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Show The Salt Lake Tribune COMMENTARY Sports Section Placement Prompts Probing Editor READER ADVOCATE Kurt Kragthorpe. “The story was a profile about a 14 year-old girl who beat out boys and earned a spot on the junior SHINIKA SYKES last week. Complaints ranged from missing high school baseball scores to inappropriate use of a photograph to the placementof a story about a U.S. figure skater. First, a Sandy man didn’t understand why the score was not published for the TaylorsvilleAlta baseball game. He cited the front-page story“Alta Girl Pitches Way to Boys Team” in Satur- day's Tribune that told how a ninth-grade girl made the final cut and earned a pitching spot on a junior varsity baseball team. “If you (The Tribune] write about the game, why didn't you give the score and the 5-A re- rd all the time, said special features and the NCAA basketball teams advancing to. wardthe Final Four The story about the Alta high school girl was accompanied by a photograph that showed thegirl varsity squad Then, a photograph of the tion that certain newspaper are and teammates cheering on their team during Friday's contest Brigham Young University gymnastics team on the front page of Sunday's Sports section prompt- supposed to cater to certain teams. It just isn't so. We are a statewide newspaper. We try to photograph ed several responses Thepicture, showing four jubiSomecriticized the Salt Lake Tribune sports editors’ decisions range phenomenonand Sunday, March31, 1996 lant gymnasts congratulating another teammate, accompanied the story with this headline: “Utes Win WarofNerves at BYU.” The story, by sports writer Joe Baird. described the tension during the women’s gymnastics meet Saturday night between the thirdranked University of Utah Utes and the sixth-ranked Cougars at BYU'sMarriott Center “Why did The Tribune use a picture of BYU gymnasts when the story said the Utes won the meet?” asked a Salt Lake woman “The picture should have been of the winners.”” Another caller not onlydidn't think the photograph was appropriate for the story, she said the picture shouldnot be in The Trib: une, period, sults?” he asked. “The Tribune is the University of Utah's paper and the Deseret The story was not about the game, explained Tribune Sports Newsis for BYU. If I wanted to read about BYU,I'll take the Des Kragthorpe. “There is a percep- carry the most interesting sports events. Our readers include Ute fans, BYU fans, Weber fans, USU fans and fans for other teams against Taylorsville. The action begs the question — wereunderthe impression that Utah-BYU gymnastics meet or men’s basket- ball,” she argued. “This is a worldwideevent and The Tribune buried it inside. Sunday's paper is the most dif- ficult cover to make because many stories compete for prominent placement, said Kragthorpe. ‘It’s true, the news about Kwan capturing the title was an important story. Unfortunately, it was up against local sports reports, be somewhat disconcerting for Ute fans. However, editors and photographersselected this as the photo which best captured the of Utah newspaper, not The Sait figure skater winning the world title, appearing above the fold on page2 is not considered “buried.” Editors make judgment calls each day on what sports stories satisfy the most interest. Story place- ment results fromtheir best judgment The Reader Advocate’s phone number is 237-2015. Write to the Reader Advocate, The Salt Lake Tribune, P.O. Box867, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110. Supreme Court’s Language Review Is Puzzling Omen years. Twenty-one states besides POINT OF LAW English on ballots. If court action some formof offi- had not prevented the law from cial English language laws. But most merelydesignate English as the official languageof thestate. asymbolic gesture that recognizes the “melting pot” nature of emigration to America and views the learning of English as the badge of assimilation. Nothing wrong going into effect, a local election in an area with a large Hispanic Arizona have with that, But there are other motives be- population could not have been conducted with Spanish ballots. Keep “them” from voting, and they” won't “take over” is the implied intent The ironyis that Hispanics of hind the morestringent measur the Southwest were resident there before the UnitedStates of America existed. Padres Domin- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday decided to review the de hatred spawned byfear of people quez andEscalantetraveled from Sante Fe to Utah Lakein 1776 validating Arizona's constitutional amendment requiring state employees speak only times find even in Utah. What is wrong with Arizona’s EDWARDMcDONOUGH in Arizona anda fewotherstates: sion of a federal appeals courti whoare “different,” a motivation for political action that we some- English-onlylawis not justthat it when the English-speaking part of Americawasstill a part of Eng- land. The original lawsuit challeng- English on the job. The Arizona lawis the reductio ad absurdum of the “English astheofficial language of America” craze. The SupremeCourt agreeing to rule on the caseis a forebodingif use on the job of any other language by state government em- ployees, with only a few exceptions, such as police interrogating puzzling omen. The Arizona lawis ing Arizona’s English-only law was brought by a