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Show Page 4 The Thunderbird Give Monday January 20, 1 986 Opinion Martin L. King OUTRAS-Ef- f (lTom 15W OOR MlTlOhlfcM&WONE: OF HIS the respect he deserves rve mueMPfliHEAJ of oor tjj SUSC should observe Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday as the declared national holiday it now is. It is up to a state to decide if it will honor a national holiday, yet all but six states iecognize Kings birthday. Utah is one of the six. This is a disgrace. Organizers of a pro rest scheduled for today cited that a reason for not honoring the holiday is that Utah is less than 10 per cent black. But this holidav isnt going to be celebrated by blacks only. King was a great man and one that lived less than 100 years ago, unlike Washington or Lincoln or Columbus. Another reason g.ven by organizers is that King was too radical. Is a person radical because he would like his rights to be respected? King was not a radical, but he wasnt a Utah Conservative either. King was a true fighter. The man died trying to earn basic human rights. King was for the Constitution. The Bill of Rights for some reason didnt include any rights for blacks specifically, so they didnt get any rights at all. We hold these truths to be ..that all men are created equal. Tit is is from a note called the Declaration of Independence, written by some other radicals. King wanted equality and freedom for all people not just blacks, Nobel Peace Prize that's racism and he saw that. He won the for trying to win freedom and equality for all men and women everyu here. Is this so radical? "Radical has a bad connotation. We associate it with revolutions and blood and death and change! Change for the better isnt radical, its common sense. King is conveniently disappearing into the history books, said one of the organizers of SUSCs protest rally. The Thunderbird has heard something terrifying: "What did he King do? Martin Luther King, Jr. was the leader of the civil rights movement in the U.S. from the mid 1950s until he was killed on April 4, 1968. He led a crippling boycott against segregated buses in Montgomery, Ala. He was always an advocate of nonviolent resistance, not bloody revolution. He organized a march on Washington, D.C. in 1963 where massive he delivered his most famous speech: I have a dream... The Thunderbird believes SUSC could do without some other holiday in order to honor this man. Why do we have a day off to kill deer but to honor one of our countrys greatest leaders? A rally has been organized for today from noon until one to petition SUSC to celebrate Kings birthday. The Thunderbird supports this and expects people with similar ideas to do the same. majp v&tiouR n mmfecobmai DAYAS UOWdrUfs issue A bsnVIflpS ply Jm&nxrZ T MUST TAKE- atteutiw - ACTlONl TAJU BkHJM WoresroFTHis rjumc, by S&CFitfG i . i ! 14 civil-righ- ts """" q)l. Cbunder6ircC III Ml PI MW' P II ' Ml n III! K nil M ulllul VOLUME 80. NUMBER 14 Editor Tvler lenten Copy Editor Rohoixa Southern Photo Editor Derek Miller Sports Editor Ken Co Entertainment Editor Chad McBride Assistant to the Editors Annette Grooms Senior Staff Writers Kris Johnson Kon Kontoginnm.s j Production Manager Kelli Foy Advertising Designer Gavin McNeil Advertising Representative Kellie Jensen Faculty Adviser Larrv Baker The ThunJcihnd is published e.u h Mond.n of the academic year by and for the student bods of Southern I 'uh State College and is not affiliated in nnv manner whatsoever with the College's department oi lomimmk.uiun The iews and opinions expressed in The Tumdi ihtni are the opinions ol the publication's individual writers and do not tuxessarih reflect the slews and opinions of the institution, faculty, staff or student bixls in general The unsigned editorial directly above is the opinion of The ThjiiuiWm as a single entits Letters to the editor must he rvped and include the name, student number ( if from a student) and phone number. Ontv the name will be printed. Names will not lx- withheld under nnv circumstances and the editor reserses the right to edit letters (or length and to preclude libel. Letters must be submitted by inxin hndas loi inclusion in the following weeks edition. The ThumLrhnd I T 4720 Mail editorial and ndsercising oHtv.es at 1 West 200 South, Cedar City, SC Box KM, Cedar (.'its, I T S4720 ls0!) 77x' at SI Now reader will keep off the grass consequences of meandering TO THE EDITOR: Finally! After years of disappointment, the ground crews of Utahs Educational Crown Jewel have discovered a virtually foolproof method to keep me on the sidewalks and off the lawn. Neither roping off sections of grass, nor signs stating the terrible through lusciously kept lawn have altered my path. ..but I must now concede defeat. After risking a good pair of shoes to trek from Oak Hall to the library, I resolve to KEEP OFF THE GRASS. No longer will I follow the furrows carved by countless students, as long as the fresh scent of manure hangs over this campus. But until the winds free us from bondage and take the stench to Beaver, whence it came, does anyone have an old gas mask for sale? Michael Nielsen Careless drivers endanger life here TO THE EDITOR: Im an SUSC student concerned for his life. do not have an incurable disease. Im actually in I good physical shape. However, every day my life is threatened as I walk to and from the SUSC campus by motorists who do not seem to know, or care, what a crosswalk is. The other day I witnessed a near disaster on the southeast corner of campus. A driver, not bothering to clean his windshield of frost, turned strait into the crosswalk, nearly hitting a student. Luckily, the student was quick enough to jump out of the trucks path. What if that had been a child walking to school? On numerous occasions I have had motorists actually beep their horns, shake their fists, even shout obscenities at me, simply because I was crossing the street in the cross-wal(In rase some motorists are may not know, cross-walk- s those two parallel white lines that cross streets.) I have to think a couple of things about these motorists: They are ignorant of the motorists laws, which I discount due to the fact that they are licensed drivers; or that they would rather arrive at class or work 20 seconds earlier than obey the law. You know thats all you gain 20 seconds. I have to ask, Is killing a human being worth 20 seconds? Mike Pelto Thunderbird letters policy explained The Thunderbird, as part of its responsibility to meet the needs of the students and the college, will print leters to the editor whenever they are received. The letters need not express any particular point of view, but they may not be libelous. 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