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Editorial - yroci "Never, ever, has he attemp or the American people, or true." And so said David Stockmai 12, after Stockman's criticis: program were made public in issue of Atlantic Monthly mag; "In our meeting, I told the permit my careless rambling way of the success of his prej his program," the 35-year-old But it seems, however, Sto< "careless rambling." Stockmj economic program were madi Educ tion of David Stockm* regular meetings between Greider, the author of the artic Stockman is quoted in the a really understands what's go bers," when referring to th< described the Reagan tax c Horse" to win tax cuts for the I A furious Reagan met wi refused to accept Stockman' that day when Stockman took i "But let me be clear on my < here now-nor would I have u nearly a year? if I did not beli policies." Why didn't Reagan fire Sto< would have made public mor few secrets, if he had been let j But the damage is done. < there's Alexander Haig, Se economic side? David StocV stantly puts his foot in his m seriously. Stockman,on the otl almost a year before talking, i foot in his mouth. Stockman's contradicting statements are his own neck. Grieder in his article desc bitious former congressman DAorfon rl it iuutv iv uit ivca^an u economy around. But Stockman became mor by until he finally told Griede founded on "guess work" and Stockman's comments wer rambling." We commend hii doubts, but condemn him f< position. GAME University of South Ca founde Newsroom: 777-71BI Business Office: 777-J888 Mart Platle Belh Sundrla ( opy Desk Chief David Corvette News Editor Tom Coyne Asst. News Editor Don Weatheroer . . . Editorial Pa^e Editor Mike Romatowski . . . Entertainment Editor John Vaughan Asst. Ent. Editor Mark t'thridge |r Adviser I sole reproduction rights granted lo the ; Uined herein may not be reproduced vvithoi Opinions expressed in the Camerock are signed, o) the editor. The Gamecock welcomes tetters and co typewritten, triple-spiced on a 65 space line letters should be no longer than iOO won newsworthy subject no longer than (our ty signed with the writer's correc t name, te standing or faculty position and major. Pseui name may be withheld on letter, upon r?qu< We reserve the right to edit columns and l the right to reject any column (or any reason Address letters and columns to: fditorial I Columbia, S C. 29208 Irh* '(jimwock" K .1 Ikewrd ?l?dfnl o f jroliiu 4i>d re<enr\ funjmn from ttutienl mmmmmmmmmaammmmmmmmmmmammmammmmmmn [man >ted to mislead the Congress say things which weren't ti of President Reagan Nov. ms of Reagan's economic an article in the December azine. President that I would not ; to a reporter stand in the iidency or the credibility of budget director said. \ ckman's criticisms weren't an's doubts over the Reagan e public in the article, "The in," after eight months of 4 ur:ii: OlVA~ vIIlclKl CU1U VV llllCtlll :le. rticle as saying "none of us ing on with all these num3 Reagan budget. He also :ut proposal as a "Trojan ligh income population. th Stockman Nov. 12, but c rncirtnoiiAM o i toigiiauun, it wao laici t all back. )wn account: I would not be /orked 16 hours per day for eve in the President and his :kman? Perhaps Stockman e of his misgivings, plus a Dn the foreign policy side cretary of State. On the iman. But as Haig conlouth, one cannot take him ler hand,worked quietly for kVe believe he did not put his apology to Reagan and his tne results of efforts to save ribes Stockman as an amwho believed he could conlesigned to turn the nation's e pessimistic as time went r that the federal cuts were would not succeed. e not, obviously, "careless n for going public with his jr backing down from his MHRHNHMHWHWHinni COCK I rolina, Columbia, S.C. jj d 190H ! ! Advertising: 777-424S Produt (ion: 777-28J1 tditor | Iri<y Helms Sports Iditor Jim Corbet! Asst. Sports iditor Mike lisher (irjphks fditor |erry Brewer (,em-Mi M^na^er lindi tliinrs. Advertising Manager Mark Mdwdii Produi tiori Manager Jean HaU hell Business Manager Associated Press. All other material ton lii ine permission ol the editor. those. if signed. of the writer and, if un lumns. All letters and columns must be ils, and columns should be limited to one p?>d pages, letters and columns must be lephone number, mailing address, clas, aonyrm a re unacceptable, but the writer's , 41, if the circumstances warrant it. Mter* for space and style, and we reserve Pa^e fditor, Gamecock, Drawer A, l)S(, r^am/ation of the University ot South activity fee? . A ^ A MB V 0MP.1; ^ A H V ^ ^ /!