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Show FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1991 VOLUME 51. ISSUE 91 The IGNPOST :Weber State University Ogden, Utah i 1 r r City plans 'Operation Desert Salute' Monday Ogden's 25th Street from Wall Avenue to Washington Boulevard is the place Monday for a city celebration from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. honoring America's efforts during the Persian Gulf crisis. A paradebegins at noon, featuring military marching bands : and displays of military equipment, including a fly-by of F-16s from the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base and an Apache helicopter from the Utah Air National Guard. More than 1,000 marching troops are planned to be in the : parade, as well as 100 pieces of 100 military equipment either in the parade or on display. A patriotic program in . : WSLTs Dee Events Center begins at 5 p.m.;: featguring addresses : by Gov. and Mrs. Norm : Bangerter, Utah's congressional delegation and other dignitaries. All activities are free and open to the public. Communism foil o folly, speoker soys By Jim Sawdey Staff writer of The Sgnpost A member of the John Birch Society was on campus Thursday to warn students that President George Bush's "New World Order" will ultimately lead to the downfall of the American way. But a WSU political science professor warned those attending the Honors Issues Forum to consider the source of the claim. John Birch Society member Basil Dunn said Bush wants to give more power to the United Nations The fall of the Iron Curtain is "all part of their plan." -- Basil Dunn, John Birch Society to dictate the conditions for war and to legislate the rights of people in all countries. That will give the Soviet Union more power to establish a Soviet-style government in the United States. Dunn said nothing has really changed since the historic events in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. In fact, he said the fall of the Iron Curtain, the fall of the Warsaw Pact, the "sympathy" fordissidents and the easing of immigration policies for the Jews were all predicted by prominent communists several years ago. "It's all part of their plan," Dunn said. That plan is to make the western world nations believe communism is dead, then, while western leaders turn attention in other di-(See FOLLY page 3) Meese and Hentoff debate validity of First Ammendment issues By Lorin J. May News editor of The Signpost If the First Amendment had been created today, it would not pass by popular ballot, sat Nat Hentoff, writer for the Village Voice and New York Times, in Convocations Thursday. "American's (think) they believe in free expression," but most people really don't, he said. Hentoff and former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese discussed the application of the First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of speech, religion and the press, to obscenity, religion and government intervention. Meese said he and Hentoff agree on more issues than they disagree. Both consider themselves defenders of First Amendment rights, yet differ sharply in many areas of First Amendment law. "There is a new "right"- the right not to be offended," he said. "People as a whole have not internalized the First Amendment," Hentoff said. - President Bush's attempt to pass an Constitutional amendment against flag burning would have distorted the First Amendment, Hentoff said. Democratic Party leadership's weak front against the proposed amendment is a good indicator that the First Amendment is in trouble. Meese argues that the Supreme Court has defined what is and is not covered by the First Amendment. "You can't yell 'fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire," he said. Clear limitations strengthen the First Amendment. Ideas which are offensive, however, cannot be suppressed by public will under any condition, Meese said. wj ' fc 11)11 iWli.,!;.. &1T II IM, ' ..V 3 J . . , MARK RANDALL THE SIGNPOzl EDWIN MEESE, former U.S. attorney general, and the Village Voice's Nat Hentoff debate at WSU. Hentoff quoted the language of the First Amendment, which states that "Congress shall make no law" inhibiting free speech, assembly or religion. The 14th amendment to the Constitution also guarantees that states cannot abridge Constitutional rights. "It is very short and clear," Hentoff said. "It's a shame they have messed it over since." Both disagree on the Bill of Rights' application toward obscenity.Obscenity, when defined by a legally "exacting test of commu nity standards," is not protected under the first Amendment, Meese said. "(We must) avoid censorship and deplore censorship," Meese said. 'The government should not misuse its authority, (See DEBATE page 3) News 2 Technology students craft a better shredder Sports Q Mala cheerleaders espouse pom-pom philosophies Senate 'X's' Malcolm Open Hour proposal By Joyce Zabriskie Senior reporter of The Sgnpost The ASWSU Senate voted May 20 not to support a resolution establishing an Open Hour in recognition civil rights activist Malcolm X. Dion Contreras, Hispanic student senator, said there were two important points in Malcolm's character that has not been met: his asscrtiveness and his eminence. Guest speaker Tanya Hunt addressed a quote by Social Science Senator Robert Nelson in the May 15 Signpost who quoted the Encyclopedia Britannica as saying Malcolm X was a violent person. "You said that Malcolm X was violent and that he was considered bv other civil "I don't think Malcolm X is the type of person to be recognized on campus as a person who would save the world or anything like that." Robert Nelson, ASWSU senator rights leaders as be H en tr rkht track,'" she said. "I lad you read the bior.ra-phy of Malcolm X, or had you been familiar with anything about him, you would know what he was about. He was aboutself-determination and teaching black people to be proud of themselves." Nelson defended his views concerning Malcolm X, saying Malcolm X advocated violence, appeared to many as a fanatic, and was not recognized by civil rights leaders who advocated non-violent resistance to racial injustice. "I don't think Malcolm X is the type of person to be recognized on campus as a person who would save the world or anything like that," Nelson said. "I think he was as instrumental to change in the United States as anyone of us. I don't think he needs to be recognized anymore than anybody eKe." Hunt told Scott Robinson,non-trjdi-tional student senator, that she thought he needed to think about who he represented in his office. 'The non-traditional student needs to be addressed, and as anon-traditional black woman, the statements made showed no foundation or knowledge," she said. Nelson said th.it Malcolm X had described the a .ii na1 ion of 1'n', idol it John F. Kennedy, Nov. 3, 1 '''!, as "chit kens coming home to ror t." Con'.: eras said th.it the statement meant that the type of violence that white men advocated meant "what g'H'S around, comes around." 'That means that if someone strikes you over the head, then you have the right to strike that person over the head," he said. 'That's not saying you can go out and take (S-e MALCOLM page 3) |