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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle OPINION Chronicle Editorial Keep Good Workers on The Job Shores had been working roofer at the University Utah for more than 26 years when his position was eliminated by the U administration in a g effort. Some of the Paul The Daily Utah Shawn Parker Bailey, Opinion Editor: editorchronicle.utah.edu Monday, March 29, 1999 a cost-savin- workers who now do his job are inmates from the state prison. Many, including National Labor Party leader Gary Holloway (who recently spoke on campus), have alleged Shores was fired to send a message to U employees who were attempting to unionize. Dennis Desay, the U's associate director of human relations, has declined to comment, saying it would be inappropriate because Shores is currently embroiled in an appeals process that could culminate in him landing his job back. Whether or not Shores was fired in an attempt to intimidate aker" employees is certainly open to speculation. It sounds plausible enough, but is probably one of those questions that will forever remain without a definitive answer. In truth, it isn't of particular importance; this discussion obviously transcends Paul Shores. The "trouble-m- money. 1999 - But the opportunity to be near talented athletes who have just provided ; Skull Valley has publicly expressed interest in having a casino closer to Utahns than Wendover. Another is who pays for the lottery. The number of addicted gamblers are a paltry percentage of the gamblers who are merely entertained, but the consequence of the addiction is devastating. There is no dispute that a lottery is a voluntary tax imposed more heavily upon the poor. Most of the 37 state lotteries spend all or some of the lottery proceeds upon education. There is significant evidence that, in some, the lottery is a substitute for and not an addition to see lottery page 8 Rape Is a Serious Problem Editor, When is the world going to realize that good kids can do bad things? This is a response to the lack of action by the police of Sparks, Nevada when a rape was reported. Some "good" people arc described by the old cliche, "He was so quiet, kept to himself, and never started any trouble." This phrase has been used to describe such "great" people as Jeffrey Dahmcr and the Unibomber. It's bad enough that only a fraction of the rapes committed each year are reported, but now the reported ones arc ignored. Rape is a reality! It is not made up by the victim. The victim is not to blame due to their style of dress of reputation. Anyone can be raped. is THWT V BAD What Luck! Utahns Can Be Olympic Volunteers Consider All Aspects of a Lottery ples of lottery states with extensive tribal casinos. The Goshute Tribe in 7 FiW ; Letters to the Editor Editor, The column by Kelly Zeigler advocating a state lottery to fund scholarships for Utah students has strong support. President Clinton lauded the Georgia "HOPE" program in the 1998 State of the Union message. It has patriotic appeal. We built churches, colleges, and financed the American Revolution with lottery proceeds. There are other considerations. One is the Indian Gaming Regulation Act granting sovereign tribes the right to engage in gambling of a similar class as that legalized by the state in which they are located. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Florida, and California are a few exam- - fro truly important issue is the U administration's unfair treatment of employees and the appropriate role a union would have in preventing this from happening in the future. It is simply unacceptable for the U administration to tell its employees, as it effectively did in this situation, that if their jobs can be more cheaply performed by someone from the state prison, their positions will be eliminated in order to achieve those savings. If, as Holloway suggested, this euphemistic "reduction in force" was intended to prevent workers from unionizing, the Daily Utah Chronicle hopes employees will take exactly the opposite message. The Chronicle hopes this firing instead reveals to employees that they cannot rely upon the administration to enforce upon itself the principles of integrity and fairness. The most appropriate step to take when faced with a power structure this callous is to unionize in an attempt to gain some sort of guarantee that the administration will behave in an ethical manner. This, truly, is the goal of a union in the first place. It is about much more than extra money in your pocket every other Friday. It is about having a say in the world in which you live 40 to 50 hours every week. It is about compelling those in power to treat you and your fellow workers like human beings. ... It about telling the administration they cannot fire a man who has worked hard for 26 years and done no wrong, just to save a little Chronicle At my high school, I was a peer counselor and I got to see the worst American youth had to offer. One girl was raped in junior high and was still being counselled for it. A gay boy was raped by a girl who was convinced he wasn't gay. A girl who had had at least five abortions due to unprotected sex was raped by her boyfriend after she tried to turn over a