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1 ' ? - 111 ' ? /A,. w y^j?- Jf Page 6 - September 10, 1984 UPHllOn THE GAMECOCK University ol needed diver USC received a much-needed sh recently when the College of Busine tion's international business progra second in the nation by the Acadei tional Business. Tli/? ~ u: ~ U A ? ? - i iic icuiMiig was uaatu un inc ill academy members mentioned US schools' programs in a survey of tt tional business programs in the nai some pretty hot company: New Y< whose program was ranked ahead 1 umbia University, Harvard Univi University of Michigan. Of course, this should come as anyone who knows anything about 1 tion. Carolina's business school is of the best and is regarded as havir all around programs in the universi nri 11 r> rv ? ? i ne college 01 Business Admini: be an example to all parts of the should also be a standard by which i newly formed Presidential Co f I i i \ ? _ ? onucigiauuaic lvnssiuns use as a gui sion to evaluate undergraduate prog campuses of the USC system. When he announced the formati< mission last week, President James F both program development and ph considered. The commission will giv< tions to Holderman and the board < also said that the Columbia cam evaluated as any other campus, ar under as much scrutiny as the campuses. This is only fair, of course. But t must remember what a university is, pected of an institution that "university." A university, ideally, is a place wh ~1 1 Miuwitugt aic t'A^iuicu, ui uaucilt'l ed. (JSC's Columbia campus is by meeting this ideal. It is here that yoi explore nearly all fields of knowled^ Granted, a student need not necess; Columbia campus to study his chos Columbia students can take adv modern system of minors, cognat courses, broaden their horizons, b with many areas ot knowledge and, more thorough, well-rounded educj And there is something less tangib more important, about a strong ce campus.At a university, and only at ty where each department and scho 1111 a V>1 r?an o norrr*n lio/irttvio r VVjUllUUljr , VUll U pv^1 own UVVV71UV C community where nearly all field: broadened and taught. As the Presidential Commissioi USC system, it must remember nc sion of a university, but the philoso the place where those are best met a chnnlH n /"?t t n m r\pr it OHV/U1V4 UV^l lUIIipVI VV 1111 It* Gcimccoch Editor in Chief David Hill | Managing Editor Leslie J. Dunson Copy Desk Chief Ron Brackett Copy Editor News Editor John Deiner Copy Editor Asst. News Editor Ann Farmer Copy Editor Entertain. 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Pseud but the writer's name may be withheld upon request if thi We reserve the right to edit guest editorials and lettc Address letters and columns to: Opinion Page Editor, Ga Columbia, S.C. 29208. % rtorc I ICIC sity gil lot in the arm jBHW ^ :ss Administra- SRffiKi J T J im was ranked HWI'^JrFdL^ I my of Interna- kj amber of times C's and other le best interna members of the mmission on de in their misrams at all nine Leslie Dunson 3n of the comJnlHprman caiH i#fA O VI ase-out will"be r I UfJUyOU I recommenda- The propoganda war bel Df trustees. He United States and the Soviet pus would be he^t'ng up>, . , . | i The people of our countr id it would be the SPR as that men; eight regional beast, ready to paint an un picture of baseball, ap he commission Ciievrolets and capitalism, and what is ex- are t'ie 'nnocent ar|d the obj Uc .f ? We hear of examples calls Itself a American pr0poganda all For example, Kansas City, lere all fields of ficials are still feeling the 1 and exchang- allowing a Soviet TV crew t far the best at documentary about life in t , States. Mayor Richard Berkl ing people may though, |ny1982 that by a?( >e in one place. filming, he would be able to < arily attend the some understanding of our 1 en field, but in the Communists that might 1 antage 'of the ca"?e of world peace. , , . This so-called documentar es and elective near|y go million Soviei ecome familiar has done more to hurt relatio in short, gain a bridge the ever-widening rif jtion. two superpowers. )le, but perhaps Apparently the movie . . clips of drunks and vagrants ntral university a true universi- , ol are cared for i member of a s are explored, _ i evaluates the RepUbllCS! >t only the mis- soon as Walter mond< phy of One, and Rep. Geraldine Ferraro as h ind practiced. It mate. Republican campaign ried to the nearest public ai file cabinets to dig the "dir ' hiding the issues in this pi campaign. Ferraro's supposedly political experience (six y< member of the House of tatives) makes conservatr Cal Harrison chortling that Mondale chose T'm Surratt woman. Laura Dannhardt Maria Ferrara Nevertheless, Ferraro still an active and effective repi jer n r"6m a?d has been elected three I Doug Trueblood _ , - conservative Coneressional inaaer . warn mccwan ,, , ^ " .. ton fli/cfrWJff New York C,ty- Even so' F( .... Mark Ethndge Jr. her husband can't buy without first holding a p 777 4249 ference to explain the actior 7772833 On the other side of another woman, much less etters and guest editorials than Ferraro, is going i L u L . business of deciding the fut ditorials should be limite co,,ntrv without anv inr#?rfpr sages. Letters and guest . ' ... . . hone number, mailing ad lhe Press or Publlc opinion, lonyms are unacceptable, b circumstances warrant. Meet Phyllis Schlafly, lrs- , ? . lawyer, housewife, mother i wecoc , rawer , , President Reagan's closest a foreign policy. u* ^^ A Th& Mpndale Cabinet 1 =)m ~ r da widens rift betw wppn fh#? narlf hpnfhpc unH in chnt_Hrv??