DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE MONDAY. OCTOBER 14, 198S UNIVERSITY OF UTAH VOL. 5 NO. Expert says tax refoinnm do U.S. to bs piecemnieal 1 by Dee Naquin yr V f W Staff writer Ik The federal deficit is currently taking of the savings of every man, woman and child in this country, a tax expert said Friday at the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Jack Carlson, executive vice president of the National Association of Realtors discussed tax reform and the federal deficit during the Institute's Coffee and Politics. The nation's savings are being sterilized into consumption, said Carlson. "The deficit is going for defense spending and programs that are, in effect, redistribution of income. Recipients in those programs two-thir- :-- 1 4t If XS y ds tend to spend rather than saving or investing,'.' he said. This reduces with a 25 to 30 percent subsidy for anybody who wants to bring anything into this country. And so we're crippling 25 to 30 percent of our economy that's tied in with exports and tied in with imports." When the nation's savings go primarily to consumption, the net effect is underinvestment in the long run, said Carlson. He said this will limit the standard of living in the future because there will not be enough investment capital. There will be fewer businesses providing fewer tax receipts. Carlson said he does not think there will be massive tax reform. The federal government has an incentive to think in terms of two -- year bits, he said. There are very few safe congressional districts, so no member of Congress can take for granted. Of the current tax reform bills, Carlson said President Reagan's is one of the worst. Reagan's bill would not allow deductibility of property taxes. of property taxes The are homes on that being bought and sold in Utah currently at one percent annually would increase the burden of owning that Lake group "Just the Facts," ended three days of special Openings activities. investments that arc needed for growth in the future. Carlson said this causes national interest rates in the marketplace to increase. The United States goes abroad to borrow money for investment. To make loans attractive for foreign countries, the interest rate must be higher, he said. Because we borrow investment money instead of obtaining it by selling goods or services, the value of the dollar goes up, he said. home $300 a year, he said. IHogheir education stifles "We end up with a 25 to 30 percent tax on everyone who exports and all the workers who work to produce those goods and services," Carlson said. " We end up Carlson said the President does not understand his bill would make home Playing away on a Despite cooler than normal tempera- tures Friday, occasional sunshine attracted University of Utah students to the Union Terrace lawns to watch the Oirooick photo by Todd (xottaid Openings Band on the Rocks presentation. The performance given by the Salt cireaitDvoltydleart by Drew Staffanson ' Staff writer American college students take easy courses and are discouraged from taking risky research projects or challenging ideas presented to them, according to a new study by the Carnegie Foundation's Advancement of Teaching. "Despite the advantage American higher education has over other systems of higher education, it far too often stifles the inherent creativity of the student," the report states. "Students too frequently sit passively in class, take safe courses, are discouraged from risky or interdisciplinary research projects and are discouraged from challenging the ideas presented to them." ASUU Academic Affairs Board Chairman John Macfarlane says while it is true students are after the easy A, it is not because they are apathetic. Students have to look out for themselves, he said. Since a bachelor's degree has become less significant, more students are looking to graduate school. So much emphasis is put on students day not-so-sun- ny Staff writer A sign posted next to the Union Ballroom last week proclaimed "There are over 200 ways to get involved at the University of Utah." Organizations listed with the Student Involvement Center area are a varied lot, from language to political clubs, but one group that isn't around this academic year is the University of Utah Public Interest Research Group (UPIRG). The U. has had a PIRG chapter since 1975. PIRGs were originally created by consumer advocate Ralph Nader to do non-dcductibil- ity ownership and investment more expensive. continued on page three says grade point averages and standardized tests, Macfarlane said, that they cannot afford to take challenging courses.. Jackson Newell, dean of liberal education at the University of Utah, said . the response to that emphasis is a shift in students interests. Although students nowadays demonNewell said, strate more social concern less than have seem to they they had during the late '60s and early '70s. "Students are more preoccupied with their own now, like they were in said. the 50s," he "Though there is still much altruism among students, the general attitude today is that of being more interested in 'me than in the welfare of society as a whole." Newell said he agrees that, while this attitude comes and goes in cycles, students are responding to our present system of educational requirements. "We need to look at the insanity of the system we've constructed," he said. "We're encouraging the best students to do the least." self-discipli- well-bei- ne, ng i 0 Booth to help students learn how not to study all the time research and promote legislation related to consumer and environmental issues. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, PIRGs are organizations dedicated to the public interest and not to any private interest. These groups currently have more than 500,000 student members in nearly 125 campus chapters. Campuses were initially chosen as locations for PIRGs because of the large source of human power and funding available. Also, the research facilities and talent available at universities are valuable resources needed for successful PIRG groups. four on continued page Kochenour said the booth will "help by Stephen D. Elder students help themselves to study Staff writer continued on page four Watchdogs' no longer at Utah by Dee Naquin ion Students may find relief for their learning woes on the Marriott Library Plaza Monday through Wednesday at the Academic Problem Prevention Week booth. Representatives from the University of Utah Learning Center will tend the booth from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., said Edie Kochenour, coordinator for the Learning Center. Booth attendants will give interested students a study skills check list to complete on their own. The check list can tell students if they need improvement in areas like time scheduling, concentration, and efficient reading. Students can then pick up handouts that review basic study test-taki- principles in each area. ng better." She knows there is a need, she said, because last year the booth served 1,300 students in three days. A few years ago, Learning Center staff telephoned students who came to the booth and found that 97 percent of the students who picked up handouts said they had specifically applied something they learned from the handouts. Do you cram for hours the night before an exam? Do you spend too much time studying for how much you learn? If you spend enough time studying, do you run out of time for a social life? If you answered "yes" to two or more of these questions, Kochenour advises you to stop by the Learning Center booth and pick up the k ' ng handout. Non-Prof- it ' time-scheduli- Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT