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Show i THE SIGNPOST Wednesday, September lo, iyyi Editorial ai)6utthe ewolKYief'T cop 4fop65al It doesn 't add up Congress should pay bounced check fees By SHAWN PETERSON Staff writer of The Signpost The U.S. Congress continues to display its inability to conform with reality. In the "In Our Opinion" column of the Sept. 16 issue of the Deseret News there ran an editorial titled "Can't Congress add and subtract?" The gist of the story is that the House of Representatives wrote 8,331 checks on the House account during fiscal year 1990 that would have bounced, had the House been part of the real world. The House bank covered the overdrafts, allowing House mem-oors four weeks to make up their shortfalls. One wonders if their household finances are in as poor a shape. Letters to the editor Dear Editor, Did the Bank of Credit and Commerce International contract it from the United States, or did the U.S. get it from them this proclivity for grand larceny on such a grand scale; this disease which seems more epidemic with each new revelation of white collar skullduggery? Although I have read somewhere the potential for larceny resides in all of us, in most of us it is (or should be) reined in. But it now appears the reins have been dropped; the pale horse of the Apocalypse is running rampant. "And I looked, and beheld a The Signpost Staff Editor-in-chief Jim Sawdey Managing eaitor . Lorin J. May News editor B.A. Bridenbecker Asst. News editor - Laurie Wirth Sport Bditor Scott D. Summon Asst. Sport editor Alan Hinckloy Art! editor Christopher Howard Special Edition! editor Jennifer Harding Asst Special Ed. editor Sharon Cottle Copy editor Shawn Peterson Photo editor Danielle Mabey Asst. Photo editor Amy Cottle Production manager Matt Snyder Ads Production assl. Keri King Ads manager Brandi Johnson Asst. Ads manager Mathew Meikle Secretary Laura Lueck Advisor P. Larry Stahle Asst. Advisor - Editorial Dai $ oberer Publisher Dr. Randolph J. Scott The Signpost is published Monday. Wednesday and Friday during foH. winter ond spring quarter and on Tuesday during summer quarter. Subscriptions are $9 per quarter. Ad deadline is two days before publication. Editor-in-chief 626-7121 Editorial 626-7105 Sport 626-7983 Classifieds 626-6358 Advertising 626-6359 Fax 626-7104 Production 626-6358 Ire&lly l?e IT... o-nV ccst-me $3 'cause n stead ot W5 v gqt selector for ths efifdl-ment (Do Congressmen ever pay bounced-check fees?) To me, this smacks of their ability to give themselves outrageous raises while "throwing a bone" to the public in the form of a small minimum wage increase. How does this situation speak to students? Apparently, no one in the House (and the Senate, I will assume) was ever forced to take Math 96 or 105. It is assumed that sometime during their high school education they took a math class that covered balancing a checkbook.What is perhaps more frightening is the thought that these incompetents are in control of government financial aid programs. The recent coup in the Soviet Union has again convinced me that the lawmakers for this country pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And honor was given unto them ... to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death..." (Revelations 6:8). I believe the seed was planted via the U.S. Senate Garn-St. Germain bill of 1982 the idea of turning over the reins of finance to big business, sitting astride the United States government i.e. the taxpayers of the United States! The pale horse tromping on the backbone of this world the working men, the depositors, and gorging on their life savings and their dashed hope of a retirement 0 o o should consider themselves lucky. In any Third World nation, a government so corrupt and incompetent would have been overthrown by the military. I would really enjoy seeing the fat-cat politicians react to having a couple of M-l Abrams tanks park themselves on the steps of the Capitol. So much for Ramboist fantasy. We again approach an election where some of the "bums" find themselves on the receiving end of public ire. We students, being a supposedly educated sector of American society, should take ourselves to the polls and show the incumbents the door. We do have that power. A great majority of students voted to oppose a major tax cut in the last state election. The power is there; it simply must be exercised. with any kind of dignity. The Garn-St. Germain bill, with a $100,000 federal guarantee to depositors, gave the green light for the pale horse of the S&Ls and the banks to run rough-shod over the "little guy-" According to the above-cited law, the depositors, citizens of the United States, will receive their money, regardless of the crimes perpetrated by the big-business crooks. But at such a staggering cost that our children for the next uncounted generations will be paying. Richard B. Swenson, WSU student Letter to editor policy The Signpost welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be typed and should not exceed 300 words. For lengthier exposition, arrangements may be made with the editior-in-chief. Letters must include name, address, phone number, relationship to WSU (i.e. student, staff, Ogden resident, etc.) and the signature of the writer. Letters without this information will not be printed. The Signpost reserves the right to edit for reasons of space and libel and reserves the right to refuse to print any letter. Bring letters to the editorial office in UB 267 or send them to: The Signpost Weber State University Ogden, UT, 84408-2110 ATT: Editor-in-chief Pro & Concensus by Danielle Mabey Should WSU adopt an enrollment cap? ' ' J-. Sf rpr ii s 121 i v.. i t $ : ' - ..." - , . - 2 - - . - , ' i Aa E . - - I "It would be great if no limitations existed for an educational facility. But, unfortunately, institutions built for educational purposes are limited in size, service, faculty and the ability to serve the student. There must be some kind of limit set for enrollment." Michael Barns Physics - Senior "I feel there should not be any enrollment limits because with more tuition coming in, more buildings can be build and more professors provided which means more classes and more recognition across the nation." Katie Wagaman General Freshman "Yes. They should have more classes to accommodate the students they now have enrolled at Weber State. The classes are more than full, which disadvantages the students as well as the teachers." Betty Begay Social Work Sophomore "Unless Weber is willing and able to continue to meet the needs of the current and future enrollment, a cap should be placed to ensure a quality education." Rhanda Krause Social Work Sophomore "I think that a larger student body would bring in more revenues and recognition. This in turn could lead to more quality education, thus better accreditation. But the expansion must... avoid overgrowth problems." Zach Amago Business Admin. Senior 'Yes, there is definetly a problem with over crowding, especially when it comes to parking." Jennifer Noorda Communication- Junior |