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Mountain boarding the Rockies, p. 13 For the students, by the students. Index NEWS 2 SPOTLIGHT 6 INFOCUS 8 OPINION 10 Online » » April 18 - 24, 2006 Vol. 55 Issue 13 Television » NewsTeam Boulder Channel 63 Tuesdays & Thursdays Noon, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. UCSU election wrap-up More stories. More pictures. Visit CU Campus Press online at: www. THECAMPUSPRESS .com INFOCUS A guide to hiking and climbing in Boulder, p. 8 How to be a rockstar, p. 15 Bonnie Holladay Staff Writer In the largest voter turnout in the University of Colorado Student Union election history, CU students voted the Class Act ticket into posi- tion as tri-executive officers. A total of 6,844 people voted. Four hours before the polls closed on Friday, the year 2000 turnout of 6,274 had been exceeded, future Tri-Executive Charles Johnson said. The Class Act executive tick- et of Andrew Aitchison, Ashley Nakagawa and Charles Johnson received a preliminary total of 2,783 votes, which exceeded Marvelʼ s preliminary count by 131. All three of the Class Act candidates running for UCSU Representatives at Large, a posi- tion within the legislative branch of UCSU, won, as did Megan Canon, who ran with The Fantastic Four as part of the Marvel ticket. There were five referendums on the ballot regarding additional money being allocated to Illiterate Magazine, CU Crew, Amnesty International, Sky Ride and The Speech and Debate Team. All of the referenda on the ballot passed. The results, which were announced shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, are preliminary and can be contested for up to five days after the initial announcement, Election Commissioner Corey Fitze said. A few hours before the polls closed, future Tri-Executives Aitchison and Johnson sank into the leather chairs of the Sigma Phi Epsilon sitting room. Johnson said that he was about to send more e- mails and make more phone calls asking people to vote. Aitchison, in addition to campaigning, had to do a paper for a class. He admitted that it had been a hectic day. Thirty minutes after he found out he had won, Aitchison said that he was still overwhelmed with excitement. “I am elated. This is the best feeling. I canʼt wait to have this opportunity. I'm ready to step up," See ELECTIONS, page 4 Sports 12 A&E 14 Calendar 16 Crossword 16 SPORTS THE CAMPUS PRESS A&E Local opinion on immigration law divided, strong Bridget Blanning Staff Writer She walked for a day and night through the mountains with her two children, ages 4 and 8. They had no money for food. The kids looked longingly at a McDonaldʼ s as they passed by, unable to ignore the savory smells. In the mountains, they crossed paths with animals of all sorts, ani- mals they had never seen before. She was more scared than she had been crossing the border. The year was 1994, and the goal was to come to Colorado by illegally crossing from Mexico into the United States. “In Mexico we didnʼt have jobs,” said Laura, whose name has been changed at her request. “I wanted to provide my kids with a better life,” she said during an interview conducted in Spanish. As politicians in the U.S. Senate continue to discuss immi- gration in search of a bill they can agree on, the people of Boulder and surrounding areas are divided on the issue as well. The recent proposals include more border security, a guest-worker program, a legalization process, and penal- ties for employing an illegal immi- grant. Fred Elbel of Defend Colorado Now, an initiative to deny illegal immigrants in Colorado services that the federal government does not mandate, said the number of illegal immigrants entering the United States is “a problem of crisis proportions.” “I think weʼd be insane if we didnʼt stop it,” he said, adding that the potential consequences include “national disintegration.” Federico Rangel, however, an education major and advisor for El Movimiento Estudiantil Xican@ de Aztlán (M.E.X.A.) and United Mexican American Students (UMAS), said immigration is not a concern, much less a crisis. “I would have to say that See IMMIGRATION, page 5 CP Photo/Mike Wamsley Senior Jessica Langfeldt and sophomore Ashley Nakagawa, both of the Class Act ticket, chalk for thier UCSU campaign outside the UMC early Tuesday, April 11. CP Photo/Mike Wamsley Seniors Mireyda Juarez and Ana Sanchez, both legal immigrants from Mexico, chat outside the UMC Wednesday, April 12. Close vote makes The Class Act next year's new tri-executive team
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Mountain boarding the Rockies,
p. 13
For the students, by the students.
