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Show - ' . WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 - bIXIESUNNEWS.COM - 7, 2018- r -- - , ne Sena Ior Hatch Good rrildd , ( A NOT-SO-SA- if AGO GOODBYE TO THE MAN WHO SHOULD HAVE RETIRED YEARS D J . :, . , Cody Eckman , - - tK . , , i , Hatch is , -- p."- , ; , It , r - - - - the - ,,,, , .,- -, 42 years of service to the state of Utah as 1 , 4 ,..L.-- ,... Republican g longest-servin- Senator in U.S. history. f ,. stepping down after ,. ' I , ..:"-'- , ,, of ten times (or long enough for us less traditional students to have already left and come back). To put it franIdy, Hatch is a dinosaur. By the time he's gone, he'll have served half of his 83 living years in the same position. Utah deserves some new blood and some fresh Orrin , Hatch has been reelected 7 times having started his tenure in 1977. For you traditional Dixie State University students, that date probably 1 i, doesn't mean much i " maybe Utah's populace just collectively sucks at accepting but whatever the change reason, Hatch has held on long-ter- m ,k F . , , ,,,,, , ,,,,--- -.,, ,,..-,,,- -, g. , , point. Term Ihnits are a beautiful thing. They allow no one person to obtain too much traction and power in the governance of our country. While arguments have been made for the usefulness of the various committees that years. Maybe a short cultural memory is to blame for his constant reelection or .., ''''' , - ., i, ,.,, ''''' t t, ,,,,T. ...''' rs' , ,,t -4- ,. . 6., a- f', , ; , , ,,,s-, 1 ,- ' ., A, - ., 4'''.'" , ,, , ,, t.' ''.. .. - ,, - - 4,'4,., ,,,, ; - , --- ,. i.... -, , t. t , . N ' , ,,, , ,, , ,, zw t 4 Sen. Orrin Hatch speaks on the judicial nomination process to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C. May 9, 2003. Features Editor Cody Eckman says Orrin Hatch has been in office far too long. (R-U- C 1 i ., They don't actually see the entirety of the work this employee is doing and the books are frequently a mess. The job offers some incredibly attractive benefits: a paycheck they more or less set for themselves (to the tune of $174,000 a year, currently), the best healthcare and other benefits possible, travel stipends, and as few as 133 working days a year (that's nearly half of what the average American is required to work at a full time job) . And all the employee have to do to keep his or her incredibly cushy job is look good once every six years so that the disinterested customers keep hiring them back. Short of repealing the 17th Amendment, the only real check to these people's power is us. Please, get informed, be involved in the political process, and pis.sed when these men and women don't live up to their office and our expectations. They won't limit their own power. Orrin, you kept up appearances. You stayed in office. I'm sure you accomplished some great goals for yourself. But the thing I'll most remember you for is finally leaving. Thank you. a political side as I sit somewhere in the center of the aisle. My objection to Hatch is the objection I have to every senator who sticks around past two terms: you're missing the been marked by inconsistent stances, back room deals and a surprising knack for being affable and maintaining his popularity during election scenes, but would choose the person who was most popular, looked the best, brought them out the best free stuff -- - the list goes on. I'm not here to take ---- . -- in the nation. years late, sir. His run as senator has perspective. Maybe I should thank him for his service, but really, I'm not certain just who he's take the safe been serving. stance and just thank him for you despite not voting terribly conservatively for the past 40 some years while living in one of the most conservative states finally stepping down. : you Congrats, On-infinally fulfilled your duty as a senator, a statesman and a patriot by starting to clean up Washington. You're about 30 likely weren't born until nearly a decade or two later. He served long enough for you to finish your degree an average BY CODY ECKMAN senators are able to inhabit, none of them hold water when compared with the corruption that is readily apparent in those with 20 plus years in office. In 1913, the way the senate was elected changed dramatically. The people in a given state used to vote for their state legislators who would then vote and appoint their senators. With the 17th Amendment, that changed. Now, the people appoint the senate by popular vote. This doesn't seem so bad on the face of it until you consider that this is a bit like having the customers of a shop choose who works there. They don't really see what goes on behind the ( more-or-le- ss l Recent performance culturally insensitive BY NAOMI VAZQUEZ naomivazquez LETTERS TO 1 THE EDITOR -- :--- ,. ;'. - ' - Send letters to the editor to DixieSundixiaedu. Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper andor dixiesunnews.com. The guidelines for letters are as ii::H- ) follows: g ....,t 1 Drill teams, or dance teams, are high school sports teams that compete and must be well-writte- n. Writers must include UPCI 1 I , I, 4, , ; I, - , ii ', , perform at r,,,...71...;774 other events such as half-Irv". , ,,,,,r4,1 time shows. VV During high school drill l'''' team competitions, the teams 10007,., perform routines in different C.,,,,,, categories. One category is ii i a character-theme- d one that 0 .1 ' k 1,, is, "A thematic routine which )1 focuses on the portrayal and ,, ,, ,,r o development of a character tf H through movement, music s, ., 0) m r, ......, and uniform," according to 0 00. oft." Utah High School Activities 0z m Association guidelines. u) The teams, particularly Cedar High's character routine, Region 9 Drill Team Competition, St. teams in southern Utah high music and dancing camels. schools, commonly perform belly dancers and camels ..." culturally-theme- d routines in Exotic is not a term I would Another seemingly offensive the character category. These use to describe the routine, routine by Cedar High and I'm not alone with my School featured remixed types of routines are wrong Indian music, d sentiments on culturally and, frankly, offensive. The Region 9 drill team insensitive "character" poses, red and green Indian-typ- e routines performed by uniforms, and sparkly competition for 2018 took in the Dixie State imitation place headpieces. predominantly Anglo A thin line exists between students. The Cedar High University M. Anthony Burns Arena January School drill team received culture and celebrating 31. During the character criticism in 2016 for a routine culture. appropriating Cultural appropriation is performances, routines depicting Native American included a Maleficent and defined as a concept dealing culture and dance. They also d a routine. It imitated Native ethnicity by with the adoption of parts seems that of a minority culture by wearing black, braided wigs. cultures also qualify as In the same year, Canyon members of the dominant characters in the drill team culture in a society. View High School performed world. Dixie High School an African-styl- e Jeff Richards reviewed the piece and an drill team Dixie performed Egyptiancompetition for the High School placed themed routine, which St. George News and wrote, first with a Chinese-theme- d included Egyptian-inspire- d "... Dixie placed second with routine as their character its exotic number featuring clothing, dance moves, performance. ,.. 14 - I - ,,, .- - ,.1.14;;:i...7.7,,. .!N , ,.,,,,,:,,,,..r.,....z 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 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 encourages 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 4, 4. ,,, clown-theme- an S,.' t , ..,.,- -. ..0,,,,,r1,---r- - , , ......,,,, , ME Uni, , ',,i,--,- Indian-inspire- , ,.., ,,, e r T, 0) dillideC,7 t, I . 1IA., ,4' ? ,.....0.........,..r.::,,..:,,:i....:,...,.....:,,,.......,.,.......t...,,,,....,,,,.,,,:4i:..i.............,,,,o.,,.......:, ,,,, ' v ,..2., -- ,,,: name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and -1E , rr, Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and J- - ,..,.., , at the FeL George, Utah, Jan. 24, 2018. Although cultural appropriation has been a hot topic for discussion for a few years, it seems that mainstream population continuously disagrees with what constitutes cultural appropriation. A culture is not a it character, is not a toy for white people, including drill teams, to play with, and it is not a tool for entertainment, especially in a nation where things like white supremacy, racism, xenophobia and nationalism are prevalent. America's history with the "us and them" attitude is simply too bold to ignore, and the criteria for cultural disrespect is not something non-Americ- an for any person to decide in any situation. The usage of cultural themes in drill teain performances is disrespectful Too often are cultures depicted as stereotypical in American media. Not only does this affect the attitude of white Americans toward other cultures, but it also affects the way people identify in U.S. society. Although my culture wasn't used for the drill team routines, I know if I watched a drill team dance to stereotypical mariachi music while wearing ponchos and flashy sombreros, I'd be livid. 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