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Show www.dailyutahchronicle.com OPINION 11 November 2010 Debunking Max Hall's great beer debacle ec. 8, 2009 will forever live in infamy, not only for Ute fans, but JORDAN also for lovers of truth JOCHIM everywhere. In the wake of the U's loss to BYU, Max Hall added StaffWriter insult to injury when he called not only the U's football team, but its entire especially when one considers organization, fan base, student the likely size of Hall's family body and faculty classless. and the sheer volume of sinSome might ask, "What horful, brown liquid that would rific event could have triggered be necessary to successfully such a bold statement?" Well, drench them. I was ashamed believe it or not, Hall went to belong to an organization so on to say that in the previous lacking in common decency. year's game, a rabid pack of However, as time went on, Ute fans had such despicable the merits of Hall's tale wore and reprehensible gall as to thin. After extensive research spill beer on his family. A and many sleepless nights, a disgusting and classless action, conclusion has been reached— D Hall was lying. No such liquid could have been spilled on the Hall clan. Hall has perpetrated a great lie upon us all. This story seems plausible when first considered. After all, once those villainous Utes had located Hall's family, they would only have had to get up from their seats, purchase some beer from any number of available vendors throughout Rice-Eccles Stadium and proceed to dump. Right? Wrong. Much to the chagrin of Ute fans, alcohol is not sold within Rice-Eccles Stadium. So without the availability of an inside source, the fans must have brought the bottled sin in with them when they entered. See MAX HALL Page 12 Holy War is wrongly named—school spirit isn't about faith s oon, Utah and BYU will meet in their annual gridiron rivalry game, a contest wrongly called the Holy War. The nickname is a misnomer, as it implies a conflict between different religious groups, which couldn't be further from the truth. Because many associated with the U are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including head coach Kyle Whittingham, several of the players and a large percentage of the fans, the rivalry isn't a battle between LDS and non-LDS, or even religious and secular. It's between those who prefer a faith-based education and those who do not. The U is a school of diversity, whether religious, ethnic, political or otherwise. Far from having an environment hostile to religion, religious students at the U can comfortably form their own communities with members of their faith. Religious heterogeneity is displayed by the variety of faith-based students groups at the U catering to Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Mormons, orthodox Christians and others, as well as a common meeting ground for everyone in the Interfaith Council. In 2009, the Princeton Review even ranked the U as the nation's fourth most religious public university. Between the LDS fraternity and sorority system, free religion classes at the LDS Institute of Religion and all-student congregations throughout the Salt Lake area, LDS students have a strong religious support system. The religious makeup of the U includes inter-religious diversity with people of differing levels of spirituality from the same faith. My own all-student LDS congregation includes many types of Mormons, from the devout to the doubtful, from former missionaries to those who are trying to rediscover their faith, as well as a number who are not members of the LDS Church but are interested in learning more about its beliefs. JAKE GARFIELD Staff Writer The U is still a secular university, and religious students come into daily contact with people who possess a wide variety of opinions and viewpoints. Dialogue between people of different beliefs is common, fostering mutual respect and understanding between those who might have different lifestyles or values. Exposed to a wide range of opinions and variety of people, LDS students can continually follow the council of LDS apostle Quentin Cook, who once told the Mormon faithful to "be in the world but not of the world...A cloistered existence is not the answer...Members of the Church need to be involved in the world in a positive way." As a Mormon and a third-year Utah student, the U has been the perfect place for me to get an education while living my religion. My LDS peers and I can choose either to take part in our faith or not, unencumbered by any protective bubble of enforced standards and without our personal religious decisions affecting our academic standing. When the Utes play the Cougars this Saturday, many opposing fans dressed in either red or blue will be members of the same religion, and someone's preferred team shouldn't be an expression of their faith. I'm proud of the LDS community at the U, one of many diverse communities at the same school united by the same team. The game is not a Holy War. My religion is holy to me, and is just as important in my life now as if I were to attend BYU. letters@chronicle.utah.edu WILLUS BRANHAM/The Daily Utah Chronic! BYU lacks facial hair, manliness s ince the early days of junior high, pre-pubescent HEATHER boys across the country eagerly await one thing: LINDSAY for their peach fuzz to become noticeable to more than themselves. Writer The ability to grow ample amounts of facial hair and ruthless warriors the world separates men from boys— has seen, all of them sported which is why BYU can't seem luscious beards. Don't let the to grow any facial hair. horned hats fool you, those guy Historically, a beard has were scary Leif Ericson, who been worn by many notable found America before Columand prestigious figures. Vikings bus, was one of these great were among the most feared men, and he had enough facial Staff hair to braid. Abraham Lincoln sported a well-groomed chinstrap. Who knows if the country would have trusted him during those troubled times without such a sure sign of testosterone. And for my LDS readers, even Brigham Young foreswore the razor. According to the Schick Hydro Hairiest Colleges Study, the U is the 33rd hairiest school in the nation, with only 69 percent of the male student population clean-shaven. Although some might see this See FACIAL HAIR Page 12 Do you have an upcoming hospitalization? Are you entering a long-term care facility? You could be at risk of infection by Clostridium di/fide (C. duff.), a bacteria that can cause severe gastrointestinal problems. 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