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Show -- 10- 3f WEDNESDAY, AUGUST DIXIESUNLINK.COM Like the Dixie Sun Facebook page and interact with our staff ffr, j suggest topics youd liice to see m Dixie Sun, or just leave comments. Dont forget to air your grievances via letters to the editor by writing us at dixiesundixie.edu. riNi-tN- E cuNTtNr Gen ed requirements not generally needed BY ASHLEY PUTNAM A&E Editor Most of in college using it ever since. My one semester of math in college was a waste of my time and will probably never be used, money. As for CIS, the traditional college student (ages my general education k . we take Why do education general . classes? To me, it seems like most of these classes are repetitive and useless to further my career. All of us have already gone to high school some of us a shorter time ago than others and we should have already learned the basics of the subjects we are taking intro classes for. We have of already taken 13 years English (Kindergarten-12tgrade), 13 years and 13 years college in front of the class, but it is still basic algebra. I took algebra in the sixth grade and have been h of math, of science and history. What is one more 18-2- soov;r Sy v 'f' lit S ' knows how to work a computer. We have been taught since we were bom how to use a computer, and took, JLLL l;YtU V 2) 4 presentation, and an Excel spreadsheet. These classes full of plain busy work make us nuts. In the time we are spending making fake spreadsheets for fake companies, we could be in the real world making real spreadsheets for real companies or learning other sub- BK- TO 33ra.Jl - education course again. I will admit some of my intro classes did interest me, but they werent tire ones die college forced me to take. They were the ones I forced myself to take to further my much money teaching us things we already know? I know that many people learn something from the general education classes dont like having their time best. ation and money wasted. And most of us have already The system when a learned this material. receives less money than an educated person doing the way for the boredom to decrease and the learning to same job. But thats what happens. We are all adults and we increase. And lets write for a geology magazine or paper. Itjustisnot certain things (tire tilings we are learning how to do our first two years of college), maybe they should just I was valedictorian in high school 1 cared about my that I had to take the next year. They add the word I have been taking general education classes for two years, and received my associate degree in May, so I I never have to take a general re- quire the high schools to teach them. The federal is paying high government schools and colleges to teach. Why are they wasting so an about it. Lets figure out a better way for college st- everyone in the general population to know how to do my thing. So that class was rather pointless for me as well. something I enjoy doing hour every Monday, paper saying they are educated and not necessarily hire the ones who are smart and know the material the I would rather work a job that pays $10 an hour than If state colleges want my thumbs. school, the kids that just messed around in high school, etc. But the ones that actually care, like me, education in subjects that could, and will, benefit me in the future. Everyones different. Just because I hate geology, I bet the next guy will turn out to be a geologist. Its just not It is really crappy that we live in a society that hires people who have a piece of I will never use my introduction to geology class in my future career as a journalist. and useless to us. And as for geology terest in or have already learned. Im wasting two years of my life sitting in yet another classroom twiddling that are taught in the college: the older ones that did not leam these topics in high In my English 1 0 1 0 class we learned our parts of say I learned absolutely nothing in my algebra class t document, a PowerPoint jects that arent repetitive schooling career. After taking calculus II in high school, I can honestly r again, 13 years of computer training. We know how to make a Microsoft Word semester really going to teach us? speech and how to write a basic paragraph. Maybe it is because I went to school in Colorado, but I learned those same topics in second grade and have been using them all throughout my - education and wanted io leam more. Then the first two years of college I get punished and forced to take classes I either have no in is very sad non-educat- ' person Wednesday and Friday for an entire semester. lets do So to receive the educ- udents to something they want and not have what they ahead m know. Lets figure out a way for smarter people out a figure us to become instead of know the topics that interest us and the topics that will wasting time and money. help us succeed in life. right? Thats what we all want, Votes most important in local elections BY LYBERTY PETERSON Staff Writer time is literally of the essence. So where should we draw the line? " As we near St. George 1 City ' Council elections and the United States Presidential campaigns, college