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Show Monday, April 13, 1987 LETTERS Laughter is bad medicine Editor Page Seven job well done. Indeed, I'd like to express my appreciation to them and the U.'s Parking Services, in particular, for the services they provide us all. Alaybe I belong to the minority in my views, but I don't consider your little comic in Tuesday's Chronicle, with the dinosaurs concerning AIDS, the least bit funny. In fact, it's somewhat tasteless. Having a couple of very good friends who work with AIDS patients and having recently known of ld infant who died of the disease, the an like a ton of bricks. AIDS does not take AIDS of hit reality into consideration your age, sex or sexual preference. Instead of laughing at something as terrifying and real as AIDS, why not get a fundraiser going to raise money for research or to help AIDS patients suffering from this deadly disease? All the money that has been spent on building, rebuilding and for security of the "shanties" could have been used for something that really strikes close to home and could eventually, if it doesn't already, affect all of us. Maybe laughing at something like AIDS makes people feel better, but it doesn't get rid of the problem. eight-month-o- Tony Scott Freshman undeclared Garbage mouth a waste Editor After scanning the Chronicle Thursday morning and glancing through a couple of paragraphs of the article by John Pecorelli, I and a few of my colleagues wonder at the low mental types with garbage mouths who write and have Helen Salas Senior linguistics q nk SSf jL-,ESy Love every human life Editor What Shauna Bona overlooked in her discussion of surrogate motherhood and abortion is that in these cases, a woman crosses over the line of dealing exclusively with her own body and makes choices which affect a second body as well. Despite any individual opinions about when a child is really alive, it still remains that nine months after conception, a child is born unless his or her growth process is stopped. As a result of each abortion, an adult individual will not be present in the world. A choice not to initiate the growth process is an entirely different issue than stopping the growth process, once begun, from reaching its known culmination. Loving all human life, rather than terming certain forms a burden as Shauna does is key to humanitarianism and to loving each other as much as ourselves. Shauna rightly points out other examples of when we fall short of this; but is failing on one point an automatic justification for deciding to fail on another, as well? For each child who is aborted by a woman, there are two other women waiting to adopt. Adoption is an appropriate solution to the problems presented by both abortion and surrogate motherhood. that writing printed in this educational institution's paper. Unfortunately, from time to time, the Chronicle material which we normally enjoy deteriorates to a rather low level, as was the case Thursday. After reading Pecorelli's article, those who pity the poor, dumb animals who cannot communicate with such aplomb as humans should now be envied. Please save us from future exposure to Pecorelli's peculiar brand of humor. What a waste. Safes "SK Michelle Petersen Senior French Hunt from page six Students Against Apartheid and Coalition to Stop Apartheid have chartered a some buses to go to the bus protest in San Francisco. Round-tri- p should $52 costs pay your money (you transportation within a week at the latest). The buses will depart from Salt Lake Gty at 6 p.m. Friday, April 24, and return to the following Sunday. To reserve a seat or All or for more information call 363-87folks are invited. Andrew Hunt is a sophomore in economics and a 58 Pickpockets at work again 364-227- 4. columnist for the Chronicle. Editor Writing again about the UTA "free" (namely, paid by bus pass is like revisiting the scene of a disaster. It's one of the worst proposals I have ever seen at the on the University of Utah and one of the most who of on those insist on it the foisting part campus community. The fee structure this proposal is based on is akin to a pickpocket's scheme. But there are signs the intended targets are guarding their wallets. The students of the University of Utah, whose vast majority have to hold jobs to pay for their education and often to raise a family, are finally seeing the proposal for what it is: another surcharge without direct or proven benefits to them. Faculty and staff, also, should see the proposal as another unwarranted, stiff charge for the g privilege of competing for parking spaces. As forjthe promise that parking sticker price increases will be rescinded after the proposal fails, you and I can anticipate several foolproof excuses as to why increases will be made permanent. James Ball, who is spearheading this terrific effort, was quoted as saying: "If you asked people if they are willing to pay an extra $15 in order to be assured they could park, I think most of them would say yes." The statement contains a misrepresentation and an outright impossibility. First, the increase for an "A" sticker is not $15, but $35. Second, the small print in Parking Services' brochure warns that no one among us common mortals has a guaranteed folks have parking space at the university. Only managed to buy a piece of the turf for themselves. non-user- s), B.J. Slagowski College of Pharmacy self-servi- ng Judge ability, not clothes Editor: Recently, the Salt Lake Tribune published an article g mission in concerning Nancy Reagan's latest which she visited a Canadian high school. The article was clear and concise, but a little too informative. Along with the pertinent details, the readers were informed that Mrs. Reagan wore a "red and black checked suit with gold anti-dru- accessories." I have to wonder why some journalists so often confuse our first lady with Brooke Shields. The media often gives the impression that being a fashion model is an important duty of women in highly visible positions. Princess Diana comes quickly to mind as another example. Such a portrayal of women as pretty centerpieces is not only insulting to women, but also to those readers who do not wish to be considered so shallow as to expect it. In effect, calling attention to a woman's appearance diminishes her dignity and credibility by putting a professional achievement on equal par with the tasteful coordination of an outfit. Admittedly, the media reflects the views of the general public; but the media must recognize its power to help change these harmful sexist reporting practices and use it. Therefore, I feel it is the duty of responsible, professional journalists to leave the fashion reviews to the tabloids and represent women in a more respectful, realistic manner. off-camp- us non-existin- big-leag- ue Eugenio N. Frongia Italian Associate professor Karen Salas Senior Spanish Parking laws make sense Editor: Once again (but not likely for the last time), we've read about the evils of parking lot attendants, this time in a column written by a very emotional Lisa Carricaburu. I find little of what she says to be based on any sort of truth, except when she calls herself hysterical. According to Carricaburu, parking lot attendants may. justifiably be considered fascists, communists or Nazis; after all, they determine the extent of our educational futures by controlling our pocketbooks, and they hold our souls hostage for a parking fee ransom. (Why not call them terrorists, too, while we're at it?) In my opinion, these are not just careless exaggerations; they are unwarranted and harmful attacks on innocent people. I question Carricaburu's journalistic ethics, which allow her to slander a national body of workers without first-han- d knowledge of their character. It seems her priorities are out of place. Her placement of parking-relate- d "injustices" ahead of civil rights issues such as apartheid is disturbing, even in the exaggerated manner in which she expressed it. Further, her column indicates she would have our nation taking individual parking liberties at the expense of others, instead of respecting others' rights. Because we are not all this respectful by nature, laws are created and enforced to make sure that we are, if only in action. Whereas Carricaburu and others condemn parking lot attendants, I would instead commend them for a difficult void alcohol, drugs, smoking, infection. oost your intake of nutritious food. are about yourself (7T) March of Dimes diue-i- n moLPie 8:00 - 1 1:00 PM SflTURDflV APRIL IB "Splash" inownthe "bring geur tiiel-sul- ti HVPR pool ! flotation deultel re coram eroded. tickets 13.00 available In aduance at the main Institute office. Limited to Itio first 200 people. |