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GLENDA MILLER INTERIM EDITOR JIM FARRELL ART FRANK MGN. ED. AD MANAGER EDITORIALS Elect sheri Sheriff Frank Powell has announced that he will run for sheriff again even though a recommendation has been made to the Richland County Council that the sheriff be an appointed position. Powell, however, contends that the sheriff's position should be one that is elected by the people and not ap pointed by the council. He said that being appointed could mean that the sheriff might be influenced by the group that appointed him. With this, we agree. The maintenance of the sheriff's office should be kept free from any outside group pressure, especially a group which has the power to appoint the sheriff. This is not an endorsement of Powell in his bid for re election; it is an endorsement of keeping the sheriff's office free of too much political pressure. Ireland's insanity Maybe we're blind, but we really don't see what good the type of violence that happened Saturday is doing in Nor thern Ireland. The bomb which went off in a crowded downtown restaurant killed two women and injured 135 others, in cluding children. Of course, later in the day there was a bomb set off in retaliation for the one which went off in the restaurant. This one injured 11 persons, including four children. Now, we must admit we don't know that much about war-except the fact that we don't like it--but we think killing women and children is about as beneficial as shooting dogs because there is a rabid wolf loose. Editorial Board All unsigned editorials that appear in this column are written by members of the Gamecock. The members of the board are: Glenda Miller, Sharon Givens, John T. Gash, Charles Fellenbaum and Rusty Robinson. M?REM A NEW, DAR .. .MT 60?ESMS NAK F WEN UP??CM 3 0 $3599 FUNJ>| But the future holds pi A time of By MIKE HEMBREE Guest Columnist If not for a tragic midnight ride on a midsummer day in 1969, Sen. Edward Kennedy would have locks today on the Democratic nomination for President. Instead, Kennedy finds himself in somewhat of a "limbo" as far as presidential aspirations are concerned. He is presently a running "non-candidate," a wheeling, dealing politician who claims to play no role in the 1972 sweepstakes, but one who is careful to keep his name in the news. Despite Chappaquiddick, Kennedy is still a Kennedy, and that in itself is worth a substantial number of votes. Preference polls taken among Democrats before primary entrance deadlines showed Kennedy as the party's leading presidential choice, with Edmund Muskie second and George McGovern third. Kennedy remained above Muskie in the polls until the Massachusetts senator removed his name from the Florida primary ballot. Kennedy has, since late in 1969, repeatedly stated that he would not actively seek the nomination in 1972. It appears that the general public is beginning to believe him now, if the polls mean anything. Some admirers won't give up, however. A write-in campaign for Kennedy was launched last week in New Hampshire for the Tuesday primary. Key advisors and aides in Robert Kennedy's ill-fated 1968 campaign are now working for other can didates. Frank Mankiewicz, Bobby's press secretary, is on the McGovern team, and historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. has an nounced his support of McGovern. Pierre Salinger, advisor to both President John Kennedy and The Gutenberg ex The mak By HARRY HOPE Columnist On the fourth floor of the student union building of & lackluster southern university, the union director, David Mess, sits brooding in a gold-leafed chair behind his priceless antique desk. The day is dying quickly--shadows fill the room and the view outside his window is grey and tinged with the red of the setting sun. A storm is coming fast, and it will be a wild night. Mess' faithful assistant and flunkie, Langahankie enters. Mess turns to face him. His sepulchral voice moves as the evening clouds as he asks, "Has it been done?" "Yes, sir. F'our students skateboarding were mysteriously disappeared as they rolled down the ramp toward Green Street. The trap door works beautifully." "Good," answers Mess as he pours a drink from the solid silver coffee pot atop his Pope Clement XHI toilet. "And the lounge?" "The lounge has been cleared by a detachment of 20 janitors. They confiscated all the decks of cards and destroyed the television set. Then they put doors on the lounge and padlocked the students inside and turned on the gas."