students are wondering if they should I vote. There are a lot of arguments for both sides. One of the arguments that has been made is the time aspect of the dispute. As we all know, or are finding out, being a college student means having an extremely busy schedule. Between the homework, work, and other activities, Understanding what is happening in politics, either close to home or around the either most of the campaigning or none of it. Its impossible and biased to watch just one speech and decide right then and there who should win the election. Open minds are the states are not represented fairly, and sometimes the promises for votes are not key. kept. Another argument is one that puts our government into perspective. Does our Rural areas are overrepresented compared to the globe, is very important. Its impossible to know too much on the subject; listening and being involved in the campaigns are a must. Everyone should make a better effort to be more government listen to its people often and loyally knowledgeable. The more aware a person is of the promises made, the more a person can expect and react to those promises that are or arent met. Our leaders should let us know what to expect and follow through with their commitments. Once campaigning starts, every student needs to make the decision to watch enough? Mark Twain once said, Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. When we vote for city council, mayor, etc. our votes are taken into account and used for the betterment of the city. Our voices can and will be heard. Put simply, who we vote for is who gets put into office. However, presidential elections do not follow the same pattern. Different urban areas of the U.S. The seven least populated states, Alaska, the District of Columbia, Vennont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, and Wyoming, were counted at having a voting population of more than 3 million. All of these small states had the same voting impact in the Electoral College. When compared to the 9,614,000 voting population of Florida, it was shown each vote from Florida was then downsized to have d of the influence of each vote in each of the smaller states. So one-thir- representations of the votes are not always correct. Another problem that arises is when members in the Electoral College are faithless electors, a term meaning the elector swayed from their promise to vote for someone as their state legislature had instructed them to do. voters are the smallest demographic of voters in the United States. This means city issues that affect college students will most likely be decided by people who havent been in college for more than 20 years. College-age- d When this happens theres really nothing for the people to do but be mad and gripe about it. For example, in 1836, the United States Presidential election was swayed by 23 members. Though the people of the U.S. voted for one of the majority party presidents (the Whig party), 23 electors grouped together and voted in the rity-despite the desires of mino- their people. Another more recent example is in the elections of 1988. A democrat elector swayed his votes for Lloyd Bensen for president and Michael Dukakis for vice president instead of the other way around. He may not have changed the way things came out, but even so, he didnt follow the wants and rulings of his people. As a learned college Taylor Gnu, News Editor Shelby Misrast, Sports Editor Ashley Putnam, A&E Edna Editor McKoye Mecham, Lifet) la Editor Matty Jacobson, Opinion Editor Bryan Uhn, Online Editor Photo Tyler Marsing, Rhett Sullivan, Cop) Editor Casie Forbes, Ad Manager Jessica Baird Chris Caldwell Melissa Contreras Alissa Curto Payton Davis Emily Flegal April Jackson Amanda Jacobs Kaitlen Jensen Gregory Layton Katelyn Lancaster Abne Lunt Allison McMullin Nick Mihalopoulos Lyberly Peterson Erica Poulsen Shaun Russon Keric Seegmiller stu- dent I can say that yes, we should vote for the city elections. Our votes will count there and wont be overruled. We will be heard, and the effort we put into voting will be worth our time. However, in Presidential elections, how much do our votes really count? The answer: They dont. Show the government you dont support the fact that they can overrule what U.S. citizens say. Didnt the motto used to be By the people, for the people? I dont see much of for tire people happening in these Richard Bnggs elec- tions. Vote for things that count. Use your voice when it can and will be heard. Abigail Snow Sydney Sorenson Todd Tischler Mickelle Yeates Rluannon Bent. Adstser DIXIE SUN HOW TO REACH IIS Dixie State College Jennings Bldg 225 South 700 Bast St. George, UT 84770 Phone: 8 (435)652-781- Fax. (435) 9 dixiesundiie www dixiesunhnk edu coni distributed Uj1 The DtXIF SUN is Full end II Wednesday during o a us semesters publiuanon State C ollejtc, Ai ts, Letter State Sciences, and Dixie unsifi T Student Atm. tics he P!L cditoi iuI on the opinion p ol V represents the posiuon ns Ld''jnd SUN us determined by board Otherwise, the '.'(tr jpN m V opinions expressed individual ' aie those ot the re l and do not neiessjrdy DIXlLSUNoranye opinions ol of the college |