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Show Tuesday, January 21. 1992 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Six Opinions O The Daily Utah Chronicle -- BuUSTfJ Editorials Campus safety Telephone system needs funding from officials the past two years University of Utah For have been promised an emergency telephone system and organizers have finally set Feb. 28, 1992, for the campus installation deadline. While the security system is long in coming it is definitely needed and will make the campus a safer place. ASUU planners and campus development officials have selected 16 sites for the security telephones based on police reports and desired locations. Students can use the phones to contact police in an emergency. However, ASUU only has enough money to pay for up to eight of the phones and other departments have been unwilling to provide the rest of the funding. Campus security is not just a student problem that ASUU should deal with. This is a campus problem and a city problem. Any person can be a victim of a violent criminal act 'Man with the Plan' Bill Clinton has what others lack: American appeal Democrats paused only briefly Top lament the decision of New York Gov. Mario Cuomo not to run for the presidency. There was no need. Step into the spotlight one Bill Clinton the answer to the prayers of males, females, students, professors, anyone. So everyone needs to take an active role in making the U. campus a safer place especially administrators and city officials. They need to speed up the process, quit postponing and not only ensure that the installation deadline is met, but provide funding for the remaining eight telephone security sites. University campuses are targets for crime because of the location and campus design. Dark walkways are typical sites and students walking alone after a night class make easy victims. A telephone security system will not only give reassurance to students but may help prevent future criminal acts. Juice several riots have broken out at showing Juice, a film about black youths growing up in Harlem. So, naturally, people tend to point fingers at the movie Recently production for inciting the unnecessary violence. When a riot occurs the media, police, and others reporting the incident need someone to place the blame on so rather than investigating the real issue the film and gang violence take the heat for the problems, and consequently the movie gets pulled from the screen ana its message is lost. When reports about the incidents, whether originating from the media or police officers, generalize about the film and the people who attend the production, the problems are perpetuated rather than investigating the real issues. Just because a film is about a certain group of people does not mean that it promotes violence. In today's society many people think the only way to resolve a conflict is through violence. And theater riots are just one example of this problem. A education system. Within his own state of Arkansas, the governor has lead his state to the lowest dropout rate in the South by denying driver's licenses to teenagers who quit school. His education reforms also included requiring Eleni Vatsis "Arkansas currently ranks first in Chronicle Asst. rates. Critics of Clinton will point to his eighth graders to pass a standardized exam before entering high school. the South for high school graduation Editorial Editor i benefit the average American, especially with reforming the with Arkansas teacher's unions as reason to doubt his run-in- s education reform. Teacher's pay there ranks 49th in the United States. That's Democrats everywhere. Clinton is a decidedly different from candidate the liberal presidential hopefuls of years past. Unlike the traditional ideologues who have glutted the Democratic party, Clinton is a pragmatist. He responds quickly to groups who find problems with his policies and at least meets them half-waAnd Clinton has a certain appeal to both Democrats and Republicans. He d is a candidate, who holds rapport with both camps. His image is far more down to earth than that of oil baron George Bush. Mostly Bill Clinton has a plan to y. middle-of-the-roa- up from 50th, after Clinton campaigned for a one cent sales tax to finance pay raises for teachers. But teacher's unions across American are throwing their support towards Clinton, who they say stands on a much better record than the current "education president." Clinton also leaves Bush in the political dust by campaigning on substance. He admits changes must occur to better America. Unlike Bush, who has spent most of his sound-bite- s cursing the "doomsayers" in the press and politics and isn't ready to face up to domestic issues. Letters Right to petition legislature applies even to LDS church Editor: This week in the opinion section of nearly every paper in town there has been an outcry from freedom loving people who have moaned and complained the influence peddling Mormon about power-wieldin- g, chur.ch, which has stolen away the rights of Utah's citizenry by sending a letter to each legislator which states their stand oh the gambling issue. What has not been observed is that the LDS church had just as much a right to voice its opinion by sending this letter to Utah's legislators as does the'ACLU, the American Medical Association, the Catholic church, the Humane Society, the John Birch Society, Green Peace, the NAACP, the and pro-lif- e ' movements, and the pro-choi- any other organization or person in the United States. The case is open and shut and no one was threatened with No one was told if they voted for the resolution their tithing would be increased to 20 percent. The LDS church simply sent a letter which expressed its opinion about gambling. That is all end of story! If you are a supporter of legalized gambling in the state of Utah, why don't you follow the Mormon church's Don't waste your inkexample. writing letters whining about the church's infringement on your right to gamble. Instead, write your congressman expressing your stand on the gambling issue. ce , ng pro-gambli- movement as well as Jeremy Mayo Freshman political science Plans made by Clinton increase the responsibilities of the individual American. Most notably, he has designed a college loan program whose participants may choose to pay it back through a small percentage of withheld future income or through a few years of service as or child-car- e teachers, workers. And it's about time someone did something to improve the quality of police-officer- s, the labor force. Clinton wants national apprenticeships established to train workers so that greater numbers have the skills necessary to maintain employment. Most impressively, Bill Clinton won't be a puppet of big business. Instead, he plans to stimulate the growth of new business. He proposes a tax credit to increase investment in new enterprises. He also deals a harsh blow to top corporate executives by proposing to end unlimited tax deductions for excessive executive pay and investment abroad. This man won't have an Asian Adventure with the presidents of the venture-capital-gai- ns Big Three. At last, a refreshing change from status quo politics. Bill Clinton the The "Man with the Plan." Letter Policy The Daily Utah Chronicle Business hours: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 581-704- 1 The Chronicle welcomes reader response. Please bring typed, double-space- d letters, not exceeding two pages, to 240 Union Building. Each letter should include your name, major, year in school and telephone number (for verification purposes only). Unsigned letters will not be considered for publication. The Chronicle reserves the right to edit letters for spelling, grammar and space. |
