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Show PACE EDITOR 7 Tasha Williams, Monday, August 25, 2003 586-775- 9 Take advantage of new chances Students at Southern Utah University begin taking classes today. In just a few months, these classes will wrap up, grades will be posted and the chance to study more diligently will have passed. Fall 2003 student government activities, club projects and other opportunities unique to SUU will be just memories. Our time at SUU is limited. As another year begins, we encourage students to take the time to evaluate the opportuntities at SUU. Getting involved has become borderline cliche because people everywhere understand how much the concept can change student. Acting now is vital. As students at a small, intimate university, we have the opportunity to change SUU and ourselves by getting involved. We can fill our resumes with far more experiences than those at larger universities because our opportunities are unique and open. We can push SUU into new areas that none of us had even considered. So act now. Take'that extra class that wont be available again. Go to Welcome Week activities. Form study groups to learn and to make new friends. Since youre paying for it as part of your tuition, take advantage of the extras our administration has added to the university. Each college now has a specific adviser to help plan for graduation. Students can benefit greatly from the knowledge those advisers can share about academic questions. Freshmen can start with a solid road map detailing the next four years, and those of us who need guidance can still be saved. As part of the tuition increase, the administration has also strived in the past year to add more student jobs to the campus community. Seek help from Career Services to see if you can benefit from any of them. Respect the actions of our student government leaders trying to benefit the students by rewriting the SUUSA constitution. Leam the issues and let your senators or other government representatives know what you think. Visit the Club Fair Wednesday to see how joining a club can benefit you and the club. Become a part of an organization that cannot only help you for your future but that you can help by strengthening its roots to SUU. Before its too late, let Sen. Tom Hatch, thatchutahsenate.org, and Rep. Bud Bowman, Bbowmanutah.gov, know your opinion tuition and legislative support for higher about education funding to keep tuition down. Tuition increases will likely be another topic on students minds this year, so familiarize yourself with the issues in time to make a difference. Of course, there are many reasons to get involved at SUU. Most of them benefit us personally, but dont forget the responsibility we have to make SUU a better place for those coming after us. In a speech President Bermion gave to faculty and staff members last week, he said: At SUU we need to continue to recognize and strengthen the synergy which comes from great teamwork and unity of purpose. There is not anyone on this campus who does not play a significant role and who cannot add measurably to the be it directly or indirectly. quality of our service to students Act now and before opportunities have passed. By giving SUU a little piece of each of us, we are adding to the diversity of the campus and helping SUU become a better institution. By helping SUU, we are really helping ourselves. a non-reside- nt The opinion expressed above is the collective perspective of the University Journal editorial board. The editorial board meets everv Monday at noon and Thursday at I p.m. in Room 176C of the Sharwan Smith Center. Visitors are welcome. Thumbs up Thumbs down To members of the Deuce who To long lines Triple obtaining a new photo be returning will associated with I.D. card, even though the cand is free. from service soon. completed South Halls construction in the building of the new dorms, the Eccles record time. Living To delays with To crews who that finished first in a televised and Learning Center. To $2 drop fees charged to students before classes even national competition. begin. team To SUU's Robot Rivals UNIVERSITY OURNAL IjNOtfTHiim UTAH imiVi US ITW I P n-- C DIRECTING STAFF AND DESK PHONE NUMBERS: 586-775- Accent Editor Melissa Nielsen, Sports Editor Rich Johnson, 2 Photo Editor Ken Hansen, 2 Web Editor Alex Eagar, Senior Staff Writers: Katie Anderson, 3 Religious diversity needed at SUU As we prepaie for a new academic year, let's evaluate our diversity here at SUU. Obviously, not everyone at SUU is part of the LDS majority, so I feel it is necessary for every student to Mormon and sincerely try to respect and acknowledge each others beliefs. The LDS religion is celebrated for having family values and high moral standards as a first priority. While I applaud these qualities, I find it unfortunate that there is an unintentional injustice being committed toward students, making Cedar City a monoculture. For example, while walking through the Sharwan Smith Center, I saw an ad for an open apartment that required LDS standards. Do LDS standaids imply no other religion has standards or morals? Do people in our community really believe that Baptists, Methodists. Catholics, etc. are substandard and condone drag use or premarital sex? This fallacy must be put to rest right now. denominations to LDS students so that shared ideas are encouraged. