Students will need to pay to see hip-hop artist and actor Mos Def perform in this year's spring concert festival The Grand Kerfuffle-an event that was previously free. Although the Associated Students of the University of Utah and Presenter's Office-sponsored event, formerly known as Mayfest, has been free in previous years, U students will now pay a $5 entrance fee to attend the event on April 18.
The Senior Council came out victorious at last week's ASUU Senate meeting, where funding was approved for the senior class gift. The council originally planned to build an electronic marquee on campus for the traditional gift of the graduating class-a gift that would have cost $41,000.
ASUU Senate and General Assembly members will vote this week on a possible Redbook amendment determining how much money will be allocated to the Finance Board and the Assembly. Last month, the Senate passed a bill allocating no less than 9 percent of the Associated Students of the University of Utah's budget to the Assembly and no less than 7 percent to the Finance Board.
The end of the student government elections on March 15 also marked the beginning of a new Associated Students of the University of Utah administration for the upcoming year, with the FUSE Party leading the way in all presidential and legislative races. FUSE presidential candidate Spencer Pearson and vice presidential candidate Basim Motiwala beat Forward Party candidates Rick Pehrson and Clayton McDonald by 526 votes, receiving 54 percent of the votes.
Although money may not mean everything, it can mean a lot in ASUU elections. According to past election trends and the financial disclosures of the current Associated Students of the University of Utah elections, parties that raise and spend more money generally receive more votes.
Standing before a small group mostly composed of Sigma Chis and Chi Omegas, the ASUU elections finalists reiterated their platform ideas in the last debate before the general elections. The debate, which featured FUSE Party candidates Spencer Pearson, Basim Motiwala and Nicole Nguyen; Forward Party candidates Rick Pehrson, Clayton McDonald and Brittany Bell and More 4 U's Megan Maxfield, was held at the James Fletcher Biology Building across from Greek Row Monday night.
With only two parties remaining in the ASUU elections, the FUSE Party and Forward Party will compete this week to secure key positions in the student government for next year. In the primary elections, the FUSE Party received the most votes for all Associated Students of the University of Utah races: presidential, vice-presidential and senior class presidential, as well as ASUU Senate and General Assembly.
The FUSE and Forward parties will move on to the final round of ASUU elections, leaving More 4 U and Activate behind. FUSE presidential and vice presidential candidates Spencer Pearson and Basim Motiwala took first in the Associated Students of the University of Utah primary elections with 1,529 votes.
