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Find TO THE EDITOR I would just like to say a word about what Mr. Rapoport had to say about the Middle East in the Feb.18 Gamecock. Usually when "ah on ortinlo Kaii thp ^'jll & cau Oil ui tiviv uk^vtvcv viiv Arab-Israeli conflicts, the writer keeps reminding us about how the Jews suffered in the past. By this he tries to make the reader feel sorry for the Jews and then conclude that they had to be free and have their own state. Nobody is against the Jews being free. But he keeps forgetting that these same people are doing the same things to Palestinians. He keeps forgetting how these lands were taken away from their owners and how Readt TO THE EDITOR I am writing in response to a letter which appeared in the Feb. 17 issue of the Gamecock concerning the Greek system. The person who wrote this letter obviously had no idea what he was talking about. First of all, pledges are not members and they are not afforded the privileges of membership until they are initiated when they become full-fledged members. Likewise, members are not pledges and cannot be depledged. Though we care about our B e\A TO THE EDITOR About six years ago when I started to work at Clemson * !i-. T ^ university, 1 was approached by a representative of the Coastal Plain Insurance and Annuities. He sold me an annuity policy I considered to be a safe investment with a sound organization since the solicitation occurred at the university. My payments were made through payroll deduction. I was told there would be an initial money Wrnfih .t Ps.1y5?te-oou i Mt 50METHINS fwmi IANPKEEPME BVV3 I 1 The Truth P the owners are now suf- Tl fering. The Jews cannot b( have their own state in other oi people's property. si Some Christians and Jews claim, as Mr. Turner said in his letter, that this land s< belongs to the Jews because n it was promised to them by o God. God does not promise a g land--if He does at all--to r some people just because ^hair o rn nol lnH Tau/c It vnvxjr ai V/ vaiivu UVTTO. IV seems that these Christians r and Jews feel that God b distinguishes among the a people by not what they do C but what they are called. I Besides, don't forget this p war is not between the Jews 1 and the Muslims. Rather, it I is a war between the op- I pressors and the oppressed, r ir Disputes , pledges, that does not alter i the fact that pledgeship is a i trial rtapinH fnr hnth ' thp 1 H iai pv i lUV* &VA MVVll V-.V pledge and the group. It gives the pledge time to decide if the group he has pledged (or the Greek system as a whole) is right for him. It also gives the group time to decide if the pledge meets its standards. These include grades, financial ability to pay dues (which enable the group to pay for activities including parties, which I might add, qiany independents attend), and yes -even .conduct. We don't want people who are /are And E> loss but after two years I would recover the actual money deducted from my payroll and the money would begin to earn interest for me. Five years later I find my cash value is about half of my investment. The company never sent ? c?'>(omonl rlnrine those me a ouiivmv?v ?? 0 years (to hold down overhead cost). Some charges and facts were never mentioned to me and others were misrepresented. The agent never went over UStKMEN\Jk V MAIK I 1 iwasm k WARM AT kA1 mmmmmammmmmmmmmm???i kbout Israe tie identities and religious f iliefs should not influence c ir decisions about this ( ibject. v f You, Mr. Rapoport, who , eem to be an 4'open- * linded" person, based your j wn beliefs about what's ( ;oing on in Iran on what you ] ead in the paper. In Iran, any individual, egardless of what he elieves, has the same rights s any Muslim has. The Christians and the Jews in ran nave more ireeaom in tracticing their own way of ife than the Muslims in srael or the Christians in Cgypt. I hope you still emember your moderate Anti-Greek unconcerned with our reputation, or their own for that matter. By the same token, most independens don't hang around people who would give them a bad name. We do think of ourselves as brothers and sisters, but we have to be realistic. Not everyone is going to get along all the time. Do people get along with their real brothers and sisters all the 4i? tunc : Also, as with any organization, money is involved-it's a fact of life. Pledges know when they :amine Pol: my policy with me. It was actually some months before I received the policy (others have never received their policies). Trying to get any information from the company seemed almost impossible not only for me but other "victims". In frustration our group has asked the South Carolina State Insurance Commission to investigate the problems we have had with Coastal Plain. There will be a hearing on our claim of s , 1 riend Sadat, who arrested ind probably killed many Christians just because they vere asking for more reedom. And I am sure /ou've heard about your 'ideal" regime in the Middle East that sends gunmen in the mosques to watch the Muslims while they are praying! Amazing, isn't it? I would only like to ask, you, Mr. Rapoport, as a fpinnH tn ho mnrp ca rpf 1 il It IV1IU VV MV v VV?