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Show A3 MONDAY • MARCH 12 • 2007 A daylight saving kind of time Heather Brown observe Daylight Saving Time. Is the one percent of Daylight Saving Time energy saved worth the was designed to help us increase in fatal accidents save energy by having in the days following the daylight hours fall in the spring shift to DST? A evening when people are home. Is Daylight Saving study conducted by the Time actually saving us National Highway Traffic Administration's energy or is it causing more Safety Fatal Accident Reporting harm than good? System from 1986 to A study conducted by 1995 showed a 17 percent the U.S. Department of Transportation in 1975 increase in accidents on the showed that the energy saved Monday following the time by American households to change. Sleep deprivation be almost one percent. The is considered to be the theory is that most energy most likely cause of this is used during the evening increase. The National Sleep hours when people are Foundation has pointed home and households use out that Americans don't less power when they can get enough sleep as it is utilize natural daylight. Daylight Saving Time and going to bed early and (DST) was first enacted getting enough sleep in the in 1918 and lasted only weekend of the time change seven months due to its is a good idea. It reduces the unpopularity. The law that amount of traffic accident we now use to regulate the related to sleep deprivation time change is the Uniform arid the 6.6 percent increase related Time Act of 1966. The law in non-vehicle fatalities every spring. does not require any state Anthony, observe DST, but if they do • Robbin it must be done uniformly. assistant at Experiential Arizona, Hawaii, and the Learning said, '"1 don't like territories Puerto Rico, the time change. I'm cranky U.S. Virgin Islands, and for the first six months." American Samoa do not News Writer Student elections team Unite celeberates victory over team impact Photo Credit/Ashley Robertson Team Unite sweeps elections From-ELECTIONS- A1 ' forms via their respective websites. As per Election Committee rules, students had no way of informing themselves about the candidate's platforms until Monday Mar. 5, and subsequently the Mar. 2 debate was sparsely attended. Reacting to the debates, student Mike Davis said, "Typically in elections around the country, candidates campaign for a period of time, and then after the public has had an opportunity to become acquainted with them and their platforms then the candidates debate one another. At UVSC, the candidates debated each other before announcing their candidacy to the student body at large [...] I don't think anybody knew about the event or that we even had candidates running for office-who they were, or what they stood for-until the first day of voting." Team Unite's candidate for VP of academics Joseph Watkins said, regard- to that and I didn't think it would be advantageous for me/' Groves said, "Nobody has a clue that elections are going to take place until the day of elections. I think that keeps students from having the time to learn the platforms [...] it winds up being a contest of who has the biggest signs and who gives out the best candy. That hurts the overall image of student government." Student Jennifer Baker said, "The students are not encouraged to see student government as anything other than sparkly sign makers and popcorn and cotton candy dispensers because of how they have run their campaigns." Coles said, "I wish that it had more to do with the platforms than anything else," but added, "We have three days, [and] there really is no other way to campaign except this because there's such a short amount of time. If we could spread that out a little bit, maybe more debates, include the ing the lack of students in attendance, "It would be great if every student cared enough to show up to the debates; it would be great if we had 10,000 people and we had to hold it at the McKay Center. That would be the ideal situation, but that's not the case. Just like national elections, most of the kids just don't put forth the effort." No other debates were held during the three days the candidates were allowed to campaign on campus. Student Body President Candidate Dan Groves requested a oneon-one debate with his opponent, Student Body President Candidate Kris Coles, at any mutually agreed upon time between Mar. 5-7 when students would undoubtedly be more aware of their respec' tive candidacies. Coles refused the offer to debate, having said, "Yeah, I did [decline], because it would take away from my campaigning. 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This arrangement is causing some, both within and outside student government, to question whether or not this doesn't constitute a significant conflict of interest. Groves said, "I think that everybody that I've spoken to in the Election Committee is truly trying to be objective, I do. But I don't care who you are, we all have biases. Our current Student Body President Andrew Stone, who chairs the Election Committee, and my opponent, his vice president Kris Coles work together in the same office day in and day out. Even if Stone is trying to be as ob- jective as possible, which I think he is, Coles and Stone are able to resolve or prevent problems and miscommunications just by being in such constant communication and proximity." Stone said he asked student Reed James who is not a member of student government to co-chair the Election Committee with him this year in order to counter any perceived conflict of interest. When asked if he believed a conflict of interest was occurring, Coles simply responded, "No." In years past, the Election Committee's responsibilities of drafting and enforcing election rules have proven to be the more controversial of their duties. This year has been no different. One source of confusion between this year's election committee and Teams Impact and Unite centers on certain election rules which were communicated by the election committee verbally rather than in writing. Each year, a portion of the election rules are given to each Expedition to restore Fisher Towers Trail problems, we're staying in a hotel." The Center for Service we decided on." The expedition leaves and Learning is a volunteer UVSC on Wednesday, Mar. and community outreach 14 and returns Saturday, program comprised of Mar. 17. Student volunteers a four-member student pay a fee of $75 which service council and a covers transportation, hotel student service president lodging, breakfasts and who—along with paid staff lunches, entrance fees and and work study studentsequipment. "We usually -plan, organize and carry prefer to camp to get the out various service projects full outdoor experience," throughout the community. said Center for Service and Each year and sometimes Learning Director Alexis more than once a year, the Palmer. "But this time, center plans a major service because of some logistical expedition. "Every year we From • SERVICE A1 •.V §ierra~West J E W E L E R S 1344 Soulti 800 Eart, Orem » Soulheau of University Hall • BQl-226-fiQ06 • 800G58-847B 6QEair 10600 Scuih, Sandy • East of Smith Townc Mail • 801-984-6870 M9QA South State Sircci, Murray « W « t of Fashion Place Mall • 801-713-1 TOO team in writing while a portion of the rules are only communicated verbally several weeks before the election. This year, Teams Unite and Impact were verbally instructed on rules reagarding, among other things, the use of fliers and posters within the Hall of Flags. Team Impact claims they were told by the Election Committee that no fliers or posters were allowed in the Hall of Flags. Team Unite claims they were told to keep fliers and posters to a minimum in the Hall of Flags. Members of Team Impact noticed publicity for Team Unite dispersed throughout the Hall of Flags Monday and questioned the Election Committee, which ruled that limited publicity would be allowed in the hall. Subsequently, Team Impact felt they had lost a half-day of campaign publicity in one of the school's highest traffic areas as a result of miscommunication over those rules that the election committee did not make available in writing. come join our team at the {netxnews} room SC220 do different types of service expeditions," said Palmer. "We've done Russia. We've done Zion's." Members of the student service council are paid a $500 dollar per semester scholarship and the student service president receives a full-tuition scholarship. Sign-up sheets for the spring service expedition and applications for next year's service president and service council are currently being accepted in SC 101. Scholarship opportunities From • SCHOLARSHIP • A1 they don't know you, they believe in you," said Oklahoma scholarship winner Thelma Ramirez about those associated with the Sallie Mae Fund. "I used to clean chalkboards for books in hopes of one day going to college. Now I am a pre-law major at a prestigious Ivy League college." For more information on the Sallie Mae Fund—tips, scholarships, applications, eligibility and deadlines are now available on www. salliemaefund.org |