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Show "He art dedicated to Ike public interest, to fairness and accuracy, to innovation and growth, and to the restless pursuit of excellence.'' Pulitzer mission statement EDITOR: DONALD W. MEYERS OPINION A6 FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, THE DAILY HERALD (www .hemliiextni com) 344-254- 4 200, SINGULAR PERSPECTIVE Patrick Bryson Provo has a unique traffic mix. Along with the typical assortment of drivers you'll find on Utah roads, Provo has the variable element of BYU students. This year alone, the university issued 11,235 student parking permits. Many of them from To some people, mostly those who live in Provo year-rounout-of-stat- 'Peanuts' creator told human story of perseverance If I could ask Charles Schulz one question, it would be this: Didn't Charlie Brown's mother ever do laundry? Ik'ing the world's biggest fan of the comic strip "Peanuts," I've got every book of those strips going back as far as 1956. And in all those strips, Charlie Brown is wearing that same line through it. shirt with the That means his mother hasn't done the laundry in at least 44 years. In the end, however, I suppose it doesn't matter. Charles Schulz is retiring and "Peanuts" will be no more. The last daily comic strip ran Monday, and the final Sunday "Peanuts" will be Feb. zig-za- g 13. IN ALL the praise and eloquent that has come to Schulz, it's been pointed out that we have always liked Charlie Brown because he was "every man," with the failings, e. d, the students and their cars are a nuisance. It is always easy to tell when school has started in Provo, as traffic gets more congested, especially in area from 800 North to 2000 Nortfi". After our editorial on elderly drivers, we've heard from a few people who think inexperidrivers comenced, ing to BYU are a greater hazard than senior citizens. THEN THERE is the envi- out-of-sta- te LETTERS TO THE EDITOR If all BYU students could live on campus, not having; a car wouldn't be a problem, since most services are HERALD EDITORIAL !' ronmental issue. With Provo's history of air pollution problems, some think students should keep their cars at home and spare our air. BYU already addresses this aspect by requiring students to show proof of an emissions test before issuing parking permits. But the university itself is also taking steps to limit traffic. Already, a large part of to Campus Drive is student vehicles during the day, creating a pedestrian area in the southeast corner. rule may be too But a r extreme for students. If all BYU students could live most services are within walking distance. 2942, or send your comments to our Web page, www.heraldex- - "" tra.com. If you want your com-ments printed, please leave yoy name, hometown and phone number for verification purpose We'll take comments until . "' BUT A large number of BYU and students live some have jobs that help pay tuition. For them, a car is not a Jan. 12, and publish them in ,)' luxury, but a necessity they would be deprived of if student the Jan. 16 edition of the papeaj If you call, please limit your cars were banned. comments to 30 seconds or less. Another solution that's been If you respond on the Internet, is a campus transit system, allowing students to get keep your statement to 75 words or less. around without needing cars. Utah State University already Members of The Daily Herald editorial has a functioning system. board are Publisher Kirk Parkinson, Editor So, how should BYU and Mike Patrick, Opinions Page Editor DonaJq W. Meyers, Qity Editor Sharon Gholdston, Provo deal with student traffic? You can TelLus what you think. Spanish Fork resident Johanna Flynn unduk either phone our call-i- line, 344- - Provo resident Linda Young. off-campu- s, off-limi- ts no-ca- on campus, not having a car wouldn't be a problem, since : within walking distance. ' n i j Chow's ego good-bye- s insecurities and the embarrassments we all suffer. Charlie Brown couldn't win a baseball game. He couldn't dredge up the courage to talk to the little girl and had a baseball hero who kept getting sent to the minors. Charlie Brown's insecurities, however, were only part of the story Schulz told. He also showed us how grandly we often came to consider ourselves. Snoopy was the conduit for this side of Schulz's continuing tale. , red-haire- d WHILE ONLY a dog, Snoopy s imagined himself a writer, a World War I flying ace and, at one time, he went off to play doubles at Wimbledon with a garage door as his partner. Snoopy represented that side of us that aspired to be more than we really