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OpiriloN Smoking others a Much like the Cabbi (\ swept the nation this CI cigarette smoking reach obsession to many peopl fr\r rpacAnc that Hr\r?' ct; only value that accomp tant cost, yet thousand them. Wednesday marked th tionwide anti-cigarette c Terry's first Surgeon G paign, however, hasn't 1 n had hoped ? about one tion still smokes. Public Health Service ing as "the most impor our time." According to the mo report, released in Nov is a major cause of chro and a variety of cancer; disease and it remains tn death and disability" ir Yet the American tob proven cause-and-effect smoking and a variety ? tobacco industries beli< sickness; many sick pec With various officia severe public criticism one would think the j available groundwork ] tific studv of the subiec The federal Office however, doesn't recei out its mission of heightening public aws associated with smokin One of the biggest smoking is that it infrir A person who doesn't ( does and not be direci non-smoker sits near ; have to suffer the consc Research even sugges been exhaled is more d? ly inhaled from the cig Under such circumst One possibility woul tional program that be r discourage children fr< attitudes toward smok age. Peer pressure is the starting to smoke. Ch age could perhaps prei ting as the activity bee Perhaps the situatioi everyone in the execul from the president do\ on the subject. _? * I , Edi Jol Mar CI Copv Desk Chief Curt Cot News Editor David t Asst. News Editor John Deii Opinion Page Editor Ellen McCan Entertainment Editor Leslie Dum Asst. Ent. Editor Margarita P Sports Editor Jeff flog Asst. Sports Editor Andrew Mi Photo Editor Mary Ann Hi Asst. Photo Editor Joe Jack f Newsroom 777 7 Business Office 777 3 The Gwtecock welcomes letter! ' editorials must be typewritten, tripl Letters should be no longer then 3 I to one newsworthy subject no Ion editorials MUST be signed with tin dress, class standing or faculty poi but the writer's namo may be witht We reserve the right to edit guei Address letters and columns to: C I 1 Columbia, S.C. 29208. j V | } i 1 1 i ?' r i* ' ' ? ? r '?' ' ? ? ' v ( i' ? f i*?? i ' r' violates ir space i ige Patch doll craze that 1 hristmas, the attraction of J les the point of being an 1 le. cigarettes are attractive ( md close examination. The . J anies them is the exhorbi- ! s of people have to have le 20th anniversary of a naampaign led by Dr. Luther eneral's Report. The cambeen as successful as many ;-third of the adult populas identifies cigarette smoktant public health issue of st recent surgeon general's ember, "cigarette smoking nic obstructive lung disease 5, as well as cardiovascular le largest avoidable cause of i the United States. iacco industry maintains no relationship exists between r of illnesses. Perhaps the jve smoking doesn't cause >ple just happen to smoke. l1 reports, lab results and as prevalent as it is today, government would use the for a comprehensive scien:t. of Smoking and Health, ve enough money to carry sponsoring research and ireness about the problems g. problems associated with lges on the rights of others. Jrink can sit beside one who tly affected. However, if a a smoker, the former may jquences of cigarette smoke, ts smoke inhaled after it has mgerous than smoke directarette. ances, what is the solution? id be to organize an educa;gins in the lower grades to am starting to smoke since ing are formed at a young reason most people give for anging attitudes at a young /ent many others from starame socially unacceptable i could be better resolved if tive branch of government, vn, took a positive position -1 ? lecocn ^ tor in Chief ! )nny Boggs laying Editor iris Handal tie Copy Editor Pamela Armstrong Hill Copy Editor Mark Armstrong ner Copy Editor Ronald Brackett thy Copy Editor Leigh Jones ;on General Manager Ron Emler ate Ad Manager Linda S. Haines ers Business Manager Carolyn Griffin Her Production Mgr Mark McEwan illis Graduate Asst Wanda M. Hite son Adviser Mark Ethridge Jr. 181 Advertising 7774249 888 Production 777 2833 i and guest editorials. All letters and guest le spaced on a 65-space line. tOO words and guest editorials should be limited Qer than four typed pages. Letters and guest > writer's name, telephone number, mailing edition and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, I leld upon request if the circumstances warrant. it editorials and letters. ? "1 r <' i*.'r r i > i . f. ' . . . . . . . , , , * J irSTMTML ? DOTE ACTIOHTO 1 PROTECTmSTDm m VNQ REMLYYMTQISARN 91 FROftVlOLEHTTTOSIH ? i (In no^nriol/o rli uii aoici ioi\of ui 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 "missing grade asterisk" when 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 fVia octoricl/ iwuiavw iiiv ajiwiiaiv. An instructor sometimes chooses not to submit a grade when a student 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 that 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 + r%/~v1 l/*i/ it/ill oncu ro that 1 aaiwi ioiv mil viuui v uiai students deserving an "E" receive one, and students who are victims of a clerical error will have six weeks to correct the grade through their college offices. i 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 nr rfrinkina 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 city's crackdown on drunk driving. Eastern, in conjunction with the I Charleston Police Department, will handle the year-long program fueled by a $84,178 Illinois Department of Transportation grant. "~^ >**,;. r . n iniert?ampu7> riving drunk, an The police department has already Kit tllA ctrpotc in on intonrifia/1 rmtrnli nit 11iv oiivvu in uu iiiivii^iiivu dwaitu 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 CharlestonN students should be aware of the penalties for being charged with drivipj under the influence of alcohol. Most students cannot afford the maximum fine of $1,000 plus court costs for a DUI offense. More importantly, no student can afford to risk his own life and the lives of other drivers and pedestrians by driving after drinking. Drunk driving is deadly. Th? flailw Faatarn Haws Eastern Illinois Univsrshy The recent battle in the U.S. Army over whether female officers should be allowed to go to Grenada illustrates why the U.S. government would be better off not allowing women to play army if they aren't prepared to let them fight for real. After receiving their orders last October, four officers packed their bags and flew into Grenada with the units. ; x4W ... t < i i i | | I (j H I l( I l< I I I I I rfw??FIV CW r hovfolribir^ my women No sooner did the jets touch down, however, than these officers were turned around and ? aeainst 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 positions can do noth^ig but advise the womv/i wno were not allowed to go to Grenada to appeal to their superior officers for permission to rejoin their units. But in spite of their arguments, threats and pleas, most will never be allowed to join their troops. If the U.S. government continues to kid women about giving them leadership positions, many qualified women will think twice before considering a military career. And then the joke will be on the Army. /?*?. 0.?y SMn, ???University Wsoup 1 J| KiTGHeN I jgS^B *" 1 1 jj I" "" ^'*^'ir'*,''"*ri '^sss^SB^BBSZ t tmrnmrnm/mmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmam0aBnflBBH?HM ; ' ? 4 Mimt!Ml||1l.lliJi.|ihil!J!i(.M,*1, ' %