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Show MHfM SWAC 2001 Tournament Preview Special Section The Voice ofDixie Me College ofUtah ST. GEORGE, By Amber Sands Managing Editor Shakespeare elected ASDSC president By Stanton Roseman Photographer Connor Shakespeare After a two week campaign battle Dixie State has a new Executive Student Body President, Connor Shakespeare. Dixie also has a new Vice President of Academics, Trent Staheli. The announcement was made Wednesday, March 7 when the election committee placed the results on the executive council photo by Stanton door. Roseman Vincent stvincent77honnail.com John McCain probably wishes that he could push his campaign finance reform bill through the senate as quickly as the Dixie State College Executive Council altered its campaign finance rules. On Thursday, March 1, following concerns over the uses of "donated resources," the Executive Council chose to change the maximum amount that can be spent on election finals from $75 to $150. The Council also passed a statute requiring candidates to value" of include the all materials used, even if the contestant had access to the items for free. Also, altered were the rules for next years candidates, allowing $350 to be spent at value" for the primary elections and an additional $150 for the final elections. "fair-mark- et "fair-mark- Over the past month, the DSC Executive Council has fought repeated battles with the Utah Legislature over the safety of the Graff Fine Arts Building. The dilapidated condition of the building lead to a condemnation from the city, and yet classes are still being taught there everyFinally last week the student council had a major breakthrough. Their fight at the Legislature came to an end when DSC was finally DSC Motion allocated funds to build a new fine arts building. Where the center will be built has posed some questions, but according to Student Body Pres. Wendi Prince, the most likely spot will be on the south side of campus where the tennis courts currently reside. As for the current building, Prince claims that the administration is still deciding what to do. Classes still could be held in the upstairs portion of the building, but that has yet to be decided. The question of what will happen to the mosaic still hangs in the air, and will be answered as further details about the project are decided. Pictures to chronicle nuclear testing at Nevada Test Site By Stephen Vincent Editor-in-chi- stvmcent77hotmail.com The deadline for portfolios for appointed positions on ASDSC Executive Council has been extended to March 22. For instance, one complaint lodged against presidential applicant Connor Shakespeare, who used pipes from his father's plumbing business to make easels for his signs. Although Shakespeare received the pipes free of charge, he must now account for their fair market value in his spending. Shakespeares signs were also used as part of his candidacy last year for vice president and received no complaints from his opposition. Shakespeare lost that election, but he accepted an appointed position on the Executive Council, and since then, the signs have been used frequently by this years counwas Editor-in-chi- ambersandshotmail.com day. Spending rules change in mid-rac- e By Stephen 22 VOLUME XXX, NO. New fine arts center to be built 40L. Shakespeare and Staheli will waste no time fulfilling their duties. "Our first plan is to get the online course guide running. We plan to complete this, as one of our platforms, first because it will take the least time to complete. We will then move on to our other platforms," said Shakespeare. He later commented, "I would like to thank everyone who helped us during our campaign." The two new government members UTAH cil. "If they had been just brought in (that might be something to complain about)," said Donna Stafford, who oversees the Executive Council. Other complaints were lodged against candidates Ryan Pederson, for his use of the Broadcasting Clubs equipmen- t- which he over see- s- to make promotional videos, and Cole Clinger for allegedly purfor a discounted chasing The hinge on the complaints price. third rule of the second section of ASDSCs General Election Cam" paign Rules, which states: ... No sponsors or donations are allowed II All of these complaints are seen as "petty" by Chet Glover, who supervises the elections as vice president. "What happened is the same thing that happens in all other elections," said Glover. "People have resources, so they use them. The same rule that is cited by those who are complaining also includes a clause that allows Glover to use discretion in allowing or disallowing donations. This clause allowed Glover, who utilized the support of the rest of the Executive Council, to alter the rules midway through the election to accommodate the The Dixie State College Motion Pictures Production Class d is following up its MounThe production, tain Meadows Massacre, with another project that promises to be another impactful story about Utah's Southern relatively unknown history. And it should bring to light long ago forgotten issues, just as Mountain Meadows did. The class will focus their efforts to recording the tale of atomic testing at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, which commenced on Jan. 27, 1951 and continued until 1958. critically-acclaime- The production will record what has happened in the 50 years following the first above ground test in Nevada. The film will feature and chronicle the movement that originated at Dixie, producer Larinda Wenzel said. DSC's Motion Pictures adviser Eric Young said that the documentary will also answer a signifabout how the icant question Southern Utah culture lent itself to be a guinea pig for the federal government. Young said that the movement of the 1950s, accompanied with government propaganda, had people in Southern Utah and surrounding down-winde- Please see TESTING, page 2 Alleged assault was not a rape, say DSC police By Stephen Vincent Editor in chief stvmcem77Kotmail.com According to a Dixie State College press release on Wednesday, March 7, an incident that occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 27, is now being investigated as a sexual assault and unlawful detention. On March 1, The Spectrum, St. Georges daily newspaper, reported that the incident was being investigated as a rape. On Feb. 27 at approximately 8:20 p.m., according to the press release, a DSC student was going to her car in the Fine Arts Center parking lot, when she was grabbed from behind and had a blanket thrown over her head. The student was placed into the back seat of a car by at least two people, and then according to the police report, the assailants fled when she threatened to press charges. Please see POLICE, page 11 |
