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Show Catnus Tuesday, March 21, 1995 Elections for ASWC are starting up varied in the senate races. The aviation, education, and nursing programs have only one person running. Business and pure & applied science have four or more students running for the sen- by Brice A. Laris is Competition Forum Staff Writer have students thrown their hat into the ASWC election ring for the 1995-9- 6 school year. While some races will be hotly contested, some positions are unopTwenty-on- e ate. From the pure and applied sciences Glenn Edwards, Yevgeny Pevzner, Nicole Young, and John Wells are running for senate positions. Social science sports three candidates, Helen Langan, Glen posed. For the office of president, incumbent Jed Arveseth is running for reelection. He is being challenged by Senate Parliamentarian Jonathan Jemming and Rules Committee Member Michael Robinson. The vice president had only one candidate, Brian Pilling. Pilling is currently an arts and humanities senator. At the vice presidential debates, Jessica Hughes, current ASWC vice president, announced that she would run for reelection as a write in candidate. Hughes originally was running for business senator, but will now resign that position to take on the write in vice Spielmans and Stephanie Leavitt. Aviations single candidate is Orion .ftt Inskip. Arts and humanities has Daisy Lee and Julia Hankey running. Jim Martin, who is currently a senator, is running for education, and Brittiny Smith is campaigning for nursing. There are five candidates from the school of business: Erika Birch, Angela Hamilton, Jobi Walker, Eddie Bennett, and Melisa Knutson. Elections will be held on March 22 and 23. Voting will continue all day and the results will be announced the night of Mar. 23 after the ballots have been tabulated. "V A? xr .V K 3 4 r, presidential campaign. Winning by write in ballot is not unprecedented in recent years. Last year Arveseth stole the election by running as a write in candidate The student body wont lose, said Pilling about his new competitor, but I hope they elect me. Hughes was unavailable for comment on the last minute change. : importance of integrity and taking responsibility for mistakes. He credited his four years of military service and contact with the administration as a security guard (at Westminster) as his greatest assets in obtaining leadership experience that is necessary for the office. Ive learned the v i v;v" Current ASWC Vice President Jessica Hughes and Arts and Humanities Senator Brian Pilling squared off in the ASWC Vice Presidential debate. pride of a team working together. No one leader can work without the people under him, he said. Robinson said a better sense of community needs to be developed by eliminating the division of tradistudents. tional and There are a lot of commonalities; we need to work together for a bet non-tradition- al ter sense of community, Robinson said. The debate became tense when it was opened to questions from the audience and ASWC Vice President Jessica Hughes accused Arveseth of signing Student Activities Commission (SAC) checks without proper authorization. Arveseth countered by saying I did these so the activities would take place because the vice president didnt do it. It was continuing to not be done so I did it. IPizzaStill& IPasta Westminster is Tuesday Night Buffalo Wings for 150 Nightl Adult Atmosphere Specialty Pizzas FreshPrepared to order . . Local parking in the rear Monday thru Saturday 1 1 :00 AM-Midn- ight Sunday 5:00-10:- 00 PM 1063 East 2100 South SLC 484-180- 4 by Michael R. Thompson Forum Staff Writer pottery students of their works hold Monday, April 3, to benefit the Utah Aids Foundation and beverages on tap Arveseth also came under fire from the audience for changes to the constitution. He was asked what specific changes he had made and his overall involvement. I put four periods in ASWC, changed the font, type and style. Other than that I did not, he said. Arveseth was further pressed about his activity and asked whether or not he felt the changes he made were illegal or not. Four periods, hang me! Arveseth said. Some students said Arveseth had more of a role in the changes, which Jemming further expounded on. According to Jemming the term limits for President were omitted, the mission statement was changed along with changing two thirds majority to a simple majority in Article IX of the constitution. Arveseth said the changes were made after several different constitutions had surfaced and the former student life director and ASWC president tried to collate them into one binding document. No one has the answers to why things hap- Continued on back page participated in the sales for the past four years and usually donates bowls, cups and vases. Most people Westminster will a sale Wasatch Humane. The majority of the items were donated by students, with all of the proceeds going to the charities. Pieces done by other artists will be sold by the students, with a percentage of the proceeds being donated. Potters are a different kind of people, said Westminster Art Professor Kay Kuzminski, they always try to help out worthy causes. Pottery students at Westminster have been holding ing various local charities for over 15 years, according to Kuzminski. This sale is a good benefit, and will give needed exposure to Westminster, said Westminster student Renee Lyman, Lyman has . Brent Larson The presidential debates Continued from front page Utah Aids Foundation and Wasatch Humane to benefit from Westminster Pottery Sale sales every fall and spring, benefit- .r x 3 The Forum dont realize how time consuming this is, said Westminster student Maria Gleason. She donates jewelry made from handmade beads, seeds, bone and glass. I like the charity, thats why I donate, and thats why buy, she said. Psychology junior Stephanie Wisely donates abstract planters and other pieces. Its kind of hard to describe what I make, she said. She has donated pieces to the sales ever since she started studying here. I like to help people and good causes I believe in, Wisely said. Many different types of pieces will be offered for sale including bowls, jewelry, wind chimes, vases, mugs and baskets. The sale will be held in the Shaw Center, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. I Last Lecture Series presents Dr. Gretchen Siegler by Jackie Farnsworth Forum Staff Writer Assistant professor of anthropology Dr. Gretchen Siegler will discuss new religious movements March 22 at 8:30 p.m. as part of the Westminster Last Lecture Series. Siegler said she plans to relate her topic to the wider issue of the need to understand subculture, particularly religious groups. Siegler was unaware of the connotations of the Last Lecture when she decided on the subject Had I matter of her lecture. known, she said, I may have chosen a different topic. But then again, maybe not. I know about this, Ill talk about this. Siegler said she plans to draw from her experiences doing fieldwork in Northern California for much of her lecture content. Siegler studied the Christian group ISOT (In Search of Truth), one of the communal groups that belong to a larger religious movement called The Body. The lecture will be held in Mar-mo- n Lounge in Hogle Hall and is free and open to the public. Add some weight to your day by Alan Blain Forum Staff Writer If youre feeling stressed, tired or run down and you cant afford a spa membership to rejuvenate yourself, you might want to check out Westminsters fitness and weight room. Westminsters fitness and weight room is located in the basement of Payne Gymnasium and is free of charge to students, faculty and alumni of Westminster College. 0 Only about people use the facility on a daily basis. The fitness and weight room has a full array of exercise equipment including a Life Cycle stationary bike, stair climber, rowing machine and other aerobic equipment. The facility is also equipped with a full set of Olympic free weights and machines for those interested in toning and strengthening muscles. 20-3- The fitness and weight room is 7 to 9 a.m.; open Monday-Frida- y and Friday 1 Monday, Wednesday, to 7 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday noon to 7 p.m. The facility is mainstudents at tained by work-stud- y Westminster. Lunch (Dinner 7 Days a lYsnisl |