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Show Editorial The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Eight Analysts jumpning the gyn on By now, the opening of the Berlin Wall and other East German borders is old news. It has Monday, November E. already discussing the prospects of a unified Germany. 13, 1989 German-.affairPost, Zbigniew Brzezinksi, Washington national-securit- y adviser under Jimmy former Media reports on the East German situation Carter, observed, "The time is approaching already been analyzed into the ground by A when the Soviet leadership must state politicians, scholars, political columnists and were unanimously the media. To say it's a "historical event" story on the Today show depicted thousands explicitly that its objective is to transform the of East Germans flocking, en masse, to West Soviet Union into a multiparty democracy, would be repeating the obvious. on the market system, and organized Nevertheless, the impudent manner in German department stores to shop for the based confederation." which most Western "experts" (especially in latest Western toys and gadgets. Meet the into a Never mind what Gorbachev has expressed. the United States) have analyzed events as Press with Garrick Uttley, continually flashed occasions (most notably in they have unfolded in East Germany is, at information on the screen about how much On a number of no intention of best, spurious and, at worst, completely better off the West is than the East. "The West his book Perestroika), hebuthasrather perfecting German GNP is four times greater than the abandoning socialism, ignorant. are Pundits it. already gleefully (and At this point, there are two things that can East German GNP," one graphic boasted. The predictions about the fate of both West prematurely) predicting the ascendence of be said about the situation in East Germany with absolute certainty. First, opening the and East Germany grew sillier by the minute. the market system in the communist bloc borders was a commendable and necessary In an article in the rimes of London, Irish nations. It would probably be asking too much for gesture, and travel should remain author and commentator Conor Cruise unrestricted. Second, at this point, it is far too O'Brien predicted a unified Germany could Western analysts to break out of their skewed mindset and attempt to early to predict what direction the potentially model itself after the Nazi Third egocentric, communist bloc nations, East Germany in Reich of Adolf Hitler. O'Brien discussed the examine Soviet and Eastern Europe affairs hypothesis. Such possibility of a Fourth Reich with statues of without all the particular, are moving. Hitler erected in German towns. (Of course, inane conjectures in the media do nothing to Beyond that, we simply must wait. That's easier said than done, especially he neglected to mention that the symbol of assist in the process of nourishing freedom in when dealing with a culture like the West the swastika is banned in West and East the communist bloc nations. Nor does it where patience is such a rare commodity. In a Germany.) adequately serve to inform the people about Not even former U.S. dignitaries were the sweeping, fundamental changes occurring matter of hours following the announcement of unrestricted travel between East Germany immune from the speculation and throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern and the outside world, Western analysts were buffoonery. Discussing East Germany in the Europe. self-congratulato- ry. ill-found- F PICK THE LONELIEST JOS IN THE TOLP ill Lori Hunt- President Chase Peterson's favorite line he uses every time he recruits students to the University of Utah is something along the lines of "You can get 90 percent of an Ivy League education at the U. for one-fift- h the price." This slogan is usually followed by statements praising the quality of courses offered at the U., the outstanding faculty, relatively low tuition and the wide variety of extracurricular activities and organizations. vassal. Letters Editor: I dare say the answer lies with ' This letter is addressed to those degenerates who daily destroy our campus. As I cross the campus each morning, the wearing down of our landscaping manifests itself to me. The collective evidence pointed to stark reality on the slopes immediately west of the Union Building. There are stairs on this bikes are getting out of control. First, that matter, they don't need the grass either, as evidenced by the hard packed dirt, streaming with tire tracks, where grass was intended to be. Any student of junior high science can tell you that landscape erosion will not end with the bikers direct efforts. By digging their paths in the topography, they have started the ball rolling. Without active I reconstructive efforts, erosion will turn their convenient path into an ugly ditch, useless even to them. I concede that bikes are an effective form of transportation, and that some bikers are courteous and conscientious. But such does not hill, which are there to protect the lawn and facilitate passage up and down the hill. Enter mountain bikes. They don't