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'Recommendation' reason for visit There's a certain magic in the air this week at USC that usually only comes around Christmas 01 spring break. President Ronald Reagan is coming to visit. This event has brought about quite a hubbub ol activity around campus. The grounds are being trimmed and clipped, the Russell House is being scrubbed and the naint touched un. and the Horseshoe is being evacuated at 11:15 tomorrow. Some Horseshoe residents may feel put out b) this undeniable inconvenience, but when it geti down to simple logic, it's obvious this measure ii necessary for reasonable security purposes, and no designed to annoy the honor students. The officials who arranged for this visit shoulc be highly commended. This is one of those once-in a-lifetime events students will always remembei when looking back at their college experience. This is a far from common event and one oi which USC has a right to be proud. Certainly no other school in this area can boast of such an honor. Still, there is some cause for realistic cynicism with Reagan's visit. i ne i>minute speech at the Horseshoe was not the only drawing card for Reagan's visit to South Carolina. He is also to attend a fund-raising dinner that has been arranged by the GOP for Sen. Strom Thurmond. The theme for the gala affair is "A Salute to Two Presidents." (Thurmond is president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate.) Thurmond will certainly be in good company as one of the guests of honor. And it was at Thurmond's recommendation that Reagan decided to visit our campus and state capitol. While many South Carolinians think of Thurmond as the man who has done the most for this state since James Byrnes, he is also thought of as the man who has the most connections and the most favors owed to him, more than virtually anyone else on Capitol Hill. so aitnough Keagan will undoubtedly find USC a fine school and accept his honorary doctorate graciously, Thurmond's 'Recommendation'* to visit this state and the GOP dinner undoubtedly carried as much weight as the beauty of the Horseshoe or USC's outstanding academic programs in Reagan's decision to come down. And while thp nrpciHAnt'c aicW Jo n ? _ ? V ?*aav vkiivtvi&t o vIOIL (\ ^uiticn uppor* tunity for our student body, it is also a sterling example of politics and the "good ole boy" system, too. At least, USC is one of the "good ole boys" benefitting from this one. And, afterall, that's politics. P__?Gamecock? ? ! 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Congratulations, have a cigar and meet GEAC, CAEN and Validine, the newest members of the university's microchip menagerie. GEAC, presently only a precocious infant, is organizing the university's five largest libraries. But when full grown, it will touch the rest of the campus's shelves and card catalogs. CAEN, THE College of Engineering's new computer, is currently the runt of the litter. But with $100 meals from each term, it is sure to spring past MTS as the college's primary com puter system. And for those of you who thought you were safe from all of this in the USC honorei To the editor: USC students soon wil have the opporti unique and privileged experience, one fe the country can claim. Tomorrow the pre States will be visiting the Columbia camp with students, faculty and staff. As members of the USC communil honored to have someone of such magnit recognize our school. President Ronald R illustrates that we have a lot to be proud < I hope the students, faculty and staty wi effort to attend th<? ---u:-1- ' ?v/vunuii ai WHICH \ presented with an honorary doctor of law! 15-minute address. Tomorrow will be a historic day for th supporters since this is the first time an i has ever received a degree at USC. I hope to see everyone there, showing h have such a guest and how proud we are university. History I f To the Editor: Tomorrow, Carolina will hp nriuiU'.^ - Ronald Reagan appear on campus to r< degree from USC. As a student, I'm proud to have Reag for an appearance. It's not very often tha student has the president of the United Sta her campus. 1 It's a momentous event for Carolina a N: :: ?i r^/od gvv ) iajts * ) / ieYca M y / &s V P?i IntercampuS ization of ca campus dorms, there's Validine, the latest in space-age meal-card technology. What other horrors will the English m Q 1 Arc r\f tAmArrmir iiiujvi j v/* iv/invji i ur* V1IWUHIVI . Perhaps the obscene chants of "Bull?" during football games will be computer synchronized so that several drunken fools aren't always five seconds late. OR MAYBE frisbee traffic over the diag will be monitored by air traffic control radar atop Mason Hall in order to protect preachers and pro testers from the 165 gram projectiles. Will Ann Arbor be compared with Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World," or worse yet, Walt Disney World's EPCOT center? No, probably not. Those computer systems will likely accomplish exactly what they are supposed to. Sure, CAHN will probably break down some LetterS i to have Re mity to experience a and we all should te w collegiates across the president speak sident of the United brought this event a us of USC to speak :y, we should feel ude and importance eagan's visit further of here at Carolina. ill all make a special the president will be s degree and make a le university and its ncumbent president 4 ow proud we are to JV to be a part of this M Cindy Price .JSsjr lolitical science senior r?^/ I to have President f eceive an honorary J an choose Carolina ' t an average college ites appear on his or s well as Columbia, 6 i \A) :k? j DOIAJGc T?A\S > 8?caosc THE Presidents COMING TO J L ~ impuses night before you have an assignment due. Ana yes, you win prooaoiy near how GEAC mistakenly credited your friend with 167 overdue books. But for all the criticism those plastic terminals will no doubt get, they will probably make student life easier in the long run. Lines will be shorter, hold credits will be erased faster after paying them and homework for engineers will be less of a chore. THE REGISTRATION computer, CRISP, was one of the first of its kind in the nation. It receives its share of criticism, but you don't hear anyone asking to go back to the chaos of registration when it was held in Waterman gymnasium. Campus computers may take their knocks, but in the end students will be glad they are around. The Michigan Daily University of Michigan agan visit ike advantage of this opportunity to hear . The university and state officials who bout should be applauded. Nancy Watkins Accounting senior ~~W~Z <?-A\R SPACE 1983 The Orlando S?f.lin?l FieW N?w?pej>?r 8yndlc?t?