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Show ••••V ' 11 Monday, April 10,2006 •***>-• I 797-1762 statesman@cc.usu.edu www.utahstatesman.com Communication is key when working with students A member of the International Student Council was surprised to see food the ISC had served at their banquet on Saturday being sold for lunch on Monday. Not only was the food two days old, but ISC members claim they were told it was going to be 5rlal ' thrown out after the event and now there it was being sold as a "special vegetarian dish" in the TSC's Carousel. USU staff in charge of selling the food say they did nothing wrong; the staff is well trained in keeping food at safe temperatures for reasonable amounts of time. And, they also say, selling leftovers from events happens in the professional world all the time. But maybe that's the point... when policies are transferred from the professional world to the academic, not everyone is going to make the transition smoothly, especially students. Even a group as experienced in ' programming and with as professional a reputation as the ISC was still fuzzy on how leftovers from events in the TSC would be handled. Policies that may be commonplace in the private sector may not be common knowledge for students and if these policies were never clearly explained they can hardly be blamed for being upset. The importance of communication from professionals to students who may or may not have background in a particular area of expertise cannot be overstated. A little communication can go a long way. We should know. Since the announcement of the expansion of the TSC computer lab, an ad hoc committee was formed to come up with possible locations to relocate The Statesman office. Places on campus as farflung from our current location as the Towers and the Nutrition and Food Sciences Building were originally suggested. The move from central campus would have been a death sentence for our small publication. USU journalism professionals and professors saw the imminent danger to the quality of journalism on our campus and quickly made their concerns known to the powers that be. L;>: And they listened. Those students and administration involved in this decision recognized their own lack of experience in journalism and were willing to take advice from those who know the business. Possible locations on central campus have since been identified. It doesn't take much. Just a little understanding. Each year, professors understand it would be unfair to ask each successive group of incoming freshman to enter with the knowledge the previous group left with. Basketball fans expect the program to ouud on itself, but no one expects the rookie to automatically meet the skill of the senior star they are replacing. We encourage all those in professional settings on campus to take a step back when dealing with students and identify the experience and background those students are most likely coming into a situation with. Needed patience, understanding and maybe even a teaching moment will be the result. Utah Statesman PEP.DEUfty?I"« ATCAID YOU'VE BEEM INDICTED. Editor in Chief Brooke Nelson News Editor Aaron fjalk Assistant News Editor Answer to immigration question in supporting other countries Just last week, I flipped on that exists is that there is not C-SPAN to see how quickly room for everybody. There is it would put me to sleep. I no logical way to allow every have been conductperson who wants ing highly scientific to partake oi Uncle experiments on this Adam Strong Sam's love into the matter, and so far, United States. The the quickest C-SPAN capacity of our has knocked me out country is limited is two minutes and just as anything else. 37 seconds. Well, So what do we do? this was the day I How do we decide was going to beat who gets to live in my record, and just America and who wften I began to is sent back to their Speaking homeland? Well, that doze off and set the bar a little higher, is precisely where the a Republican from debate is formed. Texas grabbed my attention. Historically, Republicans The program that was nearly have taken a more restrictive putting me to sleep was on the stance, whereas Democrats topic of immigration. It was have been a little more lenient the House of Representatives on immigration laws. Recently and they were discussing the a new twist has appeared in issue of immigration in great this classic debate. Proposals detail. This age-old debate has have been made, as of late, been waged since the dawn to construct a wall along the of time, or at least the 1600s. 2,000 mile boarder between For whatever reason, people the United States and Mexico. have always wanted to come to This wall has put a spark under America. From every country the issue of immigration that in the world, from every walk of life, people want to fall into the open arms of Lady Liberty. IMMIGRATION Well, the obvious problem see page 14 ^ Marie Macf&y T Features Editor OurView U.S. known for breaking walls, not building them HI. Staff lf][ Steve Shinney Assistant Features Editor __ Emma Tippetts WELL GEE I GUESS I SHOULD PROBA8LY RESIGN THEN, HUH? Sports Editor Andrea Edm Assistant Sports Editor Bryan HiHton •it. Diversions Editor DELAYED REACTION Copy Editor Lindsay kite Letters to the Editor Photo Editor Michael S^arp licForufn Utah State is in difficult financial situation Dear editor I could not agree more with your editorial of 3/31 and the letter from Mr. Law. Chinese is an extremely important language, and its importance will only grow over the next few decades. Unfortunately, USU is in a difficult financial situation. The legislature has not come through with enough funding for us, despite a state budget surplus, and we are experiencing a tuition shortfall due to lower enrollments. These cuts in funding get passed along to departments, and many departments are having to cut back on "luxuries" - such as programs (like Chinese) that are funded entirely through money that departments are able to scrounge through one way or another. Watching The O.C. is not the only option The "scrounge" money is disappearing fast, just in trying to pay for things like phones and photocopies. So we are operating in a triage mode, trying to save as many academic programs as we can. We've been able to save upper-division Korean only because years ago some very generous donors gave some money to support that program - but that money will Be disappearing fast, too. Of course, we are doing everything else we can to keep our Chinese mjnor in place, and our sincerest hope is that as soon as the budget situation gets better, we will be, able to restore those lower-division Chinese courses. Editor, In the recent article, watching television all the time is the main focus of the article, and how it is used to escape from reality. What happened to reading books? I do not even have cable at my apartment and instead I have my bookshelves collapsing underneath the weight of the books I own. Watching shows like The O.C. is not the only way to escape from reality and I have always found a book better than watching a show that caters to pop culture. While watching tv every so often is a great thing, ifs not.the only way to make an escape and see how life is different from your own. Charlie Huenemann Department Head Languages/ Philosophy and Speech Communications Trisha Thacker A vital sign of bipartisan progress Two miracles took place in tion and respect from folks Massachusetts last week. around the country/' said • First, the state Legislature John E. McDonough, a forapproved the nation's most mer state legislator who now ambitious effort directs Health to expand access Care for All, an to health insuradvocacy group. ance. " I t is an amalgam lOtherVoic&s' of left and right Second, the approaches that I plan emerged from a process of creative have not seen." bipartisan collaboration The legislation, which between Republican Gov. Mitt Romney plans to sign this Romney and an overwhelm- week, aims to provide health ingly Democratic Legislature. insurance to 95 percent of the At a time when Washington, roughly half a million state D.C., is locked in partisan residents without it. warfare on almost every front As McDonough suggests, and has done little to reverse the plan's secret is that it the declining access to blends ideas favored by libhealth insurance nationwide, erals and conservatives into it's difficult to say which of a comprehensive attack on Massachusetts' achievements the stubborn problem of the is more remarkable. Both uninsured (who now numshould inspire not only other ber nearly 46 million nationstates but the federal govern- wide). ment as well. The plan's foundation, origThe Massachusetts health inally proposed by Romney, plan " i s an intriguing, inno- defines an important principle vative, different experiment of joint responsibility between that really demands atten- individuals and government Nat'l View i. Matt Wright to ensure coverage. The plan would require all Massachusetts residents to buy health insurance, the way states now require all drivers to purchase car insurance. But the state would cover all the costs for families whose incomes are below the federal poverty level (about $20,000 annually for a family of four) and subsidize premiums, on a sliding scale, for those earning up to three times that amount. The plan would establish an innovative insurance exchange that would offer individuals and small businesses a variety of policies to purchase. It would provide health insurers more leeway to offer stripped-down, lessexpensive policies, especially for young people. 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