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A defense of Utah BYLINE
Bv Katv Steinmetz DECK
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ffhis week, one of m any Utaphobesl'vemet assertedthat Utah has nothing to offer. So I decided it was time for a look at what underlies their state of aversion.
BODY
editor: SarahD. Wi arvfully bad rap.
-t-a-h. For four little letters, they manageto get an
Such is certainly the casewhen I tell people I was born the
More often than notfiwhomeverI'm talkingt suddenly gives me a sidelong look that ruy.[, "Closecall. Here I thought she was perfectly normal, while she'sclearlybeen hatching plans to stealmy boozeand make me part of sometorrid polygamousscheme." This happenedagain this week, the Utaphobe in question going so far as to assertthat the state has nothing to offer. And so I decided it was time for a defenseof that fine land, a singing of its many and varied glories - as well as a look at what underlies the haters' state of aversion. The two most indisputable majestiesof Utah are its landscapesand its skiing. Five national parks - Zion, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands,Capitol ReefandArches - as
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well as many other protected areas,can be found in its borders, and they house some of the most striking scenesin the world. Bright orange rock formations tower like sentries against blue skies. Enormous natural bridges span rich, muddy riversfl seeminglytransported out of Willy Wonka's factory. Seasof rounded boulders, placed so you can jump from one to another like a 6t"-Bei1 Care Bear hopping from cloud to cloud, stretch acrosswhole horizons. And the best sci-fi landscapeshardly rival the "Hoodoos." rocky spires creating mazes ISh where hikers feel like the children lost among blades of grassitt l"Ho
ffil"Honey,
I Shrunkthe Kids."
I Shrunkthe Kids. The CareBearlin removed the links for Care Bear and Ho . I Shrunk the Kids lin went to a Youtube clip of the Care Bear'sintro and the H went to IMDB people who fail to appreciatethis beauty and senseof discoverythat Utah's land offers are often just too cy'nicalor unimaginative to recognizewhat they're missing.
onishedto on his flrst fligh @ssenger, landscapeas seeminglyhostile as the barren ittt34glo{ ffi A"rt*ti" * th. craters of the moon ... In my experience,the only people immune to to whom-as the late FredAllen usedto this vision are those urban Connecticut."' here outside NewYork CiW is Bri British journalist Alistair Cookedescribesthis phenomenon in his famed portrait of America: "The airplane passenger,on his first flight west, is invariably astonishedto look doum for hours on a landscapeas seeminglyhostile as the barren interior of Australia or the craters of the moon." Cookewrites that many people feel an urge to explore the country, but "in my experience,the only people immune to this vision are those urban types to whom-as the late Fred Allen used to say-'everywhere outside NewYork City is Bridgeport, Connecticut."'l is quote was flipbeforethe ellipses.(
comesbeforethe part The sentencebehind the elli 16 of the "his famed portrait " link.
(It is worth noting that in my copy of his book, there is a photo of Bryce Canyon's
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hoodooson the pageafter this assertion.) Utah's skiing, though not as unique, is still nothing to sniffat. Perhapsthe best testament to this i. Fh" f*t tttutl*tten I taught in England at a boarding school full of affluent boys, a student ski trip was planned, and despite having the Alps within grasp, they flew halfway acrossthe world to my home stat{. Its mountains are touted as having "@"
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The sidelong glancesmy origins inspire, however, are not simply due to ignorance of or disregard,for these natural wonders. The real hostility - and hold on to your hatsfi becauseI'm about to drop the M-bomb here - comesfrom misunderstanding Mormons. I'm not going to defend their beliefs. I am, like many others, perplexed at their history, at Joseph Smith's "visions" of golden plates, at, for instance, Ffr" f*thttut many of them believe the Garden of Eden in which God placedAdam and Eve to be located in Jackson County, Missouri. But I will point out that the group is often unfairly defined by its F-tlbt;llaughable extremists and eccentricbeliefs. Thinking that Mormons are all polygamists following the orders of some guy named "Warren" is like believing that all Americans are fat (an idea quite popular abroad). There are plenty of "normal" Mormons, many of whom my parents remember fondly from our time living there, especiallyfor the networks of support they creat"al, fotr and how well they took care of one another. Assuming an air of lofty superiority and making fun of them is easy;it's also a hollow triumph on par with crackingjokes about howblondes get fired from M&M factories for throwing out the 'lM's." There are related misconceptionsthat further color people'sview of the state. I've heard countlesstimes, for example,that you can't get anything to drink in Utah - you know, becauseof those inhuman, wildly Fb"t"-it"q sober Mormons. But that simply isn't the case.Alcohol is regulated more heavilyby that state government than many others, but a visitor can have a beer or glassof wine there like anywhere eke[. Ff,E| Their clubs serveboozeuntil r a.m., that deadline being only thirty minutes behind
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CoMo's. state. Perhapssomedaythe utaphobes so try to keep an open mind about the Beehive and seewhy those four little letters out there will make their way to the canyonrands feeling of pride' instill my heart's little cockleswith a nice, warm
Missouriqn' She KatA Steinmetz is a columnist and-reporterfor the inWinchester, moued.toColumbio after spending two years teaching hasfreelanced for a England, qnd one yeor in Edinburgh, scotland. she Springfield, Mo., and uariety of publicotions,including 417Magazine in her MIJ masterb degree the Guardian in London. KqtA plans to complete in zoto.
http://wrvw.columbiamissourian.com/adminJ corel articlel ll7 57OI ...
SLUG S t einm et z
C o l u mn 0 9 0 L
HED
A defense of Utah BYLINE
Bv Katv Steinmetz DECK
EXCERPT
ffhis week, one of m any Utaphobesl'vemet assertedthat Utah has nothing to offer. So I decided it was time for a look at what underlies their state of aversion.
