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Show Today's weather | ;- Opinion Sports v Page 6 Page 7 Who will Oscar make grouchy? The students have spoken Senior blues Aaron Allen makes his 2006 Academy Award predictions. Do they want a mandatory hard-waiver plan? Find the results of the latest online poll. U women fall 62-63 to TCU on senior . night at the Huntsman Center. ••>%'# A&E J 56/40 i ' t . • • • • • • . • " • . " • * • * . j>AGE 2 j T h e U n i v e r s i t y of U t a h ' s I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t V o i c e S i n c e 1 8 9 0 THE ©2006 DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE MUSS tickets go on sale tonight Patrick Muir Chronicle Asst. News Editor Vol. 115 No. 142 F r i d a y , M a r c h 3, 2006 www.dailyulahchronicle.com _-..—r^-.^.,.—, —— ..,..-.- Money woes BLOC Party attorney says candidates likely overspent D us tin Gardiner Chronicle Writer Kim Bowman Jr., attorney for the BLOC Party, admitted Thursday at a grievance hearing that his party lead- Kevin Stoker, president of the MUSS, has one piece of advice for students who want to get the best seat possible for the 2006 football season: "Get your group together, and sign up early." MUSS football signups start tonight at 9 p.m. at Crimson Nights or online at the Alumni Association Web site. Priority seating is given to students who register early. "We've found that is the fairest way of doing things," Stoker said. When registration is complete, a stamp is put on the time when a person signed up to determine seating. For a group, the average time is taken into account for prioritizing seating. "This year we have the BYU game (at home), and it will almost be worth joining the MUSS for that," said Marcie Bunker, assistant for the director of business relations of the Alumni Association. Stoker expects many people to sign up to avoid camping out overnight for BYU tickets. Other big home game opponents include Texas Christian University, whichfinishednth ers likely exceeded their allotted campaign budget. The issue arose when the parties running for student government elections submitted financial disclosures for their campaigns Thursday. Elec- tions auditors noticed that the BLOC Party had failed to include the large green campaign banners displayed around campus in their budget. In the grievance filed, ASUU special prosecutors estimated that the BLOC Party president, vice president and senior class president candidates could have exceeded their individual campaign-spending cap of $2,000 by nearly $500 with the banners. BLOC Party members at the hearing claimed that they didn't include the banners in the budget because the printer of the banners had invoiced them for the wrong amount and could not come up with the right cost until Friday. see GRIEVANCES/v 3 A prayer affair See M U S S Page 3 Arguing over weather, agreeing on nuclear power College Democrats, Republicans tackle global warming Andrew Thompson Chronicle Writer Nuclear power should be considered a viable and realistic solution to the current energy and environmental crisis, agreed representatives of the College Republicans and College Democrats. A Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum debate was held to discuss the role politics should play in the global warming debate. Although neither could agree on the role emissions are playing in the weather changes, both agreed nuclear power is a good alternative energy option. "We are spending billions of dollars a year on global warming—something we don't even know exists," said Brad Anderson, junior in political science representing the College Republicans. Anderson said that the science community is split on the belief that the Earth's warming trends are caused by greenhouse gas emissions. "I make the claim that it's a natural phenomenon—climate fluctuation—that exists on the Earth," he said. Anderson also questioned whether global warming should be funded for further research. Curtis Haring, senior in political science, represented the College Democrats and maintained that carbon dioxide emissions have contributed to the Earth's warming over the last century. "We know that carbon dioxide is being produced by huSee GLOBAL Page 3 Prayer requests line the celling of the 24-7 prayer room, a room for students to get away from everyday fife and spend time with God. U senior Kayla Maddock, who has spent a total of more than 30 hours In the room since Feb. 2, reads about what her vision as a Christian should look like Thursday afternoon. Campus groups participate in prayer-a-thon Colby Seegmiller Chronicle Writer Last month some U students fought despair with continual prayer. The Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and the Salt Company Baptists hosted a month-long prayer, 24 hours a day, seven days a week from Feb. 2 to March 2. "The 24-7 prayer started in England in 1999 and has spread to a worldwide prayer to teach young people the importance of prayer," said David Brown, a campus pastor. During the month, there were 21 prayer rooms running across five countries. The prayer room, located on 232 S. University Street, is set up to let people sit in quiet to pray. The room had different kinds of information inside to give people ideas for their prayers, such as people who are in need and other matters consid- Students raise money to revamp U on the hill Jed Layton Chronicle Writer For every MUSS pass bought by a U student, $1 will go to renovating the block U above the university. The renovation project, sponsored by the alumni association, will refurbish the prominent monument, solving problems with drainage, erosion and lighting. While signing up online for MUSS passes, students will be asked to go to another page to pledge money for the renovation- MUSS sign-ups begin tonight at 9 p.m. Graham Anderson, a student alumni association board member, said the estimated cost of the project is $400,000. • John Fackler of the alumni association said the money will be raised completely through student donations and will not use any university or state funds. "We want students to get involved in this project and let it be something they can be proud of," he said. The block U has not been refurbished since 1969 and is in desperate need of repair, Fackler said. See R E N O V A T I O N ^ 3 The block U on the hill Is in the works to be refurbished with "first-class" features that Include a new drainage system and high-tech embedded fiber-optic lights that change color. The alumni association, which is sponsoring the estimated $400,000 project, hopes that the money will be raised by July 1 to have the block 0 ready for the new football season. i ered in need of divine help. The room also had a mural to help people gain inspiration.,1 "Most people find it difficult and intimidating to pray, so there are things provided to give inspiration," Brown See PRAYER-ATHON Page 3 No joking matter ASUU to make debates 'more serious' D us tin Gardiner Chronicle Writer The Associated Students of the University of Utah is planning to change the schedule of this year's election debates in an effort to make them more serious than in past years. Jeffrey Mathis, elections registrar for ASUU, plans to reduce the number of debates from 12 to two. He says that if there are fewer debates, the candidates and the students will take them more seriously. "Having fewer debates allows the debates we do have to be true debates," he said. Jake Kirkham, presidential candidate for the BLOC party, said that by having fewer debates, more attention can be paid to the issues and more students will be likely to attend. "I want more put into the debates, and I think if you have a string of debates it's not going to be as serious," he said. Lindsey Sine, presidential candidate for the Big Idea party, said she has never been to an ASUU election debate before, but she thinks the change is a good idea. . "To condense the debates is a good idea because maybe we'll get more attendance and more of the issues >ill be brought to the light of the students," she said. ', -". Rob Beck, a senior who ran for vice president for* the People Incorporated Parry last year, said a drawback in the past to having so many debates was that they received little publicity and thus few students attended. ; " • ' Mathis said another reason he cut back on the number of debates was that he thought it was unrealistic to; ask the candidates to attend so many of them. ",•-''" . Both Sine and Kirkham say they are grateful-fo'not have to speak at so many debates. "I never imagined how busy this campaign process would be, so I would rather be out talking to students than going to a debate that doesn't mean a whole lot," Kirkham said. _ . d.gard iner@chronicle.uta h.edu |
