Show i ' 7s ' g- V' ' ‘V ' ' ' Y ' y ' r a 'v - iv jV c" ) j?v- V y Y''Y'Y ' £' ’ 'The' Herald journal 01 Y £ Y " wm- - tig? 'Sif-'S i- USUparkingreally $96 million Q j uick: Guess what the top American college stu- - denis is'-The environment? Nope The economy? Guess again The quality ri of their education? Rising tuition costs? Wrong and wrong According to an Associated Press Y Y poll the top concern of American college students is finding a parking ' space on campus Student leaders at ' Utah State University confirm it’s no i different here But is parking on college campus- -' es refilly that inadequate? At USU at Yeast there is enough parking for every student’s car -- rand about 90 percent of students have cars now estimated USU Parking and Director Lisa Leishman ' The problem is what she referred to as “Kmart syndrome”: the feeling' v that everyone has the God-give- n right to park right in front of wherev-e- r they’re going During the busy morning hours on campus cars are poised libs vultures' waiting for the prime spots in the “JT lot next to the parking terrace but die cheaper “A” lot below the y-- Spectrum has plenty of spaces It’s from that lot to the barely a half-mi- le not enough Student Center Taggart ' t - - Trans-portati- problem? even if she’s wearing platform san- - Y dais And those who are too lazy for walk can take the even a Aggie Shuttle With the Logan Transit District’s USU Express frequent and free and used bicycles available for peanuts at garage sate the any decent-size- d remains Why even take a question car on campus? Out the bigger question is where in the Constitution is ' the Right to Park? As die country grows steadily' more obese and we destabilize the '' world over the availability of cheap fossil fuels perhaps it’s time to rethink our priorities Make it cheap and convenient for students to park and they will drive to their classes ' (and maintain that driving habit far into adulthood becoming the very people who now complain there’s no parking in downtown Logan when af k walk from a most there’s a ByArrin Bronson whine Let them street) neighboring long enough and they Will eventually discover other alternatives includhere are those among us ing perhaps their own sturdy young whose beauty causes us to striking ' v‘ legs-'and Others are gifted with stare stop Instead Do you need on two-bloc- ' - however the university is planning a $96 million parking terrace That would cover a lot of schdarslups computers w faculty Y raises but the students have spoYY ken arid apparently they’d rather Y a manners checkup? room on die way into the store and I stop there again at least once more Y before I leav- eI have noticed in these bathrooms " that many women who are noted for harping on men about lowered toilet seats have terrible toilet manners’ for life diat exuberance a r is contagious and some people in oqr Paper tissue seat covers designed to ranks can be counted on to make us protect us from germs are usually Y V impossible to’ use because die seats laugh every time we meet soakare ladies rooms die in radiate :Y Certain women already grace and others exude competence Many' Y ing wet If you have no desire to sit" 'down on the seat please employ a an enviable piece of paper to protect your fingers quiet dignity" and simply lift iqi die toilet seat that sees them before ruining it for the rest of thethrough the 7 most difficult public If my sons can learn to do this surely we can too— circumstances ' : I have also noticed on the rare:white others occasions that public spaces (after have develfewer seats than people oh hand that oped excep-- : tional physical gentlemen of all ages seem not tq’'gy have any knowledge'or perhaps strength Men: ’women and cemfor children from' all wallet of life have Y ’offering a lady particularly die older ones their seat It makes me sad to brilliant thoughts everyday see a strapping mate sitting comfortand YThese extraordinary gifts others human k that pos-ably white someone old enough to be beings many his mother or grandmother stands sess are less visible though in the event that we fail to treat each other 7 awkwardly 7 I ultimately decided that manners with mutual respect I’ve increasing- would be this column’s topic after an ly noticed a lack of basic human eti- incident Wednesday in North Logan ' quette and fear that many of us seem when my children and I watched to have forgotten our manners d Good manners are a newspaper pages and inserts fly out of the back of a pick-u-p truck as it commodity in this day and age when there are so many of us in close sped along a neighborhood thor- - y oughfare for more than half a mile proximity Every one of us is trying At the point that! caught up with to get through on the driver and his passenger both this earth meanwhile rubbing men they finally elbows with those yre inevitably Y encounter in the course of our work