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Show DIXIE SUN February 25, 1983, Page 3 Excuses Becoming More frequent DIXIE SUN By Kathleen Drummond We have become a generation of excuse users. The definition of excuse given by Websters is: to try to minimize or pardon a fault and to consider an offense or fault as unimportant. We have come to take for granted the idea that if we fail or fall short of our goals or expectations, and if we make excuses for these mistakes everything will be O.K. Someone will be there to take over or smooth over where we have failed. Excuses are used by those who make the errors to console themselves after they have made the mistakes. The following are typical excuses that are often heard: If I had more money I could pay for the damage to the car I wrecked. Then everything would be O.K. Cindy Penrod Child abuse is a disease that is growing larger, and is becoming more apparent with the struggles and hardships that accompany these modem days. Child abuse is a disgrace to the nation, state, and especially to our local communities. Reports indicate that in America there are more than eight million cases of serious child abuse occuring each adults year. Many of these vicitms of have required hospitalization and nearly seven evil-mind- thousand die from their injuries. It is unimaginalbe that people could be so cruel. What comes over someone to make them lose their sanity? Why, animals care more for their young that humans seem to. No matter where we turn, we see moral collapse in our society. Violence in on TV, on the stage and screen, and in books and magazines. It has become a regular part of our every day life. American Collegiate $oetf SUntfjologp International Publications is sponsoring a National College $oetrp Content Spring Concours 1983 to ail college and university students desiring to have their poetry CASH PRIZES will go to the top five poems anthologized open of free printing for ALL accepted manuscripts in our popular, handsomely bound and copyrighted anthology, AMERICAN COLLEGIATE AWARDS POETS Deadline: March 31 CONTEST 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 S! Growing More Apparent A buse By If someone would have taught me how to manage money better, then my checking account wouldnt be overdrawn. I would have got an A had the teacher made the test easier. gotten in trouble if my parents would have understood me better. These excuses for not being or doing the best possible, are just No one is forced into falling short of their potential. Those who work harder, make more money and dont need excuses. Those individuals who take the time to learn to manage money wont need excuses. Those who study, get the As. Those who understand their parehts will stay out of trouble and wont need their flimsy excuses. People need to realize that when mistakes are made we need to stand up and be accountable for the consequences of our actions. RULES AND RESTRICTIONS Any student is eligible to submit his or her verse All entries must be original and unpublished All entries must be typed double spaced, on one side of the page only Each poem must be on a separate sheet and must bear, in the upper left hand corner, the NAME and ADDRESS of the student as well as the COLLEGE attended Put name and address on envelope also! There are no restrictions on form or theme Length of poems up to fourteen lines Each poem must have a separate title Small black and white illustrations welcome (Avoid "Untitled"1) The judges' decision will be final No info by phone1 Entrants should keep a copy of all entries as they cannot be returned Prize winners and ail authors awarded free publication will be notified immediately after deadline IP will retain first publication rights for accepted poems Foreign language poems welcome There is an initial one dollar registration fee for the first entry and a fee of fifty cents for each additional poem It is requested to submit no more than ten poems per entrant All entries must be postmarked not later than the above deadline and fees be paid, cash, check or money order, to INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION! P O Box 44 L Los Angeles, CA 90044 In 1976, two million young Americans ran away from home; one of the highest on record for any year. Why do they leave home? The U.S. News and World Report, in a recent issue said, many of them are running away to escape a growing epidemic of unspeakable crimes - incest and child abuse. A high percentage of teenage runaways are girls seeking refuge from fathers and brothers who molest them in the home. Most of these girls are afraid to report their cases to the police for fear of family reprisal. It is the breakdown of the good old American family life that causes such abuse. Love and affection at home is greatly needed in our present society and would solve many of our juvenile problems today. All of us college students will one day have famihes of our own. May we become aware of this growing evil of child abuse, and do all in our power to prevent it. When it is our turn to have children, may we be mature enough to give the kind of care children need so much, for they are the future of tomorrow. The OiKieSun Editor-in-Chi- Editorial Editor News Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Advertising Graphic Assistance Typesetting Lisa Roberts Kathleen Drummond Cindy Penrod Anavon Wiltshire Tom Wittig Teresa Owen Lori Lewis Cathe Owens Julie Olsen STAFF: Rick Crocker and Charles LaChance. The Dixie Sun is published by the students of Dixie College. The opinions expressed in the SUN do not necessarily reflect the viewpoint of tne staff or the advisor. Letters to the Editor should be submitted to Lisa Roberts in the Trades and Industry Building. Fair to All Dear Editor I would like to express my views and opinions toward a letter that was addressed to the DIXIE SUN staff by Gregg Nordmeyer in the February 11 issue. Mr. Nordmeyer did a good job in personally cutting down the staff of the DIXIE SUN, my article, Ask Me Week, that was printed in the January 28 issue, and did a good job cutting down me as a reporter. Well, Mr. Nordmeyers structured writing was not good enough in my opinion. First of all, the staff of this paper is a well qualified group of college journalists that have collective years of experience behind them. Not one person on the staff is prejudiced toward any religious denomination. The staff members are of different religious persuasions and dont show prejudice towards anyone. This staff works hard and puts in may hours to make the DIXIE SUN a success. If my article about Ask Me Week did have person al religious beliefs, if it was an advertisement, and if it did have bigotry in any way in the story, the article would not have been printed in the paper. The editor and advisor would have made certain of that. But since the article did not have any of the above complaints in it, the article was printed as a news worthy story and did not contain personalized opinions. Whether Mr. Nordmeyer believes it or not, there has not once been any religious favoritism toward the Mormon Church in any issue of this paper. Not once has any reporter presented Mormon theological beliefs. It should be made clear, here and now, that any religious activity on the Dixie College campus, whether Mormon, Catholic, or Baptist, that is news worthy, will be reported on and printed. Several individuals that are have stopped me and told me that my article was well written, and that they thought that is was news worthy and informative, and did not show bigotry in anyway. The Dixie student body is around 85 percent LDS, and we will continue to report about their programs and activities and give them what they want to know. We will also give the members of other demominations publicity about their activities and programs. That has always been the news and editorial policy of the DIXIE SUN staff. The statement by Mr. Nordmeyer that the editor and I suggested to people that if they are not of the same religious persuasion as we are then 'they ought to go somewhere else is false. We stated to him that if he does not like reading about Mormon activities, and if he doesnt like the church and the people, then he should go somewhere else where he wont be around the Church and its people. In the opinion of this reporter, the members of the DIXIE SUN newspaper staff are doing a great job and are constantly receiving good kind words about our paper and the stories in it. Cindy Penrod News Editor |
