Show The Utah Statesman Monday November 30 1981 Linking holiday vacations would save worry money Now that another Thanksgiving holiday has ended and USU students are again faced with procrastinated term for papers and cramming for finals before going home is it an Christmas The Utah Statesman believes appropriate time for the USU administration to look into the feasibility of combining the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays After all it seems a bit defeating to give students vacation time to travel home and then require them to return for five days of classes and finals (if they have them) just when they’ve begun to enjoy the holiday spirit The Statesman believes there would be many advantages in combining the two holidays and avoiding the necessity to return to campus for final exams Decreased holiday traveling costs With the large and international students attennumber of with and increasing airline fares and gasoline ding USU could save USU students administration the prices thousands of dollars each year by combining the holidays thereby enabling students to pay for their travel home only once A longer visit with relatives and friends By linking the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays the administration could give stpcjqnts 17 more days to celebrate the season with those close to them Advantageous for holiday employment By giving students a combined holiday many money-hungr- y Aggies d could get a jump on those sometimes seasonal jobs during retailers’ Christmas rush Enjoy the holidays without worry Fusing the two holidays would allow USU students to go home for Thanksgiving dinner without worrying about having to return to campus to complete term papers and exams Save energy costs A combined holiday would enable USU to close many dorms and other campus facilities for a longer period of time thereby saving fuel and electricity costs The extended closures would be at the time when energy costs are nearing their peak Cure headaches The combination of the two holidays would ease the frustrations of those students who remain in town for Thanksgiving hoping to finish their dasswork and who suddenly discover that the library is closed from 5 pm Wednesday Nov 25 until Sunday afternoon Nov 29 Likewise the combination would cure the headaches that art students and others experience while climbing in open windows and dodging university police attempting to reach needed supplies and facilities that have been locked up during the holiday The Utah Statesman believes that by starting school five days sooner in September the two holidays could be successfully combined The Statesman also believes that if given a choice the majority of students would opt for an earlier starting date and an extended Christmas vacation out-of-sta- te hard-to-fin- Ihe T Ttah Statesman USPS 532-64- or ASUSU LETTER POLICY: The editor reserves the right to edit refuse or print any letter Letters that are typewritten and limited to 800 words or less will receive first consideration Letters must b ' signed The Utah Statesman is published y during the school year except during finals and school holidays thrice-weekl- EDITORIAL OFFICES ate in Room 315 Taggart Student Center Business office is in SC Room 317 phone 750-175- 9 Mail is received at UMC 01 PO Box 1249 Logan 84322 SECOND CLASS mailing paid in Logan Utah 84321 where can I cut th budget now? A Conference center has benefits To the editor: I viewed a portion of the television news coverage of the Eccles Conference Center dedication ceremonies Several Utah State University students included in the broadcast told of their dismay over the struc- ture Utah State University was originated as a land grant college This means that a portion of monies and energies are allocated for extension and research in addition to tradi Nomination ad discriminates Did the Honors Program cidentally tional education The Conference Center is used to educate people that aren’t campus students and offers programs of interest to traditional students also Its strategic placement on campus was to make students aware that their education never needs to end if they choose it not to I don’t agree with everything but you several they do students may feel better to know that much is accomplished on this campus that doesn’t deal with you presently But your life is and will be better because of continuing education and because of those th are constantly working on the problems of hunger family fife energy resource management food production nutrition and aging and then educating people in need Now that you know a link I’m sure you more about won’t resent giving up your parking space quite so much it C Nihon Jeena USU vandalism unsightly To the editor: To the editor: ac- (or purposely) neglect to acknowledge our female professors in their ad that urged us to nominate HIM for the “Last Lecture?” I’d say a revision is in order Melisa Bucher 0 John Ward editor Larry Baker faculty adviser The Utah Statesman is written and with the author’s true name stuedited by students of Utah State dent number and phone number University Editorial opinions are solely those of the editorial board and those writers with signed articles They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Utah State University Bonzo We would like to express our concern about the amount of trash spread to every comer of the campus Also the amount of vandalism (egg throwing) around the campus namely the Eccles Conference Center We are truly embarrassed about the unsighdy scene we are offering our visitors You persons who are responsible for to infringing upon our right a what we would like done with our funds Funds that should be used for education are now bemew ing used to clean up the are very We you have created who are there people happy throw to have enough money food away Next time why don’t you donate it to a hungry student? Wes Burke Julie DooM doing this uncalled for act are- Iranian demands — outrageous To the editor: diplomats were illegally imtreated badly and prisoned This is in response to the assumed guilty of rebellious demands of the Iranian crimes without cause or trial? How could you dare ask Students Association assistance from the United Your outrageous demands States when your countrymen fall on deaf ears not only in and women have so brazenly Utah but probably displayed your total lack of Logan everywhere in the United regard for international law? States Your consciences must Admittedly Iran is a political be shallow and memories short mess internally and innocent Where were you when our people are being executed at the kk whims of your Islamic However you’ll have to deal with your own “Iranian Crisis” alone Not many of scene ® forget the televised ® embassy front of the US couwhich in your Tehran were chantrymen and women dea Carter nting “Death to to America” Nancy and Brad Blonaqn |