Show The 2 Eagle-pag- e Human Issues Club upset about a recent article in the Eagle Dear Editors Wc of the Human Issues Club would like to commend the staff of The Eagle on a job well done for the 1988-8- 9 school year 1 he staff did an (sic) job covering sports and entertainment and a few article have even enlightened us the readers on different sides of some really important issues However we feel an injustice has been done and we do consider this injustice to be a human issue here at the College of Eastern Utah and we wish to live up to our name and our ideals and speak out against this disservice We as advocates of human rights know that freedom of speech is the very foundation of journalism in the United States yet we also feel that truth and objectivity should not be overlooked This concept was not given much consideration in a recent article that appeared in The Eagle on April 13 1989 We know that Jan Halliday wrote what we thought was an excellent article It's what happened to the article after she turned it in that has us stumped A few examples of the distortion that appeared arc as follows: There was to be a schedule of upcoming events to give students some kind of idea what we would be doing but when the article appeared in the paper this schedule was all but destroyed except for a mention of the next club meeting on April 26th and wc did appreciate that The article also quoted club President Christine Rummel as saying The club got it's start from listening to people ex-cella- nt News Editor Feature Editor Co-Edito- rs Co-Edito- Reporters Photographers— Cartoonist i(tq The paragraph which stated agencies in the Price area need volunteers we feel totally misrepresented what the Club is all about Yes this idea was discussed but what was said was quoted out of context We feel this hurt club membership because we know students don't have lime to volunteer We would like to make it perfectly clear that volunteering is NOT the major goal of our club so please don't let this misinformation defer you from joining us There are two larger issues that we would like to address at this time Going back to truth in journalism we would like to know who interviewed Colleen Quigley our advisor? It's funny how she can't seem to remember saying what you said she said If she would have been interviewed she no doubt would have said that the officers worked hard but just guessing she would have said it doesn't give anybody the right to print it without her per Kirsten Christensen Entertainment Editor Women's Sports Men's Sports complain about problems and nobody doing anything about them" Granted this was a part of it but the Human Issues Club actually saw it's beginning because some concerned Social Science majors on campus wanted a class in Abnormal Psychology taught before the school year ended The club's format inn came about as a way to show the Humanities Department that there was a genuine interest in this field with Ms Rummel acting as spearhead The club then blossomed into something we feel is bigger and better that the original rs Gina Howard Travis Msnn i Stacee Pene and Richard Melvin Hickmon Kristie Eliason and Jake Shewmake Cordy West Garth Frandsen Jan Halliday Ragun Larkin Kathryn Painter G Scott Warren Edith Berdan Timi Bisquera and Dawn Frager C Hamaker and Kirsten Christensen Garth Frandsen Paul Pulli Ray Graham SusanA Polster Advisor IIIHNIIIHIHINMIHIIINIMHIIIMIIIIIUIIHMMIMHIIMIIH of the College of Eastern Utah and is printed every other Thursday fall mater and spring quarters Opinions expressed is this publication may or may not reflect the official opionion of CELTs administration faculty students or staff The Eagle office is located in Room III of the Main Building The Eagle is the official student publication mission Therefore we feel the article lacked crcdability (sic) which is so important when reporting the news So much attention is given to sports in The Eagle and there is nothing wrong with that however we hoped we would get the same kind of recognition as the athletes or the Blue Debs We fed it was a travesty to shove our article on page four under "Arts and Entertainment" Our question is "Do you fed homelessness (sic) is entertaining?" We can assure you that the purpose and goal of the Human Issues Club is neither "artsy" nor "entertaining" Wc are serious students dealing with serious issues All in all we fed that the article was carelessly put together made little sense and might even have been called gibberish We would have appreciated the same kind of thoughtfulness and care that appeared in the same edition We were very excited when Jan agreed to do the article on the club We thought it would generate support which would lead to new members Well instead of more support and more members the article lead to misinformed confused and down right uninterested students It is very hard to get a club established and keep it going as other clubs at CEU arc well aware of We feel that more consideration should not only be given to us but also all the other clubs on campus Our suggestion is to reserve a small section of The Eagle for club news and entitle it something like "Campus Club News" This would be a really big help in getting the word across that we exist and new members are welcome We would hope the next article that is submitted to The Eagle (including this letter to the Editor) is printed without distortion and that it rccicvcs (sic) proper "billing" and attention among the other articles that seem to only be of concern to the traditional student on campus was just about to rinse when " they turned off the water "I CEU intramural softball Playoffs starting Monday Mav 15 3:30 A2Z vs House III 4:30 Aughes vs Daily Planet Tuesday Mav 16 The winners play for championship Student thanks ASCEU To the editor It saddens me to realize that I am graduating this quarter my time here at the College of Eastern Utah is over I will miss many people who have been good and instructors I would like to take this to thank Calvin Johnson ASCEU president and his officers for the numerous ac- livitics they sponsored for the students and (heir families These activities in- eluded the I lallowccn Carnival Christmas Party Easter Egg Hunt and the Child Find It was nice that there were activities here at CEU where my children could be included These activities were a great success thanks to the non-tradilio- Sincerely Concerned ofliccn and members of The Human Issues Club CEU Christine Rummel President Chuck Harris Vice President Toni Hcrrara SecretaryTreasury planning and efforts of the CEU officers and the support of the students Although I won't be here next year I know that these livitics will continue to be sup- portivc The new ASCEU dent is Brad Gwythcr and he and his officers have some great ideas for next year's activities I have confidence that they will also do an excellent job for the students and their families In closing I would again like to say "Thank Youl" to the ASCEU officers for making CEU a better place for students with families AS-sin- cc ac-frien- ds Prcsi-opportuni- Brown ty |