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Show COMME ARY THE THUNDERBIRD• SOlITHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY · MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1993 • PAGE 4 SCIENCE CENTER AN ADVANTAGE TO SUU W ith the construction of the new Science Center comes proof that even a small school such as SUU can competitively use state-of-the-art resources to train tudents for the job market outside of college. Of course, the Science Center, complete with all of its supplies, was built at no small cost. The cost to erect the building was approximatley six million dollars. President Gerald R. Sherratt said that if the university itself had to have furnish d funds for ;he project, all of the budget for 20 years would have to be acrificed. Howeyer, the legi lature alloted SUU the highe t percent increase in funding ver other Utah schools this year, and the result was ~ur new Science Center. le i important to realize that attending a smaller school doesn't necessarily mean that tudent w n't have all af the resources available that they might find at la rger s hools. SUU is sometimes known as "the best-kept secret in Utah," because it certainly can comp te with other well-known universities. Mu h of th equipment in the Science Center, including the computer y terns, the X-ray diffraction unit, new safety mea ur s, the cadaver lab, and especially the prestigiou electron microscope, are usually found only at more advanced universities. Many institutions cannot provide cutting-edge techn I gy and instruction due to in ufficient funding, so SUU is lucky in the respect of having become able to do so. But the students at this school deserve it; after all, they should feel that their education is worthy of the time and money put into it. An asset such as the Science Center is one way that students feel they are being rewarded. There has been talk of other departments feeling slighted because so much attention has been focused on the Science Center and its faculty. Yet in the modern era, as Earth Day reminded us, there is a desperate need for technology to improve and protect life as we know it. And as studies show American teenagers slipping farther and farther behind in basic chemistry and other science-related fields, it is understood that the need for the resurgence of helpful science must be met. Some argue that it is technology itself which ha put our planet and people into the di.lemma of the present, but the past is behind us and we must not stagnate and terminate progress. Science prevails to undo the harms already inflicted. Student at SUU and every university and college in the world will be the ones to tep in anJ make new discoveries in the field of science in the not-so-di tant future. And doing our part is easier when we have access to resources that will help us touch the future. THE THUNDERBIRD SOUTHERN lJTAH UNIVERSITY · CEDAR CITY, lJTAH F.diton Jenni'"1: Morky and Stady H. Petnaon Aaoociate F.diror J=n D. North Opinoon Director Heath« Green Opinion Meisu.nt Brooklyn Bunur Spmu F.dilor ]2'1 Hinlt>n Al n..: Editor Bill Galvan Advutiai• Rq, T1211is N,,wman Foc..h:y Advioer lorry Baur A.oclate Advi- Lynn S. ~ n f f l Tu Thwnd.,/J,,d i, publ1ih<d each Mond,rr and Thund.y of dw: ~ i c rear br and lor <hr orudmt body of Southern Utah Un=rmy •nd ill no< ,fllJ,.i,,d wuh the Un~rs,ry's dq,onme-n, of communic:ition. The vi<-w, and opmioo, e,cpt,:UCd in Tu Th•.,.J<ri,ml •r< lhok, of 1ndtvidual writtn and do no1 nctt..arili' n,fl<c, the ,,,_ oi dw: inmrunon, &.ruliy, ... or srudmr body in ~nnal Th.c uruign<d ediroriol direcdy abo,,e u 1h, op,n.,.. of Tu Thandc,l,;,,l a ""P entity. l<mn ID lh• .diror must be r,ped and includr the nanv and phone number. Ot,Jv dw: narn< will be prin..d. Nam,, w,ll not be wid>hdd und<, any dmim>ton<:n and rhe ediror re.,,e,ve, ed1ti1lJI privil,ecs- L...ttrn mwt be ,ubm,...d br noon ~ lor Monmy edition<; 5 p.m. T ....days for Thund.y edition>. G.....,,.,.., Any individual wuh • fn'\'2n<r Tnc 11,.,,.fd,ml <hould di«a such r,oblffll fim a, the td11l>f. I( unraolvod, that goc-vona, should ihtn be dutcl!d io th. .dvixr. If still unrnolved, !he gri<Yaou 11,ould be din,ced to the SUU Publkatiom Council, 586- 7110. « •rut Tu Tit..M<1biTI:! offio:s in SUU T«Jmoloir,, Building OOJ. Ma,I Phonr {8011 Slll>7757, at SUV Bo>: 93&1 , Cedar Q ty, UT 8'1720. 586-1758. 