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Show Stegger's Corner By Dan Steggel If there is any hope for the state of Utah, it's somewhere on the University campus. It's certainly not downtown. A simple glance at the Tribune is enough to convince the seeker of higher education that the local city and state governments are fast becoming hopeless. As some 23 candidates-ranging from incumbent commissioners to bare-foot cyclists-battle for three offices-the already disassembled state of affairs normal for Salt Lake has become a center of oblivious confusion. Knock, knock, knockin' Attorney Nemelka and his gestapo now come knocking at doors unexpectedly un-expectedly and unwanted. The Salt Lake County Sheriff's nark squad continues its "crack down on these drug users." But unsolved murders and robberies remain. Commissioner Barker calls for the closing of a few more bars because we can't corrupt the morals of the community with nudy girls. And the plans to make a beautiful parkway out of the Jordan River as it runs through the worst slums of the city proceed. Bring it back home But with all its inherent mass hysteria, the downtown community commun-ity somehow succeeds in bringing confusion to the campus of the University of Utah, too. Three good examples are the Student Stu-dent Code, a new demonstration policy, and a proposed stomp policy. Each were prompted by community commun-ity pressure. Each were created because of University Uni-versity administrative obedience. A few students had a -in at the Park Building a year or so ago to protest the massacre of four students, stu-dents, and the invasion of Cambodia. Cambo-dia. And the community didn't like it. So a Student Code and a demonstration demon-stration policy were written. They became law. Past their bedtime Last February, KRSP held a stomp in the Union Ballroom. Some plants were stolen. A fight broke out. And a few high school kids were late getting home. So down came the order: write a stomp policy. And so they are. The division between community and campus will always be with us. The closing of Penrose Drive is a good example. But if there is to be any semblance sem-blance of order in the Salt Lake Valley, the hope of bringing it will have to come from the University campus. Any chance of finding hope downtown is hopeless. |
