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Smoking others' a Much like the Cabb swept the nation this C cigarette smoking read obsession to many peop for reasons that don't st only value that accomp tant cost, yet thousanc them. Wednesday marked tl tionwide anti-ciearette c Terry's first Surgeon G paign, however, hasn't had hoped ? about on< tion still smokes. Public Health Service ing as "the most impoi our time." According to the mo report, released in Nov is a major cause of chro and a variety of cancen viiowaoc auu il icmaillS in death and disability'' in Yet the American tob proven cause-and-effect smoking and a variety tobacco industries belie sickness; many sick peo With various officia severe public criticism j one would think the g available groundwork f tific study of the subiec The federal Office however, doesn't receiv out its mission of : heightening public awai associated with smoking One of the biggest smoking is that it infrin, A person who doesn't d; does and not be direct! non-smoker sits near a have to suffer the conse( Research even suggest been exhaled is more dai ly inhaled from the ciga Under such circumsta One possibility woulc tional program that be* discourage children fro attitudes toward smokii age. Peer pressure is the r< starting to smoke. Chai age could perhaps prevt ting as the activity beca Perhaps the situation everyone in the executi1 from the president dow on the subject. Editor ? John/ Manag Chris Copy Desk Chief Curt Cottle News Editor David Hill Asst. News Editor John Deiner Opinion Page Editor Ellen McCarthy Entertainment Editor Leslie Dunson Asst. Ent. Editof Margarita Pate Sports Editor Jeff Rogers Asst. Sports Editor Andrew Miller Photo Editor Mary Ann Hollis Asst. Photo Editor Joe Jackson Newsroom 777-7181 Business Office 777 388i IThe Gamecock welcomes letters "a editorials must be typewritten, triple s| Letters should bs no longer than 300 tn nnn nauutuunrlhif tnhiirl nn Innncr I editorials MUST be signed with the w dress, class standing or faculty positioi but the writer's name may be withheld We reserve the right to edit guest ei Address letters and columns to: Opini Columbia, S.C. 29208. ? ' ')'>' t' v'?' >'?' t f i i \ ti ft'11' r i' i > ( violates lir soacfi age Patch doll craze that Christmas, the attraction of lies the point of being an ?le. Cigarettes are attractive and close examination. The >anies them is the exhorbi1s of people have to have le 20th anniversary of a naampaign led by Dr. Luther eneral's Report. The cambeen as successful as many J.thirH rtf tKo orlllli nnnxln * uiiim v/1 tuv auuil pupuid:s identifies cigarette smoktant public health issue of st recent surgeon general's ember, "cigarette smoking nic obstructive lung disease >, as well as cardiovascular e largest avoidable cause of i the United States. acco industry maintains no relationship exists between of illnesses. Perhaps the :ve smoking doesn't cause pie just happen to smoke. 1 reports, lab results and is prevalent as it is today, overnment would use the or a comprehensive scient. of Smoking and Health, e enough money to carry sponsoring research and reness about the problems r > problems associated with ges on tne rights of others, rink can sit beside one who ly affected. However, if a smoker, the former may juences of cigarette smoke, s smoke inhaled after it has tigerous than smoke directrette. nces, what is the solution? I be to organize an educajins in the lower grades to m starting to smoke since rig are formed at a young 2ason most people give for tiging attitudes at a young ;nt many others from starme socially unacceptable could be better resolved if ve branch of government, n, took a positive position ecock??~ in Chief ly Boggs ing Editor ( Handal Pnnu EA'ltnr A rrM*t/Ann v wpy auiuiu nimanuuy Copy Editor Mark Armstrong Copy Editor Ronald Brackett Copy Editor Leigh Jones General Manager Ron Emler Ad Manager Linda S. Haines Business Manager Carolyn Griffin Production Mgr Mark McEwan Graduate Asst Wanda M. Hita Adviser Mark Ethridge Jr. ' Advertising 777 4249 1 Production 777 2833 nd guest editorials. All letters and guest paced on a 65-space line. words and guest editorials should be limited | than four typed pages. Letters and guest riUr's name, telephone number, mailing ad i and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, i upon request if the circumstances warrant, ditorials and letters. ion Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, i_Z" Opinio M J irsmiom ? ^ ck1sive actiohto m protect msiiim m vwomiymttqiw n fwmtht ttos On asterisks, t The Ohio State University Council on Admissions and Registration hopes to replace missing grades with an "E" on students' grade cards when left uncorrected for more than six weeks. Currently, students receive the - -- nuking gi auc asierisK" wnen a grade is not submitted by their instructors or when a clerical error occurs. The asterisk means nothing ? no grade was submitted and no credit is earned. The present policy places no limit on the time students or instructors have to replace the asterisk. An instructor sometimes chooses nnt tn cnHmit o r?r?