University of South Carolina Libraries
Editoni. Lazy cam just the b for lazv < Student Government election only eight days away, and the h to the students. Those runni through poster campaigns and they think one afternoon of sp students to make a decision. Little campaigning has been are hung around campus, but t experience or willingness to w< out, meet their constituents, opinions, the 1981 elections will past. Mainly students with fi others will sit out, realizing formation on which to base a d< THERE ARE students who c make an intelligent decision. 1 up with the antics of Student lackadasical attitudes. These fair to assume if the candidate: out and campaign, they probi taking office. Speeches are usually presen the day before the elections. Tl given a limited amount of tin their platforms. This format d information or detail. Since it i having classes at that time mis NORM To the Editor: Few marijuana smokers at (JSC would ever think that they may have to lose their lives for enjoying a few tokes in the privacy of their own homes. But such was the case recently with one young man in Spartanburg County, and I seriously doubt that he expected such a fate. A 22-year-old Pacolet man was shot down by a Spartanburg County deputy a couple of weeks ago in his "line of duty." The deputy, by forceful entry, stalked the young man with a search warrant and a pistol, and put a bullet in his head. wnetner or noi tne young man was selling marijuana or other illegal drugs is irrelevant. (None were found). He was not armed, hardly a dangerous criminal. He was shot defenselessly. It just makes me sick! It is about time that we marijuana smokers wake up to the fact that we are victims of discrimination, prejudice, persecution, and Gamecock Founde Newsroi m. 7 77 7 181 Business Office: 7 77 3088 Stephen Riddell Jill Hiincock Copy Desk Chief Teres.j Weaver News Editor Don Weatherbee Asst News Editor Michelle 8urchette Co-sports Editor Hichard Meyers Co sports Editor Mark Platte Entertainment Editor Chip Lowell Graphics Editor Letters 8 Sole reproduction rights granted ti contained herein may not be teproduc Opinions expressed in the Gamecoi unsigned, of the editoi The Gamecock welcomes letters a be typewritten, triple spaced on a 65 Letters should be no longer than 3 to one newsworthy subject no lor columns must be signed with the v mailing address, class standing or (a unacceptable, but the writer's name if iho Circumstances warrant it. We reserve the right to edit colum reserve the right to reject any columr Address letters and columns to: E< * USC. Columbia, S C. 29208 \ 1 [ > i 31 iMWSiMlHfeyi ipaigning beginning i/^nirc J1IIV.C1 o is are scheduled for March 12, ssues have yet to be presented ng obviously expect to win I friendships alone, or maybe eeches is enough time for the done at USC this year. Posters hey in no way indicate ability, ork. Unless the candidates get and present their plans and operate much like those of the riends running will voto. and they don't have enough injcision. :are enough to listen and try to "here are students who are fed Government meetings and its concerned students would be s don't even care enough to get ably will be just as lazy after ted on the Russell House Patio tie major office candidates are ne to present themselves and oes not give the voters enough is only one afternoon, students is out altogether. L anger< in some cases, violence. A , popular misperception today is that we are loathesome, lethargic, irresponsible, unmotivated, unproductive, disgusting creatures who deserve no respect or consideration as human beings. It's just not I rue, damn it, and you know it, too. It's A. - A. L _ A __ . . A - 1 I ! ?. lime mai we bioppea Deing so laid back to take this punishment and assert ourselves for once in our lives. Otherwise, it's going to get worse. THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is in urgent need of your support. We are now facing a number of bills in the State House that seek to increase penalties, outlaw paraphenalia , and ultimately further the myth that marijuana smokers are "the scum of the earth." We can stand up to these pressures and win, but not if we don't make the effort. Politically naive, am I? Well, if the folks who helped d 1 908 Advertising 777 4249 Production 777 2833 Editor Leesa Bainbridge Editorial Page Editor Cylinda Calvert Wire Editor Jerry Brewer . General Manager William finsley . Production Manager Jean Hatched Business Manager Ross Furtick Advertising Manager Mark Ethridge Jr Advisor i Columns 3 the Associated Press All other material ;ed without the permission of the editor, ck are those, if signed, of the writer and, if nd columns. All lettors and columns must space line 00 words, and columns should be limited iger than (our typed pages Letters and vriter's correct name, telephone number, cultv position and major Pseudonyms are may he withheld on letters, upon request. ns and letters for space and style, and we i tor any reason. iitorial-Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, wnv ou 1,1 N0 iLECT 1 :o,d^e E FOR nc. *,, BILLY !?!, the P?t TOM SlI SAY, ARE: Sorority, fraternity and dor visited by most major candidal attended by a majority of the st Rallies could be held by the ? Letters to 2d by sh elect President Reagan are so anxious to cut government spending and wasteful and ineffective programs, they can have a field day with the marijuana issue. And what about the fears of adolescent drug abuse? Well, you bet; there is roacnn fr?r illrm TVu-? mnm> i vuuvn ivi uiniiu, i va; llictiAjr kids are getting high and can't handle it. But if you want to keep the stuff away from the kids who are too young to handle it, you've got to legalize it, institute Domino valid sue To the Editor: Freedom, justice and mor Gooding, but let me bring you 1 