~ "Good. Good. Now I can build the Union they way I want it, with no interference from students, faculty, administration or 'omise limbo for Robert Kennedy, is also a McGovern worker. Teddy has signed statements declaring his non-candidacy in primaries, a requirement in some states for those generally con sidered to be candidates but who choose not to run. Kennedy appears to be following a strategem similar to Richard Nixon's after his defeats in the presidential and California governorship races in the early 60's. Nixon bided his time, strengthening friendships within the Republican Party over the years, and practically had the nomination wrapped up by con vention time. Although Kennedy says he is not running and will not participate in any primaries, it is doubtful that he would turn down a draft if the Domocratic convention deadlocks in July. His advisors have apparently convinced him that 1972 is not a Kennedy year. Nixon, despite the country's economic troubles and a war in Vietnam that is still very much of a war, will be extremely hard to beat this year. Kennedy is aware of Nixon's strength, but refusing a draft at the convention could put Kennedy on the wrong side of the Democratic Party brass when 1976 rolls around. And there is little doubt that Kennedy is greedily eyeing 1976. But what of this last Kennedy son? Is he presidential timber? His recent performance in the Senate, noticably lacking in the months following Chappaquiddick, has been comparable with any other Senator with equal seniority. John Kenneth Galbraith, associated with the Kennedys since the Kennedy-Johnson ad ministration, has called Teddy "the best Senator we've had from Massachusetts in my lifetime." periment 0e :ing of Da anybody. This will be the greatest Union the world has ever seen. I will have the Power Absolute - it is the Will of God. Have you prepared the rawhide and honey?" "Yes, sir." *"The rack? The wheel? The iron mask?" "All prepared, sir." "Then it will be a really great Board of Governors meeting. All those dirty, disgusting, sycophant, jaded, self-important Union of ficers - how I despise them." "Sir, I have a message from the Dining Services. They wish you wouldn't -fire everybody before lunchtime. It really cuts into business. Their sales have been down ever since you started dismissing everybody on twenty minutes' notice." "Like that bald-headed dude with the coffee and cigarettes. Hah! I still think it was so funny the way I went up to him that morning and said 'Let's go over to the Pimpleton Building and talk with Chief Petty Officer Bitten.' And when we got there, we gave him a letter saying he would be dismissed at the end of the year - and then we fired him on the spot. TWENTY MINUTES' NOTICE! Ha-ha-ha-ha! Sure got rid of him fast. You should have seen his face when we said that. You know. Langahankie. I never did trust ennedy Kennedy was one of the first supporters of the draft lottery, and nearly every reform he favored was put into effect by Nixon. He has also worked extensively with refugee programs in Vietnam and Pakistan, and teamed with Senate floor leader Mike Mansfield to push the 18-year-old voting issue into prominence. In fact, Kennedy has been making enough political noise lately to prompt Nixon to set up a special "Kennedy office" in the White House. Certain members of the Nixon staff devote much of their time to compiling a Kennedy dossier, practically a daily report on the Senator's doings. As for 1976, Kennedy people are keeping a close watch on New York mayor John Lindsay, who seems to be picking up support in North stern areas, excluding the City. Assuming Muskie wins the nomination this year and loses to Nixon, Muskie's stock would be down considerably by '76. McGovern has unjustly been labeled as a one-issue candidate because of his strong stand against the war, but the war will probably be de-escalated enough by '76 to void its effect on the election. Humphrey? Not a chance. Ditto Jackson. All of which leaves Kennedy with a pretty clear field for '76. Lindsay should be relatively strong by then, but Kennedy has the name and the machinery. McGovern -could also pose a potential threat. Looking at the Republicans, no new savior rests on the horizon to follow Nixon's eight-year reign. Agnew? Perish forbid. So, for Teddy Kennedy, the present appears to be a time to watch and wait. As opposed to the death-shrouded, tragedy-plagued past, the future holds much promise. Lvid Mess him: he was in too good with students. They liked him. He was friendly and honest. That's why we got rid of him. When I am finished, there will be no one around here that was here before I came." "And the next step, sir?" "Langahankie, the next step will be to fire the president of the University."~ "What? The president? How will you get away with it?" "I'll give the same limp excuse when I fired the other guy. I'll just tell them 'we're in the process of building the Union the way it should be and he didn't fit in.' How's that? Then I'll very tightly say 'All I can say is that Wed nesday was his last day.' Then I'll say 'I'm not at liberty to say anything else.' We'll send him a letter saying that 'for inability to fill all the responsibilities as President of the University, you are asked to leave at the end of the year.' Then we fire him im mediately." "But how can you say 'for inability to fill all the respon sibilities of the office?' He's the only one in his office." "I don't care. He was here before I was and he gets along too well with the students. I can handle that job." At any rate, he will be fired." "After lunch?"