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity. I ask only that we try harder to respect others beliefs. The only way we can become a unified society that is in sync with everyones needs is to be saturated with branches of the same tree. To quote Albert Einstein: All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling mans life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom. integrate our student body, we need to become a campus that has a deep reverence for religious diversity; a campus that not only accepts all creeds, but also a diversity of ideas. this above To rise monoculture, we need to preserve objective ideas that encompass different religious and cultural beliefs which make us all In order to unitarily If having a unique. certain belief facilitates someones life, why try to take that away by converting his way of thought? For instance, it is a kind gesture to invite a friend to a church activity, but if he declines, he should not be pre ,suted or have any judgment placed upon him of any kind. There should also be invitations from other Ryan Deluca Newman is the vice president Club. He can be of the at reached ryanjume-99msn.co- Speak your piece, write to the Journal Sometimes some of the most interesting tilings arent even written by a reporter. Theyre written by you. Letters to the Editor are fascinating because we all need the chance to speak our minds every once in awhile. Whether it be venting to a over an afternoon lunch, writing in a diary about hideous roommates, or writing a letter to the editor of the local newspaper, all of us get worked up at some time or another and need a venue to blow some steam especially in college. College is a trying experience. All of us have a lot on our plates: jobs, classes, clubs, roommates, etc. Now were faced with even more to consider with increasing tuition and decreased funding from the state Legislature. The economy is straggling and students are able to obtain fewjobs in the community. Its only August and were probably optimistic. By the end of the semester, well be to the end of our rope. Thats why the University Journal accepts Letters to the Editor and Open Access columns. Its important for the students and faculty of this university to talk about things on their minds, things theyve read in the paper or heard and seen on campus. The Journal is probably the most efficient place at SUU to distribute your ideas, applause and complaints of things going on here. The Journal provides student with a marketplace of ideas, a forum where students can in the paper ITaSEi tTVftUTA Editor Tyler Johnson Associate Editor Campus News Kelsey Blackwell Associate Editor City News Meg Cady Associate Editor Opinion Tasha Williams J weigh in on issues front pornography to tuition increases. People enjoy reading Letters to the Editor and Open Access columns because we all have a vested interest in SUU. We are interested in experiences other students have had and things that other people have seen. We want to know when people have done something to help us or hurt us. Even if you haven't written a letter, read what other people have written. Its not uncommon for student government administrators leaders, and other SUU officials to defend something theyve supported and explain why. Plus, you might cross a subject that really gets under your skin. Limits exist, however. Your statements cant be libelous or slanderous, and they must meet a word limit. Remember: you hass a better chance of being published if you strive to write ideas and thoughts that havent been printed before. Letters cannot be anyonymous so please leave us your full name and phone number. (Phone number DasC: wont be printed, we will just use it to verify you wrote us a letter.) Keep your criticisms to ideas or procedures, not to people. Letters which attack individuals will not be printed. Letters to the Editor (limit 250 words) can be submitted to the editor through the Journal offices in the Sharwan Smith Centers Multi-Us- e at or 176C Room through joumalsuu.edu. Open Access columns (limit 500 words) can be submitted through the same venues, but they must receive an OK by the editor before they are published. The same principles should be kept in mind when our new Web site, suujoumal.com launched in the near future. The site will give readers the opportunity to comment on every news story on the web, adhering to the same principles above. So keep in mind the many opportunities you have to speak your piece, but dont be surprised if people disagree with you. As a college campus, this is one of the best places to have an opinion and defend it. SUU will be better for hearing every perspective. This is solely the opinion of 'University Journal Opinion Editor Tasha Williams and not the Reach her at Journal. University will3334(aystudent.suu edu. 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Page, Ariz. History Junior Cedar City Business Management In the library studying chemistry. 1 had to earn money for school so I pretty much w orked the entire summer, although I do live right next to Lake Powell so I played on the lake a few times. Psychology I spent my summer working and playing sports. I spent a lot of time at the lake and playing basketball and raquetball. Freshman West Jordan Undeclared Senior Payson Biology I worked at a place called the Snowie and I made the best snow cones ever. When I was not doing that, I was doing a lot of water sports. It was my most excruciating summer of my life. Ty Redd is a great, great man, but I am a shell of a being after summer |
