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* A borti TO THE EDITOR I was going to stay out of the battle concerning abortion, but after reading Daniel Fink's letter of Feb- 10, this is no longer possible. Mr Fink H icpuccoc _ mmmmm \?iOV> VttJOV/O H1C horrors of an abortion he ^ witnessed. I find his scare ^ techniques to be appalling, especially because they are not true. I had an abortion in 1977 and I remember it clearly. I was not gassed, Get I TO THE EDITOR In the Feb. 3 issue of the G< entitled "Tax Exemptions: W< a the article submitted her ^ ~.3.i? ? * cuiiui leu sut; reau containing c and his political stand concern As I read this article furthe stated a few religious organi have discriminated in some fa read that she listed that 44 Church is discriminatory ev< disturbed by this false state believe the name African in African descent only, meanin Africans. This is not true at a other ethnic groups that were as well. ^ Furthermore, as a member say that the African Methodi any means discriminatory. Let us look briefly at the hisl TO THE EDITOR This letter is in regard to statements made by Mark Platte in his column (Feb. 8) concerning his recent trip to Atlanta. Mr. Platte spoke of a billboard in the downtown area which read, "Beware, you are in Atlanta where the police are undermanned, underpaid, underequipped." The billboard also keeps a running total of all murders as of Jan. 1. Being an Atlanta resident for the past ten years, I would just like to clarify a few of Mr. Platte's v "facts" about my city. THE PR PRQPC /Q on Not The nor was I in incredible pain, nor did I have any desire to scream. The only drug 1 was given were two Valium. Yes, I was given an injection in my uterus to make it exnanH K?it <-? i/unu, uui oiucc me uiei us has very few nerve endings, I could barely feel the shot. The actual abortion took about three to five minutes to perform. It was uncomfortable and somewhat painful, but it was over quickly. I had bad cramps -acts Straic 4m amecock, there was an article eapons" in which the writer of viewpoints about an earlier ipinion about Strom Thurmond ing Bob Jones University, r, the person talked about and zations which she believed shion. I noted as I continued to African Methodist Episcopal Br. in its name." I was very ment. The person led me to i AME meant for persons of >g black Americans and black 11.There are whites as well as born on the continent of Africa of this denomination, I must st Episcopal Church is not by ;orical background of the AME AME Opei First of all, the billboard of which Mr. Platte speaks is privately owned by what you might call "a concerned citizens group." Atlantans are very aware of the violence which plagues the downtown area and warnings such as this are the _ _ ^ t a. i a. very source ui uiai awareness. Mr. Platte, would you have rather gone to Atlanta, taken a stroll down Peachtree Street at night and thought yourself to be safe? Maybe for the good of your readers you should have. You can't just visit a ESDENT^ ess.. Mf nnKHBatnBMHHMMB ? Way Desi for about 10 minutes, but these had disappeared within 30 minutes. As for any after-effects, there were none. In fact, two days after my aDoruon, 1 learned how to water ski. I am not the exception to Mr. Fink's rule. I have spoken to a number of women who have had abortions and their experiences concur with mine. More women die and suffer ill effects from childbirth fht On Ath Church. During the 1700s wfc them were Methodists or B people joined the churches. ] churches, blacks formed thei slave Richard Allen led Philadelphia St. George's Me segregated pews and establis its first bishop and had Allen Since then, the AME Chui largest black churches in th open to all. The name African in AME mostly persons of African de and formed this institution racism. I would suggest to tl "Tax Exemptions: Weapons' Afro-American history befo racial discrimination in this c Al Ai T? A ft ri io /ill city and believe your first impressions to be correct. You said the "amazing thing about Atlanta is the way whites and blacks don't interact unless they have to." On what facts do you base this statement? Do you think that the downtown business area is divided in two sections: one white, one black? Whites and blacks may hang out on different street corners but that's irrelevant. Truly the amazing thing about Atlanta is how they do interact. One reason why Atlanta A zrihed than from abortion. Abortion is an unpleasant experience, but one that can be dealt with. Telling women that they should not have an O KArfiAn " A'? Mwvt tivii uvvauoc it lb tUU ^ horrible is like telling a child that if he gets out of bed again, the boogie man will get him. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST inta len blacks were slaves, most of apusts because generally poor Because of segregation in white r own churches. In 1787, former his companions from the ithodist Church which contained hed the AME Church. Allen was University named after him. rch has grown to be one of the e world and its membership is merely suggests that these are scent who believe in Methodism as a result of segregation and le person who wrote the article ' that she should study carefully re she makes assumptions on ountry. LAN LEONARD STEVENSON *t Studio Junior nas oecome tne international city it is, is because it has overcome many of the racial barriers other cities have not (Columbia included). Mr. Platte, it is part-time know-it-alls like you (who let their first impressions guide their opinions) who started the North-South trash printed on the toilet paper you call the Gamecock last semester. GREG DODD Business Freshman <ali w INGRESS DISPOSES MARK PLATTE Editor-in-Chief PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.:A y< police officer drives up Wheat Sti center to the campus police headc intersection of Sumter and Wheat driving with one hand on the whee hair, is looking in the rear view m the stop sign at the intersection, th comb his hair while looking in th< hands on the wheel, isn't looking ; to be a model for Right? A | and asked me, "Why do you have I Don't you see the positive side of ; putting others down?" Well, there sides to every issue and if that v written completely, she'd know directed from this column seen those bumper stickers of I supermarkets in town? The sloga "l.FPISr/Nr/VA FSrct r?f oil i "lowest food prices in South Ca Virgina" is stupid enough for a si slogan, but who would put that or extremely bright group of ad c up It CONGRESSIONAL TEAMS are Salvador to report firsthand on there daily. Still, I can't actually i going to El Salvador and seeing there will be distortions and bia ment. Hopefully, we will not see c coming back and telling the RE/ exactly what it wants to hear television SOAP OPERA called life in Houston. Apparently in one was murdered. So the quick-witte calling a Houston homocide detecl the murder. The detective's name detective on the soap, hence the p watchers so dense that they can tasy? Not only do they show theii calls but they disrupt police invest SPRING BREAK starts in about which is hard to believe considerii it just began. Anyway, it will be a break so early in the yea CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER story on a jury which had to delit only difference between this and rape had somehow been videota fiscated by the prosecution and j credible ending to this court case alleged rapist not guilty House showing of ESCAPE FROM for all its banality, was entertain was half-way through the movie, came into the Russell House theati the plot by friends. Then one of the jokes about Adrienne Barbeau's j siderate people can too The Builc mittee of the Board of Trustees anr SOUTH BUILDING to PATTER!; many girls who live there had an Also wonder how long it will remembering to cal Hall I ?i-:? LiUUMllg IU edifice will be named after IIOLDERMAN? I could think of n office on the Russell House pati propriate Actually Holderman talk about how he'd lik year. His quote was, "It will be the a distinct possibility." How can it also a distinct possibility? That < makes sense is a tuition hike next f for it Here's son Gamecock football tickets to the per seat, an increase of $2 which stadium bond assessment. Twel tooioanf utve me a break! Most charge that much to see good foot }f college and take my family t *ame. Maybe I can hock :ickets VALENTINE'S DAY was yesterd; )f that day is worth, why not canc md act in a cordial, loving man 3ver<y day. That would make more ??? "h^HBRBQH w mng, mustached campus ~eet Saturday past the p.e. quarters. On the way to the , the officer, who had been 1 and the other combing his irror. Twenty yards before e officer uses both hands to i mirror. Thus, he's got no it the road and is supposed driving safety, girl called up here Friday to be negative all the time? anything? Do you get kicks ? are positive and negative /oman had read what I've that quite often praise is I T~ rictve yuu the slogan for one of the n (or statement of fact) is to use the first letters of rolina, North Carolina or jpermarket to use as their 1 their car? Sounds like an ;xecutives made that one 's about time that being sent down to El the violence being waged imagine U.S. Congressmen the whole picture. Surely s from the ruling governor elected representatives IGAN ADMINISTRATION There's a ' "TaV op" /4rvo.ln i v-aoo wiiiv.il ucoia Willi of the episodes, somebody d viewers of the soap start :ive to give him clues about is the same as the Houston hone calls. Are soap opera confuse real life with fanr ignorance by making the igation three and one-half weeks, rig the semester seems like welcome relief to enjoy the ir The newspaper recently did a derate on a rape case. The other cases was that the ped by the attacker, con?hown to the jury. The infound the jury finding the Saw the Russell i NEW YORK, a film which in(7 Rocf nnrt nf fhn ?,. JL/VOl pui t Ul lilt OliUW when a group of loud jerks re and had to be filled in on witty guys started making anatomy. Glad to see conenjoy movies lings and Grounds Comlounced the name change of iON HALL. I wonder how y input into that decision? be before people start i it Patterson the future, I wonder which USC President JAMES nany, but perhaps the post o would be the most ap/, I liked to hear President e to keep tuition down next ?last resort, but it remains be both the last resort and ioesn't make sense. What all and next spring, so look lething to laugh about: general public will be $12 will be used to pay off the ve dollars to see college professional teams don't bjall. 1 can't wait to get out o see a Carolina football the car for season ay and for all the meaning el Feb. 14 as a special day ner to a spouse or friend 'sense.