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President Will Cause TO THE EDITOR This letter is a resoonse to Barrv Mortee's letter in the Feb. 18 Gamecock. First, I will admit I respect your opinion, Barry, and I believe you're somewhat of a concerned citizen. But I believe your various positions and predictions are unfounded, considering you are blaming our nation's problems on our president. \r ? 1 1 _ . A. _ A. 1 A. 1 A. A. 1 1 A.1 i. 4 A ' i ou cieany siaieu mai in me coining monms ine American people will see "Supply-Side Economics" fail. Tell me then, why is it everyone, including all the leading economists, is predicting our economy will break out of its current economic problems in the spring? I will tell you why, the economy is reacting to our president's policies. You claim Reagan's natural constituency is the wealthy. U7..H * ?i i ? ...I? i? ? ? 11 tu? wt;ii, ten liic, wuy ima un uic uiuiicy ldiacu iui mc Republican Party here recently come predominately from middle-class and "poor" Americans while money collected for the Democratic Party has come predominately from "fat cats," that is, from the wealthy? That must tell you something about Ronald Reagan's constituency. Those cf aticHoc arp fmm NRP Npws nnt mp Yes, unemployment is a big problem, but everyone knows that problem resulted from the policies of Jimmy Carter and previous Democratic Congress', not Ronald Reagan. Many people predicted a ten percent unemployment rate and were staggered at the last reading of under nine percent, which is a good sign. Oh yeah Barry, if the government should include all those not looking for a job in the percentage statistics of i A- ?i i 1 i ; l ]^ ~^ unemployment, wny noi go aneau anu uiuiuue pcupic m nursing homes, infants and etc? I believe my point has beer made. I still admit I believe Reagan's policies are for the natior as a whole. Many claim, as you Barry, the cuts in entitlemenl programs hurt the poor. As a graduate student, you know approximately 80 percent of the federal budget is un controllable and the only way to get the budget under contro i- ~u?i. iu?t Dom... ../>! IS IU ctiuiun. uicli dcciui ui mc uuugci. ocvuuuij uanjr, yui know as well as I who will be hurt by the budget cuts. It won'i be the truly needy as many people lead you to think, it will b< those people who would rather: sit on their rear than eari Airf-mnW j. in vyw f ? TO THE EDITOR As an observer in the audience at the Airband competition held on Feb. 16, I was very disturbed and confused over the outcome. Because of this, there are some questions that I wish to ask and some statements that I wish to make. My first question concerns the criterion on which the groups were judged. What exactly was the basis that the judges used? Was it creativity, showmanship, crowd response, or what? Because if one or any of these were used as a basis on which the competitors were judged, the creativity of the instruments, the showmanship and the crowd response of one particular group far surpassed that of all the others, yet they only placed third in the competition. My last questions pertain to the judges. I would like tc know just what qualifications they had to be judges? Did the> possess any certain knowledge, special skills or talent thai OF WW MWWYTO HE SHORES {?MKj? OF SALVADOR UgW Ai Miimm ma mw i Aflftlfejpf in#ft4lk? W ourw TO IHt iViHKina mmrc ITI**'1 wwim?WB? IW IWUMMS : Rebirth Of Country their own daily bread; wait for certain jobs instead of working in the meantime; strike than work; purchase expensive automobiles with Medicaid money instead of what ' they are supposed to buy plus many, many more just like these. Remember though, the safety net will always remain for the truly needy. If people would just rationally look at the reasons for our j problems instead of just pointing a finger, then they would < realize how our problems came about and what it would take ] to resolve them. Yes Barry, business has slowed down, \ especially textiles (I know, I'm from the textile capital of the j world). Why has it? I will tell you why-over regulation, over ( taxation, and increased import allowances of foreign goods ] (all these from the Democratic Congress' of the past). If j <1 s~l 11 in f 13 n n r< r? n 'o r\rvl?/\n f urntllrl onA cutyuwy wuuiu judt icdu nca^aii o tn^j wuuiu acc j these problems are being resolved. It certainly takes longer ] than five months of one active policy to correct what has built , up over 26 years. Only fools expect miracles overnight. I The next time you feel a snarl coming on concerning our president, just think what all he has done for us and what would have happened if Carter had won the election. We now have lower taxes, new tax laws, less regulation and most important, we now have a president in office that reflects the philosophy of the American people. The best thing about the Reaean Presidencv is that the best is vet to come. In restating what I said in my first letter, I feel we have the ; destiny of this country in our hands. Which way our country goes depends on the decisions we make today, that is to make 1 it great again, or destroy it. Benjamin Franklin said it better 1 than anyone else that no outside force could ever destroy the United States, but if it were to be destroyed, it would be ' destroyed from within. I sincerely believe during the last 26 years, the policies coming out of Congress have worked to ' destroy the United States from within. I, like many " Americans, sincerely believe the new beginning led by our president will cause a "rebirth" of our country and of our ^ rvrt/\nlrt TVio i.ncf Domr ip iin fA lie . jl lie i toi, uai i j , 10 up vv uo. [ ALLAN J. HARDEN J Political Science Senior >n Causes Confusion .. ? 