Index NEWS 2 SPOTLIGHT 6 INFOCUS 8 OPINION 10
Online» »
April 18 - 24, 2006 Vol. 55 Issue 13
Television»NewsTeam Boulder
Channel 63Tuesdays & Thursdays
Noon, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
UCSU election wrap-up
More stories. More pictures.Visit CU Campus Press online at:
www.THECAMPUSPRESS.com
INFOCUS
A guide to hiking and climbing in Boulder,
p. 8
How to be a rockstar, p. 15
Bonnie Holladay Staff Writer
In the largest voter turnout in
the University of Colorado Student Union election history, CU students voted the Class Act ticket into posi-tion as tri-executive offi cers.
A total of 6,844 people voted. Four hours before the polls closed on Friday, the year 2000 turnout of 6,274 had been exceeded, future Tri-Executive Charles Johnson said. The Class Act executive tick-et of Andrew Aitchison, Ashley Nakagawa and Charles Johnson received a preliminary total of 2,783 votes, which exceeded Marvelʼs preliminary count by 131.
All three of the Class Act candidates running for UCSU Representatives at Large, a posi-tion within the legislative branch of UCSU, won, as did Megan Canon, who ran with The Fantastic Four as part of the Marvel ticket.
There were fi ve referendums on the ballot regarding additional money being allocated to Illiterate
Magazine, CU Crew, Amnesty International, Sky Ride and The Speech and Debate Team. All of the referenda on the ballot passed.
The results, which were announced shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, are preliminary and can be contested for up to fi ve days after the initial announcement, Election Commissioner Corey Fitze said.
A few hours before the polls closed, future Tri-Executives Aitchison and Johnson sank into the leather chairs of the Sigma Phi Epsilon sitting room. Johnson said that he was about to send more e-mails and make more phone calls asking people to vote. Aitchison, in addition to campaigning, had to do a paper for a class. He admitted that it had been a hectic day.
Thirty minutes after he found out he had won, Aitchison said that he was still overwhelmed with excitement.
“I am elated. This is the best feeling. I canʼt wait to have this opportunity. I'm ready to step up,"
See ELECTIONS, page 4
Sports 12A&E 14Calendar 16 Crossword 16
SPORTS
THE CAMPUS PRESSA&E
Local opinion on immigration law divided, strong Bridget Blanning
Staff Writer
She walked for a day and night through the mountains with her two children, ages 4 and 8.
They had no money for food. The kids looked longingly at a McDonaldʼs as they passed by, unable to ignore the savory smells. In the mountains, they crossed paths with animals of all sorts, ani-mals they had never seen before. She was more scared than she had been crossing the border.
The year was 1994, and the goal was to come to Colorado by illegally crossing from Mexico into the United States.
“In Mexico we didnʼt have jobs,” said Laura, whose name has been changed at her request. “I wanted to provide my kids with a better life,” she said during an interview conducted in Spanish.
As politicians in the U.S. Senate continue to discuss immi-gration in search of a bill they can agree on, the people of Boulder and surrounding areas are divided on the issue as well. The recent proposals include more border security, a guest-worker program, a legalization process, and penal-ties for employing an illegal immi-grant.
Fred Elbel of Defend Colorado Now, an initiative to deny illegal
immigrants in Colorado services that the federal government does not mandate, said the number of illegal immigrants entering the United States is “a problem of crisis proportions.”
“I think weʼd be insane if we didnʼt stop it,” he said, adding that the potential consequences include “national disintegration.”
Federico Rangel, however, an education major and advisor for El Movimiento Estudiantil Xican@ de Aztlán (M.E.X.A.) and United Mexican American Students (UMAS), said immigration is not a concern, much less a crisis.
“I would have to say that See IMMIGRATION, page 5
CP Photo/Mike WamsleySenior Jessica Langfeldt and sophomore Ashley Nakagawa, both of the Class Act ticket, chalk for thier UCSU campaign outside the UMC early Tuesday, April 11.
CP Photo/Mike WamsleySeniors Mireyda Juarez and Ana Sanchez, both legal immigrants from Mexico, chat outside the UMC Wednesday, April 12.
Close vote makes The Class Act next year's new tri-executive team
