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GAMECOCK LXXIV, No. 75 University of South Carolina Wednesday February 3, 1982 ! ? Nobel Pri Discrssc ByKM LaFE SUH Writer "I cannot foresee any possibili Polish situation as long as a m? prison." Those are the words of Polish ^ winner, Czeslaw Milosz speakir yesterday concerning the impost! future of the Polish people. "I am more satisfied with the Polish situation than I am with th< Western Europe," Milosz said. Milosz has spent the last 30 veai has sworn not to return as Ion remains the way it is today. Milos view that the recent military coup that the Polish gc /ernment had tot for the action for some time. Since his exile, Milosz returnee being last summer, when he re During that time he came in con Lech Walesa. "I have a great deal of respe< Walesa. He successfully establish in Poland; a mode of unity betw ana me intellectuals," Milosz said Milosz also said he feels he colleagues in Poland who cannot s "Abroad, or in Poland, we are speak, I speak the views of my silenced. Poland, according to Milosz, is slump, mounting a debt of sever 6 economic downfall, Milosz said, ^ Kit/ma Phi Fncilnn mo practices for the upcc tra murals. ze W innin d.i:a n ;s r oiisn r MTfiA t. ty of normalization of the . an like Lech Walesa is in poet and 1980 Nobel Prize ^ ig at a press * conference ion of martial law and the s American response to the 11 2 reactions of the nations of r *s in exile from Poland and g g as the political system z said he does not share the i was not premeditated, but h jen planning and preparing 1 to Poland only once, that c ceived a hero's welcome. s tact with Solidarity leader F a :t and admiration for Mr. led that which was missing w een the workers of Poland f( 1! has an obligation to his peak for themselves. c< nnif/\rl T o ?-v-? f i im/> .?.U am T uniiuu. i am suic wiicii 1 pi colleagues who have been N si in a very severe economic di al billions of dollars. This rr , was caused by peculiar a: >*11 fc&.V E .:> :; -***' .-x- v vi.. ,;<v^' . ?****<: :^:;-- -?v tl '.mM.;. ^OTWSSv. :- :....: . " : . .**< SUff Photo by DAVID CRIMLEY 1 f n? i vi 4U mut'i jrai nowman 1,1 >ming softball in- el m 19 g Poet Vis eople, Eco JL rade agreements made in 1975 It seems that, for the last si: een purchasing various indus 1 turn, selling them to the So alued at only a fraction of the c Milosz said several loans ? Europe have actually gone to th With the threat of Soviet in aid the continuation of econ important role in the future of tl "If the situation remains un( esistance by the people of Pc emains a prisoner, 1 have no l olidarity. It is too early to prop When asked if he felt his fan is public opposition to the mil One should not submit to any f Since his exile, Milosz has li ontinuing to write in his nativ< taff of the University of Ce 'rofessor of Slavic studies and cademic year as a visiting pro Mik..;z's most powerful poer n he worked with thp Pn )llowing the supression of the 350's, broke with the governme Unlike may 20th century pc alebrated neuroses of the ublished in the "New York obel Prize winner said, "I'm n :rength is their illness. Unfor isturbance ? not even alcol luch to drink. I cannot cla ssociated with epnins in th*? ont LJSC Grad With By JULIE JAMESON Staff Writer USC graduate Mari tfaseng drives through the Vashington D.C. early norning traffic to get to her ffice at the White House vhere she is one of five peech writers for President tonald Reagan. "I never thought I'd end up n politics. Going from ournalism to politics almost ontradicts itself," said flaseng. Maseng is a 1975 graduate rom me use College of ournalism. She began her areer with an internship at le Charleston Evening ost. "When I graduated in December, I got my job as a ; eporter for the Charleston : vening Post and stayed 1 lere for two years." ] Maseng heard through illow journalists that Strom t. hlirmnnrf's ' I impaign needed a press } ;cretary. Maseng applied f id got the job. "I was f ;sitant to go into politics. At t ie time I thought it was a mporary move. I always \ tended to get back into | urnalism." While Maseng worked on s e Thurmond for re- I prtinn namnaifln chn ' Ollt II1CI I any influential people. In u 80, she worked for the sits USC >nomy with the Soviet Union. k or seven