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Show . 2 -- CAMPUS BEAT DIXIE SUN THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH . Car accident overturns car in front of football stadium by Ben Walker cars were involved in a wreck that left one of them Two late n green Mercury Tracer was heading west on 300 South and stopped at the stop sign at 700 East near Hansen Stadium. The driver said she thought the way was clear and proceeded into the intersection as a Chevy Lumina was heading north to Shakespeare seconds Savage saying, It takes away the right to vote and have your If they are vote count. allowed to run, the students have voted for no reason. n said George he flipped slide," The man in the Lumina crawled through the window of his car and indicated that he was alright. The driver of the Tracer will be a student at Dixie in the fall. She was taking care of some business on campus before the accident. Presidential candidate Pat added, The idea behind a write-icandidate is that they arent allowed to campaign on campus. These guys Chad and Cherry were on the local radio show with us just last week. Everyone knows them. Theyve already campaigned. Its not fair that we have to spend our time fighting the issue when we should be camsaid Savage. paigning, However, we are all confident that the students will pick the best person for the job, and we hope for their support in this matter. Moody hard enough McCracken. "Why is still a mystery. didate, prior to the election Jake Denning. We just feel that it violates the integrity of the process. students. A for him Sergeant continued from FRONT remaining candidates and are violating the rights of the Monday morning. "They collided CHAD His running mate, Jodie It is the Savage, agrees. principle of the matter. They have no respect for the Dixie Sun upside-dow- THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 200; A Saint George firefighter checks out the innards of the flipped car. The Lumina was righted and both cars were towed away. of hours later, another accident occurred at the intersection of 1000 East and 100 South near Nisson A couple d Towers. A boy was riding his bicycle when he was hit by a tow truck. He nine-year-ol- suffered a broken femur and was lifted on a stretcher into an ambulance. president of student services said, The constitution and election bylaws state that a qualified candidate has the right to run. The rules and laws supBill Fowler, vice port write-i- n candidates. Anyone with concerns had the right to write a complaint to the committee. However, we received no official com- plaints. Chad Staheli and Justin Cherry abided by all of the rules and were in no violation of the laws. the controversy over Chad and Cherrys write-icandidacy, a new issue was brought up when a letter was distributed across the DSC campus on Monday. The letter, written by Douglas Howard, father of DSC chair of elections committee AnnaMarie Howard, contained information about a private meeting held on Sunday, March 2, which was to discuss the issue of Chad Following n t and Cherrys continuir. campaign for office. The letter also contained cor troversial presidential am VP candidates Jake Denmn. and Jodie Savage, and and Racht Moody It Shakespeare. purports that students should and Cherry to be ab to run as write-icandidatesaying that they have been t part of DSC and U.S. pres dential elections for years informatio-regardin- P& n Chad Staheli and Justr Cherry had no with the writin. or distribution of the letter affiliatio-whatsoeve- r That letter was not related t us. said Staheli. It was wn ten by people opposed t stopping the write-in- . it was too that harsh am. it was libelous. As the letter continued to cir culate around the campus, e meeting was held to discuss the con sequences and repurcussion-thafollowed. In the meeting the elections committee Monda-afternoo- t dissolved and s new one put into place head ed up by Waddy Clark Fullmer as the election chair ' Current student body pres dent BenJoe Markland stat ed, The committee is there ti make sure the elections are fair. The question arose whether or not it was biased The best way to solve that dissolve the election coir, mittee and keep the integrity of the executive council. The letter, whether or not is wa true they had a right to pub lish it. However, I feel there would have been a better wa; to express their feelings. wa.-t- Newly elected president, Jab. Denning said he would like students to meet hi9m before deciding what is true. The letter portrayed me as some one Im not." he said. Prior to the final election Staheli stepped down as a write-icandidate. Im nei ther encouraging nor dis couraging students to vote n for us, he said. ( |