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Show 4 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 200( THE SUN Opinion F 1 survived ... By Stephen Vincent Editor-in-Chie- st hutmuil tune into our Petersen, Joe Peterson, Glen Blakley, and Sharon Lee: these members of the administration, faculty and staff have worked extremely hard to ensure that The Sun could still operate this month despite not having an adviser. umi homo rising a device that sucked all intelligent thought out of their victims. Soon, they were our dictators; we were their helpless captives. Even Must See TV was discarded because of these new invaders. VC'hat were these monsters that captured our nation.' Aliens.' Democrats? Worse. Even wot sc than Democrats' Much worse! And no, its not the Champs: The Executive Council for the excellent job they did with WOW week. Party, for the dispute over who will be their presidential nominee, which has basically caused them to lose any chances of being taken seriously this election year. Chumps: The Reform Republicans. Its .Stinwor. The reality based television show that numbed the minds of millions of viewers these past lew months. Alter all this, I feel as though I deserve a ("I survived Survivor"), and I should receive the one million dollars for having to put up with the shows subservient viewers. Now CBS, a network that twice was rushed to a hospital because viewers thought it was lacking a pulse, has been revived. Suddenly, Dan Rather is the networks most exciting feature, and Dave Lelterman is no longer its most obnoxious. But how fascinating can it be to watch someone eat insects and to see this Richard guy walk around naked? Not that we should be surprised that this is considered entertainment. As television shows diver deeper into a cess pool of tilth for punch lines, we have been forced to watch some grotesque shows that tire passed oil as humor. Even our government is swimming in putrid messes. Our president introduced Americans to a completely new and unheard of use ol cigars. Republicans and Demociuis last year argued over sexual terms. The Speaker of the Houses alfair was exposed in a porn magazine. Th etes something wrong when we and not hare cant even watch themselves m the morning. And previous attempts to have clean lunny shows were just downright corny. Utkel was about as lunny as a medical lectin e. So American viewers were left with two choices: boring and value assaulting. So it shouldn't came as a great surprise that the entertainment value of people eating disgusting things-- - the past time of kindergarmer- s- had such an appeal to an adult audience. Suddenly there was a show' that one wasn't forced to groan at the puns, cliche plots, and unrealistic characters. Also, we could watch a product and the only people that felt as though they had to take a shower afterwards was the cast. As far as meeting that criteria, Survivor tans arent so subservient after all. Perhaps they were just searching for a new way to relax without having to be attacked by perverse thoughts and ideas. Still, its no Simpsons ... CHAMPS AND CHUMPS Champs: Louise Excell, Mark f rincent77( tmwna rutHKiaH hu ftnlUntato PrMuwtra FriurM Svndteata Dixie needs a shot of friendliness the answer to the eternal question: which gender has the worst time shaving Also, By Daniel Van Weerd Reporter " viiin.com Graduating high school, the contemporary student is given two choices: first, they can go to a reputable university with a student population of 30,00- 0- or they can go to a small college. The small school doesn't offer the acad- emic reputation. What it does offer is the small community atmosphere that brings lives together. An atmosphere that breeds belonging and a sense of As Dixie State starts a new beginning, it should be marketing itself as a small college, offering many close personal ties between students. Dixie needs to start from the student body up. If you watch the between-clas- s student traffic, it is a sparse occurrence to see two students make even the slightest effort, such as eye contact, to take advantage of the small college atmosphere. The students act as if there are 30,000 students on campus. They treat each other as if there will never be enough time to meet all the student body. They are so overwhelmed by the numbers, there is no effort invested to tie the student body together. In truth, we are too big of a school to know every one. Though we will never be too large to be a little more friendly to each other. It is not a sin to make eye contact with another student. It is all right to wave at a total stranger. But to sneer at someone because they don't have a LDS ring on, that is sick. In the real world, size doesn't matter. At University of California, San Diego, the student body population is larger than St. George. Size doesn't slow them down. Any time of day or year, walk across the campus and everyone will smile at you, wave, or say, "Hi". It is not hard to be nice and it makes all the difference in the world. If a giant university can do it, so can we. If we can treat each other like the small self-wort- campus coeds we are, we will enjoy life more. That is all that counts. We will feel better after someone smiles at us. There will be a higher enrollment, letting Dixie drop the price of fees and registrationeconomy of scale. Who knows, we might meet that special someone that we wouldn't have meet otherwise. Come on, a cry for action might be cheesy, but it has to be made. It is either you on the way to class, or me, behind the computer screen, that needs to make the difference. I guarantee, I can't make your life better, that is up to you. When it comes down to shaving, the argument between sexes usually concludes that men have it easy. Women say that men don't have to shave their pits. The men don't have to shave their legs, and when it comes to panty lines... Women have it easy. What I would give if I didn't have to shave my face every day. In case I don't have the time to shave, I can't put a pair of Levi's over my head to hide the 5' clock shadow like women can with legs. I have to deal with the reality that I was a slacker that morning and face the public with prickly chops. When it comes to shaving pits, that is just too easy. Compared to shaving a jaw line, the rolls of an arm pit are cake. What do I know, I have never seen my pits. When it comes to legs, I'm a pro. Being a cyclist from time to time, I have converted over to the smooth legs. My reason, it makes you look faster as well as more committed to the sport. 1 can say from experience, if both men and women shaved only their legs, women would have it easy. For I have yet to meet a girl that has coarser leg hairs than myself. The issue of hair thickness makes all the difference. When you have thick, gnarly leg hairs to shave, and you are stuck with a dull razor, you are hating life. If you have peach fuzz to shave, a dull razor or not, it is no big deal. You can go days without shaving the peach fuzz and not see a visual difference. Champs: Dixie State Athletics. They will be champs, just watch! The Sun How to Reach Us Dixie College, North Plaza Bldg., Rm. 125 225 So. 700 East St. George, UT 84790 Newsroom (435) Advertising (435) Fax 652-781- 8 652-788- 2 (435) 656-401- 9 thedixiesunhotmail.com http:sun.dixie.edu j i j The Sim is distributed each Wednesday during Fall and Spring semesters as a publication of Dixie College, its Arts, Letters and Sciences, and Dixie College Student Activines. The unsigned editorial on the opinion page represents the position of T he Sun, as determined by its edironal board. 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