> about accepting what you hear or read. Finding the truth about Israel, Palestine, or Iran is very har<J, but only a real opemqiinded person can find it! MOHSEN MOHAMMADI : View first get in what their financial responsibilities will be. If a pledge cannot pay his dues, then something has tc be done and every effort is made to find a solution to the prpbl^m acceptable t< everyone. It sure would be nice i people looked closely at ? situation before passing judgement. It would mak< life a lot easier for botl Greeks and independents. LESLIE POTAS1 Journalism Junta ? icy misrepresentation. We fe< there are other people i South Carolina who may b in a similar situation and n( even be aware of it. Contat your office of payroll an insurance! Examine you policies carefully. You coul be shocked at what you wi find. We hear "rumblings of agents trying to switc Coastal Plain policy holdei at USC to other companie: Beware, prnmv srnN'/ Group Representative f Coastal Plain Annuitants Clemson Universi Ml) I MARK PLATTEEditor-in-Chief There's been quite a change in the WEATHER. We find ourselves basking in the sun one day and protecting ourselves against snow the next. But USC was really able to adapt. Except for a vild-eyed southerners who contemplated leaving cam^. . get home early before they got snowed in, most people were able to survive. One thing struck me as funny: people carrying around umbrellas to protect themselves from the snow. Snow flurries have never done any physical da. ge to anyone as far as I know Here's a letter written in response to my recent claim .that WNOK-FM shouldn't have the audacity to call itseit tne "numoer one ruuis. &UI11UII 111 America." William L. McElveen, vice president of Audubon Broadcasting Company, which controls WNOK-FM, wrote: "I was humored by Mark Platte's stream-of-consciousness column in the Monday, February 22 Gamecock, in which he questioned WNOK-FM's claim to be the "number one rock station in America. Actually, rather than being self-imposed, the 'claim' was conferred upon us by Arbitron, the universally acknowledged authority on radio research. Mr. Platte's suggestion that the only relief from the 'dull' radio stations in Columbia is WUSC-FM is about as enlightening as the suggestion that the only relief from The New York Times is i the Gamecock." Well, Mr. McElveen, if we were to equate WUSC-FM with the Gamecock, two student mediums, then could we, in the same breath, compare WNOK-FM with The i New York Times, both mediums in the "real world"? I mm* not. I would also like to know exactly when the survey was f done by Arbitron. Was it done when all other radio stations in i major cities, good radio stations, were off the air? I still do ? not think you can support your claim to be the "number one ; rock station in America" in the midst of university students i who come from parts of the country where th2 radio, programming is slick and varied. I also never knew that the "number one rock station in America" played beach music and Barry Manifow. Those are good examples of rock music. I Finally, Mr. McElveen, I am glad to know you read the r Gamecock more than I listen to your stauon Why didn't ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL MCLEOD announce that he was going to retire sooner? He had endorsed Columbia attorney and former JUSC legal counsel. >1 TIMOTHY G. QUINN as his replacement but made his ann nouncement just a few days after Quinn decided to withdraw, e Quinn decided that he didn't want to take away any time it with his family that would otherwise be spent campaigning. :t Hope McLeod makes amends for originally urging Quinn to d run by talking him back into the race. At one time, it seemed r the race would be glutted with opponents, but now only two DeoDle -are running The movie,, ad u r a ? II vertisements for Porky's, a new, moronic film have people " just like you and me in the ads, claiming what a great motion h picture it is. For instance, one ad had a 32-year old secretary s who proclaimed, "I thought Porky's was really super. It was j lighthearted and the good guys won." Great comment. Do q movie advertisers think people are that stuped that they'd be )r duped into going to a movie by seeing an ad like that? I would hope if 100 people in the United States were to see any movie, . at least two or three would have something positive to say u anr) if fhov nrnmiepfl thrKp two or thrpp nponle that a m\/u t a %,. nnu u uivj p* viniox/v. ? ?. - -- ? ? K -| their picture would be in a movie ad, then why wouldn't they say something positive about the film? With USC facing budget cuts and the possible curtailment in faculty, why has the university advertised in The Chronicle of Higher Education for numerous faculty positions? USC had advertised for an instructor or assistant professor in the General Studies accounting program, a full-time faculty member in the hotel, restaurant and tourism General Studies program, instructor or assistant professor in the General Studies English and Speech departments, and five associate or assistant professors in the College of Education, With all the budget cuts, why does USC need to fill all these positions? Sounds like the hiring of faculty could stand to slow down a bit QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Furman basketball coach Eddie Holbrook after his team lost to DePaul by one point at Greenville, "We played out of our minds." PLUS CATEGORY: A friend of mine from Lake City had his car hit and run on Senate Street recently. Someone left a note sianpH "nn EYEWITNESS" which had the license Dlate number of the automobile that hit my friend's car. Glad to see someone showing concern for another at least once in a while. MINUS CATEGORY: To our illustrious PRESIDENT REAGAN for restricting "the flow of information to the press" little by little. Reagan is setting a terrible example for others to close meetings and restrict the public's right to know and the media's right to report.