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Show November The Dixie Sun ' November 28 rr & uu Editor: Fred Moesinger Start earlier and have a longer winter vacation This 1 W- - VoLV'Aj$ ?! ' Source B Singles quarter. Doesn't it just sound more logical, and more enjoyable to have a vacation from Thanksgiving through New Years? The opinions expressed above represent the collective voice of the Dixie Sun editorial board. The board meets each Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Student Publications office. Visitors are welcome. UALCIBACK Exhall 2. Fanta: 3. Ganst 4. You R Manah Coolso Somethii R Kell 5. Hey L 6. Runa 7. Janet .. Tell W 8. Back 9. Name LL Cc Groov Take T Goo G 10. Diggi TLC CDsAl Johnson's favorite Dixie professor don't think that I'm returning to this campus after this quarter, I want to take this opportunity to thank, and draw a bit of attention to, some of the professors I think were just plain cooler than they had to be and made their mark upon me. Other professors, realize that I didn't have a very wide selection of the faculty teaching me and this is just my humble opinion. (I'm sure every one of you is better than the teachers I had in middle school). But, I'd have to say I have been pretty knocked over and impressed by Ace Pilkington, Fred Howes, Nolan Ashman, and the Since I Paul Husslebee. Thanks to Ace for being so interested in all the same stuff am and actually lowering himself to my level every once in awhile to give me praise. I know it's hard on him. Every class I took from him (and - I Strange Days David Johnson believe me it's been more than a couple) made me think and was just plain fun because of his laid back personality. My one complaint is this: just because a guy usually gets into the conversation and comments, it doesn't mean he wants to be called on every time he's merely stretching and have the whole class looking at him while he tries to think of something to say. Anyway, like Asimov and Clark, I'll write the great American novel and yo. write the last word in science fiction. And if we forget who writing what, so be it. Howes, it's good to see tha there's somebody else out there who knows that outer space a huge and exciting mys tery that it just makes you sio when the rest of the nation can't see it. If I had my way ..Anyhoive (groan if you realu what a bad pun that is), your-good math teacher too. Professor Ashman, in a wa you got me started on thinkin. about this particular column when you gave me that gift asking you for some aduti on the book I one day intend write. But to be honest, that d play of enthusiasm and "posi tive reinforcement" was realh the greater present (and it did !$ thing did n't cost you a it!). Please see COLUMN, Page Would you support coming to school one week earlier and having a combined holiday break? Marshall Daubs, 26, sophomore, broadcasting major, Kailua, Hawaii: "Whose absurd idea was it anyway? Wouldn't it be better to begin one week earlier so that we could have one long, sustained break? If they would make this change, I could be with my loved ones back home for the holidays. It would be better that way." 1. Wmtne' By now, most students have probably figured out that there is roughly a week and a half left until the end of fall quarter and the Christmas break. In a normal situation most students would be very excited that the end is so near. However, this is a very interesting situation. Yesterday, we returned to classes after an entire week off for Thanksgiving. After an entire week off it is very hard for students to get back into the swing of things. After a week off from studying and classes, students lose interest and forget material covered before the break. With the quarter academic calender schedule (like Dixie's), quarters last approximately ten weeks. Currently, the fall quarter starts in about the middle of September and runs until the beginning of December. With this schedule, a week is taken off for the Thanksgiving holiday. This schedule seems illogical and costly. Why don't we start at the beginning of September and have finals before Thanksgiving? This schedule would be much more logical. By the beginning of September most students are already bored with the summer vacation and are ready to return to school. But we wait to start classes two weeks later. Then we have an entire week off for Thanksgiving; a week to forget about everything learned during the previous nine. And then another week and a half of classes and finals. If the schedule allowed for the quarter to end just before Thanksgiving, there would be over a month for the winter vacation. That would be an advantage for both students and faculty. There would be an entire month for students to relax and get ready and faculty to prepare for the winter As of N' Aubree Howard, 20, sophomore, general education major, Leeds, Utah: "Actually I would agree to go to school one week later in the sum-mer and have an extra break between winter and spring quarter. But, I would also be willing to come to school one week earlier. It doesn't really matter to me. Either wav, it would be fine with me." 1 Adam Westover, 19, freshman, undecided major, Temecula, Calif.: "Yes, I would support coming to school one week early to get a combined holiday break. It's hard for a lot of kids to get home for both breaks with the expense involved. If they were combined, everyone would get to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with their families." Amy Jones, 19, freshman, undecided major: "I would support coming to school one week earlier because the one week we have for Thanksgiving isn't much of a break when you are worried about finals. 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