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i ' n a t\/ttp r<rw ujnLiviiJuuv Founded 1908 Fletcher Johnson, Acting Editor Jerry Brewer, General Mane Linda S. Haines, Advertising A Jean Hatchell. Business Mar Mark McEwan, Production Mai Big' nnK/\ ^ ?1 ? 1 jl iic ijucauun U(i2i uccn raiseu before and I'm sure it will be raised again. Does one have to be concerned with only gay rights, the Arab-Israeli conflict or the neverending battles of the war between the states (sometimes referred to as the war of Northern Aggression) to write a letter to the editorial page of the Gamecock? The answer is no, but it couldn't hurt. After all, these big three are the burning issues of the day - the most decidedly important burning issues that are forever in the hearts and minds of the USC student body. Who cares if the country goes down the tubes? Does it matter that the people of El Salvador are removing each other from the face of the earth on a daily basis? Does it matter that we, the taxpayers of the United States, are sending supplies there to support a portion of the slaughter? Who cares if the students of this hallowed institution feel they should have the right to subjectively evaluate their in siructors, and the instructors fee] they should have the right to subjectively evaluate their students? Who cares that the USC Board of Trustees has frittered away a lot of money by using a total lack of forethought in their hiring and firing oolicies? Doss it mattpr that education is constantly slipping in the eyes of many as being the primary concern at this institution? Does it really matter that the most common response form our state legislature to USC student lobbying efforts is a smile, a nod ailH q honHcVcilrfl fa Wn Vmi? u>iu <i* iiuiiuoiiaiw tu uc IUIIUWCU U_y a note three days later saying, in effect, "Thank you for stopping by, but you see, I'm too busy worrying about how I'm going to keep my April Foo Before anyone calls up aru unleashes a tirade of profanity 01 any Gumecock staff member or th< U.S. Postal Service is deluged wit] letters dripping with acid com ments let the record be set straight Today's issue of the Gamecock April 1, 1982, was written an produced in the spirit of thi hallowed day, April Fool's Day. A \ mT7m Tom Coyne, News Editor >**? * ^ Johnny Boggs, Sports Editor John Vaughan, Entertainment Editor otfin ounuria, ^opyaesR untej in Chief Mike Fisher, Graphics Editor lg?f Lezlie Wallace, Editorial Page Editor Patty McCarthy, Aast. News Editor ianager Buddy Horres, Asst. Sports Editor | lager Chris Hughes, Intramurals Editor Mark Ethridge Jr., Adviser nager rhree office here, my apartment in Columbia, my underground parking spacg and *, my., specialmade license tags to really care whether you, the student, have any worthwhile concerns." Is it really of any importance that South Carolina is continuing to serve as a garbage dump for the. world's supply of nuclear waste? The question has been raised "does the student of today have any convictions, any causes, any ideas that he really believes in? Vpc tho ctuHont nf fA^nr io a. vuy UVUUVlli U1 tV/\idJ 10 convinced the only cause worth fighting for is a marketable degree in business, or computer science, or engineering, or nursing where he can enter the marketplace of the world, try to earn a decent living and survive before those terminal crazies in control lose control and put a permanent halt to the quiet evolution of mankind. The belief in any other idea is held as totally ludicrous. mr _ * ' * - i\io, you don't have to be concerned only with gay rights, the Arab-Israeli conflict or the war between the states, but it helps. If we could just get a letter from a bisexual with one Arab parent and one Israeli parent who was born right smack dab on the MasonDixon Line and had converted at an ^ 1 _ _ . r ii ? > ? ' cany age irom me jewisn taitn to that of the Shiite Moslems and believed that Horry County should secede from the U.S. and establish itself as an independent state aligned with the Palestinian interests and the capitol should be Aynor, S.C. we'd surely give it first rate coverage. We might even send a reporter to Aynor to see what all the rucus was about. Keep those letters coming, and don't feel bad if you have concerns other than the Big 3, we might puDiisn your letter anyway. I's Edition d someone slightly famous once said, n "if we can't laugh at ourselves, boy e are we in trouble.'' h i- If anything makes sense or sounds serious, don't worry about j, it, it probably was a mistake. The d editorial content of today's s Gamecock is meant to be viewpri in s a sense of parody and satire. "m. 4 THE MANY success! |00BU~ Letters to I What, Me TO THE EDITOR First nf all l#?t mp malrp it norf?