The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 25, 1982, Page Page 4, Image 4
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Fletcher Johnson, Acting EditorJerry
Brewer, General Manaf
Linda S. Haines, Advertising M<
Jean Hatchell, Business Mane
Mark McEwan, Production Mani
Crime Pay
G. Gordon Liddy is scheduled tc
give a lecture at USC on April 1
Tickets became available foi
students in the Activities office
yesterday. There was an incredibly
long line from the time tickel
distribution began at noon for 4S
minutes.
Americans have made G. Gordon
Liddy famous. What is the reason
for people wanting to hear a man
who was convicted of conspiracy
and spent three years in jail as a
result? Liddy was a crook? he
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it. How many other crooks can
make as much money as Liddy
while they're in jail, and after they
get out?
The reason may be simple.
Americans admire and respect
Liddy for not copping out. He was
the only man involved in the
Watergate scandle who stuck to his
guns? he stood by what he did. As
a matter of fact, Liddy prided
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lutuocii iui ucvdi squealing as
did the rest of his cohorts.
Some students want to see him
simply because he is an interesting
"character." Of course he was first
brought into the limelight with his
part in the Watergate break-in. he
was one of the biggest contributers
to the break-in, and even aided in
its planning. Some consider him
the most immoral member of
Nixon's staff.
Liddy spent a longer term in jail
than did the other Watergate
crooks. He has also made more
money than the other Watergate
members, his autobiography made
him rich, his movie made him
even richer, and now his lectures
are making him even richer.
The question is, how can this man
Job Wei
Barry Gray and other members
of the Finance Committe should be
commended for their job on this
year's budget. The committee has
long been acknowleged as Student
Government's most difficult, and
members seldom receive the
proper recognition.
All licensed oreanismtinnc io
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the money from Student Activity
fees. Every group feels their need
is most important and are rarely
happy with the results, the
Gamecock is no exception. The
group, however, puts long hours in
and deserves the utmost respect
andcommendato
Tom Coyne, News Editor
J JL3hte Johnny Boggs, Sports Editor
John Vaughan, Entertainment Edi
Beth Sundrla. Copydesk Chief
in Chief Mike Fisher. Graphics Editor
jer Lezlie Wallace, Editorial Page Edi
Patty McCarthy, Asst. News F.dito
inager Buddy Horres, Asst. Sports Editor
Iger Chris Hughes, Intramurals Editor
Mark Ethridge Jr., Ad\'iser
iger
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> who is so immoral, and almos
. insane be making so much mone
* for illegal actions? The answer i
? that, hfi is a ffpnins Hp is takina fill
r advantage of his experiences
u, in Watergate, and using th
> American public to make himse]
rich.
i But the American people ar
i letting him get away with it. The
i flock to see Liddy wherever h
goes. That is all he does now sine
he was released from jail? lecture
Some people believe that wha
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They admire him for playing th
system to the hilt? and gettini
everything out of that he could.
Everything Liddy did, or didn1
do, he did for one person? G
Gordon Liddy. he is not sorry fo
anything he did? he's just enjoyin
the benefits from it now.
It seems important for Liddy t
prove how "tough" he is. H is boo]
he told about several incident
i ? - ? - - - -
wnere ne attempted to prove this
He would do things like put hi
hand over a flame. When he was ?
child, he had a fear of rats. T<
overcome this fear, he caught ;
rat, baked it, and ate it. To over
come his fear of thunderstorms, h
climbed up to the top of an oak tree
tied himself there, and stayed ther
until the storm was over.
Would a sane man do these acts?
However crazy or immoral this
man may be, he is still making
money, and it is doubtful that he
even cares what people think oi
him. Liddy is definitely not the
victim that many of his admirers
make him out to be. he was, and is
a willing perpetrator in the entire
Watergate scandal, and ever
comes across as being proud of his
actions.
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. Especially commendable is th<
. decision to reduce Stude
| Government's budget to only eig
. percent of the budget rather th;
the customary 10. It is very ra
[ that a group willingly reduce the
own budget so others can recei
more money.
All groups should realize 1
work put in by every member
the committee as they line up
make their appeals. For a job t\
has been thankless for many yes
the Gamecock would like to <
press its congratulations for a j
well done.
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' The Gamecock has reached a new low in the ar
,t decries at great length and with great conceri
\ President, receives more money for occupying
e student publications, the student radio statior
president receive for occupying theirs. The criti
? thinks, who gets how much, but rather why any c
all!
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i Under no cireumstflnpAc nan i
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r* jobs, and I am outraged to learn that even one cei
r salaries.
g This absurd editorial implies two reasons jusl
occupancy of these great seats of power and resp
q time expended in providing same. Let us first c<
ml 1 " " '
. iiuicni uinues. me oniy ining that I can sc
pursuit of its mandated functions is the budgeting
s organizations, and this is a well-known annual fi
i. torily, it cannot be seriously said that this process
S that justifies a salary at all, much less the kind <
a just as absurd to assert that if no salary was giv
There will always be someone willing to do whate^
0 it can't be terribly important.
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The same is Imp nf tho n
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e manager, and Activities Office president. The se
k the duties performed ? by these neophyte functioi
' the money they are receiving. If the time these p<
e duties imposes a constraint on their study or
problem, for which the solution is not a paychec
activities take too much time is no reason for their
? And now, editor of the Gamecock, it is your tur
' for what he does makes me bilious. Platte is a bu
" fright wig topped by a dunce cap. What other c<
? perience of seeing his newspaper hit with a $1 m
I maniacally uses his own little corner of the edi
; candidacy for four Student Government execu
persectuion for misuse of public funds? This ma
[ Nor can his "column" be considered anything b
readers are innundated almost daily with ter
l misstatements of fact, and preposterous elucida
; paid on the basis of journalistic expertise, he sh
under fals^ pretenses. Whoever decided to make
which remuneration is given made a sad mist
i maHp an oiron
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To conclude, I can agree with only one asserti(
, . for each of these positions should be equal. No on<
nt
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inecessary
t of idiocy. In the editorial of March 8 it
i the fact that John Boswell, as SGA
his position than the editors of various
1 manager, and the Activities Office
cal issue here is not, as the Gamecock
>f these people should get any money at
y of these positions being treated like
it of my activities fee goes toward these
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onsibility: the service provided and the
insider how that applies to the Student
\e that the Student Government does in
; of the student activities fees to various
asco. Even if it were handled satisfacrequires
the time or provides a service
)f money revealed in the editorial. It is
en, no one would perform these duties,
yer it is that these people do. If not, then
ditor, Garnet and Black editor, WUSC
rvices provided ? and by this, I mean
laries are negligible when compared to
iople put into the performance of these
recreational time, then they have a
:k. Just because their extracurricular
being paid for them.
n. The very idea that Mark Platte is paid
iffoon and an imbecile. He should wear a
allege newspaper editor has had the exillion
libel suit in the same week that he
torial page to announce his anarchical
itive seats, thus sparking rumors of a
in absolutely cannot be taken seriously,
ut so much bird cage lining. Gamecock
1 inches of childish sniviling, obvious
tions of pointless rhetoric. If he is being
ould be thrown in jail for taking money
the position of Gamecock editor one for
due. wnoever gave Platte the position
)n of the March 8 editorial: that the pay
J should get anything.
JOHN B. BOWDEN
MPA-JD Student
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