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Show o o & Fonum Editor Jennifer Killian Jackson in November By Laura Reeves Only a few months ago. Jesse Jackson was the only democratic presidential candidate with name recognition. Now all the candidates names are household terms, and were hearing Jackson uttered more and more often over hes a preacher." Ginny Gale Business Manager N. L. Spackman Advertising Manager Laura Reeves ft Photo Director Karla Joost Cara Cahoon Karen Chamholm Myriam Hernandez self-eviden- dent? The democratic party is in a Why is It Contributing Writers Erick Scheen Randy Sullivant Laurie Staton-Carte- r Faculty Adviser Scott Cairns The Forum of Westminster College of Salt Lake City will be published and distributed approximately every other Tuesday throughout the academic year by the Associated Students of Westminster College. The newspapers address is 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84105. The Forum is an g member of the Rocky Mountain award-winnin- Collegiate Press Association. Typesetting and printing by Kimball Smith Advertising, 1059 Uke Clty Utah 841905 S that warning bells sound at the of Jackson thought being nominated? Why Is he criticized so fiercely on this point, even by his own party? Granted, queries about electability are y mold of our current preacher. often raised with the threat of loss in The grass-root- s movement in this November hanging over the party. The are stronger than they have been incountiy over a problems lie not in the questions, but in the decade. There is a force and reason the questions are being asked of feeling in the roots grass movement that has to tie Jackson. knots with the new socially begun conscious Lurking in the shadows, behind many yuppies (better known as the DEMP); knots democratic. equality-minde-d peoples that extend to the blue collar fr ?toiy worker, (DEMPs) facades is the ugly idea that Jesse and reach into the hordes of homeless and Jackson cannot be elected because he Is black. Of course these individuals dress their poor. Thty are knots which have bound black reluctance to support Jackson in many other and white, rich and poor to create a rainbow costumes. which may veiy well end in a pot o The other guy wont vote for a black The latest polls say Jackson and gold. man. so he wont get elected. is one smoke Dukakis could beat Bush in November. screen for real feelings about Jackson. Who knows which way the names will Another common guise for this mostly be unintentional racism is. "He's too far left, too arranged on the ticket, but regardless, the Jackson Miracle could help fulfill another liberal." and in the same breath. Besides, dream from another time. The Forum welcomes letters from students and other readers. Submissions must be signed and include the author's telephone number (telephone numbers will be used only to verify the authenticity of letters). Submissions must also avoid the use of profanity and libel. Lengths may not exceed double-spacepages with lines 50 character spaces wide. Deliver letters directly to the Forum office (under the door if necessaiy) in the basement of Shaw Center by 3 p.m. on Tuesday one week before the date of publication, or mail them to th eForum office at the above address. Please be concise and to the point in your letters. three-type- d, d . Opinions expressed on the Forum editorial pages are those of the writers and are not to be construed as the opinions of the Associated Students of Westminster College or of the college administration, faculty or staff. Times-Washingto- n - - al ice-crea- m non-nativ- e. non-Morm- wanted. coup,e Lane City. I felt oddly out of ofyeare in Salt place a entile among the masses of Mormons. Everything seemed black and white me Mormons. My efforts to maintain my non Mormonness must have been thoroughly transparent. But at least I had the illusion 3S n0t t0 confused with one of gIng TIIEML 1 - 3?d frgot t0 remember to ihl sPringt ime weekends niKing in desert, summere mountain nmning in the Wasatch mountains ,nH be aYgemilPaSfed 1 Address City Zip Phone. Piets clip and mail this coupon to RICHARD SNELGROVE for congress r-- v P.O. Bo, 26333 Salt Lake City. Utah 14 Nd for by Swctytwc (or Confret woke C. CM. CPK. Trcawrtr Wake Up Mr. President Dear Editor: When will the president wake up to reality? He continues to purchase another uneeded nuclear weapon system of mass destruction; the B1 bomber at a final cost of more than $280 million dollars per plane. Meanwhile, across the nation and the world people are dying in a ravaging AIDS epidemic Surely by canceling the BJU .SDL and other uneeded nuclear weapon systems enough money would be freed to find cures for AIDS most cancer and probably feed and shelter uie homeless and still go a long way toward baiancingthebuet. The FDS must wake up to reality also. While people die of AIDS here in America, other AIDS sufferers elsewhere are being saved with AIDS drugs which the FDAstubomly delays testing and approval of, not to mention making it legal to manu-lacturprescribe and possess them. The e, At Home m Ufa By Laurie Staton-Carte- r Salt Lake City is a Peny Como kind of place. So says LA Post Service