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Show Monday, March 9,2009 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE www.dailyutahchronide.com 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 No. 1 again Vol.118 No.110 ©2009 Publicationfeehike sought Increase would fund new media council Michael McFall ASST. NEWS EDITOR Student fees might go up an additional $2.50 next year, but it has nothing to do with sustainability. The U Board of Trustees will decide Tuesday whether or not to increase the existing Student Publications Fee by $2.50. All that is known for certain about the fee increase is that it will create a new council to help oversee student publications. According to an e-mail from Ann Darling, chairwoman of the communication department, the fee would create a new council called the University Student Media Council to replace the Publication Council, the existing team of faculty and students that oversees student media. However, details about the new council have not been made public. "It seems problematic to increase fees when it's not clear how the money will be spent," said Dustin Gardiner, editor in chief of The Daily Utah Chronicle, Fee Increase What: $2.50 increase in the existing Student Publications Fee. Why: To financially support student broadcasts and publications. How: Create a new council that will oversee how the money is spent though no exact plan exists concerning the fee's distribution. See MEDIA Page 3 Revolution, GO advance in election Jeremy Thompson STAFF WRITER GREG HARLOW/ftf Daily Utah Chronklt Senior Shaun Green hit six 3-pointers on Senior Night to help Utah earn a share of the Mountain West Conference regular season championship. Utah defeated TCU 68-49. Marco Villano STAFF WRITER Four years later, the Runnin' Utes are back on top of the Mountain West Conference. In his final game in the Huntsman Center, senior forward Shaun Green led all scorers with 20 points, including six 3-pointers in the Utes' 68-49 victory over TCU. With the win, Utah captured a share of the MWC title for the first time in four years. "To win a championship in your last game and Senior Night, you tell me a better way to go out," Green said. Fellow seniors Luke Nevill and Lawrence Borha also stepped up during a game played in their honor. On Senior Night, Nevill recorded yet another double-double with 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Borha jump-started the Utah offense with seven early points en route to a 14-2 start. He finished with 12 points and six rebounds. See TITLE Page 7 •:),, See inside for more coverage of Utah's MWC titles. Page J Some candidates screamed, others cried as the results of the ASUU primary elections were announced Friday morning. Kariann H i b b a r d < elections registrar for Assot he ciated Students of the University of Utah, revealed that the GO and Revolution parties will face off in final elections this week. The two parties were separated by only 100 votes, with the Synergy Party finishing a distant third. GO received 1,427 votes and Revolution received 1,327 votes. The elections saw just more than 4,000 students vote, the lowest total in a primary election in the past five years. Although GO Party members were happy with the results, they said they still have work to do if they expect to win the general election. "We are very pleased with the results," said Pace Johnson, presidential candidate for the GO Party. "But we still have a lot more effort to put in this week. We will continue to work with our core committee and do what we can to build on this success." Revolution Party members were also pleased with the results but hope they can find the votes needed to close the gap and ERIK DAENITZ/ffieDaily Utah Ctvcnldt Erica Andersen and Pace Johnson of the GO Party celebrate with other candidates and supporters Friday morning after the announcement that they got the most votes in the primary election. The Revolution Party received the second most votes. win the election. "We are very happy/' said Tayler Clough, presidential candidate for the Revolution Party. "One hundred votes is nothing. We will continue doing what we are doing. I am confident we can find the votes needed to make up the difference." A disappointed Synergy Party reacted to the news with feelings of resignation and introspection, said Clint Hugie, the party's candidate for president. "This is difficult," Hugie said. "We gave it our all, but I guess it wasn't quite good enough. We have no regrets, but you have to wonder if there was more you could do. I will look back and always wonder if I should have done more." The Revolution and GO parties will also square off in the race for senior class president, where the GO Party's Erica Andersen won the primary over the Revolution Party's Quentin Hodges by almost 175 votes. All three parties will be repr resented in the race for various General Assembly and Senate seats. In the Senate, the GO Par : ty will have 13 candidates on the See ELECTION Page 3 Navy competition enforces camaraderie Author comes to U Kassidy Mather