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? Guest ( TTC w U 11J prepare* with ? By Bill IV Moloav In light of the recent development Soviet Socialists Republic, I have some of the people who attend this ui UPON CONVERSING with son statements made in your newspap many do not realize the intensity of t Let me first say that I intend to people and I mean nothing derogato to express my opinion on this matte the consequences which could rest namely war. It is my belief that the Soviets ar< people, as their ancestors have Afghanistan with military force clea May I remind everyone of Germs ?1J 117 ff il w ttuiiu war 11?is mere any rea speculate. After all, the invasion c approximately 1,000-mile border wii any day. IRAN HAS tremendous oil fields, on a southern tip of the continen possessed. I suppose I could go on, bi I am hoping to bring just one mor USSR has the potential to attack us. we are dealing with?this is "the dev I'll be the first to admit my opinio] point is we must be prepared?be happen. I need not say that any incorrect r as aggressive or derogatory by thes< It is my opinion that the United with a major power of this caliber : with fire," to say the least. The Soviets have the potential backyard?something we haven't I everyone to think diligently and full not be time to think a year from no1 from being killed. Please do not underestimate the S THE SOVIETS have the power a unlike many other nations in the w< take it seriously. CjamecQck Founded 1 908 Tom Travis Editor in Chief Brian Duncan Copy Desk Chief Michael Gooding News Editor Brett Friedlar>dor Sports Editor James Rokosny Entertainment Editor 'Robert Ariail Graphics Editor ' Janet Gibson Editorial Page Editor Cylinda Calvert ' Wire Editor Mark Platte . . Assistant News Editor Steve Riddell Assistant Sports Editor Jeffrey Charney . 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Their recent invasion of rly reflects their nature. iny's blitzkreig of Poland just prior 1 difference? Of course, one could >f Afghanistan now gives them an th Iran, that could pop at the seams not to mention a warm-water port t, which the Soviets have never it this is not my purpose. e person to the realization that the This is not Cuba or Vietnam or Iran il himself." ' n sounds somewhat far-fetched. My j ready for anything which could nove the U.S. makes could be taken ; [;cujiic ui tn^ii icaucia. States has not had a confrontation since 1945. We are almost "playing to attack us, here in our own inown since 1776. I strongly urge y analyze this situation. There may w, when you may be trying to keep oviet potential, or their actions. nd the capability to annihilate us? orld. This is serious business. Let's Opinion Letters The <jamerock welcomes letters from its readers. 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Address columns to: Guesf Column, The ClaMMwk. Drawer A. USC Columbia. SC. 29209. I Sig> , Reference To the Editor: n G I am ecstatic to read the responses, both pro and con, in response to Chris Fancher's 11 "Greeks" letter, because it proves that the Gamecock has a very u captive audience. Many of the " responses have been articulate and e prove that a number of my 11 colleagues have journalistic talents. w r< I am proud to read that Mr. oi Reeves and Ms. Maseng support e< their organizations. I am not a F Greek but do spend more than a a< Draft 'lar toward ii r i j / wuum ur To the Editor: I In response to Mr. Rissling's lettei say that in the past 200 years many ! precious values?"freedom, democr life." While I don't know anyone who wai be prepared. It's obvious to any military that the draft is one large freedom will be secure in the future. While it may be true that the Coi j involuntary servitude, one does not 1 country. What Mr. Rissling fails to n< I country do so to uphold those very va i in uic (M3i, many (wupic wnu o ' because they put this country's good < 1 won't mind going to war to defeni , and freedom, but I'll be damned it i prepared to defend these values, i Perhaps those who consider the w 'f important than their country's shouk i It is a damn shame that people likf to put their own good ahead of the cc share this view, they just might find t t ; vV //;. '?< ' ' HnMMMHMMMMHMnHMMHMMi Letters? Kin /V,/ lt>rl m JL. 1 IA/ \ to death in p ominal amount of time attending treek-affiliated activities. Jal Greeks do help create a "name" * )r Carolina?as does every other *ar idividual student.on this campus. rei I wish to be a part of a cohesive, y?' nified Carolina Community, not a ex iversified one. I challenge ^ri veryone to become part of this nison There are a few comments I ould like to direct toward a ?mark that should have been kept m( utside (he confines of a tactful ve ditorial. Jon Stairs, Gamecock, wc eb. 1. made a reference to an ch cquaintance of mine and a dear gr; 1 tyi ge step9 th. %suring id liberty r, Gamecock, Feb. X, I can only people have died to insure our acy, and the American way of To nts a war, we must nevertheless \ one knowledgeable about the rei step toward insuring that our of < 1 nstitution grants freedom from M< forfeit his liberty by serving his er< >te is that those who die for their Ho lues of freedom and liberty. So< pposed the draft went to war mc over their own. *\ i the American values of liberty pr< *? - ? 1111 guiugxur uhrw wno arenoi an to ell-being of their own ass more thi 1 go somewhere else. I ! Mr. Rissling are selfish enough 806 nintry's, because if more people ! ;hemselves without a country. > Chris Sadler | engineering major 5 t o >oor taste I end of many others who died n. 25. Vlr. Stairs, I doubt Barry's nily appreciates his beine numbered or referred to as "the Ling man who died as a result of cessive overindulgence in inking while in one of the Greek iternity lounges"?especially len an official coroner's report s not been released. What he left behind was not a >ral lesson, but memories of a ry respectable young man. I ?uld like to commend the Delta apter of Sigma Nu for handling s tragic event with the utmost aceful maturity required in this :>e of situation. Mr. Stairs, let's keep your ~ ?i iiiiiiviiia auuui pcu^ic V.UU1II1CU IU 5 ones who are here to read jm, or at least, until the jmories and wounds are healed. Mary Ruffin Weaver management senior Reward offered the Editor: Ve are writing in hopes that your iders will know the whereabouts a certain monument. n 1860, thfc William G. Preston mument was presumably icted on the campus of USC. iU>airai< Ikn PI ? . ?t v t v? I iiic v>ioi tuaupihu ziety's attempts to locate the >nument ha ve failed. rhe Society is - interested in >viding funds to help erect it. We i offering a modest cash reward anyone who can help us locate s historic monument. Mease contact us by writing Box 171, USC. David W. Dow history freshman Michael J. Fawcett librarianship grad student