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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Thursday, January Page Five 16, 1984 EDITORIAL should improve lighting nighttime of Utah officials seem to be U. University defeating the purpose of offering night school" classes to students who cannot attend the U. during the day. The U. makes a special effort in producing and dispersing Division of Continuing Education schedules of night classes. The purpose of this effort seems to be to attract students to courses offered at night. But night-schostudents, especially women, quickly decide against taking evening courses when they find the campus and parking lots arc not well lit. ol Lightposts are sparsely placed along walkways leading to buildings and in parking lots, but even when they are on they radiate only a meager amount of light. Further, it seems the lights are only on in parking lots when there is an alumni-attende- d event on campus. GARY HART: THE FRONT RUNNER With the increasing number of students taking night classes, it's essential that U. officials . accommodate them by making them feel safe. A dimly lit parking lot or walkway not only frightens students and prevents them from wanting to take night classes, but it encourages vandalism and attacks. It would be a good investment for the U. to increase the number of lights on campus and the amount of light that they radiate. Judge's decision is commendable recent decision by U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Greene deserves congratulations as the first step in a move to prevent Salt Lake City A from trampling press rights. The decision involves a feud between the Newspaper Agency Corp. and Salt Lake City over whether or not newspaper racks on city streets can be regulated. The Newspaper Agency Corp. (NAC) has filed a suit claiming a city ordinance and an airport policy are unconstitutional because they inhibit newspaper distribution. An assistant city attorney tried to squash that but Greene suit, calling it vague and denied the dismissal and will allow the suit to continue after some amendment. Greene's decision was essential to protecting freedom of the press. The information contained in newspapers is constitutionally protected under the First and 14th Amendments. Since newspaper racks are the most convenient way to distribute that information, any regulation of the racks should be considered unconstitutional. The NAC is merely asking for an injunction to prevent city officials from removing, altering, limiting or imposing fees upon newspaper distributors who use' racks. This request is reasonable, if not vital, and any decision which will help to turn it into law should be commended. over-broa- d, Chronicle The Daily Utah Chronicle is an independent student newspaper published during fall, winter and spring quarters, excluding test weeks'and quarter breaks, by the University Publications Council. Editorials reflect the opinion of the editorial board, and not necessarily the opinions of the student body or the administration. Subscriptions are $25 a year, $10 an academic quarter. All subscriptions must be prepaid. Forward all subscription correspondence, including change of address, to the Business Manager, Daily Utah Chronicle, 240 Union, University of Utah, Salt Lake Gty, Utah 84112. m ft i - 'i ri Return romance to marriage vows have graduated from college and made some moves toward a career. I know it's not easy to be optimistic about marriage these days. When my parents were divorced four years ago, I was convinced for some time that love and commitment were a farce. If two people could call it quits after living together for 18 years and having five children, there must be something wrong with the system. I went through all the phases of cynicism. First, you decide that each person is indeed an island and that you can't count on anyone but yourself in the long run. Next, OPINION BY Pebble Eldredge Milne you devise ways to be financially, socially and even emotionally independent you ask, how would I survive if I suddenly had no family and friends? Last, of course, you vow never to marry unless the perfect, partner comes along. no-fa- ult I see many (in fact too many) people my age going through similar stages as more and more of their parents and friends are divorced. Young people today see marriage as a plague something you avoid unless cornered. I even believe students on this campus are embarrassed to admit when they're married. If it comes up in conversation, the student looks down at the ground, coughs lightly, then almost whispers, "Well, I can't go on study abroad this summer. You know I'm (cough again) married." "Oh, that's too bad," the other student says in sincere sympathy. The unspoken assumption is that only an would get married ignorant, impulsive before graduating from college. I can't say that some good hasn't come of this new cynicism people seem to take marriage more seriously than they used to but as a society we've taken it too far. We've become so overly cautious that tying the knot has lost all its romance and spontaneity. It has become mired in all the cold, mechanical calculations of a business deal. Consider this typical example. I once asked a college friend when he planned to get married. This was in December, and he told me the coming June would probably "work out best" although he was not seriously involved with anyone at the time. By "working out best" he meant that by June he would low-achiev- er Editorial Board: Peter Behle, Marva Bickle, Shauna Bona, Lisa Carricaburu, Shia Kapos, Debbie E. Milne, John Youngren. Editor-in-Chi- ef Associate Editor News Editor .... Editorial Editor Sports Editor City Editor Photography Editor Copy Editor Extra Editor Asst. Editorial Editor Sure enough, that August Peter Behle Debbie Eldredge Milne Lisa Carricaburu Shia Kapos John Youngren Marva Bickle Steve Griffin Dory Donner Fara Warner Shauna Bona Asst. Sports Editor Reporters . . . . x a wedding invitation from the same guy. He had managed to meet, date and propose to a girl and only fall two months behind in his marriage "schedule." Many of my other friends can tell me the exact time they plan to get married. "Oh, I want to get married when I'm 25," they say. "You know, once I graduate from college, save some money, travel to Europe and Hawaii, pay off my car and start my own business." You've heard this, and so have I. But just once I would like to hear this reply, "I'll get married when I fall in love with a wonderful person." Now that's a reason to get married, corny though it seems. After finally consenting to get married myself and having lived with my husband for two years, I have a new outlook. You might say I have exchanged my cynicism for set of values. an I believe no matter how old you are (within reason, of course) and no matter how many items you check off on the success of your that marriage still comes down to this: love and a willingness to give up your selfish habits. And those are things you can't buy, save for or learn in a old-fashion- ed college class. The funny thing is while most young people today are so scared of divorce, they still continue the selfish habits that later contribute to divorce. Ask them w hat their five-ye- ar goals are, and they'll rattle off a list of "me, me, me" activities. My advice is if you want to be a good marriage partner, learn to get along with others, try to be more open-mindand learn to give of yourself. That's what it comes down to. It's a reality that the divorce rate has been increasing for 20 years, but this isn't the way things have to continue. It's up to our generation to reverse that trend. We must consider why marriage is still an important foundation in ed our society and an exciting opportunity for We can contemplate what's really and unselfishness and try to develop love important self-fulfillme- nt. those qualities in ourselves. Better marriages romance and a return to old-fashion- ed are sure to follow. Debbie Eldredge Milne is a senior majoring in English and is associate editor for the Chronicle. Mike Prater Loren Jorgensen Donn Walker Amy Page Drew Staffanson Accountant Todd Crosland Robert McOmber Jill Aggeler Rick Chase Alan Overmoe Mary Safi John Hausknecht Kay Andersen , Dawn Bacher Classifieds Production Manager Production Assistants Dee Naquin Photographer Business Manager Ad Representatives received I Typesetters . . Robb Welch Randy Sheya Todd Crosland Mark Murphy Carrie Hadden Janet Taylor Christine Dangerfield Rodney Dallin Carol Sawaya |