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.opinii I I 1^ israei n to critii Israel's Comi indirect respons Sabra and Shant mpmhprs of thr Defense Ministe The commiss Israeli soldiers < Shantilla, they Christian phala with the Palestir Israel's pohti< have acted to stc report condemn! and stop the mas We applaud examine and c ticularly the mi Israelis attach t has shown ? o? However, we v involved in the criticize themsel The Lebanese camps is an exa; to exercise its re could have easily failure to act has the press. The withdraw; ?? l xiciiicui u uups ue left before the sit yet no one has < leaders who ordei Israel's inquirii and Shantilla sh > praise of Israi criticism of certa who appear to ca thev should ma stitutions and as demanded as mi the Israelis. Narrov\ mar PA Endorsing a solitary issue is s Political Acti< dangerous becai and zealously p with them rega issues. Worse than thj in negative cai fflplrina n r???nrl?H M VUtAVllU Most PACs su] presidential el< however, such li formed PACs. The emergen negative campa the way politics North Carolina, negative ads a leader of the Ne^ This type of c; redirects voter: qualifications of stand on a singl< such as those the So it came as C 1 uiuciuss i or Ij nomination said tributions from ] Colorado, and f Mondale disavow separate stateme Hart expresse when he said, "I to citizens than P Tf mnro nnlitir A& ***VfA V ^/VAil/lV political process maybe the best elected without 1 powerful special KL <. on ias couraae cize its army nission of Inquiry has placed ibility for the massacres at the ilia refugee camDS uoon several i Israeli government, including r Ariel Sharon. >ion concluded that, although did not kill anyone at Sabra and were in a position to stop the ngists from settling old scores lians. sal and military leaders should >p the killings. The commission's s them for failing both to foresee jsacres. Israel for her willingness to criticize her institutions, parlitary. Given the Drestiee most. W A ;o the military, the commission courage and integrity. yish that other parties indirectly massacres were as willing to ves for their actions. QMYIir'c mfl in n 1 l-/\ i-1-_ utiitjr o iciuoai tu ^clllUl tilt? mple of another party's refusal ?sponsibilities. Lebanese troops r prevented the massacre. Their received very little attention by al of American, French and ars examination. They clearly uation in Beirut had stabilized, questioned the wisdom of the red this untimely withdrawal. QQ into tVlD moooont?nf< ?f C"I ww uiw uiv iiictooav^iCO ctl OdUI ~<A lould prompt more than just si's political institutions or tin individuals, such as Sharon, rry most of the blame. Instead, ike us examine our own in;k ourselves why we have not ich of ourselves as we have of / mindedness iCs' efforts candidate on the basis of a ;enseless. )n Committees are potentially lse they often focus on one issue promote candidates who agree rdless of their stance on other is, PACs often become involved moaienint? ? ninnincr nHc of r -o o . v....u..b ?w uv ate while not supporting anyone, pported conservatives in the 1980 ection. Soon after the race, berals as George McGovern also ce of single-issue politics and igning is threatening to change il campaigns are conducted. In a PAC is starting a series of gainst Sen. Jesse Helms, the v Right. ampaigning obscures issues and s' attention from the overall a candidate to that candidate's B issue or a narrow set of issues i Moral Majority supports. welcome news when two canhe Democratic presidential I they would not accept conPACs. Both Sen. Gary Hart, Dormer Vice President Walter wcu me use oi iunas m >nts. d the wisdom of his decision t's time we paid more attention ACs." lians adopted this attitude, the would be vastly improved and qualified candidate could get bending his beliefs to that of a interest group. -letters Inner conflii Editor: I write now to publicly lament in resounding voice, and to make all members of this university community aware, that its greatest tradition is expiring as they read this and due to an internal cancer is near death. On Tuesday, I witnessed the resignation of perhaps the final reasonable, dedicated and sincere memDer ot tne uiariosophic Literary Society. This event is of no small import and is to be noted by all. On that evening, the last in a series of six or seven loyal members quit the once great literary society and left it in the hands of those who were and are the agents of its destruction. From the appearance of its condition, given the attitude of its membership ? consisting of six officers and two others ? the society which formerly reigned in the minds of Carolina students and alumni as the heart, nay, the very soul : :i- ?