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Show DAILY THE ill C ill t' UTAH CHRONICLE i J'5 Hie THE CHRONICLE'S VIEW QVslM pESoMAU rKV 'ark Wherever Yon Want Oct. I, the price to park day in all of the pay lots is going to go up from $5 a day to $8 a day. Director of Commuter Services, Alma Allred, says complaints that there are not enough parking spots for visitors were a key factor in raising the price. In past interviews with The Chronicle, Allred has said that services officials parking worked with student government to determine the best use for the parking lots closest to important campus buildings like the Union and Marriott Library. It was decided that the lots would be pay lots, thereby affording equal access to faculty, visitors and students. The lots were not created primarily for visitors, as Allred now roain tains, but rather were created to provide equal access to anyone willing to pay the daily fee. Parking in these lots is still available to anyone willing to pay the fee, but this move to discourage students from parking in the pay lots by raising the price contradicts the very reason that the lots were created by parking administrators in the III first place. The fact that the price increase is coming after visitors' complaints about difficult parking should be insulting On - to every student at the U. Last year, when student complaints about parking reached a crescendo, the price for parking passes went up and the number of parking spots went down. What of student complaints? Visitors complain and a remedy is presented. Students complain and are told to ride the bus. While alternative means of be should transportation for many, explored by students, it is not a viable option. To that end, The Chronicle would like to propose a new alternative to the parking problem: Park wherever you want. Obviously you should never park in a handicapped stall if you aren't supposed to, and you shouldn't, park in a reserved stall, because you? car will be towed. But, other thaa those instances, park wherever you want. A parking ticket costs $10, the pay lots will now cost $8. It's only two dollars' difference. Park in the meters all day or in an A Lot. It's almost as economical as parking in the pay lots. Unsigned editorials reflect the majority opinion of The Daily Utah Chronicle Editorial Board. Editorial columns and letters to the editor are strictly the opinions of the author. The forum created on the Opinion Page is one based on vigorous debate, while at the same time demanding tolerance and respect. Material defamatory to an individual or group because of race, ethnic background, gender, appearance or sexual entation will be edited or will not be published. ori- y(oo Oo' r -- TLrv INST CWVM.CH r 'V.yl AAXiTfTfflKB LETTER S X j X TO THE IAA(V ITT it OH WitiiUt it' -- n EDITOR Stop D ressing Like an Object Editor The column by Jeremy Voros, "Magazines, Big Macs and Weight Problems" in Tuesday's opinion section was very f well done. In it Voros briefly touches on the "objectification of women in America,'' and the social repercussions we are experiencing as women are more and more portrayed as marketable "consumables." It is a sad paradox to me that I constantly hear the complaint, so common among women today: "Why do men always look at us as objects?" Yet these same Iamenters are the first to conform to the barrage of these images, exposing their bodies as if they were part of a meat market Could it be, sister, that he treats you like a commodity because you dress like one? I observed this absurdity last semester when I met a scant-l- y feminist. I thought feminism was clad, supposed to be a liberation of women to realize their self-ed worth. Those are worthy goals, but isn't it interesting that as some try to "free" themselves from the "repressive" conservative traditions of modesty, they throw themselves into this array of packaged females who are viewed as merchandise by most men. I admit that I subscribe to those conservative traditions of h modesty. In my mind, a woman who has realized her is confident enough about her value that she doesn't need to compete for men's approvals with all those who have relegated themselves to the status of items. A truly attractive woman is attractive for the very reason I always hear women want to be considered attractive for: who she is inside. So when I meet a woman who dresses with less, I get a clear signal that she's looking for a man who treats her like an object After all, she dresses like one. STEPHEN BAIR self-wort- Senior, Pre-Me- d Biology e Science of Creationism cally substantiated scientific theory. Likewise, DANNY NYDEGGER it Chronicle Opinion Columnist creationists, who reject evolution they believe God made the make a significant compromise that places their scientific and scholarly statuses in question. The creationist philosophy is inherently devoid of scientific material, though there are ways to accept a creationist ideal in the face of good science. The compromise always emerges when theologians attempt to practice science, which usually, if not always, ends in backtracking, changing doctrine