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Show A Word from the Director As Interim Director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics, I proudly present to you the 2004 Hinckley Journal of Politics. This year's Journal contains the work of our best students here at the University of Utah, both in political research and in preparing the Journal for publication. This year, we have decided to begin placing a new emphasis on research pertinent to Utah's politics. You will find within this volume a section entitled Utah Issues. The section contains an article by Mark Oblad on Utah's Voluntary Contributions Act, an article by Daniel Thatcher on partisanship in Utah, and two articles by Utah elected officials-this year's contributors are Governor Olene Walker and Salt Lake County Mayor Nancy Workman. The volume also contains a section with exceptional articles on national and international issues. Cristie Carter Bake discusses Title IX through various feminist perspectives, Rebecca Clawson applies theory to the capital punishment debate, and Patrick Lagua evaluates same-sex marriage as an objective. Also included are articles by Richard Oborn who argues that racial preferences are inferior to economic affirmative action in college admissions, by Brooke Shiffler who discusses com-munitarianism versus liberalism, and by Ashley Thirkill Mackelprang who advocates microcredit as a poverty-reducing measure. Many thanks to this year's editor Mark Oblad, co-editor Courtney McBeth, editorial board, which included both students and faculty, and contributors, who put in long hours preparing the Journal and shared their knowledge in their articles. We owe special thanks to Professor Bob Benedict for working closely with each of the students in preparing the articles for publication. Finally, we would like to thank Jayne Nelson who works behind the scenes to make the Journal possible. The Journal would also not be possible without generous funding from the Publications Council, to whom we are grateful. We would like to dedicate this volume of the Hinckley Journal of Politics to one of our hardest working editorial board members, whose potential was so great. Stacy Van Winkle provided us with her well-earned expertise, but died in an automobile accident before she could see the finished work. We will miss her. The Hinckley Journal of Politics has given many of our undergraduate students a valuable learning experience, and we hope the Journal will also be of use and interest to those who read it. Sincerely, Ron Hrebenar Interim Director, Hinckley Institute of Politics |