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Show DAILY THE CHRONICLE UTAH THE CHRONICLE'S VIEW cr-- J Hoiriecbmirig 'Ieserves es. v4,MisM''r HeAKli' nisv-- M The Lack of Attention The "students, however, have Trith all tlic eAckciEti of this week's activities,, ' good reason s?ct to c?r. one may find ir hard to ' f For 50 many yst Kumecom-in- g V concentrate ir cliss ad it may be events, sside fircm the foothill difficult to even get other things , zaccte which would hipper'any- - ' dona while the anticipation vay; have te;n ol'ganlzed away ' from the vast majority of students outlets. , 1 hat's rightit's homecoming and haven't been the iest ' bit week. Seven days ?orh of stents ' inviting.- that probably mere than two . Of course orgonizexs take the thirds of U students either corn- -, politically correct steps to invite pk'tely igr.oxe of ?xs; oblivious to all students to participate' but jt is .. a token gesture at best on an annual basis. ; But why, one bight ask, do we Come join in 3ongfest, neverwork m i orfcto organize Uieie mind thai onlv fraternities and events around yca,x tlie "student, sciorities havt participated before aad you will not fit b. If and we bopt to build community, involvement-- ' you don't life that come to the ' carnival on gresk re- aid s.'.e all glee. This campus is so apathetic, It's ihs resoiindLng claim made the decorated houses, don't pay whenever 'aa event doesn't coin- -, any attention to th fact that only ' pletciy revolutionize th? I J aad its greeks and a jhindful of student cold impersonal atmosphere. It's ; government cronies wiil partici- the resounding call made before . opate." Than there's the, d,?jace. The events ike Homecoming, and ltr ' the excuse whk:if "tho&e events fact that the venue is only meant to hold a few hundred foiwJSly prove "to rye the same traditional interests every year. dressed dancers is indicative of bl&nic the tx some"People looking people who are expected and ' invlred for the events of to attend faille such body - and the dismal turnouts elways Only one "out of the six mempoint to student apathy. The truth bers of the Homecoming royalty is you h ve to actually c:re about is not directly involved with tkr A&ad&ed Stude&ts- of the Uai " rwsuk of its ajefctiyene$si asd yeraty tt Utaa and the or$4si2crs ff" the eve-it- s Sncfe:iifc'bodycaie.f about jHtome-So rktxt week whea the actuM-tjun- s coming the only people tBat ever abcu apathy on campus, receive the blame for its medloe-rit- y of to "apabegin fiy, just jemembr to look athe'yast r&ajouty thetic kiudents.' at who's making them. -- c-v -- . ' - i' , . r. " - . - V K - RiTiMU m?mm"i ' ' nmif Him mull Iwimii n LETTER TO T HE "-- tf EDITOR Megasavant Doesn't Need Decorations Editor In an article printed Tuesday Sept. on Kim Peek the an (autistic) megasavant, English language instructor was "Kim as that Peek has an intelligence quotient quoted saying that is higher than Albert Einstein's." It was also claimed that Kim "has only one sphere to his brain, instead of a left and a right" As far as I know, both of these claims are unverified the former being clearly unlrue and the latter probably so. Although I was not present at last Thursday's event, several years ago I heard Kim speak and later talked with him for some time after his presentation. Kim clearly has a very good memory, which is concentrated on geographical-typ- e phenomena i.e., a description of an object as to its color, appearance and placement 19 Even so (despite calendar and elementary math computational abilities), he has very little abstract reasoning ability. Hence it is completely impossible that he has an IQgrcater than that of Einstein or greater than that of the average college student for that matter. In a similar vein, the claim that he has only one brain hemisphere should be regarded as doubtful unless evidence from modern brain imaging is produced. At the time I heard Kim speak his father was relying upon old, far less powerful or precise evidence. Kim's abilities in memory and computation are quite exceptional as they stand and need not be embroidered by fabulous but untrue assertions. JIM TODD Senior, University College Pomt I our Fingers at Machen and Capitol Hill XT WWW whatever approach students have used so many times it begs the question of "Why "IftU'HW kade s. bother?" You see, ASUU is a token democratic institution in a very undemocratic environment with no real powers attached to what it does. As far as I'm concerned, ASUU lacks any sort RCLFSON Chronicle Opinion Columnist pniversity of Utah students have u a lot to feel betrayed about these days. Like our football team that was picked to win the MWC getting off to an 3 start. Like being charged for tap water by Chartweils. 