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Show Opinion Sports v Page 4 Page 6 Page 7 Cute and cuddly For shame, Utah Sin City shuffle Regardless of animals' intelligence and ranchers'half-baked arguments, the Utah Legislature needs to make animal cruelty a felony. The Ute women fall to BYU in the MWC semifinals, while UNLV takes the men's title on Its home floor. Renee Zellweger squints like she's never squinted before In the darling Beatrix Potter blopic JT™* •Miss Porter." T h e THE Weather Quote of the day Inside A&E U n i v e r s i t y o fU t a h ' s I n d e p e n d e n t "It's tough to say whether pollution is just some tree-hugger hoax concocted by liberals,..and the Department of Environmental Quality, issuing all those unhealthy air days, seems like a squeamish lot—probably a bunch of ex-hipples." -Andy Thompson on global warming SEE FULL COLUMN PAGE 6. S t u d e n t Voice S i n c e 65/46 Mostly Sunny See Page Two for 5-day forecast 1890 DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Monday, March 12,2007 ©2007 www.dailyutahchronide.com Vol.116 No. 139 U tuition climbs near top in Utah Board of Regents approves 7 percent increase Tuition and fee increases Per semester for 15-credit-hour students : '- Undergraduate in-state $162 or .' 7% Increase ; : Undergraduate out-of-state ; | $534.50 or L 7.3% Increase Total cost Dustin Gardiner $2,493.50 Chronicle Asst, News Editor $7,831 U students will, on average, pay $162 more for tuition and fees next fall—an increase higher than that most other Utah students will face. The tuition and fee hike reflects an overall 7 percent (or more) increase for all U stu- Source: Utah System of Higher Education dents, though it is lower than last year's 8.5 percent jump. The Utah Board of Regents approved the increase along with fee and tuition changes for all Utah colleges and universities at its meeting Friday. Most Utah students will pay a smaller increase along with their tuition, excluding students at Dixie State College. and heat on." The U plans to use the money for a variety of purposes, includUniversity of Utah President ing hiring additional faculty Michael K. Young said while members, creating more online he doesn't like to see tuition go courses and matching funds for up, he didn't want to cut any ex- engineering and science initiapenses that would "compromise tives, among other things. the quality of education." As a student, Claire Ratcliffe He said the portion of the in- is naturally hesitant about the crease that the U sets, or sec- idea of paying more tuition next ond-tier tuition, will enhance year. or expand existing programs "rather than simply keep lights See TUITION Page 3 JENNY ELK1NS/77WJJ//V Utah Chronide The Pearson and Pehrson proceed to general elections final lap FUSE, Forward aim to reach students on personal level Rochelle McConkie The Daily Utah Chronicle The FUSE and Forward parties will move on to the final round of ASUU elections, leaving More 4 U and Activate behind. FUSE presidential and vice presidential candidates Spencer Pearson and Basim Motiwala took first in the Associated Students of the University of Utah primary elections with 1,529 votes. Presidential candidate Rick Pehrson and vice presidential candidate Clayton McDonald of the Forward Party came in second, narrowly edging More 4 U by just 40 votes with 971. The Activate Party received 629 votes. Both Pearson and Pehrson expressed their excitement over winning the primaries. "We really appreciate all those who supported us," Pearson said. "We hope to continue to receive support next week." Although Pehrson said he is excited to move forward with candidates Clayton McDonald and Brittany Bell—their senior class presidential candidate—he said he was disappointed not to have more of his Senate and Assembly candidates win, "We had some strong candidates that didn't move through," Pehrson said. Joe Coccimiglio, presidential candidate for the More 4 U Party, has no regrets. "We worked our butts off—and no, I would not do it again next year," Coccimiglio said. Activate presidential candidate Cameron Beech, who focused his campaign on the goal of increased student voter turnout, said he is proud of what his party accomplished. "My whole party was about voter turnout, and we had a lot more people vote, so I am proud of our efforts," Beech said. With 4,307 votes, 846 more students voted in the primary elections than in last year's general elections. "We're pretty pleased about that," said Lorraine Evans, ASUU Rochelle McConkie The Daily Utah Chronicle Members of the FUSE Party react after winning the ASUU primary elections Friday in front of the Union elections registrar. In the senior class president primaries, Nicole Nguyen of the FUSE Party came out on top with 725 votes. Forward's Brittany Bell and More 4 U's Megan Maxfield tied with 418 votes. Both Bell and Maxfield will proceed to the general elections. In the legislative races, FUSE won the most positions, winning 12 of the 34 ASUU Senate races See PRIMARIES Page 3 LENNlfc MAHLER/ The Daily Vtuh Chronicle Rick Pehrson, presidential candidate for the Forward Party, crosses hisfingersas he awaits the announcement of the ASUU primary elections results Friday in front of the Union. community members come together o m e wvv nVLr Hu tQUstaff, redefine motherhood Ana Breton and unhappy. "Suddenly, I became (part of) that 10 percent of women who are When Jenny Brundin gave birth no longer themselves after they to her son Gabriel, she didn't ex- give birth," said Brundin, news diperience the happiness that nor- rector for KUER. mally comes with becoming a Her agony ended when she new mother. picked up a book about post-parAfter her baby was born, she tum depression. With every word would lie wide awake for hours she read, she knew she was "evwhile Gabriel slept—a pattern erything it described," she said. that continued for three months. And although the depression She was severely sleep-deprived she suffered after giving birth was Chronicle Senior Writer one of the lowest points of her life, Brundin said she has recovered. Brundin's story will be retold tonight during the "Mommy Monologues," a performance that is part of the Women's Week celebration. Twenty monologues were selected out of 65 entries and will be performed by the women and men who wrote them. The performers range from U staff to community members and vary in theme from post-partum depression to single parenting to the way different races treat motherhood to issues revolving around homosexual parenting. The event, which is thefirstof its kind, will hopefully give people a different point of view of what motherhood and parenting are really like, said Tina Hatch, coordinator of the Learning Enhancement Program. See MOMMIES Page 3 With only two parties remaining in the ASUU elections, the FUSE Party and Forward Party will compete this week to secure key positions in the student government for next year. In the primary elections, the FUSE Party received the most votes for all Associate d Students of the University of Utah races: presidential, vice-presidential and senior class presidential, as well as ASUU Senate and General Assembly. Rick Pehrson The Forward Party came in second in all races, with senior class presidential candidate Brittany Bell tying with More 4 U's Megan Maxfield in their race. FUSE presidential and vice-presidential candidates Spencer Pearson and Basim Motiwala received 1,529 votes and Forward candidates Rick Pehrson and Clayton McDonald received 971. Calling last week a "dry run," Pehrson said his party would make campaigning changes with tabling and phone trees. "I can see that we're the big underdogs in the race, but I believe in our cause and ' I believe in our platform and I believe we can do it," Pehrson said. PHOTOS BY Pearson and KiM PETERSON The Daily Utah Chronicle Motiwala said they would Spencer Pearson continue to stay the course as they proceed toward the general elections on Tuesday and Wednesday. They said they would keep reaching out to students on a personal basis. "We will concentrate on our own platform and not what other parties are doing," Motiwala said. "We are controllers of our own destiny... and we will continue to go into it with that same mentality." Focusing on its three main platform points—academic advising, campus communication and ASUU accountability—the FUSE Party said it will emphasize that its platform is not just about the Associated Students of the University of Utah. See PLATFORMS Page 3 |