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viewpoints Carolina campus ? leisure learning? By Gordon Hlrsch Vliwpilwti l<W?r If you have graduated, the clwice between graduate school and a job can be a difficult one. The solution is simple. If there aren't any jobs available rinht now. or if vou ran't ffinrf thot v . vuv M>H? kJUJVU J l/Ui IICWIJ" acquired qualifications, go back to school. Not many lifestyles compare to college life. Look at the realities of campus existence. At the beginning of each semester you sit down and plan what you will do each day, what time and where it will take place. You control your work load. You monitor the difficulty or ease of the upcoming semester through your choice of courses. You choose whether the next three months will be a period of enjoyment or hell. Then God and the computer willing you submit your schedule and hope for the best. If you goofed in judging your productivity, or if the computer gave you an 8 a.m. class, you can always drop a class. Not many jobs in today's market offer the flexibility of campus life. Work, to the average college student, is a dtrtv wnrrf *??ir completed between dates and parties. The social scene doesn't allow for time-consuming term papers and lab practice Is. The phrase, "Not tonight, I ha e to study" is swiftly being replaced by "Why not, 111 get it done tomorrow." Procrastination is an art that any self-respecting student has mastered by the end of his freshman year. The challenge of academic achievement is now measured not only by grades, but also by who can do the best in the least nmnimf nf tim* *w*a ^ u?4 M...v miu utuu. iu uv ouie 10 say you made an "A" in a course you never attended or made the Dean's List after a semester of drunken nights and days in bed is today's measure of scholastic achievement. There's no life like college life. If a businessman conducted his business the way the average student handles his school work, he would starve to death. Of course, if you have no desire to pursue a serious career someday, or if you just can't seem to decide on one now, the life of the professional student is not an unpleasant one. Presumably the professional is working toward a set goal, but changing goals in mid-game is acceptable. The rules of the game are few and made to be broken. The professional labors comfortably under the respectable label of "student" and counts his tax breaks in private. CnllPOA fnmnncoc cm ?2 * ^...K?wvo loot ud-uming country ciuos of the state. Considering the condition of our economy, the job market and the cost of living, it's amazing students ever want to graduate and leave school at all. Where besides a state university can a person live for nine or even 12 months a year for less than $5,000 a year, room, board, tuition, books, athletic facilities, recreation, social functions and beer included? It sounds more like a resort all the time. The toughest decision a student should have to make is not what to do when he or shp ffrurfnatoc Hut ? ?* 1 *?1 * ? - 0 v.w, nuvuia uk uul iic snouia graduate at all. Can you really do better than you're doing right now? The only way to find out is to hold your nose and jump off the university pier. After all, if you don't do well you can always go back to school. Founded 1901 l^T ll - Tt?V# ^rK J Lundgren ... Editor m Chief \ Don Fobes News Editor 4 Jk r A.r " Sfcot Garnck. Entertainment Editor I __ Mike Munt Spom Editor I V ROOK. B^S Barbara Mathews .. Copy Desk. Chief [^WMgjgS L yr*r\ Shoo* Photography Editor Gordon Hirsc* Viewpoints Editor Bill Fit*patncV Aovertismg Mgr fiS|pln|a| For ProI Jon Clemmensen Gwwal M?i?qw - Sam Mc km Business Manager Ur^(v Karen Wooten Production Manager HS BHBBi m The GAMECOCK welcomes tetters from ? its readers. Letters should be Iimtted to BBSSB isBk ?&?? ? single subject and a maximum ot S00 ra J&H& BK-KMHFB1 words. 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South Carolina could be SSI 1essional Alterations ( Reasonably Priced S&HERS ICG SHOP * I A a - I ^ Luttru in \^vpnoi nearer blocks from the Capitol) HOT - Woo. flif4 M.I04 ?_?? , NOW 1HAT3 RIDICULOUS, HOW M& TO CUT WE5 INTHI5 5' N ii n ii ITTT'Ii ii u Ii I'MW i i ii*; T A 1 i abolishment ] divided between North Carolina and Georgia. With a population of only 2.5 million, about the same as the city of Los Angeles, your case appears to be hopeless for full state hood. Merging three states into two would effect some economies. I Friday & ! s SAI I mm uvek i Colors frX"'/ BLUE? v. n w i\uu ? ft Y ? GREEN < /V\ \ YEL /f Mli U'l PAINTEI ^ PANTS * IWe welcome) and brows* ARMY-1VIA1 I g 1316 Assembly St-* / ' I v ARE ,/ > WE / / ) f/'/ i < k 11. ? # / V- # 'f \ *' \ ^ \ 1 recommended Poverty is a problem, not an exr>l1CA Qn/I it- in ?.?u ?i. ?o an uverworxea excuse when it comes to the state of South Carolina, despite the 29 golf courses in Horry County. Edward H. 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