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Show the Daily The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice since 1890 Tlesday, February II, School ILcsid. ers ALI HASNAIN Chronicle Asst. News Editor After weeks of warning and preparations for the potential of an additional 2 percent cut to the higher education budget, U Legislature i 2003 President Bernie Machen has a different approach for legislators in the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee to entertain. "We ought to do everything we can to not take any cuts," he said to subcom mittee members on Wednesday. It was the first time the formal plea was given by any administrator in the state to the subcommittee. Two weeks ago, Utah Legislative Fiscal Ana- - Israeli Elections Peace Prospects Israel's parties, he pointed to five areas that, no matter the leadership, will forever prevent Palestinians and Israelis from x, right-win- g solution. "Settlements are a severe annoyance to PalestiniansThey're open sores in the West Bank as far as Palestinians are concerned," Snow said. The uncertain future of Jerusalem, forging a two-sta- te the controversial issue of right of return for Palestinian refugees and control of the region's water supply will further hinder any chance at peace, Snow said. Though 69 percent of Israel's population voted in the Jan. 28 elections, that total is a drastic decrease from the average turnout of 80 percent, Snow said. "This is evidence of the despair people have in the current system," he said. However, as the United States prepares itself for a showdown with Iraq, Snow said America and its Western allies are not lending Israel the support they have traditionally offered. "The interest of most of the Western alliance has not been in Israel, but in Iraq.. .the whole shape and scope of politics will be changed by what happens in Iraq, I fear," Snow said. Israel's legislative body, 120-se- at see ELECTIONS, page 4 an IB Courtesy of a unanimously passed motion by Sen. David Gladwell, legislators did and university presidents, with just that.Rcgents their own to guidelines and similar ones respect provided by the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, will prepare a report of how to take a 2 percent budget hit. However, the subcommittee, which has to approve any recommendation made to the Executive Appropriations Committee, will have the final say. "I don't expect them to report back to anybody but this committee," said Rep. Brad Dee, Nonetheless, Regents Chairman Nolan Karras doesn't want legislators to get the idea that the cuts can be made without impacting real lives. Even with guidelines favoring cuts in areas where the fewest people arc impacted and where the economic opportunities arc limited, somc- - HP -- udget Cuts body is going to be upset, regardless of the decision. "Whenever you're making cuts, somebody's not going to like it...we're going to see if we can't cut what effects the fewest people," Karras said. Nonetheless, the guidelines are not new to administrators. "We have been using these guidelines all along...this is how we go at making the amount of cuts that we had to make over the last few year," he said. However, Machen says that when legislators report to Executive Appropriations, their support for maintaining higher education is essential. If the cut is implemented, "This is going to be bloody; it is going to hurt our students and employees.. .the strongest statement legislators can make is trying to shield us from further cuts.. .this committee would make a difference," Machen said. ahasnainchronicle.utah. edu - yv- YvTf Shad ADAM BENSON Chronicle Staff Writer ultra-orthodo- lyst Boyd Garriott informed legislators of a Republican leadership decision to prepare each appropriations subcommittee for 2 percent cuts. While the decision to implement the cuts can only come after revenue projections due Feb. are in, each subcommittee is in charge of 15 reporting to the Executive Appropriations Committee as to how those cuts would be implemented, if the need arises. Legislators have decided to grant the Utah State Board of Regents and college and university presidents freedom to make direct recommendations as to how the cut amounting to about should be taken by the state system $11 million of higher education. "It's my thinking that we allow the regents and presidents to make these cuts under our guiding Bradley Johnson, principles," said Waiting in The May Not Change Despite the potential formation of a new coalition government following Israeli elections Jan. 28, R.J. Snow doesn't foresee a change in policy any time soon. "It doesn't appear that a whole lot has been gained, and I don't have very many positive things to say about this new government," he said. Snow, a professor of political science at Brigham Young University and the former director of the U's Hinckley Institute of Politics, spoke to a thin crowd at the institute he used to run Monday afternoon about the aftermath of the Israeli elections for Jews and Palestinians. "Israelis are doomed to anxiety for another miserable term," he said. Though Snow predicts a new coalition government that will include Allowed to Decide 2003 VOL. 112 NO. 105 Scott Moore reads a newspaper while waiting for a friend in Orson Spencer Kail Monday. Photo by Sarah Morton L Celebr es Black History Month Wit: ance, Soul Foo 17 CHI-C- ZHANG Chronicle Sta'f Writer Mikol Wilburn, an Ogden resident, sang to a gospel tune, "The Wind Beneath My Wings," at a Residence Hall Association event to celebrate Black History Month. "This song is dedicated to all the African Americans that came before us, for without them, we wouldn't be here today," Wilburn said. More than 70 students from across the U campus gathered at the Peterson Heritage Center last week to commemorate February as Black History Month. Students munched on large helpings of "soul food" mashed potatoes and fried chicken while taking in the poster displays, a poetry reading by Wilfred Samuels from the Ethnic Studies Program and a stomp routine performed by students from the Black Student Union. Merrideth Getter, a literature graduate student and the RHA member who organized the event, said there aren't enough events like the one held to educate people about other cultures. "Because 1.9 percent of our campus Architecture Class Tries to Build Sturdy Cardboard Bridges ZHANG Chronicle Staff Writer' CHI-C- i Patrick Tripcni's building structures class, a single project can literally make or break a stuIn 1 Students learn how to dance during Black History Month events sponsored by the Residence Halls Association in the Heritage Center Thursday. American, we should be to educate everyone else more doing about their culture with events like this one," Getter said. Jocelyn Long, a junior English is African major, agreed with Getter; she said she has had many past experiences in the community with those who were unfamiliar with the African American culture. "It's definitely important to have events that educate the community because just last week, a little white girl pointed to me and called me a monster and there was another time when a child asked her mommy why I had not taken a bath," Long said. "Those who were not aware before, should realize that we are a great nation of dancers, musicians and dent's grade. Students were asked last week to create a bridge using duct tape and cardboard spanning at least 11 feet long with the ability to hold as many as five different people. "Although no one really succeeded in getting an A, our group did get past one person, but no bridge could really hold past Pat," said Jonathan Johnson, a senior architecture major, like the rest of his classmates. "With an experience like this class, we gain knowledge through seeing the problems we experience first hand in the projects that we do." The hands-o- n architecture class gives students basic foundations behind architecture such as the physics of building structures, according to Tripeni, an architecture professor. More than 40 stu- - poets." czhangchronicle.utah.edu see ARCHITECTURE, page 6 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT www.DailyUtahChronicle.com |