/n fo/ Union is tories, proving once again th? capitalism has failed and that th y perceive American people are destitute. Unfoi acing red tunately, the film failed to inform ii favorable viewers that those factories were ir pie pie, operative because the camera ere' while we went there on a Sunday, and they wei ective. closed. of anti- Not that we are entirely faultle; the time. ourselves. According to Presidei Mo., of- Ronald Reagan, the United States heat for above reproach and he has dor - - -rm ? ? ^^ een U.S., Soviets school kids against the enemy. tm _ J - - - ? ^ u i ne movie uepicis me roriegn inic vaders as heartless killers, lining up inr nocent rural Americans for execution, ts putting up posters of Lenin and i- desecrating the countyside. Watching w this movie can only increase our hatred e and mistrust of an ideology of which we actually know little about. >s The message we get from "Red' it Dawn" is no different than what the is Soviet people got from their documenle tary. Both films fall short of their is responsibilities to their viewers to s. educate and inform. is While we all know that this type of /- propoganda is designed to promote e patriotism, we should be more conl cerned with patching things up with the Soviet Union. By making honest y viiui is cxi i vv.uiiliuai ivju, vvt n will one day live without fear of sudIs den nuclear anihilation. d Reagan, the actor, should have had a leading role in "Red Dawn." e Reagan, the politician, should honestly c strive to promote improved relations h with the Soviet Union. r nm nouse Tirst of Therefore she is the perfect adviser for n- the simplest president since Theodore er Roosevelt. of "We could have taken over any in country in the world without any risk y, to ourselves, and we didn't do it,"' b- Schlafly said. "But, of course, it's difm ferent now that the Russians have in them. It's like a gun. In the hands of a policeman, a gun is good. In the hands ui a criminal, a gun is evil. I ne kusas sians have made the bomb evil." d- We all know that policemen are or never corrupt right? And it seems d- we've heard some rhetoric from the ed president about evil empires before. Ik Feel worse for the women of Illinois. Schlafly is a member of that state's Commission on the Status of Women. Walter Mondale originally only cy wanted to choose a strong running ier mate, one who would both excite the en American people and provide strong leadership in the Senate and the Blair '.at House if Mondale is elected. 1 ! What he ctart^H U/9C Q him# in *?e which both the media and the in Republican party have found the wrong witch. ed 1C* Daily Nebraskan n University of Nebraska-Lincoln o snoot a everything short of moving mountair he United to improve American/Soviet relation: ey said he He claims it's those nasty Russiar owing the who are spoiling this game we are plaj :ontribute ing. We know this isn't true ? we ai ifestyle to as responsible for escalating the cor afit flir?t o c t lion ova 7viiv i ii ntv uivi uo tux-jr ai v. One example of this is the currentl y, viewed showing movie "Red Dawn," a filr t viewers, that continues to perpetuate the ideal ns than to of the McCarthy era. The plot of "Re t between Dawn" revolves around the Soviel supported Cuban invasion of th contained western United States and the heroi livine on fieht of a handfull of Colorado hio Intercampus is shniilrl nlean ni n V W W ?< VI VMHI W3 Ue named "Nuclear weapons in the hands is running the United States are the greatest i rats scur- struments for peace man has ev id private devised," Schlafly claims. t" that is This frighteningly simple view < residential world politics pervades the Republics party's platform. Not surprising! limited Schlafly headed foreign policy su :ars as a committee of the Republican Platfor Represen- Committee at the party's convention k'es oegin Dallas. : the wrong Her first appointment by Reagan w to the President's Defense Policy A I has been visory Group when he was running f esentative President in 1980. That group disban imes by a ed in 1981, but not before it solidifii district of the President's "Build now, ta ;rraro and never," foreign policy. groceries iress con- Schlafly's qualification is that s ' has written books on defense poli the race, written from the comfy confines of h qualified Alton, 111., home. She has never be ibout the elected to any office by her peei ure of the Reagan still claims, however, th ence from Schlafly's views (an anti-femin strongly opposing abortion and t ERA) are typical of most women , author, this country. md one of Her simplistic views are not cloud iHvyicorc An * "^ 1 1 ? ?- itamy ui puiuicai Haggling ai the intricacies of negotiatio