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Legislature in 1998 and 1999, Utahns need to understand neither of which passed. English, passing such a law is She said the law would give unnecessary. An initiative Utahns will be government a policy for dealing Both L}')ns and Martinez.asked to vote :::---.. with minority lanInzunza also said if the initiaon Nov. 7 seeks ...g guages, an issue for tive passed, it wouldn't do anyto make § which she said thing practical. English the ;:;=::s _______ there is no current "By several accounts it will official Ianpolicy As a result, not have a huge effect if it is guage of Utah, and in the midst she said, minority policy varies passed," L}')ns said. "It is mostof the passionate debate on the from agency to agency, some ly symbolic." issue, both sides say they are providing documents in two Martinez-Inzunza said not afraid the general public doesn't languages, some m more, some only would the initiative be understand the true nature of in just English. ineffective, but it would also the initiative. "Youstart with two or three waste the state's resources. He Initiative A, the so-called [languages], said the initiative is written English-only initiative, would and pretty .._~ based on a similar law "declare English Utah's official soon it will be ~ ~ ', ,,:; 'T1, e 1.f that was passed in and sole language for state and seven or ,J ... ' ,,._ ~ Arizona. He said the DouGSMEATH

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local government documents and action," according to the language of the initiative. It alsoincludes a list of exceptions to the English-only rule, including federal law and regulations, law enforcement, public;_ safety and health, some judicial proceedings and public =e:~her education, among

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Those who support the initiative, which has twice been defeated by the Utah Legislature but is now on the Utah ballot after receiving enough signatures in a petition drive, say Utah immigrants need to know English to get by. But those who oppose it call it impractical, unnecessary and Possiblydivisive. Initiative supporters say it encourages non-English speakers to learn English. "It's not a crisis in Utah yet, but good government doesn't wait for a crisis," said Rep. Tammy Rowan, R-Orem, of the possibility that too many languages will complicate government. Rowan sponsored two "English-only" bills in the

divisive,saying it borders on racism. "This would not speed up the English-learning process but would instead fuel the few individuals in this state who are advocating ethnic supremacy;" said Everardo MartinezInzunza, director of Utah State University's Multicultural Student Services. USU political science professor Michael Lyons agrees. "Deliberately or not, it conveys an attitude of cultural superiority, as if somehow the English language and the people who speak it are better than other people," Lyons said. Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt also has called the initiative divisive. In an Aug. 24 news conference, he said that while he believes all

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MartinezInzunza said. "Bypassing this,we're setting up the state for a waste of time and money." The signatures were gathered and the initiative introduced by U.S. English, a national organization trying to make English the official language n:nionwide. Martinez-Inzunza called U.S. English a divisive, rightwing out-of-state group that doesn't represent the people of Utah. Regardless of which side of the issue people are on, most who are involved say the general public doesn't understand the ►SEE ENGLISH

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Today's forecast calls for showers with highs in the low 60s and a low of 41. Showers are also expected for Tuesday with highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s.

>AGGIBNEWS NUGGETS The Governor's Awards in the Humanities recently recognized university professors and programs for outstanding accomplish'!lents. , Bonnie Glass-Coffin, along with Cameron Hatch, represented USU and the College _of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences when last year's Tanner Symposium, "Body, Mind, Spirit: Culture and Health," was recognized. The Tanner Symposium was among the Merit Awardees. Merit Awards honor those who have conducted exemplary UHC-funded proJects.

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