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Show The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 The 2004 IT T . JDaiAv U tani fiuroiM w.dai!yutahchroniciom EES Thursday, January T 22, 2004 Vol.113 No. 89 EES Purple Heart recipients may get free tuition Andrew Kirk armed forces personnel wounded by enemy fire or to the next of kin of those killed in action. Bill sponsors are not sure how many medal recipients live in the state or how many would want to go to college, but they're assuming the 24 currently identified medal holders from both Gulf Wars and Afghanistan would be interested. Many committee members said they were concerned about the cost to students and the universities. U.S. Staff Writer Free tuition to state universities is a great way to thank Purple Heart recipients, say Rep. Gregory Hughes, R Drap- er and Eric Hutchings, R Ke-arn- s. A bill approved by the Utah State House Committee on Education yesterday morning would allow college-ag- e medal recipients in Utah to get a bachelor's degree for free. Purple Hearts are combat decorations awarded to Those concerned wanted to have received the Purple Heart or how many recipients would want to attend the U specifiHughes made the argument cally. "There's just no hard numthat the state was morally refor that. Many of them this bers to veterans sponsible help way and that exact numbers were killed and are no longer and costs would be irrelevant with us," said Terry Schow, diand difficult to predict. rector of the Utah division of "Wouldn't it be nice to veterans affairs. One known student, James give something to those who came within an inch of losing Sargent, has received two Purtheir lives?" asked ple Hearts along with numerHutchings in response to ques- ous other medals for service in the Vietnam War. tions. But according to his wife, Military officials are not sure how many students at the U Sargent's tuition and other know the exact cost this bill would incur. costs are already paid through the Veteran Affairs vocational rehabilitation program. Veterans who were wounded in such a way as to affect their employment can qualify for the program that completely funds their education to find other employment, said Jack Landro, director of the program. Diana Miles, administrative secretary in the student services veterans office, said it would be unnecessary to give a tuition the waiver because many already qualify for the vocational re medal-holde- rs habilitation. She thinks the money could be better used by other students. Hughes told the House committee that the bill was necessary because current services available are too restrictive and many do not apply to reservists, the majority of Utah soldiers. The bill will now wait to be debated by the House before it is moved to the Senate committee on education for further review. akirkchronicle.utah.edu Ninth cabinet member resigns from ASUU (w.wtiH"af Tyler Peterson plans on losing a few executive cabinet members around this time of year due to student Staff Writer Last week. Associated t a. . - ... A 0 elections. dents of the University of Utah Students on the executive Senate Chairperson Nate Tercabinet resign to be involved ry resigned from his position, on campaigns or to run for making him the ninth to resign elective office. from the In fact, last year Johnson reExecutive Cabinet so far this academic signed from a position as techyear. nology director to run for his With six of the resignations current office, and the last six occurring within the last two cabinet members to resign are months, ASUU has been work- all getting involved with this ing to adjust to the changes. year's elections one way or an"It's always a trouble when other. "Being in the office as techthey resign, but we're comfortable with it," said Chief of Staff nology director helped me understand better what we were Jeffrey Mathis. "It's just something that you doing in here. You have such deal with," added ASUU Presia limited time to get to know dent Adrian Johnson. what's going on, so the experiStudent government usually ence is good. It helps people to , j . v - . Stu- get off and running," he said. Mathis said the administra- tion decided to eliminate three of the vacant positions rather than hire for them, despite receiving several applications from a number of "very qualified" individuals. "The cabinet was becoming too big, and we're trying to make it streamlined," he said. The positions eliminated were director of development, director of special projects (which largely organized the already realized Rock the Vote events) and executive assistant. According to Mathis, the work of these positions can be done by others in the ASUU office. Johnson disagrees with any policy that would require cabinet members to fill out a full academic year of service without being able to resign for elections, though he admits "it would be nicer to have them around in some cases." Terry has appointed Kevin Jensen, who has years of experience as a senator, as the new Senate chairperson. "They will continue to operate as normal," Terry said. Cole Cannon, former Assembly vice chairperson, resigned Jan. 8 in order to run for president, and recommended