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Show " THE sot TIIERN l "L\11 l '!\;l\'ERSITY, CEDAR CITY, l T:\H 87TH YEAR; NUMBER 3 INSIDE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1992 Leavitt speaks about creating jobs in Utah BY C H ERIS TUC KER Thunderbird Editor CHILDCARE: Non-traditional student rep Donelle Hepworth is doing all she can, but SUU still faces a major shortage of child care. SEEPAGE 3. GAMES BEGIN: lntramurals, a popular form of student entertainment, begin soon, says Shane lAmb, SUUSA intramurals director. SEEPAGE 5. GRIDDERS WIN: Led by a tough defense, including three sacks by Dave McMullin, SUU bested Angelo State 17-10 Saturday. SEE PAGE 11. Mike Leavitt, who "grew up on the SUU campus" visited o ne of Dean Rod Decke r's political science classes Friday to discuss his candidacy for Utah's governorship. He outlined four basic areas he said wo uld define the '90s. The first area, he pointed o ut, is jobs. "We have a wo rk force growing at two times the national average," he said. "Everything the state does should focus o n creating an atmosphere for more jobs." However, he noted that he didn' t believe the government should acrually create the jobs, but rather provide a cond ucive atmosphere to make private business flo urish . "The single biggest problem we have is that we are a low-income state," Leavitt said. "We not o nly want jobs, we want q uality jobs." H e noted that he wants to target rural U tah, which has a 15-16 percent unemployment rate. The second area, he said, is education. "We have 11 ,000 college stude nts who are not funded by the state," Leavitt noted. "We manage to slip about 8,000 into our schools, but that leaves 3,000 students who can't even get into schools." He also mentioned the rise in tuitio n at most colleges and universities, saying it was necessary, but should followed by obvious improvements in the educatio n provided. Leavitt, son of Cedar City fixture Dixie Leavitt, for whom SUU's business building is named, defined the third area as growth, adding that within the next l Oyears Utah would see a dramatic rise in people moving into the state from areas such as California. "They' re beginning to realize what a nice place to live Utah is," he said. He didn't specify whether this was positive o r negative for the state, except that there would be more people competing for Utah's jobs. Leavitt continued, saying the relation ship between federal and state governments would change within the decade. "We have a federal government that's out of control, and the federal government can't mend itsdf," he said, noting the "enormous" national deficit Leavitt added he thinks state governments should join with one another to bring important decisions such as health care bad to the states. "The states need to step out and do something," Leavitt said. Leavitt, who is the president and chief executive of the Leavitt Group, began his political career when he managed his father's campaign for Utah's governor. He then managed the senatorial campaigns of Orrin Hatch and Jake Garn before deciding to run himself. Leavitt grew up in Cedar City and moved to Salt Lake City 15 years ago. .y · l ' "· William (Chuck) Milligan, a co~dia,v'h:,pnotist, appeared Thursda:, for SUU's fi rst Off the Wall performance. Milligan h:,pnotiied setieTal members of the audience including Pa11l Dale, making them do such things as take their shirts off. Hanson addresses education BY JENNIFER MORLEY Thunderbird Associate Editor Gubernato rial candidate Stewart Hanson visited Cedar City Friday for a small, info rmal gathering to discuss his campaign platfo rm. Among the major issues Hanson discussed were education, the environment, nuclear and hazardous waste, family values and the rising crime rate in Utah. Hanson said h is platform deals mainly with change and the future of Utah. "There are some real challenges for the future that we have to be prepared to deal with," he said~allenges such as maintaining growth and Utah's quality of life. "W e're facing some serious hard times in education, particularly in higher education," said Hanson. Currently there are 3,000 unfunded swdents (students who do not have scholarships o r grants) in Utah this year and, according to Hanson, that figure is expec1lld to rise to over 11 ,000 by next year. Hanson said he also sees a serious crisis in public education in general. "We need new ways of doing business; we need to let the teachers teach," he said. Concerning the environment, Hanson said that the three main causes of poor air quality along the W asatch Front are automobiles, industty, and coal and wood burning. A shortterm solutio n to this problem would be carpooling and a long-term solution would be fi nding alternative tra nsportatio n such as the proposed light rail system, according to Hanson. Enviro nmentally, the impact of the W inter O lympics possibly coming to Utah is that the re wo uld be "a tremendous populatio n jammed into a fairly small area," Hanson said. "Even if we do n't get the Olympics, the facilities that have been built will be a good winter sports training center," he added. Along with the environmental issue, Hanson said, "I'm taking a very simple position on nuclear waste-no. Let us [Utahnsl deal with our own waste and let other states deal with theirs. We do n't ever want Utah to be known as a dumping ground." On family values, Hanson said, "If we don't produce good paying jobs the discussion of family values is rhetoric ....We should encourage businesses to provide on-site child care because it works; it's a good thing." Hanson also discussed Utah's gang situation . "They (gangs! may be here [Cedar CityJ soone r than you think," he said. According to Hanson, gang membership is increasing rather than decreasing because "we're not talking to the very people who may know some of the root causes of the problem. We' re not talking to the Hispanic communities about why Hispanic youth get involved in gangs, we're not talking to the black communities about why black youth get involved, we' re not even talking to the white communities about the white youth." |