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M ISS GVE.RN T( MESS GOVERN GAMECO The Gamecock is published twice weekly on Morn during the fall and spring semesters with the excep holidays and exam periods. Change of address forms, subscription requests an< should be sent to The Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, 29208. Subscription rate is $3 per semester. The Ga received $38,000 from the student activity fund entil dents to a subscription. Offices of The Gamecock are r 319 in Russell House on the university campus. Telepi and 777-4249, news, and 777-3888, advertising. Sec< paid at Columbia, S.C. Although The Gamecock is a publication of the studi sity of South Carolina, it is not an official publication The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily r the university, the student body, or all staff members Editor-----.................................. Cl Managing Editor............................. Asst. Managing Editor....................... News Editor ................................ Sports Editor ............................... Asst. Sports Editor ......................... Advertising Manaer.. ......... ) KENNEDY TOWER.., TO KENNEDY TOWER / Hamburger Harol CK By BOB CRAFT well My old friend Lucius P. Stonerap a sh came up to the office the other day. St He was disturbed. ger After giggling over the texture of they lay and Thtarsday my corduroy sport jacket, Stonerap site tion of university said "Corduroy is really far-out, you Hm know? Brunton's behind it; he's w behind it all you know." "1 I other mail items I told Stonerap I really didn't see t he Columbia, S. C., Brunton as the guiding light behind beli * the International Corduroy Conspi- St mecock this year racy. c ha ling full-time stu- .Stonerap giggled again, "No man, leal it's bigger than the International star ooms317,318,and Corduroy Conspiracy." He leaned arm ones are 777-8178 forward, 'He's playing for A LL T HE a rt mdcaspsae MA RBLES. He wants control of all this nd cassposage the parking places on campus." A This was a new one on me. 3 mnts of the Univer- "Look, man. Look at it this way. teac What is the most valuable piece of strL of the university. property on this campus? The alt epresent those of Coliseum? Nah. The libraries? Nah. dn'i The Russell House? P-shaw and had of The Gamecock. humbug. The most valuable piece spa of property on this campus is that it. iarles Fellenbaum little piece of asphalt called El Park- wai ing Space. Control that and you con- teai ...... John Gash trol the University. Because if you ing: control the spaces, nobody can use we: Jerelyn Eddings the facilities. See?" It was evident, nob I had to admit that it was possible, CO] .Betty Woodruff but highly unlikely. Cor "If someone had told you back in Am .Doug Williams January that George McGovern sun would be the Democratic nominee thri ... Steve Parker for the Presidency, would you have" believed it?" str4 ...... Art Frank wel, adt inadmit. that ....i.. b..i i Brunton in acaderm Edmund Muskie did look like hv tlatoeetac lge rnerap smiled, "See. And stran- "Tefrtpaeothplni things have happened. I mean build the Ad building on the petexiconflgaprkg.D of the old stables, didn't they? Nx,suet ilhp opr tim?"ilealwhcwilaontolrr e1111111....fie.Te th clsn ofB H ts that way with Brunton and PcesadGenSres h parking spaces, you won't Amnsrto ilsysnete ave it until it's too late." cntcag hi ogrnepas onerap leaned back in the office Piknwllsllhvtobcoed ir confidently smiling. He Busicstdnsfesotrgl ied back a little too far and abuthmterteywlcosof ted to fall over. He waved his GrefomAsbltoFv s to regain his balance. "What Pons Thsfcurewl sh! Anyway, that's what' all of mk tams mosbet e is for."paknspcwihnwligd 11 what is for? tneo h aps"Soea onerap spoke like an impatient pasd her to a tardy pupil, "The con- Te ht tnrp .ction, man, the construction. It "ohn ipe, esi ies in, all of it. You see, he coul- grnl."hUivstywl just come out and say that he sufrienolntdeoth done away with all the parking aslt eest falsuet :es. Ahh no. Had tobe cool about haecrwetryoliena Iool. Really cool. What better domrnt. than construction? You can Te ht up streets, burn down build- "rno un hspaeit s, kidnap women, do all sorts of ra oemkr rd unnatural things and ACDMAA!Itlbeigr ody'll say athing, because it is thnDseWol!TikfitFu "JSTRUCTION. And as we know ScltrsireetonplsA struction isConstructive.It's an laotryweeoucnmk erican thing. Construction, Con- yu eyonmntr!Areat IPtion and Carbohydrate, the mn fte'0ross r n r se Cs of our culture. Mdl mrc a elysewa So all these backhoes tear up the acapsrowsrelyik,ellj ets and wooden walkways are tatpeergsralyeecs "Ti h tetadpriglt he fit hase wit the pbadge is