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Show 6 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 20, 2001 FRIDAY, APRIL SOAR's Crazy Priorities shoot bunnies because the bunnies are Editor. admire the members of the Student Organization for Animal Rights for their conviction to their cause. It is and inconvenient to camp out in tents in the middle of a city and try to convince others of the abuses to animals. I myself am still undecided on experimenting on aniI time-consumi- mals. However, I feel SOAK is skipping first base and running straight to third. Should we be debating the ethics of using animals in medical research when there are animals losing their lives for less noble reasons? Specifically I am thinking of some of my friends and acquaintances who shoot bunnies. 'I"hey don't even say they shoot rabbits; no, they shoot "bunnies." Do they shoot these bunnies for medical research? No. Do they shoot bunnies for food? No. Do they No. over-populate- They don't even shoot bunnies because they are bunny-haterThey shoot bunnies to relieve stress. Yes, apparently a good way to relieve stress in this life is to go out to the desert and shoot orange targets and every bunny you see. Yet, this is not enough of an issue for SOAR to address, so they attack medical research. Abuse of animals in labs is wrong, but at least there is a purpose behind it I am happy to consider whether or not it is ethical and what alternatives arc possible to anima! research. However, wouldn't it be better to start with a situation by which it is easier to show people the senselessness of the actions? s. REBECCA WALKER Junior, Mechanical Engineering everNfeel like whipping stuclerv t random with Twizlere? Tell ua about DcTyou I II at lcttrschron i ciclutalixduiv 111! II 1 II II t tin Bus Ride Nothing Like a Good-Ol- d Next was the recent Weber County rneth-la- b bust The criminals got away with millions of dollars and posted the $1,000 bail in order to then leave and start a lab somewhere else. My fellow passenger, on the other hand, who hasn't paid her taxes for a few years, Editor I started to use the UTA Utah Transit Authority system when I finally moved out on my own sans mommy's car. I've met more than a few interesting people. Here is a sampling. It is easy for me to get caught in the routine of riding the University of Utah shuttle, then transferring to a "downtown" bus, putting in long hours for "the man," and then doing it in reverse order when 6 p.m. rolls around. But every now and again, someone "special" will capture my attention, even if only for a few minutes, and those people are those to whom I dedicate this has to pay $27,000 dollars and face a "tight-ass- " judge who "ain't lookin at the facts of the case, but at the color of my skin and the other peripheral details. It ain't right. The criminals aren't doin the crime; the justice system is. There ain't no greater crime than injustice." This lasting comment ecnoes Martin Luther King quote, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to ("Girl, justice everywhere." As we said our good-bye- s I bet you did not think I was gonna get up on that soapbox, hmm. Take care, sweet thing") She waved and urged cie to keep on working toward making the world better, like Malcolm X and Mother Theresa ("I bet if we got them two together, we could have a great party") She was definitely one of the more memorable "bus folks." There are a host of other bus folks that I could tell you about; the heroine addict who has been clean for "like.three...days, man"; the kids who ride the bus to the top of 200 South only to skateboard down and catch the next bus back up; the man who stands up and spins around three times every time the bus stops; son who and, of course, the guy with the announces the stops before the driver has a chance. I guess Til leave these folks for another installment Sanity is a great things Jr.'s famous compendium.' The other day I was wearing a yellow Star of David patch for the Days of Femembranee, which commemorates the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. I was met by a few stares, but until this encounter, nobody bothered to ask me about it. A young woman sitting across from mo said, "What ya' got that for?" Before I could finish my sentence, she said, "Yeah, I remember, I remember; you got to applaud that. I mean all those people sufferin' so we don't have to. I mean, it's not like they had a choice or nothin', but man, they was put through some tough This brief introduction was followed by a monologue about the criminal justice system. She remarked on the war in Sri Lanka and the status of the local paper there. "These people is just trying to make it" she said and summed up how they are being fed acceptable news which, in reality, is a form of sV TARRA ELLER .Sophomore, Mathematics Another Classic Winu i? i r oti r tic Rets Find oliiit: Editor: This article is one of the many in response to Brian Watts' nonsensical tripe on classical music published April 4. I wasn't going to write at first because I once had the same opinion of classical music that he cl-- . A ci , 4 i " - 4 s K Ifftff Ho w$ inloe x't week's Chrbnv! ! ! a hi BOTH PLANS && r f INCLUDE... FREE 2000 Weekend Minutes FREE Nationwide Long Distance FREE Dual Mode, Digital Phone U I FREE FREE Activation OF U SPECIAL only with redemption of it' 11 ' coupon 2250 minutes for $30 per month Month of Mobil Web does. I walked into my first class of the day to see everyone enraged over the article, so I knew he would get some pretty harsh responses. I felt he would get his comeuppance. But I was so bothered by his article that I will not be able to get it out of my head until I tell him about the errors of my ways and let him know how wrong he is. Since I was 4 years old I had wanted to be a lawyer, partly because it was upper-clas- s and I would be able to make a lot of money. Now my life is dedicated to being musician, a position that requires hard work, sacrifice and, to be blunt, poverty. God willing I will one day be a regular at the Metropolitan Opera making a good amount of money. But even if that doesn't happen, I will still give, my life to music. The majority of us do not go into music thinking we are going to get rich. In my case, I gave up being an elitist in order to go into it. I used to think classical music was boring and unpopular. Once, I was told I had an opera voice, and I was immediately offended. I'd thought I was a good pop singer, not opera. But voice teachers kept telling me my voice was naturally classical, so I decided to study it. I learned to appreciate the genius and beauty of other types of classical music. Most people (especially Mr. Watts) do not have the slightest idea what goes into these incredible works of art. His facts were inaccurate, his opinions were considerably flawed, his gut was wrong, his views were insulting, and his and ignorance were revealed. When I took "High School" journalism, I was told to actually "research" my article. And common sense tells me you shouldn't argue a point you don't understand. I cannot believe someone with these faults made it up to the level of managing editor. Unless Watts writes a letter of apology in which he recants the majority of what he said, he has no credibility whatsoever. STACY JINKS Sophomore, Vocal Performance closed-mindedne- 3 Access 2500 minutes lor $40 per month Some restrictions apply, see store for details. Reedemabie at: j ' i Sugarhouse Retail Center 2274 S. 1300 Ste 4 (Near Nordstrom Rack) (80 ) 46 0288 1 . 1 -- E. 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