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Editoni; Food sti out of re I'Or most students, tood stamp: i iud> writ uciu m vviumuiu the public could hear, and regulations to the food stamp le? the Congress. The new law prohibits anyone is physically and mentally fit fi There are a few exceptions, b students who are going to schc partially subsidised groceries. The ability to receive food sU primarily on income. If you w< stamps regardless of what you getting aid from parents, or wf ineligible for food stamps. Those cut out of the progran better themselves by going to s money. Now they'll have to wo being full-time students, in order I ne exceptions to the rules arc hours a week, people on work-st household with more than one d in school under the title four (usually a children's program), half-time to college, food stamps question. The people the ruling hurts ar genuinely trying to get ahead by may be a few taking advantag really helps, it may be more tha few. The government should returi students. The ci My Bodygi is no wimi To the Editor: ? Well, I've had enough. I'm i sick of Baker's opinionated f u;?u i i - J ?- > auu iiigii-uaitueu lemaiKS i concerning films. There is a s big difference between giving a critique and vomiting up such in- fc tellectually stimulating c descriptions as when, for v example, Baker refers to My s Bodyguard as "stupefyingly s pompous and utterly dull", i Well thanks, that tells a lot. j Baker never does tell what he is looking for, and I for one found the film pleasing for <??v*?ral rpacnn It explores the area of * establishing friendships at a high school level in an urban environment and sensitively shows its growth. It might not be "Breaking Away" or 1 academy award material, but it leaves you with a good t feeling. Isn't that what films s are for? r I've not often found films I that adequately deal with t relationships beyond a r superficial level Maybe it is f r-* . ^-jamecocK Founded Newsroom 7 77 7181 Bu- TussOttice 777 3Ub8 Stephen Hidden Fdnor Bn?" Melton Crpy Desk Chref f arl Babcock . Editorial Pjge Editor v irk Platte No'.vs f diti.< Kevin Johnson . . Asst News Editor R jnda Templeton En' Editor Ward Boiuen A >jI Em editor Mike Chibbaro Sports Editor Michelle Burchette . . . Asst. Sports Ed. Sole reproduction rights granted to the containedherem may not be reproduced with Opinions expressod in the Gamecock are unsigned, of tho editorial page editor Letters & ( The Gamecock welcomes letters and col typewritten, triple spaced on a 65 space lint Letters should be no longer than 300 wori ..K, I..Q1. ,yjtJI tyn signed with the writer's correct name, tele standing or faculty position and major P writer's name may bo withheld on letter: warrant it We reserve tho right to edit columns ar reserve the right to reject any column for ari^ ors and columns to: Editorial F " 08 aj > ^ T amps ;ach > are now a thing of the past at the end of August so thai have explained, the new 'islation passed this year bj aged between 18 and 60 whc rom receiving food stamps >ut basically the law stop* >ol full time from receiving \mps before this was basec ?re poor you could get foot were doing, but if you wer< lomever.ycu probably wen ti are people who decide t< chool full time on their owi rk more, and probably stO{ to make ends meet. people who are working 21 udy programs, the head of i ependent and those enrolle< of the social security ac If you are going more thai ; are probably now out of tin e the poor students who ar< going to college. Sure, then e, but compared to those i n worth while to tolerate th< n me rigni ot tood stamps v itic's jard' J i problem inherent in filrr naking. But this movie jortrays characters at a evel beyond acceptec ;tereotypes. This letter is for the editorial page obviousl> ecause it is simply pinion. It should also be vhere Baker's "reviews' hould be as he continuall> pews out his psuedo ntel'ectual, idiosyncratic ud*.ments. L. Dunn biology junioi No Nukej no Baker ro the Editor: Once again the readers oj he Gamecock have beer ubjected to an inane movie eview by the infamous )avid Baker. His review oi he No Nukes movie shows 10 hint of understanding the ilm's purpose. MUSE was 1 908 Advertising. 777 4249 Production 777 2833 Richaid Meyers Asst Sports Ed Glenn Johanson Graphics Editor Cylinda Calvert Wire Editor Jeannie Ralston. Features Editor Jean Hatchell Business Manager Jerry Brewer General Manage* Anthony Gray Advertising Manager William Tmsley Production Manager Mark Ethridgo Jr Adviser Associated Press. All other materia, lout the permission of the editor those, if signed, of the writer, and, if Columns umns. All letters and columns must be ds and columns should be limited to one led pages. Letters and columns must be jphone number, mailing address, class seudonyms are unacceptable, but the >, upon request, if the circumstances id letters for space and style and we treason. 