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Show "Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature." George Bernard Shaw 72 Wednesday, Sept. 13,2006 797-1762 statesman@cc.usu.edu www.utahstatesman.com ASUSU View: Show a little school pride Utah Statesman Staff Edrtor in Chief ; It is an amazing and of Colorado. When talkIntimidating sight to see ing to students there the Spectrum filled with about athletic events, one fans in blue. Many teams thing was for sure, you hate to play us because always wore black or gold of the rowdy students that to the games and never fill the seats and make any other color, especially their presence ^ _ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ not red. CU has Elizabeth Lawyer News Editor Di Lewis Assistant News Editor Arie Kirk Features Editor Emma Tippetts known. The tra- Corey Mikkelsen a big rivalry with the University of Nebraska and no one would be caught dead wearing their colors. One student told me, "if have a Sea Of blue coreymikk@ccusu.edu someone is stupid at football games enough to wear and other athletic events. red to a football game, it It is time to clean the won't be long before the polluted classrooms full fans will strip them down of students wearing other and they will be cheering universities' apparel. It is shirtless." time to show our true I am not suggesting that colors. we have this attitude. USU Why is it important to students hold themselves be proud of our Aggie alii- higher than this. All I am ance, to wear Utah State suggesting is that we show apparel and not "the ene- our school spirit more by •my's" colors? To answer wearing our school colthat question, I would like ors with pride. It is time to refer to a letter to the we wear our colors dureditor written by Scott ing academic programs, Teichert on Wednesday, at student activities and at April 7, 2004, discussing all athletic events. the issue of school pride. On Sept. 16, we have In the letter, he called all the chance to prove ourthose students who go selves. The Utes are comto Utah State and sup- ing to town and I hope port other rival schools that Romney Stadium (in-state rivals in particu- is filled with blue-clad lar) "wolves in Utah State Aggies who are not afraid clothing." How true that tcf show their allegiance, statement is. Students We can have the stadium brK-campus who sup- filled with blue that night, p o r f other school pro- but it will take the students Scrams by wearing their to make it happen. I chalapparel do nothing more lenge you to bring your than tear down our Aggie blue that night and take a pride. It shows that we stand for our school. As are ashamed of who we for all of those on campus are and of our peers. It who are wishy-washy on shows a lack of identity, your allegiance, I encourIt is proof of our school's age you to see the light weakness. and become the Aggie Recently, I visited the that you ought to be. campus of the University Assistant Features Editor Holly Adams dition of wearing blue to basketball games has been around for years and it is time to take it to the next level. It is time to ASUSU V i e w The three tenets of liberalism Sports Edrtor Seth Hawkins Assistant Sports Editor Samuel Hislop Diversions Editor Steve Shinney Copy Editor Lindsay Kite Letters to the Editor Illiteracy a problem at USU To the editor: The first few weeks of school has passed by in a hurry and I feel compelled to comment on the literacy of our "all knowledgeable" USU professors. Granted they are brilliant minds, they have received their various degrees, they have a desire to teach and that is what brings them to USU. However, my heart fills with pain as I have read syllabus after syllabus, viewed many powerpoints and tried to copy notes off white boards which contain horrific grammatical errors and mis-spelling of words. We should not have to put up with this, especially when we are required to write every assignment with exactness. Then to make matters worse, they threaten to dock points for every error they find. What kind of society do we live in that gives doctorates, Ph.D.'s, and masters degrees to people who cannot even perform simple High School English tasks. This is especially sad when most computers today will perform these tasks for you. I suggest to send all of the instructors here at USU back to English 1010 and to take the silly CIL tests, so they can preform more professionally in their classrooms. I am equally disgusted at the Utah Statesman for all of their horrible mistakes in the newspaper. Not an issue goes by that I can easily spot a grammatical error. Shame on you! But, I know that most of you putting this paper togeth- er are just students working hard to get you degrees. Do not worry, you have time to perfect you writing skills before you get your degrees. In conclusion, I would like to ask the University to do something about the illiteracy problem here at USU. Eli Smith Registrar could be simpler To the editor: The September 11th issue of the Statesman featured a column by the editor titled "The Registrar's Office a Necessary Evil" which I assume must have been written by university staff in a blatant attempt to promote the propaganda that this is true. The author of this article clearly has no outside experience with other universities. After reading this article I discussed it with two of my colleagues to determine the validity of the claims it made regarding the operation of this universities registrar's office versus that of other universities. The conclusion was unanimous: this universities registrar's office is a joke. Including my colleagues and myself we represented three separate universities, University of New Mexico, Western Washington University, and Western Illinois University respectively. My colleagues stated that during their time at their respective universities, a collective of 7 years, only once did either of them even step foot inside the reg- Photo Editor istrars office. My own experience only led me to the registrar's office once in five years, and that was to pick up an extra transcript. To be fair though ifs not just the registrar's office, many other administrative offices on campus suffer from the same dysfunction. In fact, I would personally go so far as to say that this university has some of the worst run