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- opinionAdvertising t election initic a : i a /tiuericans nave iraaiuona methods to govern themselves directly governed themselves and women to represent their in also occasionally bypass electec and decide matters for themseh This latter method, popular] oublic initiative hpars pxamir recent elections. We are all familiar with legislatures. These august bodi that govern our society. E represents a very small part Legislators jealously defend the constituents and reconfirm everyone has an equal stake an voice in society. While coming to our aid, legis corrupted. They may serve tY than those who elected them. forces us to question the democ of our elected representatives tatives are only human, but 1 methods of governing ourselve eliminate this human factor, 01 public initiative. T? 4.1. tr i i:_ J in me past, we nave reneu Because initiatives require a r cast in a general election, represent the will of the ma People will not vote for measi honestly support or that advei infaracfc fhiic fVio lnrfin Knhinrl llll/Vl VOtO } tilUO, 111V/ UtiHiiU foolproof. Unfortunately, results of th lead us to question this assurr initiatives. They do not necessa citizens' will; votes can be money or, more signincan vertising. In California, Propos the registration of and an ir handguns. In April, polls indie; two to one majority in favor of t October polls indicated an torate, after opponents of th more than $5 million on advert 15 did not pass Nov. 2. Although we can assume s< have changed their minds b October anyway, we cannot a spent by opponents of Prop< affect the outcome. Thp damp tinfoil in deposits on soft drink bo California, Colorado and Wc firms and grocery stores c against these proposals. The have reduced highway pollut from sales of soft drinks; thi the firms' narrow interests. Tne strength of initiativ dependent of any particular Initiatives allowed people to b officials who, being only 1 bought. Unfortunately, results of t indicate voters can also be boi I Gctmeco Editor-in-Chief ] Richard Meyers Copy Desk Chief David De Witt Opinior Asst. Copy Desk Chief . . Kay Bender Wire E< News Editor John Uraun Piioto f Asst. News Ed.. .Richard Culbertson Asst. PI Asst. News Editor. . . Forrest Hrown (ienera Ent, Editor John Vaunhan Advisei Asst. Km. r.tmor cnris Hanital ah iviar Sports Editor Johnny Doggs Husines Asst. Sports Editor . 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I ly known as the fhN^Jg lation in light of 1 the role of our JpS ^ i\ ies pass the laws ]ach legislator ^ of that society, M, v i interests of their ' MS ^ ^ the view that JBL id, thus, an equal lators can also be lemselves rather :ratic credentials we nave aevisea s that attempt to le of which is the ? W" b a? upon initiatives. MUSICS najority of votes they supposedly Editor: jority of voters. l ean imagine it no J i . football season, and lires they do not. scored another touch* 'Sely affect their plays the fight song. T initiatives seems olav Queen's "Anothe Dust" over the public Suddenly the ch< e recent election iption concerning Nonsense? I agr< rily represent the though, some people bought by either of that very song, \ nrnnpr T0VGFS0, b C0rn6S ity, proper aa mariillana? ThM sllion lb caiiea tor maintain that baclo nport ban on all are deliberately ins( ated a better than musicians in many c ;his proposal. subconsciously perc evenly Split elec- listening audience. J ^ . they contend that the e measure spent motivating fon ising. Proposition practice of l'backwar< The debate over tht 3me people would Claims has escalated etween April and onths- Such event .1 r burning of rock mu: SSUme the money church in Saluda, th< 3Sltl0n 15 did not Zeppelin's "Stairway reverse on a local r< just last week, a sem itiatives to place sponsored by a religi titles in Arizona, at USC have stirred tl tshington Bottling advertised heavily employed by mostl ^ initiatives wouia damentalists to c< ion and cut profits music foi its corr iS, it did not serve l^ety 's irrational it is time to stand b< es was once in- O II O ft interest or group. qMo A i ypass their elected human, could be ^ he recent elppfinn Ight. Editor: One of the apparei the Wellness Bar in P if |# basement. Salad bai ^ choices for lunches, a and certainly the mo< Todav I oaid mv $ . Page Kditor .. . 