new leaf. Now I didn't go to high school in Utah, but it is here, too. A local football player was allegedly raped by his girlfriend. He didn't report it; guys arc too macho for that. The girlfriend did brag about it, though. The most horrifying thing about rape is the rape prevention classes. The fact see rape page 8 Shawn Parker Bailey Chronicle Opinion Editor on earth wants to be a volunteer for activities? Apparently, 9,000 Utahns do. Despite the whole corruption and bribery scandal, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee received 1,000 more volunteer applications than the expected 8,000. Despite the fact that few Utahns will profit from the Olympics or be able to afford to attend an Olympic event-peo- ple still applied to volunteer by the thousands. Not even SLOC's own campaign, "Hard work. No pay. Long hours. Better Hurry." made Utahns rethink the idea of offering their time and energy. This isn't even the Olympics we're talking about. SLOC is providing volunteers to staff "test events" like World Cup Skiing and World Championship Figure Skating. The apparent reasoning is that if people arc good at being exploited now they will be excellent exploitccs during the Olympics. Not that there isn't some prestige volinvolved with being a kind work of unteer. Just imagine the these people get to do. One of the many volunteer positions SLOC offers is something they call "urine-sampl- e courier." The main responsibility of the urine-sampcourier has to do with the transportation of urine in little blue plastic cups. Who ic le a urine sample is downright exciting. Only the "doping escorts," those who accompany athletes while providing urine samples, have more opportunity to be very close to talented athletes from all over the globe. Of course, doping escorts don't have to watch, but they get to be with the athlete in the place the sample is provided. According to a SLOC press release concerning volunteer positions, SLOC uses a database to try to match applicants' skills with appropriate jobs. How would you feel to be given a urine-relate- d position? Another of the many volunteer positions SLOC offers is called "access-contrmonitor." These arc the guys who stand around and deny people like me access to cool places. I want to go ol Despite the whole corruption and bribery scandal, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee received 1,000 more volunteer applications than the expected 8tooo. everywhere they say I can't simply because they say I cant. Although these are often very nice people, I call them SLOC thugs. SLOC will most likely assign more imposing volunteers to be monitors. It will be ironic to see regular people from the community work to make sure other average Utahns don't get close to any events or athletes without paying out big money. I can just hear one now: "Ya, I know you paid for these games with your taxes. And I know your quality of life access-contr- ol has decreased because of these games. Now go home and watch them on TV like everyone else in your socioeconomic class. If you really wanted to be here you could have been a volunteer." While there arc plenty of positions like these, I was surprised to find that some positions have yet to be created or filled. As of yet, SLOC has no volunteers working in the capacity of "bribery manager." Bribery manager is an important position since no crooked figurehead can be truly corrupt without a network of willing but unscrupulous assistants. Bribery managers could take care of forgetting about pay-off- s, pay-off- s, blaming the IOC and eventually taking the fall for their bosses. Another seemingly vital position that is yet to be created is "exploitation coordinator" Exploitation coordinators would ensure that the exploitation of average Utahns, athletes, foreign visitors and other volunteers is running smoothly and equitably. These would keep their eyes out for possible signs that any certain group may have more to give. recognize that voluntccrism is very important. And volunteering for the Paralympic Winter Games actually seems like a noble outlet for good will in the community. But the fact about the Olympics is that it is a billion-dollmoney maker. NBC and the hundreds of Olympic sponsors will make millions on the games. Wealthy Utahns who have siginvestments will mnke nificant millions on the games. The average Utahns who will be doing the real work to make the Olympics happen should be paid. And if they still want to provide some community service which I'm sure many do they should look no further than the truly needy who struggle all around us. I ar te Board. Editorial columns Unsigned editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Daily Utah Chronicle Editorial is an Editor" to "Letters the open forum for the communiand letters to the editor are strictly the opinions of the author. or threaten any individual or demean which or those or libelous nature, ty of the University of Utah. Letters of an indecent brief. Letters will be edited must be Letters be will considered. not group because of race, sexual orientation or religion for verification purposes. letter with be submitted must number every for style and space. 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