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Editorial wanm One year and one day r . i ? tor the hostages Yesterday we looked to the future. We elected Keagan to serve for the next four years, and obviously the majority of Americans feel he can best handle the problems of the future. But yesterday we also looked to the past. November 4 marked the one year anniversary of the hostages'captivity, and as Americans went to the polls the hostage crisis was a tormenting memory. It's painful to remember that 51 Americans nave been held captive for one year. It's also painful to remember America has not been able to do anything about it. - - , ; It is both appropriate and ironic that the hostages' one year anniversary be shared with election day. '' * Appropriate because on any other day the memorial might have been forgotten, just as the hostages have been by many Americans during the latter part of their captivity. But instead shops have closed, government employees have been given the day off and schools have shut down, which would never have occurred if the one year anniversary was on any other day. !t is a shame . though, tha: the hostages would not have received any tribute otherwise. The simultaneous occurrence the anniversary and the elect -: 1 is ironic because it w;* a deciding factor in the election. The sudden encourag .'A news 'rom Iran a lewweeks before the election instill . new h >:>e in Americans and gave a boost to Jimmy Carte: campa Mi. However, the boost was short-lived, li seems ti news ? he hostages only reminded the nation th the ho>- ^es hat ?een in captivity 'or a prolonged period i; ime, ai \merii is decided a new president and a fresh . <proach <?uld n <e their release more likely. Bui the hostages weren't released, and the election proceeded with little excitement. Americans will now have to live with the results and hope that Reagan will not allow the hostages' days in captivity to accumulate. One year ago today, day one lor the hostages, the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Iran was played down. For all. Americans and seemingly the Suite Department knew the takeover wasn't anything that couldn't be cleared up with some negotiations and a reminder that "you just don't do that to the United States." But Ampric.-tim anH th? 11 c ment soon found out it would take more than thai to get he hostages free. The serious ramifications of the event for U.S. international prestige, for oil shipment and on the minds of the hostages and all Americans were totally unforseeable one year ago today. Americans have felt compassion (or the hostages, but the extent of their suffering and torment may never be known. For one year they have been toyed with by militants wifh little or no information from the outside about attempts to bring about their release. The U.S. government has attempted to negotiate with a stubborn, closed-minded Iranian government, sent a host of negotiators, appealed to other countries for an economic boycott and a surprise rescue mission. All to no avail. Americans have worn armbands, tied yellow ribbons around oak trees and displayed paper American flags in windows, all out of compassion for the hostages and hope for their release. But arm bands have been put away in dresser drawers, yellow ribbons have faded and paper flags have ripped. A year is a long time to keep hope alive. But Americans must now rekindle that hooo thnt cnmnn ccirtrt J?, -uo 11 ic uuoiagud begin their second year n captivity. gamecock ? rounded 1 908 Ncvvvvom 7/7 7 18 I Advertising) 77 7 42*19 Bu ioss OMc 77/J8>iH Pioilut tion 7 7 7 2833 S: jiiten RhUJmII Ediroi Brian Vlen ii Copy Desk Chief Richard Moves . . 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S C 29208 \?- HA W^d 4 ??I Cover c To the Editor: In answer to your editorial on Oct. 24, I would like to point out that the greed and self-interest of the faculty and administrators is not the only reason for student apathy. Student apathy also feeds on itself. The Gamecock is a good example of this process. It is true that professors .are forced to spend time writing tov gain tenure that they would devote to the student. It is also true that professors participate in the wide spread unconscionable use of public funds on personal projects and selfonrirhmpnt Rut wh;it ahnnt those students in a position to do something to help lift others Gilt of their apathy ? namely those who work on the Gamecock? The Don't jiv< about bi< < To the Editor: jive taiKin was an excein letter to the editor. It really w from myself only, however, and any race or organization. It wa South Carolina's reputation to such garbage. Sure, the Home< spectacular coverage. So now t whites, in general, are racists, more ignorant conclusions base bellyaching! 