Show October Page 4 Cache Valley apathy The recent Buzz Thurber experience has once again in Cathe poven that student apathy is alive and well Valley When a student officer is simply scolded cajoled and then patted on the head after using student fees to establish his own promotional company it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of any truly concerned student or administTcftbr One student comments that it is like "the street? commission" who owns part interest in a front-enalignment shop A more adequate description would be a streets commissioner who owns part interest in a construction company who amazingly receives all the d resurfacing contracts The company of course does it cheaper but how? Perhaps by using cheaper materials The same student urges us to "patronize the boy" We have already stood by while he manipulated students funds how long shall we stand idly by Many support Thurber on his past experience claiming his first year will aid in contracting better groups Apparently he has had a little too much experience for his own good Thurber asserts that through his agency he could work better with professionals due to his recognization as a fellow professional It is hard to visualize a three man promotional organization based in Logan Utah which would carry as much or more weight than a university If Thurber felt he was doing students an exceptional service why did he not inform Assistant Dean of Students Val Christensen Director Student Activites for Student Affairs LeRoy Dennis and Claude Burtenshaw of his noble business venture Many students defend Thurber on the basis that Rocky Mountain Music only made a minimal profit during the time of its transactions at USU The fact that any profit was made indicates that RMM was not a nonprofit organization established to benefit the student It is true that Thurber has bowed out of RMM in an effort to stifle further pressure from administrators and Student Life however if the existence of RMM had not been uncovered it is doubtful that he would have ever considered dissolving his partnership in the organization in an effort to resolve an obvious "conflict Vice-preside- of nt interest" Student Government should be actively persuing this corruption in an effort to discourage any future actions of this nature in any ASUSU office In a 'real life' political situation such actions would warrant an intensive investigation by the judicial “Branch (in ASUSU the Supreme Court) or resignation from the office Apathy towards injustice however warrants neither Pauline Summers Editor Write in Take action or JFK There have been numerous rumors during the last decades concerning-th- e John assassination Fitzgerald Kennedy: among them are 1) that he is aetu41y st&hstive and hidden a vegetable in an obscure place to which Jackie makes secret visits and 2) that it was all the work of Lyndon B Johnson who was his and then became president But perhaps the greatest rumor is that JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald who fired three shots at him November 22 1963 in Dallas Texas This rumor is vice-preside- nt perpetuated by the Warren Commission Report the only official government report issued on the killing In his speech on this campus Wednesday Rusty Rhodes a private investigator gave a comprehensive review of the events surrounding the assassination I dare say that there are few if any in the audience who weren’t convinced beyond any doubt that there is sufficient evi- - dence to seriously question the truth of the Warren Report The Warren Report would have us believe that: Lee Harvey Oswald with only seconds to get to the window raised a high powered rifle aimed and fired it was able to render the fatal blow 8-- The first shot he fired put sevgn holes in two men This magic shot entered Kennedy’s back changed direction came out through his throat changed direction again entered Texas Governor Connally’s neck changed direction once more went into Connally’s wrist changed direction again and entered his leg Incredible bullet wouldn’t you say? The Commission would also have us believe that this same bullet which is in the national archives is still in the pristine condition after shattering two bodies should also believe that all three shots were fired by Oswald A film record however shows that the President was hit from We 17 1 975 Nigeria forges ahead despite problems by 1 Nigeria as an indewas 15 years old nation pendent The Nigerian students at USU celebrated the occasion We celebrated but not without concern and dedication The concern is normal for ours is a developing country The problems facing developing countries are well known Chief among them are: (1) Political Stability and (2) Economic Development Depending on one’s outlook the priorty ordering could change From general observation these twin sisters of social welfare seem to be inextricably related Political Stability Since attaining independence Nigeria has been successful in having a mixture of stability and a few intervals of uncertainty It is normal for the world to concentrate on those intervals of uncertainty more than the periods of stability Period of stability on balance is longer than the period of uncertainty To the Nigerian these intervals of uncertainty are more like the growing intervals and these growing intervals are not without their trials and temptations Just like any other nation in its Nigeria has its problems the difference may be that Nigeria is facing its adolescense period with a determination all that assuring and with a vigour all that enduring trying to make sure that the battle for stability in government is won The game of brinkmanship is not new to Nigerian politics but the art of creation of crisis is abhoring to most Nigerians and therefore Nigerians try to avoid crisis and conflict Nigeria