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People, elev; need each o It's 10:30 a.m., and you're anxi the distribution of the ECON 321 studied for all night. avs yuu gci inc icsi anu prepare i depths of concentration, a loud rinj; air like a deflated balloon. Is it an j drill? No, someone is caught in the ele who uses an elevator on the USC ca ting caught between floors, as all ca are susceptible to this distasteful m? The Close-Hipp buildings are par to have faulty elevators. It's not urn a teacher or student struggling up < stairs after having wailed 10 minutes six elevators. By no means is this problem classroom buildings. The dormitc vulnerable. Cary Wenthur, a USC s^ this disturbing reality this past Thu West when he stepped through the to discover the elevator wasn't there, quick reflexes of one of Wenthur's mers, Soren Ostberg, the athletic d not lose a valuable player. What would you do if you were elevator when it malfunctioned? The "emergency" button. However it's many times that most people thir alarm. Then again, every elevator hatch, but that's almost always se would be difficult to reach if yoi elevator alone. Most elevators have a place foi more often than not, the phone h oui. Besides, who would you call help? There are two methods thatensur tioning of any elevator. The first oc< pie hold the button while waitii Granted, delaying the elevator for y common courtesy, but most people wait as long on the elevator as they spend walking up the stairs. The second and most infuriating overuse 01 tne elevator by healthy pe to ride up only one floor. The American Heart and Lur should conduct a survery that comp fitness of those people who climb a 1 day and the lazy people who are wi the elevator. Maybe it's time we de pie who use the elevator as a luxurv : use the elevator for health reasons. " Gcimecocl Editor in Chief Johnny Boggs Managing Editor Chris liandal Copy Desk Chief Ron Brackett Copy Editor News Editor David Hill Copy Editor . Asst. News Editor John Oeiner Copy Editor . 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Opif ators HO - i runif Tnpr tnw OffW ously awaiting test that you o dive into the *ing pierces the L lir raid? A fire Hv for one of the v restricted to >ries are also dimmer, faced rsday in Bates elevator doors ======================= Thanks to the PiB. M , ; fellow swim- OlUUeill ody epartment did To the Editor: There seems to be a great pro , . , American society, a problem tY caugni in trie t|ie more bizarre for its oppos re's always the the civilization in which (of resp been used SO which) it was spawned: the lk it's a false American civilization. The pre has an escape the .inab"i,y of Americans to ... , tana the obvious implicati aled shut and . . .. popular culture tnat retie i were on the civilization. Ultimately then, the prot ' a phone but America is the ignorance of A as been ripped And '.he Gamecock continual! .c *7 . paradigms of th:s problem. ii you needed jt tencjs to aVoid television,1 equivalent to avoiding pain Renaissance Italy. When it t; thp mq 1 f11nr> the issue (as Mrs. Margarita P e the maliunc- Mr Jp Hudson hav<_ donc) "urs when p.O- so jn jgnorance Qf yv's nature lg on others. never differentiated from f our friend is a theater or (and this is crucia j ? A I ? i_ : _ i ? r. i i . a UOll I warn lO ,Citl psyciuc me. uni would have to understands the psychic messi of television, one is in darkness tion to the heroic American method IS the tion. Two more recent ople who use it assessments are seen in the e page of April 11, 1984. First, Mr. Mike Lane pre A . , statement that might other) ig Association overlooked: "... as though < U ^ II aics inc uvciau been anticipating a Shakes light of stairs a lling to wait on f rnohllldll C liniate the peo- I I BOlllllClll 9 from those who To the Editor: In the Gamecock editorial liberty in proclaiming that p system has failed. Unfortunate 1 is unanimously neia ana mere tiate this ill-considered positio It is amazing what this 4,sys accomplished compared to otl for example, has so many part ment is formed virtually ever Le*gfl Jones superpower like the United . Daw" *Vawa unstable atmosphere. .... Jane McPherson r- . . . . Herb Rrm* Every maJor industrialized, Although wes er R0n Emfer have third parties, neither hav< Linda S. Haines major parties. With a two-pa iger .. Carolyn Griffon generate political competition r Mark McEwan ... ciKriit,>. Students I 77/4249 _ 777-2B33 Editor: Although University Inn onl iters and guest oAtoriab it holds many fond memories and honorary. itorials should be limited ... ? iges. Letten and guest We can for?et the hot spring vm number, mailing ad water pool trying to decide wh? nyms are unacceptable, cold winter days of no heat 01 circumstances warrant. Of course, UI didn't have a S, pauM nlaim . V.UUIU vicuiii lUC \^IilWKCIl Hcock, Drawer A, USC, Shuttlecock stop either, but al drive us on those cold or rain) vhrM IflP&S APETRrtNoW) ^5 B^E^ESSE// 1UTH0R UEADSIJ. J/ LetterS rs Gamecock misrenr B play and to his chagrin, (sic) the blem fn theater ran 'Bambi.'" Of course, the lat is all implication is that Shakespeare is more ition to desirable for intellect's sake than )onse to 'Bambi.' But this is absurd. heroic Any aesthete of integrity would iblem is prefer any number of Walt Disney unders- shorts to even the whole corpus of ons of Shakespeare; if one proceeds to 'Bam:ct the bi,' one clearly must forget even the idea of Shakespeare. The first premise .1 - - r A - - * )iem in 01 /\merican ari is tnat Komanticism America. (as Ayn Rand defines it) proves the ily offers legitimacy of Naturalism. 