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Show Brandon Beifuss and Liz Carlston discuss former Sen. Sheldon Killpack's alleged DUI and what it means for Utah » 4 FALL FROM GRACE: SCORING SLUVP The Utes fall below 50 points for the fourth straight game in their loss to San Diego » 6 I LY UTAH HR E P■a•- .m The University of Utah's Independent Student Voic .661©2010 Lawmakers warn U about looming cuts Jake Hibbard STAFF WRITER On Wednesday, a sub-appropriations committee unanimously passed a 4 percent budget cut for Utah's higher education for fiscal year 2010. The cut is still pending approval from the Executive Appropriations Committee before it is put on the final state budget, to be voted on by the House and Senate. This proposed cut comes after Gov. Gary Herbert enacted an immediate 3 percent budget cut for state budgets, including the U, for the remainder of the 2009 fiscal year to make up for projected shortages. According to the Utah State Board of Regents, the 4 percent cut would equal about $6 million less in funding than what schools have now with Herbert's 3 percent cut. And the bleeding might not stop there. When the 2010 legislative session officially starts next week, the appropriations committee will start discussing the possibility of an additional 5 percent base budget cut on top of the 4 percent cut, bringing the U down 18 percent in its base budget MIKE MANGUM/The Daily Utah Chronicle U student Matt Read passes the U Car Share vehicle parked in front of the Union. The U Car Share program was set up for students to be able to rent a car at an hourly rate. Students can pick up a car at any U Car Share location and drop it off at any other U Car Share location. U Car Share makes `life a little bit simpler' Katie Harrington STAFF WRITER Like many U students, Abigail Flanigan does not own a car. But Flanigan, a freshman in music, said it's often difficult to get around without her own vehicle. "I rely on TRAX every day, from going to school to getting my groceries," she said. "I teach piano all over the place, and it's difficult to get everywhere on time, all the time." Flanigan said that if she needs to do something for an hour that doesn't fit the public transportation routes, she usually can't get there. Many people have been voicing similar concerns throughout the valley, which is why the U and the Utah Transit Authority have worked closely with the city to come up with a solution. "A lot of people only need a car occasionally," said Alma Allred, director of commuter services. "Maybe someone needs to go shopping for something in particular or transport something that couldn't be brought onto a bus." U Car Share, an alternative transportation program based out of Phoenix, is essentially a car rental service that people as young as 18 can utilize. The promoters advertise that it's simple to use the pay-as-you-go See CARS Page 3 from where it was a couple of years ago. Rep. Bradley Dew described the potential 5 percent cut as something the committee will consider only if the state has its "backs against the wall." "I really hope we don't have to do that," he said. Sen. John Valentine, cochairman of the subcommittee, asked how desperate Utah schools will be if both cuts go through. In reply to Valentine's question, William Sederburg, Utah's commissioner of higher education, said the College of Eastern Utah's "existence is really on the line" if any further cuts are made. After CEU, Snow College would be most in danger of closing, though it's not nearly as bad off, Sederburg said. Rep. Mel Brown, co-chairman of the subcommittee, wants heads of Utah schools to be more specific with how the cuts will affect them. "If we're going to advocate for you folks (in higher education)...we need a little more specificity than what we've had in the past," Brown said. U officials could not be reached for comment. j.hibbard@ chronicle.utah.edu --"A; . BSU commemorates MLK Day with service Josh Bennett STAFF WRITER THIEN 50K/The Daily Utah Chronicle Sha'von Daniels, a U student in health promotion and education and a member of the U's Black Student Union, volunteers at the local YWCA. When Mike Thompson, the U's Black Student Union cornmunity service coordinator, was given gloves and a sponge to clean an already tidy Young Women's Christian Association shelter, it wasn't about how clean or messy the shelter was—it was about service in memory of Martin Luther King Jr. Before the sponges and rags were handed out, the award coolest cleaning tool was given to a vacuum that could easily be mistaken for a "Ghostbusters" movie prop. Nonetheless, the YWCA shelter was left cleaner than it was in the first place, and BSU accomplished a community service project in the memory of a black rights hero. "YWCA gives back, so if they need help, why (don't) we give back as well?" said Thompson, a junior in exercise sports and physiology. Giving back is a big part of BSU, said Shp'von Daniels, BSU secretary and a junior in health promotion and education. She said she joined BSU so she could get involved not only on ampus, but also in the cornunity. shoots to do at least one service- project a month, Thompson said.• February right around the orner, Black History /tonth is almost here. Richard Nka n s ah , member of BSU and second-year chemistry graduate student, said that February • would hold major events for Black History Month. For almost 3o years, BSU has been a program at the U, but after ups and downs of being active and inactive, "BSU has been going strong for the last five years," said Sara Porter, BSU co-president and a senior in mathematics. Joining BSU was a good way to bring awareness about black culture to campus, said Jenay Christy, BSU events coordinator and a junior in social work. "I wanted a good organization that I had some type of identity with," Porter said. "I think I've learned a lot of skills with BSU that I probably wouldn't have learned just in college." j.bennett@ chronicle.utah.edu mu& $1.25M to fund students' ethical business studies Med school focuses on minorities Applicant pool presents difficulties in reaching 10% goal Kendal Angell Deborah Rafferty STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER business school will also use the funds to build on its curriculum. The new funding is a donation givIn the shadow of the country's enor- en through the Daniels Fund. Accordmous financial meltdown, U business ing to the mission statement of the students are getting a chance to learn Daniels Fund, it aims "to partner with more about how to ethically drive a individuals, organizations and cornbusiness into the ground—or succeed, munities to recognize inherent value, either way. develop abilities and provide opportuThe U David Eccles School of Busi- nities in order to fulfill our collective ness received $1.25 million for a new potential." Boardman plans to fulfill that misethics program that funds students who want to explore ethical business sion here at the U. With the new fundstudies outside of the U. This money ing, he wants to expose students to will be given out during a period of resources that can aid them in underfive years. In that time, Calvin Board- standing the importance of good ethman, the U finance professor in con- ics in business. nection with the new funding, will use "The focus has to be on the it to finance U students to join national ethics programs and internships. The See ETHICS Page 3 Last December at a conference in Atlanta, U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin called for the nation's leaders of medical schools to step up the effort to increase the number of minority physicians. In the past century, the percentage of U.S. physicians who are minorities has hovered around 6 percent. The percentage peaked at 8.1 in 1975, through an initiative started by the Association of American Medical Colleges in 197o, but has See MINORITIES Page 3 RICHARD PAYSON/The Daily Utah Chronicle Students listen as Darrell G. Kirch, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, gives the commencement address during May's School of Medicine graduation. |
