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Show THE DAILY UTAH QOCJO&tfn 8(30006 CMI A1 THE CHRONICLE'S VIEW TO CHRONICL G&a "TOPOLAvR. - U eeUEP, .TutT& JK hiOT ATTTMIETIC. J exactly outraged. Unfortunately, thi'ough the dissemination of factual errors and a lack of attributable research, the Tribune" Is misleading the public Into thinking that the tuition increase is something students shouldn't moan abovt In an editorial written by members of ihe Tribune editorial board, published in Sunday's paper, the board writes that "it is easy to with the students who tried to fight the proposal iiave However, "rhe board writes that "Utah students still get perhaps too , much of a higher education baigairi at higher education " e" state-support- instir-dons.- ' , - :, , ThiTribanes Jarumen'--aM1- , ; 4haky,at : ifae7editdi1atl3;tjbavj . disservice to the ccmrmmity'-by misleading people into believing a'dranutic increase, in tuition is anything other than an outrage. - . AOOT HTlCt5 . THE EDITOR TO Extra Dynamic of English-Onl- y . j b;lrid.'thS$ibers' LETTER . bilbbciiMiingr(uUcbilK " The Tiibune'? "guraent b faulty. It asiumes U students get z "bargain" and' that we'" somehow deserve ?n increase since we've ' been paying low tuition fur so ;' , many years. stu U belief, Despite popular e ut . . M Full-tim- percent The proposed increase has t least got the attention of The Salt Lake Tribune's editorial board, but .the members of rhe board aren't sym-pathiz- HovjVs sister institutions amongst the sec' ond and third tier of schoolsand sometimes more. e resident students at the University of Arizona a second-tie- r school--pai- d about $100 less for Fall Semester than V students. The Tribune's argument that students have been getting a great deal over the years and now deserve to pay mors is simply a cop-oShould we be held accountable because our parents got "bargains" when they were hi school? Also, th Tribune points out that no one has ever not gone to college because of high tuition: Thus far, tuition has D.ot been an obstacle prolubitiag sfadents from attending college or university,'' The Tribune never backs ap this unsubstantiated claim, mostly' becssse the members of the editorial boaid can't It's a ridiculous , ciakn to make and one that is false., Many student?, at the U have' &ifcrids.who can't' attend college , because they doaf have the money, : ,or don't 1?.ave the time because jobs that are. nectary to pay the 25 ' 30TDO .YAQHC dents pay just slightly less than our ne of the Associated Students of the University of Utah's main goals in com- bating the proposed tuition increase is getting the public's attention. The hope is that people outside of the U will be outraged by an increase that could be as much as , 3 Q08S Tuition Is More Than Worthy of Concern o 5r done.."!', " , Editor: In light of the current voter registration drive being conducted on campus, I would like to encourage students to be aware that their votes on Initiative A to make English Utah's official language have serious social significance beyond the policy questions of the initiative. Let's be perfectly clear: The debate over official English is not about the English language and it never has been. Official English is about discrftnination, pure and simple. Even Initiative A proponent Rep. Tammy Rowan has acknowledged that people will use the initiative, if passed, to justify their own racism. U.S. English, a national corporation which has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting their agenda in Utah, is very good at wrapping up its racism in a pretty package of rhetoric about unity Vote and helping immigrants assimilate through a common language. But their rhetoric hides the dirty truth that official English is not about unity or opportunity. It is about discrimination and oppression. Utah has a rich tradition of multilingualism and appreciation for the cultures of the world, and this initiative creates a hostile climate toward diverse cultures, guages and tradition! Initiative A targets not the language that is being spoken, but the people speaking it. It is racism in the guise of patriotism. On Nov. y, please vote no on Initiative A and say no to racism and discrimination. J E ANN A NIXON Graduate Student, Public Administration A Jewel Still Hidden In the Political Nile SCOTT LEWIS self-identifyi- Chronicle Opinion Editor The frustration blinded me of the true emotion I hope I feel in the future when faced with a similar circumstance. This crisis kept me from feeling a profound appreciation of the process I employed and the opportunity I have had to learn. It's the core of a value system that incites frustration when journalists debate the of Al Gore or the demeanor of W. Bush. It's the value system that George feels nothing but contempt for an article that gives legitimacy to a study discussing which kind of car Gore or Bush would be. If we are forced to. settle for a system run by the elite and for the elite, it's a value system that finds nothing but disappointment in the fact that those were the two most elite people we could put up for the job. In a nation