586-7751>, 586-Si88. FAX 586-5487. PRESIDENT CLINTON COMMENTS ON WHAT HAS BEEN A TOUGH WEEK ... THE DEFICIT L. A. RODNEY KING HOMOSEXUAI.S IN MILITARY VERDICT T wAC ocUTS~~E\ MASSACRE M~i~: SERBIAN BOSNIAN CONFLICT ACCESS In the all-mighty military they trust · 'Access' is a recurring column thwugh which memhen of the campus communil) ma:, address th.emselws to topics of concern and interest. Toda:,'s column is b:, Heather Green, a first :,ear student at SUU, and the opinion director fur Tu Thunderbird'. "In Gcxl we trust" ... and in the smart bomb, in war, and in the all-mighty milit:uy-upon these we place our trust and the future of the United States. This has been the unspoken mono of America, the greatest country on earth, for decades, and when this great, lumbering country is faced with any international crisis, in the mart bomb, in war, and in the all-mighty military we inevitably place our trust Never mind the cause of the crisis; forget why it is happening, and don't pay attention tO what is happening, because we have advanced military technology that can blow the problem into oblivion. As in the case of the Bosnian/ Serbian conflict, many are discovering, perhaps roo late into the game, that there is more to solving this than some bombs and a few thousand soldiers. The atrocities that are effects of the wars in former Yugoslavia must be alleviated, but no solution will be permanent unless the why of the question is addressed. Mixed with the concerns for the Bosnian Muslims, there remains the underlying concern of what will happen to the newly elected Presidency if they make a wrong move. One senior Pentagon official said, "Mishandle the Yugoslav siruation, and it could deal a bodily blow to his presidency before it's begun." When the U.S. leaders are worrying about what will happen to their political careers, women in Bosnia are worrying about rape, and familie are dealing with starvation, mass extermination, and fear. A rape victim said this of her experience: "l looked into his eyes and asked him if he had a wife. He said no. l asked him if he bad a sister. He said he had one. Then I said 'How would your sister feel if somebody did the same thing to her that you are doing to me?' Then he jumped up and told me to get dressed and leave." In light of this, how necessary is it to delay any sort of action because someone might not be re-elected? When the people were starving, Clinton chose to drop crates of food into the areas under siege. It was the most noncommittal act that the U.S. could afford. Although the food reached those areas, the people became targets for the Serbian sharpshoorers if they attempted co recover the paclcages. All of this may have even been avoided had the United States not pondered so long on what it might do to help alleviate the suffering of the war victims without damaging irs facade. Instead of prompt action, however, the U.S. has come up with several options including a no-fly zone, an expanded relief operation, arming the Bosnians, protecting Kosovo and Macedonia, and creating safe havens. They say they don't want to take military action, yet how well will 200,000 tr00ps serve· as a peace-keeping force? Picture anyone holding machine guns over the militanrs heads telling them they better be good or else. Of course, they would fight back with an even grearer vengeance. Still the pressure lingers for the U.S. to do something, but while they wonder what, the government wonders what action to take besides military offense. lt is missing a crucial point-that the crisis may not have to be solved through military force. Behind the conflict and Serbian anger lies ge~erations of a learned mentality based on suppression a11d strong feelings of nationality. For centuries the Serbs have felt themselves to be an oppressed people and so, when President Milosevic rose to tell the citizens that no one would ever beat them again, they listened. The Serbs want someone to blame, and so they blame the Muslim government that came to power in Bosnia in 1991. Hence, the main problem is nationality. There may not be a peaceful solution to the crisis, but if there is, it will be found in dealing with the feelings of strong nationality. Such situation ought not to be considered oppommities for the U.S. to play war games with their very real military equipment. There are lives at stake, and in this game, there are no extra lives. |