Show ar:fM-llll--'"lBil-'l‘'"''- Aaa - 1— la xx£zf5 -- rg-- - Y i r1rrT 8& 7?gM conclusions an more likely to be gathered out of a—multitude —-- - of “ i than f — Judge Learned Hand American (urial (ItTMMI) The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April 4 Page 24 1996 Our view 5a School program may perpetuate stereotype about several historic figures with cast of characters that includes a t’s only a small thing to be Washington Abraham LinGeorge sure but something we noticed coln mountain man Jim Bridger about the script of a local stage preand Cache Valley settler Mary Ann sentation for gradeschoolcrs should Weston Maughan One of the skits be more than a little troubling to also features an American Indian those concerned about the perpetuaThis individual however has no tion of prejudice in our society name He is simply as After all personal and cultural “Indian chief” scripted slights are often that way — subtle And therein lies the rub seemingly insignificant even uninTo celebrate the personalities and tended but broad in their implicaachievements of the great men and tions women who created our country is The program to which we refer is a fine and commendable tiling But being performed at local elemen- when the same program portrays tary schools by Sky View High another key player in the American School students in celebration of dratiia as a nameless ethnic entity it the Utah Centennial and American seems somehow dehumanizing as patriotism It is a colorful and if to say “an Indian is just an lndi-invigorating production full of song an n and audience participation and it is We are sure that’s not the messomething Sky View students can sage scriptwriters for the local Cenbe proud of But there is as we tennial program wanted to convey said one small thing about the and we hope a small change or two script that may be sending an unin- can be made to avoid imprinting tentional message of ethnocentrism our youngsters’ minds with a audiences Cache to young stereotype they may cany for years Valley The production features skits to come I Attention individualists: Teamwork has its pluses By Eden Goodman The Boston Globe 0 - any Wide World of Sports scale I weigh in as sports-orcx- ic The sound of football on television strikes my ear like a nail across a blackboard I can't pick Marcus Camby out of a super- star lineup I don’t — — — — n even use sports metaphors So how is it possible that I spent two nights last weekend with my game face on the NCAA Women's watching Final Four basketball tournament? Who was this woman tuned to ESPN counting fouls cheering at turnovers and analyzing point guards? Well a funny thing happened during my winter sojourn at Stanford Against all odds 1 became a fan I wish I could say it was only because of the quality game played by the university team that made it to the Final Four in a tourpament that was Anally bountifully won by Tennessee I wish I could say it was just the athleticism of Kate Starbird who shoots like her name or the leadership of Jamila Widcman who plays the court like a conductor or the aggressive intensity of Vanessa Nygaard But that was only part of it Frankly 1 was converted the moment I entered Maples Pavilion for my first ever women's basketball game and saw a house full of students screaming and a scruffy band playing For women athletes I was hooked when I sat down next to a girl with a Stanford Women's Basketball cap and sweat shirt a girl who could recite names of the players as if they were a rock group 1 was delighted by the sight of women ftrst season a generational delight Not the delight of an alumna of the university but that of a loyal alumna of the changes that brought these strong and talented women to star status When I was in college sex discrimination was not just rampant it was legal Title 9 didn’t pass until 1972 and the seminal sports pyentof the early women't movement Wasn't the Final Four but — I blush to remember — the 1973 tennis matchup between star Billie Jean King and hack Bobby Riggs My generation operated on the belief that if we built it they would come If we made way for opportunities of all kinds the next generation would grab the ball and run ' Every woman who played in Charlotte NC last weekend was bora after Title 9 had changed if not yet leveled the playing field They are die next generation that mine counted on And they lake it for panted I know It is axiomatic a near-rituof my peers to feel unappreciated Veterans al or earlier fights will tell you that the young women today have no idea of our struggle On campus I met teachers who sounded like grumpy parents talking about children who "take it for granted” But I say "Good” We do not require a pregame nod of dedication appreciation or — a half-tim- e to the elders without whom this game would not be taking (dace Do not praise us for walking four miles in the snow to school Those who are involved one way or another in social movements should long for the day when that change is taken for granted That's the day surely when it's irrevocable But if 1 could share one experience with the younger generation it wouldn’t be a war story It would be the experience of pride and connection — a kind of parenthood — that can eventually cheerleaders doing cartwheels for come to those who are part of a large women players my first long look at boyfriends and brothers rooting crazily for the success of these sisters This is old news to those who have watched college women's basketball emerge into the big time Old news to the young players who are impatiently waiting for the' bigger time — for parity or even pro ball But as a woman old enough to be the mother of these players I brought to my movement for change f In an era of individualism that may be real news Ibday when they are off the court and beyond the campus most young people are told that they are on their own They must make it on their own They will succeed and fail on their own But from my spectator's seat there is much to be said for teamwork Take it from a fan (uau Your view Summiteers amiss in ‘terrorism’ definition of intellectual hallucination and see the reality before us Srinidhi Anantharamiah USU Department of Economics To the editor: Let me share a few comments about the Terror Summit held in that elegant resort center in Egypt and attended by all those dedicated statesmen committed to fighting terrorism and bringing about peace and justice The focus of the conference was of course on the recent wave of suicide bombings which occurred in the heartland of our favorite ally in the Middle East Israel The United States and Israel are applying pressure on Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian National Enough with the bashing of each other Tb the editor: Enough with the criticisms of each other We are all riveted to the giant local headline news that an area teacher's position is being held for her return from