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Show n P3 71 r pm i)r VJpfiMCCfOiBtinrU)MMSUIs Cvin llilHs (nnw Q 1K jjfr, iKBW Q lUdiyV Wlh ikfCtHt ijfl 0 ) Chief Justice Lucas Hill Withdraws Resignation by Mandie Caraway Forum staff writer On Nov. 3, Lucas Hill, ASWC Supreme Court chief justice resigned. One week later, Hill realized he had made a "hasty decision" and withdrew his resignation. Shortly after the Nov. 3 senate meeting. Hill handed his resignation to ASWC President Helen Langan. Afterwards, Hill sent an to the other justices informing them of his decision. Though Hill is not under the authority of the ASWC president, he said he informed her of his resignation as a courtesy and to pass the word on to the rest of the senail ate. According to Shane Wheeler, computer science junior and court justice, the court often communicates through "I was flabbergasted," said Wheeler. "It was not at all what I expected to read when I opened from Lucas." my What has been puzzling students, especially the other Supreme Court justices, is why Hill resigned in the first place. "I was amazed," said Eddie Bennett, economics senior and court justice. "I did not see his resignation coming. All I could think about is what's going to happen to the court and wno will take over the chief justice role?" According to Hill, he decided to resign because he felt he wasn't doing a good job. "I had just missed my third senate meeting that morning and I didn't feel like I had been putting my all into the job," said Hill. Although the other justices did not agree that Hill wasn't doing his job, they all respected his deci ail Disappearing Trees. sion. "I didn't believe the reasons Lucas gave in his letter were true," said Eric Ikenouye, history senior and court justice. "We are a tough bunch to get organized and Lucas has done a great job. He really got us on schedule." The main question on the minds of the justices was "who would take Hill's place?" When he resigned, Hill recommended to Langan that Bennett take his place as chief justice. "I seriously considered taking Lucas' place," said Bennett, "but, I was relieved when he withdrew his resignation. Things are more consistent and easier to handle if you have the same chief justice throughout the year." Ikenouye also considered stepping up. "I was debating it, but it See HILL, page 7 x I f When the Giovale Library opened this semester, students and faculty were given a much bigger, more advanced library to use for study and research. One important feature the new library lacked, however, was a security system. Many library patrons have been frustrated as they leave the new building and are asked to have their bags searched for unchecked books and journals. "I'm bugged about the fact that they don't check the bags thoroughly when I'm stopped. I feel like I could leave with something if I wanted to," said Susan Deyer, freshman English major. Library Director David Hales is apologetic about the aggravation caused by the bag checks, but reminds patrons that it is necessary to protect the book and journal collections. According to Hales, the security system from Nightingale Library was intended to be transferred Photos courtesy of ASWC Swearing in: ASWC President Helen Langan swears in ASWC Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Hill. Hill resigned on Nov. 3 but later withdrew his resignation. 1 is World AIDS Day that Odland countries will the tenth obsercommemorate AIDS World vance of Day. The "Give Children is theme Hope in a World with AIDS." According to Lara Lockwood, development coordinator for the Utah AIDS Foundation, the theme is to emphasize that even people under the age of 18 years are affected (directly or indirectly) by HIV AIDS. "We need to increase public understanding of the AIDS epidemic," Lockwood said. According to records from the Utah AIDS Foundation, 581,429 people in the United States had reported to have AIDS by Dec. 31, 1996. Of these, approximately 63 percent have diea. The foundation also reports that as of December 1996, it was estimated that 21.8 million people worldwide are living with HIV AIDS. If current trends continue through the end of this century, 60-7- 0 million adults will have been infected with HIV by the year 2000. Children under the age of 15 years account for 830,000 of the 21.8 million living with the disease. "AIDS affects everyone," said legal secretary Barbara Odland, whose brother George H. Kuhn died of AIDS in 1992. "It can strike any family and the heartbreak of watching someone you love so dearly die with such a terrible disease is devastating." On Dec. 1, 191 said public education is important to combat fear of the disease. "I am ashamed to admit that I was fearful for my three small boys to be around my infected brother. There was the fear that they could somehow catch the disease," Odland said. "Fear is prevalent when knowledge doesn't exist. I know better now." Utah AIDS Foundation hotline coordinator Bill Emerson said, "When the spirit is growing, the physical will follow." Emerson has AIDS. He said the best way to help someone infected witn AIDS is to lift them emotionally and spiritually. "Only then can we be helped physically," Emerson said. Global statistics reported by the American Association for World Health states that the majority of new adult HIV infections is found In 1996, among 4 year-old- s. 1,000 children died of AIDS each day while 1,000 more became infected with HIV. Among America's youth, one in four new HIV infections occur in people under the age of 22. Heterosexual sex accounts for 75 percent of reported cases in young women ages By the year that as many is estimated it 2000, as 80,000 children in the United States will have been orphaned due to AIDS. Among American men and women, AIDS is now the third leading cause of death in women 15-2- 20-2- 4. See AIDS, page 8 'Oi itfiKilfH) c fining ijT&roR$ti!i util h f ! I See LIBRARY, page 4 . u LibraryHodson Security System Expected Soon by Amy Forum staff writer i Y-- t Photo by Amy Young Trees vs. Parking: The cutting down of trees at Westminster to make room for a new parking structure has caused debate on campus. According to Richard Brockmyer, director of plant operations, the original design for the parking structure was smaller and would have required less trees to be cut down than the design the college agreed on. Full story, page 2 ' i Dec. . . '4 M ! i 1 1 1 H'H ft . |