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Show 'fllE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Monday; September 24; 2007 POLICE TRAIN FOR SHOOTING ASUU SLASHES Senate funds are usually appropriated to student groups academic conferencCRIMSON FUNDS toes attend or complete projects. "(Students) would rather continued from Page 1 have money for going on conthe money to the Presenter's ferences than us spending Office and letting it flow to S475 on airbrush tattoos," said UPC from there would satisfy Jessica Elder, senator, for the College of Social and Behavthe law. Last year, ASUU gave ioral Science. TVan said she thinks the mon$50,000 to UPC. In 2005, it gave more than $48,000 and ey has been spent responsibly. "Cutting back on all the fun in 2004, it gave more than doesn't really make it Crimson $30,000. Still, ASUU will be giving Nights anymore," she said. Each Crimson Nights costs the organization more than the allotted $5,000—ASUU about $14,000 to put on, comgave UPC $15,000 already this ing out of UPC's entire yearly budget of more than $108,000. year from its overall budget. UPC receives funding from "We didn't feel we could cut all the way down to $5,000," the Union, event admissions said ASUU Senate Chair Ryan income, table rentals and Jensen. "We don't want them sponsors, such as the ASUU Presenter's Officer, Student not to function." Jensen said that in ASUU's Affairs and the University talks with UPC, it was never men- Credit Union. They expect to spend tioned that it would have to cut $82,000 on events this year, any Crimson Night events. At Thursday's meeting, but because of additional budsenators questioned spending get cuts, it is still lacking about decisions for Crimson Nights, $31,000. Tran said UPC will continbut UPC leaders defended ue to look for donations and their expenses. For the August Crimson ways to cut expenses, noting Nights, UPC spent almost that last year they sometimes $670 on staff T-shirts and al- offered sparkle tattoos instead most $780 on lanyards, which of airbrush tattoos because Senate Vice-Chair Tiffany Jack they are cheaper. said was too much money for She said ASUU has helped things that could be re-used Crimson Nights grow—the for each event August event drew a recordWarren said UPC supplies setting crowd of more than T-shirts and lanyards for every 7,000 people. But the funding decrease Crimson Nights because "students just don't bring them will be a blow, Tran said. back" and it presents security "You can't deny it won't afissues when trying to identify fect the program," she said. who is actually working that This year, ASUU has also event. limited funding of other student groups that had received more than $5,000 in the past, such as ASUU funding Spring Break. for Union events: Alternative "We want to be responsible $30,281 to student fees, seek to uphold 2004-2005 $48,466 Redbook and fund student 2005-2006 $50,000 groups in an equal manner," 2006-2007 Jensen said. 2007-2008 Possibly $20,000 (In dispute) r.mcconkie@ Source: ASUU chronicle.utah.edu continued from Page I his hand. The officers ordered the suspect to put his weapon down. The man declined and kept walking, whispering expletives under his breath. Police tried to disarm the man again, who turned around and pointed his gun directly at them. Officers started firing. During the shoot-out, an officer backed into a door and sent the glass window flying in pieces. The man fell to the ground. But, after a short time, he stood up and complimented the officers. "That was good. I felt like I was really being hunted," said the mock shooter, who was actually Lt. Brent Marchant with the U Police Department. Police officers trained in OSH on Thursday night, us- U MEMORIAL HONORS POWS continued from Page 1 prisoners at Stalag Luft IV were told they would be evacuating camp. Burt said rumors in the camp were that Allied forces were approaching their location. Other rumors, which Burt said were later confirmed, indicated that the commanders of German POW camps were ordered to execute their prisoners. These officers, however, knew that "the war was lost" TYLER CQ&B/MmOxlf Vlch Cfrwklt Sergeant Don Bird of the U Police Department trains in OSH on Thursday night. ing mock scenarios to train themselves how to respond to a potential campus shooting. Using Airsoft guns and rifles, officers practiced techniques to help them better disable a shooter. The practice session was held at night after classes had already been dismissed and lasted through the early morning, Staff and faculty in surrounding buildings had been previously warned about the gunshot noise. Marchant said several additional training sessions will be held in the upcoming year. Throughout the mock session, police officers were told to keep in mind that a real shooting would be different because the building would probably be packed with students. "We wanted this session to have a large part of realism and effectiveness," Marchant said. "We wanted training to be without injury, but have the officers face reality." a.breton@ chronicle.utah.edu and that keeping the prisoners alive might very well save their lives. The march began the day after the evacuation was announced. Burt and the other prisoners were forced to sleep outside in the cold winter. Burt said that on occasion, they would spend the night in barns "which felt like staying at the Ritz." Most nights, however, were spent sleeping in the snow. In addition to the extreme cold, snow and lack of food, the columns of prisoners were strafed (attacked by machinegun fire) by British fighter pilots, who mistook the group for German soldiers. On the 86th day of this odyssey, Burt said he saw a jeep approach his group with a German officer and a British officer in it. Burt and the other prisoners watched as the German officer formally offered his weapon to the British officer in an act of surrender. Burt described his state at the moment of his liberation. "I was sickened and weak and had been suffering from dysentery. I feared that, in some awful irony...I would have survived all that I had... just to die at the moment of freedom," he said. Burt concluded his presentation with slides of visits he made to Poland in 1987 and 2003. A small monument marks the site of Stalag Luft IV, now overgrown with the forest that surrounded it. Burt and the other POWs in attendance were escorted by cadets to the Meditation Chapel at Memory Grove, accompanied by a troupe of bagpipers. A moment of silence was observed, and an honor guard of U Army and Air Force ROTC cadets ceremonially lowered the flag to half-mast in remembrance. asaymond@ chronicle.utah.edu Visit The Chronide online at www.dailyutahchmnide.com School of Business Spotlight The David Eccles School of Business has a long history of excellence in business education that spans more than 100 years. From its beginning in 1896, the David Eccles School has been educating students in the ways of business by providing innovative and unique program opportunities. In 1964, the Kendall D. Garff building was erected. As a main hub of the David Eccles School complex, the Kendall D. Garff building represents the lasting business legacy of Garff Enterprises. 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