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Pilfie B ? Octoter 24. 1,84 OptlMOI! THE GAMECOCK Student S the outsid Most people say eollegt ed the idealism of the 196( of job hunting, career a making. Like any general truth but isn't entirely ac For example, there is F IJSC s Student Senate. La senate to pass a resolution resolution said the Studei to find peaceful ways tc Salvador and Nicaragua. The idea was shot dc senators, who thought th university matters and elsewhere take care of the Jones argument, as he there are no pressing ur Senate to address. He did iiie Senate's time with a ( charged with ? a good there was any new businc was none; he then brough no other business to atten would not be abandoning look up outside concerns. Moreover, Jones argue forum in which students c, matters of general public.< Jones lias a good point, the Athenian and Clarinsn tci s column of this ncwspa lack of solid student foru That is unfortunate, bee at on matters of public con part of the university edu< the Student Senate could senate could show that st more than parties parkin And student leaders representatives in partict endeavors. This new role, howe without at least one eauti< in mind its primary purp< exists in the first plaee: students chosen by their f university matters. Its n ihis and not go ovcrboa which should be put into p no other work to be doni The slow times tor St more and more eommor Jones brought up the Cc lasted only 15 minutes. give the Senate license t matters just to have some business, perhaps the Sen ing its schedule. Meeting < might be a good start. i Gome Editor i Davit Managin Leslie J. Copy Desk Chief Ron Brackett News Editor John Deiner Asst. News Editor Ann Farmer Entertain. Editor Mansa Porto Asst. Ent. Editor Robert O'Connor Sporls Editor Andrew Miller Asst Sports Editor Tracy Mixson Photo Editor Mary Ann Hollis Asst. Photo Editor Jennifer Wooten Copy Editor Susan Llewellyn Copy Editor Hal Hewell Newsroom 77/7181 Business Office 777 3888 The Gamecock welcomes letters and gue must be typewritten, triple spaced on a Letters should be no longer than 300 wi to one newsworthy subject no longer tf editorials MUST be signed with the writi dress, class standing or (acuity position i but the writer's name may be withheld up i We reserve the right to edit guest edi Address letters and columns to: Opinion Columbia, S C. 29208. enate vs. w p \a/nrlrl IW WW VI IM students have abandon)s for narcissistic interests dvancement and moneyization, this has a ring of curate. eslic Jones, a member of Lst week lie tried to get the i on Central America. His it Senate supports efforts ? > end the conflicts in F?l )\vn, however, by other ie Senate should stick to let problems festering mselves. well pointed out, is that liversity matters for the n't want to be taking up ^ duty it is not specifically concern. So he asked if :ss and found that there t up the resolution. With d to, he said, the Senate z its responsibilities it" it d, the Senate can be a ( ? ' an express themselves on univcr concern. Suicide Besides the activities of l> ,1as ( ?..,i a... i..# nhasi/ii j;iih_ st?v,iciits auvj 11IV. itiiper, there is a noticeable read *"' ms on the USC campus. i,' js' j ise discussion and debate undeist eern is a large and vital cational process. Perhaps ?ur become such a place. The onP\'h udents are thinking about "snick g and getting jobs. Healtl , Student Government usc; ' > liar, should lead in such T,lls ;,s proach vcr, cannot be adopted wc an 3n. The Senate must keep Suicide 3se, the one lor which its nuclear : to be an assembly of <un,cs^ . . presidi >eers to represent them in uncieru, icmbers must remember Vival is rd with the forum role, idea ot >ractice only when there is and ihs could c udent Senate seem to be M i. i no meeting at which referen Mitral America resolution despair This does not, however, Others 0 take up non-university sJ?c*pi . . . ... , . sider tl rtning to do. 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Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, IS C I CciI sionali ?.______________J fl uen a Ghjca^rnbitte cyanide better t ie odiior: nucloar w; 1 a mombor of (ho Drown missilos sur >i t \ group, "Studonis lor Tablets." Much ol'tho publici- IS S'I'OC Jisioriccl our message, by em- (amount t< ly ihe word "suicide." l or ex- Hardly. \\ I a W'w Vork Times headline Most of us SiiiJems to Vote on Suicide." war with si moottant that our ideas be to stop if I ood. be done? Well, a t referendum, which passed by a the prodm iM\t majority, but is not binding would be c university, requests that Reagan's ie tablets be stocked at Brown's from sire Services, for optional student nothing. If the event of a nuclear war." nuclear w not a suicidal or deleatist ap- Soviet Unit to the threat of nuclear war. Ii Reagan el; d at disspelling the notion that America t lid survive such a holocaust. weakness t< pills negate civil defense. In a war, there is no defense This is 1 , ^?.i >wu int a jicnciiii ui u states lias ent with access to deep weaker thi round shelters). Hoping for sur- have been dangerous, becaue it makes the since the nuclear war more acceptable strategic s js increases the chances that it really wan >ccur. superiority outer space y Brown students voted for the do, if succ* dum to express their fear and crease our: ', in a purely symbolic way. is destabili, actually want Brown