The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 09, 1981, Page Page 2, Image 2
Editorial
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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.
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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
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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,
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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 ""
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I wait ? discover the training opportunities available on I
this campus. * |
1 GAMECOCK I
University o< South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. I
Founded 1908
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Tom Coyne Asst. News Editor Mike Ebher Graphics Editor
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Mike Komatowski. . . Entertainment Editor Linda Haines Advertising Manager
John Vaughan Asst. Ent. Editor Mark McEwan Production Maftager
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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
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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
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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<
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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
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then came out of our house to disgust as a police officer Please think <
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[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
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from the knowledge of evil (in our
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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
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take roommate his entire life,
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career and future employment.
Even if he is not
I s convicted, how would you as
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an employer view an apn
his plicant who has answered
ever? positively to the question
was "Have you ever been
by a arrested?"
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3 was to realize how many people |
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I am crimes they did not com- ^
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re he could be you or I.
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* not LAIJRIANN PITEK
y e r y Ad/Pr Senior