internal offices that I have ever had the displeasure of being associated with. No other major institution that I have had to work with has such dysfunctional computer systems, internal communication, or knowledgeable staff. It seems like I am constantly running like a lab rat between offices because something online didn't go through, this office can't take care of things of that nature or don't know how solve my issue so I must go see someone in a different office, or I don't know the secret password and handshake to add a class. At Western Illinois University, adding, dropping, or withdrawing classes was all done via the computer with absolutely no need to ever go to the registrar's office. To make things better, the one time I did go to the registrar's office there was no line and only one person behind the desk. Why only one person you ask? Because when a system works the way it should you don't need a whole office and long lines to add frustration to a process that should be simple. Liberals are anti-family, Security and welfare are so pro-abortion, anti-God and important to liberals. unpatriotic. Right? Wrong. Liberals realize that these The few brain-washed institutions are how we reinLiberalism 1010 classmates vest in our society, how we who got this wrong help those who are lucky that this live below the Matthew Andy Brehm pop quiz won't poverty line, are count on their final down on their luck grade. Take out or otherwise need your notes, write assistance in order this down and to get their lives The Sunday School teacher in church last remember it: One There's probably more than one reason. back together. week wrote an interesting statement/ques- You would think if a situation like this could of the largest misBy providing tion on the board. It said: "Just to ponder, not be solved by fixing just one little thing, conceptions about those with these debate: Are we safer today than we were on the world would do it. Then it would be liberals is that t h e y L m e r a l l S l t l T O l O t e m p o r a r y needs done and people wouldn't have to worry hold a lower set of motbiackham@cc.usu.edu individuals get Sept. the 11, 2001?" about their neighbors hurting their families Over the past couple of days, I started to ethical guidelines, foothold they need or strangers attacking out of nowhere. We really ponder that question. What has really if any at all. and move up in the class syscould move on to a Utopia of sorts, where happened in the past five years to make us Maybe you are a middle- tern, make more money than safer? people were kind to each other grounder, politically speak- before and pay the governThis is a tricky question by itself. just because it was the humane ing. You feel betrayed by the ment back through the taxes Mikayiie Our country's actions over trie past thing to do. They'd keep control current administration, yet collected. Kar er five years are certainly eyebrowover there tempers and act honstill abide by very specific Democrats put people raising, and deserve some ponderestly in their dealings. religious and ethical values first and, unlike Republicans, ing of their own before I could Sounds a lot like heaven, that you are unwilling part take financial responsibilfigure out if it's helping keep us £ doesn't it? Perhaps that's our from. ity for their expenses. These safe. problem: we are slowing destroyWhere does that leave kinds of programs don't mean I did have a thought though. ing our heaven on Earth. We are you? financial ruin — just comDespite the war waging elsewhere, readily rearranging and rebuilding In simpler terms, who will pare Clinton's budget surplus OthTr Sidfe of there has been a Tot of violence our country with the mission of you vote for this fall and who with Bush's deficit and you'll the Fence happening in house within the last excluding God. will you elect as your next see what I mean. mikayliek@cc.usu. edu five years. president of the United States I understand why this is an Secondly, liberals believe Less than a year after the attacks in two years? You're con- strongly in equality before issue. America has to be fair. The on the World Trade Center, Elizabeth Smart First Amendment protects the people against fused by the lies and curi- the law and government in was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake religious persecution and against an estabous to know what the liberal the providing of privileges City. The summer of 2004 brought the Lori lished religion. Therefore, if you don't want platform is. Well, liberalism and rights. That people of Hacking murder. Hacking and her unborn to believe in God, you don't have to. If you functions on a three-tier sys- any demographic, race, child were shot by her husband and dumped want to worship and believe in the divine tem supporting a multitude creed, gender, sexual oriin a dumpster. Her remains were found at a power of a soda can, go right ahead. That's of causes. entation or nationality have landfill. More recently, there was the kidnap- your right. The first provision is that certain inalienable rights. ping and murder of Destiny Norton, who With this basic freedom planted deep in liberals believe in empower- And that in certain situations was found at a neighbor's home dead. Then roots, the mentioning of God in anything ing the less fortunate. That is we might be called to realthere are others — child abuse cases, a boy to say, providing opportunirelated to the stars and stripes freaks people who killed his mother and stuffed her in a ties and the basic necessities freezer. to those who have none. This > BASICS Sadly, it goes on and on. The question 1 is why health care, Social seepage 13 whv? Pa5e Bldk Face problems within our borders i Jamie Crane Assistant Photo Editor Tyler Larsen Editorial Board Elizabeth Lawyer Lindsay Kite Sammy Hislop Di Lewis Seth Hawkins Steve Shinney Emma Tippets About letters • Letters should be limited to 350 words. • All letters may be shortened, edited or rejected for reasons of good taste, redundancy or volume of similar letters. • Letters must be topic oriented. They may not be directed toward individuals. Any letter directed to a specific individual may be, edited or not printed. • No anonymous letters will be published. 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