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Show January I vn i 24 ii ' Civil t 'M Goddard Staff Writer in Martin Luther King said a speech, in 1963, "If man to live." Despite his house bullet from Earl Ray's Rifle killed Dr. ...a James King." Disobedience", and the methods of Mahandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King was able means of to find nonviolent Dr. King protesti- protesting. discrimination against black bus passengers led a ng it it Vi t King led, in dauntless procession, a mas "I believe they should be able to talk about it, but I don't believe it should be strictly one sided... I believe that if you're going to talk about it, it should cover all angles." Tara Swyes In 1965, he was determined to bring voting rights to blacks; he led a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery. Later that year Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, giving blacks the right to vote. On April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, a bullet from James Earl Ray's rifle killed Dr. King. Ray pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Few find it hard to believe Ray acted alone. In 1978, a committee of the U. S. House of Representatives reported that Martin Luther King was assassinated as a result of a think they should leave it out." Darren Brown "I .j,, I A think they should, because religion is a big part of a culture that we should learn about with all the other things." "I Cheryl Coombs conspiracy. "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last." Unfortunately, those words had to be inscribed on his tombstone. The DIXIE SUN Staff Editor in Chief Trade Hensen Future of Teaching in America? Don photo boycott of buses. In 1963, Dr. Should Religious issues play a part or be discussed on a state college campus? prize. "Civil Thoreau's citvwide Student Opinion sive march in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest racial discrimination. He participated in a sit-i- n demonstration in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1964. Also, in 1964, he was awarded the Nobel peace being bombed in Alabama, netting stabbed in New York, snd stoned in Chicago, King remained ardently devoted to his cause, a cause that he later gave his life for. Dr. King began his civil rights movement in 1955. Basing his crusade on the teachings of Christianity, " sm Rights Remembered Kelly Leavitt Staff Writer The frightening idea of made even bleaker by the dawning knowledge that fewer and fewer people are choosing teaching as a profession. Our society, that haB established itself on a race for power, has seemed to grow to ignore the needs and tomorrow is desires of teachers, leaving tie is the vlcfvrs- bcue - 3 Page 2 Luther King's Crusade for hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit A DIXIE SUN Voices Martin I 20, 1989 our nation's educators with little or no motivation to teach the leaders of tomorrow. Bills that have been introduced before the present session of the Utah Legislature would give teachers in the State a pay raise of from 3 to 5 of their current salaries. At the same time, the United States congress passed a bill, which Pres. Reagan approved, over- - Tbcy for whi about JC-- , that gives senators, representatives, cabinet members, the and the president a raise of 50 their current salary. Most of our teachers at Dixie College have not had any kind of a salary raise for at least three years. They are growing more and more discouraged. Many of them are ...continued on page 5 s iHkcrr, btuy wdk Utr work ajOv At-sks- . ck iky vest l fk Advisor Ed Rogers Photo Editor Matt Reier Staff Writers Tracie Mecham, Don Leavitt, Kelly Goddard, Stacy Plewe rcst- - The Dixie Sun 225 South 700 East St. George, Utah 84770 The DIXIE SUN la published every two week by the etudente of Dixie College The opinion expreeeod In the SUN do not nooeeMiily reflect the viewpoint of the UfTor the edvleor Lettere tot he Editor ahould be eubmlttod to Ed Rogere in the ground floor of the Student Union Building behind KKDC The SUN staff reeervee the right to edit lettere, or not to print e letter eubmltted to the Editor 7D ikeyrC prokwhly buS'ij worftlM riqh nou. - (7 ' !r;rrr:i jzXEC. - COUNCIL Q I'll j I youpsi o. re you fV 3 o O d 0 ur a CD c3- - XD 11 ile will forced race H,c,t WdJ rio Q 3 o o d |