Show —J rmwa lit Tin W Nov 12 1976 Page 4 Student Life Friday Utah State Unnremty by Phil Frank pivnklyspeakinc OpinionEditorials Housing shortage an end coming tocomplain so much about zoning Maybe students won’t next laws year Now that it appears to be profitable builders are beginning to alleviate the student housing shortage Budding permits for 11 fourplexes and five threeplexes were issued in lxigan City in October The value of the construction approved is estimated at $109) 649 more than any month this year Almost $3 million more construction has been approved this year as in the same period last year This is one aspect of the local economy in which a direct profit for the community is obvious Hopefully the community is aware of indirect profits which students generate as well Letters to the Editor What about To m ml ssm 3 me pamo cpfnrtwi3mx ' sr ia High riS0TS - by Ray Corn ta MO PLO terrorism? the editor Congratulations to Student Life for publishing the article ‘‘A Just Peace for Palestinians” The article was controversial and mentally challenging So challenging m fact that I wish to dispute it The article written by the Arab Students Organization began by talking about an imminent peace for the Middle East and saying Americans should side with Palestine The author neglects however one major aspect of the Palestinian struggle terrorism How can the Arab Students Organization believe in peace and support terrorism as they did on Friday Nov 5 in the UC basement? They told me terrorism is justified because it brings attention to their important cause Is any cause more important than human life? Did the random machine-gu- n murders in Athens airport a few years ago promote peace? Have recent hijackings furthered peace? I think not Terrorist groups like the Palestine Liberation Organization and Black September only allienate the masses away from the Palistiman cause The article speaks of racial and religious equality as though to play upon american guilt The Arab Students Organization contends that Palestine will be a country of both Arabs and Jews Arabs first ) and w ill be void of discrimination The Arab Students Organization representative in the UC told me they disagree with Zionism not the Jewish faith This simply is not true I lived in Saudi Arabia last year Arabs there threw cans and bottles at my friends and me because we are Americans and with disgust in their voice called us Jews (an insult I suppose) They never distinguished between Zionist and Jew Religious equality in the Middle East is a joke Jews are not even allowed in Saudi Arabia at all Is that an example of equality? The author tells us that writers such as Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln have been inspirations to revolutionaries in places like Latin America Since when? Did Che Guevera ever spout proverbs of Thomas efferson? Does Fidel Castro idolize Abe Lincoln? No to We as Americans were asked almost threatened support the Palestinian cause Instead shouldn’t we support our government and not terrorism? ( NOW WATCH AND WE’LL BEFORE FOR SNOWFLAKES ON THEM SKI THEV MELT R Conrad Walters (Continued on page 5) |