- ? ? ~ vi uus university, is iimsnea. senselessly and irresponsibly degenerated. Reduced to a mere sham. The reasons the Clariosophic Literary Society collapsed are numerous, but they nearly all lie in the deliberate and immature failure of its members to even attempt to fulfill its tradition, its constitutional requirements: the free exchange of ideas, worthy and stimulating public debate and promoting a literary, Abortion iss about exacl Editor: Just wanted to write in response to S of Feb. 7 to say thanks for informing n I was apparently "a type of par; (mother) decided I was "benign" an herself of what could have been a "ma to let me live. I have difficulty in understanding hi can speak in such a "technical" way. the scientific community agrees th ception. If it does not, then at what poi it pass from non-life to life? The argui able to live on its own is not valid developed newborn infant will die if le most helpless life-forms known. In tVio U/~ll P? ? *- " ' aia Uic rrun oireei journal article 01 4'Ten Years After The Abortion Decis points out that "whatever one may tl abortion, the court's decision 1 mistaken...time has only served to ei and to indicate its gravity." A ' 4 uaouaitu gUCS UI1 lO SHy 11131 & right be found or reasonably interpreted fro indicates that the decision goes h society's respect for individual life ar ethic. He concludes that "in Roe vs. wrong ? seriously wrong." A decision like this hints at fui relativistic value system concerning fanticide and euthanasia. When will s will speak for those who cannot speak wmmmmmmmmBBurnrnm \ m? ^bMK VQM :t plagues Cla political, even philosophical arena and temoer of mind nmnna th?? student body. ITS MEETINGS in that hall (Legare), which once rang with the impassioned pleas of Hugh Swinton Legare, Wade Hampton and Jonathan Maxcy, are now reaucea 10 games 01 petty infighting, to flares of conflict between the society's leading personalities, to exercises in parliamentary nihilism by way of ubiquitous objections and points-oforder when any newcomer speaks against the views held by the membership, and to utter and groundless shibboleths that pass under the guise of literary debate. Hence, the society draws no new members; thus it stagnates and will die in its cancerous condition. As its recently resigning members have all cried, the society they quit is no longer the society they joined, nor is it any facsimile of the illustrious and vital association it once was. Would that such a regrettable event had never occurred! Would that such a day had never dawned upon the lawns of this dear campus! But dawn 1 that day has, and whatever chance remains of reviving and restoring the venerable character of the Clariosophic Literary Society is slight. ?ue raises moi t time human I will defend the defe 1. Garnett Hand's letter ^es> *s an *ss le that before my birth, asite"and my "host" d therefore did not rid lignancy," but decided * I ow a journalism senior | A significant portion of at life begins at connt in development does (.op.y J,^?kfchlef "A ... . r. ... .. . Asst.Chief Jam ment that not until it is News K<mor because even a fully Asst. News Editor... S ft alone. It is one of the Asst. News Edit. Racht Knt. Editor J r .Ian 17 ioo-J Asst. Ent. Editor Jin * > ??"i vmiucu Sports Editor sion," Terry Eastland A98t Sports EdUor D link of the morality of Opinion Page Editor . LO years ago was mphasize the mistake I Newsroom Business Office to an abortion cannot The Gamecock welco m the Constitution. He editorials must be type\ eadlong against this letters should be no id the Judeo-Christian limited 10 on<> newswo. wade, the court was ana *uest n number, mailing addr . Pseudonyms are unacc rtner problems Of a request if the circumste [ life in areas of in- We reserve the right t uch trends stop? Who Address letters and c for themselves? Who A*USCi Co,umbifl.s c MMl "K RULYGBFttW? iriosophs Once, I contemplated joining the society to make it better, to reform its ways; but, sadly, one is not enough. Perhaps ten, perhaps fifteen serious, concerned, articulate students could a. a ? a- 11 * ? ciiier anu re-create me oia society. PERHAPS THE avid effort to communicate with one's fellow man, to formulate sound ideas and then to proclaim them will arise to save the literary society. I only hope that I am here to witness this. I had always believed the society, could bear better fruits than it has in recent years. I now grieve the loss of such belief. I grieve more, however, - that 177 years of inspired literary tradition should come to its end because of the irresponsibility and blind inanity of its present membership. I fear most of all, though, that the decease of this formerly grand and significant literary society is but a -belated symbol for the death of the true spirit of active, liberal education at Carolina ? a spirit that makes itseit manifest vocally and passionately in halls like the one whose doors shall soon be closed. Yet, I pray that my fears are false. David Wiles Baccalaureus Artium at Sciantiae junior South Carolina College al questions life begins nseless? ue on which we will not back down. Cliff Hull Chemistry graduate student iamecoc k? 1 Editor-in-Chief Richard Meyers nn Apple/zate Wire Editor l.p.vlip Potash I es Soholowshi Photo Editor Andy Putnam Chris Handal Asst. 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