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November 18,1992
University News
Commentary
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As the weekend gets near, students all
over campus are contemplating how
they should spend their time. Quite
often, I hear students proclaiming:
“There’s nothing to do!” This week,
amidst the chaos of Junior Poet, I decided
to see if that claim was widely felt and
exactly how valid it was. Do you feel
that the programming of the University
is sufficient for the student body?
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improvement because the schools look
for profit, which they get instead of
education, which they aren’t providing.
With vouchers, children will be going
to private schools because of the edu-
cation, leaving public schools to fend
for their own instead of being backed
up by the government
With a drop in enrollment the schools
will be forced to actually pay to im-
prove education and make a meaning-
ful curriculum. This will take money
and will result in administration and
teacher cuts, which is what they dread.
You see, public schools, as a system,
don’t care about quality, because there
is no threat to their security. Without
the security, the system will fall apart
because it is built on the shaky ground
of guaranteed demand.
Another reason for vouchers is that
they will allow poorer children to get
out of the cycle and get a true education
that will help them get further in the
In addition to the programs
put on by SG, each dorm is required to
host at least three programs per semes-
ter which can be informative or social.
However, publicity seems to be the
real world than a McDonalds manager.
To those of you who happen to be in this
position, I hope you have higher aspira-
tions.
Vouchers will also cut down on
Advertising Manager
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Entertainment Editor
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Production Manager
Christopher Nguyen
Journalism Advisor
Patty Mamula
Asst. Entertainment
Monica Anz
Commentary Editor
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Asst. News Editors
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♦Colleen Stead
Asst. Photo Editor
Kristina Fails
Editorial Advisor
Charles Sullivan
Photographers
Donna Marvel
Elizabeth Sayers
Sarah Arnaldi
Features Editor
Kim Rosenthal
News Editor
♦Peter Mitchell
Editor in chief
♦Mark Zuniga
Copy Editor
Russ Mitchell
Photo Editor
Fred Schunk
Rome Editor
HK Dunston
Sports Editor
Chris Oliver
the programming goddess, Brigid
Binder.
“We’re limited to a budget and man-
power. If these were unlimited, we
could have unlimited programming. If
the sense of apathy [in the student body]
Writers
Keith Callaway
Renee Chauviere
Jennifer Clare
Nick Conger
Sarah Gordon
Andy Hurtzler
Helen Lassater
Joseph Meaney
Rita Mirabal
Chris Mosmeyer
Ian Rutherford
Sean Vargas
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“I’m too busy to take in the activities
they plan now!” Mark Towne
“On the weekends, no. I know people
who have cars, but if I had to stay here
all weekend, I’d probably go insane.”
Mike Barry
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won’t want to have the kids in their
same schools as “barrio minorities."
I’ll bet that any people who feel this
way already live in Highland Park and
have their kids somewhere else already.
And seriously, how many people do
you know who are still this way? Maybe
I’m being overly forgiving about how
people see the world, but I think there
has been an acceptance between classes
which I don’t see the voucher system
changing.
A final argument, not as critical as
these, but still worthwhile is that this
system will corrupt manyschool sports.
First, I believe that the education should
take precedence over sports concerns. I
do see that people would be concerned
about schools offering incentives for
the athletes to attend their schools which
will create recruiting problems like we
have in some colleges. In Colorado
Springs we have the freedom to attend
any public school including ones that
aren’t in our district. This has not
created any problems with athletes who
go to where the best coaches are and
where there is also a regulation about
giving incentives.
Vouchers scare public schools be-
In my search for the truth, I consulted problem. Some of the students claimed
that it was the smaller events which
werenot publicized efficiently. A quick
way to find out what is going on is to
take a quick look at the calendar of
events in each issue of the University
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three basic ways I’ve heard people re-
spond to this statement:
1) Great idea! The public school sys-
tem is going to hell in a handbasket and
we don’t want to send our kids there.
2) No way! If you want to send your
kids to private school, you pay for it.
3) Say What?
First I will address the third type of
response because those people won’t
understand anything else I say if I don’t
The voucher system is a movement
that came about as a result of the decline
in public education. It was noticed that
scores on tests (ACT, SAT, and other
achievement tests) were dropping at an
alarming rate along with America’s
standing with the rest of the world. The
idea was then hit upon that this was
because the public schools had a virtual
monopoly on education (K-12) and felt
no reason to improve. Then it was
noticed that public schools spent, on
average, twice as much to send a child
through school as private schools which
were producing a better result After
doing many studies it was found that
most people would like to give their
children a better education but don’t
have the money to afford private schools.
The voucher system was hit upon as
the solution to this problem. With
vouchers, each student would be allot-
ted a certain amount of money to take
and use as tuition in any school of
choice including private. The amount
given would not increase spending be-
cause it would come from the existing
education budget in each state.
That basically explains the voucher
system and how it would work. Next I
will address the objections to this sys-
tem becausel know there are many, and
on the surface, some of them seem
reasonable.
The immediate response by many is
that it violates the separation of church
and state. First of all, giving money to
children to attend any school they want
is not, according to the First Amend-
ment, violating the separation of church
and state. This is because the state is not
attempting to force a religion on anyone
nor is it actually supporting private
schools as religious institutions.
If you still don’t agree with me, then
let’s take a hypothetical example of
welfare. If, for example, a welfare
recipient happens to give some of his or
her check to a church, would it be true
that the government is funding the
church? Vouchers work the same way.
Once given, they are the property of the
child and can be used in any way desired
with the stipulation that it be for school.
A second argument is that schools will
become very selective and possibly
exclusionary to children from different
backgrounds. I understand this concern
but I’m sure that the same laws that
apply to hiring (can’t discriminate on
basis of race or religion) can easily be
extended to schools.
Another problem that has been
brought up is that letting students choose
where to go will once again create a
separation in schools where rich whites
“I like to do my own thing. For the
people who like programming done, it
is sadly lacking. More publicity is
needed. There needs to be a central
location for notices of programs in-
stead of those posters in Haggar.” Matt
Hoffman & Charlotte Cox
“I’d rather have the movie on Saturday
than Sunday. Music on the mall on
Saturday would be nice.” Chris
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tion will become fierce over education.
Right now the public school system is
resting easy because the competition is
not powerful enough to cause a loss in
enrollment There is no reason for school spending, because the money
thrown at the schools now is spent in
very questionable ways, because it
comes from a guaranteed source. With-
out the government, schools will have
to spend their money to improve then-
image instead of padding pockets.
Another thing that doesn’t seem right
is that those of us who were fortunate to
attend private school were still being
forced to pay for the public schools
through taxes. I don’t see any reason
why people who don’t use public edu-
cation should have to pay for it.
In Colorado, a voucher system was
just defeated in the election mostly
through efforts of Governor Romer and
the NEA (National Education
Assocation). Unfortunately, the mem-
bers of the NEA care more about their
financial security than about America’s
future. Next time someone tries to tell
you that vouchers are bad, think about
the future and where an uneducated
people will take it.
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ested.” Brigid also said that the pro-
gramming board tries to plan at leastone
large event per weekend. From the
information that I could gather it ap-
pears that there is quite a bit of program-
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