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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Monday, November Page Three 14, 1983 More than 150 decry U.S. intervention Voting by Michele Connaughton Chronicle staff from page one Wing said he did not vote in the recent municipal election because he knew competition was not very tight. "I figured Wilson was going to win," he said. an employee at the Residence Halls, Sandy Neumann-Becsaid she speculates that of the 450 students who live in Austin Hall, many did not vote in Tuesday's election because they do not have access to newspapers or television, which inform them of city affairs and remind them to vote. Pam Netuschil and Betsy Gadda, two students living in the dorms, agree. "We don't keep up on the news because the football players are always watching sports programs on the dorm TV," Gadda said. "I never heard anything about the election," Netuschil said. Pam Netuschil said she always read the newspaper when she lived at home in New Jersey but rarly reads one now because of the hassle involved in checking out a newspaper in the dormitory. The three said they did not vote because they are not from Utah and were not registered to vote. A person has to live in Utah only 30 days before he can register to vote, Llewellyn said. Television announcements and neighborhood registration days are designed to make registration easy for the voter. Post offices, libraries and some banks have forms people can fill out to register, but when it comes down to it, people must take the initiative. Students' voting habits are not much different than those of the general public, Llewellyn said. If students are interested in a hot issue that makes the election a vital race, they vote, she said. Younger voters, 18 to 21 years old, do not vote as consistently as other students, Llewellyn said. "Many of them are at a transitional stage when they are searching to be adults, but not quite in the adult scene yet." It seems older students vote because they realize they ought to, she said. k, out-of-sta- te out-of-stat- - -- ATTENTION Pre-Physi- cal Therapy Students Open House ' AXeclI NdIl$83 3:30-5:3- - . ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 14-1o 7 o o o o o Monday-Thursda- y This o o o o o featuring: o o o o o o Mon., Tucs. & Wed. o o o at 1:00 & 7:00 p.m. oo Daily o The Man of o o Union Theatre o o o inn o H3 $1.50 o o o o o o o The theme for the week is My Values. How Valuable? o o o o o The weeks activities include: o o o o o o Monday November 14 o o Dr. Clayton, Dean of the Graduate School will speak on: o o "How religious is today's student?" o J o o Union Bldg., Room 323 from o o o o 15 November o Tuesday o Peter Moorely, Director of Transcultural Medicine will o o o speak on: o o o "East and West Spirituality" o o Union Bldg. Room 323 from o o o o 16 o o Wednesday November Jan Bartlett, campus minister at the Campus Christian o ,, o o o Center, former president of Utah Clergy & Laity o o Concerned will speak on: o o "A Look at Passive Resistance Today" o o o ..Union Bldg. Room 323 from o o o o - November 17 o Thursday o o Panel Discussion on Commitment o o o Union Den from o o Janel Malone, staff member of Christian o o o Fellowship; Richard Smith, Assistant Director of o o Residential Living; Thomas Velatta, faculty member of o o o the LDSSA Institute; o o o o o by Union Programs and the sponsored o o o Interfaith Council of the University of Utah o o o o oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo RELIGIOUS AWARENESS WEEK NOV. Gandhi p.m; 0 More than 150 people demonstrated Saturday at the Federal Building as part of a national protest against U.S. involvement in Central America and the Caribbean. Speakers denounced the Reagan administration's policies and rationalizations for intervention as inadequate, hypocritical and dangerous. "The United States needs to go to the negotiating tables and open up a dialogue so that a political and not a military solution can be found for the countries of Central America," said Mike Nuwer of Casa El Salvador, one of many groups protesting U.S. intervention. "Guerrilla forces have had a politial solution, but the U.S. won't accept it. We must convince them to put away their guns and go to the tables," he said. "The suffering of Salvadorans is real and intense," said Father Jose Garcia of the Catholic Hispanic Society. "Refugees in camps on the borders of Mexico and Guatemala tell stories of tortures, massacres, things that seem incredible. These people have no leaders, and the government wants it this way so there is no one to force for human rights," he said. The problem is economic, and U.S. aid serves only to conflict increase violence, he said. "This is not an East-We- st but a struggle between a poor majority and the few with wealth. The United States should send economic experts, not aid, to open up a dialogue." The seriousness of U.S. activity and its moral hypocrisy was emphasized by E. K. Hunt, chairman crihe University's economics department. When the Soviet Union justified an invasion of Afghanistan by saying it was 'invited in,' the United States was indignant and morally outraged. "Yet how did we get invited into Grenada?" he asked. The Reagan administration has rationalized its invasion of Grenada in four ways, he said. First, the United States needed to save the 650 American medical students at St. George's University. Second, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States invited U.S. presence. Third, democracy needed to be restored, and fourth, Grenada was overrun by Cuba and the Soviet Union; hence the situation was a threat to national sea ity. "All of these rationalizations are made up of e- gge rations and falsehoods," Hunt said. "There was no real iication of danger to the medical students; the danger was nposed by U.S. action." Hunt urged demonstrators to make their opi ons known. "We must say 'no.' The voice of the people mui.. be heard so loud that it cannot be ignored. When Ronald Reagan asks me to send my son to die for corporate profits, I'll say, 'Hell no!' All of the corporate profits in the world are not worth the blood of a single person," Hunt said. the-Centur- y. A COLUMBIA Physical Therapy students, program director and academic advisor will be PICTURES RELEASE available to answer questions and provide information. See You There! 12:00-1:0- 0 - ' i :: C 1 12:00-1:0- 0 " 12:00-1:0- (fovember 14-2- 0 7:00-8:3- 0 All cttildtbiCs book 20 off tfys wSekoqly M-- F & K 8 am to 5:30 pm Sat 10 am to 3 pm No Additional Discounts University Bookstore jj 0. Inter-Varsit- y : 3 |