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Student opinion sought about use of building fees By Bill Miller do not support using the funds. A poll students to determine their Kaimin Reporter Montana Board of Regents policy support but also seek permission requests the students’ opinions from the Board of Regents. Students will be asked today on but the findings are not binding. “We would spend up to $500,000 ASUM election ballots if they The funds will be used only if over three years to pay part of the support using student building required. $1.1 million to support the fee funds to help pay the $1.1 Patricia Douglas, fiscal affairs Legislature’s $7.5 million,” million pledged by the University vice president, said a building fee Douglas said. of Montana for construction costs is assessed students when they pay general fees at registration. If the building fee funds are of the Pine Arts/Radio-TV needed, the Building Fee Com­ Building. The fees are used to pay off "building bonds on behalf of UM mittee will ask the Board of Last year, the Montana by the state. Regents’ permission at its April Legislature authorized $7.5 Douglas said once payments 16 meeting. Douglas said she million for the building’s con­ and interest are paid on the bonds didn’t see any reason why the struction cost of $8.6 million and and a general reserve is establish-, students would not approve using asked UM to raise the $1.1 million ed, surplus building fees are put the funds because both parties balance. into a trust called “regents’ are “very supportive of the Fine A “resolution of student in­ building fees.” Arts/Radio-TV Building.” terest” will be issued with voting If the Building Fee Committee Construction of the building ballots and students should check wants to use more than $200,000 tentatively will start May 15 and an appropriate line if they do or of this money, it must not only will take about two years. Murphy’s ‘Law’ calls for cataclysmic events By Pam Newbem cause any disasters, he said he nice. There’s something wrong.” (Staff photo by Perry Backus.) Kaimin News Editor thought there were a lot of things In spite of Murphy’s half- going on in the world that the serious fears, Thomas Margrave, All the planets in the solar line-up might explain. professor of astronomy at the system lined up this morning, “There are lots of people smil­ University of Montana said the ASUM candidates and Pat Murphy took no chances. ing on the streets of Missoula line-up was a natural event and Because of rumors that the right now,” he said. “That’s not would have no effect on the earth. square off today grouping would cause cataclys­ right. There’s a big cloud cover­ “In the past, the planets have mic events such as earthquakes ing Sohthem California, China lined up before,” he said. and volcanoes would happen, the and Hawaii from a volcanoe that “Nothing terrible happened then. The ASUM general election takes place today. Voting tables are in KYSS-AM radio announcer wore no one knows about. NASA even On April 14,1307, they were lined the Liberal Arts Building, the University Center and the Lodge. a gas mask and broadcast his sent a probe up into it and found it up, and there is no recorded Voting hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. regular morning program from a contained high amounts of sul­ evidence of any terrible earth­ Students must present a validated University of Montana iden­ tunnel underneath Higgins and furic acid, such as clouds from quakes happening. The effect of tification in order to vote. Main Streets in Missoula. volcanos do. Yet no one has the planet’s gravity on the earth The elections will decide the ASUM president and vice president, Murphy said that while he reported a volcano erupting. is very small, much less than that business manager and Central Board members. wasn’t certain the line-up would Even Howard Cosell is being of the sun or moon.” Margrave said that the nine planets of the solar system do not come together in a straight line. “If you are on the sun, and look Spaulding sums up year in office out into the solar system, all the planets are lined up in a 95 degree Editor’s note: This is management, was named by “It gave (UM) more time to source,” UM Vice President of angle of the sky,” he said. “The the first of a two-part many people on campus, most deal with local issues,” he said. Fiscal Affairs Patricia planets have different orbits series in which outgoing notably other officers in his Spaulding added that a Douglas, but Douglas said the around the sun and are tilted in ASUM President Steve own government, as the cause perpetual legislative com­ procedural error was “no big different planes. They can’t line Spaulding looks back on of many of ASUM’s problems mittee could tackle national problem.” up straight.” his year in office. issues such as federal student “The (building fees com­ In case earthquakes and Tomorrow an interview aid in the future. mittee) didn’t seem to be volcanos do not result from the line-up today, there will be other with Vice President Eric . he’s done ad­ He also points with pride to angered by it. We just cleared Johnson will appear. $12,000 in UM building fees up the problem,” she said. chances. 'The next line-up is m irably money used to finance the Douglas added that the com­ scheduled for May 19, 2167. By Sam Richards student gardens, set to open mittee was impressed with Kaimin Reporter May 1. Garden Committee Chairman Spaulding helped write Mike Copeland’s request It’s been a trying year for during his term. Other people House Bill 727, which would presentation, and that the ASUM. T h e re ’s been say that if he didn’t cause have given student gov­ garden would probably have backbiting and conflict of problems, he didn’t do much to ernments in Montana been funded even if interest, which is common to correct them. greater power in using Spaulding’s mistake had been political bodies. There’s also Spaulding himself noted building fees money, for the considered more important. been a botched primary elec­ that the issues he and his vice 1981 Legislature. Although Spaulding says tion and Central Board suf­ president, Eric Johnson, ran, Though the bill died in ASUM’s reputation with UM fered from what adviser John on in last year’s election were committee, Spaulding said administration hasn’t chang­ Wicks called a “lack of com­ addressed, and that most of his legislators were made aware of ed during his term, Burgdorfer monality of purpose.” goals were accomplished dur­ the problem. said he’s failed to maintain a ASUM President Steve ing his term. However, ASUM Accoun­ good relationship with Main Spaulding, a junior in business He considers establishment of the ex-officio student posi­ tion on city council the most important thing he’s been “Steve Spaulding has a ‘1960s’ attitude — involved with during his term. paranoia — about the administration “It’s an important connec­ tion, especially with city democrats,” he said. tant Carl Burgdorfer said Hall. Another accomplishment, Spaulding was responsible for “Steve Spaulding has a Today’s he said, was maintaining almost losing the garden ‘1960s’ attitude — paranoia — UM’s legislature lobbying ef­ money, because he went to the about the administration,” he w eather fort during an off-year for the wrong source, then-UM Presi­ said. “He has a lot of an­ Legislature by keeping the dent Richard Bowers, for per­ tagonistic views towards ad­ We’ll have partly cloudy ASUM Legislative Committee mission to get the money. ministration. It doesn’t skies with mild tempera­ intact. He noted it was the first Spaulding admits he was behoove ASUM to do that kind tures and scattered showers time the committee was intact “butting heads” during his over the mountains. during an off year. entire term with the “right Cont.onp.6 Today’s high 52, to­ night’s low 35. o p in io n s DOONESBURY by Garry Trudeau POOR HENRY! NOT 10 WORRY. I HEAR HtS LATEST H I. O K ! THE KISSINGER WHOCARES? 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