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the gamecock Opinion December 7, 1984 ? Page 15 Fall 1984 semester nno tn romomhor UIBC IU B Ul IIUI BlUUl Football isn't very important in the scheme of things, but at Carolina this season, it did what it is supposed to do. It was great fun, exciting, and a sourrp nf nriHe and insniration. This football season, more than anything else, will mark the Fall 1984 semester in the minds of everyone at Carolina. It started in late September, with the Georgia game. Some students camped out all night to get tickets to the spectacle, and others found tickets gone barely more than a day after distribution began. Then on Saturday night, Sept. 29, the Gamecocks gave us thrill number one, a seven - 11 -1 ^ 1 ^ 1 point win over me tjunaogs, me iirsi win over me rivals from Athens in five years. Things moved quickly from there. Wire services and other raters picked the team as one of the nation's 20 best. With defeats of lesser opponents ? including Pittsburgh, who had humilitated Carolina three years before on semi-national television ? higher rankings came. They only showed that the rest of the world was beginning to realize what everyone at UbC already knew: that the Gamecock football team was one of the best. The Florida State game was a fitting end to a glorious home season. It was the biggest game in Carolina's history: a possible undefeated season, a New Year's Day bowl bid on the line, a record Williams-Brice Stadium attendance and a national television audience. It was also a fitting time for the "Low Brass Cheer" to return ("We're gonna beat tKo 11 rvnt aT I AriH Thp ^ampr*Ar?l'c rliH HIV llv.il wui vfi jf wu . f. miu i nv vjunivvv/vna uiw just that. Then there was Nov. 17, the day the balloon burst in Annapolis, Md. Blowing a chance at a national championship and New Year's Day bowl bid is not a minor tragedy, but has the scope of something Shakespeare would conceive. Legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant used to say football teaches players about life. Gamecock c i 1 _ ia-. lcUU) ICdl I1CU it 1UI ctuuui uisappuniLiiicm un uiai Saturday afternoon. Then there was the Clemson game. Five years of frustration ended when Scott Hagler's second extra point try was good. And, so the story goes, a pair of Clemson fans leaving the stadium a quarter-hour after the game were heard to say, "It's been 14 years since Carolina beat Clemson in Death Valley, 14 years." But a little boy, dressed in all black, was quick to correct them. "No, not 14 years, 15 minutes.'' No matter what happens Dec. 28 in the Gator Bowl, every member of the Carolina community will look back on this semester and proudly say, "I was there." Personnel changes Some changes are planned for the Spring, 1985 staff of The Gamecock. Editor-in-chief David Hill will be leaving to concentrate on academics, and will be replaced by Leslie Dunson, now managing editor. 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Letters should be no longer than 300 words and guest editorials should be limited to one newsworthy subject no longer than four typed pages. Letters and guest editorials MUST be signed with the writer's name, telephone number, mailing ad dress, class standing or faculty position and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but the writer's name may be withheld upon < equest if the circumstances warrant. We reserve the right to edit guest editorials and letters. Address letters and columns to: Ooinion Paue Editor. Gamecock. Drawer A. USC, B Columbia, S.C. 29208. so - 'r<- yr& '. ' " Congress' attiti To the Editor: This letter is written in hopes that it will clarify a small facet of world politics related to American Democracy. Scenario: Another Soviet backed communist nation is accused of airocmes againsi oasic numan rigrus or another country's security. Another country is being plagued by leftist revolution. Representatives and Senators in Washington would like to do something but there is no money to A-i.- ? j * ?..~u ?:?i, laKC auiiuii uiiu IUU mum us* IU men personal careers to take any chances. Nothing more than condemnation by mail is done. Dnf no Unnoo m uaicd iiuuoc in To the Editor: I would like to express iny concern regarding the required 19-meal plan for residents of Bates House. Why is this the only residence hall on campus that requires its residents to take part in the "American Plan?" Many times on the weekend I leave luwii, anu many iuim mugs uuiuig me week I simply don't have time to eat iniixBCT ^jifS ^ SMILING. j ^ ; Letters tide allows Sovii Why isn't money-available? Because of the Myou help me, I'll help you" system that is at work in Congress, no Congressman can have another's budget plans cut and none would nave tneir own cui. i ne ouagei continually expands with unnecessary programs until we are put in the position that we are in today; we are in debt, with ever increasing taxes. Con gress never gives money uctcR.. avs auun as it's made it's spent. If money was made available would Congress react? Probably not, because of Soviet policy to break treaties and even threaten to use nuclear weapons, to teal plan is unfa breakfast before class. And it just is not always convenient for me to eat on cainous durinc the week, vet I am re quired to pay for 19-and they aren't cheap. Another thing that bothers me is the fact that I am forced to pay a certain amount of money for each meal; if the food costs less than the allotted amount, the money is lost. And if it irtfm I SSI Press s< st domination keep a political advantage. The-Soviet Communists have become a formidable force and a sticky card to J 1 il.. w r* r> uccti, i-Uiibcquciiiiy v,ungi casnjiiui 1 caption to Russian backed terrorism is usually nonaction.1 believe the threat of nuclear weapons to our personal security is an unacceptable one and that the United States should initiate a disarmaent but until the Soviets agree to follow, we must continue our vigil against war and we must more closely protect the cmollAr /HofoncAlpcc / r\nntriptf . faroptc of Communist expansion. Michael Argenio Electrical engineering ir to students costs 5 cents more, they make you fork out the nickel. I enjoy living in Bates house, but I just can't afford to throw away three or four hundred dollars every semester for food that I don't eat. The situation has forced my roommate and I to move out of Bates. The policy just does not seem fair. Chris Mould Journalism freshman TEN YEARS OF, UH, ^ "EDUCATION" IN THE C/^iiict i UlAVl'T I Q^YlU I 1 BE SO BW>...\bU'RE NOT LOSING YOUR WREVlTS, VOU'RE GNNING K /ga^EWHERl r%M ^