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FEB '3 Z« H E U N I V'-, II Iii T Y I' D A H INDEX FRIDAY Arrl 0 0 Vol. 105, No. 39 FEB. 13, 2004 (ci 2004 Arts&Culture . Mostly Calendar..... cloudy I'. Hi: Classifieds... ,12 39'O:32' Opinion .. Sports&Rec ...10 ~ S ~ ~ BY ABBEY LOSTROM there was still an [aura] of frustration However, ASUI Sen. Julie Ihli said Spear said the budgets of'the Athletic don't want to go to jail," Spear said. NEWS EDITOR and emotion that reflected off certain she thought it was important to hear Department and the SRC will remain Myhrum and ASUI Vice President ASUI leadership," she said. the administration's argument and separate. McGann said they will be Nate Tiegs maintained that it is a con- embers of the ASUI executive Spear said he thought little progress keep communicating openly with the supervised by the business of'fice of the flict of interest for the SRC to be under branch, senate and boards met was made. administration. Athletic Depart, ment. the Athletic Department and disagreed Tuesday with Rob Spear, athlet- "The room was split," he said. "Some "They need to try to understand "Each individual entity will be self- with the structuring of the consolida- ic director, and Tom McGann, ASUI really understand it's not a bad thing ... where we'e coming from, and we need sufficient," Spear said, "It will be spent tion, because SRC decisions will not go Kibbie Activity Center manager, to gain but another group still feels it will hurt to try to understand where they'e com- in accordance." through a student entity. further understanding of the consolida- in the long run." ing from," she said. The Athlel,ic Department has no rea- The Athletic Department reports tion of the Student Recreation Center ASUI also and maintained the son to into or student directly to the president. Myhrum said IIp President Isaac Myhrum Spear McGann dip SRC money and other facilities. said he thought the meeting had little consolidation will benefit the university fees, Spear said. According to budgets he would like the person in charge of 1 Danielle Rainville, ASUI Athletics direct progress. It was another chance with savings of up to 200,000. The sav- distributed by Spear, the Athletic the SRC to report to the provost, who is .it' $ Board chair, arranged the meeting to to ask questions, he said. ings will come through the coordination Department has finished in the black accustomed to dealing with student foster communication between the two "We'e making sure that wherever of services, such as maintenance and four of the past five years. It finished affairs. parties and students. they'e at talking about merits, we'e payroll. However, "We'e not looking for $165,466 in the red in 2002 due to state Myhrum and Tiegs would like inter- "Even though the sides of the issue there bringing up valid questions," he dollars from the Student Rec Center," budget holdbacks, he said. im President Ga Michael to rescind were very well presented on both parts, said. Spear said. "I'm not going to co-mingle funds; I ,.h STRUGGLE, see Page 4 / Faculty asks Michael to STllDFNTSSPM Q U E S T I 0 N hold'ff on consolgdution Do you think that student recreation should be placed BY JESSIE BONNER regarding this decision." under the Athletic ASSISTANT NEWS SDITDli At a Faculty Council meet- Oepartment? ing last week, UI athletic direc- I faculty members have tor Rob Spear defended the asked interim President president's decision. "No, not really. I think they should U Gary Michael to with- "It's smart planning on the be separated the student body draw his decision to consolidate administration's part," Spear should have some kind of input." seven recreational facilities said. and place them under the While administrators have Jesse Moreno direction of the Athletic said the consolidation will save senior Department. the university $200,000, ASUI accounting Last month UI administra- representative Chris Dockery Idaho Falls tors were instructed by the said there's been no proof so president to begin the restruc- far. turing and consolidation of the "Our repeated attempts at Student Recreation Center, asking where those savings are "Maybe have con- Memorial the Swim students should Gym, going to come from are because we don't know how Center, th Physical Education 'I don't trol, answered with know,'r they'e to manage the facility. Building, the Kibbie Dome, the 'We'l back later,' going get to you We should be involved in this," Golf Course and the play fields. Dockery said. The Faculty Council passed Council member Robert a motion Tuesday night advis- TadayI/ki Nakayama Pikowsky said the consolida- senior ing Michael to rescind his deci- tion should not be implemented sion and appoint a committee when