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WM8?????MB?MM??? Struggle TO THE EDITOR Army J . a. supprej wiicit jteany nappeneu 10 ^gre the glorious uprising of 1977 barded in Iran? Why has the regime and w0 of the Islamic Republic for ma executed more than 8000 shah's revolutionaries; among ^ered them boys as young as 9 execut years old? Sahra In 1977 Imperialism, tlegrou recognizing that the Shah people could no lon^pr sprvp th<?ir ? _ O-- ? IVCjJU interests, began looking for revolui an alternative who was notbo\ willing to compromise; Univei following this tactic, revolu Khomeini was brought to blood Paris. A lack of would revolutionary leadership these allowed the Imperialists to the >. impose Khomeini's exploi leadership on the mass sities struggle through theuse of demo its mass media, etc. throu* After the Islamic Republic realiz came to oower it held the ? * v"v6 Iranian people under the the pi illusion that it represented "Hos the interests of the people, stage< but as soon as people began the demanding their basic interi human rights they were this s ruthlessly crushed by the bow, Best Id< TO THE EDITOR I was disappointed at the outcomc Student Government elections. Th didate with the best idea did not wii felt it was very significant that he r< nearly 450 votes as a write-in candi Mark Platte had only declan candidacy earlier so that more s would have been aware of his great i might have ran away with the electio More disappointing to me than t that Mark Platte lost is the fact that i candidates who ran for preside) considering a lawsuit against Mark *1 .J: 4 il /"> L Cnxnli. ; me cuiiui ui me vjumtusu^K. ouicijr, i had intended to be unfair, he cou suppressed this coverage or at least less prominent. These four mus forgotten all of the front page cover; tney received irom me uamecocn. These bozos also claim that I Platte ran for office, less people v< them. This is ridiculous. Throi Gamecock, Platte scolded the stude for being apathetic and encouraj students to vote. The Gamecock al important information about polling imantea uipineocfrcmt? WWW Iwl llHM For Freedom and other organs of the stage to further divert >sion. Kurdish people the peoples attention, but by relentlessly bom- now the people had fully . Our bravest men recognized the true nature of imen who had fought this "Islamic Republic" and r.y years against the staged mass demonstrations regime, were mur- against it; and in turn were by Khomeini's executed without any trial at ioners. Turkaman all. The jail have once more became a bat- become full of md between the anti- revolutionaries. One of the regime of the Islamic prisoners have explained the blic and conditions in the jails as tionaries who would follows: "At night they come v down to exploitation, and tell us who will be sities. the centers of executed in the morning. tionaries, became a Before our last goodbyes we bath of those who sing revolutionary songs not sit back and watch together, and then in the newcomers side with morning they are taken to be vealthy against the executed." ted, and the Univer- The dependent regime of were closed. When all the Islamic Republic gogic tactics fell believes they can hold onto ?h and the regime its power by execution, ed that the people had torturing ana massacring, nized its true nature, But the struggle for freedom honey theatrics of the and emocratic revolution tage taking" was continues in Iran, despite the d in an effort to divert barbaric actions of the peoples minds from Islamic Republic, lal repression. When how was taking its final NAME WITHHELD BY the Iran-Iraq war took REQUEST ?a Did Not Win Anyone who voted for Platte and felt that ? of thf? Student Government was such a waste le can- would not have wasted the time to vote for n, but I one of the four candidates. I personally eceived wanted to puke at my options and would not date. If have voted had it not been for Platte's ^d his column. tudents When my senator came by and reminded dea, he me to vote, I told him that I was voting for n. Platte. He replied that even if Platte won, t r a ttt/MiM nr\f lr*f Kim oKaIicIi Cfnrlntii ne iaci tuc scuaic wuuiu nut ici 111111 auuuou utuu^ui the four Government. What kind of hypocrite is he? I nt, are would hope that the senate would represent Platte, the wishes of the student body as they were f Platte elected to, or else something is terribly Id have wrong with the people that have been made it elected to the senate. it have Finally, I would like to say that although I age that agr^e with few of Platte's editorial commontc T rlr? ocfroo uiith hie i Hps ahniit 1 Jkl V/ll L?J y A. V?V V/V< fT IVII 11IU HVtVM MMVUV because Student Government. If I am able to come oted for up with the money and time next year, I will igh the run for Student Government to try and do ;nt body away with the quarter of a million dollar ged the waste. so gave KYLE LACKEY r places. Computer Science Freshman f moz-wmoiM I H rm mi? rnnsgTKENRJTBDN BOMB WHEN THE WW inMMHMHHHHoaniiaBnaHMMaaHaMani Rites Of Spring Fletcher John; Acting Editor-it Springtime. Actually it is an amalgamation of the rain and slu dying winter and brilliant blasts of semi-tropical he the impending summer months. There are actually s definable season known as spring. Columbia is not endowed with a fool-proof method