UVCC College Times, 1992-10-14

              Murder Mystery hosted by Club Etc. liege Soccer Cats boost record Competition against Guests ore treated CEU and Colorado Northwestern to dinner and to solve the crime voJuma 21 Issued 14 octofoef 1992 utoh vc&syxornmunfiy colters gO ; 1 '.wxw t::l ' 'i fVW Andrew Jolley7) College Times Non-traditional Of the students attending UVCC, 40 percent are non-traditional. Paul Harris, 29 is studying between classes, (left). Richard Simmons, 37, (below) with his chilren Wayne and Emery. His wife, Mary, also goes to UVCC. Dean Trunnel, 32, (above) is seen with his daughter Stephanie. 4 f ; i V -0 If Presidential debates: Perot helps his wounded public image v. ihe . Campaign TrailT3 Jonathan Peterson Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON -With a surplus of folksy sayings, a bottomless advertising budget and equal billing on the debate podium with George Bush and Bill Clinton, Ross Perot has helped heal his wounded public image and cast the spotlight on his abiding concern, the U.S. budget deficit. But even as the Texas billionaire basks in the glow of recent days, his deficit-slashing quest the centerpiece of hisanti-business-as-usual campaign continues to run smack into the realities of a faltering U.S. economy. So far, neither Clinton nor Bush has modified his strategy in response to Perot's clarion call for massive spending cuts and higher taxes. And by anecdotal evidence, at least, Americans seem receptive to even greater government spending in order to create jobs, just the opposite of what Perot has demanded. "Perot's message is very Draconian. Howeverldon't think he'll be president so I don't think his plan means much," said Lawrence A. Kudlow, chief economist at the Bear, Stearns investment firm in New York and a former Reagan administration official. "But at the general level of political rhetoric, Perot will keep the issues of excessive spending and thedeficiton the frontburner." Perot's down-home barbs on political gridlock and corrupt special interests have succeeded in raising public awareness about the problem of the fed eralbudget deficit, according to several political analysts and economists. His own scorched-earth approach, however, is commonly dismissed as beyond the pale of public acceptance, and not expected to prompt dramatic changes on the part of the other candidates. Clinton, for example, is considering ways to accelerate spending increases in order to jump start the stalled U.S. economy. And Bush, in ruling out tax hikes, is not viewed as putting forth a complete plan to fight the $330 billion deficit. At first blush, Perot has emerged from Sunday's debate in great shape for a candidate who bitterly disappointed his followers by dropping out earlier this year. His one-liners "I'm not playing Lawrence Welk music tonight," and in a good-natured reference to himself, "I'm all ears" charmed many viewers and led to an overnight boostin his popularity. Perot's phone-bank workers Monday reported the highest volume of calls since he abruptly quit the race in July. The long-shot candidate also met with his advertising strategists Monday, staying off the campaign trail to work on TV commercials and the next debate. He has bought network TV time this week for 30 and 60 second spots, and an hour on ABC-TV next Saturday. UVCC police release campus crime statistics Lara R. Gifford Senior News Editor The statistics for campus crime at UVCC in 1991 were released recently in accordance with the Student-Right-To-Know Act and Campus Security Act of 1990. The acts ensure that campus police will make all crimes on campus such as rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and drug violations public access for students attending, or thinking of attending, the school in order to receive federal funds. For the nine crimes which need to be included in the released statistics, 12 incidents took place on UVCC's campus, compared to seven in 1990. The crimes included four burglaries, four liquor violations, three drug violations, and one weapons possession. With the passage of the acts, over 8,000 colleges and universities that receive federal funds including student loans and grants had to turn in their statistics on September 1, 1992. Eleven of Utah's publicand private higher education institutions have reported their results. Salt Lake Community College, with 9,767 students compares to UVCC's population of 8,777. SLCC had 23 incidents of crime, 1 1 more than UVCC. Influences on crime rate include location of the school and population. According to Cathy Marshall, head of dispatch for UVCC's campus police, so far this year there have been no incidents of crime that is asked to be reported in accordance with the act. Meeting adresses parking Tobin Hill Assistant News Editor A Public Meeting was held at UVCC last Wendesday, October 7. The meeting was held in SB Room 202, to review findings of a Traffic Study completed in the Spring of 1992 in cooporation with the Utah Department of Transportation. The study addressed such issues as improved freeway and public road access to Orem campus, internal campus roads, and parking. After the study was presented to the public at the meeting, the main topics debated were if 800 South and 800 West should to be reopened. Many of UVCC's neighbors felt that if these two places were re-opened, it would place gradeschool-age children in danger.UVCC said that these places would only be open to UTA buses. They feel that if there were more bus stops on campus, the more students would take the bus and free up traffic. Many of the people at the meeting feel students still wouldn't take the bus if more stops were allowed. The meeting was a success in the eyes of the people representing UVCC at the meeting. Vice President for Administration and Institutional Advancement, Dick Chappel, said,"It's much better to find out now what people think and do something, than do something and have to fix it later." UVCC will reccomend that 800 South and 800 West should remain closed. If anyone would like to see a copy of the Traffic Study, a copy is available for public review at the UVCC Planning Center. Tine ever increasing death toll resulting- from the AIDS epidemic is oecoming a huge burden on the U .t population. Known u on' .. Li -l,-, 3 VQij Deaths Year To Date PRE-1981 31 1981 163 1982 612 1983 2,077 1984 5,420 1985 12,043 1986 23,399 1987 38,678 1988 58,280 1989 83,041 1990 105,277