an LDS mission with her husband Did j Mr Jensen have a slow news day and Authority to quell the militancy of needed something he felt might raise the Islamic fundamenHamas the ire of the valley residents and increase talist group that has claimed responsibilicirculations for a few days or is it really a headline news topic? ty for the attacks Countries such as Iran Syria and Libya are being accused of Why do we create an atmosphere its Hamas and allies some groups are dancing with where supporting In all this talk of taking punitive meaglee at the misery of another We bash sures against countries sponsoring terrorthe locals and we bash our foreigner visiism tire one nation that is not being tors We bash the Republicans then we implicated is our beloved ally the bash the Democrats I think we all need “saacd cow" for our politicians seeking to step back and take a look around us reelect ion — Israel What?!? Israel the Differences abound That’s what makes the country and the community so flacountry that was founded through terrorism created the Hamas movement as an vorful and unique Do we want to create alternative leadership to the secular a place where everything is the same Palestine Liberation Organization It was Should we all attend the same religious the same Likud Party in Israel that services and major in the same subjects decries bombings and murders which at school eat the same food have the created the leadership structure of same clothes and hairstyles and be the Hamas during the Intifadah (uprising) in same clear color Apparently not unless Palestine To get more insight into this you believe God messed up somewhere subject matter I would suggest inquisialong the line tive minds to read Noam Chomsky's The Let's delight in our differences We Prosperous Few and the Restless Many need to stop wearing our religion our (Odonian Press 1993) To get a more politics our sexual orientation our culture and our race on our sleeves Be difthorough understanding of how the powerful nations define ami apply the word ferent and unique but don't force terrorism I would suggest Chomsky's everyone else to conform to your scholarly treatise Pirates and lifestyle Be Mormon or Catholic but let Emperors:Intemational Terrorism in the those who aren't be the religion of their Real World (Black Rose Books 1991) choke Be gay but don't expect laws to Our distinguished leader Bill Clinton give special treatment because you are is once again playing election year poliBe your color and enjoy the richness of tics by promising unconditional aid to the culture that is a part of it but don’t exclude others of a different shade help Israel combat “terrorism " The lead1 don't think that as I walk down the ing Republican contender for the Presidential nomination Bob Dole is no street people know which religion I am better in trying to appease whether I’m gay or straight republican special interest groups by requesting more or democrat Neither have I felt combudd assistance from our pelled to make a declaration about my get to help Israel fight the scourge of lifestyle ready to take offense whenever someone else looks at me funny militancy While all this talk and douWe need to open our minds and learn bletalk is occurring the peoples of the Middle East are becoming more and to enjoy the person Stop knocking othmore restless The regimes that are ers down because they aren't like you promising to combat extremism are the Our country encourages peaceful ideals very same ones which are oppressing throughout the world but how can we their masses and creating the climate for expect two countries to get along when grassroots populist movements to bring we can't be tolerant of our differences forth dramatic changes to their respecwithin our own little community or even tive societies These groups are referred our own families to as “Islamic fundamentalists” by the As long as the actions of one don't elitist scholars in the West Ladies and hurt another we should enjoy the fact gentlemen let us recover from our state that it adds to a vibrant changing envi ed pro-lsra- cl deficit-plague- Mallard Fillmore Herald Journal Edrtofjil Fon The Opireon papa is intended to aoouatrd modem a variety at waagoinii on manew rt pubc totponanue and provide membow ct toe conviwty with a tonen tor tooe ways Paiond columns cartoons adMaitom raaoerareAecl toe opinions of toe ertiera and peatora Ednonata under toe hearing Otf VW raprasem no mews et toe Hamid Joienai edtonal boa-- Msrnbew c too adaona) board aw BRUCE SMTWpubtotoer CHARLES McOOLLUMSrwnaping editor JENNIFER HtNESMy adtor oh RAF ANNE THAYNCtoewa adfcr ronment Let’s quit stirring the pot with the hope that we can sell a few more papers or galvanize the intolerances around us Judge not Dean Jones North Logan Keep your head up Mac’s Cafe owner To the editor: I applaud Mary Ann for going ahead with her radio talk It really takes a lot of guts to harass a woman alone at 3 am in the morning Keep your head up Mary Ann there are a lot of us cheering for you Kac Anderson Hyrum Government religion can’t be separated To the editor: “While we may try to separate our responsibility in respect to our govern- ment from our religious obligations examination of the central problem of government reveals it to be essentially moral or religious in nature “The power to participate in the governing process is the power to determine under what circumstances it is legal to forcibly deprive a human being of his life his liberty and his property Governments exist for only one purpose: to make and enforce rules governing human conduct But every rule or law which is passed has attached to it a penalty The penalty invariably takes from the disobedient either his life his liberty or his property “Under a government subject to the voice of the people the ultimate responsibility for laws ami therefore for determining when it is proper to kill a person jail him or take from him his property rests directly upon the voting citizen There is no other place to rest the credit or the blame for what is done in the name of government This is a moral of the most serious nature and Jjuestion reason it is also religious Thus the central problem of government is a religious one and anyone who assumes that he can form his political beliefs without consulting his ethics which have their basis in religious conviction is deceiving himself either about the true nature of government or his moral responsibility for its actions” — H Vcrlan Andersen Church and state must be separated but government and religion cannot be separated Darwin W Larsen Logan The Haraid Journal welcomes Mara to toe adaor Potantedy (betoue or oHenawe loners not bo pubfcshed However and toe editor reserves toa nghl to od4 at letters to conform to the length and style requirements of too Lanew should be: Typewritten and double-spaceNo mow toen 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