to mention d lie the pills, because they con- Superiority le threat of nuclear war a very promotes ic. Would the idea of suicide possible, ai o bi/are. if von were dvinu n C UI ? I > HI , II paint'ill death from radiation nuclear \va .s? It would be more akin to asia. Would it be dangerous to But am ile poison 011 a college campus? Even it boi he chemistry building at Brown nuclear wa eady chock-full of deadly still be en ices, including cyanide that ourselves. ->e used by some unbalanced per- Moscow 1 harm himself or others. Suicide more than mid be secured in a vault and Soviets. It pose no danger. By stockpiling a re-evahic ills, we would emphasize that world vis-; * - w to better that Editor: As wo c current success of our USC perspective 111 team is essentially un- mindful ol ented in USC football history. they are G; .en the excitement of watching fans have I run can quite compare with the pus and < lying atmosphere created by I he oranges an I play ol this Gamecock squad. very proud is, we must first and foremost in our can itulate every member of the should ren us well as the coaching staff, for must remit ispiring play and for keeping an that footb priate perspective about which the rives. Coach Morrison's attitude measured, ting an ambiance of near profes- The rece sm which will, hopefully, in- the airpoi ? the attitude of the fans. South Hem Letters han hydro ir is a real threat. The e are real. KPIl.INC; suicide pills tanacceptinil nuclear war? 10 lo kill i don't. By equating nuclear licide, we are urging people roin happening. What can nutual, verifiable freeze on ;tion of nuclear weapons a start. President Ronald strategy of "negotiation ngth" has accomplished w e increase our stockpile of capons, why would the mi want to decrease theirs? litns that he has brought >ack from a position of o one of strength. misleading. The United never been strategically in the Soviet Union. We at parity with one another '60s when we lost our uperiority. What Reagan ts is to restore American . (This is exactly what an "defensive" system would ;ssful.) But this will not insecurity. On the contrary, it zing and dangerous, not to raining on our ecomony. is dangerous, because it the idea that a victory is nd, like hoping for post-war increases the chances that a r I ,1 I V.UU1U V'V.1 11 I . is control is not enough. Ii sides cut their stockpile of rheads by half, there would ough firepower to destroy Better relations with ire essential. This means i simply meeting with the entails, among other things, ition of our position in the n-vis the Soviet Union and school to t elebrate, let's not lose our . At the stadium, let's be f others, remembering that miecoek tans also. Partying been seen littering the camelsewhere with beer cans, d the like, t low can we be so I of the team and lose pride ipus and surroundings? We lind ourselves, as we often . .1 in our oremren to tne north, all is not the sole rule by worth of a university is ption that the Cocks got at rt, upon returning from J, is an example of the kind . z* gen bombs? the I'll ire! World. Should we continue to conluse internal, popular revolutions with Soviet expansionism? Whv did the administration smother (I'or si\ months) a government report stating I ?1 I I It#"* 'iro ?1/At <?/\nl r/xlliM.* iiiui HIN. .n?? ivn UIV. IIVM V. VI I \ I V 111 1 lU Nicaragua? Our dogmatic, inflexible approach to leftist governments is, ironically, pushing these countries towards the Soviet Union and developing new opportunities for a conflict that could go nuclear. We must correctly evaluate when our security is being threatened and when it is not. And we must not only stop the anti-Soviet rhetoric but also communicate to Moscow our sincere desire to co-exist in peace. This may seem naive to some, but i! is less naive than equating greater numbers of missiles with greater security. THKSE IUKAS arc not new, and they are only some of the ways to avoid nuclear war. But the Reagan administration has done nothing in this direction. The purpose of requesting suicide pills for use after a nuclear war is to show the urgency of the problem, to show that students are afraid, that they consider nuclear war a distinct possibility in their future, and that they consider such a war unendurable. The government must discard "defensive" star-wars weapons projects and dubious civil defense plans. We must act now, before a war is started, to prevent nuclear suicide. Many agree with our message, but think that there are more positive ways to approach the problem. Because of possible misunderstandings. we have rhanaed our name to "Students Against Nuclear Suicide." We are calling on colleges around the country to rally against nuclear suicide 011 Nov. 2. James Knebelman Brown University Class of 1985 :he northwest of support that the team deserves, l et's cheer them on, celebrating their accomplishments and demonstrating our appreciation. l et's refrain, however, from becoming vulgar, porcine maniacs. Let's not be obnoxious, irritating braggarts, a trait so characteristic of some of the fans of an otherwise fine institution ol higher learning elsewhere in this stale. The truly great have no need to profess it, for their greatness is already known, l et's take Coach Morrison's lead and show the people of this state how to win with style. Thomas Warren olartrirol anninonrinn nrflHllfltf) 11/II I UI^IHUU.IUtf w