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Show SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE, CEDAR CITY KINGS WORK PROVED THE SYSTEM WORKS Tomorrows Tvk THURSDAY JANUARY 19, 1989 PAGE 4 BiG PAY. I'LL Be UaWDCTaw, land of zwye ffcee 41 p HoMeoFT LeADefc. Tble THE THUNDERBIRD of rde irte ,de r oA-rHortef-ess- , Tomorrow the American public and viewers around the world rde will witness the inauguration of George Herbert Walker Bush as ADS VtcTiM, Ide. 41st President of the United States. Bush and his administration Racist cp'wimAls, 7de bzeeadouse bring considerable promise and speculation regarding this Tie. Pie ss . , countrys next four years. Will Bush succeed in reducing the deficit without increasing taxes? Can he victoriously transform the United States into a kinder, gentler nation? While these will remain imperative questions well into the 1990s, they are best left for future analysis. This week The Thunderbircl celebrates the American political system and one of its finest products. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom we honored Monday, is a perfect example of whats right in America. King augmented his right to free speech with the courage and determination to place himself in the public eye and fight for the principles he believed in: equality and freedom for all. Kings efforts combined with those of his followers have catalyzed a positive progressive movement in black society over the past 20 years. As a partial result, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was a strong contender in the 1988 national elections and remains a promininent public official. King and others have successfully fought suppression and opened the political door to people of any race, gender or ethnic background. As a result, San Francisco, San Antonio, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., are governed by mayors that are either black, female, or Hispanic. As we students become more aware of our government and other political systems and societies, we realize how very young r the United States is and how much we have grown in little more than twcuienturies. Even 150 years ago, few people had been west COMMENTARY BY PHIL CHIDESTER of the Rockies. Now America, with citizens inhabiting both coasts and thousands of points in between, is in many ways the leader of the free world. As we sit back tomorrow watching Bushs $12'million-plu- s inauguration party, waiting with anticipation for the events to transpire under his administration, we can take pride in the The United States of America is a shining example Ill get out and go to my next class. If more Africans political system of which we are a part. We freely elected Bush from a field of more than one dozen of peace to the modern world. While the Sikhs of India played dead in the Sahara, the buzzard could become list! candidates. Many people living today will never freely elect their conduct acts of terrorism against their Hindu brothers the first welcome guest on our endangered-specie- s Periodical and the white minority of South Africa maintains a Another campus subculture is the political leaders or influence the daily political affairs that affect from black its of Paramecium. When I get a free hour in my busy segregation their lives. Americans have the freedom to voice opinions and degrading policy I we Americans can proudly join hands schedule, go to the Library and catch up on Rolling stand for what they believe in. And, as King so brilliantly countrymen, and celebrate the victories of a man who helped bring Stone and Sports Illustrated. And, after thumbing illustrated, exercising these freedoms can indeed have an impact. peace and universal freedom to our nation. through Good Housekeeping for the fifth time while I influence and of the the land continues to free, America, people SUSC is a microcosm of this great American ideal. wait, a guy shows up with four good magazines and societies around the globe. The citizens of this country have the The students here may not represent every racial, puts them back on the shelf. How many magazines ability and responsibility to yield their influence and freedom religious, and ethnic force alive and well in the United can a guy read at one time anyway? I remember from as King did to affect the world in positive ways. States, but the differences in ideas and values we find here demand the concentrated efforts of us all to keep the campus machinery at a steady and peaceful clip. I have identified three distinct After a few years of hanging around and watching groups hidden in the other students on campus, I have identified a few minority distinct minority groups hidden in the recesses of the recesses of the college student body college student body. These minorites have nothing to do with race or religion or nationality, yet their some shady biology course that paramecia eat by attitudes and actions have a direct and lasting effect sucking food through pores all over their bodies. all that takes place here. I have assigned names Maybe these minorities can read in the same way. upon 17 VOLUME 83, NUMBER And finally, I present my favorite minority: the to these subversive minorities, and the guilty parties effeci de rpe In through . . the out door Actions speak louder than words The Thunderbird , Editor Nicole Bonham Associate Editor Lynn Holt Photo Editor Rich Engleman On Campus Editor Carrie Martinez Copy Editor Anne McCloskey Entertainment Editor Gary Ziegler The Thunderbird is published each Monday and Thursday of the academic year by and for the Student body of Southern Utah State College and is not affiliated in any way with the Thunderbird CoIIcrcV department of communication. The views and opinions expressed in The the views are the opinions of the publications individual writers and do not necessarily reflect of the institution, faculty, staff or student body in general. The unsigned editorial directly above is the opinion of The Thunderbird as a single entity. Letters to the editor must be typed and include the name and phone number. Only the name will be printed. Names will not be withheld under anv circumstances and the editor reserves editing privileges. Letters must be submitted by noon Fridays for in Monday editions; 5 p.m. Tuesdays for Thursday editions. The Thunderbird: editorial and advertising offices in SUSC Library 103. Mail at SUSC Box or UM, Cedar City, UT 84720. Phone (MOD 586-775- 3 586-775- will probably deny them. But watch closely, like I do. Actions, as we all know, speak louder than words. First on my list is the Parking Lot Vulture. These minorities hover inside their cars in campus parking lots, like vultures over a dying man in the desert, waiting for a parking spot to appear. They never seem to notice that the Library and Administration lots are always full by 9 a.m., and they rarely search for more promising prospects. They remain, hovering like buzzards over rotting meat, waiting for any student to pull out and give them what they so badly need. If I am ever lucky enough to park next to the Library and I sec a vulture hovering nearby, Ill sit in my car until I can see him drooling with anticipation; then These people seem to anticipate a future among the worlds rich elite. How many times have I left the Science Center and graciously held the door for the person behind me, only to find that he or she, and several others as well, take advantage of the of gesture and leave me playing butler for a long line is to people! The only cure for this minority disease it take can like he wait for a sturdy guy who looks face. and let the spring-loade- d door slam shut in his ourselves among these found have All of us minorities on occasion, and their presence on campus is hardly a threat to the colleges peace and safety. But the next time you hover like a vulture or read by osmosis, remember: Somebodys watching you! Baron-to-B- e. t |