state employee who used Spanish occasionally when processing claims. Being forbidden to use Spanish when working with someone of limited English capacity not only denied suspects. certain state services to some His- only one of many“official English” measures enacted in recent makes English official. The Arizo- na constitution now forbids the The amendmentspecifically forbids use of any language but panies, the lawsuit said, but also violated the state employees’ many ofhis Western counterparts 7-7 tie.) The use of a photograph showing jubilant BYU gymnasts above a story declaring a Utes win can Kwan's win was more important than the p.r. [public rela- roots Yeltsin was too busy deal. ing with domestic opposition to called due to darkness, ended ina cludedin the caption. (The game LakeTribune. Concerning the story about a lone’s reason: RUSSIAN VIEW think about foreign affairs. Besides, for several years he — and dramaofthe meet. And TheDaily Utah Chronicleis the University tions] bit on Jazplayer Karl Ma- Russian Foreign Minister Could Be Improvement Whowon?It should havebeenin- across the state. Anda Park City womanwas unhappyabout what was not on the front page of Sunday's Sports section, She challenged the inside placement of the story about 15year-old figure skater Michelle Kwan winning the world champi- onship AA3 after the Cold War the only exter nal strategy Russia needed was to smilebroadly, say “yes” to every MICHAEL NAKORYAKOV Compared to the expectations of just ago, the world looks less safe and happy. widespread a few years significantly Despite the demise of the mighty and mean Soviet Union andthe end of the Cold War, millions of people around the planet continue to suf- fer and die from starvation, sick- ness and war's cruelty. Russia, which appeared so friendly and eager to please the West duringthe early 1990s, now. despite signs of economic recovery, seems increasingly comfortable playingthe role of the West's counterbalance A conspicuous example is the much-publicized changing of guard at the Russian foreign min- whereliberal Andrei Ko, 40, recently was replaced by YevgenyPrimakoy, 67. Primakov not only spent several years heading Moscow’s foreignintelli- freedomof speech The lower courts wereright in declaring the Arizona measure unconstitutional. Can the U.S, Supreme Court's decision to reviewthe case really mean the justices might think that laws forbidding use of the language of your choice are O.K.? Perhaps But there maybe a much more sane if mundane reason whythe Supreme Court took the case. Whenthe English-only amend- ment was declared unconstitutional by the federal appeals court, the state of Arizona decid- ed not to appeal. Defense of the measure was takenup bythe private group that sponsored the measurein the first place, Arizo- nansforOfficial English. Perhaps all the Supreme Court wants to look at is the issue of who has standing in court to defend state laws. Edward J. McDonough practices lawin Salt LakeCity. gence, but also held important po- sitions in the Soviet Communist hierarchy. However, even the embattled Russian reformers, who lately express frustration with the coun- try's stumbling democratic pro- thing the West said and receive millions of dollars in foreign aid. But Kozyrev made his first serious mistake: failure to develop any sound policy regarding the former Yugoslavia. That was fol. lowed by the issue of NATO's eastward expansion. It became obvious that friendly smiles and shoulder-tapping didn’t work any longer. So Kozyrey made a quick turnaround andstarted talking tough. But hefailed to scare any- body andfinally got fired Somestaffers at the foreign ministry claimed they were re- lieved after the appointment of the newboss, Primakov. “Finally wehavea professional who knows whathe’s doing,” said a veteran diplomat contacted in Moscow last week. That's not to say Primakovis necessarily going to be liked by everybody. Many probably will say his reserved, no-nonsense manneris less than diplomatic. and then there are his strong ties to the old Soviet system But his ties to today’s leading Russian decision-makers are as hefty. He probablywon't promise as much as his predecessor did but chances he'll deliver on promises are substantially higher. Besides, with his in-depth knowledge of the Middle East and cess, don’t seem to miss Kozyrev And they probably shouldn't, because there was only onething personal friendship with a number of Arab leaders, Primakovis already what Kozyrevdid not be- policy czar: that helastedso long. Kozyrev's professional experi- come — a serious international player. Russia is changing again, and despite all its shortcomings there might be a time when Yeltsin's noteworthy about his five-year tenure as Boris Yeltsin's foreign ence before becoming the first post-Soviet foreign minister amountedtoseveral yearsat the well-paid but totally insignificant post of foreign minister of the Russian Federation within the former Soviet Union — something comparable to being a foreign minister of Utah within the United States. So when Yeltsin let Kozyrev keep his ministerial job in the new, sovereign Russia, everybody expected his early replacement. They miscalculated for a simple first team will be remembered warmly by current critics. The short, romantic era in U.S.-Russian relations has ended. 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