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CLEMSON TI<
Good Seat
Can't afford the gc
$60 or moi
No nrnhlpm ? Suet
dent Senat
Tickets for the
No questions :
No work requirei
Hard to imagine? Could i
Sen. Rodney Brown, cha
Senate committee that hand
faced a no-win situation la<
was whether to give studen
work directly with ticket di?
long tickets to (JSC's No
against arch-rival Clemson. 1
the Athletic Department's hi
allotment of 1,700 to satisl
whom he knew would compl
ticket handed to them.
But he didn't, and it was
that set an example for othei
leaders.
Compare Brown's examp]
Gary Goodman of the Al
Goodman decided to give St
tickets ? the same tickets
privileged students camped c
and Sunday morning.
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tickets to the game, and no,
1,700 allocated to the stude:
were cheaper or came from
ment, there would probably
fire-eyed students prowling c
and looking for a Ticket Of
student senators.
Yes, the Student Senate i?
up distribution. But the wh<
tainly not 75 ? didn't labor
distributing tickets, organizi
headaches of block seating, i
cold and rain during Clemsoi
Some senators argued al!
tickets because all did two y<
the Clemson-Carolina game
The Supreme Court, when
dangerous precedent with a
for another case on which
There's no reason Student
lower body, can't do the sai
All is fair in love and u
distribution. The Drivileeed '
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If it happens again, there
ding plenty of candidates
Senate election. The perks ai
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tter is in regard to the article
: Wednesday, concerning the re-<
senator from North Carolina. It is
n of others that I have questioned,
y incompetent and unfair to Sen 1
lan and as a person with beliefs,
citizen of North Carolina, I knov
stood for, despite both sides' att<
; with socially unacceptable advei
have done the same as these com
yourself instead of writing an eff
Helms and Gov. Jim Hunt stood
>f North Carolina as a state in all a
life. However, they did differ in t
proach the task of moving the st?
in my opinion, exemplified the pc
; of North Carolina in choosing th<
Instead of being "ashamed," as y<
pie who voted to re-elect Sen. Heln
n the fine job they did.
lot to say that Gov. Hunt is a cam
didn't like, but rather as the candi
most North Carolina citizens chos
' going forward in progress with hi
n life, the governor wanted to lowei
>rder to move North Carolina ahe
ally and socially. For example, Gc
f his excellence in raising the edi
rolina. In fact, the full story behini
it knowingly lowered the standard
qualification levels on achieverru
the standards of the North Care
a whole. Although on the outsid
al system appear on the upward spr
is crumbling! Jesse Helms, on th
:>r higher educational standards thg
:e of our youth instead of lowering
politics, your article wasted no ti
is as a non-progressive, corrupt s
i 111 ins puwci iu sci ine nauon "D;
fact of the matter is that the Der
, not Jesse Helms or the Republi
',hts for North Carolina in the 5
arolina agriculturally stong by pr
hts to lower taxes not raise them a
jov. Hunt has continually manipi
people concerning taxation. While
ernor's conference, Jim Hunt vote<
taxes, while at the same time t
:itizens that he would oppose tax ra
in ess women
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o be somewhat ashamed that r<
t belong to the Women in h
Association. After all, I am a is
Student nf armnntino n
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ie real world of nine-to-five.
tiered me until I saw the a
for "The Best Legs in a
contest sponsored by this d
think that instead of pro- ii
omen's interests, they have a
irge step backwards. si
i going to take that group a
any more? Will the winner of e;
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represents the "New
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election of Jesse However, though
my opinion, and Hunt chose to move
, that your article does not mean that I
Helms, both as a "unthinking" and '
Jesse Helms to be. IS
v fully what each immoral. Judgement
smpts to slur the association of chara*
tisements. I feel was with the televis
mercials did, de- during the election a
ective statement. cle. In fact, it is onl;
I for the forward false, demeaning ad
spects of govern- campaign. I'm only I
he way that they I can tell from your a
ite forward. The is about the same as
>sitive attitude of ahonf nnlitirc I
; correct path for but I don't blame yoi
ou so bluntly put like that.This is not
is should be com- do look at the real is:
that you're incompet
iidate that North real issues concernin
date whose view- candidate.
e to vote against. I cannot write abo
gh standards and so profoundly abou
r the standards of norantly) because it
ad economically, another person by w]
>v. Hunt proudly are som people, like
icational level of so self-righteous tha
d the story is that look at their actions
i of education by politically manipulat
?nt tests and by then, can you make
)lina educational tions (and not the tl
le this makes the This is not to release
ing, on the inside ter, of taking the re;
e other hand, is tasteless advertisime
it would raise the rather to correct the t
; it. fooled by such adver
me in projecting As a responsible <
enator who does writing about or adv
acward in time." about, they should t;
nocratic party is look at all viewpoint;
ican party. Jesse reflective of the way
Jenate. he keeps feel! Any victory in
otecting farmers future for the entire
s Gov. Hunt has.
ulated the North
attending the nail
in favor of rais- Editor's note: Mr. S
elling the North are not signed becau,
tises. If Jim Hunt jority of the staff, m
i's club takes s
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jsume? Do you think that a man who
ires a woman on the basis of her body
; going to promote her to a position of
;sponsibility?
I refer you to a front-page article in
September Wall Street Journal that
dvocates that serious business women
ress to downplay sexual differences,
i order to fit into this male-dominated
rea. It is easy for a man to put down a
uggestion made by a head full of curls
nd makeup. On the other hand, an
cecutive would likely be more recep
r
^ es-c
commended
South," I would rather not be a part of
I strongly protest the way in which Gov.
North Carolina progressively forward, it
believe Gov. Hunt to be socially corrupt,
'regressive," as your article so pictured
lor do I judge either candidate as socially
is left to God alone! There should be no
cter destruction with this article as there
ion advertisements both candidates run
nd as there definitely was with your arti/
uneducated people that are affected by
vertisements as those shown during the
oo sorry that you had to be one of them,
rticle that your level of political mentality
someone who knows absolutely nothing
rj noticed that the article had no author.
li for not signing your name to something
to say that I'm a politician, but at least 1
sues behind a campaign. Nor am I saying
ent, but only that you should look at the
g the ejection, instead of slandering one
ut what is in Jim Hunt's mind as you did
t Jesse Helms (and I might add, so igis
not my right as a person to judge
hat I think he believes, even though theFe
youself, who seem to think that they are
t they can judge a person. You should
in depth, not at the things you hear from
ed statements and ideas. Then, and only
a personal judgement concerning the acloughs
of people themselves) of others.
Jim Hunt, or Jesse Helms for that matiponsibility
for their ignorant, immoral,
nts that were shown on television but
hinking of people so that they will not be
tisements.
:itizen, I believe that instead of people
ertising about things they know nothing
ake time to think the situation over and
;. I certainly hope that your article is not
in which all the staff at The Gamecock
which democracy wins is for a brighter
nation, and is not a dark day at all.
Phil Sanford
Pharmacy junior
anford refers to an editorial. Editorials
se they represent the opinion of the mait
that of an individual.
tep backward
? tive to ideas coming from a Woman
dressed in serious, drab colors (like
men mostly wear), little makeup, low
heels, and a simple, no-nonsense
hairstyle. I think that the suggestions
made by the writer are valid, given the
almost total male control of the boardroom.Fitting
in is a way to get ahead,
until the odds are evened, and people
will be accepted as equals no matter
what their sex. And nobody will spnsor
a "Best Legs" contest ? they'll be too
busy with a "Best Brains" contest.
Name withheld by roquest