Show Viewpoints After reading the last two issues of Points West I felt I must write and express my feeling I was a little disappointed when reading RAPE IS REAL By Allan C. C Grover He states When ever anything is said about the subject especially in the State of Utah there are those among the general population who would rather not hear about the problem or who feel that if the subject is not talked about it will go away Where is the backing for such a statement I dont don't feel it is Especially in the State of Utah it is all over You Youcan Youcan Youcan can go anywhere and find people who wont won't talk about it Those who hope by not talking about it it will go away Just because we live in a religious community does not mean that people dont don't want to talk about the problem or help in dealing with the very real situation For a writer to make statements without backing them up is almost unheard of Statements like It should be obvious to all on this campus that there is not a moat surrounding this school We have had our problems with sexual abuse and at this institution I personally know of only one such problem on this campus and when it came down to brass tacks the person making the complaint never showed up to tomake tomake tomake make it Why when shielded by bythe bythe bythe the newspaper he accused and said anything and when the time came cameto cameto cameto to lodge a complaint to take care of the problem again behind close doors to keep his name out of it he never showed up So now I ask you Mr Grover where is your Backing Now for 2 I am not trying to get about Mr Grovers views However I do feel that a reporter should report the facts and not just what is heard or rumored about He states in his article about the Student Senate It began with an open invitation to representatives of the Business and Banking communities representatives of the school and members of the Where did this information come from The senate assigned Page 2 one senator to ask a person from the Bank where he works to come and talk to them about what they the bank have to do for our student loans It was not an open invitation to anyone in the Business and Banking However the senate meetings are an open meeting and any student wishing to attend is ismore ismore ismore more than welcome Also in his third paragraph he makes it sound like everyone who receives aid has had problems with it That also is not the case Only those people who have had problems with getting aid are the ones the senate would like to hear from and the senate has had some responses The article is good and has a lot lotof lotof lotof of truths that need to be brought out But lets let's put them down right lets let's write all the facts and not stretch them out to fit our story Cal Corbridge Your last edition of Points West WestI I feel was a bit overdone on the rape stories Also I feel that both stories were quite non The new international column in inthe inthe inthe the school paper I think and Im I'm POINTS WEST is a publication of the Associated Students of Utah Technical College at Salt Lake City Utah The viewpoints expressed are those of the staff and not necessarily those of the Associated Students Faculty Staff or Administration Letters from our readers are welcome Expressions should be presented to Points West either through Letters To The Editor boxes or to the office of the newspaper in the Student Center Letters should be typewritten and should not exceed three hundred words The editor reserves the right to edit condense or otherwise deal with all submissions All submissions submissions submissions sub sub- missions should contain the writers name and a contact address or phone number which will be withheld withheld withheld with with- held from publication upon request not alone in my sentiments is not interesting I can hear all that on the and 1000 news Also I feel that your comments on the Vets are a bit over emphasized Im I'm tired of hearing about the veterans when there are more interesting subjects that I would rather read about But I must compliment you on I your last Points West edition It was a great improvement compared to a lot of the campus papers that I have read here Candy Johnston j |