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Show WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM - ,.,,,, bcie's paski: 0 1 T tvic 01471) i p 29, 2017 I , '. i 71 !i,:l? , , erinhakoda , . , 'i ,, ' , . - . ,. , , ; , , , i -, , ,, e.;----- -- --Z ,.'. z.- contro- - ,0 i ...1 c....; , ,, , rounding I , ' , the Civil War. The Church its name and history. Dixie is a regional name for the Southern U.S., historically 1 1i those states that belonged to the Confederate States of , , i I i , ' ' .,2 ' r i ''''''.7,-.61- 1 il .,.. - , t ,,,, P 1 . ,, ..e, ; V , ', ,,.'' r,',' ..". A ,- , " .' iR ' - I 4 , ,- - - t , ,,, i 1 I 4 . ' , , i ' - l .t. t, ,.., . T , ....... , ii , , LETTERS TO NE EDITOR Send letters to the editor to DixieSundixie.edu. Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper andor dixiesunnews.com. The guidelines for letters are as follows: ,,,,z,,,, 4,, - c i 4,.....4 , ,,,,,,,,, - , ' ; if ..,. I i'' ' ir. ' :, 't,,, ,.., ,,,, , .0 ''. V, - ''",, $ I i 11 ' , , '... .IAL. , ,'' ,, , ,I, a . - .N. t' BY RYANN HEINLEN AvereeRHeinlen Per-fec-ti- is well-writte- n. grammar. Letters consisting of inaccurate, libelous or highly offensive content will not be published. Letters should be submit- ted 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 among its readers. Dixie Sun News does not edit comments. However, an editor will not post any comments that are libelous or vulgar. ' - - '''' As j i ..., ,.i. - ..,,, - ' t k . "1 0.200.0 1 i . , ' 0e4.'' 4 ' ' t, i''' ,...,- - .4' 4.4, , 1,,,...,..,,,,,, . ,,,- - but there N' - always room for improvement, growth and development. Every artist, student and critical thinker comes across a time in their lives when they grow complacent. They become content and comfortable in what they have accomplished and their abilities within their respective fields, leaving behind the burning passion that drove them to continuously improve. For creative thinkers, the drive that keeps the various crafts evolving is the metaphorical pulse of the artist. The moment the artist loses the initial excitement and passion similar to the feelings just after the completion of his or her first project is the moment the craft takes a backseat to practicality. I am guilty of this same concept. I had grown too comfortable and confident in my abilities and past experiences and let it get to my head. I took constructive criticism too personally, and I believed edits were detrimental to my creative process. By no means did I believe my work was perfect or I had attained perfection in my craft, but I was satisfied with where I was with my writing. I lacked the drive to advance. After a particular set of edits, I remember taking a step back and thinking, "Why do I feel so personally attacked?" In the logical sense, I knew the edits weren't attacking my writing or the content; it was simply business. I realized my mistake a little late in the process and found myself drowning in textbooks and unrelated exams. Despite the hectic nature surrounding my epiphany, I knew I had ..- ,;, , , -- 4.., to creative t inkers Complacency e ' major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and ' -- 1. 1 , ',4,,,,,,,,,, Ai ekodaaattki t. 4, let ,,,,,,..,.. . ...,,1,,,,,,1 .01 4,,,;,,,,,,,,,,,, 4,,,V,k A student sports the Confederate flag at a football game in 1987. Staff writer Erin Hakoda says the negative meanings behind the confederate flag affect the way it should or shouldn't be used. AO Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and must be Writers must include name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and ..,,, - 1 According to the Washington Post, Guterl said, "Wearing the flag or celebrating it, putting it on your car window or coffee table in your house, it's a reminder to everyone, to every guest, to every person who sees it, black or white, that you are a stakeholder in the Confederate history of the South, and therefore the defense of slavery and racial prejudice. No one is immune to this." So when the alumni who came through Dixie College before us waved the Confederate flag high and draped it around their shoulders like kings, they were celebrating not only history, but also decades of hate and discrimination. It is important for us to realize their mistakes so we do not repeat them, and so we can be educated about the symbols of our nation. Because isn't that what we all came to college for, to becom educated? Africana and American studies at Brown University, explains why the flag is more than just a symbol of Southern pride and history. ;.. A . , t-'- , . ; . 