BODY
editor: SarahD. Wi arvfully bad rap.
-t-a-h. For four little letters, they manageto get an
Such is certainly the casewhen I tell people I was born the
More often than notfiwhomeverI'm talkingt suddenly gives me a sidelong look that ruy.[, "Closecall. Here I thought she was perfectly normal, while she'sclearlybeen hatching plans to stealmy boozeand make me part of sometorrid polygamousscheme." This happenedagain this week, the Utaphobe in question going so far as to assertthat the state has nothing to offer. And so I decided it was time for a defenseof that fine land, a singing of its many and varied glories - as well as a look at what underlies the haters' state of aversion. The two most indisputable majestiesof Utah are its landscapesand its skiing. Five national parks - Zion, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands,Capitol ReefandArches - as
ili'Af#"n
(1,4u-student) Denise August 30,2oo95:34:11 PN4 CT oo:23:df :8a:90:60 Sunday,
8/30/095:34PM
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well as many other protected areas,can be found in its borders, and they house some of the most striking scenesin the world. Bright orange rock formations tower like sentries against blue skies. Enormous natural bridges span rich, muddy riversfl seeminglytransported out of Willy Wonka's factory. Seasof rounded boulders, placed so you can jump from one to another like a 6t"-Bei1 Care Bear hopping from cloud to cloud, stretch acrosswhole horizons. And the best sci-fi landscapeshardly rival the "Hoodoos." rocky spires creating mazes ISh where hikers feel like the children lost among blades of grassitt l"Ho
ffil"Honey,
I Shrunkthe Kids."
I Shrunkthe Kids. The CareBearlin removed the links for Care Bear and Ho . I Shrunk the Kids lin went to a Youtube clip of the Care Bear'sintro and the H went to IMDB people who fail to appreciatethis beauty and senseof discoverythat Utah's land offers are often just too cy'nicalor unimaginative to recognizewhat they're missing.
onishedto on his flrst fligh @ssenger, landscapeas seeminglyhostile as the barren ittt34glo{ ffi A"rt*ti" * th. craters of the moon ... In my experience,the only people immune to to whom-as the late FredAllen usedto this vision are those urban Connecticut."' here outside NewYork CiW is Bri British journalist Alistair Cookedescribesthis phenomenon in his famed portrait of America: "The airplane passenger,on his first flight west, is invariably astonishedto look doum for hours on a landscapeas seeminglyhostile as the barren interior of Australia or the craters of the moon." Cookewrites that many people feel an urge to explore the country, but "in my experience,the only people immune to this vision are those urban types to whom-as the late Fred Allen used to say-'everywhere outside NewYork City is Bridgeport, Connecticut."'l is quote was flipbeforethe ellipses.(
comesbeforethe part The sentencebehind the elli 16 of the "his famed portrait " link.
(It is worth noting that in my copy of his book, there is a photo of Bryce Canyon's
Augusl30'2oog5:34:11PMCT oo:23:dl:8a:90:60 fri'Qf$t"f, Denise(Mu-student) Sunday,
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hoodooson the pageafter this assertion.) Utah's skiing, though not as unique, is still nothing to sniffat. Perhapsthe best testament to this i. Fh" f*t tttutl*tten I taught in England at a boarding school full of affluent boys, a student ski trip was planned, and despite having the Alps within grasp, they flew halfway acrossthe world to my home stat{. Its mountains are touted as having "@"
Content article written by a
for a reason.
n named Milenna from 2oo5. The link can be found
The sidelong glancesmy origins inspire, however, are not simply due to ignorance of or disregard,for these natural wonders. The real hostility - and hold on to your hatsfi becauseI'm about to drop the M-bomb here - comesfrom misunderstanding Mormons. I'm not going to defend their beliefs. I am, like many others, perplexed at their history, at Joseph Smith's "visions" of golden plates, at, for instance, Ffr" f*thttut many of them believe the Garden of Eden in which God placedAdam and Eve to be located in Jackson County, Missouri. But I will point out that the group is often unfairly defined by its F-tlbt;llaughable extremists and eccentricbeliefs. Thinking that Mormons are all polygamists following the orders of some guy named "Warren" is like believing that all Americans are fat (an idea quite popular abroad). There are plenty of "normal" Mormons, many of whom my parents remember fondly from our time living there, especiallyfor the networks of support they creat"al, fotr and how well they took care of one another. Assuming an air of lofty superiority and making fun of them is easy;it's also a hollow triumph on par with crackingjokes about howblondes get fired from M&M factories for throwing out the 'lM's." There are related misconceptionsthat further color people'sview of the state. I've heard countlesstimes, for example,that you can't get anything to drink in Utah - you know, becauseof those inhuman, wildly Fb"t"-it"q sober Mormons. But that simply isn't the case.Alcohol is regulated more heavilyby that state government than many others, but a visitor can have a beer or glassof wine there like anywhere eke[. Ff,E| Their clubs serveboozeuntil r a.m., that deadline being only thirty minutes behind
:8a:90:60 August30,2oo95:34:11PMCT oo:23:df fti'AfS4r"n Denise(1,4U-student) Sunday,
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CoMo's. state. Perhapssomedaythe utaphobes so try to keep an open mind about the Beehive and seewhy those four little letters out there will make their way to the canyonrands feeling of pride' instill my heart's little cockleswith a nice, warm
Missouriqn' She KatA Steinmetz is a columnist and-reporterfor the inWinchester, moued.toColumbio after spending two years teaching hasfreelanced for a England, qnd one yeor in Edinburgh, scotland. she Springfield, Mo., and uariety of publicotions,including 417Magazine in her MIJ masterb degree the Guardian in London. KqtA plans to complete in zoto.
