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Show . OwoNiclE Paqe Six Minors FwdAy, jANtRy are people too Editor: I am appalled by the Supreme Court ruling allowing school officials to censor high school papers. What has happened to the Constitution's First Amendment? The officials tell us, "Kids don't have the same rights as everyone else. . . . They can't vote, they can't drink there are all sorts of things they can't do." It seems quite apparent and easy to understand the phrase, "all men (people) are created equal." Are the courts saying that high school students are not people? Many rights have already been taken away from minors. Now, they will be censored on what is most important: their right to express themselves in writing, such as in their school newspaper. I more than agree with Justice William Brennan when he said, "Such unthinking contempt for individual rights is intolerable from any state official." If adults want all the rights that they are allowed, they should also be willing to allow them to their children. Unfortunately, our society will never let minors have the same rights as adults because they are said to be not mature. Young people think of some gooxl ideas that are worthy of being heard. But why should anyone care? They're just kids. David Harward Freshman Time for American help Editor: Last year, our government gave $4 billion to Israel; in the same year it spent less than $22 million on education facilities. This disparity has grown incrementally in the last 20 years. It comes down to a "guns or books" economic incision. Arms, for them or books for us. Our government ohsistntlychooeS to give the Israelis new toys of destruction, while closing its eyes to our crumbling buildings, underpaid teachers and extinct departments. This difference would pay for a 30 percent salary increase, free tuition, personal computers for each student and parking terraces at every U.S. university. This is particularly repugnant when every day we see the blood that drips off of this policy. Daily, I hear my fellow students sympathize with the plight of Palestinians. How can we see pictures of soldiers beating old men knelt in prayer, women covering their babies from swinging clubs, and children (really babies at seven years) being shot in their school yards with live ammunition; how can we see this and not feel something? So the coffee house politicians seek to place blame, the liberals mourn the dead and the students catch a glimpse of someone that could be them. Newsweek was wrong: This generation is not just a bunch of egocentric, politically apathetic, morally devoid yuppies in training. We have souls that can see Palestinian blood is red and the tears that fall from their mothers eyes are just as salty as the ones our mothers would shed. Unfortunately, the most eloquent words (and many of you are far superior to our "leaders"), passionately spoken over our styrofoam coffee cups, cannot stop the bleeding. I have just returned from the Middle East; I have seen the results of Israeli atrocities against the civilians of Palestine. I have spoken to survivors of the Zionist camps. They gave me a message to deliver to you, my fellow students and countrymen. They trusted me as they have faith m you. "Tell them of our suffering, paint a picture in our blood that will show the Americans our pain." One girl asked that one of you name your son in honor of her dead baby. His name was Ali. After the Israeli "intelligence" had finished questioning her, she was unable to replace the life they had taken. All of their pain, hunger and the humiliation inflicted on them (and funded by us), has not dampened the Palestinian's faith in justice. The overwhelming majority believe in us not our president, our Congress. What can you do? First, accept responsibility. It is your honor to live in a democracy, an honor that has a high price of duty. It is just as much your fault as it is the government's. If you fail to act, it is more so. The most effective and cheapest Get your thoughts out Even bigger than the IranContra affair last year was an revelation published in the Weekly epic, World News that dolphins were brought to the earth by mysterious, chicken objects. This revelation brings up a troubling question: Why is Erik Voa Daniken's book Chariots of the Gos.sqabundant in thrift bookstores? Was this mysterious publication brought to this earth by alien beings with minds far superior to our own? And why are there so many copies of Chariots of the Gods? in used book stores? Perhaps the aliens are sending secret messages to poor people. Could the same thing be said about the elusive Gallapagos turtles? Do you feel as strongly about this controversial issue as we do here at the Chronicle? Well then write us, for goodness sake! Turtles to the editor of the Chronicle . . Wait a minute. Back up. Letters to the editor of the Chronicle and opinion columns are accepted from responsible individuals. If you earth-shatteri- ng leg-shap- ed have greenish brown fungus between your toes, that in print immediately disqualifies you from being a responsible individual. All letters should be typed or printed clearly. Preference will be given to letters that are around one page long. If your letter is much longer than a page, you might want to consider mutating it into the form of a column and submitting it to our jim dandy "Friday Forum." Preference will be given to columns that are between two and three pages in length. Please include