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Homecorr politically i By Tony Wl Staff Photogr Homecoming queen elections are involved activity that students at USC all politics, there is a certain amount o yearly election. However, it wasn't u understand why people vote the way th It was my naive understanding that very pretty girl who is not only intellig< HONEST, warm personality that mak howpvpr I finH this tn ho not npre&mril IN THE PAST TWO years, I've fou along witn great empnasis placed on i difference whether the Homecoming c long as she possesses those characteris Transferring from the Univ. of Mail ignorance at USC. It is very appai (Greeks, G.D.I.'setc.) aremoreconce vote" than they are with the girl who tfr They're more afraid of the "black machine" than thev reallv should be support a candidate on color only. What about the other candidates (v More often than not, it is the candidal that has the most important qualities f< If students would think for one minu of WHAT they support, USC's Houi ponrocant nnr Kncf oll.opminH (tirl /"!? I VOVAIi V/UI l/VOV UII ut VUIIU O 1 otherwise. It's the PERSON who make she stands for or WHO represents her. I think it's fine time that people cai the candidate for queen instead of the with elections of this sort. THE HOMECOMING ELECTION* nvarv\v\ln irfnAt?onnn OMrl r^nicm T ft CAaiupic ui an^c auu lavioiu. A l\ university I'm most proud to attend w< queen just on the basis that she's bla< girl as a PERSON? Or are students care? In my opinion, the Homecoming represent racial, religious or social di who we, the students at USC, think ?! 1J U ? SI1UU1U uc. Isn't that the primary reason foi anyway? 'Timely lettc a! n J!A 11 loiiit* r,unor: d I should like to thank whoever h wrote the devastating and ar- p ticulate comment on James a Rokosny's thoughtless, insipid a review of the Bad Company con- v cert. Bad Company does indeed r "mean business" and is one of the r solid foundations of the "fantastic inctitutinn nf i*rvr?lr mncir? " Mr. Rokosny's failure to equate talent and popularity is a stunning gamecock Four ided 1 908 Tom Travis Editor in Chief Leigh Grogan Copy Desk Chief Michael Gooding News Editor Brett Fnedlander Sports Editor Lehman Stiles Entertainment Editor Russell Pace Graphics Editor Brian Duncan .. Editorial Page Editor Janet Gibson Wira Editor Mark Platte Assistant News Editor Steve Riddell Assistant Sport* Editor Mark Chevalier . . . 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Does it make any jueen is white, black or Greek as tics becoming to a queen? ne, I found a great deal of racial ant to me that white students 1 * 4.1- 44 4 1:44:^?* 4-1 L!4 ^ rneu wiin not spmung uie wane ley're supporting or voting for. vote" and the "strong political . IUs a real shame that students yhite or black) who are left out? te who receives the least support or queen. te just WHO they support instead tnecoming queens would surely eek, black, white, independent or !S the queen who she is, not WHAT 'ed more about the person inside political B.S. that's accompanied 5 of two years ago is a prime )und it totally disgusting that the 3uld go so far as to boo the elected :k Did anyone ever consider the so immature that they just don't \ queen elections should NOT fferences but should show people our BEST all-around candidate r having a Homecoming queen >r'praised ; / idictment of his inability to I iscern musical worth. I suppose < e would applaud if they were to lay a Brahms piano concerto or n organ sonata by Hindemith. I j m afraid, however, that is not 1 /hat they are about. They play 5 ock 'n' roll, and they Dlav it ( nagnificently. ( Thanks again for a timely letter. 1 ( Chet A. Williamson music graduate student I Opinion 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. 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, USC, Columbia, S C. 29208 Columns In an effort to increase reader input into future issues, the Gamecock offers a weekly guest column. Columns must be limited to one newsworthy subject and must be no more than four typed pages All columns must be typewritten and triple spaced on a 65-space line. All facts must be accurate. The editorial page editor reserves the right to reject any column for any reason and edit for space, content, style and ac curacy. Columns must be signed with correct name, address, telephone, major and class standing or faculty position. Address columns to: Guest Column, The Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, Columbia, S.C. 29206 1 I BW*>y** s? fore#rt d^pe , 11 is ~ M alternate enet jf ~z inexhaustible Si^^^W^cViMp?an NORML pre To the Editor: In reply to James Corbett's lettei recent Keith Stroup lecture and Mr views on marijuana, I must admit as I laughed - until I realized