need stairs. For one clear conclusion: mountain noticed tracks in the morning grass, made brittle by the frost. On the edges pf many lawns the grass has been killed by careless bikers making a shortcut that may gain them a second or two. What kind of environmental changes are being wrought by these hell's angels tracking around without regard for the landscape? landscape Roger M. Harding physics Residence halls' posters a waste of money Editor: As a resident of U. ' paper stock. It disturbs me to think on the cost that must have gone into producing, however, may thousands of these purposeless promotionals, especially when I consider the worn carpets on my floor, the length of time it takes to get a'lightbulb replaced, or the microwave that takes 20 minutes to heat a cup of hot chocolate. It profoundly disturbs me to think of the cost of this poster when on-camp- us housing, have in the past been satisfied with the service provided to I the students.. A few days ago, however, I was able with some difficulty to extract a rather bulky poster from my mailbox. This awkward missive was from the Residential Hall Student Association and was a garish profile for a student living at the U. this year. The typesetting was well done and the poster had been printed on quality heavy consider the repeated pleas for anyone anyone at all to come to the Bennion Center and volunteer their time or money to help the . homeless. Surely the money could have been better spent. ' While I'm sure RHSA's intentions were good, this expensive poster is another example of the misguided from Georgetown, Stanford or Harvard. It is certainly true the U. has enough shortcomings to make it impossible to compare it to many Ivy League universities in terms of the quality of education. Often, classes here are too large and, for various aren't available. When required courses are offered, they have In spite of its faults, the U. a number of noble traditions. Most notably, the U. has an honorable track record of has and openness freedom especially in terms of freedom of the press that is sorely lacking at the more prestigious universities. Ivy League didn't realize how much I took this freedom for granted until I was combing the New I York Times Saturday and came across an article about a controversy at Georgetown University. manner to which student funds are put to use. I object to my money going to The school's administration has banned the publication of an abortion rights advertisement matters. Hoya, saying it was a violation of the paper's guidelines. "The selling of space for a hard-earne- d produce a "profile," when it could be used for something that really I v degree from the U. will be even close to as valuable as a degree "caps, thus preventing many students enrolling in them. environment of our campus. Titus Oates sophomore Englishhistory campus is you can't run ads." I was dumbfounded that a school as reputable as Georgetown is headed by d administrators no more Helms. than Jesse At first, the editors of the pro-aborti- , open-minde- paper didn't submit to the authority of the administrators. viewpoint that had a right to be expressed. "The Hoya refuses to exercise a little judgement and which will help preserve the Georgetown administrator, was quoted as saying. "One of the guidelines of the media on this some praise, many students scoff at the suggestion their reasons, important' courses common sense in the paths of travel they choose. Staying on the concrete paths provided is an easy exercise a Peterson's Although comparison of the U. to Ivy justify the destruction of our landscape, on campus or on any larger scale. I suggest that bikers institution," Gary Krull, They refused to publish the the issue without advertisement, saying the ad League schools has earned him U. - Georgetown U. denying freedoms ILK Mountain bikers demolishing ed in the student newspaper, group is not acceptable at a public Catholic pro-aborti- on represented a political publish the newspaper when authority over its content has been usurped," the editors stated in a letter to the administration. But because the paper is subsidized by the student government, as is the Chronicle, the school serves as the official publisher and has claimed the right to control both the editorial and advertising content. Thus, the newspaper staff has no choice but to give in to the administration if it wishes to continue publishing. The fact that such a violation of freedom of the press could occur at an institution that claims to be one of the best in the country at educating young minds is unthinkable. How valuable can a degree from a university be .that suppresses free thought and editorial freedom? The U. as an institution of higher education has its faults. But at least the administration doesn't try to forbid the Chronicle horn exercising its right to free speech. Like Georgetown's administration, the U. is the publisher of the Chronicle. The paper is overseen by a council consisting of faculty, students and alumni which, along with the administration, ultimately has the power to control the content of the paper. But unlike see "Hunt" on page nine |