years, Poland has trial goods with dollars, and, viet Union for parity rubles, >riginal cost, he said. j ;iven to Poland by Western e Soviet Union. tprv^ntinn nrouolont T\/TiInr-i vw. * v*v*v>4 |/k VTUIVIIVf JlUHVOL omic sanctions will play an le Polish people. changed, I can predict strong land. But as long as Walesa dea as to what will become of ihesize," Milosz said. lily was in danger because of itary crackdown, Milosz said, orm of blackmail." ve in the United States while B tongue. In 19fi1 hp ininpH j v.v. | ilifornia at Berkeley as the literature. He is spending this fessor to Harvard University. ris deal with World War II, lish diplomatic service, but coalition government in the nt and settled in Paris. >ets, Milosz has avoided the modern times. In a story Times Magazine," the 1980 Ot like SO msnv writ^rc u;Viaco tunately I cannot claim any lolism, although I like very im any features which are h century." Moves To Her Name Robert Dole presidential campaign as a political consultant. From there she joined the Reagan team as media consultant. "I worked chiefly in Detroit with the title of assistant to the chariman who was Senator Paul Laxalt from Nevada." After the election, Maseng \I700 l ^ ' 1 <imo mi cu iu me transition staff. This staff is composed of five writers, a director and researchers. "I never dreamed of meeting the president, let alone working for him." Maseng said she was nervous when she first met with the president. "When I walked in," Maseng said, "he stood up, shook my hand and immediately made me smile and feel warm. He's very gracious. He's very "Speech-writing," Maseng said, "is very much different. You can't write in /our own voice. You have to ^et in your principal's head, amiliarize yourself with his houghts." Maseng and other writers vork with what the ^resident wants to say. 'When we help write the :nAonh tim ^ J ? v.v-v.1?, ry v. iuivi: IU ^UllblUCI' ?is voice and tone. We have o know the words he likes to ise and his thoughts. "The president likes to rnm^^^mmm: _~i.^.i~i _jr?v-^ v^x^MJ^^^v^f:::::;-'^M-^iMjB,-^ J v: VJ -H'"-j?L_- _-.r ? -_-i li: i Czeslaw Milosz, 1980 P poet, visited USC vest White Hou On The Dc work on his cnopphpg LLo I takes a special interest in < each word. He's his best speech writer, because he 1 knows the words he wants to say. ] "All speeches belong to President Reagan, to say we ' wrote them would be 1 wrong." Reflecting on the people ! who influenced her, Maseng 1 emphasized the strong background she received at USC. "The Drofessors in the school of journalism are fantastic. They give so much attention, and they all have r tremendous experience. I had the book education, but more important was the practical training. The most important things the professors emphasized were the ethical priorties. That 1 has remained with me and < always." 1 Maseng always wanted to < be a writer but said, "I had ! been to too many movies | where writers are starving." She laughed. "In journalism I could do what I loved to do tinrl havo a inh u;itH cnh_ Uliu HUT V U JVM TFIVU UUM stance." Maseng had worked on her junior high schooi and high school newspapers. "By the time I got to college, I had already i ye MMMt Staff Photo by DAVID GRIM1FY tobel Prize winning erday. :se Office >or iecided on journalism for a career." 4' I love living in Washington. It's a terrific :ity. It has everything ? r\lo\/c tKnotnr it'o o k/iuj o, tuvutrji ? jrv/t iv o a manageable city. "Although I'd like to get oack to writing, for the first time in a long time I'm not looking for a new job. I still have a lot to learn about speech writing but I'm really enjoying it." Maseng said of the president, "he loves this country. Freedom to him is very precious. He really believes all the patriotic nessageshe gives to people. Family, God and country have been important to him all his life. They're guiding principles for him." As a presidential speech writer, Maseng says, "We have to be aware of everything. We constantly have to be on the edge of everything that's going on ? Social Security, Lebanon, loreign attairs, everything. We deal with every aspect of American life." Maseng has just been nominated one of the ten most outstanding women in the country. These women are nominated h v ~ J businessmen from all over the country.