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Applicant responds To the Editor: The adrenaline flows best in moments of provoked annoyance. Such conditions have inspired this composition from a state of restless vexation. If The Gamecock Editorial Page is an adequate representation of student I in* nnuios vi i Yes, folks, the woi is back to save the asks you: "Is it a b Tell them No! "It's Dec. 5-8 72nd Floor Smokii Lounge - Russell I ' ? Freedo of the d JL costs m< Little did I know when I wr this ad that it would be the I semester. The column was s Thursday's Gamecock, but il editor, Karen Lee, because s fair to next semester's Gamec I should say that Karen is i resigned from my position i because I could not agree vvi pull the editorial. I fully respe do what she did. I am proud ( strong enough to do what she do not agree with her a vertisement. Buying this ad w express my feelings, feeling* also shared by a majority of T The editorial in this ad is bash Thursday except for a few mi I would like to thank the ( vi'twi /t/kii i i?al\ia i 4w9 # fti UIIICI n WIIU VUIIVZ lUlliVU iU III money and-or moral support I am sincerely sorry that I opinion page editor in this 11 Gamecock to let me express alternative I have. Lloyd Woods opinion, then Thursday's 1 edition indicates a great deal of dissatisfaction with the recent appointment of John West to the position of Editor-in-Chief of The Gamecock. As one of three persons who was interviewed by the Board of Publications for the position, I fail to see how Frank McGuire enters into the issue. Furthermore, I don't see how Dr. Holderman fits into the immediate picture. He is not a member of the Board of Publications, nor was he picocui uui mg ciny ux nit; selection processes. The Board VIDEOTAPE COMMITTEE presents Mighty Mouse" rld's strongest mouse * day. So if someone Ir^lO Ic : ? u ; 10 ii u piunu ; Mighty Mouse!" 9pm f3 71! ng II | HoUSe mssel house 3 ~ I nil Note: writer's editor o ress Opinion >ney J&* * Publica holiday, ote the commentary in 0f fetter last I would write this Gamecc iupposed to run in last has not t was censored by my To sa he felt I was being un- over M ock editor, John West. would b 11 y former editor as 1 be a be is opinion page editor w|j0 ith Karen's decision to 0 tct her right as editor to hp >f Karen in that she felt John W< did, though of course I same ai ctions...thus this ad- couple i 41 l- a i raft mi- uniy way i I'UUHI rnoUf ? I might add thai are manyoi he Gamecock staffers. than Jo! :ally the one I wrote for a'l likel nor changes- next s newspa , , ,, , him for * a me cock staffers and nnalifip lis advertisement with timewil Mark. must end my tenure as KUt tl i a liner, but paylnglh^ questioi my opinions is the only The qu( in the fi reporte editor?' reporte Gamec< of Publications is composed of seven voting members, four of them students, all of them free thinkers with varying interests. The members of that committee made their selection with the goal of finding the person who was most capable of assuming leadership of the paper and turning it into a quality publication representing and reflecting on the academic and intellectual quality of our school. They chose John West on merit, not because he would not "nvk thp hnat " Inhn ic an independent thinker and doer. They felt him to be most capable of doing the job. Mr. Kneece suggests that an injustice has been done to Mark Lundgren, who has worked unrewarded for The DAVID'S FIV Open 9:30-9:00 Mon At Both Lo 17-F Diamond Lane. 4807 Forest Drive, F Shopping Cen1 8 9 20% Off o" 1 with student II The opinions expressed below an and are not necessarily those r staff. YD WOODS Page Editor Gamecock's next editor-in-chigf I by a majority of the Boai tions just before the Thanksj arid as you can see if you read a <. s on this page and talk to most t >ck "veterans," the Board's de been well received. y the selection of John West as ark Lundgren was a surprise 1 >e an understatement. Shocking tter adjective. I assumed that ? been at this university 2\? year ; worked on The Gamecock 2' ^ ye. :er, copy editor, and news editor, ? i i ~ i i!i r ai_ i (juctunt'u iu ue t'uiior 01 me pape est who has been at this universi mount of time but who has spent of weeks as a copy editor. *h it only an opinion of mine, shai i this staff, that Mark is better qui hn, I would be the first to admit t ihood John will do a decent enoui emester. John's