several names to Vice President Anthony White to take his place. Andrea Muhlstein was selected for the position. tpetersonchronicte.utah.edu i r 1ft. I Sofia Lingos, right, asks Carolyn Lutes questions about study d abroad programs in Spain. Lutes is one of many in Union crammed who the representatives Wednesday to answer questions about their companies' programs. study-abroa- -- 1 t - i Study Abroad Fair r Students get info, prizes Tyler Peterson d art book, Staff Writer or a document travel bag. Many of them walked If you entered the prize away winners. Nathan Hatch was one of drawing held by the Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday them. He won a $150 discount in the Union's main foyer coupon to be used with EF and stuck around, chances Tours. are you walked home with "Now if you can just give something you didn't have me the other $2,000, I'll be before entering. set," he said. About 20 students gathHatch was at the fair beered in hopes of winning cause he wants to go on his prizes such as an aboriginal third trip. Previously, he has been to Moscow State University in Russia and Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. The programs cost him around $5,000 5 . study-abroa- The ASUU office r Nil 'r continues to work diligently despite six empty positions resulting from resignations. study-abroa- d News Man's best friend Service dogs and their masters form an unbreakable bond. RED Magazine Doin' the Sundance look at An what's screening this year, and who's chilling in Park City. in-dep- th r It . .. Sports Roadhouse at the road struggles of the young A look Runnin' Utes. and $6,000, respectively. Hatch "worked his hind end to the bone and beyond" with work weeks and got student loans to help pay for the semesters. "There is no better debt in the world," he said. Aaron Rose, coordinator of study abroad and exchange programs at the U, says he doesn't think it's a question of money. "It depends on what you want to get out of it," he said. According to Rose, there are programs that last as little as two weeks that cost 80-ho- ur $1,300. Other programs can last as long as a full academic year and cost $15,575 per semester. One such program is the Semester at Sea. For $15,575, a student could pay for an outside double cabin during a Fall or Spring Semester. The itinerary includes visiting at least different ports. The journey for Fall Semester begins in Vancouver, B.C., and ends in Ft. Iauderdale, Florida. In between the ship visits cities like Hong Kong, 11 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Salvador, BraziL One student, Taisja Romero, is considering a study-abroa- d program in Spain to SEE COPY ABROAD PAGE 4 Delving into the intervention debate Valley of snow & smog Steve Gehrke wrote it really more with a different debate in mind, which is the debate about Asian values The College of Law and the and whether or not individual department of political science rights ran up against Asian collaborated to present Chan-dra- n families, and I wanted to say Kukathas Wednesday. 'No, they didn't," Kukathas Kukathas' presentation dealt said. with current worldwide issues, Dean Scott Matheson of the including human rights, inter- College of Law stressed the vention and sovereignty. importance of working to"I wanted to look at the issue gether with other departments of human rights and steer apart on campus to produce more from two different claims," said events like this one. Matheson credits PresidenKukathas, a U political theory professor. "On one hand, you tial Professor of Law and 10th have the claim that it is never U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals justifiable to intervene in oth- Judge Michael McConnell, er societies to uphold human who collaborated with the porights, and the other claim is litical science department and that it is always justifiable. So I made the colloquium possible. tried to steer a course between "To build an interdisciplinthose two extremes." ary focus and see colleges Kukathas shared his opinion working together is an importhat, in order to sustain or en- tant accomplishment for the force human rights, interven- U," Matheson said. tion should ultimately be an Kukathas holds the Maxwell option, but only after other Chair position, which is an enroads are explored. dowment that allows the political science department to Although Kukathas' statements draw several parallels recruit a senior scholar who foto current situations involving cuses on political theory, pubthe U.S. military, the United lic policy and public service. Nations and Iraq, he said his Prior to his current position, comments were not necessari- Kukathas taught at the Australian Defence Force Academy, ly directed at those situations. "I wrote this before Iraq was Australian Naiional University an issue. I didn't write it with and Oxford University. Staff Writer the Iraqi case in mind. In fact, I sgehrke&chronicle. utah. edu J Chris Harding heads to higher ground on his way to Primary g Children's Hospital on the East Bench. A cold spell and inversion have left many Utah valleys under a blanket of fog and pollution. A potentially storm is due to arrive Saturday night. record-breakin- |