| OCR Text |
Show Give up pep club for piano?! TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1989 U. audience of today's subtle discrimination By Ken Southwick Chronicle administration reporter . It was near midnight on June 12, 1963, when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was shot and killed as he returned to his Mississippi home after attending a mass meeting. He was shot in the back by an avowed racist who had been waiting in the shrubs outside Evers' home. Speaking to a University of Utah audience Friday, Evers' widow, Myrlie B. Evers, described that tragic night as only one with her history could: "You hear the car pull into the driveway. And then you hear the blast of a shot and you know what it is. The children fall to the floor as their father had taught them," she told a packed Union Ballroom. "You go to the door and see a man shot in the back, with his chest torn out, keys in hand . .". dying. Why?" she asked the hushed crowd, and answering her own question, "All because he believed in America, because he wanted to make it a better place-n- ot just for black people, but for all people." The man charged with killing Evers, Byron de La Beckwith, was tried twice by an jury. He was acquitted on both occasions and remains free to this day, reportedly living in Tennessee. Evers, who described her slain husband as "the spokesman for blacks, the poor and the underprivileged in the state of Mississippi," wrote a book about her husband titled "For Us, The Living." She also has written numerous magazine articles and is in high . : VOL. 98, NO. 68 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 11 d vol lights leaidec ceoaips horror off racism Woffe off Warns See page all-whi- te demand as a public speaker. Evers came to the U. to honor another slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., in a keynote address that capped a weeklong program titled "From Dreams to Reality: Recognizing and Resisting Racism." She described King as a "great man who challenged us to rise to the greatest heights, to look into our own to do hearts for a trace of racism or prejudice-an- d something about it." "He was a fearless man," Evers reflected, "a man of great principle. But Martin was also human, and there were times when he was afraid, for his life and for his supporters." Evers, who is currently commissioner of public works in Los Angeles, called her speech to a university group something she "wouldn't nave dared thought possible"Jback in the 1950s and 1960s. The nation has come a long way toward racial equality, she said. However, "there is a cloud on the horizon," she said, "one that is dark and one that is foreboding." Because of this cloud, which she fingered as a more subtle type of racism, the battle is not over and the race has not been won. "We still have a job to do," she said. "When I hear a word I don't even like to repeat-nig-g- erI wonder how far we've come," she challenged. "When I hear racial jokes . . . when I see groups like the skinheads . . . when I see groups that remind me of the Ku Klux Klan, that teach hatred to their children, I wonder how far we've come," she continued. see "Evers" on page two Chronicle photo by Guy E. Elder Racism is more subtle today, but it's just as dangerous as it was during the '60s, said Myrlie B. Evers, keynote speaker for the U.'s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. telecourses provide students DCE iiifiii .,11111111111 with an alternative By Christian Aggeler Chronicle staff writer ' jj 1 To some University of Utah students, great educa"a twist of the dial" tional opportunities are only away, " ..: Telecourses, a unique approach to learning offered through the Division of Continuing Education, allow little time to take courses merely students with ' by tuning in to very KULC, Channel 9. Ken Foster, advertising director for DCE,, said the response from the courses has been "very good" so far, and he expects enrollment to increase and additional courses to be offered. After signing up for the courses through regular registration forms, students watch every program prepared by an instructor and then visit the U. campus or another site for a final exam. Most students commute to "viewing sites" where they view the program as a ,;:"::..;-.vVgroup.. students who The system is ideal for e need to hold jobs," Foster said. "It's a lot easier to visit the campus once than it is five times a week," he explained. As a result, many of the students taking telecourses are older and live further away from campus. Still, many people have trouble taking courses like "Physics for Scientists and Engineers" seriously when they are presented on the same medium as Wheel of Fortune. Foster is aware of this "public perception" problem. "We've waited a few years to really get into high gear," he explained. "We had to change the public view and make people think of the television as an educational device. Now is a good time for telecourses." KULC is transmitted from the U. campus and can be seen on cable channel 14 in addition to channel 9. The largest viewing sites are at the Bountiful and Copperview U. satellites. One section of the course is reserved for home viewing by handicapped and other students who cannot make it to a viewing spot. see "telecourses" on page three : non-tradition- al full-tim- condoms are not Although ADDS, sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies are increasing, not is condoms for demand the Officials strong enough to make sold on the University of Utah campus. say ; selling them profitable. ; U. policy By Vic Garcia Chronicle staff writer : . . won't allow selling condoms ernment has taken steps to' promote safe sex among ( its college students. Condoms are sold on campus, or via dispensing machines either located in the bathrooms and even in some class over-the-count- Media propaganda and Surgeon General reports indictate the world needs to make a return to more conservative sexual practices. In this day and age, the term "safe sex" no longer means just birth control, it means the difference between living and dying. At South Dakota State University the student, gov er rooms. Jeff Dalessio, an intern with the Apple College Network, said getting the machines on campus was an easy task. see "condoms" on page four . - Non-prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
