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Show NEWS 41 4 Former DSU student's iller foun , BY ABBY 1 1! S a3aa,,a - , , - , , ulity 01 .. 3, DOMAN - abbydomanDSN I , . 1 After a week-lon- g trial, a jury decided that the stabbing of a former Dixie State University student was indeed murnot manslaughter der under the law. , . i - 's , , - ........ ; , .. ' , , 1 I Twenty-nine-year-o- ld ss. Kevin Ray Mcaltin was found guilty of the murder of Elizabeth Carter. Mcaltin admitted to stabbing Carter in the right side of her neck 16 times with a decorative katana sword on the morning of June 2, 2018. Defense Attorney Edward Flint said this occurred after an argument erupted surrounding Mcatlin's missing items, including around $2,000 in cash and a meth pipe. After Mcaltin confronted her, Carter slapped him, which induced Mcaltin's rage, he said; Flint said because of Carter's provocation, Mcaltin was exempt from being charged with murder, and he should rather be charged with man- slaughter, a lesser charge resulting in a sentence. Due to the severing of her carotid artery, tran first-degr- , 15-ye- ar DRAG SHOW CONTINUED FROM PAGE , . ee 1 ,... t ,..t,- show. Beca Ramirez, a senior communication major from Las Vegas, wrote, , - ve -,' f , f --- - - I A I o , , C) 0C - '4 0 ,, co 5 . -- - t II $tv , I A, . 4T , A ,,,o,dpr ?-- ; , 0rn Z . . . , , Detective Josh Wilson shows one of the two katans found in Elizabeth Carter's apartment; although this was not the weapon used to murder Carter, Murder. disposed alongside the smaller katana used by Kevin Ray Mcatlin. Mcatlin was found guilty of first-degre- Maurer, found her body. Wilson said he could smell Carter's decomposing body from the base of the stairs outside the scendence of the jugular vein, and cut trachea, Carter died within 10 seconds, said Deputy County Attorney' Zach Weiland. "She said, 'Help,' and I didn't want her to scream," Mcatlin said. "It just got so bad." Mcaltin said he contin ued to stab her until she stopped squirming. Carter was found 11 days later, unattended and covered in couch cushions in her own bathtub. Detective Josh Wilson was called to the scene after a Jensen Property Manager, Anthoney "... DSU is making the Show. Gilman said he PROJECTS change to have inclusion has read each comment and is sad about the hateful thoughts and words. "The point I was trying to make on the stage that CONTINUED FROM PAGE night was supposed to make an impact on the university, and I think it sure did," Gilman said. "Good and bad, these comments won't stop me from promoting another show next year." St. George should be a place where everyone feels welcomed and celebrated, he said. "These words said on Facebook posts can hurt," Gilman said. "If the wrong person were to read the comments, it could mean the end of a life." Gilman said he wants those in the LGBTQ and St. George community to know they can turn to the DSU LGResource Center if BTQ-ithey need help. He said his goal is to promote growth and development on DSU's campus. Stacy Schmidt, public relations and publications coordinator, said: "... I appreciated the description in the article about an 'atmosphere of acceptance' at the event. That is exactly the type of atmosphere we want on our DSU campus." how well a case is presented and if the legislature wants to or has the budget to fund academic buildings, Williams said. "The house leadership and the senate leadership in the legislature have their own budget committees and they determine if they want to fund buildings," Williams said. "Last year, they didn't really fund conservative school like DSU gave students the opportunity to express themselves. "... I believe that anyone who is a Trailblazer should be able to participate in an event and not be called 'evil' or 'disgusting," Ramirez said. "DSU has an event that promotes kissing a bunch of people in a fountain, but we can't put on a drag show?" She said she stumbled upon the comments when she went to leave one of praise. After seeing hateful or negative comments, Ramirez said she was disturbed. "I realize that this is a very religious area with d conservative I but also views, identify as a conservative and religious," Ramirez said. "People are people. We aren't here to say one sin is worse than another." Ramirez said DSU's campus is the perfect place to start to bring about change in the St. George community. Tanner Gilman, a freshman theater major from Pocatello, Idaho, was one of the performers at the DSU Drag a the various ways of life people choose to live just to pound the drum of diversity," Taysom said. She said she is entitled to her feelings and opinions, and the beauty of America is that her freedoms begin where others' end. Another commenter, Damian Williams, a sophomore photography major from Colorado City, Arizona, posted: "What a sad life. Yuck." He said the traditional family unit is the cornerstone of traditional American values, and the idea of the LGBTQ community is to defy the normal family unit. Williams said he does not mean offense to the participants or "people that claim to be part of LGBTQ groups," but rather he wanted to express his beliefs that American values are undermined and contradicted by movements associated with the drag ' t I , and diversity..." She said she loves that munity and country do not need to celebrate all , - deep-roote- apartment. "There was an overwhelming smell of dead, decomposing human body," Wilson said. "It was absolutely horren 1 dous." Deputy County Attorney Mark Barlow, who acted as for the state, said he believes justice was served. "I think the jury saw d this was a murder and killing for personal reasons," Barlow said. "Whether it cold-bloode- the legislature also approved a few new projects. The legislature funded an additional $4 million Approval depends on buildings." Williams said this year the legislature also funded education buildings for other universities such as Weber State University and Utah Valley University. "We're really excited about the SET building and we were really grateful that the legislature gave us $50 million,' Williams said. "I think this is the largest allocation they have ever given us. I think that really shows that they are buying into our plan, that we are growing and want to reward students." Williams said during the legislative session it was e for the Human Performance Center, Williams said. "Construction costs for the Human Performance Center escalated, so we had to take from the equipment fund to build the building," Williams said. "The le.gislature understood that and gave us more money to cover equipment costs." The Graff Fine Arts, Building will be renovated into band practice rooms. The project will take place from June to August 2019, Williams said. The legis- lature paid $500,000 for this renovation and DSU paid for the other $500,000, reaching the, total cost of $1 million. The next order of business discussed in the legislative session was faculty and staff salary, Flake said. "In the legislative session, there was funding appropriated for an across the board 2.5 percent salary increase e for all faculty and staff," Flake said, "... and also a 4.4 percent increase to health full-tim- S was because she took his drugs, which we don't believe, or Mcatlip just couldn't control himself." Murder under Utah law requires a prison sentence of 15 years to life. Mcaltin's sentence will be handed down from the Board of Pardons on May 22. insurance premiums." Flake said the total cost of salary and benefits is currently $40 million, and the total Cost of increase this year is $1.5 million, which is made up of the salary and insurance raise. "The legislature funds 75 percent of the cost from state tax funds and the other 25 percent comes from tuition increase funds," Flake said. The legislature also gave DSU the approval for two.other projects; however, they did not help with funding. The legislature gave the approval to build Campus View Suites II, which will replace the Shiloh Hall housing, Williams said. This project will cost $41.8 million, which will be paid by revenues from renters. There will eventually be four Campus View Suites, Williams said. Innovation Plaza is currently undergoing renovations and will be done by the end of July, Williams said. The cost of the renovation is $1.4 million; it was paid for by donations, which were roughly $900,000 and DSU paid $500,000. A i |