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Show OPINION TheSalt Lake Tribune Engineering Needed for New Bridge Toe IC SrcoreICE BEFORE THEY HAD TIE TO LEARN Ee, THEIRIOED!” Poke! Tradition Is Still Superior In Some Social see "SO, NOW THAT WE'VE MEVIERED "THEN.WE PASSED AEALAMCED BUDGET GETMEANTON WeSE THEYCOULD NEVER BORROW, Be UERPETPROECIS!" poe All ruary 19. 1997 Wednesday CONE WE CITIZENS ARE FREE 0 SOLVE PROBLEMS renFOR OURSELVES!" JAMES P. PINKERTON NEWSDAY BY STANLEY K. KAWAGUCHI One FOR KN WASHINGTON imitated life last fal Art truly when the y movie “The Ghost and the Darknda rail start, the young engineer’s pro. But one It is this same combination of technical skill and ingenuity that Col. Patterson’s modern-day counterparts have appli build and maintain the we most advanced system ofinfra- structure. Evidenceof their wor is all around us: the 42.000-mile system of Interstate highways that link every cornerof our tion, the treatment plan pipelines that bring safe « water to our homes andthe e' trical systems that supp ods alone arenot enough topre- proachesthat served Col. Patter- serve America’s quality of life could easily languish for lack of son and generations of other engineers are no longer deemed as effective where children have so much to learn in so littie time Thefear is that unless we can develop fresh approaches to math education, ourchildren will fall and competitive edge. Our nation’s infrastre 2 desperately requires renewal, and the need for action grows stronger every day. Severe weather from New further support. Wemust make every effort to assess thesecritical needs, estab: lish priorities in concert with oth. er national interests, and develop equitable funding mechanisms to address them and calculus. The traditional ap- hind students in other couns, ultimately threatening America’s long-held edgein technology and innovation This disturbing trend can and must be rectified. As part of Ne tional Engineers Week 21), members of our profession are working with teact across the country to inspire a new appreciation of math and other subjects that a as boring” or too hard hrough school visits, public exhibitions and corporate-spon- marvelous supercomputers of our sored partnerships, engineers age. from public agencies and private Asthe 21st century approaches. there's no telling what other won- ders the future holds. What is cer- tain, however, is that none of them will becomereality unless we inspiretoday’s children with a deeper appreciation of mathe matics and science — the funda- mentals that make highways. computers and nearly everything else of our modern age work Arecent Washington Pos cle illustrated many of the f trations teachers face in helping students master the abstractprin cipals of algebra. trigonometry consulting firms are demonstrating how b mathematical prin. cipals lie at the heart of both tech- nological wonders and everyday conveniences. Wearealso proving that engiering is far from a “nerdy” purand that many exciting and areers are open to both boys andgirls. Through our educational programs, we seek to samesense ofvision lity among young encouraging them to al ways ask hat i But enhanced education meth York to Seattle during the last two winters has takenits toll on highway pavement that was al- readyin marginal condition Many water and wastewater treatment systems require bil- lions of dollars worthof improvements to meet growing demand and satisfy federal standards And even the school buildings where ourchildren arebeing pre paredfor the future are at risk hundreds suffer fromleaky roofs. crampedclassrooms and inade quate heating andventilation sys tems. her high school for violating her right” to display a huge sculp: +99# phonebook memor' yi + 4-line alphanumeric display + Lithium lon battery however the court such an object in the lobbyof a publicschool? rules should support educators in de veloping creative approaches to math education, let's also encour age our elected leaders to look beyond traditional revenue generation methods and embrace promising alternatives such as public-private partnerships. In doing so, we can ensure that the next generation of engineers will be exceptionally preparedto Yet the same Gemeinschaft-be damned thinking informs “the right to die” crusade. Michael Uhlmann, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington and a strong foe of lega explained why. The German sociologist, in 1887, madethedistine- ized assisted suicide, tion between organic community it. Gea living organ. “Gesellschaft —“a Tonnies used the terms meinschaft concedes that “salutary neglect” is often the best way to handlesuch g andthesociety constructed upon area questions. But since the right-to-die activists have raised the issue. Uhlmannnowfights to preserve the “sharp distinction ism’ — and mechanical aggregate.” Tonnies believed “progress” would inevitably shift more of human affairs between “killing” and “allowing meet the ever-broadening de- from Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft; yet