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Editorial I I IS ?M 1 inuiTTerence May Shadow Opportunity There is more to the academic life than exercising the daily routine of attending classes and completing homework. Getting good grades and a college degree is no guarantee that one will land a job in his or her chosen field. Previous experience in a job, although on the nonprofessional college level, will give involved students a headstart in the job race. For example, students planning careers in journalism or broadcasting can gain experience by working on the Gamecock newspaper or for WUSC student radio. The experience gained by working for these student organizations is a valuable romnlimpnt tr? apaHomin work. j WORKING for the Garnet and Black (the USC yearbook) or the Portfolio (the student literary magazine) provides the same benefits ? collegiate on-the-job experience that one won't attain by sliding in and out of classroom desks. But those of us in student media recently noticed an alarming indifference ? bordering on apathy ? on the part of the students who could qualify for leadership positions within student media but fail to do so. C ' x.ic ucouiiuc iui applications lor me positions ot editor of the Gamecock, station manager of WUSC, editor of the Portfolio and editor of the Garnet and Black was Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Openings for these positions were first announced in late October. Plenty of time for interested students to apply, yet a total of only four people applied for the jobs. Two students applied for Gamecock editor and two sought the position of WUSC station manager. No students applied for the other positions. i It seems incredible that only four interested students onnlia/4 ftKs-. ^ - 1 1 uj/yntu iui uic uurnecopR ailU WUSli positions. It IS disappointing to find that no Journalism or English majors wish to hone their talents in Portfolio and Garnet and Black editorial jobs. Perhaps the lure of experience and a more complete resume is insufficient to attract qualified students to leadership positions within student media. The Gamecock staff this semester found this to be true in part. The paper suffered a loss of writers when it was announced that reporters would not be paid due to cutbacks in Student Government funding. But staff positions in student media organizations, ' - - - Hc*i liquidity uie management posmons, pay fairly well. Gamecock editor receives a salary of $1,800 per year, WUSC Station manager makes $1800 per year, the editor of the Garnet and Black gets $1800 per year. The editor of Portfolio however receives no salary but experience should be attractive in itself. 1 We ask ourselves why, with the training and monetary benefits one receives from these positions, don't more people wish to raise themselves above the status of Joe Student. We can only conclude that lack of motivation accounts for low turnout. j Students content nnlv with Q/?arlnmi/>o 1 "" v .T UVUUVIII1V.O .7IIUU1UI1 LUC. Wliy || I wait ? discover the training opportunities available on I this campus. * | 1 GAMECOCK I University o< South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. I Founded 1908 1 Newsroom: 777-7181 Advertising: 777-4249 Business Office: 777-3888 Production: 777-2833 Mark Platte Editor | Beth Sundila Copy Desk Chief Tracy Helms Sports Editor David Corvette News Editor )im Coibett Asst. Sports Editor Tom Coyne Asst. News Editor Mike Ebher Graphics Editor Don Weatherbee . .. Editorial Page Editor Jerry Brewer General Manager Mike Komatowski. . . Entertainment Editor Linda Haines Advertising Manager John Vaughan Asst. Ent. Editor Mark McEwan Production Maftager Mark Ethridge |r Adviser JeanHatchcll Business Manager Sole reproduction rights granted to the Associated Press. 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[ I MB We reserve the right to edit coltimi? and letters for space and style, and we reserve I j ' ; the right to refect any column for any reason. ! j Address letters and columns to: fdrtorul Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, I Columbia, S.C. 29208. . I The 'Gamecock" is a frcensed student organisation of H?e University of South S Carolina and receives funding from student activity fee?. ThisisRonald. I and active je sZti 155 he also eats i? Yogurt everyvihY? nee ?Lptfprc To Thp FHifnr?? ? ? ? m ._? m BL.^a H ?. I Nationalism Shields Politi TO THE EDITOR: } been the case since the country was young am "Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny." These immortal without allowing our g words of Thomas Jefferson are not simply another quaint spying on us. Now our c u:,.t?: ? i * _?.