hopes to achieve political stability under a new leader Brigadier Murtalla Mohammed The able civil service which actually is the mainstay of a country has in Nigeria’s case proved itself time and again that it can hold its own The Nigerian civil servants have proved themselves capable of maintaining the slender political fabric that keeps the flame of constitutional activities aglow they have further proved themselves capable of maintaining economic activities and thereby ensuring a very desirable rate of growth With so much promised with that much to do Nigeria cannot help but attract your youth into the task of nation building Economic Stability On Oct adol-escen- House of Representatives Washington DC 20515 If there is nothing being covered up then there should be no fear in the case If there is where does that put us? In some sort of danger I believe '‘Vi Susan Hodgson agerial Capacity and Nigeria’s economic performance seems to have been very spectacular Nigeria has had a peasant form of agriculture but gradually peasant farming is making way to modern farming The agricultural sector is important equally so are trad£-A&- d industry Trade and industry has not been relegated to the background there have been giant strides taken in these sectors in the last nine years of Nigeria’s in ricant of national economies — ever present in Nigeria’s economic affair Nigeria’s development figures have assumed gigantic proportions From a budget of around $300M per year in the early sixties to a budget of $6 billion a year in the seventies Indeed the development plan envisage the use of $30 billion to transform Nigeria’s 0 economy Present Gross Domestic Product at current prices is expected to grow from $21 billion in 1974-7- 5 0 to $37 billion in indicaan ting average compound growth rate of 117 per cent per annum When inflation is taken into consideration this figure reduces to a compound rate of growth of 91 percent per annum Today agriculture and mining account for 72 percent of the National Income but by 1980 it should fall non-immedi- 1979-198- ' maintained cordial relations punctuated only by few strains One measure of friendship on the international scene is the volume of trade between two nations to 60 percent Nigeri’s imports from the US alone is expected to rise from $252 billion to $126 billion within the next 10 years Both countries seem to cherish the policy of respecting each other’s country and having bilat-erl- a relations on a basis of honoured and recognized sovereign nations From this short expose’ on Nigeria one may have concluded that there is a lot going on for Nigeria such an individual is not alone the Nigerians believe that there is a lot going in Nigeria’s favor These is the challenge to all Nigerians at USU to complete their educational training and go back to the motherland and to develop and build her to the glory of God and future generations Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria Happy Anniversary Editor’s note: This article was submitted on Oct 6 but could not be run due to copy editing problems Since fossil fuel in the form of oil commands a lot of attention today one has to at least briefly discuss the role of oil in Nigeria’s economic future Oil revenues r can finance the $30B development plan The monthly magazine “Africa” puts it this way: “While Nigeria developed her first national development plan five-yea- 1962-196- and the civil war 8 transforming her ecomony by the target date of 1980 Nigeria’s Foreign Relations Nigeria’s policy of balanced neutrality in world affairs has earned her respect and the friendship of other governments and nations but a sour note clearly exist Nigeria is a member of the OPEC and there are nations that view OPEC with unmeasurable distrust and with anger bordering on hate As long as this fury is not directed to an OPEC member Nigeria can be expected to continue its cool headed membership of OPEC and also play a moderating role Even though Nigeria is a member of OPEC Nigeria does not allow herself the luxury of getting involved in political problems that are not of immediate concern to her But should Nigeria be faced with these problems she would as she has demonstrated in the past evaluate the situation objectively and act accordingly Nigeria and US Nigeria and the US have oil — 1976-198- through deficit financing ie borrowing from the banking system since 1970 the engine of finance hasbeen oil and this has become singularly important since 1973 From $8B or 92 percent of total exports in 1974 these huge earnings have radi- cally and dramatically transformed the government revenues and the balance of payments from chronic deficits to unman-agebl- e surpluses” Nigerians are well aware of the fact that the catch in their national development plan are the twin sisters called (1) Man FRANKLY SPEAKING "IT? YOU LIKE I by phil frank KEEP TELLING ALL PUPE5MAM vom (2) Man- power If and when Nigeria overcomes these problems (the sooner the better) there will be no problem life With that all transforming lub- se the front Oswald was 285 feet behind him The film was suppressed by the government but an illegally obtained copy was shown to the audience It was proof enough If you believe ajl this as the Warren commissioners would like you to then everything is hunky dory If you suspect that perhaps not all the evidence has been considered then you might consider the following: House Resolution 204 if passed would re open the investigation This bill is before the House and if you think your representative should support it let him know So far there are 103 representatives in favor of it You can write Utah representative Gunn McKay and Allen Howe at the following address: Nigerian students USU WE L?(JIT LSP EXPERIMENTS AGES A GO MAM- - A3ES A GO" £ COLLEGE MEDIA SERVlCES BOX - CA 9 4 709 |