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Show COMME ARY THE THUNDERBIRD • SOtrrHERN lJI'AH UNIVERSITY• TIJESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1992 • PAGE 4 NONTRADSAND GREEKS CAN COEXIST SUU's sruden t housing siruation is developing a new twist. University administrators are considering proposals to build an oncampus ~Greek Row" as part of a new resident living complex. The ThundeTbird supports the inclusion of Greek housing in SUU's on-campus atmosphere, bu t offers a checklist of reminders for ad ministrators, members of Greek organizations, and all members of the campus community. Briefly, the housing situation is this: SUU does have the property and money to build student housing. Administrators proposed a site between the tennis courts and Motor Pool, and the state legislature approved in 1990 a $6 million revenue bond. After university officials had architectural plans made for 48 townhouse-style apartments, they did not go any farther. Rather, administrators encoUTjlged the private sector to meet students' needs. University officials were concerned that people would accuse SUU of competing with the private sector. The result is a proliferation of off. campus apartments for single students and some new family housing. Now, before anyone uses the $6 million to build all Greek housing or all family housing, some considerations need to be made. Preliminary plans of townho use-style apartments fo r the two fraternities and two sororities have several benefits: a Greek Row would bring them into o ne location away fro m Cedar City's residential areas, help them affiliate with national G reek organizations, bring their activities up to par with standard on-campus housing regulations, upgrade SUU's Greek image, and probably increase membership. The Thunderbird reminds administrators of the need for quality, lowcost family housing. Married students and students with dependents are just a fact of university life. Officials have the responsibility to include family housing in their plans and hdp alleviate the housing needs of SUU's increasing non-traditional student population. More research should be done on what housing needs no ntraditional students have and how SUU could feasibly build more on-campus family housing. A rule of thumb should be that Utah tax dollars are spent on family housing before being used to fund a Greek Row. Nontraditional students have had to rdy almost entirely on Cedar City's housing offerings. SUU's Oak Hall o nly houses 48 families and still has a long waiting list. In the eager haste to expand SUU's Greek image, university officials should be aware of the needs of non-traditional students and include plans for more on-campus family housing. And, just as university officials desired private development of single and family housing, they should also conscientiously involve the private sector in building Greek Row. The current $6 million bond should be used .first for funding family housing and single student housing, and lastly as a resource for funding Greek housing. ' THE THUNDERBIRD SOlJfHERN l!fAH UNIVERSITI • CEDAR CITI, UfAH Editor Chem Tucker A.od,,te Editor Jennifer Morley Opinion Dinctor Jason North Pboco Dinctor Eric Rodmcl: Ana Edit« Ben West Spo,u Editor Jay Hin,on Adwrtlolnc aq,. Brian U) T miis Newman Ft.aaky Advioer I.any Bttu A.ocla,e AdYiler LyM s. Dmnttt Th, 1luuwlnl,,nl is published each Mond2y and Thursday of d,o oadnnic y,ear by and lor d,o srudmt body o( Souchan Uiab lJnivcnity and is no< alliliaud with d,e Unmmty', dq,,,nmtnt o( communlation. Tho ...,.. and opiruo,u Cllp1U..d in Th, fundnl,;,nl a.re thoK o( individual writtn and do nor .....,....,;ly ...&a d,e o( d,o hudrution, faculty, mlf or inuclmt body in ""'"'""· Tho wwened edl-,rial dim:dy abow is the opinion of Tl,c fu..i..lolnl u a ain,le mmy. letllOn ., d,c edi"'1 mw< bt typed and indude d,e name and phone numba. OnJ, the name wiU bt prinll!d. Name, will not bt wilhhdd under any cin:ummnca and d,e edi"" ,_,_ tditinc prlvllqa. l.dllen muo< bt ,ubrnimd by noon fri<by, for Moncloy edidoru; S p.m. T....day, i,r Thursday cdmon,. o...._ Any indMdual with a sri<nnce apirut Th< fu..Jmi,,d should direa tuc:b ptOblorn 6nt ., d,e ..di.:,r. If unraolwd, that pien:n« ahould ~ be direaed ID d,e advi,cr. II acill unraolwd, the 1J1tnnce abould be diffdl!d ID the suu l'llbliadon, Council. S86.nJO. n.. n....i..1o1n1 offica in suu Technoioe, Buildinc ooJ. Mail • suu Bas 9384, c..1ar a.,. LTT &mo. l'hono (801) S86.77S7, S86.77S8, S86.77SO. S86,S488. FAX S86.S-487. LETTERS Traditional family not 'politically correct'? TO THE EDITOR: need to keep the bread on the table and the roof overhead, traditional Ms. Tucker's recent edito rial notions o f right and wrong are supports some concerns I have sacrificed at the altar of economic with the fem inist movement As expediency. women compete more and more in Over time o ne moves from a the workplace I fear that some of strong framewo rk of mor al the worst characteristics that most absolutes toward a position of would generally associate with moral relativism. I know this to be males will become widely adopted true because I have experienced it by the female half of the human all personally. One of the major race as well For some reason Ms. reasons for changing my profession Tucker fdt it necessary to become to teaching was to gain mo re pe rsonal control over these crude in order to make her point It seemed that she went out of pressures. I belieye that many of her way to inject offensive mate61 the characteristics that are generally just to shock th~ reader and b~ , c_onsidered vile, c rude, and controversial as s~paren~y ~ ~ ~mptible and th at are more any "self-assur~ and self. -~ tholl8ht ·f~ ~s being fene ral respecting press _person should do. male chara.ctenstlts are largely a If the envy of which she spoke product of the competitive work never existed (as she said in her environment I also believe that as next sentence), how could women become more entrenched something that never existed die as in the same environment, they will she said in her prior sentence? develop the same characteristics. And , where is any con necti o n Whereas in the past at least ;e between such an envy and the idea could generally rdy on the female of self assurance? half of the human race to morally Unfortunately, the work elevate the o ther half, I np w environment has beco me a wonder what the future holds. compromising place. Forces and The crudity of Ms. Tucker's pressure are brought to bear article supports my point. To against you that, if you had your compete with the "big boys" she own way, you wo uld never apparently feels she has to be just voluntarily expose yourself to. like them. Apparently the These pressures over time take traditional feminine characteristics their toll. As one's integrity is of sensitivity, decorum, good taste, constantly compromised by the etc. can no longer legitimately fit within a "modem" and "politically correct" woman's concept of "self assurance." Apparently one now has to dominate and steamroll over people before feeling sdf-assured. O ne of the main fem in ist agendas is to demean the traditional woman's role in society. I am constantly seeing "working women" look down their noses as does Ms. T ucker, at those wome~ who choose to stay at ho me and dedicate themselves to raising their families in a loving and sacrificing manner. These "liberated women" exhibit i;uch an arrogance toward the ttaditional family lifestyle as if it is a toral:ly unacceptable condition , • I • for any rational and thoughtful woman to endure. The thought of sacrificing one's own "personal fulfillment" for the sake of someone else's welfare is a totally degrading proposition to these types of people. To those people who choose to sacrifice their own professional aspirations for their families, Ms. Tucker would say, "Get a life!"-like she in effect told Mrs. Bush to do. In our comments and dis· cussio ns let us not d emean the wo men- mothers and wives-who are our best examples of unselfish love and sacrifice. Tim and Sheryl lewis, Jeff and Jocelyn Barnes, Gary Giles |