>tlu pIoq , V.VV. connotes fear, which is something I do not kno\ But I have heard things. Things that coul< journalism. I have heard the Gamecock will have heard that I will not be asked to clear the I want you to know I am on to your little gam me so far (I am referring to the Mar. 25 edit before yor knew that you would. And though I j will write about my lecture. I've figured it ou and how the crowd reacts. As you can see, I am one step ahead of you. S a little bit. You see, I know you at the Gamecock are Co assassinate me tonight. It was simply a matter of logic. I heard ab< prediction for the winner of the Best Film Os( all liked it. But you slipped up when you pri wanted to "see Reds win." Communists! And finally, I heard Photo Editor Mike Fish other day (I bet you never knew I had your ol Thursday night?" I even know who you i ~ A- 1 J 1-1 A 1-_ lictiuiiiuiiu, a buapccicu uuuuie ugcill WHO Gamecock photographer. Paranoid? I don't think so. Maybe a little cai You won't get away with it. I'll kill that little lens cover. Ewing Admi TO THE EDITOR I just want to write in to your papaer and I about me and my school, Georgetown Univers and saying that they don't feel the same way as Since we didn't beet Norf Carolina the other decided to stay a Hoya (whatsa Hoya?) but wi ABN, NBA yea, the NBA next season because I I liked yo' column, man, but, I hate to say, yo foot tall. The job I got demands no attenda whatever that means. You said that I would porfess to get an ejuca I'm jus' like any other jock in a big sport. I com to know how to sign your name to an NBA conl can't read the little lawyer talk at the bottom. Anyway, you were right. John Thomspson is j I WW* * 1 ? * wen, i guess mat is about it. I like your colurr Oh, one more thing. What is calculus? GAMECOCK Business Office: J I Sole reproduction rights granted to the Associated Press. All other material contained herein may not be reproduced without the permission of the editor. Opinions expressed in the Gamecock are those, if signed, of the writer and, if unsianed, of the editor. The Gamecock welcomes letters and columns. All letters and coiumni must be typewritten, triple-spaced on a 65 space-line. Letters should be no loneer thnn inn ---j I columns should be limited to one newsworthy subject no longer than four typed panes. Letters and columns MUST I be signed with the writer's correct name, telephone ROflPS T LgM pHKius SPOV\ >y \ ) / HB-L^ fihf' <k, wV o'a the Editor Paranoid? r: I am not being paranoid. "Paranoid" v the meaning of. So I am not paranoid, i only stem from the dark underbelly of be reporting about my lecture tonight. I article before publication. e. I have seen what you have written about torial). I knew you would write that even am certainly not worried, I know what you t. You will report some of the things I say >o I am not worried. Or paranoid. Not even mmunists. And I know you are planning to )ut the Gamecock's general consensus :ar the other night.: Reds. I heard you ntPfi VOlir film mtip'c efatomonf fViot Ko j vv.? V* JiviV U UtitWlllVlH VtiU V 11V/ er call out in the Gamecock newsroom the fice bugged): "Who wants to'shoot'Liddy ire sending. A freshman named Capers will attend under the guise of being a itious. But just a little bit. ! photographer before he ever removes his G. GORDON LIDDY ts Amiraru want to thank Mike Lough for his writing ity. I imagine you'll get people righting in you do, but dont worry. Your right. night, (they play good ball, man) I have ill go to the world of the, uh, NAB, XX er, won't be here. Since we lost. u did f? up a couple times. I'm only seven nee. They told me to be their in spirit, shun. Hell no. What I want to do that for? te to play ball. Like you said, you only gots Lract. But 1 gotta get me an agent cause I ;*reat x I like him alot.. i and keep up the good work. PATRICK EWING Georgetown Shotblockin' Major 1249 Newsroom. 771-7181 '77-3888 Production: 777 2833 number, mailing address, class standing or faculty position and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but the writer's name may be withheld on letter, upon request, if the circumstances warrant it. We rPSPrUP the riohl (n nAit space and style, am. we reserve the right to reject any column for any reason. Address letters and columns to: Editorial Page Editor, Gamecock. Drawer A, USC, Columbia, S.C. 29208. 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