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unemploy
highest sii
Graduation is the <
planning and preparat
when it's time to face t!
good job after college
students, so we set ours
We choose a field
demand and rising opp
four years of college, v
the shocking truth ar
there waiting for us.
The Bureau of Li
reported that the unei
highest since the Grej
1930s. The level is 10.1
into 11.3 million Amer
The figures are depres
someday seek emplo;
another face in the lor
willwebesome of the
found jobs? What do th
college students?
According to Presi<
plenty of jobs availabl
The majority of the
specialized training a
perience. As college
training, but usually nc
we get experience unle
to take a chance on us?
The job world is com
good job requires luck
you're minus one, you'r
Labor Secretary Ray
high unemployment s
fV. fvcn SXIlf At? o "n,
tnuov, uui kji wuiiv, a o
more appropriate term
As in every other
Republicans blame the
the Democrats blarm
Democrats blame
economic policies and
Jimmy Carter's big-sp<
It is difficult to blam?
for our problems. The
by the "ripple effect"
wrong everything else
leads to unemployment
to higher inflation
inescapable.
But the facts must
Reagan became presid
at 7.4 percent. Two y
risen almost 3 percent
it is today.
Unemployment has
August. Those number*
rate of increase, by ne:
the total population wil
Reagan says he'll U
2.7 percent increase ir
since he's been in offic<
will take responsibility
Since 1968, Republic
House, except for C
Maybe it's time to rea
whom, and if those acci
With elections less
time to do somethii
tragedies of our cour
each other, our elec
working together to ]
flation.
During his campa
defined the difference
depression by saying
neighbor loses his job,
lose your job. We thii
Reagan.
What can college st
bleak future? What ha
dollars spent on an edi
Was it all a waste?
Unemployment scar
will ever do when
something, anything, t
futures a little more op
rtiiieriuau duuiur ?ju
the Depression that h
looking for a job who
leaning into the wind.
Will our lives be spen
ment level
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culmination of years of
Lion for that big moment
le4'real" world. Getting a
is the main goal for most
ielves toward that goal.
in which employment
>ortunities exist. Through
/e remain optimistic until
rives: that big job isn't
ibor Statistics rfipentlv
nployment level is at its
at Depression in the late
percent, which translates
icans out of work today,
sing to all of us who must
yment. Will we become
ig unemployment lines or
fortunate ones who have
le statistics mean to us as
dent Reagan, there are
e if one is willing to look,
se jobs require highly
nd several years of exstudents,
we have the
)t the experience. How do
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petitive. To be placed in a
;, skill and experience. If
*e minus a job.
mond Donovan called the
i "social tragedy." For
ocial disaster" seems the
nationwide crisis, the
Democrats, and likewise,
3 the Republicans. The
Reagan's supply-side
I the Republicans blame
ending tactics.
e any party or any person
economy has been cursed
? when one thing goes
is sure to follow. Inflation
; and unemployment leads
. The problems are
still be analyzed. When
lent, unemployment stood
ears later that level has
to the double-digit figure
risen .3 percent since
> are scary. At the present
xt October 13.7 percent of
I be out of work,
ike responsibility for the
i the unemployment rate
* if the leaders before him
for the other 7.4 percent,
ans have ruled the White
barter's four-year stint,
lly look at who's blaming
usations are well-founded,
than a month away, it's
ig about the economic
ltry. Instead of blaming
ited officials should be
lessen the impact of inlign,
President Reagan
i between recession and
it is a recession if your
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uui 11 s a aepression it you
ik it's a depression, Mr.
udents do to combat the
ppens to the thousands of
ucation to get a good job?
es us. We wonder what we
we graduate. Is there
hat we can do to make our
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umisnc r
hn Steinbeck said during
e had never seen a man
didn't look as if he were
t leaning into the wind?
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Con man cai
Editor:
Boos and hisses to the Carolina
Program Union's Ideas and Issues
Committee for their bungling of the
Frank Abagnale lecture scheduled for
this past Wednesday! The tactless,
slip-shod manner in which the
committee requested an affidavit
from Abagnale would suggest a basic
ineptitude within the organization
itself.
If the committee heard rumors
concerning the possible validity of
Abagnale's storv on the Saturdav
prior to his appearance, it should have
not waited until the day before his
Student rebut
Homecoming c
Editor:
I was rather surprised to read the lette
Allen, concerning the Gamecock's
tuvciagc ui uuillCCUIIIUlg WCl. O).
Actually, I should say I was surprised ;
letter; it was far from surprising to s
newspaper couched in such simplistic sar
Of course it was obvious that Mr. Allen
was inspired by the fact that his fraternit
for first place, was not mentioned in a cut
picture on page eight of the Oct. 4 issue,
the other first-place winner, Maranatha S
RATHER THAN inform readers. ?
terms ? of this factual oversight, the wr
decided to chastise the paper for the ov<
event.
