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Show i As we see if i This special section of the Record editorial page will feature, for the next several weeks, the opinions of some students of the Cedar City High School. The letters reflect the attitudes of their writers. The letters were solicited by the Record and were also used as a composition assignment at the high school. In general, the letters are being published as written. Dear Editor: I think that the current attendance policy at Cedar City High School is beneficial to most of its students. It provides a good profit for those who want to put forth the effort toward their education. Unlike the former policy, it allows us to be absent without a grade cut, as long as we have a legitimate excuse. It also keeps us informed on how many absences we have because the teachers send home a record of them. I also think it has kept more students in school, and has gotten them to class on time. In order to get a good education, we need to be in school! This attendance policy helps keep us in school. Mark Rhodes Dear Editor: There is a definite need for street lights in the Cedar Knoll's and Three Fountains' Subdivisions. Cedar Knolls has been one of the fastest growing areas in Cedar City. Three Fountains is also growing quite rapidly. In both of these areas reside newcomers to our city with young growing families. Why not then, for the safety of these people, could street lights be erected to make those who live there feel more secure? I know, by experience, which many have had, what it is like to walk down the roads of this area late at night when only dim house lights barely reach the walkways. The closest thing to street lights are the lights in the high school parking lot three blocks away. I feel that it should be the city's responsibility to provide for its citizens. Improvements should and need to be added to the new areas of this city. I know that most of these families would be much happier knowing that their children will be more visible at night if the lights were added. In addition to the lights problem there is also a problem with the street names. Signs should be added to aid in locating addresses in these areas. How about it Cedar City? We need some improvements in our city's growing areas. We need these lights for the protection of these areas, the security of our homes, and most of all the safety of our lives and our children's lives. Sherrie Hall Dear Editor: It seems that every year, student pride and support for Cedar High activities and property lessens. Vandalism reaches a peak at every night school activity and meanwhile, spirit ebbs at the game. The cheerleaders are vainly trying to raise the crowd from the dead with the help of a few stalwart fans who are yelling their lungs out trying to make up for missing voices. Where are these missing voices? Well, some stayed awake long enough to make it to the game and then became deathly inert. Others are staggering around under the influence of alcohol or some other eye-reddening eye-reddening haltlucinogen. Still others may be found ripping toilets off the walls or breaking beer bottles in the parking lot for kicks. Whatever happened to the good old days, when parents brought their families to high school functions to be entertained and uplifted? Maybe parents are afraid to bring their children for fear of what they will see or hear. Let's get with it, Redmen ! Show pride in CCHS and give the kids a taste of real old-fashioned old-fashioned school spirit. Kristine Williams Dear Editor: I feel that it is very unfortunate that Cedar City doesn't have places and things for the teen-agers to do. Most teen-agers go "dragging Main Street" becuase there isn't anything else to do. I feel that we really need a game center (Student Center) where kids can go and have fun without wasting time on the streets. If Cedar did have a place for the kids that was well run and with no smoking or drinking permitted. I feel that there wouldn't be as many problems with the teen-agers. I know that many people feel the same way that I do and if more would show their concern, Cedar could become a better place. Francine Branin Dear Editor: Profanity among the studentbody of Cedar City High School is a had problem. I'm not sure if these kids talk like this at home, but if they do, then the parents are partly to blame. Many of the people at the school say that they are used to it because they are around it all the time. I'm around it all the time, in the locker room, and around the school and I doubt if I will ever be used to it. I don't want to bring title IX into this matter, but what really turns my stomach is when a girl swears. This is not very lady like and it really turns me off. During the election a district voted in the high school. I just hope that there were not any foul words spoken around the older people of our community for they might get the wrong impression of our school. I'm sure there has always been a problem with profanity; maybe I'm just becoming more aware if it now. Daren Felix Dear Editor: TV violence in the 1970's is contributing greatly to the increase of crime and murders. For example, Dr. Victor B. Cline, U of U psychology professor, observed: "Television is probably the second most powerful socializing agent in our society, exceeded only by the family. And where the family is im-mobilized or disorganized, TV may be the most potent force." I am currently reading a book from the "Kojak" detective series called, Therapy In Dynamite. It's a story of a mad man in New York who plants bombs in cars, and when the people get in and turn on the key, they get blown up. On November the 17 on the noon KBRE news, a news bulletin told of an incident of a man in Los Angeles who planted bombs in cars. This man is responsible for three murders in that city. I believe that TV can ruin a mans mind if he views enough of the murders, and murder plots of detective and police stories. Violence on TV in the 70's can stimulate or influence a person to par-ticpatre par-ticpatre in aggressive and violent behavior. Kirk Smith |