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Show J "1 I i Is i i1 Editorials i Foram Lets Go Home To Arcadia by Lou Editor Jennifer Killian The rest of us can never move away from Arcadia. Managing Editor The house that burned down in Arcadia was our house. The fire put our own lives in peril and it is we, you and I, who now must search through the ashes to see what can be saved. Ginny Gale Business Manager Julie Fullmer j Advertising Manager Laura Reeves Photo Director Karla Joost Contributing Writers Cara Cahoon Karen Charnholm . Erick Scheen Kristie Sowards Normalee Spackman Randy Sullivant Faculty Adviser : - This is the only practical way Americans can look at the fire that wiped out the home in Florida where three little boys who had the AIDS virus lived with their parents. d. Clifford and Louise Ray have three sons, 8 to 10 years old, who suffer from hemophilia. It is an inherited disease that prevents blood from clotting. Treatment of the disease requires transfusion of blood products. It was through these transfusions that the three boys were infected with the AIDS virus. This tragedy has focused the attention of the country on Arcadia and one American family, to which the plague of AIDS brought the plagues of hate and ignorance. The family has had a lifetime full of hurt. They were driven from their church congregation. School gates were closed to their boys and they suffered from the threats of their neighbors. They believe the fire was' arson by Tricia Martinez Lou Perkins , cruel-hearte- In Arcadia, the School Board barred the boys. Their parents fought and a federal court opened the gates. There was a boycott: the mayor and others took their children out of the school. Threats and warnings came; then the fire. AIDS specialists say that the greatest current priority in the AIDS fight is to educate against the danger of getting it and the danger of unjustified fear of contamination. Against those who spread AIDS through narcotics or prostitution, who may be beyond reason, the only recourse society has is the law. The one great truth of AIDS is that the most effective way to fight it is for every person who believes he may have been exposed to be treated. Those who have contracted the virus must make the individual ethical decision not to have sexual intercourse with the unaffected. Without this individual commitment. AIDS will spread. Yet, persuading the individual to carry out this ethical commitment does not entitle society to hound or pursue the victims. Keep Cows on Farm, Drivers on Road Tawn M. Dewey Myriam Hernandez 5 and are leaving Arcadia. But the rest of us cannot leave Arcadia; it is now part of our lives and futures. To leave, to turn away, forget or diminish it as something that happened in one small town, in one country in the state of Florida, would not It would give up in simply be advance the one weapon most important in the struggle against the plague, the weapon of individual ethics and responsibility. Without it, we are lost. Perkins Scott Cairns The Forum of Westminster College of Salt Lake City will be published and distributed approximately every other Monday throughout the academic year by the Associated Students' of Westminster College. The newspapers address is 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84105. g The Forum is an member of the Rocky Mountain award-winnin. Collegiate Press Association. e Typesetting and printing by Printing, 55 East Malvern, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. The Forum welcomes letters totalled. Luckily, all four people are without a scratch. The policeman arrives on the scene and ques- Jennifer Killian Its vacation time. Labor Day weekend. Students are heading out of town. Some are driving home in order to visit family members. Some are flocking in herds to bask in the sun at the most popular resorts. Some are merely coasting great distances to spend time with beloved boyfriends. Keith, on the other hand, is moving furniture to another state for Shane, his good friend. He loads up his truck with all Shanes furniture, ties it down and hits the road that night with three pther friends. They travel about 180 miles when two cows run out in front of the truck. In order to save his friends lives and keep the truck from rolling, Keith gently touches the brakes, holds the wheel tightly and yells, Hold on." He hits the cows directly on to avoid rolling, while a cow bounces off each side of his truck. Keith keeps a tight hold on the wheel as the front Jiood pops open, blocking all vision, until the truck finally slides to a stop. The front end of the truck is smashed in considerably, the engine is steaming, the radiator is crushed and both doors are jammed. The truck tions Keith, then adds, You know, you have to pay for those cows. According to Utah law. youre at fault. . Keith then realizes that he carries only libel insurance, which means the cows are covered, but his truck his only means of transportation is history. In many parts of this state, even along busy highways, cattle are permitted to roam free, unfenced and unguarded. If a cow happens to venture into the path of a car in one of these open-rang- e areas, the driver must swerve to miss the cows, taking the chance of rolling, or face full responsibility for the life of the cow and damage to the car. At night, its virtually impossible to see a cow, or even a groups of cows, standing beside a road. And if a driver is on a well-travell- ed highway, chances are hes not going to be searching for cattle. ' By the time a driver sees a cow running into his path, its almost impossible to avoid hitting it. That doesnt leave the driver too many g situation such as this. options in a fast-thinkin- would be as concerned as the drivers about the outcome of these situations. After all, the owners have a business to consider, and if their cattle arc being run down, their business is going to be hurt. So, why dont the cattle owners fence in their cattle in order to protect their own interests? It doesnt make sense for the owners to let cattle roam free when theyre risking the future of their busines not to mention the lives of others. Since many cattle owners obviously dont care about such high-rissituations, why doesnt the government put a stop to this probk lem? After all, lives are being threatened. The government puts restrictions on every other, cause of accidents, and in a state where there are such a high number of accidents due to domestic animals, especially in the southern part of the state, there should be some kind of protection for the innocent driver. Hes the one left with nothing in the end. Keith no longer has a nice truck, he no longer has a means of transportation and hes very lucky to still have his three good friends. Hes now working twice as hard to pay off his totalled truck; and, maybe, someday, he can afford to buy a new one. It seems only logical to us that cattle owners Hof-fin- from students and other readers. Submissions must be signed and include the authors telephone number (telephone numbers will be used only to verify the authenticity of letters). Submissions must also avoid the use of profanity and libel. Lengths may not exceed three typed, double-space- d pages with lines 50 character spaces wide. Deliver letters directly to the Forum office (under the door if necessary) in the basement of Shaw Center by 3 p.m. on Tuesday one week before the date of publication, or mail them to the Forum office at the above address. Please be concise and to the point in your letters. Opinions expressed on the Forum editorial pages are those of the writers and "are not to be construed as the opinions of the Associated Students of Westminster College or of the college administration, faculty or staff. Septr21; 1987 Issue 2 STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF As a former student and avid supporter of Westminster College, I would like to personally invite each of you to take advantage of special discounts now available to you for all your hair styling needs. j? 4 OX Ill N VI Vx 39th streetsalon By remembering the Arthritis Foundation in your will, you can help us find ways to stop this serious, often crippling, disease. 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