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CLJ 3 students rr The opposing forces are lining up to kill Student Government, SG, President Seamus penr O'Boyle's proposal for a new SG con- intei 9UIUUUU. ' assu While O'Boyle's lieutenants are trying to repr get the required 2,500 signatures on the petition to put the proposal on the ballot as a spec referendum, various senators have been sena following his people around trying to con- prob vince students not to sign it. If Tht* hattlP ic rvr> anrl tV\n ntu>nr> 1 M vaa uiiu U1C VKlCa[/ dllUU) IWVC p0pp| started. At least one petition carrier, a now member of a student organization, was infig] threatened indirectly by a senator who doinj implied that the organization's funding of Cl could be affected if the carrier continued seats working for O'Boyle. some The senators are scared ? and for good the si reason. The existence of the senate is threaten^ We The body's members don't want to lose their ** positions. The ironic thing is we consider SG ^ *s to be democratic at this university, and we occuj now have members of this governing body N " restricting the free flow of thought and antic* expression. This is illustrative of the ment character of the current Student Senate. publi< I 'Cares' thank % iu To the Editor: Although many persons and groups were recogn letter as helping out with Carolina Cares 1978, se - inadvertently left out. We are indebted to the pledge class of Chi Omega s Council members, the Alpha Phi Omega service fra class of Chi Psi fraternity, sports information direct assistant athletic director Dr. John Moore, and Parsons, Carlen and Raines for their efforts to n r.-i auctcsMUl. These people should not be overlooked, and wc assistance and support. Ann Condon Sharmin Barnes Co-chairmen, Carolina Cares 1978 CjamecQck H Founded 1900 j / 'f'TZ~ Mark J. Lundgren Editor in Chief raBy I Don Fnh?? "? ~ " *~opy uesK Chief HBBk Tom Travis ... News Editor David Baker Entertainment Editor Kak /T Brett Friedlander Sports Editor Dave Roback Graphics Editor Barbara Mathews Wire Editor [rar Jim Phillips Editorial Page Editor W Leigh Grogan Assistant News Editor Lehman Stiles Assistant Entertainment Ed. Janice Wood Graduate Assistant Jill Griffin Advertising Manager Fran George Production Manager / Jon Clemmm$?n General Manager I / Sam McKee Business Manager I / A Mark Ethrldge Jr Adviser ra/ ff Sole reproduction rights granted to the . Associated Press. All other material con- . talned herein may not be reprinted without i the permission of the editor. I ^ Opinions expressed in the Gamecock are those, If signed, of the writer and, If unsigned, of the senior editorial staff. i&wM lust participal le proposed constitution would include that claii ibers of campus organizations, special has so fa est groups, in the Executive Council, dostuder, ^placement of the senate. Anyone who O'Boyli mes special interest mnnnnR _ ^ ^ v <?W IIVTT III1/HCVU > esented ? and abused ? in the student obviously te are sadly mistaken. But the biggest student a ial interest group represented in the students te is the senate itself. This is the basic to care. *em" We mu the senate had any idea of how to model of jsent students, it would have done so by c,*lze Instead it has been involved in endless l"e 8 hting and political horseplay while governmt - _ i - * * - j aimosi notning tor the student body. PropeJ^ ourse, when some senators win their ?a,Ye ; by a vote of one to zero, two to one in *a"eni cases, how much representation can tudents expect? Student ( can expect no representation. This is Usually le fault of the current structure of SG ; change c the fault of those persons currently from the >ying the senate seats. fpnm W??l TT *1 ?also the fault of the student body. The Presiden 5 of the senate and Student Govern- It is re have been well documented in this change ii :ation, although senators will dispute ment, bi etters to th /<ms | On v_^ vy lized in a previous To the Editor: veral others were Let's hear a jolly "Right < orority, the Honors The Boston Globe. Her ar ternity, the pledge normal Children Unfair," v or Julian Gibbons, the Jan 24 Gamecock, coaches McGuire, nake our drive so Her statement of the aboi I've heard. Even though tl i appreciate their point out the effects of the there is also a lot said by im] whole. iNoi oniy ao Kignt-'l'o Lif< moral absolutism" but the} te in SG lif< n. Reaction from the student body r been negligible. The question is, 1 its care? Indications are they don't, e said the government has been re for the past five years. This i r must be part of the reason for i pathy, but it is still distressing that just don't seem, for the most part, < I ist consider ourselves a miniature < the outside world. The students are 4 ns, Student Government should be J fernment. Historically, when j ents have ceased to function as our own government has, or 1 n found to be corrupt, they have * exactly what is happening to USC ? jrovernment, except for one oddity. * the pressure or movement to J >r destroy the government comes ? t people. In our case it is coming thin the government ? from the ^ t himself. n freshing to see the movement for c 5 coming from within the governLit it is disheartening that the e ne editor d's law vet thicket" I illegal acc an" for Ellen Goodman of supposedly ticle, "Liability For Ab- bit afraid } vas printed on Page 18 of of pregnar find themi liabilities u rtion problem is the best As the Ai he article was meant to the ration various laws on doctors, should ask plication on the issue as a tempt to ve ers "enjoy the luxury of Peter G.Rt 1 also avoid the "ethical Engineerin fti ^saving students have exerted no real pressure for change. It would be even more refreshing if the movement for change was coming from the senators themselves, but that would be too much to expect from them. So we have to leave the movement for change in the hands of the SG President, and fiis forces are definitely a minority. Students need to get involved in this battle tor the changing or saving of the SG constitution. Do we want a new form of ?overnment, one which we feel may open up ivenues for abuse by government officials, >r do we want to continue with a do-nothing government? Our choices are limited, but we must :hoose in the end. We hope the proposed constitution will be presented to the student >ody as a referendum. The students must lave a choice, even though the choice mav >e limited. O'Boyle must be commended for at least rying to breathe some life into the goveriment, even if it comes in ths form of a ontroversial reorganization. Life is what the government needs. As it xists now, it is nearly dead. oed ? 3y simply stating that abortions are strictly ording to God's law. While this country ' supports abortions, one can see that it is a ^et to go whole hog on the implementation icy termination. Thus the tangle doctors selves in regarding civil law and their nder it. nerican people further the development of Rli7J)tinnc uihioW *! luster aoornons, tney themselves whether or not they dare atto God's law. leth g Senior