Show V: ' I V V ' o ’ “i i i ? J I "Sunday:: December zi 2003 is A4 i " The Herald journal Our view W i Should professors ' A ' v Hillary Ginton morcover even in classes weeks this paee has like political science econom- ics sociology and history — where political opinions do and should flowfreely — the faculty code makes clear it would be improper for any professor to require that students agree with ' or parrot his or her views on the issues at hand Does any of this mean profes-- ! sors can’t offer opinions period political and otherwise during the course of their lectures? Probably not or at least there is classroom by preempting sub-- 1 V no specific wording in the code stantidl portions of class time for that prohibits this And if one the presentation of views on top-- thinks about it jt would be both ' ics unrelated to the subject mat- - silly and frightening to have an ter of the course” The second V educational environment so ide- mandates that no faculty mem- -' ologicaljy locked down that the ber “reward agreement Or penal- -' intellectuals leading it would be ize disagreement with his or her ' afraid to express themselves" ' But good judgment on the part views on controversial topics” this it we read would As be of’professors seems critical in improper for say a mathematics this area Opinions offered to digress from a Iec- mg the presentation of course material should be clearly ideri- ture on logarithm!! and launch into a tirade about US fpreign lifiedas suchAnd if the opin- J for an or ions have hobearing on the policy engineering instructor to open every lecture subject matter most likely they 'with a couple have no place in the classroom jokes and a list of grievances against VI - at all IV' ' i - Gifts for guys: Ashoppinglist : By Bruce Smith Herald Journal publisher in case you haven’t finished Christmas your shopping and are looking for that perfect gift for the guy in your life here is a li dur-profes- sor ist Your view Logan stiouldnli lock in power rates To the editor: 1 commend the Logan City Power" Board for thinking crealivelyabout how to provide alternative energy sources to the city in the form of ' : wind power While I believe that ' wind powertnay be d viable altenia- live for Logan I am alarmed that the 'city is considering lockingin a fixed rate powerfor the next twen- years This rate jock is based on the assumption thatreal energy : prices will continue to riseover the "next deciides There is legitimate evi-- : dencethui realenergy prices will not increase enough tomake this a sensi Me choice and Logan citizens may - 'r - : : for-thi- ty-fi- ve ' - - page 0 Mmdsd to aoquaM on maMri o public importanca amt pravida mamban o thecWrviHnlywiihatorumtorttwrviawa Paraonalcolumna cartoons and laeaia tram raadera raSact tt opiniona of Mr wNan and cranora: EdMoriWi undar Via hsadng X)ur View' iaprsaanl tw vwwa of tw Hsnid Journal 01 the averaMSiivered " residential efeetricitVorice will be lew in 2025 lhanit is rieht now Nicole Logan wm mmONB I DMRE out- - x y” - V : tjgamchsiom ile figure out how " See YOUR VIEW on AS Man lo tw howawr and tw adSor naariea ttn ripd to adl m Mns to oontom towlan0handslytonquiniMntoa(tis Intonh toSignodbyeiaaHtm - IndMduala WMad toons pMMad MWn my parted AdMnEeM Mata to hjMartUn— cow Ownoon nantortsaMateoaetooniaandMiuin nadBoriSaonaon in-to- ret cf a mOte - time of day but also is a stopwatch’ aii altimeter a compass ana records -- the rise and fall of the barometric r pressure If your guy friend is an adid skier who wants to know how : many ski runs hemakes in a day a i wrist computer will thrill him because it will give him that infor- - ' nation at the end of a hard day of skiing Not aji guyS are into electronic gadgets so here are some suggestions 1 Ate Fattouh By am a young liberal Muslim Arab the trilingual product of French and Amoican schools While I grew up in Beirut most of my friends grew up in MontreaL New York London or Paris I wear jeans and mmiskiite -- r not a VeU I listen to David Bowie and Lou Reed I watch “Sex and the City” The : : ’’and Woody Allen: I’ve "'i plan iponuea mi Stree Depariment’s strategists tali y ermlp - in8 about the Civil War andfound that “Gods and Generals” by Jeffrey Shaara and “The Killer Angles” by Michael Shaara are excellent historic ' 1 f novels My final book recommendation would be the inspirational racehorse biography “Seabiscuit” by Laura Hillenbrand Thei book is J much better than the fftovie Theseare mysuggestionsIguaiv antee that yoii’11 be his hero if he find one of my suggested gifts with v his name’on it under the tree bn " - ChristmasMorning Bruce Smith is The Herald Journals' publisher Hie column appears on the Opinion page every Other Sunday He can be reached by at ? bsmithphjnewscom' misreading Muslim minds meandmy friends Indeed when the r ' x affairelinWrehiqgion ' ' : there If is to ben " cadre in the Areh world one would think its memben would look like ' LMm mould ba: t : I Brock Dethier Mt Sterling - it v -- ail iron'zAM "pf this informatibn'with ' Z personal computer If you 8 him oneI guarantee he’ll spend the wholeday just getting this thing ’ apre-determin- ed editcv:' pNomontian450 - : '' Leave it to George Bush to create an educational “reform” that forces : everyone in education to waste time trying to standardize kids and ’Tails” good schools like Mount Logan Mid- die School I bet he has a solution: turn the schools over to hjs friends at Haliburton once they finish fleecing Iraq and American taxpayers ying W' to give an exact latitudelmigitude-’- : location It also keeps track of ®lti-- ‘ tilde time and estimated time of arrival (ETA) at destination It s a fun gadget to have sitting on the dashboard of your car when you travel