Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Right on Thl ...though liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, it sometimes shocks them to learn that there ARE other points of view." William F. Buckley Jr. - 1956 By Patrick Pizzella The summer vacation is unof ficially over for Carolina students. By this time, our bags are just I'm an Air Force offi is my sweet chariot. home people are happ, And proud. They say 1 part in the community the young people and that you really can r really can get your s good life. I also feel good abc tion in the Air Force I'm a leader 'there, toc one the other brothers I meet in the service i And it reassures them 1 have a voice in Air Fc that concern them. The Air Force need! ers... pilots... aircrew math majors... scienc neering majors. You n of them and the best that out is in an Air program. There are tw< four-year programs. and non-scholarship. V into all of them and se your plans? It's worth Put ii e conserve about unpacked, we have gone through numerous drop-add forms, many of us have received our first parking ticket of the school year and are reading the first edition of The Gamecock. The Gamecock defoines itself as a publication of the students of USC. It forewarns its readers that "the opinions expressed herein do y7e cer and this Vhen I visit I to see me. rn doing my by showing the adults ake it. You hare of the ut my posi community. I'm some and sisters :an look to. o know they rce matters more lead members... and engi iight be one way to find Force ROTC , three, and Scholarship Vhy not look te if one fits it, brother. ontact: Departmen Flinn H a|| Univ. of Soi Columbia, : all together il itive side o not necessarily represent those of the university, the student body or all the staff members of The Gamecock. As one reads the paper throughout his or her academic career it is not difficult to observe how The Gamecock demonstrates its ability to live up to its own definition. College ~ar: John Dyer, t. USA F t of Aerospace Studies ath Carolina i.C. 29208 1 Air Force R( f the stree newspapers tend to overly expel the liberal point of view when topics dealing with national or international questions are in. volved and The Gamecock is no exception to this rule. If one were to compare the amount of ink given to conservative side of the political fence with that given to the liberals it would be like observing a pimple Lot. )TC. opinion t on the world's ass. During my three years here there has been a constant barrage of left-wing mumbo-jumbo ac companied by political cartoons that were almost always opposed to a conservative argument or endorsing a liberal one. The political endorsements with regards to national and statewide candidates could very well have been written in the editorial offices of the New York Times. George McGovern, the diarrhea of the Democratic party, was endorsed as follows: "McGovern is an unknown quantity, but we would like him to have a chance to show what he can do. Perhaps he will rise to the occasion." Take note of the words unknown quantity, chance and perhaps. It sounds more like an endorsement of a gin rummy player than a presidential candidate for U.S. Senator was also endorsed in 1972 with little mention of the outstanding ac complishments of what his op ponent, U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond has done for South Carolina. However, the following week's paper contained a quote from Zeigler's news secretary that "the electorate don't have the in telligence to vote for him." In 1974 Charles "Pug" Ravenel caused The Gamecock to achieve its greatest journalistic orgasm. Nevertheless, conservatives were victorious in November. Throughout the semester this column will present the other side of the coin in regards to national political questions and candidates. Views will be expressed on politicians ranging from Ronald Reagan to Ted Kennedy and subjects such as capital punish ment and public employee strikes. The title of this column, Right On, was affectionately selected for two reasons. First, there is a paradoxical message in the ex pression which is self-evident. The Dbvious combination of an ideological word connotating a certain direction of political thought with a phrase associated with the campus unrest and political activism of the 1960's a la Rubin, Hoffman, Rudd and company. Secondly, the term "right on" has become a mainstay in the vocabulary of one of Hollywood's self-proclaimed "hip-stars." This persdn is known to just about anyone who appears on his television show as the greatest entertainer in the world. To most rf us he is known as Sammy Davis Jr., and almost anyone who can hug Richard Nixon and kiss Archie Bunker can't be all that bad. Correction Cooper were the first professors in America to offer a course of lec tures in geology. He died on May 11, IS839 and was buried in the Guignard plot in the Trinity Churchyard. More about him, Joseph LeConte, and other noted geologists once connected with this University may be found in Geologic Notes, Vol. 12, No. 3, 'Te Teaching and Practice of Geology in South Carolina ; published by the Division of Geology, South Carolina Development Board. I RENCE L. SMITH