/4*? ?? ! ?? ? -* 1 ? * uuviuit u 510UV rr 11VII a 31UUCI11 fails to show up for the class, even though the student's name is on the official roster. This way the student who perhaps meant to drop the class, but didn't, or just decided not to show up will not receive an incomplete or "E" grade. Grading rules, given to instructors, state that an "E" should be given when students do not satisfy the stated objectives of the course as judged by the instructor. Certainly absenteeism violates these objectives. Even if a "no-show" student does not take up space in a classroom, he still takes up space on a roster and prevents others from registering for mat class. Many students at OSU can identify with the frustration of being closed out of a class. No penalty for no-shows is unfair. Students who fail to meet requirements for a course should be penalized with an "E." The proposed "missing grade asterisk" policy will ensure that students deserving an "E" receive one, mum jiuMViiiJ miw ai W V IWUllId UI d clerical error will have six weeks to correct the grade through their college offices. The Lantern Ohio State University Risking your own life and the lives of others by driving drunk is insane. Worse, however, is the fact that most sane, intelligent people fail to | realize that they jeopardize their own life and others when they exit a party or drinking establishment with too much alcohol in their bloodstream and attempt to drive home. For everyone in Charleston, this realization hopefully will the the result of the fitv's nranlrHnuin nn HrnnU I driving. Eastern, in conjunction with the Charleston Police Department, will handle the year-long program fueled by a $84,178 Illinois Department of Transportation grant. iN Iriving drunk, art The nnlifp HcnartmonJ (">' "I- 1 - - r ?4V|/ui viiivui I Id 3 ciiicctuy hit the streets in an intensified search for intoxicated drivers. In addition to its regular shifts, the department has also assigned two policemen to patrol during peak DUI periods. Many students may have witnessed the crackdown in action since returning from break. Some students already have been arrested, and there probably will be more. Regardless of the numbers (152 people were picked up for DUI last year in Charleston), students should be aware of the penalties for being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Most students cannot afford the maximum fine of $1,000 plus court costs < for a DUI offense. 1 More importantly, no student can < afford to risk his own life and the lives of other drivers and pedestrians by 1 driving after drinking. > Drunk driving is deadly. ( The Daily Eastern Hew* I Eastern Illinois University i The recent battle in th#? II Q Armv I over whether female officers should be a allowed to go to Grenada illustrates why the U.S. government would be I better off not allowing women to play < army if they aren't prepared to let , them fight for real. . j After receiving their orders last Oc- 1 tober, four officers packed their bags and flew into Grenada with the units. w but aRG You i HUN6RY?^| - kuj niniiM i tmi M Hid ny women No sooner did the jets touch down, however, than these officers were turned around and ? against their will ? sent back home. Somebody must have finally noticed the shape of their figures or the pitch of their voices. After all, the stripes on their shoulders said they were leaders. Not only were the women themselves angered and humiliated by being sent home like naughty schoolchildren, their troops were instantly left leaderless as well. Today, after a heated fight against Army brigadier generals, those four women and a few dozen others are back in Grenada. They were the lucky ones. Hundreds of other women were left behind while their units left for Grenada. Those in Army administrative posi:ions can do nothing but advise the vomen who were not allowed to go to Grenada to appeal to their superior officers for permission to rejoin their inits. But in spite of their arguments, hreats and pleas, most will never be illowed to join their troops. If the U.S. government continues to kid women about giving them leader>hip positions, many qualified women will think twice before considering a A *1 ~ ' - 1 ?? mimai jr taictl. j~VIIVJ UICII IIIC JUKC Will be on the Army. Indiana Daily Student Indiana University mm mi ?? in in I iiBi l i HIIJLU??? I I ' < < J i ' | ' J 1.1 J I i I i ' i 11 j ' < v* ' * v* ' * ' ? *v V. 'i