| OCR Text |
Show The DaOy Ufa Qm irfr, Tbcndsy, Jsasarjr J, ICS EDITORIAL Utah cfossrfsadsre DOE commissions biased study finally get hurahs After spending so much time yelling and rooting for others, the University of Utah cheerleaders finally receive a cheer of their own. For the second straight year, the Ute contingent finished third in the country at the National Cheerleading Championships. Utah recently returned from the meet in Hawaii, where they competed against 10 other highly-toute- d squads. Kentucky captured the with North Carolina State taking second. crown, The cheerleaders are to be commended for their professional, performances at high-quali- ty Ute football and basketball games and gymnastics meets. It's appropriate that they finally receive such significant recognition for their efforts and dedication. The unit receives no financial compensation for their huge time commitments. The only satisfaction the group gets is from its routines at games, and the opportunity to travel with the U.'s athletic teams. The cheerleaders take abuse at many events, but still manage to work with the crowds and get spirit flowing for our Utes. The Chronicle congratulates the cheerleaders for their third-plashowing and appreciates their hard work and effort. 14-mem- ber good-natured- ly ce No one can say the federal government doesn't have our best interest at heart. After all, the Energy Department has just commissioned an S85.000 study to see if opposition to nuclear power plants is a phobia, like fear of heights. Nice of them to be concerned. Wouldn't it be horrible if millions of us suddenly found out we were suffering from a phobia we didn't even know existed? It certainly would be unnerving to know our opposition to atomic power was OPINION BY Maribeth Thueoon based on irrational fear instead of on concerns about safety and disposal. Could it possibly be that the Energy Department wants movement? Could it be that the to discredit the anti-nustudy won't be objective? Consider the source. The study was commissioned by the Energy Department, the very folks who want to convince us nuclear energy is good for us. The contract is with Robert L. DuPont, a Rockville, Md. psychiatrist who is president of the Phobia Society of America. An Energy Department spokesman refers to him as "Mr. Phobia." Who better than an expert in the field? But DuPont already has his mind made up. In a New York Daily News article last year, he wrote that the fear of atomic power is "widespread, irrational and aggressively exploited by the political opposition to nuclear electricity. Fear persists despite the remarkable safety record of the nuclear power industry." The Washington Post quoted DuPont as saying it was "a ke GET THE STORY ON AVALANCHE FORECASTING. TAKE . SKI WITHOUT WHEELS THIS QUARTER. IN-DEP- TH SNOW DYNAMICS there H p.m., 5 Jan. ar. self-servi- ng ke own independent conclusions. Sometimes those conclusions run contrary to the government position, but that does not mean those people are the victims of a phobia. The Energy Department's feeble attempt to invent a new phobia is nothing more than a ridiculous effort to discredit those who oppose its policies, by saying those opponents are irrational. Sorry. It's not working. F 8 1:10-5:0- 0 OSH 135 p.m., ATTENTION Principal instructor: Peter Lev, a lead avalanche forecaster for Little and Big Cottonwood Canyon is sufficient Canyon resorts for DCE ski students. Round-tri- p prices will be approximately $2day. So if you'd like to learn from the best university ski instructors in the nation (many of whom are national ski racing champions) but transportation is a problem, register for class today and sign up for bus service in your orientation meeting. If you miss your first class session, you can meet the class on the slopes at the next session and catch up. Check the DCE Class Edition for ski course listings. Register today at the Annex Bldg. : ski-cli- " ' Applications for Admission to the College of Nursing are due now for Spring Quarter 1985 highways. Prerequisites: Above average ability with either cross country or alpine touring equipment. Students must be prepared to uphill, stay out in the cold weather, and safely ski down. Although most of the emphasis for this course will be on the study of conditions leading to snow avalanches, the broader aspects of snow in all of its phases will be included. Two lectures or discussions per week are combined with one full afternoon in the field to provide a workable course format. The second lecture meets at the Alta Town Library before the field session. This course utilizes the combined resources of the University of Utah, USDA Forest Service, USDC National Weather Service, and the Utah Department of Transportation. Register now at the Division of Continuing Education, Annex, east wing. demand, bus service will be available to Big and Little Cottonwood If 2:15-3:0- ke (4 hours credit) 593R-- 1 Geography TAKE THE BUS TO YOUR DCE SKI CLASS. paradox that nuclear power is more feared than cigarette smoking. And that's not all The Post said the grant was the second the Energy Department had given to DuPont. The first, for $16,000, was for an analysis of how the news media foster nuclear fears and how the government's public information officers could avoid worsening the situation. In other words, how to "snow" the public. But wait, there's more. DuPont plans to conduct the current study by giving questionnaires to 170 subjects, having them read a booklet about nuclear power that he wrote, and interviewing them again to see if their views have changed. Not exactly the best example of the scientific method. Given his viewpoint, the booklet is bound to be biased. Despite that, how does determining if people's views have changed after reading a booklet prove they have a phobia? And can the results from 170 subjects be interpreted as movement? applying to the entire anti-nuThe Energy Department spokesman said the study doesn't amount to propaganda for the nuclear power industry. Suuuuure. And tuition won't go up again next year, either. This is just another example of government wasting the taxpayers' money. The outcome of the study has been predetermined because DuPont already has his mind made up and his research methods are shoddy. The very suggestion that anti-nusentiment is a is ludicrous. who think about an issue do phobia People not simply follow the government line; they come to their and for Autumn Quarter If ft you have any questions, call 581-825- 1 or see the Student Advisor, Room 430 ii l 1985 College of Nursing I , Winter "Rush" EXTE NDED HOURS Jan. 2 A& 3 7:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Jan. 1V:30 p.m. Jan. 5 p.m. -- a.m.-5:3- 0 a.m.-5:O- J Q University Bookstore |
