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Show I BYU profs present SDS to legislature Editor: Based on the accompanying outline which was presented to the Utah State Legislature by four BYU Sociology professors, I feel the following questions must be answered to substantiate the validity of the scientific method incorporated in gathering relevant information. 1. By what method was the conclusion drawn (see above) that the SDS is a monolithic organization? 2. What were the methods used in bringing together a representitive sample? 3. Am I to assume the U.S. News and World Report, Readers Digest, Denver Post, etc. are considered scientific texts which may be used in substantiating scientific research? With regards to the manner in which the paper was presented: 1. When a scientific paper is presented to my Legislature for what reason must it be entitled "Not to be reproduced without consent of the authors, nor for publication"? 2. Why wasn't the selected bibliography attached to the report itself rather than being presented separately? The above questions presuppose the intent of the paper to be scientific in nature, if this is not the case then one more question must receive attention: "Since when does a parochial school receive special lobbying considerations in the Utah State Legislature? P.S. I would like to set the record straight concerning a letter to the editor in the Feb. 18, 1969 Chronicle which was signed John R. Christiansen, chairman department of sociology. The fact that he is a member of BYU's sociology staff was omitted. George E. Provol I 'Rather not be moored to Salt Lake' Editor: There is only one point in all the thought-shredding and adjective sloshing done by Keith Moore, friends and foes. Namely, i.e., and to wit: that, patriot, rebel, bigot or blowhard, whoever does the talking is concerned with an insignificant problem in the microcosm of Utah. This "Utacentricity" crops up everywhere: to be patriotic, love Utah, then the nation; to be a rebel, oppose the LDS church; to succeed in life, go to a Salt Lake High School; to comment socially, re-hash Utah's horrendous social ills; and (most of all), to be accepted in any place, conform to the hypocrisy. I find my educational experience hindered on all sides by this rank provincialism, and it begins to irritate me. A university must be somewhat cosmopolitan, yet this attitude is continually drowned out by the screaming squabbles of children hidden somewhere in our campus intellegentsia. May we please devote some of our public forum to important issues and not the lights in Temple Square? I'd rather not be Moored to Salt Lake. H. D. Robertson. Published daily during the fall, winter and spring quarters, except during test week, by students of the University of Utah. Second class postage paid in the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah. The opinions expressed on the editorial pages of The Daily Utah Chronicle do not necessarily represent the view of the studentbody or the University administration, Jane Lobell Editor-in-Chief Gogi Foster Angelyn Nelson Business Manager Managing Editor |