UI administrators don' sociology to look further into the finan- have the data to back it up. Nagasaki, Japan cial logic behind the consolida- "I'm in support of this reso- tion, with input from students lution because when Rob Spear and faculty. said the decision would save Michael, who is currently the university $200,000, he "I think that if use of the Rec Center traveling, addressed the con- was asked to specify where is still going to be able to be used troversy surrounding hi deci- these savings would come from, by students, it's OK. But if it means sion to restructure the facilities and he couldn't do that," that at some point use will be in a three-page memo to the UI Pikowsky said. restricted only to athletes, then no." campus Tuesday. "I The motion passed by the hope that this explanation Faculty Council on Tuesday Sarah Hoffman will clarify any confusion and requests that the president senior put us back on course for appoint a committee to conduct what must be biology accomplishing a "data-driven analysis" to Mountain Home done," Michael said. "To protect show how the consolidation critical programs and services, would save the university we must consolidate wherever money. possible." said Provost Brian Pitcher "It should Faculty Council member he believes that the president be placed under the administration of the Athletic Tom Fairchild drafted and would agree with most of the introduced the motion to the points made in the Faculty Department because they have the council, asking them to not Council's motion. Pitcher said experience in managing a facility support the consolidation. the president made his decision like that." "I'e been here 30 years and to consolidate the facilities I'e been on a lot of commit- after reviewing the financial Larry Dicks tees; it gets frustrating when status of all the departments junior things get dragged on, but involved. international studies there is a time when decisions "He came to his own conclu- Spokane, Wash. need to be revisited," Fairchild sion, based on his business said. "I think this is one of career," Pitcher said. "Every those times." individual has the opportunity Fran Wagner, chair of the to change his mind; I dont "No, I do not, There is a reason it is Faculty Council, sent the think that's the question here." called the Student Recreation Center motion to Michael in an e- After listening to ASUI lead- and not the Athletic Recreation mailed memo Wednesday. ers at a Faculty Council meet- Center. As I understand, the stu- "The implementation plan ing last week, Robert Rinker dents paid for it," outlined by President Michael said students should have also for this decision is seriously been more involved with the Lucas Hutson flawed," Fairchild states in the decision to put the Student Rec JOSH DEAN / ARGONAUT sophomore motion. "Faculty stakeholders Students sit through a class Thursday morning in the SRC classroom. With the Athletic Department in control of the English were not asked for input . FACULTV, see Page 4 SRC, some people say classes may face relocation. Moscow Survey gets second chance to measure UI alcohol consumption BY TARA KARR administered this year's survey. the survey. ARGONAUT STAFF Fritz said the survey is administered As of Feb. 11, 380 students had respond- using the Dillman Method for mail surveys, ed to the survey. Fritz said she expects rom nearly every bulletin board on which'as developed by Don Dillman of about a 50-60 percent return rate, based on campus, a red-bordered poster Washington, State University. Using the past return rates. She said this is enough to screams a statistic about alcohol use Dillman method, people being surveyed are compile accurate information, although oth- —or the lack thereof —at UI. notified beforehand and then sent follow-up ers disagree. Many students see "Most UI students letters if they do not respond quickly. If a Hixson, a senior general studies major, is drink moderately, if at all" and scoff. survey is sent back from an incorrect an intern in the CTC and assisted Fritz Although data from the survey that pro- address, there is an effort to find the correct with this year's survey. Before her work on duced such statistics is often viewed as inac- address. Fritz does this by e-mailing stu- the survey, Hixson said she did not believe curate, the researchers behind the survey dents using a Hotmail account registered to it could possibly be accurate. say the facts are in line. the survey. "It's easy to think that if you see your This year, the annual Core Alcohol and Incentives for response to the survey are friends do it, everybody must be doing it," Drug Survey is being administered again, to also included.

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