writer David Lamb. The essence of Salt Lake City is entwined with Mormonlsm And I agree. Walking around town, neighborhoods are tidy, streets are wide and all addresses in the Salt Lake valley are coordinates of you guessed it Temple Square. People come from all over the place to hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. ( Half of Salt Lake valley Is to the tube glued or sitting In church during the twice-annuConference weekend meetings. There are almost as may parlors as there are wards." So how does a registered democrat manage to truly enjoy living in the Land of Zion? 1 moved to Utah thirteen years ago after spending a couple of spring breaks skiing the steep and the deep of the Wasatch mountains and lounging around in the southern Utah deserts. After spectacular spending my childhood and early adolescent years in the misty mossy Willamette of Oregon Valley I felt a change was in order. The clear blue skies and dry air were exactly what I ' Name vote for him. Perhaps that is because the people are ready for a change in style. This countiy has been in the clutches of an elderly, conservative grandfather figure, whose main concern has been a fort building to keep the Indians out. for almost eight years. Maybe in November the nation will a young, intelligent, passionate leader,prefer to a - Post a yard sign Work at headquarters t. silly-putt- Lee Roszczynski Distribute literature Host a meeting Make telephone calls extreme Catholic leanings. The posturings of the DEMP are intended to transfer guilt from them to somebody else - either the anonymous other guy or Jackson himself. Basically, what happens in the above case is the DEMP decides that no one will vote for Jackson, and hell lose anyway, so it would be more effective to spend their time and votes on a better" candidate. The results are One bright point in the scenario lies in Jackson's ability to convince hundreds of thousands of voters that the other guy will Michigan and Illinois, where It wasnt, fundamental questions are being raised. How much powerwill Jackson wield at the Convention in Atlanta? Will he ask too much of the Party? What does Jackson really want? And, finally, can Jackson be elected presiOn one hand. Its tradition and quandry. the eveiything party stands for dictate that it support Jackson all the way. On the other hand, many In the party feel that Jacksons nomination would spell disaster In November. Dear Richard: I am pleaded lo support your Republican campaign for U.S Congress and want to help you get elected. Volunteer in my precinct (voting district) Fortunately, Jackson has the precedents of history on his side. Jimmy Carter was far-leon most matters; and many critics warned that the White House would be controlled from the Vatican while John Kennedy was president, because of his the dinner table. The Jackson Miracle." the Rainbow Coalition," they all have a faliy tale ring to them. With all the fervor Jackson has raised by winning primaries both In the South, where It was expected, and In Maine and Managing Editor Do you want to get involved in politics where you can really make a difference? FDA must wake up and cease its AIDS policy anti-huma- ne The immediately. Supreme Court must wake up to reality also and recognize that the true marriage bond Is the strong love and mutual sharing relawinters siding the fabulous Utah tionship bond and not a piece of paper. It powder. My circle of friends widened and some of my must recognize this and the need to grant closest friends ended Mormon. up nothing less than full human, civil and being I returned to Oregon often, usually around economic rights and priviledges regardless of holidays to visit my family or even forasfeeble sexual preferences In such relationships. anexcuse as to run in a race. In the back I urge everyone to wake up the president of d 1 hUght that 1 would always move Supreme Court, FDA and Congress by sending them copies of this letter as part of a chain letter to everyones friends and rela- - K of SrF' lf 1 lef,compr,se a What is it that makes me think I want to stay here? My friends, my husbands family tivessothattheymaydothesame. Letsalldo rPrt also 311(1 make a donation to an AIDS cnanty. Leonard DeFazaio, Jr. MeSS!ah at Halt the n!Sa tulips and crocuses Phony at Square. Sunday brunch on a crisp morning at Alta in July, hiking to Chesler Park in May. Park film festival, the turn ng leaves in theCitys canyons in September Nutcracker ballet m the days before Christmas, mountain on biking the Desolation Lake trail. 24th of fireworks July viewed from a carefully point at Bonneville golf course, mountain nmning on Wasatch mountain trails, knee- DSreatnSnHderatA1'a-utabynve. the steam room, ooh-ferude and the Hotel Utah Sugarhouse Park. Bear Lake raspberries and Brigham K h r- City peaches. have Mormon friends at our parties, and we drink beer and they dont and it doesn t really matter to any of us. And for me. the issue of Mormonnon-Mormon has become a non-issu- nw e. hId will always be lomaih?nhfrTyOUa new to use a immigrant excuse for holding Utah at anffs length if you forget about your excuses anrt ii J Utah. g ftnd yourself a home in Issue 15 - April 19, 1988 |