| Show f £ 5 Tax relief measure deserves support The Utah Intercollegiate Assembly passed a resolution the 4 3 4 percent urging the state ligislature to eliminate books sales tax on text check-ou- t lines While increased waiting and hassles in the of the inconvenience be an would prospect at the bookstore the students' wallets being a little fatter when they finally all worth it get through the line would make it Students have so many financial burdens including even the steadily rising fees books and living expenses that well worth is offer would cut relief the small tax relatively fighting for After all at the beginning of the quarter students know the bookstore will be crowded They expect to wait in line and have hassles It is doubtful a few more minutes of waiting would really offset the benefit of a tax elimination Some students don't buy texts because thay are too expensive They hope to get through the class by borrowing a book or even skipping the reading Maybe a 4 3 4 percent reduction in cost would encourage some students to buy the ft texts From this point of view' any sales tax on books would diminish the incentive to read The tax cut for texts may not cause a wave of frenzied reading but at least it is a step in the right direction Another point to consider is that an educated person is a benefit to society While the tax revenue may be missed by state government the benefit to society in the long run would be greater if more students were able to purchase and read the texts The Statesman supports the Utah Intercollegiate Assembly in its efforts to persuade the statelegislature to eliminate the sales tax on texts WHAT?!! NO TAX ON TEXTBOOKS? o ‘Americans should avoid all foreign intervention ’ To (he editor the last four years inflation has cut f our currency to its former value and unemployment increases lnver-el- y with industrialization and production one-hal- September was the independence birthday of the Centra! American countries There were military parades music and rhetoric speeches praising our I forefathers ask myself "Independent of what? As time goe on there are more hungry and as a contrast there are educated people who can see where the roots of the problems are In ' LatXN BoC Snowr Hgos pogv Boss ®drto f campus Bocuv 'r Ai SuCKJsng 1 eartor ntwt tor Josephaon aaniQf Oouq In Central America we call it the rebellion of the 30’s Nearly 30 (XX) peasants were killed in El Salvador and similar numbers applied to Guatemala and Nicaragua would say that the last 10 years could be called "The Awakened ®oicw edor Lt©Syt Sfutr-'soon ©oror Rartrranr pnotr CakJweti O- Caroos edior XXin Conrad cndy Cp'd people are paying lives for some take so long to provide results that we probably wouldn't would n hunger As always the popular forces were dominated but never defeated To do that they would have to kill every thinking brain OverToday is different whelming numbers of young people are in all fronts They do not care for their lives anymore There is too much pain in their hearts to think about it Yes yesterday was another birthday but it was not like anyother in the past Now we are conscious of our commom enemy VVe need to defeat ignorance We need to learn to provide for ourselves We need to support our good leaders and smash the selfish ones Doing it we can clean up our way to the real democracy belong to a group of young professionals that want to turn it all over If we were allowed to do it the structural changes we want to undertake to improve the system foreign -- ! question jj" etter wav to keep the hr Gulf tins the over gntv the sing and killing s? started tt le have already ? who is who in this see them As a 1 COufnmsrs SpOfTS Decade" Guatemala Mexico and K1 Salvador recently had the fiercest riots ever and one more thime many hundreds died to let the oppressor know that they are tired of in justice corruption and lence result of a careful examination of the present events in Nicaragua the people have started to question "Have we ever been important to the US government as individuals or are we just another geographic point that has to be kept under control like inflation or unemployment?” If this is the case a radical change needs to be made because in years to come there won t be enough money to buy the enormous resentment and hatred that will be accumulated im millions of hearts against this country This is being highly encouraged lately by the U S Government's actions in some parts of the world The actual policy in Iran illustrates wnat I am saying The Persian Gulf and its petroleum are vital to the United States and in order to have complete command over the gulf the US is providing the Shah (King of Iran) with weapons to keep him in power agianst the will of the Iranians 1 a re told that communism b‘ It pressor system let® S r the American peopi involved in their 1° not s and for decide to ans Some Of them nunontr imised with other of this country common citizen I not ask too much to or the opportunity our g°vernm"U rune intem“°"“ 1 any foreign lur home affairs ir help to keep and for democracy muw tors to encourage nter Student input needed at meeting Dot Boost? Greg Sanomo Jerry Brn Matey Hioe Karan Pag Day WM T o the editor: THE UTAH STATESMAN and MUM by studante at Hue StMa Utsvaraty Editorial POLICY a loiatv tea raaooraMty ol tha atatorw a EDITORIAL OPINIONS ol tha aOtcxia board and thoaa nNra wan aolaly ITo and do not nacaaaany radact ma oomooa ot Utalt Stata Unrraratty or rmr agearbcaa LETTER POLICY Tha armor raaarvaa tha nom to ada ratuaa or onnl Aa lattar lettara most 0a bgnad and Rnaad to 800 words or laaa Thay moat my ba wgnad wmt nama aludani nomoar and pnona nuritor Namaa may ba withhald by tha adnor me student 9 request however THE UTAH STATESMAN a pKManad tn waatdy Imala waasa md achool howaya ncludms quar Tharwaonmo Day hoaday PraasMnta Day hoitoay hodays eMonm o— f UnrvererfyCetar3t2 tha achool yaar aacaot dtrng ar braaAa Vatarwi a Day hotday ano Memorial Day hotday aa school anrj Boar offc Unrverfy Center 3 7 any and all interested students who In conduction with the resignation of Glen Taggart as President of USU a committee has been formed to recommend to the Board of Regents persons capable this office On Nov 8 the Presidential of fulfilling Selection Committee held a have opinions regarding the selection of our new president This meeting will be held today (Firday Ded 1) at 3:30 pm in the Honors Lounge in the Library 3rd floor We as students should feel the responsibility of participating in this decision The university is here for our benifit and we should use our right to express our feelings on how the school is operated and by whom The president of the university has great impact on our lives as students His (or her) decisions affect the quality of our meeting in the FAC open to all sutdents for their input as you remember only four students took the time to voice thier opinion Because of the necessity of student input the committee would like to once again meet with education Wrhich ultimately ects our success Jut next as members must presidents leadership ibk be esight and miist thB nmumty alike stun ping to find thequaW1 M I- Pthis position would sat precUtedbythecommi all May I encourage with idents to meet tee today at 3:30 P mors Lounge Merrill floor I 1 Doogf’51' j |
