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Show """DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Tuesday, March 13,2007 News analysis Can Forward catch up; Party has long way to go to beat FUSE vate Party presidential candidate, is in turn backing Forwards and, as Chronicle Asst. News Editor Pehrson said, even offered to help If the Forward Party wants to win the candidates prepare for their fithe ASUU general elections, it has nal debates and wear the party's Tshirt. a big game of catching up to do. But how these new alliances will The party survived last week's primary elections for the Associ- play out is unclear. While Beech said he is confident ated Students of the University of Utah by a mere 40 votes to become many of his party's supporters will back the Forward one of two parties to Party, it is impossiadvance to the finals. ble to know for sure Now it is halftime which way voters in the elections, will swing. and Forward must Based on its domipick up some major nance in the primaground if it's going to beat the FUSE Party, which led ries, FUSE has likely already gained by more than 600 votes in the pri- widespread support from voters maries. Forward received 971 votes, and a strong following on Greek compared with the 1,529 received Row because of Pearson's affiliation with the Sigma Chi fraternity—four by FUSE. Forward Party presidential can- of the six past student body presididate Rick Pehrson's success will dents have belonged to Sigma Chi. Forward, however, might be able likely depend on the party's ability to gain additional backing from votto pull votes from the supporters of ers in the LDS Institute of Religion, the More 4 U and Activate parties, which were defeated in the prima- where it has already gained strong support and recruited candidates ries last week. Former More 4 U Party presiden- and staffers. The More 4 U Party had a simitial candidate Joe Coccimiglio is supporting FUSE Party presidential larly strong backing at the institute, candidate Spencer Pearson, whom which may now mean the Forward he says he came to respect during Party can pick up More 4 U's supporters. the campaign. Forward might now look to its Cameron Beech, former ActiDustin Gardiner platform to distinguish itself from the FUSE Party, Forward has laid out more specific goals than FUSE on its Web site, something Pehrson sees as an advantage. "We tried to be extremely specific (with our platform)...so people could hold us accountable," Pehrson said. Based on the primary votes, however, it is clear that voters are backing FUSE regardless of Pearson making fewer campaign promises. The election will likely come down to the personal attributes of the candidates and the organization of their campaigns. FUSE has run what appears to be a highly organized campaign with several inside managers handling most of the routine details. Basim Motiwala, FUSE Party vice-presidential candidate, said the party managers have even mapped out routes for him and Pearson to walk around on campus. He said the party's early successes haven't caused the candidates to relax, either. "We're going to fight like we're the underdog," Motiwala said. The Forward Party has likewise led an aggressive campaign, but its leaders have been more involved in the day-to-day efforts, which may mean they have had less time to interact with students and could be at a disadvantage. d.gardiner@chronicle.utah.edu PHOTO ILLUSTRATION HY AR1ANA TOKRKY On Ninja's Web site, he warns, "Please give Ninja your full support so his vast secret army does not have to hunt you down in the night." Ninja said he is known for his karaoke skills because students value candidates with the capacity to entertain. Although Ninja is a U student continued from Ptt&c I studying in an undisclosed colmanner and is running as a lege and living in ,in undisclosed location, he claims he write-in candidate. "ASUU has collected $2,660 hails from a mountain village in filing fees from candidates in central Honshu, a Japanese this year. We prefer to retain island. "Ninja has existed since the our funds to purchase katana blades and Doritos," Ninja dawn of time when the heavens and the earths were mixed said. Ninja is not alone in his par- together in a great cloud," Ninty—he said he has the backing ja said. r.mcconkie(a) of many students and a "vast chronicle.utah.edu secret ninja army." UNKNOWN NINJA RUNS FOR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT CANDIDATES DEBATE GREEKS, PARTY DIFFERENCES Hammond did not win the primaries, Maxfield will continue to represent her party in the general elections. Since this was the last debate before elections, candidates were allowed a rebuttal for each question. continued from Fcige I For most questions, candidates did not take the opportunity to rebut would push for lower tuition and the other party's answer. All senior class candidates extuition freezes. Forward said it would also push for student fee pressed their intentions to work audits. FUSE said it would lobby with the Alumni Association to for updated buildings on campus promote Homecoming throughout and encourage students to express the entire campus. their views to representatives. In regard to the ASUU's PresentBoth Pehrson and McDonald er's Office and the Union Programhave had experience lobbying ming Council, both FUSE and Foron the hill. With regards to a tu- ward recognized that UPC should ition freeze, Pehrson said, "This is get more funding than other parsomething we would not be able to ties to fund events like Crimson promise, because we can't promise Nights. They said they would work we will fulfill it." with the councils to determine Sandwiched between their male budget needs. counterparts were the three feParties did use their chances to male senior class president candi- rebut when asked what sets their dates. Although this position has party apart from the other. The been typically female for the last Forward Party said it willfixprobten years, this year's candidates lems internally first before helping said they do not feel belittled by everyone else. that trend. "Our ideology is the importance Calling herself "a force to be of cleaning up ASUU internally reckoned with," Forward's Brit- and not just ignoring problems tany Bell said the position would with new ideas," McDonald said. be difficult even for a man. LikeThe FUSE Party emphasized its wise, FUSE'S Nicole Nguyen said focus on representing the student's that gender aside, she is a qualified wants and needs, noting that the •h C1if1ir.ii.If candidate. party created its platform based on "I don't feel underprivileged or the survey results of 500 students. The candidates in the ASUU general elections chat before the Greek Row debate at the James Fletcher Building on Monday night. put down in any way," Maxfield FUSE'S platform focuses on acasaid. Although More 4 U's presi- demic advising, campus commu- face to face with about 300 stu- and we will work hard to bring that ends tomorrow at 10 p.m. dential and vice-presidential can- nication and ASUU accountability. dents. to each student," Pearson said. r.mcconkie@ didates Joe Coccimiglio and Craig The Forward Party said it spoke "They've told us what they'd like Voting began today at 7 a.m. and chronicle.utah.edu HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE AWARDED FUNDING continued from Page I John L. Valentine, R-Orem. "From the start, we saw a solid support," Bingham said. "Members of the Legislature did a lot of research on the institute's accomplishments and discussed the potential and the value to the state and Intermountain West." Eastman, who Bingham considers the primary supporter of the bill for the cancer institute's funding, said the time had come for Utah to give more funding to the cancer institute. He said the biggest reason for this is that the majority of donations came from private donors. "This is a great economic resource to the state of Utah and is fast becoming a well-known cancer research hospital around the world," Eastman said. "I felt that it was time the state stepped up and participated in contributing, even in such a small amount of funding." The funding will be used for research, maintaining the current infrastructure of the cancer institute's programs, recruiting staff, supporting community outreach pro- grams and conducting population studies to improve patient care. "Cancer research in Utah is second to none," Eastman said. "I want to continue to maintain a reasonably steady flow of support for the institute to help it maintain its growth and viability." 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