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Show T9 iJAILY THE - . jlIl JL C -- - - d - ""l IJJl ""T-- JR. C.3 1 The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice since 1890 Friday, January 17,2003 VOL. 112 NO. 89' to Limit Presenter's Office Funding SADAF BAGHBANI Chronicle Staff Writer At the upcoming Student Senate and Assembly meeting, members will decide if they want to significantly limit the amount of money the Presenter's Office will receive in coming years. Currently, the Associated Students of the University of Utah's general reserve provides the Presenter's Office with 39 percent of the total student fees which equates to about $400,000 a year. The bill proposes to change the constitution from saying "no less than 39 percent of student fees will be allocated" to "no more than 39 percent," thus placing a cap on how much they receive. Russell Gerrard is the ASUU Senate member sponsoring the bill. "We want to make it clear that we aren't against them. We support what they do but we don't think they are justified in getting that amount of money," Gerrard said. Aaron Titus, also a supporter of the bill, said that the 39 percent makes entertainment and cultural events a disproportionately high priority, has no real accountability to ASUU and stifles future ASUU growth. Titus also adds that the Assembly and Senate have allocated more money this year than in the past. "The money is being depleted very quickly. It doesn't mean, however, that they are spend happy. They debate about a $100 at a time. That's outrageous to me, especially when $100,000 is locked away in the Presenter's Office," Titus said. ' Gerrard also adds that the college student councils are a better use for the student body and that they represent 16 colleges, but only receive $3,500 to be split among them. "The money given to the Presenter's Office is disproportional because it represents a very small population of students. The Student Councils represent 100 percent of the students," Gerrard said. "They deserve more than what's given them." Titus also adds that 76.5 percent of the budget is constitutionally earmarked, there is no money to create new programs. The bill has many opponents, including ASUU President Bill To day FOllUlCil New Bill Tries If it is implemented, enrollment would "freeze" at the current level 28,400 students according to Pershing. That would mean next fall's admittance would equal the same amount of students that graduate from the U in the Spring and Summer Semesters of this year. The whole acceptance process would be on a qualifications basis, Pershing said. "We're trying to protect the students that are here and the quality of education," Pershing said. The Credits and Admissions Committee will the State will be more than $15 million behind in enrollment growth funding, Pershing ALI HASNAIN July Chronicle Asst. News Editor 1, said. For a public institution like the U, numbers like that would likely instigate the change, according to U Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Kay Harward. "Next year, we don't want to ask for a large increase in tuition," Pershing said. While no final decision has yet been made, Pershing says there may be one within the next couple of months. If and when that decision is made, it may result in a change of standards for admittance to the U. "The mechanism we use to admit is a matrix with index numbers," Harward said. At present, the minimum index number for U admission is 90. If a tuition freeze is implemented for fall 2003, that number will likely go up. There is a potential solution available to solve the problems caused by the bad economy and budget cuts at the U. By Fall Semester, administrators could implement an "enrollment freeze" to manage enrollment at the U, according to U Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dave Pershing. The State Board of Regents meets today at the U to discuss, among other things, potential tuition increases for the fall of 2003, based on the recommendations of college and university presidents, including U President Bernie Machen. "I anticipate that President Machen will address the concept of an enrollment freeze," Pershing said. The reason is that administrators expect by state-funde- d, recommendation to administrators in as early as two weeks, before a decision is made, Harward said. "We will try to give people good warnings on propose application deadlines and index number els," Pershing said. U Receives Grants to Study the Genetics of Nicotine Addiction J. AARON GOLDSMITH Chronicle Staff Writer - ' 400 About Prestige ADAM BENSON ' . Ti ..... f Rcuvcn Firestone is quick to dismiss most things he hears about holy wars. k ' f,rL. . - v f . - ,; yj technician Caylene Drummond conducts genetic research at the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics. Lab alcohol and homicide. The report stated that in 2002 there was an estimated 46.5 million smokers in the United States, and 430,000 deaths were attributed to tobacco use. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the National Institute on Drug Abuse also gave a combined $10.7 million in grants to the genetics of addiction program. see GENETICS, page 4 said. Part of controlling that spirituality, Firestone said, is orchestrating wars in the name of a deity. "Holy war is war that is authorized by the divinity of a religion," he said. - 2 V w 1 x f'v f 1 ? , : uj j . r A' i , at .. jM - o r I f is i t) r 3 "Whenever anybody talks about anything like a holy war, I tell people not to trust them unless they have a text to support their claims," he said. Firestone, a professor of Medieval Judaism and Islam at Hebrew Union College located in Los Angeles, spoke to a large crowd about the differences between holy wars and more traditional types of warfare at the Hinckley Institute of Politics Thursday afternoon. is really "Spirituality human urge to pre-- , tcmporary...thc serve it has resulted in the worldwide phenomenon of institutionalized religion to control it," Firestone According to Firestone, such wars included the Crusades, the Islamic conquests and the Spanish Rcconquista. "Holy wars arc waged for what arc considered as holy purposes. ..they need not be religious," he said. Firestone cited the two world wars and virtually every U.S. war as examples of secular-base- d holy wars. Firestone said that in traditional wars not based in spirituality or fought for a perceived holy purpose, prestige is the catalyst. has its own "Prestige economy...prcstige in world politics has always been important," he said. The American invasion of Grenada and Nicaragua enhanced global prestige for the United States whereas involvement in Somalia and Lebanon damaged America's prestige around the world, Firestone have f Spencer Snow, the Presenter's Office student director, said that any changes to the budget would cripple the office. "We have to have money to make especially because they've never come to us to get what we do," he said. sbaghbanichronicle. ut ah. edu Holy Wars Are - - Club said. understand, Firestone Says Chronicle Staff Writer Somebody in the world dies from smoking cigarettes every eight seconds, according to John Hoidal. Hoidal, chief of respiratory, critical care and occupational medicine at the U's school of medicine, is also the principal investigator for a new multimillion-dolla- r research prothe Eccles at Institute of gram Human Genetics that will study the genetics of addiction. The aim of the program is to identify particular genes that make, people susceptible to nicotine addiction, emphysema and other lung diseases. "The purpose of this research is to determine the genetic basis of addiction," Hoidal said. "This research is motivated by some frightening statistics." According to a report by the American Cancer Society, more Americans are killed by cigarette smoking than car accidents, AIDS, "The only way I'll support the bill is if they guarantee at least 30 percent," Edwards said. "The flexibility they leave allows the potential to completely eliminate the Presenter's Office," he they don't lev- ahasnainchronicle. utah. edu Edwards. money," Snow said. "It's a long process a ' s4 i jI i- w;.'. O '. The women's basketball team celebrates an important basket in the final minutes of their game against the Wyoming Cowgirls. The win was the 400th career win for coach Elaine Elliott. See story on page 6. - a said. Though the current state of Palestiniviolence has escalated into a holy war, Firestone said the core of the fighting is much simpler. "The wars between Israelis and an-Israeli see FIRESTONE, page THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT www.DailyUtahChronicle.com A |
