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Show SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE, CEDAR CITY THE THUNDERBIRD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989 PAGE 4 CAUTION MUST GUIDE U.S.-SOVIE- RELATIONS T As the Bush administration attempts to formulate a foreign policy to lead America into the 1990s, The Thunderbird hopes our countrys leaders will carefully assess our relationship with the Soviet Union. President Reagans last years in office were marked by a massive thawing of the Cold War, along with increased harmonious interaction between the Soviet Union and the United States. In a recent interview with Newsweek, President Bush issued his first relations: I dont statement concerning future want to go rushing off because someone thinks momentum (for improved relations) might be slowed down. The Thunderbird avidly supports movements toward world peace, but we applaud Bush for his cautious attitude toward the Soviet Union. The Reagan administrations quest to leave office with a legacy of resolved tensions between nations may have caused the president and his cabinet to prematurely jump on the perestroika (business reforms) and glasnost (openness) bandwagon because of its enticing music. General Secretary Gorbachev, undoubtedly an international charmer, has frequently shown the ability to wear several different masks. Gorbachev will talk of radical reforms for his country and later that day swear his allegiance to the writings of Marx and Lenin. Lenin, an early Communist leader, taught that to fulfill some goals the Communist Party may have to retreat two steps backward to later move three steps forward. With the aggressive public relations offensive spearheaded by Gorbachev which has included holding summit meetings with President Reagan and freeing hundreds of political prisoners the USSR has won many new friends throughout the world. Even the staunchly conservative citizens of Orange County, California, gave Gorbachev extremely high approval ratings in a recent poll. e It is, however, impossible to know the goals that Gorbachev hopes to achieve with glasnost and perestroika, yet the short term results must have the Kremlin smiling. American industries have quickly moved into Russia, hoping to make a fast buck. In the long run, these new businesses provide more high-tec- h knowledge for the Soviet Union. NASA is studying the feasibilty of a joint space mission to Mars, enabling the Soviet Union to catch up with the United States in space technology. Bringing industrial reforms to the Soviet Union will allow the government to spend more money and time building up the Soviet military and KGB. President Bush and the United States need to realize that we n relations currently hold the upper hand in the race. The Thunderbird urges Americas leaders to step back and how Soviet reforms will influence the world before all the aces slip from our hands. Soviet-America- n long-rang- Soviet-America- ne I & The Thunderbird VOLUME 83, NUMBER 21 Sports Editor Brent Richey Production Manager Lynn Dennett Senior Staff Writers Jodi Reinard Editor NiLole Bonham Associate Editor Lynn Holt Photo Editor Rich Engleman On Campus Editor Carrie Martinez Copy Editor Anne McCloshey Entertainment Editor Gary Ziegler Rachel Talbot Ad Representative Michelle Jensen Faculty Adviser Larry Baker 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 Colleges department of communication The views and opinions expressed in The Thunderbird are the opinions of the publications individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views 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 any circumstances and the editor reserves editing privileges Letters must he submitted by noon Fridays for in Monday editions, 5pm Tuesdays for Thursday editions. The Thunderbird editorial and advertising offices in SUSC Library V or 384, Cedar C.tv, UT 84720 rhone (801) 58o-775- 586-775- 8 103 586-775- Mail at SUSC Box He PiDNiT Have 4 . Letters Awareness Week raises tough questions TO THE EDITOR: Black Awareness Week is once again upon us; big fat hairy deal! This seems to be the attitude of a good chunk of our campus population. I wonder why. Could it be the thought, Hey, as long as we dont think about black people or the black struggle, we wont have to face up to our racist attitudes? Are you a racist? Hey, Im just asking; besides, only you can answer that question. But the even bigger question to be answered by the rest of this college community is: Do you even care? and If not, why not? Do you care that of the 36 black students that have left here since 1986 only 25 percent have done so with a degree? Do you care that many of those who left did so with negative attitudes about SUSC? Would it even make a difference to you if there werent any black students on campus? Hey, BYU doesnt usually have any black guys on its basketball team, and they do OK. Do you even care about the implication that Cedar City is always ready for black athletes but still not ready for a mixed marriage in one of our players? Does it bother you at all that 34 years ago Emmett Till was kidnapped, flogged, mutilated, lynched, shot in the head, tied to a heavy weight and thrown into a river because he whistled at a white woman? Well, I care; but Im black, so I Im supposed to. Martin Luther King had a dream that one day a man would not be judged by the color of his skin but by the content of his character. I have noticed that the problem with dreams is that they are too often too easily forgotten. For the next seven days, you will have the opportunity to share the black experience. You will have the opportunity to understand who we are and how we have come to be this way. The choice is yours: to care or not to care. But no matter what you do, We gonna make it cause we is a beautiful guess people! Robert Johnson Baptist students promote love, not hatred TO THE EDITOR: It is a sad day when a professed of the gospel has a message only of hatred and sees all the people around him as his minister enemies. In The Daily Spectrums Church Life section of January 28, 1989, there was just such a message. It is unfortunate that some people who loudly claim to stick so close to the Bible never seem to read all of it. The Bible clearly teaches that man is not the enemy: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, 6:12. The Bible also teaches about love being the only Ephesians acceptable motive for our words and actions, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. To the people of southern Utah, let me state where we stand as a church. We are Baptist, Southern Baptist, but we are not part of a group that preaches hatred. The Lord has placed this church here to minister to the community and to teach the word of God. He has called me here as pastor of this church, not to see all of my (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) |
