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Ubisoft tion with a new game, you will help your bank account whelmingly negative, with and improve the standards of heavily marketed the release 70 percent of the responmight want to do a little more Submissions should be no of the title, but everyone soon research. the industry. dents reported having either 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 !Lf,: 67 f A , i i'; L.' '''''..,,:41: fit ' s..,.,...,:::.!-:...7,- -- k. c , t.,,,.. T,- , - - . , 1 - 11z.---- e- - ;...5... - - , - 1 ;q, ... , - : , . tt - , -,, T4.1 . , - ze,,p,---- -,- , - . -', ,- -1 ,- - , , , pre-orde- , r. ; '.. . . ,- , ', , , pre-ord- er , , '''''' , j. 'il,.Al ' , ..'. , r '''''' hs ,. ...IT t .', , , mascot , DixieSunDixie.edu - , ..ft"'''''' 44, It - , '. r 201 ,,,,f,:.,,, . 1 , s, ,),,,,i, - .. -- 7 s' 1 ...') ,...c.i.' i, tOt. 2. i ',. , --, - ,, ; . s , , 7, ' , 4 - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM N, one-ata-ti- - e. half-bake- 1 a negative or confused view of DSU's identity. Unless students are involved in the process of choosing the new mascot this time, we are prone to repeat history and have another mascot the majority of students can't identify with. But while everyone should be represented in the new mascot, there is no way it can please everyone. When the decision is made, we should pick a mascot and stick with it. No one goes to the University of Oregon to be a Duck or the University of California, Santa Cruz to be a Banana Slug. But these mascots have represented these universities for generations. Whatever is chosen to be the mascot for DSU should likewise be expected to be the same for as long as DSIJ is in existence. "Rebels" is out of the question. With it's negative historical connotations associated with the name "Dixie," "Rebels" is a mas cot that people need to let go. The new mascot shou; unify alumni and students so nothing at DSU has the lingering name of "Rebels" attached to it. Students, faculty members , athletes, alumni, corn- munity members and fans should all rally behind the new mascot, but it should mainly be for the students. Alumni and community members should not have a bigger say in what the mascot becomes than the students have. We are the ones who are here everyday, paying tuition and attending events. DSU has a unique opportunity right now to include students in this decision to create a new mascot, and as students, we have the opportunity to leave our legacy for future generations of DSU students. Let your voice be heard. I Millennia is lack political knowledge major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and BY PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN grammar. Letters consisting of inaccurate, libelous, or highly offensive content will not be published. Letters should be submitted to dixiesundixie.edu 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 encour- ages 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. ri ,- - t, Mil,,. Yr. lennials , , don't 1 f , know what - I i , ' ',ct they're t talking 1 about ' when it i comes , , to politics: That's not a harsh criticism, just a fair assessment. What is wrong with us? When dealing with my peers, that's a question I seem to ask myself on a far too regular basis. My generation seems detached, removed and even institutionalized by the so- cial norm. Most millennials, - - v F ; including myself on occasion, are more concerned about the "turn up" or acting in a "savage" manner more than they are about serious issues that directly affect their lives. We are extremely uneducated on our nation's political situations. In fact, according to a recent Reason Foundation Poll, approximately 77 percent of millennials couldn't even name a senator from their home state. To test students' awareness of their own government, I scoured campus for unsuspecting victims of this question: Who is the current governor of Utah? I asked about 10 students the same question and received varying answers. Only two students were able to correctly identify the governor by his first and last name: Gary Herbert. One student answered, "I think it's Harry or something," another guessed "John Boner." I'm assuming he meant John Boehner, the former U.S. Speaker of the House, who resigned from his position Oct. 29 due to recent controversy. If young people don't know who their governor is, I think it's safe to say they don't know where he or she stands on kerissues or how he or she represents their interests as U.S. citizens. Another prime example of this absence of knowledge is how we are treating the ongoing campaign for next year's presidential election. Every time I log on to the breeding ground of ignorance that is modem social media, I see a lot of dialogue about today's candidates. Something I don't see is any actual policies or issues being discussed. We are so caught up in anticipation of what outrageous sound bite Donald Trump is going to provide next, what pantsuit Hillary Clinton will don for the debate, or how loud they have to turn up Ben Carson's microphone, that we don't pay attention to their actual qualifications or stances on important issues. Yes, Bernie Sanders does always looks like a bird stole his hat and he hasn't realized it yet. Yes, that same bird has obviously woven some sort nest on tot of Donald Trump's head, but do you care? No, and if you do, you're just feeding the problem because none( those things directly reflect his or her ability to hold public office. Instead, focus your effort on doing your due diligene by researching the candidates, their backgrounds, intentions and policies. Can about something that actually matters for a change, and if you don't care, then stop pretending you do. It's political involvement week on campus, which gives yoc a chance to educate yourself get involved and register to vote. If you forfeit the right to vote, you forfeit the right to complain. |