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Show The U n i v e r s i t y o fUtah's I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t Voice Since THE ©2007 1890 DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Thursday, February 1,2007 www.dallyutahchronicle.com Inside Opinion Sports Life in a drawer Illegal injustice The streak dies in the Matrix, human beings are stored in squishy pods for free. In Japan, you pay modestly for the privilege! Two rights can make a wrong, says Aaron Zundel, who attempts to make sense of the no-win debate on House Bill 224. A&E Vol.116 No. 113 Quote of the day Weather "She enunciates every bit of her plea with those spidery, outstretched Diane Keaton palms that should be shot with tranquilizef* darts before they latch onto someone's face and lay eggs in their host" -Aaron Allen on "Because I Said So" SEE FUU, REVIEW PAGE 4. Page •! BYU snaps a 12-game losing streak in the Huntsman Center, toppling the Runnin' Utcs 76-66. 28/9 Snow Showers ltahLegislature2007j Hot topic Plan for Student Life Center dead? Legislature refuses to take bid for new building to committee Gregg Buxton, R-Roy, I know is going to fail (on the told Associated Stuagenda) I just didn't," Buxton The Daily Utah Chronicle dents of the Univer-said. sity of Utah leaders Although the Legislature did ASUU's plan to build a Student last Friday that they not give funding for the center Life Center may be a dead issue would not be allowed last year, Student Body Vice at the Utah State Legislature this to present at the meetPresident Toby Collett said he year. ing. thought it would pass out of The center, which, is estimated committee, despite some legisto cost around $40 million, was While Buxton suplators' concerns. excluded from the Capital Facili.ports the proposal, ties and Government Operations he said it didn't have ASUU has been seeking apJake Kirkham Collett Appropriations Subcommittee enough votes to pass proval for a $45-million bond meeting on Monday when student govern- out of committee. to pay for the facility, which would be paid ment leaders had planned on presenting.it. "I have 18 presentations on the commitThe committee's co-chairman, Rep. tee today so rather than put a project that See L E G I S L A T U R E Page 3 Natalie Hale Bill to cut tuition break for undocumented defeated The tension on the House floor was thick as Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville, moved to reconsider a bill that would repeal an existing law permitting undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition. House Bill 224 was shot down for the second time in 24 hours, despite an amendment to extend the tuition break for undocumented students until 2010. Members of the Utah House of Representatives defeated the bill Tuesday with a vote of 3737 with one absentee. /]" ~ Supporters had hoped to get the measure passed Wednesday with one of the bill's additional sponsors present, but failed by two votes.' The tight voting margin of 38 to 36 surprised Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R-Ogden, the bill's sponsor, who said he lost two Democrats , and a Republican he expected to aid him in passing it out of the ' House. Donnelson, who said the cur' rent law violates federal immi1 "i gration laws, said he may bring > the bill back next year. • \ "If the federal govern\'i ment hasn't, corrected things by next year, I'll be back," Donnelson said. The bill drew fervent opposition from U administrators who favor keeping the tuition break for undocumented students. While the bill did not pass, it may still be brought up again later in the session, which Donnelson said he plans to do if he can get the votes needed. Natalie Hale Tuition bill sparks controversy over undocumented students Ana Breton Chronicle Senior Writer ' The controversial House Bill 224, which would have repealed the state law allowing undocumented students to receive instate tuitjon, provided a sigh of relief for the students who would have been affected by it, as it was shut down yesterday in the Utah House of Representatives. Not all students, however, are happy that it failed. Controversy has stirred up among international students about the bill's failure because undocumented students can now continue to pay instate tuition, something international students are not See TUITION Page 3 ill Candidates get names out online and on the streets '•: Rochelle McConkie The Daily Utah Chronicle With new rules on electronic campaigning, the Internet may make a difference in this year's student government campaigns. Since the expansion of student involvement in Web sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, regulations have been added to the election rulebook limiting candidates' abilities to actively campaign online. , With the new rules, candidates cannot outwardly declare their candidacy until filing date and cannot ask students for votes until posting day on Feb. 24. Online groups cannot be formed until posting day and candidates cannot send unsolicited messages to any students. Parties can create online fliers on Facebook, but they must list the cost of creating the flier on expenditure disclosures. Even before posting day, some candidates are using Facebook to "get their names out." This week, Forward Party candidates Rick Pehrson and Clayton McDonald are posting two commercials on their Facebook profiles through YouTube. These commercials parody the. Apple vs. PC commercials with Utah vs. BYU, touching on issues such as parking, football and free speech. In the commercials, which were filmed last Friday, Pehrson plays a Utah student and McDonald plays a BYU student. The commercials do not state the candidacy of either Pehrson or McDonald or mention the Associated Students of the University of Utah, "We're not trying to campaign, but this is a funny thing that gets our personalities out," Pehrson said. Pehrson said he checked with Elections Registrar Lorraine Evans to make sure the videos were not breaking any rules. "This is fine because the commercials presented (Pehrson and McDonald) as students, not as candidates," Evans said. See C A M P A I G N Page 3 Mutant genes may have affected Lincoln U researchers shed new light on neurodegenerative disease Paige Fieldsted rons from breaking. Every time you move, you stretch your nerves, and beta-spectrin is what Abraham Lincoln was famous enables them to stretch without for the Gettysburg address, free- breaking," said Marc Hammaring the slaves and his awkward lund, "postdoctoral researcher in gait he walked. biology. And new research suggests SCA5 is a neurodegenerative that Lincoln had spinocerebellar disease that is caused by a mutaataxia type 5 (SCA5), a disease tion in the beta-spectrin gene. that attacks and degenerates the Research on the beta-spectrin nervous system. gene is done on nematodes, comA study done by the U!s brain monly known as worms. institute may have found an ex"At the molecular level, the planation for SCA5. When a nor- nerve cell of a nematode is the mal person bends a knee or el- same as a nerve cell of the hubow, his or her tiny nerves bend man brain, because evolution deand stretch but do not break. signedthe nervous system once "We found that a protein called beta-spectrin is what keeps neuSeeMUTANT Page3 The Daily Utah Chronicle |
