Show OpinionEditorials High court not SFP Letters to the Editor defines free press' the press an u a " Free Press and members o: the know Yourg Socialist Alliance don't seem to an American has P'reedom of the press is the freedom for an freedom It the is to print what he wants on ideas to an paper uneen-'remdMviaa’ or put croup Wha is freedom of The Students for a d b coerrment The Supreme Court has ruled time and time again that It has ruled that prior restraint is unconstitutional :vtvd can force the press to print something or to keep somethmc out of print the In Miami Herald vs Tormllo 418 U S 241 1974 Court ruled there is no such thing as right of access Justice White said that "government may not force a newspaper to print copy which in its journalistic discretion it chooses to lea e on the newsroom floor" It is the function of the editor to choose what goes into and what does not go into a newspaper Ultimately in the event of a libel suit or an invasion of privacy suit the editor is held responsible for what is published in the paper along with the writer of libelous material Letters to the editor are no exception to this rule The Students for a Free Press are not fighting for a free press they are trying to gam control of Student Life They are not concerned with raising the reputation of the paper but with tearing it down Now that the unlimited access which was given the YSA in the past is not available they are trying to force the editor to print what they dictate The letters to the editor column is open to responsible letters no matter what the opinion of those letters is But when a letter is more than the expression of an opinion when it is potentially libelous when it becomes propaganda for a group which would eventually like to see a free press destroyed the column is closed In this case the SFP and the YSA should do as the Supreme Court suggests — take to the soapbox or print their propaganda themselves 1 Highrisers - by Ray Cornia Thanks for helping handicapped the editor The Exceptional Child Center Parent Organization and education staff would like to thank VOICE SCEC and other university students for their support given during our bake safe of October 27th Their efforts in behalf of the handicapped students were greatly apTo preciated Patty Willis and Kathy Eddings Exceptional Child Center Give us a chance Stan the sports editor Your remarks in Fridas s SL about the excessively high fee charged by the aggie women volleyball coaches To at their clinic held here Saturday were a little presumptuous To compare the clinic which was held primarily for high school teams and coaches to the recently held basketball program in the Spectrum was even more ridiculous Had you bothered to check into your facts you would have uncovered some interesting items l A check with the women’s athletic department would have uncovered that a free clinic was held last month for Logan and Sky view High School as well as South Cache North Cache and Logan Junior High 2 Had you checked further you would have discovered that a clinic was also held for the LDS Church two weeks ago for girls and women in the entire Cache Valley region The charge was 50 cents per person 3 You asked if the clinics were being held to raise monies to run the program The answer is yes Women's athletics doesn't have the benefits of a training table for its athletes a large Big Blue Gub to solicit donations or a million dollars to run the six intercollegiate sports for women Ginics provide experience for players and coaches to participate in a learning situation under the guidance of the best coaches in the world for volleyball and beat the hell out of standing on a comer selling cookies to raise money for the program 4 You failed to mention that each year the coaches for basketball and wrestling also have clinics which require fees of those participating 5 And last but not least you failed to mention the fact that your free basketball clinic was subsidized by McDonalds and Cream of Weber who distributed milk and popsicles and coupons for french fries I wouldn't want to speculate that their motives were to get a little advertising Lntil the Aggiewomen's program can reach the heights of your favored men’s program we must struggle as best we can to grow and develop Give us a chance Stan after all we’re only five years old at Utah State Support us with positive and constructive criticism and watch us grow Karen Morrison 545-62-60- Sidewalks and roads are different To the editor: Out of curiosity don’t OF COURSE rrs A DUMB DISGUISE BUT WHO WILL STUFF A PIAMUT THIS MONTH ? the persons who drive campus vehicles know the difference between a road and a sidewalk? If they don’t somebody ought to inform them The way some of these Hot Slots drive how the hell are the blind or deaf students and faculty on this campus supposed to walk alone down the sidewalks if they can’t see or hear the vehicles approaching? Maybe a buddy of mine has the solution Sue the unnersity the next time one of these (expletive deleted) cuts him off the sidewalk as he legally walks on the walkway to class Howell |