1 o, , .K,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .. , . , ''.-- . : f; i , k, .., . . A, 1 1 '4 414, k. I 'k , ,''''''' . , ,,,,, , N, This statue of a Confederate soldier once stood on Dixie State University. The statue was taken out in 2012. ,,,,1 N. 0 (0,N 1 '. I v, , ' i ''' , , , I i ' - f ,f :.....0'''''s, '4' a,. , .' ,. l',-- - ',V -- , i, ing the slavery and oppression it stands for. In an interview with the Washington Post, Matthew Guterl, a professor of k ,., , v.. ...MP mb t values. Yet today, many people still hang the Confederate flag in their windows, or display it on their cars without understand- , - 'wt 1 I , ' "...MO, .,.,41 FO ,, - 1 . P go "Vitk .. ,,, r A, 1 al ,....,...11.. ...0 WI il. co I' to represent its athletic identity and often used the Confeder a t 0 1 tkvt a Do other plants such as the South produced made it easy for the name Dixie to stick." On the other hand, Utah historian Will Bagley argues, "The name Dixie reflects the sympathy that the southern Confederacy is written in DSU's past. In the 1950s, Dixie Junior College adopted the Rebel, a Confederate soldier, .. .. Saints named Utah's Dixie for the warm climate and the Cotton Mission. Andrew Larson wrote in his text on the history of the name, "The fact that cotton would grow there, as well as tobacco and semi-tropic- 0 4,1) 1 ' 4' , of Jesus Christ of Latter-da-y America. Although Utah was not part of the Confederacy, Washington County and the St. George area have come to adopt the Dixie name. However, devotion to the , .' sur- - years . ; ,, over the ,. . by Coral Hills, LDS settlers pledged allegiance to the Union although they did not actively participate in versy ...::: , It is maintained that the Dixie name stems solely from Southern Utah's agricultural history. According to a post faced 1, ,-- : . African-American- s. State Umver-say has ,, t ' ut promoting years of oppression and violence against Dixie ,.o-.k.k- , 1,,, I Although there is no the clear-cfor explanation region's nickname, it is an undeniable fact that DSU has been tied to the Confederacy in the past. Rather than trying L to hide it, we should be open to discussion. The larger problem stems from not the institution's name, but its controversial history. Whenever I walk by the Snow Math & Science Center, I always notice "Rebels k Forever" literally carved in , stone on the benches. A lot of ., 0o students just associate it with z DSU's former mascot. DSU's o , new athletic identity, the . Trailblazers, is a much better JJ.;t representation of DSU and its o ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,..,.,,,,,,,,----------,,,,--,-,- r, , Utah and the Mormon people felt for the Confederacy." ate flag as one of its symbols. Students proudly waved the Stars and Stripes in their blissful ignorance, heedlessly BY ERIN HAKODA to make time for my writing, or at least to read for leisure, in order to kick-sta- differing opinion, but if the negative emotions are affecting peer relationships or even self image, it is absolutely necessary to analyze the reasons behind the feelings. Emotions are not meant to be ignored; there is a reason behind each feeling or thought. It is essential to recognize what you're feeling, and in the exam rt my creative process. It's important for every student, no matter creative or analytical, to take into consideration how he or she is feeling when presented with criticism. Every person is going to feel slightly disenchanted when confronted with a pie of complacency, find a solution with long-terbenefits. Instant gratification, or a "quick fix," is not constructive. Half of the battle is endurance, and creative thinking can take a lot out of a person. Ease was never a promised part of life, or, of art. Creativity takes time, hard work and the desire to evolve. m ' r, t , 1, , i ,, I , , , 4 ', , . k,. . ( v ( s- C- - 4,- .- ' , -' N.:2:N ,, , -- ,,, C- ,) - -,- $ ' ) 411 .-, , ,.. , -,- 4, - -- . , 14 "'", t. I I .,,1' , 0., ,,, 's,,,,,, A 'i , ( I : ,,... 1",0- - ' ,. ''''. it' - 'k' '''''. .... ...... t t t Z .d -I- , tt .1! .11'' ..,r. , ,a, ' , ,,,, N- - 0 , .. - 1:1.t.-.- . t - 1 ' 0. ' , t - st., 7 s, . , Artist paints floral pattern through the use of water color. New editor Ryann Hein len says each will come across a time in his or her life in which complacency replaces passion for their craft I artis |