pulled over and reorganized the ' truck-be- d so that no more papers shopping worship and family life would fly out before speeding away Often we go about our important I looked back down tire road at the daily business' with absolutely no mess strewn in the street and saw a the overwhelming strugconcept of endured those around elderly man who had ventured very gles being by out on this lovely afternoon to colus The strangers that we pass might lect his mail trying to bend down to be debilitated by terminal disease loss a the one loved of up the garbage that had begun pick mourning to blow into his driveway suffering emotional difficulties I regret that I had an appointment resulting from a troubled relationship and didn’t have time to stop and with a lover or child or any of a clean up the mess that awaited all of number of life’s tragedies the homeowners I also regret that I While we may think a hurtful com' didn’t get the license plate number of ment or rude gesture is warranted ' the truck to now and then it never is Perhaps report the crime More this column will do nothing more importantly than the fact that titterthan soothe the petty irritations of an ing is against the law is the fact that ' it is rude V overly sensitive and idealistic writer I recognize that it isn’t an easy task who is waddling through her final weeks of pregnancy Yet it is possible to teach people manners as any parthat a few of us will try a little harder ent will attest The single-moto ease the burdens of those around emphasized point in my us as we go about our daily business experience can be summed up by the following In my present condition I find it phrase: “What do you say T necessary to stop and use nearly Endless repetition is no guarantee every pubic restroom I pass When I that our children will say please and bathI for use the shop example - fun-lovi- ng J : - ii'Y' ' ' lficiIT : - : Next comes fines ' for brown lawns Ypurchase of your ticket(s) the limits ' placed on it because of the time restriction will guarantee you won t get your choice of seats and you ' " juv’Vf IQay not get a keat at all For most I outside: lawn As stepped people who want tb attend a perfi- Spotted to get my morning paper 1 heard a mance at the Theatre using die Y small groan as my spotted lawn was prefund checkcoupon is simply not a ' wise choice time The feeling bad As I petted its motley restriction renders it almost wortii- - Y brown coat with my cane it whis-- $ less which causes us to wonder what pered “Why did you abandon me ' summer?” I tried to explain with the real intent of the offer was in the first place Your best option thereYY giving it fewer drinks my water bill fore is to disregard the refund Was still a $ l a day more and on a k : limited budget 1 had to make choic checkcoupon offer and go buy your the garden won’t even talk to me Yes: tickets) at the earliest available date S And the city’s attitude is we are sorry to ensure your choice of seats ' The refund checkcoupon seems Y it happened to you but if it had to like a lame attempt to make the peohappen we would rather it be you than us As my lawn slipped back ple of Logan think they are getting a into its coma it feebly said “Next “special offer” from the Cache Val- be will hustle peofining year’s city ley Center for the Arts May we sug- pie with spotted lawns” And with its gest that the next time you' want to show your appreciation to the citidying breath it whispered “Rememzens of Logan for their contribution ber Gray Davis” to the artSi try doing it in a more ) - TbiltealitOT'rV two-we- ek s f-thi- - - : V- - - - - ! - Howard Pierson Logan Public rejegated to back seat Hterally To the editor: Before you head to the Ellen Ecctes Theatre Box Office to redeem the $12 JO refund checkcoupon that the citizens of Logan received with their latest utility bill you had better read the small print at the bottom of the check Most of the restrictions listed there seem reasonable However the sentence that reads “Offer good starting two weeks prior through the day before the show” makes us question how sincere the offer really is Most people know that if you want to get your choice of seats especially to a popular show you need to buy your ticket(s) more than two weeks in advance But if you want to use the refund checkcoupon toward the Herald Journal - way so everyone who wants to take advantage of the offer can do so without being hampered by unrealistic time restrictions on its user-friend- ly 'use: Greg and Lori Larson' Sheldon and Sharmeen Moore Logan - much-neede- : : ‘ - Drop Parker kidnapping charge lb the editor I am -- - writing in regard to the recent news about tire state’s decision not to try and take or force chemo on Parker Jensen Yet still has failed to drop the kidnapping charges against the parents! I for one am outraged at this injustice! How can the parents be charged See VIEW