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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Monday, January 20, 1986. Page Five EDITORIAL King day deserves " q i u o n g" - u n q to be a celebration Frankly, you shouldn't even be reading this. You shouldn't even be at the University of Utah today attending classes. Today should instead be celebrated as a holiday dedicated to the efforts, the accomplishments and the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But in Utah, there is no such holiday. Utah is one of only four states in the Union that hasn't made the day a state holiday. It is already a federal holiday. Apparently the Utah Legislature is finally getting the message as evidenced by the progress that was made last week, getting a bill for the holiday out of committee and hopefully soon onto the floor. But it is demeaning to even think about arguing for the validity of a holiday for King. He accomplished so much in such a short time for the betterment of this country and its people that there can be no argument. Though the U. is holding classes today, there are numerous activities scheduled to honor King's memory and accomplishments. The Chronicle commends those involved in the organizing of today's events and congratulates them for their efforts. We also urge professors to consider giving students the option of skipping class to take part in those activities The U.'s celebration of the holiday is an outstanding example of what such a holiday should be. This holiday deserves such a celebration and not merely a day off from school or work. State should invest in public schools We don't often write two editorials on the same subject within a few days. But this time there seems to be a dire need to do so. Gov. Norman H. Bangerter is favorably considering a proposal to give Westminster College, a private facility, Sl.l million to renovate an old building on that campus. The governor said recently that funding Westminster would be in Utah's best interest. He said the state needs to train residential students because many of them, if they couldn't go to a private school, would end up in the public system where the state would have to shell out even more money for their education. Begging to differ. The Chronicle, along with a hundred or more other state-fund- ed educational organizations, would like to see any extra money for education go to the state's own colleges and universities not a private institution. As it stands Utah's own education system is in dire straits. It needs funding now. Granting a $1.1 million request to Westminster only opens the door for other private schools. What happens when Brigham Young University asks for state assistance? Doling out state funds to Westminster is not the answer to keeping students out of the public system. Investing the state's money into its own schools is the best answer to improving the state's education system. 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. - LETTERS Freedom struggles exist attended the meeting of Jan. 15 at the University Hospital in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, hoping to reconnect to the humanist qualities that marked the high point of more than a decade of struggle. I left enraged after hearing William Guillory's remarks that "there is no struggle for freedom." Guillory emphasized that "freedom" Is a state of being, and not of doing. His concept separates freedom from the reality of freedom. To me, freedom, the consciousness of freedom, is not an ending, but the beginning of struggle. It was Rosa Park's act of freedom which became the spark that found a response in Montgomery's oppressed black population and led to the great Montgomery Bus Boycott that saw new forms of organization as an alternative bus system was worked out for 60,000 people for nine months. The Black Movement in the South was beginning anew to make freedom a reality and not merely an abstraction. That mass creativity continued to inspire many others to find their own paths to freedom whether in the elite I northern universities, the Women's Liberation Movement, or new types of struggle in the industrial cities. .Today in South Africa the idea of freedom demands that the barbarism of apartheid, Hitler's "visage," give way before the consciousness of freedom. Steve Biko articulated the consciousness of the children who refused Bantu education's view that the black child's mind could be subordinated into accepting inferiority. It is precisely the consciousness of being free, of being somebody, that has driven the new stage of revolt. Thought and action are inseparable when the idea is freedom, and either can be a new beginning. ile J . Editor-in-Chi- ef Associate Editor News Editor Peter Behle Debbie Eldredge Milne Lisa Carricaburu Shia Kapos . . . . . John Youngren Reporters . . . ....... ...... ... Editorial Editor Sports Editor . Gty Editor ... Photography Editor Copy Editor Extra Editor Asst. Editorial Editor , . . ,', ......... Marva Bickle Steve Griffin ........ Dory Dormer Fara Warner Shauna Bona . . Photographer . . . Business Manager Ad Representatives e more tanks; but their Early Warning System is inferior. Our EWS regularly malfunctions upward of 50 to 60 times a year. Plus, the control of nuclear weapons is often delegated down to people who are relatively insignificant, all the way from submarines to backpack nukes. We are an emotional species. We are not a rational species. If this were not so, war and weapons would never have come into existence. It is time to allow emotions, like love and hope. The emotions are there whether we want them or not. Let's build on the emotions that will leave this world loving and healthy, instead of wasted. language Editor: As a senior, I can begin to reflect back on my time spent at the U. One problem that's occurred in almost all of my classes deals with the supplemental readings that professors assign. Supplemental readings are becoming a major part of class curriculum. Professors are assigning ever increasing amounts of reading materials. The problem arises when professors fail to date the articles. The date when an article was written can be very important to its relevance. Last quarter I had a class that dealt with figures and percentages of population sizes, countries, world" production, etc. Since these figures are always changing, a date on when the article was written would have helped to bring the figures into perspective. Dating an article would save the time it takes to search out the original to find when it was written. lily-whi- Debbie E. Milne, John Youngren. game. I am not impressed by the 40 years of supposed "security" which nuclear weapons have provided. This 40 years can be undone in less than an hour. The Soviets may-hav- Readings should be dated I would like to respond to Mark Draper's column explaining how fortunate we are to have nuclear weapons. I used to be a bit shocked whenever I heard the standard formula of how the Soviet Union is a fetid, steaming mass of evil; whereas the United States is the paragon of pure, te virtue. I guess I'm just a bit jaded. I've heard it too much. Rest assured that if the Soviets did conquer America, it would not be an act of hostile aggression. It would be in the interest of "national security." This is why . . . . perpetrated (and continues to perpetrate). Draper refers to the Communists' commitment to save the world from Democracy. Naturally, our crusade is to save the world from them. We are all playing the same ugly Senior Nukes are not a blessing Editor: Asst. Sports Editor oppression and genocide which this country has Matthew Haun Ted McGlone Graduate student Economics Editorial Board: Peter Behle, Marva Bickle, Shauna Bona, Lisa Carricaburu, Shia Kapos, ,i k they invaded Afghanistan, and many others. "National security" has been the perennial excuse for mankind's worst outrages; and it has been the excuse for all the Editor. rank-and-f- - John Green Senior ... Mike Prater Loren Jorgensen Donn Walker Amy Page Drew Staffanson Dee Naquin . Todd Crosland Robert McOmber . , . . 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