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Show The Dixie Sun Page 6 Opinion In search of the perfect place in which to 'blade It's quite amusing to see grown college students getting scolded by campus police for participating in athletic activities. What harm could come out of strapping a couple of wheels to one's feet and enjoying the sights and beauty of Dixie's campus? Are rollerblades the culprit of destruction or is it the ideology and hypocrisy behind their ban? Dixie is faced with a paradox with the policy on rollerblading when it bans skates, but allows bikes. Is it the amount of wheels that makes the difference? Are two wheels safer than a total of eight? The reason there is a ban on rollerblades is because there are uncontrollable youngsters who like to spend their time rollerbladmg irresponsibly. The final result is a ban that punishes innocent college students. Seemingly "bad" 'bladers have caused expensive property damage to the Dixie campus. Little hooligans on rollerblades like to slide down railings and run over elderly citizens. Of course, nobody is stopping bicyclers. Bicyclers can mow down all the people they want to and ride away without oneof the infamous "warnings." If a rollerblader.hits a person, they get a ban that ruins recreation for every body. T' to stomach This whole issue would be eqsier if it were not so wishy-washFirst, it is interesting that both ulerblades and bicycles can get a human belnTrom point "A" to point "B," but only bikeshi ..considered "legitimate modes of transportation" Second, the method of rule rel rcement is a complete joke. If a'ggmpus polici v'an catches one ofithe hoodlum?; .they issue?, naming and take down some najnes. If the vi$ ar is caught again, they are faced with a fine.. re rollerblad-e- r much responded to this fate with, "W. ,how 'n is the fine?" meaning that he woujiJ;Dbntinue to ' skate on Dixie's campus! yj 1 y. flat-grou- . it f ; There is no closure to this issue. College students have now actually started taunting campus police with rollerblades to see if the police will actually do anything. Dixie 'bladers parade around wearing their rollerblades like they were dangling a shrunken head in front of a weary cannibal. When nothing is done to really enforce the rollerblading rule, students have a great margin to continue to rebel. If there was a definitive solution, Dixie students wouldn't treat the rollerblading issue as a complete joke. Rollerblading policy makers say they can't separate older students from younger offenders. If the police are taking students' identification ar.yway, why can they not punish high schoolers and let Dixie College students roll on by? Any solution would actually be an improvement; perhaps foot amputation, rollerblade confiscation, or flogging could be implented to show the "seriousness" of rolling about campus. At least then the students won't be able to roll away from their reprimand with full intent to continue to rollerblade. So what about the officials? They think it would be just as easy to rollerblade in the "skate park facility just a block away from campus." Of course, then students risk being hit by a car speeding from Harmon's while on their way there. Getting there is half the fun. If the students actually make it to the skate park alive they could further risk death by flying from ramp to ramp like a banshee. Yes, the officials are correct, that is a healthy alternative to unsafely rollerblading on a college campus. Or signs that read "have fern at your own risk e we won't bother you unless you do something that damages our property" could be hung around campus. And possibly speed limit signs as other institutions have done. . -- CHAOS tl Trade Production Manager Lisa'Barriey Sports Editor Mike Koyle . Photo Editor Tyler ThorstecJ TCalender Editor Meryl Lymjrsberg Staff Writers andjjhotographers: - Hensen-Sulliva- n Faculty Adviser Loren Webb Accent Editor Natalie Mecham Copy Editor Amanda Taggart Opinion Editor Holly Braithwaite Lisa Perry, Laura Sluder, Kim Isom iLZ: The Sun is distributed each Tuesday.dpnng Fall, Winter and Spring quarters as a publication of Dixie College, its Division of Arts, Letters and Sciences and Dixie College Student Activities. The editorial on the unsigned Opinion Page represents the position qfJTie Sun, as determined by its editorial board. Otherwise, the views and opinions expressed in The Sun arejhose of individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Sun or any entity of the college Letters to the editor must and must include the name and telephone number of the author. Only the name will be printed. Nainesare not withheld under any circumstances. The Sun reserves the right to edit letters for length and taste. Letters must be submitted by noon on Thursday. btped THE DIXIE SUN Dixie College, 225 S. 700 East, SL George, Utah 84770 (801) Internet suncc.dixie.edu - http: sun.tam.dixie.edu sun.html ext. 2063 MIKE KO 3, .mSEDlTOP EPHRAIM referees v he jidn't help -- tf meat Sno ,ure didnt hi .hot mst ovei ihrow line. The Snow Dixie's ,he long Rebels SI bod; , indent night. The game doomed froi dated for 7: Eymax had been a good postponed e player maybe too good. referees. Thi already ame and ti had Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: The editorial in the January 9 issue of the Dixie Sun begs for a response. The opinion expressed is representative of the tone of the media (print and electronic). The budget debate is described by the editor as: "The legislature's indifference hurts. . .Dixie College students. . .if people wanted to see ridiculous portrayals of competition. . .do anything that might help to add maturity. . ." (inferring maturity on the part of the writer). Hogwash! Flummery! Nonsense! Pettifoggery! Just another Symptom of the plague infecting millions of Americans. The main symptom is a crybaby culture, a national orgy of whining and self-pitCharacteristically "clueless" journalists fail to recognize the seriousness of the debate ranging in Washington and are swallowing the bilge provided by the Washington Press without a whimper and without a close examination of the facts. The debate is definitely not "indifference, mudslinging, immature, or pathetic." Despite liberal politicians' and the media's trivializing of the debate, the truth is obvious to anyone who believes the federal government should be something other than a source of "free" money and privilege and is willing to look beyond the wire services for information. The debate is over the fundamental role of government in our lives. Do we want a larger, more expansive and expensive federal government with what's-in-it-for-- y. IKill by Brian Shuster .actor dowr But the o entire probl increasing power in our do we want a smaller, Dixie went government? This throw line, one of the most significant and and si arguments you will probabh the Rebels have the privilege of wi tries1 in your lifetime, and you are their own. The garr missing it because you are s ried about the continuity ol ingly with your government grant. The S Blowout. C budget debate is much more session, Kt than funding educational per, put dc grants, or whatever other "er put the Re tlement" is under discussion later he bh The fundamental debate is whether or not your future going to be your own or if a nanny state will provide, care for, and control your life. If the fight to contn runaway government spendir. isn't won, and soon, the map ty of everything you earn in as your lifetime will be taken taxes. A child bom today lifetime tax rate of more thar 84 if the budget is not balanced this year (Clinton Administration CBO number' and a rate of 73 if it is. Do you find that acceptable? Your government is in the c process of deciding whether not to mortgage your future, and you think it is immature and trivial! In one sense, mah abili rity can be defined as the behim to ty discern real issues the media blather. In that sens Congress is not the immature party. Wake up and smell the roses. Your stake in the currer,1 debate makes your student grant look like chump-chang- e lne-o- r c is respon.-bilit- face-- Sincerely, Lowell Hansen Technology Department V. |
