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Show ASSUSC parties are little more than cliques Wednesday marks the general ASSUSC elections. It should go without saying by now that The Thunderbird fully encourages students to utilize their voice and take part in the selection of their leaders and attendant philosophies and policies. We believe that in our pages and through other means, students can and should be informed about the candidates and the issues. One such means is a debate between candidates to be held today at 5 p.m. in Science 121. With our exhortation to vote comes the reminder that wisdom should be exercised. Perhaps the greatest evil to be watched for is that of partisan politics particularly when parties at SUSC are not much more than cliques of friends and that its not what one knows, but who one knows that insures not only that a potential candidate will be on a party slate but that he or she will have a good chance to be elected. One overriding fact remains true: There has never been an independent candidate elected in the five-yehistory of the party system here. This years parties seem to offer more of a choice in that one party consists largely of mainstream politicalsocial students with experience in student government at SUSC while the other is made up of transfer students and others with little experience here, but with ideas of how to make SUSC as successful as they believe some other schools are. Its been said many times that SUSC elections and ar indeed most scholastic elections are little more than popularity contests. While The Thwidcrbird believes it is dangerous to vote for someone just because you happen to know and like him or her, it is perhaps more dangerous to vote for a candidate because someone in their party knew and liked them thus gaining them entrance into the party slate. Platforms have little application after the votes have been counted and the induction ceremonies completed. Party members have never continued to stick together in the past here, so a vote for a party platform is not as strong an assurance of fidelity as a vote for a candidate of integral quality. Study the issues and the candidates and vote for the candidate, not a party unless cliques are your idea of valid student government. 4m 0e Chunder6ird THE STUPES r LS An W'' Oh mU'TMLRS UTAH STAft C'CLI .fc VOLUME 80, NUMBER 20 Editor Tyler Jensen Copy Editor Rebecca Southern Photo Editor Derek Miller Sports Editor Ken Cox Entertainment Editor Paige White Assistant to the Editors Annette Grooms Senior Staff Writer Kris Johnson Production Manager Kelli Foy Advertising Designer Gavin McNeil Advertising Representative Kellie Jensen Faculty Adviser Larry Baker The Thunderbird is published each Monday of the academic year by and for the student body of Southern Utah State College and is not affiliated in any manner whatsoever with the Colleges department of communication. The views and opinions expressed in The Thunderbird are the opinions of the publications individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the institution, faculty, staff or student body in general. The unsigned editorial directly above is the opinion of The Thunderbird as a single entity. Letters to the ediror must be typed and include the name, student number (if from a student) and phone number. Only the name will be printed. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances and the editor reserves ihe right to edit letters for length and to preclude libel. Letters must be submitted by noon Friday for inclusion in the following weeks edition. The Thunderbird: editorial and advertising offices at 529 West 200 South, Cedar City, UT 84720. Mail at SUSC Box 9384, Cedar City, UT 84720 (801) 536T757, 773. LC-C-($S Yes, its how you BY KENNETH COX Monday the bombshell was dropped on the SUSC basketball squad. Because of an unknown and overlooked rule infraction the season ended suddenly. At first I thought, what a great injustice. Who is to blame? Lets find them. However after some serious thought I changed my mind and I feel that there can be no fingers pointed at anyone here. Dr. Steve Lunt said the eligibility papers were sent in before the season began. For six months those papers have been in the office of the RMAC Commissioner. Then on the eve of a very important game word is passed down that we are in violation. Our people here have done their jobs, thev did what was asked of them, they were faithful to their positions and then they were punished. Even though the season ended so abruptly and put most of us in shock, we as students ac SUSC should say thank you to a fine basketball team for the fun they provided for us this season. Wasnt it exciting to be in a new building to watch these guvs play? What about the first slam dunk in the new gvm? What about the 116 points that we scored against that small school from Nevada? These were just some of the things that made the season exciting for us. How about when Russell Otis goes in for the two hand slam, when Maz Trakh bombs away from outside to tie the score and send the game into overtime, when Gordon Anderson blocks a jump or shot, when Trent Scarlett shoots that holds an opposing player way under his scoring average, or Joe ONeal ripping down the rebounds. After the Adams State game Coach Bob Schermerhorn said, This is the greatest college basketball in the nation. I agree. Where can you watch college basketball as exciting as we have seen in the Centrum this year? Maybe Georgetown or North Carolina or Clemson or UCLA are exciting, but I know these guys on the Thunderbird team. I play the game see them every day on campus, they talk to me as my friends, thats what makes it exciting. Think of the fun in the Centrum watching these guys play ball. What about the time Steve Lueke steals the ball, runs out of bounds, then ends up scoring two points that put us ahead. What about the times that Brad Farmer and Vince Rosedahl and Varlin Law came off the bench to contribute to the team effort. Lets think about the fun we had as the baseball team made fools of themselves to show that they have the spirit. Next year SUSC moves on to a new schedule. We will no longer be competing in conference play against the RMAC schools. After 19 years in the conference we will be closing that chapter of history to what Sports Information Director Jim Robinson said is a step up in professionalism. We are sorry for what Thanks for the memories Thunderbird basketb abler s. happened this year to our friends, but we will always be part of this school. In 10 years, maybe 20, we will see the name of this school and say I was there. I made friends there, I learned there, we had sad times and we had glad times. Russell, Trent, Gordon, Maz, I am sorry your senior year ended this way. Brad, Varlin, Steve, Joe, Todd, Vince, Marry, Shane, Im sorry this season ended this way for you. Most of all, thank you Bob Schermerhorn for the for fun that you provided for us. Thank you the memories. Thank you for the slam dunks, the close games, the exciting plays that kept us on the edges of our seats, for the long bombs that tied the games, for the blocked shots, mostly thank you for the fun. We will always remember. |