Show POSTALPAYME$$ f1 0 UTAH STATE Mmm9 wcfe DISCOUNT CARDS will soon become a thing of the past following a recent administrative decision to discontinue their use after June 30 Both the Administrative -- and Academic councils have voted not to renew the cards next year Originally the cards were given only to faculty members allowing them a 10 per cent discount at the USU bookstore The cards were later extended to all employees by then President Daryl Chase Students have long resented the cards on the grounds that they entend unfair privileges to the holders and at least a few of the card holders have refused to exercise their priviledge feeling that the cards were discriminatory The cards originated at a time when fa - culty salaries were alledged to be so low that the discount was necessary But with the increasing cost of higher education being paid by students it would seem only fair that students instead of faculty members should now receive the discount The bookstore is operated at a level of profit determined by the University Money collected goes to pay off a bond It seems Iogi- cal that if one group of patrons receive a discount the other group will have to make up the difference to maintain the profit It also seems logical that if the discount is shelved maintaince of the profit level will be distributed equally over all classes of patrons We feel the administration has acted wisely in heeding student disapproval with the faculty-staf- f “Let Me Make litis Crystal (lean We Will Lick This Yet!” - discount card lWX'??- Distributed by th jGoslnijflesmes SYNDICATE - yNw ' jbte to Islanders sell themselves out for the “Aggiettes!" 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How good to see such lovely Stink and shout Pollution — without a doubt this word has replaced the discussions on Vietnam in flation and other such timely subjects The bomb total world war chemical-biare possible means by which logical warfare-al- l our environment can be disrupted or destroyed These means however are more sub ject to execution by an enemy one who would see the great United States become a desert or cesspool Fortunately we can be less worried about destruction from without Unfortunately the problem of destruction is appearing from with in We are killing ourselves and our envi ronment Tons of sewage pour into streams and river Factories cloud the sun with poisonous materials Automobiles add their destruction daily To add insult to injury we try continu-all- y to cut down our forests kill all game and change the beds of onceproductive streams to barren carriers of silt and mud Lobbyists for the lumber Industry have been trying recently to pass legislation that would laws regarding timber overpower multiple-us- e ed lands in the Pacific northwest Some parts of our great land have gone onto the rocky coast of depletion and dis o use to never more be worth the time to scan the barren wastes We can not help but won der what will be the Nixon administration stand concerning the flagrant and apparent disregard for the preservation of Some of our dwindling natural resources In Nixon's fight for pollution control he must be made aware of more than automobile exhaust and raw sewage He must look also to areas that will become used and dis carded and not worth polluting after compan-ie- s have completed their rape If this type of exploitation of natural re sources continues it will be as the tiny island republic of Nauru in the west Pacific Her the islanders are exploiting the only ex portable and marketable product the island holds — phosphorus But ironically for all the money and wealth the islanders will accumulate - Nauru has the highest per capita income in the world they will have no home in less than a 100 years They will the entire island on to ore have loaded ships and hauled it to the ports of the world We can only suggest that we do not load our “island on or rather that we become aware that without proper atten tion to our environment we may be looking for a place to live Editor ' We make a stink and shout out loud our mouth pollution fumes Whoopee! We polarize the campus scene and then attack society Protesting Vietnam grows old we need a brand new cause you see We want a cause that's justified and has protesta-bilit- y cessity to preserve mankind But such trite generalities say no-thin- g DOUG MEDFORD about the harsh realities of attempt at peace It would appear that the world's present generation of leaders are incapable of suffi ciently modifying for the better the chaos and enmity which char acterizes international relations today and that hope if there be any lies in the youth of the country This in essence means the responsibility for peace will fall on the college Istudent of today providing we all Editor I have just been watching the half-tim-e activities on television from Seattle where Utah State's basketball team is doing so well Even as a graduate of UCLA I must commend your school how mhch could be dependent on “America cannot afford we cannot afford the loss of such potentially valuable allies as our foreign students” Clive long enough At USU it is possible to ob serve a microcosm of interna C- - tional relations Our foreign stu tical and scientific Therefore the treatment they receive and the American friends they make or don’t make will be of criti cal importance to the internation al relations of tomorrow The importance of personal relations In international politics cannot be overstated In view of the above the re cord can be examined for USU First my own impression of n - Lo-ga- on returning after several years of ccnsidreable travel both domestic and international I can their personal attitudes towards foreign students The next camel jockey you en counter may well be the son of an Iranian general That coon you joke so openly about may be Nigerias future foreign mini ster The nigger you snub and incident is never forgotten may well be the'dau ghter of a Liberian senator Or how about that chink in your class whose father is secretary for' agriculture in Fcrmose Or the gook who will one day be an not recall any place I have lived or worked where prejudice is so nakedly displated as it is here In the dozen or so foreign countries it has been my priv lege to visit I have never anything but unflagging courtesy and consideration both rajah but you elbow him from the officials I encountered out of your way with some and the people whom I met about damn nigger and socially While the above situations are Even in the deep South with largely hypothetical something in the US the extent prejudi similar resulting from openly ces are buried more deeply than happens here This then would seem a displayed prejudice at USU and only one everyday on at which best foundation shaky such incidnet can serve as the too build the international rela tions of tomorrow Seemingly basis for a lifetime of hatred students have little realization of towards all Americans by a per so-cial- ly re-ceiv- ed In-di- an com-me- pro-fessional- DEAN NORTON Name change? ' Editor: did not attend the NCAA' playoffs in Provo or Seattle but I heard rumors concerning them that disturbed me Upon inves tigation I found the following bit of information about Utah State that after being here I three years ize ly I had failed to real — The program for the Provo game lists us as: Uthh State Big Blue Beneath the roster it lists our nickname as State and Big Blue When the “Highlander" issue first came into its own some people said that before we would get to vote oit the issue the press would be indoctrinated with FUSUF’s (Forward USU Forum) new ideas and the Aggie name - would already be a thing of the past I didn’t believe them then I thought everybody would play things fair and square I wonder who tried selling us out this time by sending that mis information to Provo? If we’re going to change names let's do it in Logan not in Provo Andy White -- Aggietfes ore-ship- s" dents population is as large a percentage of these students will return to their native country to become its leaders both poli- sorting to rock ecology Foreign students potential allies indeed in our time it is a ne young ladies doing such beautiful work without re- clean-lookin- g Confront the “pigs" “Capital ists'' et cetera It's fun Agree? Then bring your hair and beads my friends and memorize a fact or three Leave your minds but bring your mouth and bastardize Charles Corry columnist There is considerable agita tion and desire for international peace in this country particu larly on the college campuses Peace is a desirable thing job nt 563640838 son who by 'very virtue of hi? American education is destined for high places in the heirarchy of his native country America cannot afford we cannot afford the loss of such po tentially valuable allies as our foreign students' Look’1 at it real istically are your' prejudices worth being nuclear incinerated for? Logan won’t be at all safe in a nuclear war If we truly desire peace all of us must learn to live in har mony with our fellow men de £piU differences in color reli gion or even such personal fac jtors as smell The choice is ours jmd it is very individual for who can forecast what personal snub or diparaging remark could lead down the road to America the radioactive desert |