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Show Page 4 The Thunderfnrd Monday, November 21, 1983 Speakers honesty merits our respect Frequently, the poor conduct of a few gives a negative reputation to the majority. Such a situation should be avoided at all costs, especially when the reputation in question is that of a college and its students. John Dean spoke at SUSC as an invited guest Thursday, and while he was paid, the fact remains that he was a guest. ..OUR guest. Much to our delight, Dean didnt hide from Watergate like John Ehrlichman did. Instead, he willingly gave details of the scandal, and was frank and honest regarding his own involvement. After what we perceived to be a lecture, Dean opened the meeting to questions. We admire Dean for taking that chance to satisfy the interest and curiosity of his audience. As the man who blew the whistle on Watergate, he has long since been an object of unmercifully negative criticism. He opened the meeting to more than questions. He opened himself up to personal attack. And those few responded in kind, doing irreparable damage to the reputation of SUSC, its administration and students. How was our guest treated? As a man who had just admitted his involvement in a political scandal, the only man whod even approached honesty about the whole affair, a man whod paid his debt to society? That would have been proper, but such was not the case. Many people obviously came to the speech not to hear Deans words, but to fight with him. They had their barbing questions prepared before he uttered a word. Other people listened to the speech, only to expose flaws in Deans "rhetorical strategy and sexist jokes. Dean handled the attacks well. However, we feel such treatment will not inspire him to return. He probably carried a bad taste in his mouth for Cedar City when he PILEMMR Tl' edition of The Thunderbird will be published on Tuesday, Nov. 29. Our feature Trading Places will return in the next edition. Xffe Che THE STUDENT Umndcrbird SEA S AND V1EU OF 'OUTHERN UTAH 'HATE COLLEuE CEDAR CTTY UTAH Volume 78, Number 9 Editor Kent Johnson Associate JEditor Tamara Rumbaugh Copy Editor Karen Golberg Photo Editor Anthony Ford Entertainment Editor Kallie Parkinson Sports Editor Paul Husselbee Senior Staff Writer Fletcher Matson Production Manager Lisa Evans Advertising Manager Scott Mitchell Faculty Adviser Larry Baker The Thunderbird is published each Monday of the academic year by and for the .tudent body of Southern Utah State College. 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 editor mus include the name, student 'umber (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 the right to edit letters for length and to preclude libel. Letters must be submitted by noon Friday for inclusion in the following w'ceks edition. The Thunderbird editorial and advertising offices at 529 'X'est 200 South, Cedar City, LT 84720 Mail at SUSC Box 384, Cedar City, LT 84720 (801) 7758 CEBRflRY SClfNTmc netCP N I left. Because of the few, most of whom were not even students, the majority will suffer. We hope those few will think before talking when Jack Anderson, Martin Luther King III and others speak later in the year. Editors note: Because of the Thanksgiving vacation, next weeks n N YOUHfr Kiss jjj swlNE n d gX Do you think that the Library should cut back on magazines in order to purchase more books?" Vicki Baxter: Thats a good question. No. I think that more people use the magazines than the books for both classes and enjoyment. Vicki is a junior majoring in education from Salt Lake City, Utah. 7T. J IX Dave Coles: No I dont. I think theres got to be a better solution to the problem. They cant cut back the magazines because sometimes theres not enough to do adequate research. Dave is a senior majoring in communications from Cedar City. Marvin Magalei: I feel they should. Some of those books are obsolete. They should replace them with new books. Marvin is a junior majoring in physical education from Laie, Hawaii. r. 3 .3MT i Kevin Smith: I dont think so. I think we have plenty of books. Many of the kids enjoy the magazines and they help on assignments. Kevin is a freshman majonng in accounting fromJCedar City. |