0-- AndASUU. Associated Students of the University of Utah President Jess Daltoii's approach to circumventing what could be the largest tuition increase in U of U history should be considered a betrayal of college students al! over the state of Utah. Let me ask you, have you ever left a piece of raw meat in a room with a dog and said, "Go ahead, have at it" hoping that because you told him he could have it he'll lose interest and leave it alone? Trust me, that meat gets eaten. It's the same thing with the Board of Regents and the State Legislature. If you tell them you're going to work with them on a large tuition increase, they're not going to wipe the drool off their chops and leaye it alone. But really, who actually cares what Dalton does on this issue? The only power he and ASUU have on tuition matters is that of persuasion. The Board of Regents and the State Legislature have thumbed their noses at of legitimacy whatsoever. Looming much larger than ASUU President Jess Dalton's betrayal of students is that of U President J. Bernard Machen. Where does Bernie stand on this issue? Why, he says he would be willing to support a 10 percent tuition increase. Why stop with 10 percent? What's to prevent it from escalating to the 25 percent Utah Valley State College President Kerry Romesburg proposed? With this support for an increase coming from a corner of campus with some real decision-making power," we'd better all start figthe extra cash is going to where out uring come from. Or consider another place to go to school. Machen does have some admirable priorities for what he'd like to do with the U. He recently listed his top funding priorities as raising faculty and staff salaries from 90 percent of their market values to 100 percent. He also wants money for library acquisitions and building up the U's technology infrastructure. Machen would also like to solidify the U's school (first-tie- r standing as a second-tie- r and the Princeton Yale, Harvard, meaning like and a third-tie- r school being Utah State University). Machen has said that financially, the U is at a situation that makes him worry. Can, we maintain our second-tie- r standing or ever CHRONICLE OPINION EDITOR :OPY 4, SCOTT LEWIS dream of becoming first-tie- r if we have to continue to stretch our resources and do so much with so little? These are noble goals. But the problem with a double-dig- it tuition increase is that the U student who is actually from the state of Utah becomes an endangered species. But then again, improving the ranking of a university looks much better on a university presi- dent's resume than keeping higher education affordable for residents of that university's state. betrayal of the university hurts, the most damaging betrayal of Utah higher education comes from our Legislature. Machen seems to be using logic in supporting a large tuition increase that is as sound as Dalton's. If we can't get money out of the Legislature, let's get it out of students. Just think about that for a second. If you give the Legislature an excuse to not increase funding and demonstrate that you're able to come up with it on your own, you'll never get money out of them again! Utah is far down on the lower end of income on a national scale. Parents here won't be able to, for the most part, afford to send their kids to school at the U. Parents with those kinds of resources send LETTERSCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU er ; Although Machen's per-capi- their kids to first-tischools. More than 50 percent of Utah students financial aid. qualify for federal need-base- d Tuition has been increasing a lot faster than financial aid hasn't inflation. Need-base- d has and actually decreased when kept pace for inflation. adjusted Although Machen's betrayal of the university hurts, the most damaging betrayal of Utah higher education comes from our Legislature. Utah ranks 44th in the nation when it comes to financial need for education in proportion to aid actually doled out of state funds. In fact, if 'you divide the amount of state appropriated, need-base- d financial aid by the number of students eligible, state support per student is less that $100. Average debt incurred by students by their senior year has more than doubled over the past 10 years. I understand that increases in tuition are increases to make inevitable, but double-dig- it up for Legislature funding shortfalls aren't the answer. Higher education in this state needs to take its cue from the education lobby of elementary and secondary schools who finally got their money out of the Legislature this past year at higher education's expense. With a voter effort and high over the issue, maybe we can claim publicity what's rightfully ours from the Legislature. But judging from the legendary University of Utah student apathy, a lot of us will probably be calling Logan, Ogden or Cedar City home this time next year. ta well-organiz- well-organiz- 561-704- 1 ed ed |