because it tells you as the crow flies how far it is to your destination It also tells you the exiact direction you are traveling as wellas your exact speed rcote weather station AH guys MCoy ' I DAfWELLEHRUCMjlyadtor CiNOYYURTMrtaalunaadNor - BRUCE SIMTHutiiahsr CHARLES MoCOLUJMAnanagingacIlor tnotnmg : Let Hallburton run our schools Tb-tii- 222 “ff 8 gl ing flexibility so that should electrio- jty prices abtuHy fall Logan citizens will not be encumbered by ' prices that are artificially high M not bo piMahad variof viswpointi rialboanl UaMltAM MpvnDSri ? CnasDa thirlM'theEI aillorPonrtMymouiorodaniiwiMars ' : asMftriedm IhaHaraid Journal waiooinaa Editorialpolicy Opiniori with a ' SkdSdAU ivi Herald Journal The ate item Ihathave been on my Christmas list V! that I am sure any male significant other would enjoy receiving A Digital Camera Taking pictures' with a camera that uses film is old hat Digital is the way to go When you buy a new digital camera for "r : - side rto find a spot where he can put the wireless transmitter that will transnut temperature information to the receiver inside the house I guar-a-n tee that he’ll check’it regularly and “D-Damake a regular report to you about about the invasion on Nor-what the weather is doing both inside mandy Beach is my favorite My that guy and outside other favorite Ambrose book : A cell phonepersonal handheld your life get “Band of Brothers” which is a story $0S per kWh The DOE expects a him a small Thine are a several oppor- ' about thelOlst Airborne firomthe slight decline to continue into the Vrme one that tunities to satisfy a guy's urge for J invasion on Normandy Beach to ' ' ' future' "''': V" - ' he can put in electronic gadgets with the new cell Hitler’s Nest and the end of Eagie’s The belief that energy prices are on his shirt pock' phones that also do all the things a ' the war ip Europe Another Ambrose the rise seems to be legitimized by et Also pay a hand-hel- d does book “Undaunted Courage” about all in a computer recent energy price increases In the little more and that is about size the the a of gadget expedition of Lewis and Clark Is past SO years the US has seen sev- one that is get deck him of a book and very appropriate If cards playing great you get eral price spikeis' the most notable " at least four or one he’ll not only be able to talk on because their Corps of Discovery occurring with oil in 1981 and again five mega pix- -' the cell phone he’ll be able to Orgawas exactly 200 years ago Edmund I w hAm i ' nize his life He’ll be able Morris has written two books about and receive hi$ : the life of y hoffen to a my favorite president keep nrichat f track of his appointments keep an v Theodore' Roosevelt “Theodore wis lower than before theorice ' Rex” and “The Rise and Fall of extensive list of important pieople Pictures and downloading spike There is no reason toassume Theodore Roosevelt” are biographies - along with their address and phone fcent orice increases won’t fol- and even play games Am that are hard uj put down otice you - numbers : : low past patterns ' demand for increasing: However societies' ability to pro: ' ' duce energy continues to improve in Kith renewable and secUws According to the DOE’s Energy Information Adifiinistratibii (EIA) lhc real price' of oil and gas is only slightly higher thah it was in the 1970’s and is sigiiificantiy jess than : the crisis years of the early 1 98U’s: Moreover the price of coal which ' is used to produce over 20 percent of the worlds energy - has fallen steadily since 1 9501 Why? We have more known oil reserves now than at any time in history and technological' improvements: have made extractinjg fossil fuels more cfficient savings which have been passed on to con- :'sumers Further the price per kWh Tor renewable energy sources confmues V1 10 decrease In 1980 the price for wind power (in 2Q00 dollars) was ' around $45 per kWh In 2000 the price had fallen to approximately reafas - both inside and out It will also record the exact time the high and low temperatures happened during - : eneiis that are not quite is pricey as the electronic stuff Most guys enjoy reading books about wars and biographies of famous people who' were involved in wars My current read is “Fly Boys” by James Bradley Bradley also wrote “Flags of Our Fathers” If your male significant' other enjoys reading about Pearl Harbor Iwo Jima and World War II in the Pacific he'll really enjoy eitto1 of these two books Steven Ambrose has written numerous books abbut World War IL in Europe :i ‘ : y ' are interested in the Weather and for just a few bucks you can buy the man in your life an electronicgadget that will tell him the temperature I ’ anti-femin- li and about spreading deoiocracy — they’re ta0nr more Arabs hu me toqpwr ttea our understanding y wearev:-We share the Arab heart Whether we’re fiom Egypt Jordan Syria or elsewhere in the Middle East we share a language holidays foods literature We even share same nos-: am a young liberal Mu& I lim Arab wear jeans ' andminiskirts — not a 1 & veil Yetdespite my upbringing and orlenta- tion j feel deeply estrangedfrom everything the United States is trying to do in the Middle at Grandmother’s house where we gorged on meza (the feast i before the feret) As muefa as we may look and act like Westerners our roots are different — as are our East proMeia is hatred - Speaking to a ’“Tof- the Sept 11 mtacks he saM They hole onr freedoms oor freedom of Yet despite n upbringing and orientation I fed deeoly estrange) fromievqything the United Stales trying todo in the Middle East My friends andl iT buying wb U government has to offer Forafl xlectkm' - Lmd tmricmjmi (Wl-190-) v ‘J" a lf the UX the US seems notto understand who y w i |