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Politics 0 Long-HaI] As is obvious to everybo dy say,"Whatev by now, this is campaign week give it to yot for the university SGA elections. aspirant stat, Posters preaching names and qualification claims dot the campus. People wearing campaign pins The worde saying "I'm voting for bae r --" accost you on the street to same politic solicit your vote. case it It has most of the trappings of a hynicism a state or national election. And "system" ar apparently one of the newest works. They political phenomena to hit the of speaking, national political scene has also incumbents. made its appeareance on campus. In some areas of the country this Some im phenomena is succinctly these candi stated,"Vote out all incumbents." didates do On the ,campus this new candidacies political movement seems to have to be seen taken the form of a presidential torate will. bid by candidate Budman. It also has taken the form of the campus.' In the fine most recent political party,The these off-s American Bison Party. anything but The platforms of Budman and are a small s the Bisons are remarkably as a whole similar. Budman says "Promise cynicism t nothing-do less at least 100 America. Th per cent efficient, and in the end generation tl I'll accomplish just as much as gas."They C anyb ody else has, or will Waterrgate. nothi ng." but do not cc Bison Party candidates "double-thi vES, S AM Ay WOwn MAr l'vM POStIO AN EN PERSONAI. PRESSURE! " + Campaign Letteri Policy ..Ence there has always been a campus dency during E7GA elections to write lettei The Gamecock smearing political candid and start unbased rumors, The Gamecock not print letters concerning the candidal These- letters will be turned over to the department. CCn f Cyi ed Id 3r you want, we'll ."Their presidential s as one of his main ,"I like girls." are different . but )resentati% e of the I feelings. In either is the politics of id dissillusiom nent. iates don't like the d they don't believe it would, in a manner like to get rid of all nediately scoff at lacies.But the can i't consider theirt i joke and it remains if the campus elec 1 analysis. however, ioot platforms are a joke. These people mpling of the nation they reflect the at has pervaded y are the voices of a at is "running out of re the witnesses of And they have seen mprehend the era of ik" as protraved hv niOur .w D e d i From To The Editor: I have many a ticket distributio games. I have reasonable solut who pay activity Gamecock. supl students. I think it's tir start thinking o apathy on this < to the point no o thing about pr< jstudents. ~It is students for thi ~ solution if the I will not. ~ Here's a pos C know that thei enough seats in i of the students. not wish to att< games the ext deducted from t For those who activities is aipp w ould be ple who have decid< want to see, the ten- for them. This s to for those stude tes mally attend thi jil why should we for somethir ws. receiving? Mienh LICism R ealism I Zeigler's comment, "Those statements are inoperative." Although these candidates don't consider themselves a joke, the do consider the establishment a joke.Tpo To prove it, they make a joke out of the campus elections by inaugurating political plat forms that are impractical, to say the least. However, the essential reasor why these candidates and their platforms are serious is becuase they are running in a politica election. They have taken off time from going to class, chasing the opposite sex and drinking beer These are the same people wh< a few years ago would have beer getting gased during riots or Green Street. But things have changed since then. Politica radicalism has movedc into the established offices. They_ preach message of anarchism, but thi~ time it is not from the steps of the administration building, it is on a campaign poster. But this is not a criticism. The radicals of '68,'69 . and '70 though they co.uld change things. Thi group doesn't. They are a sign o the times. Lone haired idealisn has been replaced by long haire Mail ict Fees ,, ~ U1 Fees "it is a ne the n rticles concerning n at the basketball --V yet to read one ion from students Th fees or from The osed voice of the ne for students to Hsill (;rant fa solution. The ampus has grown ne will do or say a besfacing theTh time to look to e ticket problem 3oard of Trustees Although Tt students of til is not an offici sible solutins. *I opin ions e xpri re will never be resent those < he (oliseum for all or all the staf: But those who du mnd the basketball ra cost could be E-ditorial Pt beir activities fees. Nen s 1'd want tickets a full llhto~ l-'.dit4 ropriate. If a game. yed that students .\%SistanUt N yd not to pay the fee y porIts Ne w public ticket line is ('ireIIltiEtiIn will leave an option l:teiai nts who don't nor- l-IditorIint y e games. After all ,the students. pay ig we are not .n II .Innaf- - eplaces 3f Past cynicism. Hower However, these self proclaimed pseudo-politicians are not the only people running for y elective office on campus. The classical political office seekers are out in force as usual. Unlike the Bisons or Budman , they have a certain belief in the established system and they have, in most cases, been a part of it for some time now. Most were probably active in high school politics, most make better than average grades, most have been active in several campus organizations. Most of them feel force to admit that the "system" isn't perfect, but they think they can offer some solutions. Thus , for the first time on the campus in some years,the stuaent voters have a real choice. However, most knowledgeable a political analysis of the campus scene are predicting a voter turn out similar to that of past year; small, very small. If this turns out to be the case, even if Budman and the Bisons t lose on the ballot they have won s in the end. A ten percent turn f out will confirm them, confirm i their idea that the "system" is I indeed not working. )inliOn wspoper's duty to print ews,ond raise hell." f1bur F. Storey, Chicago Times, 1861 Fditor D)oug \Villiams Art F"rank Gamecock e Gamecock is a publication or the e University of South Carolina, it at publication of the un iversity. The essed herein do not necessarily rep >f the university, the student body Smembers of The Gamecock. ige l-:ditor.....Viv ian ('onper r........................lm yFoler* iir..................f'teve4 Parker >r...................it uI% .le'ffcoat ens' F,lditor......'ai l?aab, S 1-:ditor..........lm ller,h Atantager.......Ke\4ith) GressmnanI Sa if.............lHill ~iatla w ..0 o'4I'%4ll