he was ser like crying. Mr. Corbett, marijuana is not a m substance. It does not alter personalit lor does it change the outlook of th< )bvious you are one of the small mil relieve marijuana is the "Assassin < causes "Reefer Madness." Your statement that the "growing narijuana" is "the road to anarch; udicrous, it is asinine. With great ititutions like the American Medical A \merican Bar Association, the Natic Churches and the National Educati endorsing decriminalization, it seems lo base your claims upon. Or is the N Churches anarchistic? Look to the facts, Mr. Corbett. the of Alaska ruled in 1975 that the const of privacy" protects the possess marijuana for personal use in the hoi that state. Ten other states have ' c m o v V>VJ1 UUll Oil toil 'not without c To the Editor: I read with increasingly declining interest the article concerning a freshman's (James J. Corbett) response to the lobbying efforts of Keith Stroup. Stroup's lobbying interest is for the decriminalization of marijuana, not the legalization. Corbett characterizes "Mariiuana as a driicr ? mind controlling substance and a personality and character altering agent." These statements brought back memories of the absurdity of the "Reefer Madness" period. I was extremely surprised that the writer didn't attribute some physical atrocities to the smoking nf mQi*iinona vi mat ijuaiiu. For Mr. Corbett's benefit, Cannabis Sativa is not a drug, rather a wild tobacco which yields an intoxicating effect when syn irs of the enewycnwdi^^^P ndence. VeVe frond an 1| xfy source vvHich ift totallyAwericaii dud jggjP^^v^ Letters ? 'sklent 'felt HI possession of sm legalized marijuai * regarding the if anything, it se . Corbett's own freedoms, not 1< I read his letter changes" you i ious. Then I felt paragraph about t taken years of hf ind controlling ni8ht. y or character, Marijuana is no i smoker. It is and George Wash lority who still the lecture you w< Df Youth" that bett. We, the mariju acceptance of state and this co ? . fro no innf nlnnoi???. y is not only ^ American in- personal freedom association, the fl? iin^ f?4r Is our >nal Council of the Constitution. on Association . . . you have little trying ational Council care au,our 1 citizens and our assets, Mr. Cortx Supreme Court itutional "right >ion of small mp hu nHnltc in decriminalized ijuana views r^ntfQHi/^tirvn ' WJ UlUUlVyllWI 1 thesized into the blood, (based on Webster's definition of the word "drug"). "Mind controlling substance," I think not. Mind expanding substance, possibly. I believe Corbett's mind has taken the wrong and winding road. We who openly advocate the decriminalization of marijuana are on the road to expanding civil and human rights. Corbett remembers the fall of Home but obviously doesn't remember the fall of American proniDition laws. The Roman anarchy did fall, the United States democracy will also fall without* the continuing expansion of civil and human rights. The article is not without blatant contradiction. Corbett states, "We miifit atnn thia minHlcwo naltom rwf ?*>#?> v?saw ii?iiiwivw?j |/vavwi ii va securing transient pleasures for ourselves at the cost of personal freedom and individuality." W*To accomplish. S this feat t XVe | conaouaaiea xw m ke crying' all amounts, and 14 stales have la for medicinal purposes. ems to me we are gaining personal osing them. And these "great eferred to in your ridiculous :he fall of the Roman Empire have ird work and did not occur over (thing new. The Egyptians used it ington grew it. Had you attended auld have found this out, Mr. Corana smokers of this campus, this untry know we are not "securing es for ourselves at the cost of our i and individuality." Wliat we are personal freedom as guaranteed in :o help society, not destroy it. We careers, our families, our fellow community. Our minds are great Jtt ? yours is burned out. James Robbing president - USC NORML journalism sophomore LUDICROUS, LUDICROUS, LUDICROUS... How can one be opposed to the decriminalization of marijuana and talk of "personal freedom." This movememt is primarily 1 1 A. I ! 1.^ Dasea on uie expansion 01 individuality and personal freedom. As for the "securing of transient pleasures," I suppose Corbett would have us all celibate. Corbett closes with "Our minds are a great asset ? don't burn them out." The creator of this sentence must be suffering from a severe case of tunnel vision. Our minds are a great asset, don't shut them out. I suggest the young journalist smoke some of this "evil weed" in hopes his somewhat nearsighted personality might be altered. Let me also suggest he might add a few words to his vocabulary such as SPECULATION, CONJECTURE, CITU IVPTIWITV A Mn A** UULIUJJV A i v i i A nnu amBIGUITY. George L. Benson political science senior