of detecting when of the annual occurrence of spring. My sinuses go haywire. We're talking full blowr functions. It's not enough that my sinuses are thi spreads to my eyes giving me the appearance of an i There is no happy medium in this springtime batt a New York City fire hydrant on a July day, or I ha get oxygen to my brain. This is not a happy time. But I am reminded by an almost constant mi remedies available. They are plentiful, and most of oil. By careful picking.and choosing I tend to fav Hnrinrt o rlan f o ml i nf f Ar Kao/^anKar nnrl rfnnnt?nl oil ui j 1115 05^111, a 1 tiiv-i ivi uuauav,ii^o auu guici ai 011 me totally incapacitated. Many of the popular defensive weapons on hanc packaged in bright, cheery little packets bearing colds, headaches, sinusitis and all discomforts even Tho naivo anH nnin;qro cimic cnfforor \unn'f ouon i "do not even think of operating heavy machinery plicated tasks requiring total and complete mental i It is this teeny, tiny unobtrusive passage that car sinus victim. I've seen it happen time and time ag develop a slightly runny nose or a mild headache, i. L! If If 41 ? 1 II U.. J, io nimseii or iierseu as uie case uiay ut;, wuy u< little yellow jobs? They look just like little vitamin headache." J They do a job on the headache all right. The sinu! As time passes he begins to feel a little drowsy. A1 find that he is just about to drive his bulldozer over he has run over yet another of those strange-lookin yet, he falls asleep in a plate of Italian food of unknc 5 There is but one course of action that can be folio' drag themselves, bleary eyed and sniffling, into tht Kleenex and various and sundry fruit juices. The n other concerned citizens is always the same. "Wake me up in June." * * T ?> t Wet oen ?22TO THE EDITOR HZHZ Z*Z$2$^ ^ne wou^ assume that tl m EE \ obviously be of top quality B ?tmn1/l appnmn q mircnn in I, W UU1U ao^UIIll/ a pviau II ill V I ethics. After bearing seven i I H it seems neither assumption I Ba My first impression of Mi I H the ears" and was out to n |f Isa pesty fly, I ignored him and II has criticized everything to !| j^m people, I'm ready to set up II H could finally meet someon '(||| HH people as he does. TkA II H ffll Platte nas printea an eau< rk k ji | HP the professional that he is, d It Si LT This my friends, is wreckli [ i f BP student has his name slum JK tU I w*10 was resP?nsible. Well I H| sibility, a word he has dem VJtflMk LlI Platte continued to crit tSvilii tl m episode. It is sort of like a c lj HH people not laughing. Platte igjlr I BBS agency, to attempt to be e JgT Jy Wr Naturally his platform is wl f not to construct. In the pn Jl|| [' i candidates from a fair el< llvt> T professionalism. IW" Well, all these situations Platte has demonstrated th innocent people. I would lik lf\ _r , | |r r/-ri mine that sums my fee 5H UW professional journalism an< i?a?? sh of the last asthmatic wheezes of a sat waves that are mere forecasts of ;ome places in this nation that have a one of those places. However, I am the rest of the country is taking note i total deterioration of normal sinal A. * _l l i 41 J.. . 11-. us siriCKeu, uui me maiauy ubuauy iging and much battered boxer. le for breath. My nose eith r runs like ive to consider major surgery just to edia blitz to take heart. There are them are about as effective as snake or medication that is effective as a over ucky feelings, while not leaving i can be quite deceiving. They come tidings of being the wonder cure for remotely related to sinus disorders. notice the very small type which says , driving, flying or performing comand physical coordination." i be the downfall of even the strongest ain. A normally energetic person will complete with hurting face. He thinks sn't I take just a couple of those cute tablets. They should do the job on this 3 sufferer begins to feel a little better. 1 of a sudden he wakes up abruptly to a steep embankment, or he finds that g green garbage containers, or worse iwn origin and consequence. yved. Sinus sufferers unite and at once ;ir bedrooms thoroughly stocked with lessace to their family members and ind The Ears le editor of a school publication would journalism substance. Better yet, one his position would adhere to commom months of reading the editorial column could be farther from the truth, r. Platte was that he was "wet behind hie nnoplr An fho lurtrlrl Qrt lilro a 1UIW IIIO II1U1 I\ VII tllV T?\/I 1U. k/V) l ll\ v l? hoped he would go away. Now after he get attention and hurt several innocent a "Roach Motel." Maybe in there he e who has as much respect for other )rial that turned out to be faked. Platte, id not check the originality of the letter. bss disregard. As a result an innocent Mi. Some might argue it was not Platte , he is the editor. It was his respononstrated he knows absolutely nothing icize and eventually set up his next ircus, except it has left a lot of innocent unethically uses the Gamecock, a state lected Student Government president, lat it has been from the start, to destroy >cess, he undermined several innocent ection. One more example of his fine ? have happened and the damage done, lat he csftinot do his job without hurting ;e to coin a phrase I heard from a friend lings, "Platte is a wart on the nose of i should be removed "DAVE MORROW Journalism Junior