Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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viewpoints Apathy 111 k^wr mri jijijLcu^y TT J electio] Karen Lee Editor Edith McNeill Mark Alexander News Editor Photography Editor Dan Palma David Shingler Copy Desk Chief Entertainment Editor Kathleen Mclntyre Barry Glenn Asst. News Editor Asst. Entertainment Editor Barbara Mathews Karen Wooten oraauaic Assistant Production Manager THE GAMECOCK welcomes letters from its readers. Letters sh subject and a maximum of 300 words. They must be signed wil Pseudonyms or other aliases will not be used, but the writer's circumstances warrant. To assist us in verifying the identity i your mailing address and a telephone number where you can b class standing and major, also. We reserve the right to edit all l< to meet our space limitations. Address: Campus Opinion, Tfi USC, Columbia. S.C. 29208. rr 1 i \ : 0 \ ' vf? ^p ^ "No, I s By LLOYD WOOD Opinion Page Edit if rlf the trend of a tions evident the history will be mad of students do not ? Less than 10 pei m voted in the Spring cent elected a pre E ^ treasurer, a seer senators. Today sti another handful ol elections always s turnout it would not lower turnout todaj I per cent turnout H m rfiinot?^ gucomuaic, uui uu figure is less than And elections a W f voting. Twenty-fou 1J grabs today. Some j resignations, but m open because they \ elections. In most e is expected, but it vacant for the lack opinion'paoe^sdifor phenomenon seems student governmeni Sally Wilton but a,S0 at Other & Sports Editor . . Why is there sue vmcc Moore That question is a Asst. sports Editor Some believe apa ..iFwn,. weakened by intell Ad Manager and nurtured by comfortable existe ould be limited to a tingle answer the CJUCStio h the writer's true name. apathy?" name will be withheld it of writers, please include QtiiHpntc u'nrp 1 e reached. Please include alUOeniS W ere 1 ?tters, not for content, but because of Vietliai e Gamecock, Drawer A, virOlimetlt. There \>. J Panama if the treat v ' /1 1111 can't quit<Tmake if 01 ?S are falling or taking prec the studer ipathy toward student elec- preferring i past few years continues, Maybe wli te today as a record number Panama, a vote for student senators. oak tree an * cent of the student body a'r' stu elections. Less than 10 per on arc sident, a vice-president, a Now sonv viuiji unu u iiunuiui ui iowara sti ldents just have to vote for comparable f senators. As presidential but it is. W leem to draw the biggest ment you a be far off base to predict a what they c r than last Spring. An eight governmen would be a conservative depending < not be too surprised if the looking fror five per cent. it does affec pathy is not confined to than yoi r senate seats are up for student gov seats are open as a result of back to hai any, too many in fact, are One way I vere not filled in the Spring is the way lections some voter apathy Commissior is rare to find an office elects these of a candidate. This latter in who will i to be an unioue asnwt of ? 1? ?r? "* ? auwvaic iu t elections, not only at USC, organizatioi ducational institutions. the SAC yo h apathy? government Your vote Imost impossible to answer. the poHs ai thy is a disease that is decided to ligence and explicit wants someone wl complacent minds and a terests nee. It is much easier to Tf j n "Why shouldn't Ihere be compylain a, ment does. ess apathetic in the '60s there, the S n, civil rights and the en- feels is in tl 5 a possible war brewing in matter how ies are rejected, civil rights Get invol f/JBf ^?U?y/ , at..." f apart and the energy problem is edence over the environment, yet it population takes no notice, to live in an age akin to the '50s. ten another American dies in black swings bv his neck from an d car exhaust becomes purer than idents will again care about what f >und them. e of you may not think that apathy udent government elections is i to apathy towards social issues, hen you ignore the student governre admitting that you do not care lo to affect your lives. The student t may be necessary or it may not, jn which side of the ballot you are n, but necessary or not it exists and :t your life. You can no more ignore n uan social issues. Neglect Me ernment and your actions will come int you. r the student government affects you in which Student Allocations 1 members are elected. The SG members. Students have no voice determine how much the SAC will organizations. If you belong to an ^ that has been under the knife of u cannot honestly say the student t does not affect you. is your voice. Use it today. Go to id vote for your peers who have become involved, or write-in ho you believe can serve your in- r , ?nl ?nla ..n.. U -!-L. - nut vua y\ju nave unit; ngm 10 bout anything the student governUnless you let them know you're G can only act in a manner that it he best, interest of the students, no misguided such actions may be. ved. Vote today. Recently we have received a number of unsigned letters. It is The Gamecock's policy not to run letters unless we have the writer's name. We need m kihiw me laeniuy ot the writer in case we have a question about the letter. The writer's name will be held from publication if requested. Annex vote w r rv wv Jl> J w nuieu To the Editor: It is my feeling that there are certain issues where a representative form of government cannot be trusted to make decisions for those that they represent. A student government annex is one such r issue. The senators of the iMuaeni government can no more deal with this issue in an unbiased manner than the issue of salary raises can be dealt with on I ru> il 1 Ctatn ?twMi, oiuiv anu (federal levels of government. In all fairness, I feel that the issue of building a Student Government Annex should be put to the student body in the form of a referendum vote. Brian M. Kochera rJ Media Arts Grad.