| Show August 6 1973 Page 2 editorial comment Wilderness t One man’s view The propsed Mt Naomi Wilderness area which starts near Green Canyon and edges its way into southern Idaho came under discussion last week in a program sponsored by the local Forest Service In the Amphitheater located in the upper Malibu campground English Professor and Sierra Club member Tom Lyon discussed the proposed area with Marion Olsen Cache County Commissioner The program started out with a movie and slide presentation showing the aesthetic value of wilderness area with emphasis on the Mt Naomi area Following the presentation a forest service moderator gave the two speakers a chance to explain their positions Olsen who is strongly opposed to the area said that the area would serve few persons and attract unwanted people to the area “Only a few people namely backpackers would utilize the area” Last year near Tony Grove we had problem with a MOTORcycle gang that abused the facilities at the lake Olsen said He was afraid that the same type of thing would happen if Mt Naomi was established as a wilderness area Mr Olsen apparently believes that backpackers are an irresponsible group of freaks that get their kicks by ‘raping’ mother nature Nothing could be further from the truth Also motor vehicles would not be permitted to use the area Like all segments of our diversified population there are irresponsible backpackers that insist on leaving their unwanted mark on the landscape These people would be in the vast minority of users of the wilderness area Tom Lyon pointed out that a wilderness area serves more than the avid backpacker he said the wilderness watershed improves the water quality for everyone In addition horses hunting and grazing is allowed in the area Olsen said that the governors office has heard the opinions of the commissioners against the area “We (Utah commissioners) have told senator Moss to his face that we are opposed to wilderness area If not the — wilderness areas of today could become the ‘all facility campgrounds’ of tomorrow Barry Willis Editor ’ Investment by Dayne Goodwin dollar catastrophe should at least be an educational want to posit three questions along with some suggestions and proposals: 1) Is it credible that the USU administrators experienced men of public affairs were so naive that they didn’t realize their investment program was illegal until the state Attorney General told them? Actually laws prohibiting investment of public funds in the stock market or other high-ris- k areas are common “white-colla- r is crime” treated so leniently? The late 2) Why Professor EH Sutherland a president of the American Sociological Crime that Association pointed out in his classic book White-Collthe man who robbed a grocery store of $100 would be punished much more severely than the bank executive who embezzled $100000 Do the state and federal governments care about what happens to our tax dollars? Why is the county district attorney the only source of challenge to the irresponsible and illegal loss of millions of public dollars? 3) Why is the university community immobilized? Are the students faculty and staff concerned about how the university is administered? A committee of students faculty and employees should be constituted to make an independent investigation This committee could be formed at the initiative of the student government the classified employee organization and the faculty senate The university administration should be asked to open its books and financial records to the public Administration officials should be asked to testify at public committee hearings 4) Does the concentration of power and authority in a few hands substitution of personal encourage secrecy irresponsibility and interest for public interest? This costly affair demonstrates the need for control of the university The faculty senate should be broadened into a university senate where elected representatives of the students faculty and staff can democratically and publicly formulate university policies This university senate should have the power to hire and fire administrators as well as other university personnel USU’s million experience I ar non-academ- ic student-faculty-sta- ff Thorne to speak Dr Kip S Thorne will be the final lecturer in Utah State University’s College of Science Distinguished Guest Lecture Series “Beyond the Earth” Thorne a son of Professor DW Thorne and Dr Allison C Thorne East 3rd North will lecture Monday Aug 6 through Friday Aug 10 in the Christensen Auditorium of the Business Building at 11 am 365 daily '’ Thorne professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology and adjunct professor of physics at the University of Utah was graduated from the California Institute of Technology He completed his graduate studies at Princeton The Logan native is a member of American Astronomical Society International Astronomical Union American Physical Society fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow and International Committee on General Relativity and Gravitation Thorne has been visiting professor throughout the world Prior to his arrival at USU he will be lecturing and working in research in Russia He also was recently elected membership in the National Academy of Science His lecture topics are: “The Origin and Evolution of the Universe” Aug 6 “How Stars Die” Aug 7 “The Search for Black Holes in Space” Aug 8 “The Search for Gravitational Waves” Aug 9 and “Experimental Tests of General Relativity” Aug : 10 STUDENT LIFE STAFF : EDITOR Barry Willis J BUSINESS LeAnn Olsen PHOTO GRAPHER Barry Willis The opinion Tony Grove Lake provides easy access to the area photo by Barry Wilfis expressed in Miio popor oro those of Hi editorial toff (1) and do not roproenl he view of the administration Questions or criticisms are on-0 couroged UC-- 3 IS or dial ext 7435 752-410- Z |