are. Most of us have also missed the positive, solid and courageous side of Charlie Brown. We loved Charlie Brown because he represented "every man," but he had something not every man has endurance. For almost half a century, Schulz chronicled Charlie Brown's failures. But through all the insecurities, Charlie Brown did something most of us couldn't do he kept trying. No matter how humiliated he was, Charlie Brown always came back the next day to try again, even if it meant giving up 347 runs in one inning of ' baseball and being undressed by an opponent's line drive. world-famou- ONE OF th& older books I have is titled "You're a good man, Charlie Brown." That line is from a strip where Linus actually makes that statement. Those are simple yet highly complimentary words, worthy of only the finest of people. In the end, however, we should remember that Charlie Brown is a fictional character. The good man, here, is Charles Schulz, who deserves our love and respect for a body, of work that made us laugh, cry and look deep inside ourselves. t ' Patrick Bryson is a freelance writer from Payson. His column appears Fridays. hurting Cougars We don't know if La Veil has the reins anymore or if Norm Chow is running this BYU football team, but with all the prayers being offered, we are wondering why Norm Chow is still in Provo. The Marshall game is just more of the same antics we have put up with for years. The old BYU philosophy was pass to set up the run. Now the new one is run to set up the pass. BYU is trying to have about 50 percent running plays. We did that against Marshall. Twenty passing plays resulted in 220 yards while 30 rushing plays resulted in minus 16 yards. Against Washington, BYU passed 59 times for 500 yards and rushed 28 times for 75 yards. The most efficient passer in practices for two years now is Charlie Peterson. There was a moment in fall practice when Norm's play broke down so Charlie threw it against his body to the opposite side and 40 yards downfield, a play the Feterik could only dream of making. After the completion Chow yelled at Peterson to stand over next to him, his turn was over. In our book, a touchdown or winning a game is the goal, not fulfilling Norm Chow's ego. Get over it Chow, you don't have a clue. We can see that when you don't play your best quarterbacks. We do admit, some blame could go to an offensive line that can't keep a three-marush out, but that is a topic for another time. Paul Child Provo Christemen Jerry Spanish Fork Troy Christensen Spanish Fork n ' i ' ...... , David Nimmer Orem Senior driver careful, polite Many thanks to Joseph Young and Ted York for their letter to the Herald on older drivers. It is time that someone took the side of the older drivers on the road. I am one of those older drivers, and many times I have been almost run off the road by a thoughtless young driver who seemed to think I had no right on his road. Well, I do. I have a valid drivers license, which I have had for many years and have yet to get a ticket for careless driving. I am a courteous and driver. It is so scary for another driver to get so close to you that you feel like he is in the back seat. It would be a great hardship for me to not have the privilege to drive to the grocery store or ..... visit my daughter. I can and will promise that I will not be a danger on the highway if I can avoid it. I will work toward that goal and I challenge all the young and to take the time to do the same. Lenora Long Orem Why don't you take your big city wayH of interpreting the news and reporting it back to wherever it is you came from. ,nB ValJ. Chmtenwx Goshon We don't need your help Each and every Brigham Young University offensive player was beaten on every play by Marshall's defense.-Tha- t includes Feterik. For him to lay alii the blame on the offensive line is in "v Your editorials in the past have been almost mildy acceptable to me. However, your editorials of the present have not been even acceptable. You slam everything from the government to citizen's rights. You think that every cause has a cure. Well, sir, there is no cure to your causes other than common sense. You seem to think that everyone in Utah 6hould think the same way as your liberal newspaper. Well, fortunately, we do not. : well-manner- i ;i BYU lost, live with it ,;; . itself offensive, The Cougars are a group of crybabies! looking for excuses instead of facing tfiej fact that Marshall is the better team, There was no way BYU could have , "A beaten Marshall. Jeff Sheets Huntington, W. V .! 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