Show IF r r. r T. T Dear Editor A while back I was sitting in the cafeteria my usual spot when a friend came up and joined me in in my booth I usually dont don't like company in the morning It is my time to get 4 organized and read the paper But this guy was an acquaintance Id I'd met on the campus He asked me to to- keep his name out of the following conversation for fear of reprisal Good morning Doc How are you today Morning I mumbled not wanting wanting want want- a ting t- t ing to be disturbed What can I I do for ya Are you still writing for the paper I scolded looking around to see if anybody heard not a good thing to let get around Some people just dont don't like to hear the truth Others might throw things at ya Anyway what can I do for ya cutting my funds I dont don't know if Ill I'll be able to finish school Hows that I asked knowing that I was about to hear another story about a stu student ent hassling with an education at I knew that it'd be a good story Everybody has hasa a story at Most of the stories Ive I've heard are bad Im I'm sure that someone out there on this campus has a good story story a a success story that will build the image at i But all I get are the bad ones Joe Q Student showed me a form hed he'd gotten in inthe inathe the mail Imail It was It-was was the direct award let let- ter He showed me another one dated nine months ago It seems they cut out his national direct loan JQ Student said it would be tough to continue school I asked him to explain This is what he told me I took the letter in into inI into I J to Mr Johnson the fi financial ancial a aides d s counselor and asked him about it He said that Id I'd been paid too much money Then he punched some numbers into his calculator I asked him what this thousand dollars self- self help was for He told me that it was money that I made working last summer I explained to him that I wasn't able to work last summer because because because be be- cause I was in school all summer and that I used my savings for tui tui- tui- tui tion He said good I didn't owe him any money JQ Student left Mr Johnsons Johnson's office office of of- fice more confused than he was when he entered So what do you want me to do about it I asked him him not really wanting any more of this tale of J woe Maybe you could write a story in 4 the paper about it 4 I had no reply The only thing that went through my mind was the pile of bad tales that I heard from students stu students stu- stu dents about the campus the parking parking park park- ing the long registration lines why the paper isn't printed on campus r students not having enough time to i spend with teachers It seems that j some instructors are forced to take other jobs Everybody has problems I thought Even I have problems getting these stories out on time If there is is a student out there with a good story about I would like to hear it and I will do my best to get it published Signed Mr AWI Dennis Jensen en I Letter to the Editor To the Administration of our Utah Technical College I It t seems from the talk going around the campus that our graduation exercises this year will be held at Cotton Cottonwood wood High We personally feel this is not only wrong but downgrading to the college name and we the graduating students Last y year ar the exercises were held at the University of Utah and we feel we deserve the same consideration therefore we are humiliated with this possibility We have already graduated from high school Member of the graduating class of 84 Concerned Student Dear Editor tA t A ground-breaking ground ceremony at any college is front page news for the college newspaper But I raise the question is it worth the front page at There seems to be a much larger story lurking in the shadows but do you have the guts to do it As I read the article in February Points West I began to question my wisdom in attending such a sexist institution Weren't there any female dignitaries willing to dig dirt Or atthe atthe at atthe the very least some female faculty who could have been pictured along alongside alongside alongside side their male colleagues Although the ground-breaking ground ceremony begins the realization of dreams yet to 10 come a challenge is setout set setout setout out Will the ribbon cutting ceremony have equal participation between the sexes J f Signed Signed- Al Ja iLee |