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Guest: NORM m m constuui By Wayi S.C. NORML Adn Like NORML founder Keith Stro \iro ( MnPMI cnnnnrlarct ria avna tv \ 11 v/i v1uaj ou^/pvi vvi o / uv/ va|7v next ten years. WHILE THE ODDS have been si great strides since Stroup formed I first state to remove criminal p< states have since followed suit v including North Carolina and Mis servers who doubted the progressh A Ica urn Viotm n/\n?riri/>n/4 1 A lr?rfi nioi/, vy vj nave luii v iiilcu it provide legal access of marijuana f Other state legislatures can t However, no state legislature will r obstacles: federal law and an in Convention on Narcotic Drugs (196 federal law and observe all treaties Meanwhile, state chapters, inclu on passage of "decrim" an decriminalization bills, however, 1 (in Nebraska). Stroun reDort* ~r i decriminalization bills passed "tx trend of the country." The success many states and the election of sev U.S. Senate last year provide proof THESE POLITICAL EVENTS, i they demonstrate a growing con responsibility. The American pul government spending, increased U are proven failures. According to official state cost more than $600 million in law enfoi on marijuana arrests and proseci forcement Administration, accordi more than 10 percent of the mari viously, the black market for ma trolled. The public must be made aware on enforcing marijuana laws and t taxing legal marijuana. Both leg consistent with the fiscal conser mainstream today. John Kaplan, the Stanford law pi New Prohibition" in 1970, noted: ' the enormous disparity between th laws, the symbolic aspects of the Enough people may then decide the marijuana laws, are not worth wh; is headed in that direction. SO WHAT ABOUT SOUTH CAI decriminalization or medicinal I greatest task is educating a publi< nment for more than 40 years. T majority must be made aware the for medicinal purposes are in the b and of all of its citizens. But we cannot achieve our go d uu uui i us. /\ii ap involved or to pay a minimal legislators, has been the gr< decriminalization laws passed. T1 well. gamecock Founded 1908 TomTfavis Editor in Chief Leigh Grogan Copy Desk Chiel Michael Goodino News Editor Brett Friedlander Sports Editor Lehman Stiles Entertainment Editor Russell Pace Graphics Editor Brian Duncan Editorial Page Editor Janet Gibson Wire Editor Mark Platte Assistant News Editor Steve Riddell...... Assistant Sports Editor Mark Chevalier. . Asst. Entertainment Editor uari Hancock Graduate Assistant Anthony Gray Advertising Manager Fran George Production Manager Bill Outlaw . General Manager Sam McKee Businoss Manager Mark Ethridge Jr Adviser Newsroom: 777-7181 Advertising 777-4249 Business Office: 777-3888 Sole reproduction rights granted to the Associated Press All other material contained herein may not be reprinted without Opinions expressed in the Gamecock are those, if signed, of the writer and. If unsigned. of the senior editorial staff. Column L needs 2nts9 help JL ne Brooks nkilstTativ* Director - : J m l *ifn iup saiu 1 uesuay wnue visiung uat, ct marijuana to be legal within the upposedly against us, we have made ^ORML. In 1973, Oregon became the snalties for simDle Dossession. Ten /ith similar decriminalization bills, ;sissippi, which surprised many obreness of the Southern legislatures, islatures, in less than two years, to or medicinal purposes. >e expected to pass similar bills, nake marijuana legal because of two ternational treaty called the Single 11. States must be in compliance with ?the federal government is party to. iding S. C. NORML, will concentrate d medicinal purpose bills. No lave been passed since last summer ?d current difficulty in getting Ecause of the conservative political > of Proposition 13-type initiatives in eral conservative Republicans to the of a conservative trend. however, do not discourage me, for cern for cost-efficiency and fiscal blic has grown weary of wasteful ixes and government programs that analyses in California and Illinois, rcement resources is spent annually ution in the U.S. Yet the Drug Ening to its own figures, confiscates no juana brought into the country. Ob- i irijuana is too enormous to be conof both the millions of dollars spent { 1 i_: 11: At a I _i i_ _ _ _ i C lie umiuns inai couiu De gained irom alization and decriminalization are vatism that dominates the political -ofessor who wrote "Marijuana?The As more of our population learns of e costs and benefits of the marijuana 1 issues will become less important, it the symbols, like the benefits of the 1 at it costs. I am convinced the public ? ROLINA? By no means will either ? jills easily pass. S. C. NORML's ? misinformed by the federal gover'he state legislature and the public J it decriminalization and legalization est interests of our state government >als if the thousands of marijuana athetic constituency unwilling to get membershiD fee. not unresDonsive jatest obstacle in getting state lis rule applies to South Carolina as Opinion I Letters ! The Gamecock welcomes letters from its ! readers. All letters must be typewritten and ] triple spaced on a 65-space line and should be a maximum of 300 words. J Letters must be signed with the writer's correct name, telephone, mailing address, class standing and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but the writer's name may be withheld by request if circumstances warrant. we reserve the right to edit letters for space and