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Show : A&E Page 4 * Sports Opinion T What releve must tomb The university ballet performance is full of technical masterpiece. Page 5 Paged Get involved Croak! RuthAnne Frost says people shouldn't complain about our legislators if they aren't willing to help vote them out of office in November. Today's weather Runnin' Utes fall to last-place Horned Frogs in Fort Worth Wednesday night. 56/40 Sunny niversity of Utah's I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t Voice Since 1890 THE ©2006 ILY UTAH CHRONICLE Vol.ll5-No.Ml T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 2, 2006 wwwdailyutahchronicle.com UPC names new executive director The Union Programming Council named Eric Hu as its new executive director Wednesday, March I. The UPC is responsible for such events as Crimson Nights, Friday Night Live and Pazoovie nights. Eric Hu "UPC has found the key to success to break through the commuter mold on this campus, and I think it can continue to do so," Hu said. He is already at work looking for six students to be next year's UPC directors. Applications can be picked up in the UPC office in the Union building and are due March 10. "I hope people from all over campus apply, rd love to see 20 people apply for every position," Hu said. Students receive a nine-to-12 cred- Love it or hate it? "A big strength this year is that it tuition stipend for their employwe grew outward toward other orgament. "I'm excited about having Eric as nizations by getting student groups the new director. He has a lot of am- -involved, especially in Crimson bition and desire to carry on the po- Nights," Freimann said. Since Summer Semester 2005, Hu sition," said Tarina Freimann, UPC has worked as the UCard director for executive director. The budget for the UPC has stayed the student government. He also worked as an associate distagnant for the past seven years at s88,ooo, but the organization has rector for Crimson Nights for two continued to increase its program- years and is a member of the Pi Kapming to include an X-Box tourna- pa Alpha fraternity. Patrick Muir ment and benefit concert this year. Career chaos Panorama East in the Union $ Money talk Annual Truth in Tuition meeting today Dustin Gardiner Chronicle Writer See CAMPAIGNING Page 3 Discuss changes in tuition with If administration. TODAY 2 t o 3 p.m Students' reactions mixed to student government campaigning Some call it the worst week of the year, others call it the best; but regardless of how you feel about it, active campaigning week has begun. For a whole week, the candidates running for student government elections will be allowed to approach students in the hopes of convincing them to vote for their particular party. The candidates started early Wednesday morning setting up tables and booths for their parties and trying to get the attention of passing students. Some students enjoy the candidates' efforts. Junior education major Eli Johnson said he likes active campaign week for the food. "Yeah, I like it because we're hungry and food is good," he said. Other students, though, such as senior political science major David Andreasen, dread this week. "It's really annoying. Especially since I cross campus four times a day, and they try to talk to me every time," he said. Andreason said he has never voted in the elections before and doesn't plan to this year, either. "I've never seen the effects of what they do, except that it helps them get into, grad school," he said. Jake Kirkham, presidential candidate for the BLOC Party, said it's inevitable that some students will be annoyed with campaigning, but he thinks the week has a positive effect on many students. "I think it is the best week on campus because students are actually talking and interacting with one another," he said. Lindsey Sine, presidential candidate for the Big Idea Party, said she sympathizes with the students' frustration. "I feel bad having to bombard them with my image, but it is a necessary evil," Sine said. "I don't feel that we have oversaturated camps with our image, so hopefully (students) aren't as annoyed." The candidates said that since the active campaigning process has been cut back from two weeks to five days, students shouldn't be as annoyed as in past years. The parties are taking rather different approaches in their campaign techniques this year. The Big Idea Party has decided to go against tradition and not hand out any food during the campaign process. "I know students like food, but I think Jake Kirkham said it best when he said you Truth i n Tuition Jed Layton Chronicle Writer Companies attending Career Day drew large crowds of students to the Union Ballroom on Tuesday. Employers from a variety of companies searched for students nearing graduation to fill positions. IHC gives U College of Nursing multi-million-dollar gift Morgan Ratdiflfe Chronicle Writer Janelle Bassett, a doctoral student at the College of Nursing demonstrates with student nurse Tontrae Brown the procedure of taking the heart rate of a young child In the current nursing simulation center. U officials announced a $3-million gift from Intermountain Health Care on Thursday to fund the renovation of the College of Nursing building and the creation of a new simulation center. The gift is part of the college's $8.5 million "Building the Future of Nursing Education" campaign, "We appreciate the dedicated nurses who work in hospitals and clinics throughout the state, and our donation underscores our commitment to nursing as a profession and to nurses as individuals," said Charles Sorenson, executive vice president of Intermountain Health Care. The new simulation center will be See N U R S I N G Page 3 V administrators will host a meeting discussing increases in tuition for the 2006-2007 school year on Thursday. Truth in Tuition will be held Thursday in the Panoramic East room in the Union at 2 p.m. The public, especially students, is invited to attend. Paul Brinkman, associate vice president for budget and planning, said setond-tier changes in tuition will be discussed in the meeting. "Second-tier tuition is tuition that is directly connected with the individual institution," he said. "It will finance programs that were not funded by the state Legislature." That is why the meeting is held directly after the end of the annual legislative session—so university needs left without money can still be taken care of. Brinkman also said the meeting would provide an opportunity for students to voice concerns and opinions about rising tuition costs. However, first-tier tuition— which is set by the Board of Regents on a percentage basis for all Utah institutions—will not be as fully discussed because it is out of the university's control. Brinkman said he expected raises in second-tier tuition to be fairly substantial, but declined to estimate exactly how much because the legislative session had not yet ended. "If the Legislature had been more generous, then second-tier tuition would be lower," he said. The meeting will also discuss the university's standing nationwide in regard to tuition and student fees. ASUU president, Ali Hasnain, and vice president, lohn Poelman, will be present to answer questions about increases and decreases in fees. ' See TUITION Page 3 Get your 15 minutes of fame Symposium features undergraduate research Applications are due Friday for the third annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The symposium will showcase students' work in different arrangements such as Power Point presentations, posters and visual demonstrations. The Undergraduate Reserach Opportunities Program pairs students one-on-one with faculty members in any discipline for up to two semesters to work on original research. "It's not just research," said Steve Roens, UROP director, "(It is also) creative projects, such as writing a piece of music, choreographing a dance or also research in literature." Submissions in any academic area can be turned in by Friday. "There are a lot of different aspects of research, not just the scientific aspects, and we have students in all areas," he said. The event takes place in the Union Ballroom with students giving presentations throughout the day. Despite being a new program, the first two UROP symposiums were well attended. "Two years ago we started, and we had 160 students show up year one out of the gate, and last year we had 230, so we're hoping for more this year," said Jill Baeder, UROP administrative program coordinator. Any student doing research on campus can submit a project as long as it involves a faculty mentor. "It's a great experience for students to get involved in original research with a faculty member, and it also helps with experience for graduate school," Roens said. Applications for submissions can be found at www.ugsMah.edu/urop/symposium. Christina DcVore |