'Bambi' is a work of Romanticism, while which is Shakespeare is the poet laureate of the ting in sewer of Naturalism. akes up Second, Mr. Lee Norris rants about ate and the horrors of nseudn-militant tnv it does stores. His phobomaniacal reaction to : ? it is simple toys is quite ludicrous. Toy ilm or guns ? even "Bazooka Ball-Blasters" 1) from ?are no more responsible for war and il one violent crime than toy doctors' bags anicism are responsible for malpractice, in rela- Often adults forget childhood, and civilza- this leads them to quite absurd ends. blind Such is the case with Mr. Norris. iditorial First, the point of war games is not to learn war (I suppose the same :scnis a criticism could be leveled at those hor vise be ribly violent games, chess and he had checkers), but to exercise imagination, pearean intelligence and even heroism. auc ttAin.narti# eneti ruju 1 wv U BJUI dyOIC guarantee the presei Friday, the author takes great sacrificing the stabili America's two-party political The author should ly, the author assumes this view limit the range of i fore offers nothing to substan- Democratic Party it n. philosophies, from c tem which does not work" has liheraU lit** .. #??V* 1 tier nations in the world. Italy, Just because the ai ies that a new coalition govern- ties' present presiden y day. It is hard to imagine a condemn the basic fi States functioning in such an our forefathers did make them evil. Notl free nation is based on a two- the federal governme t Germany and England both Senatnrc with nn nnrt ; gained equal standing with the before declaring a fu rty system, nations are able to i, to encourage new ideas and ?i ^ ii ciiiuiisue auuui un What UI did hav< ly lived a short life of two years, people skateboard tl for residents ? past, present party on the balcony ; and fall days lying on the hard - Yes/, Uni.!ersi,y lni tther or not to go to class, or the or^.? ?n* ??,man1? hot water. , made there and we k cafeteria, but what other dorm as their own? We didn't have a 1 of us had friends with cars to y days. war*' esents culture 1 hope this truth does not send Mr. Norris into a fit nf snacmc K^f th#? truth is that G.I. Joe can be a tremendously positive force if used to engender the knowledge of the virtue of heroism. Heroism, after all, leads ultimately to God. While I would question the relative value of G.I. Joe against that of Superman, Green Lantern and Dr. Fate, G.I. Joe is better than nothing. The very least that G.I. Joe can teach is to not be undone by a simple tour through a toy store, a lesson Mr. Nor us iiits> uiuoriunaieiy noi learnea. That he consequently fails to understand the Lone Ranger and Judas Iscariot is not at all surprising. I doubt he has ever heard the first episode of radio's version of the former hero. Indeed, it would do every American's soul good to really listen to and contemplate such heroes as Green Lantern, the Shadow and even James Bond (unfortunately not American). Until they do this or something equivalent, the glory of the heroic Ampriran r-ivilijofinn UQ frv.-Q..n? . .VM<I VI ? UU.UUUI1 VT 111 UV 1V,?I tVtl beyond their sight, and they shall continue to lumber through a life anemic of a more divine spirit. Arthur Williams Philosophy/religious studies junior tin does work vation of individual freedoms without ty necessary for economic growth. also realize a two-party system does not deas in the political arena. Within the self there is a wide range of political onservativpc lilff Spn Prn^ct Unllinnc tn vard Kennedy. nthor is not satisfied with the major partial candidates is not sufficient reason to ber of our political system. The fact that not envision political parties does not hing would be achieved in Washington if nt was made up of 535 Coneressmen and imon ties. The author should think twice indamental part of America a failure. Lawrence Nettine Accounting freshman iversity Inn > ii.a. f t lilt - - - woj iuiij wnere eise could you watcn heir laundry to the machines, or find a r any day of the week? n and its people will be missed, but not ' good friends and memories have been now its residents will keep these alive. Btfh BecJort Public relation* junior r^i? mid rofsy Biology junior