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Show Wednesday, November The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Seven 14. 1990 Letters Exchanging ideas is fundamental to achieving a true education at the We are all in danger of leaving the University of Utah with a degree yet without an education. If the distinction isn't immediately apparent to you, I will try to be more clear. A degree says you have completed a set of course requirements which may lead to a higher paying job than if you had entered the workforce straight from high school. An education is much more. The education I am speaking of is one which leads to a greater understanding and appreciation of differences in others. Education also broadens our own possibilities as individuals. Let me throw out a thought at this point: we have no business being at carry more weight. But why should we be willing to support education once we are no longer students? Because, in theory, education is a public good. I believe that education is the primary factor which will lead to social equity and solve the problems of the present. But more than that, I think students themselves are valuable to a d community. They are the of society, they represent society's potential, they can serve as the conscience of the community and as catalysts for positive change. This will only be the case if we adopt a principle of "enlightened which suggests that in life-bloo- self-interes- t," John Wunderli ASUU President academic walls of the classroom. Let me now share two contemporary examples relating to our education. Recently the Young insure the world has another may think that this acknowledgement weakens our differences through understanding a common interdependence. In short, we must first learn to get along with each other or we are not truly want to hear this exchange of ideas. If the forum does nothing else, at least it will lead those of us there to a greater understanding of each position as students. It shouldn't. The fact is that as odd as it may seem now, we won't be students forever. When we fight for a stronger state committment to education, we are not fighting for ourselves, we're fighting for the future. This should for a celebration of individual educated. This education doesn't necessarily come from within the a fail. to generations The next example involves religion. It has been the practice of blatantly and other campus functions. Today I read an article that made me realize I can no longer remain silent, I am speaking of William Crowder's letter ("Homosexuality column showed knowledge and courage in exposing perverse menace," Nov. 8). First, William, I want to establish that I am a devout heterosexual! That way you can rest assured that I am not one of those "queers." I was surprised to find that sort of prejudice still alive in the wake of Hitler's reign of terror. I. would like to incite you to open your mind and your heart and to start seeing people as mere possibilities. Until you get to know another person you cannot know their fear, their love, nor their pain. Not many of us, myself included, take the time to get to know the person sitting next to us. We're all too busy getting through our most recent crisis. My challenge to you is to stop and take the time to really get to know your brother. You may be surprised at what you find. It has been my experience that when you get to know people they all want the same thing. To be loved and accepted as they are without judgement. This is not an easy task, but one well worth the discriminatory and illustrates a fear taken too far. If the Newman Center wants to do a fundraiser for the Marriott Library and needs seed money, they should be treated no differently than any other group. Well, to make a long story short, religious groups are involved or not, we have failed yet again as a world to be civilized. But I don't know if war is inevitable or not. And I also haven't decided if the U.S. needs to be involved to opportunity to be civilized in the future, or if the U.S. is part of the problem. I don't feel I have enough information to make these determinations, which is why I I'm not sure what people were afraid of. We're college students and we would be patronizing ourselves to assume that we don't have the capacity to process information own towards . our So let's give ourselves a little credit. This is the best time to gather information on politics and religion other. The forum is Wednesday, Nov. Getting to know people is better than condemnation Editor: I am one of the older, students on campus, and I have been content to just take classes and let the younger students handle their government long line of now treated equally with any other group, including political groups. purpose. The education we need to leave the 'U' with is one which resolves the paradox between individualism and community; one which allows You the next in ASUU in the past to exclude religious student groups from the political process simply because a common belief is the force which brings them together. This is the 'U' just to better our own surrounding community. Our desire to be educated should be for this 0, Socialist Alliance and others on campus approached me with the idea of having an open mike speak-ou- t on the crisis in the Middle East. I thought it was a great idea and have tried to help in any way I can. Why? I think if war breaks out in the Middle East, whether we are order to truly better our own condition, we must work to improve the condition of our condition. As much as we complain about tuition (and we should), the truth is that we only pay for one third of our education; the citizens of the state pay for the rest 11:00-1:0in the East Ballroom the in Union Building. I encourage all to attend to listen or air your views. I hope we can be civilized in the exchange, even if others are not; if we can't, then I guess we will be 14, U and philosophy which we will need to live with each other. I maintain that the more we know about different religious, political, and philosophical systems the less likely we will be to want to kill each other over them. To sum up the point of this entire article and be painfully simplistic, humans have two concerns: 1) the best way to live, and 2) their status when they die politics and religion (this includes anarchy and atheism). There are a number of interesting ideas on these subjects. Yet it seems we have almost become afraid of ideas being expressed, or become upset when they are. I encourage an exchange of ideas, and I would like ASUU to help. But I wouldn't like to see an adversarial environment. Is it possible to exchange diverse views without being adversarial? I hope so. Let's learn to appreciate the differences in others values without and learn our own, compromising to value others as well as ourselves. Then we will leave the 'U' with an education. I know this all sounds very idealistic. It is. But we're in college. Let's not resign ourselves to the way things are, let's decide how we want things to be. M WORRIT ABOUT JH056 PD0R 50U15, .flv VUu -- CARPS. ma Mr WLBTreRS... mvmvKr-- iveeor uiuunu imwuim ID DO SOMETHING, rszmA effort. if n ra ra8Hik Kathie Davies Junior anthropology $30,000 BEFORE YOU GRADUATE at the I sssvsssssssssssvsssvs Caviar CCuS. 1 250 Beverages Until 11:00 p.m.! 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