your name, phone number, major and year. The Chronicle can withhold your name if you have a valid reason for not wanting to see it in print. The Chronicle reserves the right to edit all material received for style, libel and length. If your letters are too long, you will mysteriously transform into an orange Gallapagos turtle. Please address all correspondence to Editor, Daily Utah Chronicle, Union Building 240. And pick up your free copy of Chariots of the Gods?. 22, 1988 alms for your guilty heart is to try, that is all, try. Continue your coffee cup discourse, but branch out to people who haven't accepted the bitter truths. Attend rallies and lectures, from both sides of the proverbial political fence, and ask questions. Write your Congressman. I know this' sounds trite, but I've asked them; they really do read their mail. A few letters can be enough to sway them. It doesn't have to be brilliant, just sincere. Both Congressman Hansen and Senator Hatch receive mail at 125 So. State; they even have toll free numbers in the book. Your signature on a petition (better a short letter in your own words) can save a school girl's life and help to turn the tide. You can make a difference, you can help wash the blood off of the U.S. dollar. Besides, it is your life that is suffering too. Tammy Hardesty Junior political science a break deserves K-'U- TE' Editor: Recently, there have been several complaints made to the Union management about the music being played by the radio station. These complaints seem to be based on the notion that the music being played is "unpopular" and "obnoxious." It seems such complaints always come from a vocal minority who would have all students on campus comply with their tastes in music, given the opportunity. Given this power, they would have us listen to Power 99, KISN 97, or some other such Top-4- 0 station. These stations, which were played continuously and often at a distractingly loud volume were disliked by previous to the existence of But in these people Union the students Building. many the the Union of to manager complained infrequently on were deaf ears. It felt the because they falling complaints multi-millidollar seemed hopeless to fight against the infrastructure of "popular" music we are all forced to hear constantly when in any public place. Fortunately, the University of Utah is an academic environment where freedom of expression and choice seem to be better integrated into people's attitudes, and thus we see the existence of This radio station gives students a chance to break away and try something new, rather than listening to the repetitive and mindless trash that we hear from glorious stars such as Michael Jackson who must remind us every five minutes they are Bad. Not only does provide escape from the but it also allows brainwashing influence of Top-4- 0, students who are willing to spend a little effort in making requests, or even creating their own program, the chance to hear whatever they may desire (possibly those having a craving for Top-4- 0 could create a program, or even a day, devoted to pop music alone if the desire so misleads them). But, as of yet, the only work evident toward solving the problem of a clash of musical desires in the Union has actually made the problem worse. The people who complain would rather spend their effort citing all of the negative aspects about the services which others devote many hours in providing, rather than spending the same amount of time trying to work out a productive solution which would satisfy E" on self-perpetuat-ing pre-digest- ed, E" everyone. We would like to suggest to these people that before they for the sake of popular go on the warpath against music, they consider making some type of constructive effort E," HIGH SCHOOL KIDS are proTeaeD unDer THe C0nSTITUTl0nfJUST liks evervBODY to exercise aa provisions, without I'm WITH YOU, KID! consTiTUTionai. should Be which will actually accomplish something other than providing their own apathetic nature. It may be surprising to hght some people, but working with others can actually get things resTriaeD! YOU SHOULD BO to prim 110 done. Mie Michael Giddings anYTHinG you wanT in Your computer science Jeremy Heiner Junior music " Junior-physic- s, WH3T school newspaponi . newspaper? i warn to buy a cun. resTricTiorv. " , Senior Alan Goates Biology, computer science Yuri Boguslavsky Senior history Teen sex story misleads Editor: The Chronicle's article, "Utah Teens Subject of Study of Sexual Activity" is misleading. It is inappropriate to argue a is select sample of sexually active 18- - and representative of all teens. While Strassberg's research provides important information, his subjects represent a specifically selected sample, according to the information published, used to investigate carefully designed hypotheses rather than representing a sample from which one can estimate population parameters. about the Strassberg's judgments regarding sexual behavior of Utah teens may well be correct. However, until we have access to data representing the entire population of teens in the state, we are left with professional judgments rather than definitive findings. Unfortunately, the likelihood of securing such data is small, given the reluctance of various school boards to cooperate with state agencies seeking to collect such information. self-delusi- Mdrchor Dimes 3 BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION i i I Director on Lee L. Bean Middle East Center |
