Tradewinds, 1979-04-25

              I - - - - ! 1 I Vol. 7 No. 26 UTAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT PROVO April 25, 1979 Primary Elect. Over - Winners Posted f J' 1 S & Angela Coviello Lee Harms Kathy Durrant Paul Harris Jeff Johnson Gary Leonard After a rousing debate, numerous campaign posters and hundreds of hours campaigning, two parties have emerged victorious in the primary elections at UTC. The Super Seven party led the Coviello and Company candidates by substantial margins in each office in the primary voting. Eliminated from the primaries were candidates from the Involvement Team Party and one student running as an independent. 427 students voted in the Primary Elections. Final voting will be held this coming Thursday and Friday. Evening School voters will go to the polls from 8 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, and day students will vote Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The primary elections came after a two hour "Meet the Candidate" session held the previous day in the student center. The candidates were given the chance to reveal their platform promises and future plans for UTC. Members of the audience then asked questions and directed them to the person of their choice. Coviello and Co. based their platform on the concept of pizza, saying that it takes all types to make a student-body office work. They also said they had the right variety needed. The Super Seven, based their platform on the needs of the student, including a student gym, and a school yearbook. The Involvement Team based their campaign on involvement of the student in activities. The following students emerged victorious in the primaries: William Lee Barrus, from Othello, Wahsington had 209 votes to Angela M. Coviello from Poughkeepsie , N.Y. 118 and Quinn Lowry, of Provo, 100. In the race for executive vice president Paul Harris of Salt Lake City had 209 votes, while Kathryn Durrant of Provo had 118 and Steven R. Mastersen of Highland had 100 votes. The winners for Student Awareness- Academics Vice Preisdent were Even Sayei from Mackey, Ida with 192 votes, and Rick Edwards from Orem with 135 votes. l ' j - j . .- . -':"". I r Nil V -. - v.. - ; try 1 !.; .p ' '' Marry 'In Sam was busy tying the knot for over 100 students at the annual Sadie Hawkins Dance. Chairman of the dance was Brian Partridge, pictured far left. Activities included shot gun weddings and a hay ride. Related story on Page 3. David F. Tibbetts of Santa-quin had 95 votes. In the race for social vice president, Gary Leonard of Green River, Wyo., had 190 votes with Jeff Johnson Jr of Oregon receiving 165 and Steven E. Crespin of Las Vegas, Nev., 29 votes. For Cultural Vice President Brook Hickman of Provo received 228 votes, while Lisa Dobson of Salt Lake City received 170. For Special Events vice president, Tory Peck of Lehi received 236 and Cindy Starr of Salt Lake City received 153. In the race for Intramurals and athletics vice president, Bruce Burnett received 239 votes and Richard Coholan received 156. Burnett is from Las Vegas, Nev. and Coholan is from Melrose, Mass. Graduation Rites to Break Tradition In a breaking with all past traditions, Utah Technical College at Provo will hold it's graduation exercises in the out of doors on the lawn above the trades building. The exercises are scheduled for May 31 and will begin at 6 p.m. Approximately 250 students will be included in the ceremonies. A rehersal will be held prior to this and will be announced later. According to Tom Hover of the Graduation Committee, the deadline for caps and gowns has been extended to this Friday. Students are encouraged to immediately contact the bookstore at either campus if they have not already been measured for their graduation attire. Warren Pugh, a state senator from Salt Lake City has been chosen as the graduation speaker. More details ConL on Pg. 3 Rick Edwards Lisa Dobson Rk'k Coholan J Evan Sayer 1 ": . . v V-' , . r Brooke Hickman Bruce Burnett Cindy Starr Tori Peck