I would beg to differ ? in more straight
The Gamecock's Homecoming covera^
22 issue, with a two-column article at tl
concerning a grievance filed by a t
candidate.
The Sept. 24 issue featured another
following un the grievance stnrv with ripu
was denied by the Homecoming Commij
included a page five brief on Chicago
Bernadin's visit to USC for Homecoming
MONDAY OF Homecoming Week, S
devoted the most coverage to the Home
didates of any Gamecock in the past fev
had a six-column headline, pictures of e
spread across pages four and six. In
section, a thorough article on Homecc
covered almost half o an entire page ? 15
Thp Spnt 9Q icciiA pnntainarl (inn nomc
? Ml/ V\/IIV?IIIVU V AIV/ W O
one concerning Homecoming Queen ele
cerning a reception.
The Oct. 1 issue (the day before Homec
page five brief concerning last-mi
Homecoming scheduling ; a top-of-the-sec
(page 13) of the Cincinnati Bearcats,
football rival; and a feature picture of Vi
entertainment section.
Monday's (Oct. 4) coverage of the Hoi
was overwhelming. An. article aboi
receiving ustJ's 1982 Distinguished Alum
the entire lower half of fhe front page. A
Homecoming week spread across the si
three and featured three big pictures o
including another picture of a float that,
Allen's, either.
THE NEWS briefs on page six contai
y i nam mam: inumui
ncellation up:
scheduled lecture to "request" an
affidavit from him.
One would think the committee
would perform enough research on a
prospective speaker to make an
educated decision on any last-minute
rumors which might surface around
him.
Abagnale was totally within reason
to be offended by the committee's
llth-hour apprehension and subsequent
mishandling of the entire
affair.
If the committee had planned to
present Abagnale with or without an
s fraternity me
average most i
chair endowment frc
r from one H. Blake the "Feedback" sec
alleged "lack of from students aboi
editorial itself discus
at tne content of the The entertainmen
ee criticism of the picture of the Outc
casm. concert, and the infi
's display of wit (?) Homecoming float w
y's float, which tied
line under a feature In the sports sect
The picture was of Gamecocks' win o\
itudent Center. feature on strong s
victory.
in straightforward
iter rather foolishly In all, the Oct. 4 iss
jrsight of the entire events, including a
President James
forward terms: Homecnminc Qnw?r
>e began in the Sept. include the seven "F
le top of page three
lomecoming Queen FINALLY, USC'S
all by H. Blake Allen
page three article, the Gamecock done
rs that the grievance in my entire three ye
?sion. The issue also Hmmm.
Archbishop Joseph
>ept. 27, the paper .
coming Oueen can- I U
v years. The article
ach candidate, and
the entertainment
mning week events
J. Copy Desk Chief D<
briefs on page six, News Editor
ctions and one con- Asst. News Editor
Asst. News Editor... Foi
. . , Ent. Editor Joi
oming) contained a Asst Ent Kdltor c
mute changes in I Sports Editor Jo
:tion sports preview Asst. Sports Editor . Dei
, the Homecoming
1 . ,, .Newsroom
Va Las Vegas in the Business Office
mecoming weekend The Gamecock welcom
it the archbishop editorials must be typewr
nils Award covered Letters should be no lo
? i limited to one newswortl
wrap-up article on ai]d 8ue? eMorMs M
X COlUmnS on page number, mailing addres
f various events ? I Pseudonyms are unaccef.
sadly, was not Mr. request if the circumstam
We reserve the right to i
Address letters and col
A, USC, Columbia, S.C. 29
ined an article on a
?h
^ IffcPf^Tribwe
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sets student
affidavit, why did it then ask for one?
The most tragic by-product of the
Abagnale controversy is Abagnale's
refusal to appear at other colleges
because of the irresponsible actioas of
an organization which represents the
university.
Those who attend events sponsored
by the Ideas and Issues Committee or
nir ' 1
m"j uuiw vauipua uigiillUilllUIl inigni
hope that a valuable lesson was
learned from the Abagnale fiasco.
David Jernigan
Broadcasting senior
mber's letter;
axtensive ever
>m the Class of '32. On the editorial page,
:tion contained pictures and quotations
it the entire Homecoming week. The
;sed Homecoming.
t section led page 11 with a half-page
loor Concert, a sizable article on the
imous feature picture of only one of the
inners.
ion, over half of page 13 described the
rer Cincinnati, and there was a page 14
afety Chuck Finney's role in the USC
.ut vunutiiicu iu ^iciui o ui nuiuecuiiiuig
nice feature shot on page two of USC
Holderman congratulating 1982
1 Vicki Harrell. This number does not
eedback" pictures.
1982 Homecoming was wrapped up for us
i, who complained that "never before has
so little to cover an official school event
;ars on this campus."
JBII 1>00K
Undeclared sophomore
iomccock
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