% 1 Mt w vviuiiii TO THE EDITOR: In regard to Mr. Weatherbee's letter (and the responses), I would like to have my say about the gays. I too have had close encounters with the gay world. Reiiretfullv T havp IpampH to "live with it" although I don't agree with their cause. However, I feel that bathrooms are for private matters, not pleasure trips. I can agree that a healthy society is not ashamed of their actions. I ask Mr. Fata, "If one is not ashamed of their actions, then why do they resort to bathrooms?" I also agree that we are free to express ourselves, but not at TO THE EDITOR: As a returning student to USC, I was shocked to find in the Nov. 11, 1981, edition of the Gamecock such a bigotted and reactionary editorial. 'Til now I had considered the Gamecock a progressive, open-minded newspaper; a responsible spokesman for all the students. By referring to the bathroom sex in Russell House and generalizing that all gays would care to engage in this sad and ritualistic sex, you have set back on this campus any progress gays may have made towards arcpntaripp But perhaps that was your purpose. Compassion and thought did not go into this editorial. Not all gays care to ? or want to ? satisfy their needs in the Russell House Qtycywewz??w. 3St>CUt... Letters To Th< 1 Cnnrlrc V|fHI the interruption of my si privacy. fi P TRUE, some public love- n making could be toned down, but, I will "express" myself w to my female friends w anyway and anywhere I h want ? keeping in mind R others' opinions. However, d the bathroom is off-limits for c my love life and it should p (out of respect) be off-limits ir to yours also. d S The gay fellow who tl responded to Weatherbee's letter and then refused to sign his own name says a lot ii for the gay cause. If you're o embarrassed (or scared) to ii bathrooms. And I do agree IV. that for them to do so is ui unacceptable. But lonely ol people do desperate and tl socially (as well as legally) p unaccepiaoie inings like H that. There are throe bars in p, Columbia that have a mainly hi gay clientale. And I for one s< do not care for "the bar a scene." U a SENATE Street is another t( meeting piace lor gay males, v If you, Don, had to go to a bar, on the streets or into a g public bathroom to find the b kind of love (and yes sex) " that you wanted and needed; H if you were ostracized and c criticized at every turn for a \/Aiir cnviial * - jruut ov.auui pi CICI UUtX, It wouldn't you feel all alone? tl I am lucky. I have gay t< friends who are supportive h and loving. Not every gay r< person is as lucky as I am. p i Editor ? More Lett :and up for your cause in others. 1 don* ont of your own peers, then to privacy beii oint your finger at yourself, if I ever s< otme. staring at n Had Mr. Campbell been as "homo hole," ell versed in history as he down and th as in psychology, he would watch the cu ave realized that the great jollies as I fli :oman empire collapsed (as the john. id tne lireek and Egyptian ;mpires) because of internal Gay people roblems. It seems that their but if you are lcredibly advanced culture embarrassed id not stop their demise, different that omething for America to from the p link about, huh? suggest that ii that should 1 CLOSE with this: we are mine. ideed free to express urselves as long as we don't ifringe on the rights of lleligou! [any are lonely; many are you encoura ustable from the mountains heterosexuals f guilt that moralistic and and agree wil loughtless people like you being down ound into them. "dirty laundr; eterosexuals (which I resume you are, however omophobic) also have the 1 QUITE n mie loneliness, frustrations maY "tolerat< nd problems as gay people. as they keep nfortunately gays have closed. Fine, dded guilt and fowor rw?nnlp heterosexual ) call on for help and ad- showing affe ice. I resent your pus. i also r eneralizations. I resent type of c eing referred to as a generate vij homo" fit only for harrassing lalloween. I resent your lonely peopl lever little slur of "Adam think, Don, a nd Steve." I resent your compassion. .otio Hum sieps lorwarc le fall of the Roman empire are pushed to ) the lack of competition for etero-sexual dating. I esent the ficticious way you resented gays. 1 resent that s ??? c' f 1I ranW ' ers i ! t like mv rieht ^ o rig violated and ?e an eyeball ne through a I will spray it en proceed to lprit get more ish his head in are different, 1 so ashamed or of your being you must hide ublic, then I t is yourattitude change, not TIM ALLEN sStudies Senior K eed onlv the ? to write you th you. I resent -graded into y.M jalize that you 5" gays as long their sexuality tj then also ban couples from uuon on camealize that this jditorial can ^ilante groups innocent and n Mnvt limn v. i iv.;Ai. nd have a little For every two 1 gays make,we ?ck one. ee LETTERS page 9