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Rudeness
It is a shame that USC has so
many rude students in attendance.
These students seem to congregate
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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""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"
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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,
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; 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
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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
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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. The Iranian *
people have become more experienced, more steeled, during the last three years, and
are stepping forward to overthrow this bloodthirsty, dictatorial regime.1,
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