1 ? il O a i made tnem more capaDie juages man anyone eiser /\nu finally I want to know if they (the judges) came to the show with an impartial and unbiased attitude to pick the best act and not their friends? I ask this because it seems as though there were some statements made by the master of ceremonies to the judges concerning their lack of impartiality and prejudice towards certain competitors. There was also a sighting by several people in the audience ot one judge shouting that one group of competitors were "number i one" as they walked out onto stage to begin their per, formance. In closing I want to say that I know this letter sounds very subjective, but many other people that were in the audience > at the Airband competition, have expressed similar comr plaints and concerns. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST mm mm ITWONuNP ON "nit BUTTON ' "t>i n,r wrjn AMnTTpfV^V); vvurrcu v\v mv nto wnq IHVSXNMA TO DROP THE ^ r , B0M& > (%&>. m MARK PLATTE Editor-in-Chief riere's your best chance to take my job. Applications for jAMECOCK EDITOR are in the Student Media Office in ilussell House Room 313. All the people who have criticized :he Gamecock this past year have only themselves to blame f they don't apply for my job. AS one critic wrote in Monday's paper, "Surely, with the quality of this university's blumanities and Journalism Departments, we could find a finer example of journalism in the Editor-in-Chief than we presently have." Well, this is your opportunity to display just i i ii_. _ 1 u Tf *,?/> iiow uauiy a juu i in uuuig uy uumg it ucim yuuiocivw. n wc don't get any applications for next year's editor, then it will prove the critics are full of hot air. I suspect we won't receive many applicants at all. You people can write all the letters you want, but if you don't take some action to fill my shoes, then you are admitting that you couldn't do my job any better. Incidentally, applications lor editor ot tne uarnet ana Black or Portfolio are also available. Remember, applications are due MARCH 5 so hurry Can't somebody do something about the overheating of the RUSSELL HOUSE THEATRE? Watching a movie in that sauna requires an extra change of clothes. The unbelievable thing is that this kind of thing has l~n ztAtmln Twm fKn fKftofrn ic UCCI1 gUlllg UIl 1U1 d LUU[J1C UI jcaia. 11 u^, tuu uiv,auv 10 uvi hot everytime a film is shown, but for the most part, the theatre heats up when the place is most crowded. Hope the situation is remedied one day JeaneUe Guinn of CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS responded immediately to my suggestion that James Taylor come here if he was going to be at UNC-Chapel Hill March 3. She pointed out that the only night Taylor could have come here is March 4, the night that the Carolina Coliseum is having the Pittsburgh Ballet. The Township is holding the Kitani Foundation's production of One Mo' Time. Taylor, she said, costs $25,000 to perform and if he were to play the Russell House Ballroom, she said it would cost students $65 a ticket to see him. Fair enough, but we are still waiting for a name concert. The fact that, as you said, Jeanette, you just took over as chaimerson of Contemporary Sounds does not excuse the committee from taking ten months off without sponsoring any good singer or band Congratulations to FRANK ARDAIOLO, student disciplinarian, and his wife on the birth of their new baby I like the fact that SEN. ERNEST ROLLINGS D-S.C. is attacking the Reagan Administration on reducing federal support for public education. I like his alternative budget. I admire his downgrading the "new federalism." But the talk of running for president is not only too early, but unwarranted. Hollings has a long way to go before he can be considered presidential material and he knows it. Hollings is campaigning and really needs to quiet down his talk and work more efficiently while being silent Glad to see GOV. DICK RILEY speaking out in support of Hollings budget. Riley spoke Monday in Washington against President Reagan's $10 billion cut in state and local aid for 1983 Women's basketball coach TERRY KELLY was quoted in Monday's Gamecock as saying that Sheila Foster would be a big loss to the team next year. I get the impression that Kelly plans on staying on next year as head coach and who could disagree? He's done a tremendous job under the circumstances to have the Lady Gamecocks rated 13th in the nation right now. We hope the USC athletic deoartment doesn't waste its time looking around and screening coaching prospects. Kelly is here already and is all we need The WAYNE WILLIAMS trial is fascinating. Williams takes the stand Monday and says he hasn't IrillpH anvnnp Thon his defense attorney asks. "Have you ever taken your hand and put it around someone's neck and choked him to death? Have you ever taken a knife in your hand and put it in someone else's body? Have you ever taken a rope and put that around someone's neck and squeezed it till they were dead?" Williams naturally answers no. Great trial. How come no more young DiacKS nave oeen muraereu at the rate they were since Williams' arrest? Speaking of trials, PENTHOUSE magazine is paying a self-described "hit-man" $250 a day to testify against the accusation that Penthouse libeled the owners of a California resort on the implication that the : 1 J ; ? ?nr/i n ^1. t owners were llivuiveu ill UI g<inut-u tiunc. r ui a ua,y, 1 think I'd testify to anything also PLUS CATEGORY: To the CASHIERS IN THE RUSSELL HOUSE CAFETERIA who make life a lot more pleasant with their outgoing, friendly attitudes. Everyone of them has a nice thing to say while handing back your change. They should serve as a model to all cashiers and if I knew each of their names, I would have listed them here. MINUS CATEGORY: To the GAMECOCK for five misspelled names in Monday's news story on Patrick Tyler. Jean Patterson should have been Gene Patterson; Max Hugal should have been Max Hugel; public relations professor Tim MacAlvane should have been news-editorial professor Jim I McElveen; Darly Sufford should have been Darryl Sifford; 1 n n 11 ~ I 1,1 U TVlO aim Dt'II I">I i*UIt*y MIUUIU lUlVt- LKTCII OCI1 L>l duiov. Gamecock obviously regrets the errors.