*? -! uiaunicai example 01 uie gionous political rnetoric of our and the paranoia of th dead past. They are a statement of stern political reality. The tionately. Obviously, it i reality of the all-corrupting influence of political power? designs of foreign spj especially unanswerable power. This truth seems to be lost rather than adopting th on most of the politically dense inhabitants of the 20th cen- the secret police state tury. As proof I offer the \ Gamecock's editorial terested in protecting pnnrlnnirirf tV*n nom mnun 1 4 1 ' 1..1V livw niuvc Kjy mc ivcdgtin aunuinsirauon 10 terested in protecting th increase the authority of the CIA to spy on law abiding American citizens. It amazes me how quickly the lessons of WE MAY be born v Watergate and the other innumerable earlier abuses of this ignorance to protect us same spying power have been completely lost on most government), but it on people, as if most Americans are born with some kind of deceitful practices whj< armadillo like thick hide composed of paranoid nationalism which shields them from any knowledge of the abuse corruption, and destructive evil to be found even in their own blessed government. It is true that many foreign governments less free than ours have designs on us, but that has US( Help Wanted: An Appeal T< m m TO THE EDITOR: retrieve his cigarettes from pointed at my friend an his car. The officer also of my roommates and s mates and^Men'Tof Zne "?<carcase When I^sked""they al we3 watchinT a" foXail a wea??n led f game on television. I was . ,^Jfa ??' WaSi!i( cooking a special birthday WITHIN minutes, we were quiet or they would dinner for the friend and was joined on our front lawn hv aown to tne station a looking forward to a nice seven more students and a TUD?r . , , evening at home. dozen campus and i city fri^ However, when I stepped police. Vague descriptions of birthday eveningin a i out of the house to make a the thieves were given ti the stati0n was released a phone call, there were pol.ce by the students, ilwill owri recognizance. How several students standing on not waste your time or atone my roommate my front lawn wjth a campus in this space by wilting "Msitivelv" irtPntifiPH imicci wiiu wiu me i anoiner critical review ?f the female who witness^ was unable to leave. When 1 campus police. Let us s^iffice theft of the couch and h< asked why I was being to say Hitler would have booked. His trial date ii detained, he would not an- been proud; the Gestapo is Friday and the reason swer me. The students told alive and well at USC. writing this letter is t< me a couch had been stolen They made my three peal to this witness tefo MilriPfOn Srp nnk Ht. raii! roommates leave our house is convirfeH of a crii carried to a fence outside our and hned us up on the porch, personally know he di< backyard. The birthdav bov t v k - j . r 11. amazement and commit. then came out of our house to disgust as a police officer Please think < A $ ntfoocjghhss [ rsetemv ? ' an afford t&... fW hesncti iU. on social q saturitiY. ar ical Abuse beginning of our country. When our i vulnerable we survived quite well ^ [overnment the dangerous power of :ountry is the most powerful on earth ose in power has increased propor.vould be more effective to combat the 'S with legitimate, honest methods le universally corrupting methods of , if the government were really inour freedom rather than simply inleir own power. v zith this armadillo hide of political $ from the knowledge of evil (in our lv FYlplrAC lie mni*n tmlnnKnUIn fVio 'j uu iiiui v vuni^iaui^ tu tuv/ ch our own government encourages. STEVEN VANDERVELDE Secretary/Treasurer C, Students For A Libertarian Society ?A Witness d one carefully about what you tated witnessed. In such exrrest. citement and confusion, we ways are all capable of making Ponlp Slir?V? Q miotnlro Diit "Aiir r-v WMV?? U UllOtUlVV'. JUUt JVMl )ld to mistake could follow my take roommate his entire life, lso. affecting his academic ?) career and future employment. Even if he is not I s convicted, how would you as tolice - 1 an employer view an apn his plicant who has answered ever? positively to the question was "Have you ever been by a arrested?" I the It frightens and alarms me I 3 was to realize how many people | 3 this a TP nnui camrinn tnr> ,.vn ov> Vlllg HI11V. >U1 I am crimes they did not com- ^ 9 aP_ mitt. . .and how easily it re he could be you or I. lie I * not LAIJRIANN PITEK y e r y Ad/Pr Senior