he celebrated the for someone to die. plex world. mer as it embodied“thetruly hu the years to come, perhaps the community Not all customs must be re- come fodder for Court TV. voked tradition as a defense. Yet all too often, the self-styled ‘orces of modernity have seen ISTEA has done much to im prove our highways, ports and They, in turn, will age necessary to face these chal- most intimate and painful deci sions people can makewill the course ofhistory.” America. apologists for slavery animal sacrifice and, most y sulting Engineers Council. Sothelegal battle is joined. In Tonnies wrote more than a century ago. folk culture has givenrise to the civilization of the state.” And recent- anged marriage have in- what hesuspected, we now knoy that a stronger government does not makefor a better country. rail systems since it-was enacted in 1982, but we can’t stop there Exciting technologies such as smart highways, which are already making a difference for many gridlock-weary travelers —« 50% Off Your Monthly CIO)RWWOTS ABOUT COMINKOE THE ANSWERS MAY SAVE YOURLIFE If you're concerned about yur cholesterol level, join us on February 20, at 7 pm, at theLittleAmerica Hotel in Thursde Soft key” menu Fee for 12 Months! downtown Salt L PCSSERVICE INT SPR INCLUDES: _ ET ae Me Ue e eM TA mI i CTA aa PTL CIRCUIT CITY. Price «Selection « Service See white pagesfor the store nearest you ikefor a FREE « ommunity ponsore 1 by Intern he alth pro untain Health Care (IHC) 1 cholest erol it may be the most in If you have Nat yOu C an do today information you ever OeTet Uc _PRICES€EFFECTIVE THROUGH(2/19/97 But Stanley K. Kawaguchi, P.E., is president of the American Con- multifaceted problem child has the legal right to place will be even harder to resolve after it runs through the judicial mill Ferdinand Tonnies could have spected — or even permitted. In we have the opportunity to ad dress at least some aspects ofthis a better country because a minor here’s aprediction: The question All of us have arole to play in making the next century one of continued progress, not a struggle for the status quo. Just as we they'll inspire a few movies of their ownalong the way Transporta Act (ISTEA) Does the ACLU trulythink this is anuary, the Supreme Court lenges. And who knows? Perhaps, Enhancement the ACLU will get a piece of d arguments in two cases; de- ing to consider reauthorizing the Intermodal Surface inlegal fees — which presum: cisions will come this summer man and supreme form of tion madein her art class. With the ACLU’s help, Antolak convinced a judge that she was entitled to 000 in damages, plu supply the imagination and cour- the past. With Congress prepar ture of a nude man that she had ally, a federal case — about something occurring already? mands of a technologically com- Sprint. Sprint PCSwep@pyCING SPRINT PCS [SONY] CLEARER SOUND, ENHANCEDSECURITY! Sprint |Ta ca Antolak, who is all of 17. sued then why are “right to die activists making sucha fuss — lit Tomorrow's engineers need a solid foundation on which to build, not a make-do extension of The New WayTo Talk! a community propriety. A F Lauderdale, Fla., student, Rebec sisted suicide So one’s third reaction is: If this matter is being dealt with already in different places in different the technical abilities that tiny of the site’s characteristics, Just last week the ACLI ed yet another victory for rackpot proceduralism ove reaction is to on this se ive issue a sury of Bay Area doctors in 1990 found vastly less support for as: may not have fully appreciated construction materials. S Se note the changing climate of opin Patterson's perseverance and pluckin the face of danger. they hundredsofprecise calculations and decisio out design and lieve in therule oflaw to theex. clusion of commonsense is a crime — and that surely af- ness” than engineering skill While audiencesthrilled to Col reliable bridge — whether in a remote part of Kenya or in the s urban U.S. — entailsin Gesellschaftinstitution: They be- foundeven lower percentages. Of course, physician-assisted suicide life to protect his worke his assignment. Building any safe. nor society has been improved Jan Rosenberg. asociologist at LongIsland University. describes the ACLU as the quintessential thanasia, and other studies have the project through. Writing to his wife, he conf les the bridge’s completion will C complished “morewith stubborn- American Civ d public opinior has sought to trampleit inits idi syncr atic quest ra judge-run society And neither community cancer specialists found that just 14 percent had participated in eu ject was stalked by twodeadly lions, raising doubts about the wisdomof such an enterprise despite these menacing threats Patterson was willing to isk hi abled him to ultimately complete not only yielded less A study of Other surve: newsworthy resu Almost from the brought him to Africa and en- doctors h the percentage seems awft high Lt. Col. 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