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Show WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM -- 7- Watch Benjamin Wrights video about addictive apps on DixieSunN e ws . com. Mew presidents religion will or will not impact performance Its not the religion; its the creates character person BY EMILY BILLS News Editor The religious affiliation of the upcoming president of Dixie State University should be absolutely no concern to faculty, staff or students. The new president has one job to do: to lead the university further down the The success. of president doesnt have the path his her religion in a professor right to express ional and educational setting. To do so would be completely inappropriate and unprofessional, especially considering the fact that DSU is not a private or religious institution. A president should be carefully chosen because he or she embodies qualities that reflect the individuals plans for tire university, personal morals and ability to lead.' Bringing religion into the decision is inappropriate because the candidate is not applying to be a religious leader. The individual should be more focused on education. that religion teaches morals and helps a person build better character. However, just because an individual practices a specific religion doesnt mean he or she auto Some may argue Religion matically embodies integrity, honesty or ethical behavior. I know many people who belong to a religion who dont behave morally; likewise, I also know individuals who dont associate with a religious party who are the most generous, thoughtful and ethical people Ive ever met. Judgment of an individual by his or her religion is simply unfair, especially in this situation. The candidates are applying for a job, and if religion becomes a deciding factor, it dances on the borderline of discrimination. The Presidential Search Committee should look at the applicants life experiences and trials because those will show what kind of character the applicants have. Religious affiliation cannot prove competency. Instead of being religious, I hope the president is a critical thinker and a problemsolver. I hope he or she values each and every student, faculty and staff member. The ethical qualities the president of this university should embody should come from within, not because a scripture told them so. Whether the new president reads the Quran, Book of Mormon or no religious texts at all, it doesnt matter. Good morals dont stem from religion; rather, good morals stem from good regardless of what sect it is, we should value that in the people we are considering for presidency at Dixie. Morals we decide upon as being right or wrong are greatly influenced by our religious beliefs. People will not participate in degrading or scandalizing business transactions because they believe doing so is against the commandments of God. This comes of great value when looking for an honest person to employ as the head of an educational institution. Even if we belong to no religion at all, the decisions we make and the ethics we believe in are greatly influenced by our decision to not affiliate with others upon spiritual matters. This doesnt mean we should judge them upon the doctrine of the new school presidents religion and whether it matches ours. The value is not in selecting a people because of their distinct religious doctrines but in looking at what their religion has helped them to become. To look at what people have become as a result of their religious affiliation is of great advantage to any employer who wants to find honest, dependable and reliable employees. BY BENJAMIN WRIGHT Staff Writer If an organization, such as a religious institution, can produce people with high morals and high standards, it seems reasonable that we would employ these people. We would seek to have these people in our places of influence, organization and public relation because it seems obvious that doing so is advantageous. If we want to have a system run well, we have to have quality people to run it. There have been debates on our campus that religion should or should not play a role in selecting a president. Some even believe the president should be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, lending to the major religious influence in the St. George community. We do not need to choose an LDS president for the religions sake; however, we should realize that religion greatly influences the character of a person. well-round- If a particular religion ed is dependable upon improving the conduct of its congregations, people. App obsessions deprive productivity BY ETHAN JAN SON News Editor Flappy Bird, Candy Crush Saga, Fruit first person to tweet a photo of this location to DixieSunNews will win a prize! The letters to the editor to OpinionDixieSunNews.com Send Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper andor dixiesun-news.coThe guidelines for letters are as m. follows: Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and must be well written. Writers must include name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and grammar. Letters consisting of inaccurate, libelous, or highly offensive content will not be published. Letters should be submitted to opinion dixiesunnews.com in the body of the email, not an attachment. Letters become property of Dixie Sun News and may be published in any format. Dixie Sun News encourages a lively discussion on its website amongst its readers. Dixie Sun News does not edit comments. However, an editor will not post any comments that are libelous or vulgar. Ninja and Angry Birds are addictive, pointless games. Mobile phones have shifted the American culture. The Internet, social media, video games and more are now available in your pocket. That access has given people the need to be entertained at all times. Each mobile phone games is, or was, a massively popular game. Millions of people have downloaded these games. According to an article on CNN. com titled Addicted gamers are sweet on Candy Crush, there are more than 1 5 million daily-useof the Candy Crush Saga. None of these games are inherently bad, but something about the simplicity of the design and difficulty of actual gameplay causes something similar to an addiction. No addictions are healthy. Video games can be included in that. There will always be a new game to replace the current addiction. When one fad fades, a new one pops up to take its place, and people are more than happy to transfer their addictions to the next but only for its 1 5 minutes of fame, and then I moved on. It is incredible to think people can actually be that enthralled with tapping the screen of their phone to make d bird flap a simply-designe- pipes. through People spend hours tapping their phones for this. Candy Crush Saga has about 500 levels. That is side-scrolli- 500 levels of shifting sugary sweets around, trying to get rows or columns of the same type of candy. There is that a bit of problem-solvin- g must be done as the difficulty increases, but that doesnt make it a productive activity. People are wasting hours and hours shifting candy around for 500 levels for absolutely no reason. People are no better was get past two sets of pipes. Once I managed to get past two, seven wasnt enough. Neither was 16 or 20. Well, that was until I found a new ftm game in the App-Stor- e. I really liked Flappy Bird of their day. As college students, we have a lot more important things we could be doing rather than playing Candy Crush Saga. I cant count how many times Ive gotten distracted by Flappy Bird when I should have been studying. According to an article on FoxNews.com titled Teens and video games: How much is too much? teens average between nine and 13 hours a week playing video games. In that much time you could most likely read all the read- worth of classes, do homework, and still have time to go to some school activities. We need to turn off our phones and give Flappy Bird a break. We live in a beautiful area with so much to offer. Lets try to enjoy our lives outside of the addictive mobile game world. It isnt going anywhere. DIXIE SUN NEWS Shelby Misrasi, Editor-m-Chi- Emily Bills, News Editor Jordan Abel, Sports Editor Katie McKellar, Features Editor Mara Braddy, Opinion Editor Billy Eusterman, Photo Editor Flori Wentzell, Multimedia Editor Payton Davis, Copy Editor Taylor Forbes, Ad Manager ing assignments for 15 credits Kylea Custer Hayhe Greenhalgh Lauren Davison Taylor Decker Rebecca Luker Thomas Hender Carly Radmall Ethan Janson Megan Peterson Derrick Shelley Jiselle Tejera of App Addiction? rs game. I downloaded Flappy Bird, not really knowing what it was and quickly got addicted. All I wanted to do after reaching level 500 than they were before starting. Naturally, people feel the competitive urge to beat their friends high scores, but that shouldnt be the sole purpose Benjamin Wright Rhiannon Bent, Adviser Dave Harris, Adviser HOWTO REACH US Dixie State College Jennings Bldg. 225 South 700 East St. George, UT 84770 Phone: (435) 8 Fax: (435)656-401- 9 dixiesundixie.edu vvww.dixiesunnews.com GO 5: u Ads: dixiesunadsdixie.edu z zD or (435) 6 CO Ud X Q I .m - m M a rest and fake a step outside. (rive your phone O 'M CO O a! M. The Dixie Sun News is distributed each Wednesday during Fall and Spring semesters as a publication of Dixie State University, the communication department, and Dixie State University Student Activities. The unsigned editorial on the opinion page represents the position of Dixie Sun News as determined by its editorial board Otherwise, the views and opinions expressed in Dixie Sun News are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the , opinions of Dixie Sun News or any entity of the college |
