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Show "Idealism turned practical" to aid the community PHILIP M. HOWARD, JR. Staff Writer College. Four years of it. What does it mean? Not much if you ;an't practically apply it when you get out. You spend four years of would-be professional working and training time in a classroom, spitting required facts into blue books, only to forget them after the test or the course, or moreover, more-over, after you realize that learning learn-ing the circumference of a circle isn't going to help sell a shirt or yourself in 20th century America.. What's the answer? Well, many choose graduate school and specialized training to solve the doctor, lawyer syndrome of our society. Humanities' needs But what of diose in die humanities? The student of history, political science, sociology socio-logy and psychology-the art and dance major that doesn't want to go onto grad school and later teach? They're stuck. And they become be-come the bondsmen of a plastic-glazed plastic-glazed computer, or a lesser-lord in an insurance fiefdom, complete with a booze-belting boss who doesn't know die difference between be-tween an isosceles right triangle and the Bill of Rights.. Nevertheless, there may be a new patli to take with an entirely new set of high and low roads for diose bogged down. Mark Hertig, member of the public affairs board of ASUU, and Dave Partenheimer, vice president of ASUU, have been bugged by this four-year educational void for some time. So, they are trying to do something some-thing about it. Practical Application And their concept involves applying ap-plying a student's education practically to the community's nceds-and in some cases this could mean college credit for recent cut backs in welfare payments pay-ments have hurt the poor in our community. I recently received a letter from the Westside Family . Market which needs people to pick up food and take it to the market, so it can be distributed. This is what I mean by saying we're going to try to be ' the catalyst to get students who aren't aware of community problems, to get interested and use the training and skills they are learning at the University." Earn College Credit And in many ways, it looks as if a student can get involved with community problems and still In any event, is this talk of tightening up education, too idealistic? Mr. Hertig doesn't think so. lie calls it' "idealism turned practical." "We're going to start out with some simple programs, nothing drastic, just slow and steady, hut 1 think they will hopefully change certain attitudes of soceity and will improve the quality of life in our community." "A lot of this attitude change, 1 think, deals with what I call the car, playboy, castle in the suburb syndrome, which is .symbolic of our sick society. "In our system, it has always been stressed to improve the quality of the individual, but now I think people are beginning lo realize they can't improve themselves them-selves without improving the community com-munity around them." mose participating. Mr. Hertig says the concept will revolve around two Community Service Centers one on campus and the other to be in the northwest north-west area of Salt Lake. The campus center will be in the basement of the Union behind die Cage, where Participation 70 used to be. "There will be two basic functions of the centers," noted Mr. Hertig. "They will be to direct students lo get involved in the community with volunteer work, and to push for practical education edu-cation which has action oriented classes. Need for Tutors earn college credit. Wayne Horuichi, a student in political science, is heading a group, along with Dr. J.D. Williams Wil-liams who want to establish a three-credit-hour class on lobbying lobby-ing the state legislature for winter quarter. Yet, a poster campaign is planned for next quarter and the slogan which Mr. Hertig says they will use states: "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." The slogan was borrowed bor-rowed from the Vista program, which in turnborrowed it from its author Black Panther leader Eld-ridge Eld-ridge Clever and it sticks, perhaps, per-haps, to every car bumper in Watts and other gehtto areas. ror example, he added, "there is a community need for tutors in all facets of education, and one girl living in the Dorm is already teaching a dance class at Central City. We also hope to work with the recently opened Northwest Multipurpose Center. "We want to establish a help line and general referral service from community to students through our campus and city centers. cen-ters. Many don't realize how the |