on All thank you to the many people who teach them drive diem feed diem" serve them and share things with them hundreds of times each day ' I’m still hoping there will come a time when it will be natural reaction for diem to look their contributors in the eye and sty the simple phrase "Thank you :Y :They are teaming about the impacts of bad manners though and realize that their actions affect those around them When fellow visitors repeatedly cut in tine during die child dren’s trip to Disney World this summer they felt the impacts of the rude behavior Whether at the post office or the fast food line some people have the mistaken notion that their time is more Y ' important than everyone else’s In many cases a polite “Do you mind if of the parties to gd fiallows' polite mid fed better about the sit'' uation I’m to expound Finally going about the customary thahk-yo- u note that many people send faithfully after a show of kindness from a Y ' friend or family member Aside from the practical service of assuring the sender that the gift was receivl in note also lets the tact the thank-yo- u that know appreciated the you giver time money and energy spent in your honor White some gifts are more extravagant than others a thank you note costs tittle more than five minutes' of our time and the v ' price of a stamp I discovered that much of the enjoyment that comes from receiving a gift is lost on guilt until the appro- priate thanks have been given For more than a year I’ve regarded the kind gesture of Logan resident Alii- son Thome who gave me an autographed copy of her wonderful book — even before she had a good supr hard-earne- - conrl -- st child-reari- ' : ' ed VY'V'vY'- to share ply I’ve enjoyed her work very much but have felt a twinge of guilt because I haven’t thanked her appropriately I have found wisdom and humor in her insights about her experiences as a parent an educator local historian community volunteer and woman Yet for some inexcus- able reason I hayen’t taken the time to thank her for making Cache Valley a better place to live If you’ll excuse me now I have some tetters to get out on-ha- nd ng a Herald Journal education reporter Her column appears on the Opinion page every other Sunday at She can be reached by abnjnsonOhjnewscom Arrin Brunson is International view The Herald Journal welcomes letters to tfie editor Potentially Ibelous or offensive tetter wi not be published however and the edtor reserves the right to edR al tatters to conform to the length and style requirements of toe newspaper Letters should be: Russia ready for new international role uhl Shimbun world fractured over the war in Iraq rights in these and other countries Much is expected of Russia knit Russia is often complex and diffiThs Opinion pags it Mended to acquaint there is still much about Russia that cult to fathom White the country matters readers with vanety ct vwwpotnts on is ambiguous international help to scrap its needs at public importance and provide members of On one hand Russia talks uf the the commiinity wnth tonim lor Iheir views ussia had has not nuclear submarines a newly minted superpower d Typewritten and Personal coturnns cartoons and tetters from importance of international cooperasome status for But as time a No Russian billionaire can pay a huge ir than 450 more words permalength readers reflect the opinions ol their writers and tion But when talk turns to the situaAddressed and include daytime phone creators Editorials under the headfagXJur nent member of the UN Security sum for an English soccer team tion in Chechnya Russia considers it View represent the views ol the Herald Journal number lor purposes of verification Council it still has a heavy responsiThe Soviet Union collapsed 12 edrtorial board Members of the editorial board a purely domestic concern and author tie Signed by world peace and stability It for bility - Indviduals are fcnited to one letyears ago Isn't it about time Russia published rejects all offers at international DARRELL EHRLICKdty edtor is both a part of Europe and a friend y ter within any freed itself from superpower politics Address period mediation is Russia deeply conCINDY YURTWteaturee editor tetters to hjtottarOhjnewscom Guest comIt the is United States of to be a normal European nation? with the nuclear expected cerned in BRUCE SMITHlpubleher programs mentaries are also welcome end are run at Putin will use President Vladimir That would make its diplomacy more Korea Iran and North remains CHARLES McCOLLUMmanaging adtor yet tie edHor’s dtocretton that relationship to help mend a indifferent to improving human persuasive American jurist (1S72-11- ) "Right conclusions are mort Gfyfy to 6tjjatfmd out of t multitude of tongues tfutn tfuxnujfi am Qiid of autfunitatwr sdectum ’ — Judgt LtamU Editorial poll SL double-space- 30-da- A Tokyo ? 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