Show November 12 1975 rM could be inferior as well as abroad? Although I am not questioning the sincerity of Mr Blakeslee I National bias Dear Editor think ethnocentric statements It is not the first time one comes across an ethnocentric statement in o®5 papers can be harmful and probably this will keep appearing for sometime Mr Alton BlakesldrAP science editor in his article “Medical Schools-griOutlook for Applicants” which appeared in the November 5 1975 issue of Student Life made such an ethnocentric statement According to Mr Blakeslee those students who apply to medical schools in the United States and who are turned away “must give up the dream of becoming a doctor or go to often inferior medical school abroad” I wonder what criteria Mr Blakeslee used to judge the in- Elias Nigem (569-74-975- don’t get what we need very often because we’re athletics” If the proposed parking lot area remains grassy it won’t be because of any inherent bias but because someone with authority stopped to look at costs and benefits anti-ahtlet- ic Wally Thurman (529-99-038- feriority rv V i I K A f tV - i - - of medical schools abroad I wonder also if Mr Blakeslee knows much about medical schools abroad If one judges a medical school’s inferiority in terms of a social believe the US criteria medical schools lag behind socially In terms of women and other minorities participation in the medical profession the US is I rated on the bottom of the scale The case abroad is much better If you use scientific progress as criteria to judge the inferiority of a medical school I still believe it is difficult to compare the US medical schools with schools abroad In some areas probably schools the abroad may be rated better In my opinion it would have been more objective if Mr Blakeslee did not use the term “inferior” and instead use an open and close (limited) criteria to judge a medical school In my opinion the US medical schools operate on a close system or limited approach In most cases only the “lucky ones” and those who have connections have more opportunities to participate in the medical profession In most countries abroad they have an open system Students can enter medical schools with no regard to color sex or other Isn’t it more differentiations to say that those appropriate turned down by who are students in the US go schools medical of the open because abroad than “inferiority” system rather standards Also isn’t it possible that schools in the United States non-mechanic- al 2) Keith Musselman (176-38-923- Asphalt athletics 4) Craig Brooks (195-44-628- 7) Dear Editor: Being basically uninformed and hence unconcerned about the current parking lot debate we paid little attention to the article “Athletic Department needs new parking lot” (SL Nov 3) Our reasoning was that someone somewhere must have weighed the costs and benefits of the new lot and comextp the conclusion that USU would benefit from it then you are definitely a The truth hurts Dear Editor: It is said that the truth hurts and Bill Mace certainly let out a “Yelp!” in the Nov 7 Student Life “con-artist- ” If you have found a correlation between the truth of an idea and the age of its proponent you should share this startling discovery with other scientists If your thesis is that are “con-artistthen you are blowing it again Bill since I won’t be 30 for a while yet Come on Bill you shouldn’t “con” people like that I’m interested in your proposal that I go to Berkeley I’ve lived in both Berkeley and Oakland and I enjoyed being a leader of the YSA there If you are really determined that I should g6 to Berkeley I have a proposal for you First you should arrange a complete all the remaining coursework I need for graduation Second you should start a “Send Dayne Goodwin to Berkeley Fund” — I think $2500 might be sufficient If you will do these two things I will seriously consider your suggest- If you disagree with the YSA view Bill why don’t you let us see your opinion? Why don’t you ion expose all the “rhetoric” and WSL werehaken fromlhi? BSIL con taineiLia m y article on ' Meanwhile Bill it might do belief by the realization thaifhS'fS' ROTC (Which was printd as part fou'Sorre good ibTentureoiItifitd “the real world” I’m surprised on the front page of the student of the YSA viewpoint)? that you ever came to the I’m sure everyone would be organ was the prime force behind world of the university As the new lot presenting the stroninterested in your views on a fish do you prefer a small very ROTC Let’s see some cogent gest case that could be mustered A small pond? bigger pool would for it Our revised reasoning is reasoning some thoughtful more readily afford you the that if arguments presented by persuasion some evidence LaDell Anderson are the strongIf you expect to challenge a insignifigance you deserve est case then certainly the costs viewpoint simply by personally Dayne Goodwin of the project far outweigh the attacking the author of the viewbenefits point without presenting a single First the benefits: 14 times a reasonable substantial thought PS Student Life I don’t enjoy year USU gains additonal revenSTUDENT LIFE is the official student publication of Utah State University and is written and ue from elderly people going to edited by students basketball games who would not EDITORIAL POLICY is solely the responsibility of the editorial staff The editor can reserve attend if the new parking lot the right to refuse any publication on his discretion EDITORIAL OPINIONS are solely those of the editorial board and those writers with signed weren’t built That’s about it articles Second the costs: There is the LETTER POLICY The editor reserves the right to edit refuse or print any letter All letters cost of construction In purely line and signed with name and student number Names may be must be typed on a ‘ un-“rea- (529-56-401- monetary terms can anyone hope to offset this cost by the increased revenue from basket-bal- l games? Additionally there are costs (of lost opportunities) to those users of the playfields who might not be users much longer costs not directly quantifiable but easily significant Compare the costs and benefits and we challenge anyone to come up with a solid argument for the new lot That such a comparison hasn’t been made is evidence of the fact that small benefits are reaped by the Athletics Department while large costs are borne by us all In his hilarious conclusion Anderson says “It seems like we SC answering this type of personal slander but I will answer it if you print it I am confused by your editorial policies Earlier this fall something I wrote was censored oil the grounds that it might be libelous Now to flatly state that someone is a “con-artist- ” would seem to me to be similar to calling someone a thief or any other type of criminal (unless the reference was clearly used for rhetorical effort as in my letter above) Charging someone with criminal action is clearly libelous unless it can be proven Would Student Life kindly print all the evidence it has that indicates I am a con-artis- t? 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