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Show Page 2, DIXIE SUN January 28, 1983 Dixie College Students Speak Out On Their Views Dear Editor, Dear Editor Here are just a few comments from us, students, about student parking. The student Is camparking here on campus is the pits!! pus parking for students or for the teachers. Campus security is unfair about student parking. What happened to the good old days when campuus securiiy was fair to both students and faculty. Too many times a student has been ticketed for parking where he or she should not be parked and cars on both sides of his that are as much fault are never at just ticketed. Most of the parking lots around the campus for who? have reserved spaces marked-mark- ed Teachers? What teacher? No signs! No names! How are students supposed to know who the space is reserved for? Teachers throw a fit if someone parks in their place. Is it their parking place? We see no names! Do they pay extra for it? We pay for a student parking sticker, but they never tell us where we can or cannot park. Also, a lot of the students feel like campuus security is being really unfair about ticketing who they want to. We wish as students, that somthing whould happen to straighten all this unfairness out. After all, we thought that the college was for the students. Signed, Mr. Car new management of Pookey Luigis, would like to apologize for any inconveniences or fake promises bestowed on the We the students of Dixie College by the old management in charge of Pookey s. We the new management would like to let the students of Dixie know that Pookeys is theirs and we will work with the col- lege in any way possible. Sincerely We (a big part of the studentbody) are really getting tired of trying to enjoy the music that KRDC plays at the school dances. We spend time to plan out an evening full of fun and enjoyment and we attend the dance with high hopes of hav ing a real good time. But all to soon we find tnat our evening of fun and dancing has been wiped away by the horrible sound of the so called music that is being played. It would even be different if you could go to the dances and just be able to sit and listen if you didnt want to dance, but the music is so bad you cant even enjoy sitting and listening. We think that it is great to be able to have the KRDC club and all the entertainment that they provide for us, but we also feel like they could do a lot better job than they have been doing. YOU DON T KRDC WHY SO STRAIGHTEN UP AND CHANGE YOUR TASTE??!! SIGNED Time for a New Wave Dear Editor, It was my understanding that intramural sports is a student participation activity. Well, I attended intramural basketball a few weeks ago to watch my brother Van play. I was upset to see the other players selfishness in this student activity. As I watched my brother consistantly trying to get into the game, the other players were to selfish to let him into play. Eventually he did get in after about 30 minutes, but sadly enough after about a minute and a half of playing the JOCKEYS pulled him out. The JOCKEYS only thought of themselves and winning the game. They thought nothing about student participation or my brothers feelings. While they had a chance to get out there and build up a sweat and have fun he got to sit on the bench and watch, somewhat like a mascot. This experience shies me away from participating in intramurals. I watched the other team an they seemed to be fair in substituting men. I only hope the JOCKEYS selfishness doesnt rub off on the other teams. If my understanding of intramurals was wrong, someone please tell me the real meaning. Thank you, Joe Hale The Dixie Sun Editor-in-Chi- Editorial Editor News Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Advertising Graphic Assistance Lisa Roberts Kathleen Drummond Cindy Penrod Anavon Wiltshire Tom Wittig Teresa Owen Lori Lewis Cathe Owens STAFF: Rick Crocker, Joe Hale, Valerie Johnson, Charles LaChance, Glade Walker and Roger Van Woodburn. The DIXIE SUN is published by the students of Dixie College. The opinions expressed in the SUN do not necessarily reflect the viewpoint of the staff or the advisor. Letters to the Editor should be submitted to LaVarr Webb in the Business Building or to Lisa Roberts in the Trades and Industries Building. Dear Editor, DEAR I am writting this in response to the EDITOR in your January 14th issue about taxes. I detest taxes, too, but taxes, including Social Security, are a nessary part of keeping this country going. The Social Security tax is not intended to bring Charles LaChance security. It was developed to help the people of the Great Depression, but of course, we are no longer in the Great Depression. Social Security has a different purpose now. It is not designed for the young peoIts ple toGet back all the money they put function is to aid the present day old people and those who have suffered a loss. Would you, without this tax, pay to support your retired parents or grandparents, or your cousin who is hadicapped and cannot support himself, or your sisters kids whose father has died? I highly doubt in. it. The government is having as hard of a time with Social Security as you are. They are trying to revise it and update it to make everyone happier. Give the government a chance! ! They are working on it. You dont have to leave the country to avoid paying Social Security. You could simply stop working and go on welfare. Sincerely, A Fellow Accounting Student Dear Editor, Government programs are like gifts that a foxy girl receives from some campus Romeo. The official reasons for the charitable contributions-bthey large checks from Uncle Sam or gallonsized bottles of perfume from Nick the Nerd-a- re tediously and annoyingly noble. At least thats the official line: noble sounding words. Yet, alas, the truth is often .... not so noble. The truth is to repair the nations that a government-prograintrastructure by asphalting potholes, is as likeas Woody Allen is likely ly to save the economy to become Mr. Universe. The general truth is that politicians in Congress and elsewhere donot act titanic social welfare programs to save a damn thing except their own jobs. After all the federal budget deficit is whats killing the economy right now. And where do you think that the deficit came from? It came, chiefly, from congress. This does not make politicians wicked. Their concern for their own job security makes them normal. But it does not and connot make them right. Now, ask yourself some questions. Has Americas guilt ridden gifts and handouts to American Indians and blacks increased these Americans job security? Have Indian reservations, CETA programs and subsidized housing projects uplifted the dignity and security of any American group? Truly, will Social Security itself make you, as a young worker, feel secure? Personally, Im sticking my bucks (whatever is not taken by FICA taxes) into aprivately managed tax sheltered annuity. There, I can see my own money adding up through the magic of compound interest. That annuit- y- not Social Securit- y- makes me feel secure. As secure as a lady with a e m te straight-shootin- g guy. Charles LaChance ""Vct |