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Show .THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Thursday, March 12,2009 Bill would prevent Anti-racism author addresses white privilege fradulent land bids nent white, anti-racist schol- a dominant group, we have ars of our generation," said the luxury of being obliviSTAFF WRITER Dhiraj Chand, an intern with ous to the reality that other With spitfire speech and the U Center for Ethnic Af- people face." Esther Kim, internal vice striking sarcasm, the ac-fairs who organized the adclaimed anti-racism author dress. "I thought it would be president of the U Asian Tim Wise debunked the myth useful for our campus, given American Student Associathat Barack Obama's presiden- it's a predominantly white tion, introduced Wise with a description of herself as "a tial election has ended rac- situation." ism and white privilege in the Wise noted the hypocrisy racialized woman on a preUnited States. of labeling black literature in dominantly white campus." She thanked Wise for his apWise addressed the white a color-blind society. pearance and said, "When "White literature—yes, I denial of racial discriminascholars like Wise come on know we don't call it that," tion. stage, he shows that issues of he said. "What is it when "How could otherwise race are not confined to peoyour stuff is the norm against good people get it so wrong?" ple of color, but confined to which everyone else's stuff is he asked, referring to the dewhite people and whiteness." compared? It's literature." nial. "You don't have to know. Wise said the denial of racWise pointed out that disIt's not on the test. There's no ism is inherited among white requirement for white people crimination does not end people. "The denial was deep to know what people of qolor with racism because inequaland passed down," he said. ity occurs because of ability, experience." He compared a 1963 GalHowever, Wise said people sex, class, gender, sexual oriof color are expected to under- entation and other personal lup Poll asking white people from the United States if stand the white point of view attributes. "Men don't have to know blacks were treated equally because it is institutionalized. "(Wise) is only one of the the troubles that women in housing, education and most articulate and promi- face," Wise said. "When we're employment to a 2009 poll Isabella Bravo 200 islative ession Isabella Bravo STAFF WRITER The Utah Senate could pass legislation to deter the obstruction of land lease auctions for natural resource or agricultural production, if time permits on the last day of the legislative session today. Rep. Michael Noel, R-Kanab, recently crafted House BUI 437 after U student Tim DeChristopher, a senior in economics, placed a fraudulent bid on thousands of acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Grand County, Utah. DeChristopher bid on several parcels of land in December and cost oil and natural gas developers present at the auction millions of dollars. Noel's bill passed from the Utah House of Representatives to the Senate unanimously with 69 votes in support and six absences on Monday. During the House discussion, Noel prefaced his summary of the bill by referencing DeChristopher, who said he had no intention to pay for the leases, subsequently creating problems for the agencies. "I think it's important to recognize that when we go through a legal administrative process that we make sure that oil and gas leases belong to public lands, that individuals can't come in and play game with those leasing," Noel said. DeChristopher said he doesn't think the bill is anything serious. "It's a state bill to regulate federal proceeding, which I'm pretty sure they can't do," he said. "The bill states that it's illegal to take illegal actions." H.B. 437 would establish legal sanctions under state law for actions such as DeChristopher's. DeChristopher said there are already federal statutes in place against placing fraudulent bids at land auctions, but the federal government has yet to charge him with any illegal activity. "The auction itself was so fraudulent," he said. DeChristopher speculates that the federal government has put off charging him because. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar H.B. 437 Would establish a fraudulent bid that obstructs the sell of lands for natural resource and agricultural production as a third-degree felony and suggest a $7,500 fine. Recent action: The Utah House of Representatives passed the bill to the Senate 69-0-6 on March 9. has since removed the auctions' leases from sell. Originally, Noel designed the bill to have a mandatory $7,500 fine and a minimum third degree felony. The House amended the bill Monday, doing away with the mandatory fine. "These kind of actions where fraudulent bids are made makes a mockery of a process that is intended to be professional, realistic and proper," said Rep. continued from Pagel Jack Draxler, R-Logan. "People need to know that this is something that people cannot just Her hero joined her for the When: March 14 at 11:00 a.m. Where: 7350 S. 3200 West toy with." Sweethearts dance during their senior year at West JorDeChristopher said he doubts dan High School. of mind and matter, his father that laws will curb environmenNaturally gifted with a said. tal activists from similar acts of "There was a drive in 6-foot-2-inch stature, Montcivil disobedience. gomery also excelled at West him," Kevin Montgomery "I knew that there were big Jordan High School on the said. "When he set himself legal consequences," he said. varsity basketball team. He to do something, he worked "We're fighting for a livable played on the team all four very hard at it." future. There's nothing that years, until he graduated last the state Legislature that can Montgomery was only a spring. He shifted his aca- freshman, but he was simuldo to deter us. We're fighting demics to the U, where his taneously studying math, for our lives and the lives of conquests continued beyond physics and medicine. Kevin our children." Montgomery recalled that his DeChristopher said he is the athletic realm. more worried about House Bill Research shows that the son had a sharp mind, par379, an environmental litigachallenge of playing music ticularly for mathematics and tion bill Noel is also sponsorwell fine-tunes the mind, and • enjoyed the mental challenge. ing, which passed through the Montgomery was ready for the "He was a swell kid," said House to the Senate on Monday. challenge. He began with pia- Annie Christensen, dean of The bill requires individuals or no and saxophone at a young students, who has been conorganizations who file enviage, and added a guitar to his soling the Montgomery famronmental actions against the repertoire in high school. He ily since their loss. "He really Department of Environmental also tried the drums, but the seemed to love it here." Quality, the Department of Natsimplistic instrument proved m.mcfall@ ural Resources, the Department too boring for the conqueror chronicle.utahedu of Transportation or the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration to post a bond before their action can be filed. "This is a bigger threat t and much more interesting than the other bill targeted at me," he said. "It tries to make environmentalists pay a cash bond Humanists of Utah presents: "History is Seductive" presented if they want to exercise their by John McCormick, PhD. Based on his bookThe Gathering Place, First Amendments. 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