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i muni GAMECOC Founded 1908 Fletcher Johnson, Acting Editor-i Jerry Brewer, General Manag Linda S. Haines, Advertising Mc Jean Hatchell, Business Mana Mark McEwan, Production Mane Rudeness It is a shame that USC has so many rude students in attendance. These students seem to congregate ir? flrAlinc inrl molrn flinin r?i?/\ortnnn in i uupo unu maau pi COCUV^C known to everyone around them, whether the innocent bystanders like it or not. Each student enrolled at Carolina represents USC to the Columbia residents, as well as other cities and communities where students are. Students should try to give the public a good impression of USC by showing them that USC students do have manners and are not obnoxious. However, many students apparently do not 1 ake this attitude. It is constantly evident that students disregard anything and anyone when they are in public. This was demonstrated at two functions this wppkpnd? thp all.nioht lYiAiriac v>ax/ MAA liiV/ V iVO Friday night and the outdoor concert Saturday. The obnoxious behavior may be contributed to the massive quantities of liquor consumed, meaning, the students were drunk. Drunkeness is poor excuse. If you can't control your liquor, don't drink. It's irresponsible for anyone to drink to the point where they are bothering other people. There is nothing more irritating than for a drunk to make a lAotVtnPAMnn ? J iv^c*uicounic gcMui c ui reinarK anci then laugh in your face about it. Being drunk is no excuse, because if you know you act like that when you drink, then you shouldn't drink. It is that simple. At the all-night-movies Friday night, many students who went to watch the movies, found it hard to do so for various reasons. Often, they were subjected to showers of Deer from flying beer cans. They also had to be alert so that they wouldn't get hit by these cans. The movies had to compete with conversations from other students, to the annoyance of many. If these students wanted to talk, they could have gone to the Spur or even back to their dorm room. Maybe they wouldn't have bothered anyone. Some students found it difficult to see through the inconsiderate students who insisted on standing up every five minutes? if not more often. Anyone who goes to a movie theatre knows how irritating it is to have people stand up in front of you when you are interested in the movie. It's bad enough if the person just stands up and leaves- but when they insist on standing in front of ^ Tom Coyne, News Editor J jLjLa Johnny Boggs, Sports Editor John Vaughan. Entertainment Editor Beth Sundrla, Copydesk Chief n-Chief Mike Fisher, Graphics Editor Lezlie Wallace, Editorial Page Edit er Patty McCarthy, Asst. News Editor inagef Buddy Horres. Asst. Sports Editor ger Chris Hughes, Intramurals Editor Mark Ethridge Jr., Adviser i ger Abounds you and talking that is just ridiculous. At the outdoor concert on Saturday, some USC students really exhibited their rudeness. Several male students were especially revolting? they decided to relieve themselves in front of everyone? in the Blossom Street Garage, or even closer to the vicinity of the concert. This was very offensive to many of the people in attendance at the concert? especially many women present. These male students also seemingly failed to notice that there were many families, complete with children, at the concert. There is no excuse for this rudeness at all? but to use the bathroom in public in front of children is gross. Students, and other people in attendance Saturday, were also subjected to the drunken antics of other USC students. They were constantly watching for students who seemed to collapse any where they desired? whether it be on some one elses blanket, or on top of someone else. People's property was destroyed by drunk students, and were often not even offered an apology. There were also a lot of dogs at the concert which people just let roam around loose. Why do people need to bring dogs to a concert? This also show lack of consideration for other people. Everyone does not like dogssome people are afraid of them, and some are even allergic to them. Dogs also annoy people by jumping on them, getting into their stuff and eettinc thpm Hirtv 0 Q ?-VJ The distressing thing about the rudeness at the outdoor concert was the fact that many non-USC students were present, and these ungainly, uncultured, and unrefined individuals gave a bad impression to the other people in attendance. This uncouthness is not isolated to these two functions. It occurs every day? some on an individual basis, like interrupting people, ignoring people, or even saying rude things to or about people: and others are a group effort, like a group of males harrassing a female, as she walks by. It is unfortunate that some students feel that they must act in this manner. Maybe someday they will grow up and change. But the time for them to start is now. . ________________ ' a"^tle canihwe a uttie jure em sometuinsto jr\ 7swmfv geta baby o -1/ jss-1/ sealcoat? : /p^ (2bL a I 'I WIW ? * \"JUJHW ""Letters to the Editor Iranian People Stepping Forward TO THE EDITOR Reading the article "Revolution Not Over" in the April 22 issue of the Gamecock, a picture of the "Hezbollah" (fascist group murdering the people in Iran) line of thought comes to mind. The article was full of purposely inaccurate claims. Indeed, if our "Hezbollah" wanted to rewrite history in his own style, he would probably say that Napoleon won the Battle of Waterloo. Let's take a look at some of these "childish acPlisaHnnc" ahnnf "Imom" ~ ? ?1'-' J it men me wiuci oi me aruicie aecries. (Needless to say, when we speak of Khomeini, we point to him as a symbol for the entire regime.) One of the last documents uncovered about the Islamic Republic is a letter from the regimes chief attorney to the local courts, where he says: "Since the Pasdar brothers , need blood in the Iran-Iraq war. . .It won't be against sharia (Islamic laws) to extract ! the blood from those who are convicted of execution" and then he adds, "We again I mention that in order that there would be no violation of Islamic rules. . .Imam Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, has himself approved this" (Letter of the Chief Attorney of the Islamic Republic, Oct. 2. 1981. No 325m is thic ? "nhiirUoi, , , vtitu M VtlllUlOIl ac ; cusation" of the violation of human rights or in reality the most barbarous form of | fascism? Are the executions of over 8000 people in the space of a few months "childish accusations" too? Obviously in the opinion of our "Hezbollah", yes! I Our inexperienced "Hezbollah" claims that all opponents of the regime are "Marxist" ; and that they wanted to "replace the Shah with regimes like those in Eastern European countries." First, as far as we know, Mujahedin, one of the strongest opponents of the regime are Muslim ? not atheists ? Sheikh Ezzedin Hosseini, leader of the Kurdish sunnites is also Muslim. Second, those who want to build a regime like those in Eastern Europe are the Tudeh party and the so called "Majority", lackies of the Soviet Union, who are the persistent supporters of the Islamic Republic. The mercenaries of the Islamic Republic further claim that "This government is still in power because the | people are supporting and helping it." This is in fact sophistry. The Iran-Iraq war has forced about 2 million residents of the south to emigrate to Shira, Isfaha, and other cities outside the war area. In the last election for the presidency, according to a reliable report, practically no one showed up in the major cities. In a village in Kurdistan / riarano \ oil * r* 11 r* * 1 an we vmagcia, uiciuuiug pregnant women, were massacred. Besides, Iranians have not forgotten how the Shah claimed that all of 99% of the population | supported him, and he asked the 1% "minority" to leave the country. Khomeini also, in | his speech on the anniversary of the parliment said, "All those opposing the Islamic Republic, either leave Iran or be tried in courts as corrupt people." One of the demagogic tactics used by the regime is its "anti-imperialist" position. This is mere propaganda spread by the regime. The nr^spnt mi _ r uic rtllVA-lIIipVJI lailiil III words, dependent on Imperialism in deeds. At the same time they are taking antiimperialist gestures, they are signing economic contracts with a British company (i.e. Talbot contract between Iran-National factory and the Talbot company) or renewing military contracts on arms sales (e.g. sale of arms by International Western Dynamics, New York, Dec. 26,1980). I should add one final comment about our "Hezbollah" letter. The title of his letter "Revolution Not Over" is appropriate. It's true, Revolution is not over. 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