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Show PINION SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE, CEDAR CITY THE THUNDERBIRD TUESDAY JANUARY 17; 1989 PAGE 4 LEGISLATURE MUST 5 (eAtd raPQAi;t6 DO ITS SACRED DUTY (Hoi t 75f that every year we have the sad task of doing that which should not be thinkable, much less necessary. It is our duty to once again let our elected representatives in on what has in the past seemed such a mysterious secret to them: Education is more than mere investment in the future. It is a moral imperative. Utahs Legislature will deal with hundreds of issues during the fiext 40 days but few are, in truth, as important as the education of its next and future generations. While we acknowledge that the job of a legislator is not an easy It seems one, what with special interest groups and lobbyists at their heels all winter, we would at the same time hope that they see education as the greatest and most universally special interest of all, for this entire state, for now and forever. And while it can be said that our elected officials have often grappled heroically with the tough choices and have generally made the wise decisions, it is also true that this year they face an even tougher problem in how to increase services without raising taxes. In fact, how to increase services while cutting taxes, as seems to be the battlecry. We do not envy them their dilemma. But, we do offer them advice and a warning. If this state does not realize the overriding importance of education, of preparing its young to assume the mantle of knowledge, skills and leadership, to develop problem-solvin- g experience, to gain the wherewithal to compete and to innovate, g cycle of sticking then this state is dooming itself to a its finger in the dike only to watch new leaks spring up. The dam protecting and serving Utah must be made solid and can only be so via thorough preparation of the people, through all that a sound education can offer. Much as it may hurt, that costs money. It costs money iru facilities, in equipment, in books and related materials, in salaries for the best teachers we can attract. But, its time as it has been for many years to make that investment. Its time to apply the funds necessary to give the young s education where it is lacking and to continue of Utah a and to improve it where it may now exist. We know full well that this message is well understood by SUSC students and that they join in our appeal. The vast majority of our students feels a great responsibility to the future citizens of this state, including, of course, their own posterity. But, if some and care only about their own students may be merely education, the need for a sound financial base for this and all institutions of learning is no less imperative. Students should take an active role in deciding how state revenues should be spent. Help send our message to the legislature. Such an action, if nothing else, affirms that education is working and must be supported. le&siatars. Local KepReseKtATWes BefoRe never-endin- first-clas- self-servi- ng The Thunderbird Adults are people, too COMMENTARY BY MIKE SLIZEWSKI Snooze alarms postpone the inevitable Theres something about the old Jerry Jeff Walker song, I Like To Sleep Late in the Morning, that Ive always identified with: Well, I like to sleep late in the morningI dont like to wear no shoesMake love to the women while Im swimminDrunk in a bottle of booze. Hmmm, Actually, I never drink in bed, and its not exactly like the checkout counter at Albertsons by my bedside when it comes to women, either. Tari and Ive found that consideration in little things like that goes a long way toward keeping a wife happy. And I guess I do wear some kind of foot covering a lot, too particularly in social situations. So I guess its the first line of the song would never approve, with which I really identify. Fact is, there are strong arguments in favor of sleeping late. Some say Jesus was a late sleeper. (Of course, others say he rose early. Some change their minds frequently on this topic, depending on the latest information theyve heard, read, dreamed, imagined Others never change their minds, or been force-feregardless of input. Still others honestly dont care. I personally feel that he slept late except when he got I believe the whole up early, and vice versa. controversy came about because the current accepted year of birth for the Christ is 4 B.C., so he was born four years before himself. Its a miracle, I tell you.) Anyway, another argument in favor of sleeping late is that they say the early bird gets worms. My body is a temple the last thing I want is any more parasites munching up the interior. Which brings me somehow to the subject of snooze alarms. Snooze alarms fall into the category of devices which have been insidiously developed (for export by Russia, I hear) to make our lives easier and more miserable. They are little buttons on the tops of alarm clocks d. VOLUME 83, NUMBER 16 Editor Nit. ole Bonham Associate Editor Lynn Holt Photo Editor Rich Engleman On Campus Editor Carrie Martinez Copy Editor Anne Mi.Cloxk.ey Entertainment Editor Cary Ziegler Sports Editor Brent Richey Production Manager Lynn Dennett Senior Staff Writers Jodi Rcinard Rachel Talbot Ad Representative Michelle Jensen Faculty Adviser Larry Baker Tile Thunderbird is published each Monday and Thursday of the academic year by and for die student body ot Southern Lhah State College and is not affiliated in any way with the The Thunderbird College's department of communication. The views and opinions expressed in individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the the .ne opinions publications ,,l tin institution, faculty, staff or student bodv in general. The unsigned editorial directly abo e is the opinion of The Thunderbird as a single entity Letters to the editor must be typed number Only the name will be printed Names will not and include the name and phone be withheld under any eircumsiuni es and the editor reserves editing privileges Letters must be submitted by noon Fridays for in Monday editions, 5pm Tuesdays for Thursday editions Flic Thunderbird editorial and advertising offices in SUSC Library 103 Mail at SUSC Box 586-775586-775or 586-775v)5M, Cedar City, UT 84720 Phone (801) designed specifically to allow procrastinators to get less sleep. (Usually reliable sources claim that the original intent was to provide a few more moments of blissful slumber, while warning the snoozer that his worthless waking life was about to begin anew. Its kind of like a series of temporary road signs which announce that mile, then 1,000 yards, then construction is one-ha500 yards away, followed, in my case, by a flagperson holding a stop sign and waving frantically, then I waving her fist and shouting something cant hear or mention here as my life zooms by.) lf Anyway, the original concept just plain backfires for me. The first time the alarm goes off isnt too bad; I just hit the button and fall back into a fitful half- - Snooze alarms are designed to provide a few more moments of slumber, m,,hile warning the snoozer that his worthless waking life is about to begin anew. sleep where I dream that demons with Dali clock faces g on my forehead, cackling loudly, are their foreclaws pressing little red buttons on the tops of their heads. By the second time I use the snooze alarm, though, Im wide awake and the demons have been joined by their cousins, who are inside my slam-dancin- stomach, chopping away at the lining with tomahawks. By the third time, their neighbors have come to the party with jackhammers, drilling into both of my ears. Big hands and little hands pull at I my eyelids. And so on. By the 18th or 19th time smash the button of this technological breakthrough, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) |