 p.m. When the ruling came from the Supreme Court of the Asso- Chronicle Asst. News Editor the government wants the track all foreign students to ability and scholars in the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives already passed legislation and the Senate is reviewing a similar bill which requires universities and colleges to notify Immigration and Naturalization Services if foreign students make any number of changes to their academic life. These include changing a course of studj, enrolling in fewer than 12 credit hours, transferring schools or participating in study abroad programs. INS plans to create the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System a database to link all of the country's colleges and universities to, enabling immigration officers to more accurately track each foreign student. Bi'l Barnhart, director of the U's International Center, said the idea By July, A.V ' t I The court found that members of the Elections Committee currently in place had not been confirmed by the Student Senate something that the constitution and bylaws of ' - . ' w ; d ! FRED THALLER Chronicle News Writer The U School of Medicine currently ranks dead last in terras of amount of financial support per student from the state when compared with other public medical schools in the United States. "WeVe been working with the state Legislature over the past year or two in an effort to make them understand that we're very underfunded here," said Dr. Lorris Betz, senior vice president for health sciences. In order to maintain School of Medicine budgets, officials have had to cover education expenses with funds from clinical practice, which amounts to $16 million per year, Betz continued. That w? s the basis for the Health Science Center's $15 million request from the Legislature. The Legislature approved only $4.5 million for the medical school $2.9 million cf which came from a tax increase on cigarettes. The other t:.6 million came from the genera tax fund. The medical school hopes to use that money as seed capital to generate matching funds of $10.5 million from Medicaid and other government programs, bringing the total to S15 million. These funds will be distributed to She departments in the medical school in relation to the amount of teaching they do," Betz said. This funding is only for the School of Medicine. The College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy &ni other , programs are separate entities and are riot v X i? Red-boo- k, see ELECTION, page 4 z ' ,: t ,,,, T . - rnfiir 11I ii Elections Registrar Josh Walker reads the primary elections results late Thursday night. Walker accepted responsibility for three of the seven Elections Committee members, including the chair, not being approved until late Thursday. Gov't Monies Will Help Med School, but not Nurses, Others included in this round of funding. "Well be approaching the Legislature to fund them next year," Betz said. "We're seriously short of space and money to bring on and train more professors to meet our current needs." Utah, like most of the nation, suffers from a shortage of nurses. "Only California and Nevada have a greater nurse shortage than we do," said Sandy Taylor, College of Nursing spokeswoman. "We have no shortage of qualified applicants to the college, but we dont have the facilities or professors to educate and train them all." In addition to the $4.5 million, the Legislature appropriated $33 million more for the School of Medicine so it can build a proposed Health Sciences Education Building. "We asked for $37.5 million, but the Legislature only appropriated $33 million, so we'll be working over the next year to raise $7 million from private sources so well have $40 million available to work with," Betz said. Initial plans place the new health sciences building south of the Eccles Health Sciences Library, where a wooden barracks building now sits. It will be near the College of Nursir.g and the Bipolymers Building. Health science officials are unsure bow the building will look, though. "We're just now entering detailed program plaxuiing," Betz ssid. "Then well enter the design phase, and it will take possibly six months to get initial ideas as to what the building might look Dee." ftfts'ier&chr&ri icle. vtah. edu see STUDENTS, page 4 the daily utah chronicle ... nobody expected. see FINAL PUSH, page 3 hcxlth-rekt- cd . . ciated Students of the University of Utah just past n p.m., the situation became much more tense. The Supreme Court held a hearing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to determine the validity of the fine imposed by the Elections Committee on 37 candidates who missed a mandatory meeting in January. After listening to the cases and deliberating for about three hours, the court handed down a decision JAKE PARKINSON I .. ? announcement of the primary election results and the ruling on the Impact Party's 23 candidates who were fined for not attending a mandatory meet- READ THE COURT'S STATEMENT n t- -. WWW.DAn.YUTAKCHR0NICLEX0M nt Silence filled the office ''" " Tension filled the Union late Thursday night. Student body office candidates and supporters waited for an mg' Apathy Steven Paradise-Preside- ERIKA JOHNSON Chronicle News Writer ..- rf I Until Midnight nt Elevation AnnMarie Elections Errors Delay Results m iii iwrii mr'm n wn Probable Cause, Apathy Party Come Up Short JAKE PARKINSON Chronicle Asst. News Editor Usually confident and charismatic, Probable Cause Party presidential candidate Steve Rinehart appeared nervous and unsettled before the announcement of the primary election results late Thursday night Elections Registrar Josh Walker stated the results beginning with fourth place. Apathy party received 203 votes. And Probable Cause took third with 582 votes short 173 votes needed to beat Elevation and advance to the final elections. "We thought we could make it without filling our party," Rinehart said. But without the votes from additional Student Senate and Genera! Assembly candidates and their friends. Probable Cause lacked the support it needed for a second place seat "Maybe we were too abrasive," Rinehart said, referring to what he called his "confrontational" cam- see RINEHART, page 4 is on the world wide web at www.DailyUtahChronicle.com " |