1 seriously doubt t u!'a<< nwinllv view of Mr. Gordon's illogic coverage was merely an opp titudes. If he desires better c Queen, he should approach th acceptable format before the have griped if a white Homeco same coverage? He has unwitti contempt for the white race ui slighted Homecoming Queen. Gordon, whatever the ulterior r Now for a few comments o talkin." It was not very origii |JI (.'Mlllclll'U . rilM, 1 never, in any manner, broug Africa and probably never wi practice of bringing Africans during the last century. Secoi read Roots and again probab ever brought Mr. Gordon to Ai Should he desire to emigrate to so. If he is afraid of boats, he nr the expenses. Last, but leas hill^orc PIaqco loll Mr . * IVMOV IV1I 1TX1 . VJ?V*I Ul/1 me (or to me) until he knows of r.and furiherrqo I there are ptenh J of wki feader hadfcg my few f ^pctlcy dedsta _ettens to ontrovc Gamecock usually helps reinforce student apathy because it is so boring and trivial. The Gamecock is a trivial Mnrr-In HP I 1 gvaaip siicci. 111c i cjnii ici s seem to be incapable of objective reporting. The editors seem to be totally immersed in trying to make the Gamecock look like a mini version of the State newspaper. Their reporting of the Clariosophic Society's presidential debate in the Oct. 24 isue is a good example of Gamecock reporting. To anyone who was there the article bears little relation to what actually happened. I would like t? t ti i ? iu puiui uui niai neugciii won the vote at the end due to the last minute arrival of about a dozen fraternity pledges. i with me gotry jnt title for Robert Gordon's 'as foolish talk. This reply is I does not pretend to speak for s a blight on the University of see one of our students write :oming Queen did not receive he staff of the Gamecock and That is all I need to hear ? id on inane concepts. Quit the hat the quality of the Queen's ed. "Jive talkin" only gave a : and bigotry. The low-key ortunity for his show of atoverage of the Homecoming e Gamecock and discuss an Queen is selected. Would he ming Queen had received the ingly displayed his unfounded rider the guise of defending a Speak what you must, Mr. notives. n the other aspects of "Jive nal, and it was certainly not i^nllv UCCIII'II mfnmmnn tl-int I V-.V.Jl/.IV ll.l.l 1 ;ht anyone to America from 11. In fact, I believe that the to America in boats ceased id, I have never watched or ly never will. Third, nobody nerica from Africa in a boat. Africa, he may feel free to do tot; fix, T tafill ntrAn U/klr\ ic?jr 11 y . i >yiii v 11 iiuip vu:ii t, is my sympathy for jive 1 not to speak for me or about what he blows. Itaiidy (i. Cowart Biology Junior the Editor T?\7. nol Ed Clark, the Libertarian candidate, was only two votes behind Reagan, and many Carter and Anderson supporters walked out in disgust over the ruling that the late-comers would be allowed to vote. If you are dissatisfied with\ student apathy, stop en-i couraging it. This is a; university, a forum for the discussion. of ideas, an iiir stitution of learning. Stop being such abject conformists. Report things that will spark interest and controversy. Possibly, you CDBre _ A geis re\ To the Editor: As a longtime Charlie Daniels fan (starting well before it became fashionable to be an "urban cowboy"), I must comment on your review 01 me unarne Darnels Band concert at the coliseum. While I appreciate Miss Massey's enthusiasm for the concert, I have to question some of her observations and many of her statements passed off as "facts." First of all the CDB isn't a Memphis band; the group is from ML Juliet, Tenn., near Nashville. The correct crvrkllinit !?? ? opvuiii^ ui im: idu: I rn. iv group is "Lynyrd Skynyrd," not "Lynard Skynard." The painted baekdrop used during the song "Reflections" also showed Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, but I suspect Miss Massey didn't know who they were. The current CDB album is not titled "Summer Eve;" it's called "Full Moon." The song "Birmingham Blues" isn't from the current album; it's from an old album called "Night Rider." The song isn't "God Bless America Again;" its correct title is "In America." Miss Massey should have stuck around for the end of the concert. "The Souths Gonna Do It" wasn't the final song. A second encore included uniquely Charlie BfinHHHK ^ t gossip | could start by cutting out page two and reporting f. \ campus events. Very few students read a campus newspaper for information they can get quicker from the commercial media. If the only thing that the editor of the Gamecock has to ; complain about is the shortage of parking places, no wonder the administration, the faculty and ^ K the sfudents cannot take him ?' seriously. 7*. < Steve Vandervelde Law Student I| - ? I view I /amped MJk Charlie Daniels Daniels versions of "Amazing Grace," "How Great Thou Art" and "Will I the Circle Be Unbroken?" Since most groups do basically their own material, it should be worth noting that the CI)B did fine renditions i of the Marshall TWkor Band's "Can't You See" and the Allman Brothers' "One Way Out." While none of these omissions and incorreet } statements alone would make Miss Massey's review bad, taken together they certainly make me skeptical about taking seriously any future reviews she writes. \ Donald A. Caughman Journalism Alumnus