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Show Hark, the almighty Glenn Beck speaketh! Greg WilcoxJ peals to the common man. He comes across as the Web manager friendly (albeit loud and garrulous) neighbor across the street coming over for According to a study a game of poker (no real released by the Bay Area Center for Voting Research, Provo is the most politically conservative city in America. My guess is that Orem is not far behind. What a downer! Seriously, we need to put some variety in the political stew. Still, this certainly makes conservative pundits feel at home here. Glenn Beck, in particular, receives a royal red carpet welcome equivalent to an Arabian sultan being fed grapes by concubines. The conservative talk show and radio host recently spoke at a BYU fireside, and hosted Stadium of Fire at Lavell Edwards Stadium. The people love him. When he speaks, tears fill the eyes of those in the crowd. Yet the man reeks of maudlin if I've ever heard any. The fact that he is a convert to Mormonism makes him a local darling. That is great, and I commend him for his spiritual journey. The unfortunate part, however, is that this means many around money used in betting, of here will take what he says course). But that's what is regarding politics as gospel. tricky about his rhetoric. By Offending his personal sto- getting in with you in that ry is not my intention. No, way, he can easily maniputhat would just be rude. The late you. After all, it's not point I am getting at is that hard to play the anti-intelperhaps he is admired just a lectual card when you have little too much, or at least his millions of dollars. political advice is. Example: I tuned in the other day to Glenn Beck's The often angry and passionate Beck certainly ap- cable show on CNN because I figured I'd listen to what he had to say. Beck had Jon Voight on as a guest. Apparently, Voight is cool to go on the show because he is a republican in Hollywood. man What a rare commodity! They started discussing foreign policy, and Beck said the following about senator Obama: "Can you believe he wants to talk to these crazy leaders? I mean, these are guys that are - they're like the scary bad guys in movies!" Even the cool-headed Voight was confused and had to ask him to clarify what he meant. Beck then scrambled to refine his rhetoric so it wasn't so awful and childish. Basically, he criticized Obama for being the only candidate who is willing to engage in diplomacy with other countries. Is there something wrong with this? I certainly hope there are a lot of people who think so. Why? Well, for one, lack of diplomacy is commonly attributed to the Second World War or even to the complicated situation in North Korea we now have. It's amazing what happens when you just talk to people, especially those who are your enemy. I have never had any doubt that Glenn Beck is a good guy who means well. I think of Bush and Michael Moore the same way: good guys, good intentions. That's not the point. The point is that Glenn Beck is just an entertainer, not an expert. He isn't far from Umbaugh or Hannity in that regard. It might be cool to hear Beck slam liberals and other people he thinks are morons, but, tell me, does that really live up to the patriotism and good old American ethic he is so fond of teaching? When the euphoria wears off, we are still left with real-world problems to deal with. Partisanship aside, perhaps Utah County should revere someone who does less dividing in the drifting political world of America today. A different kind of rivalry Ethan Dodge J[ dents at UVU did not even bother applying to BYU. Opinions writer "It's not my cup of tea," one UVU is bound to gain a student said. "You can still major, rival sooner or later be a good Mormon and not as the institution grows and go to BYU." Unfortunately, gains more talent in its ath- this seems to be an opinion letic department. Compet- that some BYU students ing against other Division 1 would not agree with. schools will, no doubt, bring Many BYU students atthrills. However, does a ri- tend BYU to surround themvalry have to be completely selves with people that share based in athletics? Or do the their standards. They get Wolverines already have a so caught up in this motive rival? that they seem to think that Thousands of Mormons "good" Mormons go only to attend UVU. It's a common BYU. It almost seems like joke within the religion that an eleventh Commandment UVU is where Mormon stu- for the religion: Thou shalt dents go when they're not attend BYU. They seem to accepted into BYU. How- look at the differences UVU ever, it seems as though the has as evil ones. majority of the Mormon stuHowever, BYU is also spoken of in degrading terms by many UVU students. It's almost more common to hear it referred to as "the school over the hill" or "the school down the road," even though the Wolverines rarely meet the Cougars out on the field or court. If the basketball teams were to play each other in preseason play, it would certainly sell out and be the biggest preseason rivalry in the state. Every day at UVU, disagreements arise about views and beliefs between non-Mormons and their Mormon classmates, but it's often quickly settled and they reach a compromise. They work together to establish the tolerance and unity essential