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Show The Thunderbird Morufdv February 25 , 1985 Page 5 CONTINUED Nuke issue called most significant vote in SUSCs history To the editor: I write this letter on the eve of perhaps the most significant vote in the political history of this school. This Wednesday students will cast their votes for or against the proposal endorsed by the ASSUSC Student Senate which would proclaim our campus a nuclear free zone. In the history of man, no greater issue has confronted the mind and imagination of man, and no issue holds out greater perils to man if he fails to resolve it. We, at SUSC, are about to take part in a voter referendum which will change the entire political character of our school. Throughout the recent political history of the United States it has traditionally been the students who have shown the political leaders of our country the hard political realities that are a part of our society (i.e. Vietnam, the Civil Rights, Watergate, environment, etc.). The greatest issue facing our nation and our society is the crisis of our worlds nuclear arms race. Colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and the world are rallying behind the banner of rational common sense in the field of disarmament and endorsing the nuclear free zone concept. locales nationwide and Eighty-tw71 colleges and universities throughout the world have endorsed the idea. The importance of freeing ourselves from the burden of these weapons, apart from the advantage that immediately springs to mind of averting global annihiliation, is seen in o Newspaper runs away To the editor: Elections time has rolled around again and it looks as though all the hoopla of last year has every possibility of being repeated. In recent Thunderbird editorials, a lot of attention has been given to the bozo antics of politicians in elections past, the constitutionality of election bylaws and a need for a James Watt style of telling it like it is. All of these editorials were valid in their arguments, and showed a real concern for students and student rights. However, I feel that The Thunderbird has dropped the ball and raised good valid issues only to watch them die a quick apathetic" death. Too often The Thunderbird will risk a toe to test the water by throwing out an issue, then running and hiding behind the skirts of the student body to see if its safe. It is an easy road and doesnt involve much commitment. I admire the people of The Thunderbird staff for their clear perception, and the ability to see an issue and report honestly and candidly how it may affect students and their day to day life on this campus. challenge The Thunderbird to take a plunge to grab an issue and run with it. To show commitment, to get involved, to use the paper as a means of getting students involved and getting student goals accomplished. Yes, the bylaws are unconstitutional. 1 Yes, professionalism was lacking in past elections. Yes, we do need someone who tells it like it is. Give us a debate between candidates. Report on their platforms, their views, and their opinions. Get students thinking about the issues. Remind of their fees students that goes into a budget controlled by the student government. Motivate students to vote. Let them know little things like you must have a vaiid student body card to vote. Explain the current structure of student government and what each position is. Typing Term Papers Yes, students are concerned with their future and the future of the school. Give them the information to make intelligent decisions. Motivate them to get involved and to vote, a right that they have already paid for. Ray Olsen Editors note: We would love to "report platforms, views, and opinions of the candidates and we feel we have done just that in this issue of The Thunderbird. because of the election Unfortunately, which bylaws the prohibited until a announcement of candidates specified time, we had only one issue in which to report these. We strive to get students thinking about the issues every week. We reminded students that 'A of their fees go into a budget controlled by the student government, and also let them know where the remainder is spent in the Oct. 1, 1984 issue, page 1. Weve reminded students repeatedly how important voting is. Check the Oct. 15, 1984 issue, page 4, for the most recent example before this issue, also page 4- If you'd read the last issue, Feb. 18, page 3 tells you that you must have a valid student body card to vote. The function of the press is not to get student goals accomplished," but rather to report fairly and honestly that which affects students. The accomplishment of student goals is your job. Yes, there are times The Thunderbird has reported on an issue and then "watched it die an apathetic death. I regret that in some cases we neglected a follow-u- p story which would definitely have been an improvement in the news coverage of our campus. But to say that The Thunderbird plays it safe in order to take an easy mad that is doesn't involve much commitment absolutely erroneous. We commit ourselves to the issues by reporting them as accurately as we can. At all times, we must strive to be fair to each side of every issue. With the information we provide, we can only hope students will become motivated to get involved and to understand enough to make intelligent decisions. Resumes Suite D Cedar City, Utah 84720 - ) 1 7 The nuclear free zone proposition will add our voice to a growing global cry for sanity in arms control. With the approval of the proposition, ASSUSC will seek out a sister college in the Soviet Union and challenge them to make the same stand we have. We would, therefore, take a great stride forward in fostering the kind of international understanding that will be necessary for total global disarmament. Communication theorist Arthur McLuhan tells us that the global village of man is coming. A civilization where man lives as a member of the human race and not the subject of a fictitious national boundary. the anachronistic ' nationalism. concept irn of Finally, we at Southern Utah State have a friends, moral obligation neighbors, to those and family members who have died as a result of ourtesting of our nuclear weapons in Nevada, to say no more to this nuclear madness and say that we in Southern Utah have already paid too high a price to perpetuate the arms race and we wish no more of it. This Wednesday, make giant leap for mankind and vote FOR the Nuclear Free Zone Proposition. Mitch Connell, Bill Ho neck Mike Chidester, Jon Christy Mike Olsen Election bylaw violations claimed To the editor: We are writing this letter because we are concerned about the campaign practices of the S.U.N. party. We are not candidates for either party, nor do we have any affiliation with any of the candidates. We are concerned because we are witnessing gross violations of SUSC campaign bylaws by this party. It has been said that the most important qualification for those seeking political office in this country is a fat wallet. We dont like to think that this is true, but all too often it is. Here at SUSC, however, we have a supposedly intelligent population and should be able to transcend this tendency and vote for our student bodv officials on the basis of their real qualifications. This is why its distressing to sec that the S.U.N. party is willfully ignoring regulations which were set up to promote fairness and prevent anyone from distracting from the issues of the campaign. The S.U.N. party has banners all alongCenter Streeteven though each party is limited to two banners. The S.U.N. party had a large electric sign at the basketball game Thursday even though campaigning is prohibited at athletic events. The other party is abiding by the bylaws, and they, as a result of this, are not getting as much attention. Each party is limited to spending $1,000 on the total campaign, and it seems to us that the S.U.N. party would have to have some pretty good connections not to have already exceeded that limitation. IIEimiES DEPOT 231 NORTH 1100 WEST 586-978- 6 586-260- 0 10 discount for college students (with student I.D.) Our civilization will not advance to this next stage because the nuclear arsenals of each sovereign perpetuate live in peace. EXPIRES MARCH 16, 1985. RoacE, L T opposed to put our thought into creative efforts of annihilation: We should be finding ways for all men to ' We hope that something will be done to rectify this situation. We hope also that the students of SUSC will continue to be aware of what goes on in their student government. Dont he blinded by money. Make it your business to find out whats really happening. Deborah Nielsen Lynn Roeder Editors note: The election bylaws have been struck down, subsequent to the charged violations and the writing of this letter, by the ASSUSC Judicial Council. See page 1. (Letters to the editor continue on page 8.) 0 Professional Services 88 East Fiddlers Canyon much more subtle but altogether insidious influence and cost that simply keeping nuclear stockpiles wreaks on our society. Until, we free our world of nuclear warheads, our society will not advance but will rather remain frozen in time because our society cannot move forward because it must constantly remain as it is, tending the volatile flames of the worlds arms race. Our civilization now stagnates in a bog of fruitless arms negotiations. By approving the nuclear free zone proposition, the Associated Students of Southern Utah State can take a significant step toward communicating to our own government and to the people of the world that we at Southern Utah stand opposed to nuclear war, the philosophy of nuclear weapons, and we believe that as a EXPIRES MARCH 16, 1985. HEnriiES 546 NORTH STREET 588-716- 1 too MAIN |