Staff Writer Navy students tossed spinning rifles back and forth in a choreographed Z as audience members sat back in silence at the annual Northwest Navy competition hosted by the U during the weekend. The U's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps students received high marks at the rifle and pistol matches Saturday, but at the end of the day, the University of Idaho teamed with Washington State University and took home the overall trophy for the day's events. "I loved the fact that when the soldiers, sailors and Marines were out there really exerting themselves, it didn't matter what school they were for, people were cheering them on," said Capt. Phillip Kessler, commanding officer of the U's unit. "I think that really exemplifies the spirit of the competition." The competition provided an opportunity for NROTC students from the U, Oregon State University, the University of Washington, the University of Idaho andWashington State University to demonstrate their teamwork capabilities and gave individual students the opportunity to show- LENNIE MAHUttftht Defy Utah Oxonklt Ashley Belker, a member of the combined Idaho and Washington State NROTC unit, competes in the /•Combat Fitness Test event of the Northwest Navy Competition on Saturday at Baliff Field. Students from the Utah, Oregon State, Idaho, Washington State and University of Washington NROTC units competed all day Saturday. case their talents and skills. Military students participated in 11 events Saturday, including team sports such as basketball and soccer, an academic biathlon and military-specific competitions. Many participants were excited to compete in the Combat Fitness Test, new to the competition this year. The CFT is a new part of the Marine Corps physical fitness test and consists of three segments, including an 880-yard run, lifting3O-pound ammunition cans from their chins straight up with as many repetitions as possible in two minutes and a 300yard shuttle run. The shuttle run included low and high crawls, carrying or dragging a buddy, ammunition resupply, grenade throwing and agility running. Despite the U's efforts, the University of Washington took home the trophy for the new event. Students and officers considered the drill competition the most important event because commanding and executive officers look for the incorporated skills in their students. Participants in the regulation drill competition must stand stock-still for long periods of time while officers observe how soldiers conduct themselves, inspecting each detail of the soldier's appearance from hair to pant length, said Jeff 'Horgan, a freshman in business at the University of Idaho. Participants also have to answer various military questions about general orders and codes of conduct. "You have the stress of the drill instructors walking around you, and you hear your buddies next to you getting inspected and the adrenaline starts pumping so it gets harder to maintain your bearings," Horgan said. After inspection, the groups march in formation, testing their ability to follow shouted direction from a team leader. Bryce Christensen, a sophomore in economics at the U, participated in last year's Northwest Navy competition at Oregon State University. He said all the events were held in an indoor football arena,' which provided more room than the HPER east gym, where the drill events were held this year. "Here, a lot of (theuevents) are indoors, but it's relatively the same. We try to keep it pretty much the same event, the same style, the same rules," said Christensen, who competed in the volleyball tournament early Saturday morning. "We could afford to make a mistake at Oregon State, but here, you call it on the wrong foot, you're going to go out of bounds and so it's all about timing. The person in charge has to know when to make the call, and has to do it quick. He doesn't have a lot of time to mess around." Besides being a competition, the Northwest Navy event is an opportunity for students to form organizational skills as future officers in the Navy or Marine Corps, and to increase camaraderie between the schools, said See ROTC Page 3 to honor Stegner Isabella Bravo STAFF WRITER As the second-to-last presenter concluded his speech, Wendell Berry rose from a. row in the back and snuck out of the Marriott University Hotel Ballroom to prepare for a more formal entrance. Berry, an acclaimed writer, farmer and outspoken environmental activist, visited the U for the first time in 20 years Thursday for the centennial anniversary of his teacher Wallace Stegner's birth. "He seemed so humble about everything," said Miya Taylor, a junior in environmental studies, who attended Ber-. ry's book signing and reading. Taylor,, who began reading Berry's poetry in high school, said humility is not often found in writers of Berry's notoriety and caliber. "He said he doesn't generally like his See BERRY Page 2 Online today Sports: Read exclusive coverage of the weekend's softball and baseball games and watch video from the Red Rocks' victory over ASU. - dailyutahchronicle.com |