to the success of UVU. Amazingly enough, there are non-Mormons at BYU too. They also have struggles with their classmates, but seem to have a harder time reaching that compromise without giving into the Mormon standard. This topic could all be classified as stereotypical. There are thousands of Mormons at BYU who do not think that "bad" Mormons attend UVU. However, there are enough who think otherwise, and the mud-slinging between the two institutions continues to grow larger every year. It has developed an immature rivalry between students rather than sports teams. It's ok to be bad at golf impression on the people they golf with. Many golfOpinions writer ers, believe it or not, cheat Yes, it's true: Sucking at to impress other golfers begolf on purpose does make cause of the intense presthe game more fun. Why, sure to excel. That is so not you ask? Well, let's face it: classy bro. So take a deep breath We all suck at playing golf anyways. Everyone who and drink a Tiger Woods has golfed for the first time Gatorade and start suckknows it, and didn't com- ing at golf - because, well, pletely disagree with their you do. If you realize that buddy who said, "Dude, you fact, you won't be swearing are going to swing and miss like a sailor when your ball the ball at least a thousand explodes in a torpedo-like times today." You might fashion after you sink it in a water hazard. Kaboom! know the feeling. My advice: Dress down You know, it's really too bad that in the game of golf a bit and wear a Hawaiian there is so much pressure to T-shirt. Heck, even take off do well. People are so wor- your T-shirt and get a tan. ried about making a good Who cares if it's the middle Parker Donat J j of winter? Take off your shoes and socks and roll up your pants to hit the ball out of a puddle of mud. I promise" your fellow golf buddies will appreciate the result. Slam or tap on the brakes while in your cart to surprise the other rider and see how loud or long you can make it screech. Oh, and my favorite: Use your putter to chip out of the sand trap. Make it a competition! You'll never know until you try it. Hopefully, after testing out my advice, you will soon see that golf, even though it suffers a reputation as the most boring game ever, can be the most fun game on the planet — if Undeclared You c*{ii pui i M up tim, II might Ur off*m<v« to ptoplt of twitir, tvlK)to Jordy Kirkman D&D TbUflNAMCNT! t— That's rtdkulotn who couid It ixufbty offend? t you just suck it up enough. *Mega important note* Don't golf like a dork with people you should impress, like your boss, business partners, an apostle or your future father-in-law. Sadly, these are the only times golf truly sucks. Good golfers know you have to be on yourbest behavior; there's no streaking, no cheating, no pantsing, no mulligans, no diving for balls in the pond, no swearing (which I don't do), no changing scores, no credit cards, and absolutely no "your mom is hot" jokes. Simply put, golf is no fun with those people. You just have to accept the fact that it's going to suck. So.wtttt«r«yoo")(tr* vo ignorMt STUDENT VOICE HOW HAVE HIGH GAS PRICES AFFECTED YOU? HOW DO YOU SEE CHANGE? "I come [to campus] everyday...It costs me about $4 every time I drive up here." -Allison Horn "[It affects me] a little bit. I wouldn't say drastically." "I think it's just all supply and demand. I don't think there's any steps the government should take." -Brian Chin "I spend $200 on gas a week. It's ridiculous." "I'd just like to see them change, I don't care how." -Chantry Inkley "I drove a truck around and now I drive a car around." "The short term solution is to drill off shore over in Alaska and while we're doing that, develop alternative resources." -Cody Burdett "It cost me about $20 to fill the tank now it costs about $40....I have to watch my budgeting." "It's based on speculation because of the market. People speculate that the price of gas is going to keep going up, so investors put all this money into gas which does cost the price to go up per barrel....So what the government needs to do is to crack down on speculation so that we can bring the price of gas down." -Hamlet Gordillo NEXT ISSUE'S QUESTIONWHAT CHANGE DO YOU FEEL THE NEW LIBRARY BRINGS TO THE UNIVERSITY? To have your voice heard in student voice, email your response to uvu.review.opinions@gmail.com To view video interviews from student voice, visit uvcollegetimes.com 5THFF INFECTION Do you think President Sederburg's timing in leaving is a good move? ( Why not? Strike while the iron's hot; good luck Bill! -Jennie Nicholls ! • ' ^ Sederburg, smedderburg. This school is the chronic with or without him. -Dave Iba He's going out on top, if you're going to go it's the only way to go. . . . . . . . -Merinda Pearce This new position is a great opportunity for •Sederburg but I think he should have stayed at UVU at least a yeaz to make certain the university was well established. On the other hand, perhaps being without an established president will allow us to foil flat on our faces as was predicted by the community. . . . . . - R o b b i n A n t h o n y & & ^ £ - ' . - , •- •••"'-•'- •;•.•/• •1--^•••'•'• '••:'••-•,'.-:.•'' He was the unanimous choice for commissioner of higher education. Can't blame a guy for cashing In when his stock Is at it's peak. |