'age Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, (JSC, BILLY aUFFIN&TON ?19^ } Rslillsl !i ll i HB1?|? taSIS^_ i laamBBp^y ,j:<'' '.? ) 1 ^glg^iW 1 e GETTING CAUGHT BY e nothing TO WORR' > critic organized to get a messag across to as many people a possible. This message i that we have no safe metho* ot disposal for nuclea y waste. Obviously, Mr. Bake doesn't care. All he care about are the "lips" of Carl | Simon, which is consister with his usual adolescer statements about othe \ female performers. f 1 would encourage peop] to see the movie, both for ii important message and fc the wonderful performance that were donated by th performers. It's importai to open our eyes to th problem of nuclear energ and if we can partially c that with an entertainir 9 movie, so much the better. ^ Pamela K. JolU Graduate Studei Everybody I blue abou I 'Lagoon' > ; To the Editor: ; I am writing you co cerning the review you ga1 Randall Kleiser's "The Bli Lagoon." Agreed, the mov will not grab the best pi ture, but your commer concerning actress Broo! Shields were uncalled for. Since her acting debut "Pretty Baby" she has be labeled "nymphet" or "t Lolita of the Eighties". S has made seven pictur niriA/1 l-.itf n y-1 r. i amcc, uu?- me ui ctnu remains. David Ba The job of a critic is inform his readers and he guide them. If you alwa disagree with my review then you can do the exa opposite of what I suggej I meant not for my revu of the Blue Lagoon to soul like an indictment agair Brooke Shields herself, b against Randal Kleisei - casting - as an innocei I I THL U.S.C. POLICE. IS i ABOUT... Letters to c ctirilc 'kj cr 1*1 e In "The Blue Lagoon" she s even had a stand-in for the s nude scenes to avoid d criticism, but she has r evidently failed. The parts r she or any actress plays are s ROLES and nothing more, y Its a shame that people it can't see that. If they could, *t maybe some personal hurt r could be avoided. I don't know what it is that inspires critics to tear people apart, ^ but whatever it is seems to ts me, much more "immoral" than the roles Brooke Shields is chooses to act out on the le screen. Glenn German le freshman ?y To the Editor: : I read your review of the "Blue Lagoon" and wish to express my displeasure with the statement made about Emiline's method of childbirth. I refer to the r comment, "...squatted, as if y to relieve herself." While I . realize childbirth is not a i subject you are particularly informed about, I do believe you should get your facts straight. Native American women gave birth in the squatting n- position as well as many ve women from other cultures, ae The method of the woman _ L_ -i 4. 1 ... ie oenig nai on ner back is a ic- modern practice which its mainly makes it easier on ke the doctor, not the mother. When the baby is being born in its head does not press on the en mother's lower spine when he she is in the squatting he position. This helps to es relieve her pain, not her till bladder. This.also puts the woman in a better position to ker responc to She does not look innocent, lp and I propose that if she did ys many would not be 's, enamored of her as they are. ct Having never studied jt. Cvnecolftpu T J I * ? ia"U corrected on the proper iw position for Brooke Shields nrl 4- L- - - - '?-? iu ue in wnne giving birth, ist Having placed her in such a ut position, however, does not *'s excuse director Kleiser from nt. having the baby fall from THE BIGGEST PROBLE FACE IS THE COMP the editor e bacl help the baby cut the placenta and to emit the afterbirth. So, when you take a cheap shot at a movie, get your facts straight. The director Il BE V ; I- Brooke Shields, Christ I g Blue Lagoon. " I Shield's legs into a waiting I blanket without so much as a I "f l|""j ?? iiiiv ui Iiimm, I stick by my description of My Bodyguard and if my critics don't think it. tells them anything, why not open up a dictionary and check out the definitions of pompous and dull. If I dislike a movie possessing those attributes, it would follow I look for movies without ~T "??? * ' M WE. Cfc\MlNAUS - / 1.1 i IICJIN . C wanted the movie to emphasize the natural, and that is what it did. Mary Dickerson MA, economics >-l"^^- vs-t i|p! !~^|(fP^_>ifcfl ByiPw^ Byggffftgs.-..' *? .;^v >' jpher Atkins in "The them. I'm glad some enjoyed My Bodyguard. I respect their opinion. So please do me the favor of allowing me to have my own feelings about it. And if one critic is so enthralled with the propaganda ??rwW.?i of No Nukes, I suggest they forget about their career plans and start anew as a Nazi historian. J