or an unreasonable compromise. Most of Christendom subscribes to a fairly conservative view of evolution and creation. Christians employ various methods to have their doctrine accepted as academically viable or scientific in some way. They even lobby to have it taught with evolution in schools. After the Supreme Court outlawed the teaching of creationism because it was inherently religious and thereby violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment, creationists disguised their doctrine in less conspicuous terminology like "intelligent design theory" or "evidence against evolution." Intelligent design theory seeks equal ground alongside evolution in classrooms as an honest attempt to offer alternative views to an empiri Most side-by-si- the "evidence against evolution" strategy seeks equal time in the classroom, but attempts to undermine evolution directly, rather than just providing an alternative hypothesis. The strategy claims to offer evidence against evolution to preserve good science. Ironically, those who zealously push this agenda claim to think openly, critically and scientifically, but they only do so in order to protect what they believe without any empirical data. They run into a difficult situation when they find there really is no empirical evidence that directly contradicts evolution. So teaching an lesson would be similar to teaching a lesson against quantum mechanics just to provide an alternative view. Though both evolution and quantum mechanics present as many questions as answers, they have strong empirical support. anti-evoluti- on Creationist pseudo-scienc- e, like its earlier counterpart, scholasticism, chooses which part of science it accepts. Including the word "science" in their titles, creationist organizations like The Institute for Creation Research and Bible Science Association purport to fight science with science. Herein lies one of the fundamental inconsistencies with the creationists. To combat the empirical data of sound sci CHRONICLE OPINION EDITOR JOHN M0RLEY ence, the creationists try to use "science." They claim science is OK as long as it conforms to the ideology to which they adhere. Basically, they claim science is not the only source for knowledge, and then want to use a form of science to refute empirical science. This is an attempt to sound more reputable and scholarly, but it's unsuccessful. The problem confuses "ought" and "is." The mission of science is to find out what "is" and then allow that to be what "ought." Ideologues, on the other hand, deduce what "is" from what they believe "ought" to be. This is hauntingly similar to the lost art of scholasticism that thrived in premodern thought. This methodology of deducing truth from ideals is categorically opposite to the scientific method, which only deduces truth from evidence. The problem with the former is the inability to pursue empirical research because such research will eventually produce some datum inconsistent with one of the initial maxims. Similar reasoning put Galileo on house arrest for his controversial, yet irrefutable discoveries. like its earlier Creationist pseudo-scienccounterpart, scholasticism, chooses which part of science it accepts. Science, though, by its essence, is not found in the data it produces. Rather the essence of science lies in its e, method. The interpretation of scientific data rests mainly on a methodological foundation, which, if unsound, cannot found a viable epistcmolo-gy- . So to accept one part of scientific discovery and reject another is to accept the scientific LETTERSCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU method at one time and not another. This is tantamount to rejecting science completely, and only accepting truths as they coincide with creationist dogma. The science the creationists claim to employ is not really science. Rather than actively pursuing empirical truth, creationists claim to know the truth already and try to reconcile scientific evidence, or pick and choose the data they believe to be consistent with their beliefs. This reasoning lends itself to a type of thought that solidifies error rather than corrects it. The creationist movement is nothing more than old traditions with new terminology. Though creationists call it a science, the very fact that they repudiate the scientifically revealed truths with which they do not agree demonstrates their overall rejection of scientific method. Thus, they employ purely syllogistic reasoning from intestable maxims. As a result, they fall short of providing a new science. Rather, they make a costly compromise, which undermines their belief in any scientific discovery. The fact that creationist "science" isn't really science doesn't necessarily debunk the doctrine of creationism. Rather it only proves that those who claim creationism is a vi.thle scientific discipline don't understand how best to defend their beliefs. Creationism is best left to be a spiritual beJief, not a scientific alternative to evolu- tion. Danny wefcomes at feedback letters throniclc.utah.edu. Send dnydegger'a to the editor to letters u'chronicle.utah.cdu. 581-NEW- S |