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Show THE THUNDERBiRD COME TO The cruelest victim of the bigotry of adults is the innocence of children. Pope John Paul II Surrealism is a term that appears only in a very few avant-gard- e appraisals of art and when the intent is to alert the reader as to the limitless potential of the writer's vocabulary. But, there is no word that quite captures the dichotomous way in which events have defined the importance of children in our culture to our sense of heroics and our sense of bigotry. Undeniably, the song of Jessica McClure touched the hearts of humanity, as the brave child serenaded her rescuers with the stanzas of Winnie the Pooh. There is nothing quite as compelling as a child in peril to rally a community to its finest hour. Cecilia Cichan owed her life to her mother's sacrifice, as she survived the Northwest Orient flight in Detroit. President Reagan led the wellwishers in their pilgrimmage of charity which saw the girl showered in gifts and love. The beauty of these events somehow dies away when they are illuminated by the bare bulb that shines in the bedroom meeting of the Ricky, Randy, Robert and Candy Ray in Arcadia, Fla. Things were not going well for the Ray boys. "One girl said she could catch it by touching me, even by going fishing with me," recalled Ricky. One word had changed the lives of these three boys utterly. AIDS. Each boy was a carrier of the virus and each was a hemophiliac. The subject for the night's meeting was a collective decision regarding whether they, as a group, would face another day of the bigotry and ignorance showered upon them at school and in the community. The group voted 1 to not attend school the next day. At the behest of the mother, the boys went back to school the following day. Wednesday went well. Thursday went even better. By Friday, the boys were happy with their school and were ready to face the next week. The next day, August 28, someone set fire to their house when the Rays were not home. The inferno burned hottest in the boys' room under the poster which implored, "Please hug me. have AIDS. can't make you sick." In the court procedings that followed, Arcadia showed what surely is the dark side of all of us. The good people of Arcadia sought an injunction to bar the Ray children from attending public school. The townspeople solicited a letter from a pediatrician who declared that the boys posed a "physical and psychological threat to the other children." The pediatrician went further to expand his writ to philosophizing about the quality of life of the town and the "justice" of the sociological isolation of the three boys by saying that the boys, being affected by AIDS, "do not fit in modern society" and that it is "without dignity" that the boys' parents fight to put them in school. A man who talks like that should not announce what other people should do with their dignity. yield to no one in my respect for the medicine when pediatric subject is tonsils and the like, but is pediatric science definitive when discussing the worth of a human being in society. will not even speculate as to the worth of those who would presume to depreciate the worth in society of someone with AIDS. Now, my aim here is not to demonstrate the deficient nature of human compassion in Arcadia. My aim is to stress this: The idea that the worth of a human being in our society varies with the amount of AIDS antibodies in his bloodstream is an idea that is at war with our civilization's intrinsic belief in the equal worth and value of all human beings. Does the constitutional guarantee of equal protection extend to those who have the AIDS antibodies? The good people of Arcadia have stated that they would not consider denying the right to equal access to education to any other child. Would any court deny a child who had not been exposed to AIDS the right to an education. Consider this, would have the good people of Texas have rallied so quickly to help little Jessica McClure if she had AIDS. Would the nation have taken Cecilia Cichan to its heart if she had been an AIDS carrier. suggest that the real heroes last summer were three boys named Ricky, Randy and Robert. Said Candy Ray, in response to a Life reporter's question as to what she would tell the people, "Tell them, tell them that my brothers can't make you sick." From the mouths of babes. 2, 1987 PACE 5 NOVEMBER 7 9 AM- PM -7 (SPJmOT'S CE,JLEmBILES 491 south rmiri street WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY DOOR PRIZES AND A GRAND PRIZE. KSUB WILL BE ON LOCATION WITH THEIR REMOTE! 586-353- 0 Cedar Pointe Shopping Center) (In JiillBMWliil'iiim.mMiii.ni For 1 miwiiia a".i!ii Meet in those interested in becoming a iivem for a year on the east coast or elsewhere Salaries from $150 $250 a week Come in and find out what to expect: (Friends and parents are also invited.) Free room and board 3-- I NOVEMBER OU- R- SATURDAY Out of the mouths of babes MONDAY Time: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1987 Place: New Administration Building Room 102 For more Information Call: HELPERS WEST EE 3C UZBEKS: !ZS33SE2SE?S 2 Minimum Standards: Must not drink or smoke and must be good with children. (801) 295-326- 6 VOTE EVAN VICKERS FOR CITY COUNCIL t'W9vr pro? I I DR. fl.F. RICH. OPTOMETRIST 60 NORTH MAIN 25 586-888- 1 DISCOUNT ON ALL SERVICES AND MATERIALS TO STUDENTS. FACULTY AND STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES, YEAR ROUND. FRIENDLY, CARING, EXPERIENCED, WITH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Specialty Risk Free Contacts. Money-Bac- Guarantee CONCERNED RESPONSIVE PROGRESSIVE 1. EVAN graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah in 1977 after spending five years in the pharmacy and M.B.A. programs. Because he was a member of the student assembly, A S.U.U., while in college he is aware of the problems that students face. Evan is CONCERNED enough to try and help SUSC students overcome their problems. He feels that this can be accomplished by student and city council cooperation to provide: a. Student representation on the Chamber of Commerce. b. Student hason to the city council. c. Student representation on civic committees. EVAN is RESPONSIVE 2 to college concerns based on student and faculty input: a. A need for student housing. b. Adequate jobs and funding for the students and faculty of SUSC. Scholarship funding. d. Availability of the retail goods desired by the student and faculty. c 3. EVAN is PROGRESSIVE in his thinking towards solving the challenges that Cedar City and its population face in the future: a. Consolidation of our marketing efforts to every potential consumer in our drawing area. a budgeted eye toward further development. c. Attract new industry and jobs by utilizing all of the resources of our city including those at SUSC. b. Continued promotion of our recreational and cultural assets with ELECT EVAN VICKERS TO REPRESENT CEDAR CITYS FUTURE |