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The evidence suppi he cheerleaders ^ stence of backward mask ;r One Bites the i?. *u:.. * u_. , cti'ipic:, una is> a iiiutii jwmi, now address system simply because it has never eers subside. demonstrated that reverse mes 1 start smoking are perceivable. There is no scie basis to the assertion that the h vf'i- APPf*reJ^|y mind car understand song 1 believe the title much less the spoken languai vhen spoken in reverse start to; smoKe Even the most frequently e individuals passage which is claimed to con /TiessfaSes satanic message makes no i ;rted by studio Namely, a verse from "Stairv >ther songs and Heaven," which is purport* 611?th contain the following message .1r rm?F?' sweet Satan, no other made a pa w u-iniSelu-S ^ makes me sad, whose pov ;e behind this Satan." Gibberish such as thi J Hlaanlllg. oncilv hn intomrofoH oc nrio cc "".vip.vivu uo UIIV OV. jse controversial but to the unbiased reader locally in recent phrases are unintelligible, s as the mass It's strange, but I know pers sic albums at a many people who listen to rock e playing of Led daily and live clean lives. Tib / to Heaven" in servation, although quite obvi idio station and, most of us, is conveniently over! linar on the topic by those who tell us that expos tous organization rock music leads to moral deca> he public interest Another fallacy concerns k between rock songs that are constantly refer 1. The rhetoric as representative examples y religious fun- rock n roll spirit: songs b >ndemn popular Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, the B osive effect on and a few others Mn?t nf and misleading; are old and forgotten, and man> ack and appraise achieved any popularity. adds variety ~ Wellness Bar ntlv littlo.lfnn\i;ri honnfitc nf I TCP lif? Jr. >?V?J asvviv ft WAV/ V* ft* MV/ ft IV/i 1 lO \/l UVJV 11110 'atterson Hall (formerly South Building) *s are increasingly popular restaurant ind SAGA has assembled one of the best, st reasonably priced, I have seen. 3, all-you-can-eat fee at the door, got a jafeteria, and then built on it a dinner )ttage cheese, grated American cheese, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, grapefruit, )uts, bean sprouts, honeydew melon, ;reen bell pepper, black olives, celery, V ines, mushrooms, onion, watermelon, ng, sprinkled with wheat germ and as just half of what was available! or the inclination, I could also have had grill, a sandwich, ice cream or cake. The d fruits provide a wide variety of tex?tes; they are satisfying, low in calories ating them outdoors on the veranda HBHHI k below is a daily treat for which I am gratulated and encouraged. Anyone can u * > ?le feast for the same low Cost, and I hope ge of the opportunity. rOK Damon Hickey I H'? History PhD student Up K WE FOUND I senior BOX1, Epf. I IttN 3,196- faw I CVW&' Jf HP inr I a ^ x \ le with Satan The point here is that this tired rock bunch of overused examples in no way ;ward typifies today's trends in rock music, arting When Air Supply goes satanic, let me i :ing is know. /ever, I was particularly troubled by the been seminar previously mentioned. The ;sages speaker at this seminar, referring to jntific John Lennon's music, which he felt nman bore immoral connotations, imolied yrics, that Lennon deserved his fate ? a ge, in brutal death two years ago. I doubt the sincerity of a person who can pass cited such judgment on a fellow mortal itain a and preach from the Bible about sense. brotherly love at the same time. John /ay to Lennon and the Beatles sang of love to and Deace: "All You Need is Love " i : "My "Give Peace a Chance" and th, for "Imagine," for example. George ver is Harrison's charity concert for the s can starving nation of Bangladesh raised ies fit, over a million dollars ? hardly the the work of the devil, I submit. MUSIC, like religion, is a deeply onally personal experience. Each song holds n' roil a different meaning for every one. If a lis ob- certain group feels that popular music ous to reeks of the devil and should be looked avoided, then they have a right to that iure to belief. However, as long as the anti1. rock fundamentalists rnntirme to those dictate precisely God's will for myself red to and others, they increasingly of the discredit themselves and their y Led organizations. eatles, ; songs j never Charles Hood Chemistry senior College Press Service I /III. I M It if Vov cak) JoSrtpv nr.. * AM CtASS. " ,