full of talented and brilliant leaders, we get George W. Bush and Al Gore. Which one is the Mustang and which one is the Volvo? Personally I don't care, I just want to ride shotgun. I don't want discussions about how what a candidate says will affect his campaign. I want analyses and differing projections about each specific issue. Let us look at the rationality of a particular plan, the benefits of this and the costs of that. Discussions about the effects of advertisements or about what senior citizens will think about this compared to what rich people think about that, just don't do it for me. Every bone in my body would pay attention to a man or woman who didn't give a damn about how the proverbial public would react to his or her ideas. I would love to watch someone discuss the logic behind his or her views without a red power-ti- e and a smile. . ; . : elec-tablili- len the plane took off on my fitst trip abroad four years ago, I could feel the world fall away from me.. I realized later that ail the fear and anxiety I felt was merely a recognition on my part that I was about to have the opportunity to look at ' my own little home out of the plane window. Feeling protected and invincible like all young Yankees do in a foreign land, I was still able to separate myself enough from my home and my country that I felt empowered to vv make judgements. the time my plane took off for my third trip abroad, I vas a hardened radical convinced of the evils of the elite and determined to effect change wherever I could. The time away had allowed me to acknowledge and identify deep core motivations, and the political philosophies I encountered gave me a language with which I could express myself to everyone around me. Thinking that my time for questioning had ended and I was now ushering in the time for action, you can imagine my dismay when I started questioning my uncontrollably You can imagine how difficult it assumptions. is to become deaf to something tiny that sounds so much more logical. "Damn," I must have said A thousand times, "I thought I had figured something out." if Mm By CHRONICLE OPINION EDITOR ty SCOTT LEWIS What admiration I would feel for the man or woman who relied merely on the of his or her own logic. During the next few days, various campus and local political groups will tell you why trusting in their logic and philosophies is the way to go. I have invited each strictly political group of which I was aware to present its opinions about what you, as students, should do on Nov. 7. They will tell you what your vote means to them and what they will do ta make the United States a more comfortable place congruent with your own motivations and interests. self-confiden-ce The marketplace of ideas that we so continuously venerate struts its stuff during times like these. The College Democrats will discuss Gore and his strength. The College Republicans will talk about Bush and why it's OK, just remember that it's OK, to vote for him. The Libertarians have lost a face on campus, but soon somebody will read a little Ayn Rand and start it up again. So a local candidate agreed to smile with his nice suit on and present his views. The Student Green Party will throw a little excitement into the discussion as they have been the only campus political group as of late to show any kind of enthusiasm while presenting students with its views and the logic behind its actions. With any luck, someone who has anything to do with LETTERSCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU the Reform Party will return my messages and emails and express an interest in participating. Maybe they are too busy setting a battle plan to fight the black U.N. helicopters that are stealing their cattle. Unfortunately for me, however, each group will be more concerned with the image it conveys than with the soundness of its own arguments. The confidence in their logic will flutter and shake like an old barn during an Oklahoma tornado. That is the beauty behind the university. The marketplace of ideas that we so continuously venerate struts its stuff during times like these. When elections force at least some people to make decisions and then justify their conclusions to themselves, no vehicle can better handle the debate between philosophies than a university a university that provides everyone with an assortment of different views so that when people do start to question their basic assumptions while identifying their own motivations and interests, they needn't look too far for access to another "language." the only thing I can hope is that the entertaining for everyone who opens up the opinion section. I can't expect to do much more than entertain you when I gather politicians and their cronies together to present themselves and their ideas to a constituency. But if for even just one person the ideas presented light the spark that sets the haystack of his or her brain on fire, I would consider it a success. I would just hope that he or she remembers to circumvent the impending frustration with a little dose of appreciation. 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