UAOU; mt? cAiirnoo om sls\i mi . n^aijr, tiijr oi/ui vto uvi have a number of friends ar South and Central America. Gooding? The Marxist litera cafe? Yes, Mr. Gooding, the right to their revolution, or is i is a difference, Mr. Gooding. You seem to think America c the Communist side, but loc Gooding. Castro had tacit (do Mr Gooding) American suppc mountains against Batista, relatives who were there, Americans fighting with him, Castro betrayed the peoples' sponsored several Cuban fri( who lost all they had fleeing th DO YOU really believe the damn who America does or c think the Marxists give a da People? Are you really that sti By implication, Mr. Goodi domino theory. The Soviets, they believe in the domino dominoes in Hungary ii Czechoslovakia in 1967, Mr. G< Mr. Gooding; and they wi Poland" as Mr. Brezhnev Congress last week, Mr. Good Think for a minute, Mr. Go has caused the Western Dem< of the Soviet Union. We do America and the Carribbean y protect. Under Western infli softened into democracies as =sM^iliCT A vote g* ?* FO* POWlOffXTij^al 3urly A V0T?f\l^-/r SHIfU-*> ? ?. Lining iy . iwim. ^ rLeCTjjglp Lfl? .1 M "HARV ,+ r &? UORKIV T\kt/ &* cmner \)] J& M1]''A jklp // ii 5TUD?"A/T goverhmei m government meetings are tes, but these are by no means udents. i individual candidates. They the Editor inritinrs over-the-counter sales to diminish black market sales, and sell it only to adults. It's the only way to save the children. We have plenty of ground to stand on in fighting these battles, but we can't do it without a little help. Write us: South Carolina NORML, c/o USC NORML, PO Box 80155, USC. Or call me: 798-4462. Wayne Brooks State Coordinator Cm.tl. t ..nil., r. MAI) V* I kjvum v ni uiuid HVlilTlLi theory fgestion ality, noble sentiments, Mr. >ack to earth for moment. Like Libtless inadequate also; I only id relatives living throughout What are your sources, Mr ture festooning the G.R.O.W. people of El Salvador have a t a Marxist insurgency? There lrives repressed people toward tk back on your history, Mr. you understand the word tacit, >rt when he was fighting in the I know, Mr. Gooding, I had Mr. Gooding. There were Mr. Gooding. Some years after revolution against Batista, I jnds for American citizenship at socialist workers' paradise. Marxists in El Salvador give a loesn't support? Do you really mn about the El Salvadorean Lipid, Mr. Gooding? ng, you seem to scoff at the Mr. Gooding, are pragmatic; theory. They stopped those a 1956, Mr. Gooding; in [>oding; in Afganistan last year, II "secure their interests in warned at the Fifth Party ing. fiHinc* hnu/ miiph frnuhlo PuKq Vv?..0) - ?v? ?? (aivivia VA VUM1V V/UMU [)cracies as agent provocateurs have vital interests in I^atin vhich we would be foolish not to uence right wing juntas have Greece and Spain attest. Leonard Henry School of Public Health flW I n>n am =yr | ImgaBfni aVOTE] Ct gJMJL^l?= ib" iH P0IK,DE><T if \IT ELECTIONS CO could get out and meet the p< or hang-outs. But candidates of the students by assuming t most clever poster or the cute Student. mhirh ci M/I ??v/i ? era vogue f( To the Editor: This is yet another cont Gamecock Journalism ? solution of which will better r The purpose of this ma resolution of the question of f of South Carolina. APPARENTLY there is ( dress the "Fashion Conscio Any cultured knave would "prep" has reigned since th my affiliation with "GQ" i cover at the Capitol Newssl dress common only to th California. And I'll bet Mr. Brieter's from Pfllifnmia wnnlri ale Carolina girls shave their lej should feel fortunate to be li with the leadership in Natior none other than the Atlantic For those so quick to criti the greatest fashion genre suggest that you channel manner and get in line eai shirt sale. And remember cuffed, your sucker seered a C r> i concert touchim To the Editor: Thank you, Gamecock, fo an unbelievable analysis o the Bruce Springsteei concert. We have never reai such a touching revie\ which captured the mood c an entire evening so well Gamecock writer Mik Homatowski expresse beautifully the majesti quality of Springsteen's an His evaluation of the concei ranks as one of the fines journalistic pieces we'v ever read in me Gamecock. SPRINGSTEEN'S critic say he is limited in subje< matter to streets, cars an the night. But Bruce is master of the streets; in tli streets lies his essence an _ EMHMi Bsng -i M L we, JH^^l <?5l czeRtM IprethWJ-^ KowiJ^^ae "fR EZmlsic. 1 Aiwrrr5-.'? ** ?:> he M VOTe '"lMG UP? ~~ftti*n?ct jople in their dorms, cafeterias shouldn't insult the intelligence hey'11 base their decision on the st candidate. <2 r/phn^p I ty/es are ashions ribution to the idiocy of the another debatable issue, the nankind. inuscript is to facilitate the ashion at the Vogue University iiscrepency as to what line of us" student should adhere to. allow that the dogma of the le dawn of mankind. Although is limited to viewing the new lana, 1 acKnowienee a siyie 01 lis area, not like 5 (Feb. 27 Gamecock) friends o be surprised to hear that gs. Instead of being critical, we ving in a region that is blessed ml Fashion. We are speaking of Clothes Conference. icize the "Prep Creed," indeed of the century, we can only your efforts in a productive ly for the Brittons Spring Polo the motto, may your pants be | nd your shorts boxed. I Elliot "Chip" Montgomery IV [ law student | review I 3 analysis his lore. He relates all of r life's experiences through f these symbols and expresses n his art in a comparable way. d ^ We see him as the epitome I of all we want to be: young, * wild, crazy, free and ? rebellious, but smart enough to realize there's a "Price tc you Fay." * Mike Romatowski's excellent analysis will serve as a memento of one of the greatest events to take place ,s at USC. d Laura Loro a I^ori Jordon ie Lorraine Loro id journalism seniors 1