father is ir per business and John has worki several years, so John may very v d to be editor of The Gamecock 11 tell if he really is better qualifie le Board's decisj^n raises more th i of who is better qualified for th ;stion Gamecock "v^efjans" ir.us iture is "What do we spy a fres r when he asks 'How do 1 get to lx " We have been telling oUr fres rs that to become editor of ^ck thev have to work for tho n? Gamecock for over two years, tl This may be true, however, the s Board of Publications is s responsible to the Student p Body, not to one individual. We n do not and should not operate c on a political spoils system, a iiiv bnvi vo vii cdjjctuic in- p dividuals such as Mark should not gg unnoticed, but at the same time it is presumptuous h to think that anyone could be a assured of such a position ti without the consideration of all n ? r? *' ^auuiuciica. null lNUSSCn G10 a V super job as Gerald Ford's u press secretary, yet the two p years he spent in the White ii House did not necessarily r qualify him to be President, t As to the lack of J-school t guidance in the matter, you are f misinformed again, Mr., r Kneece. The journalism school r played an instrumental part in \ i ^j| 1 K4B1VH.KT ; .-Fri. 9:30-6:00 Sat. cations ! Intersection Ctr. fj 798-5575 1 I ? I II ores! LQK6 er 787-0651 c a any purchase ? )& this coupon e the couple of years, get of tin- and copy editing, anc one of the editorial \ news editor or news told them that they h; After all it is supp< American system tha was of hard work, not by rd of editorial writers are Jiving But John West is n< :ouple must have been a litt if The four to one decision, cision John Herr and Vinnic not vote. All of the v editor Mickey Trimarchi, i o me refused to say why th would claiming their vote Mark, Why are they afraic s and choosing John over R ars as might have to admit would John, but instead v r than common knowledge ty the members selected b; only a Jonathan Bryan anc pleased with Mark'j ed by they were afraid IV ilified Gamecock's coveraj hat in shenanigans. gh job Regardless of wl 1 the West is going to b ed for Gamecock and eve /ell be support his sele Only Gamecock, so we wi J than semester. I for one the tradition of pre\ an the be concerned eno e job. Carolina to keep an t face matter what the cc ?iiiic?ii me uamecocK is r jcome faculty and staff of ;hman Again, good luck, remember, it takes a Gamecock out. ' le selection of the Editor. A greening committee from (lie chool interviewed all aplicants and made a recom lendation to the H P. This ommittee supported the pplicant it thought would erform the best. I commend Mr. Lundgrcn for is service to the newspaper nd to the school. At the same ime I commend the BOl' for laking a selection that it felt ,as in the best interest of the niversity, not yielding to ressures of certain special itoroct nrnnnc 'l^"> I>vw VUI. i vup.i. I lie V IIUR'1' nay not have been without ias, yet the majority of that ias was a desire to find a lerson capable of taking the lewspaper and guiding it to lew heights. After all. thelper is a reflection on the iniversity, its students, and ast but not least, the Hoard <>l 'ublications. I congratulate inhn lA^'oct 'm/l lAi\U 'l - mill 11 CJl U11U IUUA lUlVtlllU 111 in improved Gamecock in the nonths to come. Powell Hickman .li\ tl.B.A. Candidate ?dlw leiyw bSm eU tfeaMi -? ting experience reporting I if they are lucky, getting positions such as assistant ; editor. We have always twir?Lr l\?? **' w vaja/vi iu vi ui rv iiui u, )sed to be a part of the it you get to the top by a lot who you know. But even naive. >t the villain here. Even lie le surprised at the Board's Two Board members, Dr. ! Gore were absent and did oting members except lor vho voted for IVlark, have iey voted the way they did, is supposed to be secret. I to give their reasons lor lark? Are they afraid they that they did not vote for oted against Mark? It is that two of the student y the student government, 1 Brad Atkinson, were not ; staff selections. Perhaps lark would continue The *e of student government ly he was selected, .John e the next editor of The n those of us who do not etion do support The sh him the best of luck next hope that he w ill follow in rious editors in that he will ugh for the students of \ eye on the "big guys," no nsequences, remem beri ng lere to serve the students, use. John. You will need it. But : more than luck to get I he I