style. Address letters to: Campus Opinion, The Gamecock, Drawer A, (JSC, Columbia, S.C. 29206. Columns In an effort to increase reader input into future issues, the Gamecock offers a weekly guest column. rVilumn* mnat Ka limilAjl IA miuo* w w ww ircwawui uijr subject and must be no more than four typed pages. All columns must be typewritten and triple spaced on a 55-space line. All facts mua' be accurate. Ttie editorial page editor reserves I the right to reject any column for any reason j and edit for space, content, style and ac- ( tin #17. Columns must be signed with correct name, address, telephone, major and class standing I or faculty position. Address columns to: Guest ; Column, The Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, Columbia. S C. 29206. %<***^ Where a \>the Editor: This is not intended to be a conder ime it could have been grounds simple question needs to be answerc >huttlebuses? One day two weeks ago, several c vaited at the coliseum for the allege appear. At the half hour mark sev< lecided to walk. Being tired, I waite ninutes. The same thing happened two da; ime a bus arrived at 5 p.m. and the ae was getting off work and that h >us back to the parking area. We \ tn hour with no sign of transportatio I'm not really complaining ab lervice or administration, but th vhole. If there are signs posted at t >us will arrive approximately everj Dylan fan ./ / with alhu ro the Editor; Regarding Lehman Stiles' 'Religion and entertainment: do they mix?" in the September 24 issue of the Gamecock as it pertains to Bob Dylan's latest album Slow Train Coming, first of all it _ I 1_1? A 1 At a rv l t snouia De noiea mat uyian s music has contained religious, and more particularly, Christian, elements all along. Also, Dylan posed for a photograph kneeling before a cross from which the 1974 tour poster was drawn. Although admittedly To the Editor? In response to your article on the cutback of intramural football officials from four to three each game, I contend the change shouldn't cause any problems. In nine-man flag football, three people should be able to officiate adequately if they use their authority properly. However, history indicates that four officials couldn't keep the games under control a year ago. I cite two fundamental reasons: (1) the officials either don't have a thorough understanding of the rules or they lack the courage to exercise their authority; and (2) r iMt m Iiiirittm ?&?&3?&&g ^ K^n ? Letters re the shutt people expect to nnation but at the times an hour as, for killing. One If there are not ;d?where are the won't be sitting prefer to go ahea )thers and myself rest before goin ed shuttlebuses to signs if they meai ?ral of that group Last year the s id another twenty to be an additioi ta ? u 1 ?i tL:_ i/uii t ict. mis yea ys later, only this driver announced Either hire dej le was taking the vice going or fire vaited for almost early in the sem< n. can start making out the drivers, the dorms. At lea: e program as a he stops saying a i 15 minutes, then rli en cfirooe \>t/ f U I L/VvO m review Dylan has never before been so emphatic about the "Second Coming" is his music, much less has he appeared to place his faith in the solution of his or our problems in such a resolution. However, it is only to be hoped by those of,us who have stood by Dylan all these years (since 1962 when his first album appeared) that his acceptance of this projected solution to life's problems is not his final word on the matter. Perhaps it is just another phase, brought on by who Intramural need health tho vast mnWitu nt ?.v . ??> ?? piOJfCIO UUII I follow the principles of intramural athletics?sportsmanship and involvement for the love of the game. Football is by nature a rough sport and involves a lot of highpowered collisions. But when players get to the point of punching, elbowing and grabbing jerseys, perhaps they don't belong A \ iwvw^wv x^^BBBn|T \\ ^|*. k\ . lebuses? see that bus there as close to four possible. enough drivers, then tell us and we there for hours on end. I for one d and walk rather than sit down and g on. Take down those ridiculous n nothing. service ran on schedule and seemed n to the things offered on campus, r negate last year's record. ^endable drivers and keep the serthose you have and drop the service ester. Then those who depend on it other plans for getting to work and st think about it. uonna ttanuneii librarianship graduate student knows what personal experience of Dylan's. In any case, that Dylan's attitude in Slow Train Coming should represent "the only vision that provides comfort" and that enables us to avoid "becoming suicidally depressed" other than "that chilling hedonism that characterizes this discoed-out dpffldp" is flhcnrH Consider Zarathustra's remark toward the end of Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" (W. Kaufmann trans.): "Am I concerned with happiness? I am concerned with my work." Leave us a little leeway between faith in the return of Christ, socalled, and despair or, as an alternative, unbridled pursuit of pleasure. George Henry Booth III philosophy graduate student participants ier attitudes on the field. Let's take a healthier attitude toward intramurals and then talk about officiating might desist. After all, the purpose is for students to compete and unwind from the rigors of academics. If they want to fight and argue, I suggest they find another arena. John Steinberger journalism major