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Show ol. XXV, No. 16 Dixie College President St. George, Utah February 13, 1996 Clinton ;igns Communications Decency Act LAURA Ii E SLUDER SUN DIXIE It is the color of evil. color of death and destruc--u- n, Black. 7ne now censorship. Almost every accessible page the internet has been colored and lack in protest of the elecommunications Reform rll. Herein lies the Communications Decency Act, j act that will put an end to all indecency" in cyberspace. This "indecency" takes many .arms, including literature such .s The Catcher in the Rye, The and Shakespeare's u meo and Juliet., all of which are 'tquired reading in most high schools in the U.S. Artwork confining images of nudes and rap tries are also going to be taboo. Responsibility for any of this indecency" on the internet is punishable with a jail term of rivo years and a $250,000 fine. Online activists have been iwg to stall this act of censorship this last year, though it bias'd been successful due to President Clinton signing in the mil on Feb. 9. But promises of protest until the end are ensuing. Some are asking what happened to freedom of speech, feedom of press, freedom of Tiriett Letter, deas? the first amendment, Congress shall make no aw respecting an establishment religion or prohibiting the free tIerC1Se thereofI or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Some argue the internet is the largest forum for new ideas and formation, so with certain knowledge and words such as bortion" being censored it rnay change the whole future of According to 0 technology. Dave McKelleb, director of administrative computing, has mixed feelings about the bill. McKalleb said that while somebody should have some control, it shouldn't be in the form of censorship. . "My biggest complaint would be there is no privacy anymore," said McKalleb. This argument has swept the nation with many believing that with the convenience of technology came also a certain amount of problem and invasion in our personal lives. One of the problems with the bill is that it is not enforceable. Questions being raised among the law enforcement agencies is how they can control it and actually censor it. Officials believe people will still do what they want, with whatever information they want. There are people out there that can maneuver so well on the internet, they can get around any block and access anything normally unaccessible. Many believe the best policy is to lay responsibility on the consumer. Parents must teach their children and use their power as parents to take their own censorship measures. An example of this is the IRC, or chat boards on the computers lab in the in the computer library basement. Due to abuse of time, they have been removed from student access. But even with this limitation placed in the system, any person who knows how to get around it can. At Dixie, students may not see much of a difference when surfing the internet, but they can rest assured, somewhere someone will be thrown in jail or fined for using what was once considered the right to freedom of speech. r A 7 )r rvx if NL 'xre ' t ' , L T'r P.p;V W ' r a Becky Lawson and Austin Platt danced the night away at the rsr.u 4i Tyler ThorstedTHE DIXIE SUN Insitute Valentine dance last Fiday night. Dixie College requests more money from the state legislature By TRACIE SULLIVAN College EDITOR-IN-CHIE- F $408,100 In a budget request given to the Friday, Feb. 9, legislature President Robert Huddleston petitioned the state to give the school more money to assist them in paying higher salaries than in the past, according to Jeff Hall, Dixie College Student Body President. "We have lost faculty members from low pay, and qualified applicants for various positions due to the cost of housing versus the wages Dixie College is paying," Hall said. According to the budget proposal President Huddleston gave the legislature, Dixie asked to receive for compensation in this area. Reports Dixie concentrated on when making their presentation were the school's cost effectiveness compared to that of other state institutions in 1994-9- 5 with Dixie being $4,044 per student and the high at U of U at $6,942. President Huddleston also offered a 1994 U.S. Census Bureau esitmate with figures showing Washington County the fourth fastest growing county in the nation. Figures illustrated Washington County having a 36 percent population increase from 1990 to 1994. Please, see legislature on pg 3 Cyberspace Meets Higher education |
