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The hard wa SG president-elect should I The votes have been cast, the results are in and USC has taken the first step to elect next year's Student Government president. Runoffs, which will be held March 4, will determine who eventually gets the nod to represent 23,301 students. But if past history is any indication of who is elected, USC will have an SG president who, try as he might, can't relate to the people he represents. Future student leaders should learn from the mistakes of others and follow a few simple guidelines for directing the USC student body: Never work for the president of the university or any other USC administrators. It's hard to resist the temptation of getting your name known to people who can help get you a job when you graduate. However, if a student representative is to carry out his elected duties, he cannot be on the payroll of university officials. Don't let the position go to your head. i ou re no oeuer man anyone else on campus. Answer the phone, go to class, talk with those around you and dress like a typical student. The new president should take this lesson from Glenn German, the "sweatshirt" president. Represent students' interests. Many compliment Tony Snell, president of the South Carolina State Student Legislature, for openly Early burn-out ri Spring break blues are in the air. If you haven't felt it yet, I'm surprised. It seems that every one of my friends is going through a crisis "... and wants to return home for a bit ? r - oi pampering. I'm certainly one of those peopie. I don't remember having this kind of burn-out until the end of last year. 1 guess it's come early | this semester for a reason ? but 1 haven't quite figured that one out /? yet. My poor religion instructor is IUIar5o*? probably getting a little fed up by IVIdridCl now. I never come to class on time # ? ? if I do at all. 1 suppose it gets wwlTB / Uj pretty annoying after a while but there's not a whole hell of a lot 1 n: l c dingers perTormancg To the editor: was an ej ^ While watching thtf^American Music Unfor| Awards the other night l couldn't help but would co laugh when Cyndi Lauper came out to sing syncing tl one of her songs. Her hair was dyed both red fort that and yellow and she was wearing enough glit- worthless ter, chains and sparkle to decorate a her best t Christmas tree. The set, like Cyndi, was also I soon uniquely, decorated, and with Cyndi bee- and com bopping around the stage, the performance When the a jl.ij uuiiscuimy huuii To the editor: Gay Student Asso In response to Arthur Williams' ordinator of a hel letter of February 13 ("Consenting up during the film' Adult"...irrelevant...), several im- believe a fairly si2 portant issues need to be address- Columbians thouj ed. First, Williams compares the subject matter to quality of two PBS programs with troversial, relevant a made-for-cornmercial-television the numerous occa dramatic film. The differences are night when phone obvious.* Comparing non- med with incomin; PAnimproiql nrAoromminft that ic icmnr vviiiiiiviviui PIV51U1111111115 iiiui 10 laauia 111 mv, iillll. quite often of an educational Then, Williams nature to a commercial television that the movie is e dramatic movie is like comparing ty, lacks dramatic "Sesame Street" to "The only has "issue Waltons." The comparison is il- names." The fa logical; the argument is irrelevant. reactions in "Con Second, Williams asserts that however, accural the subject matter of "Consenting titudes and beha Adult" is neither controversial nor family members i relevant. As president of the USC tions who have bi The Gomecock I The Gamecock welcomes Mhtnnali All lattprt and on?< ?- ? typewritten, triple spaced on Eiittr Letteri should be no longer I Lethe J Dunson gMJt ^torials should be lit MBH?gis0 Editor worthy subject no longer tha John Dainer Letters and guest editorials N Copy Desk Chief th# writer's name, telephone Ann Farmer drejj c(|JS standing or facu Mtwt Editor jof Pswdonynii are unaccepti j . ?,8c',e,, name may be withheld upor Entertainment Editor cumstences warrant. Andy Duncan fMerv# right to edit \ Asst. Ent. Editor )etter$ | Robert 0 Connor Address letters and columi Sports Editor Editor, The Gamecock, Drawt Tracy M.xson s c 2g208 Asst. Sports Editor Jo? General Manager Wire/Opinion Editor Ron Em|er [ Porto Advisor Gn ***? Bill Rooeri | Jowph Garnet! A$?t. Photo fidttor HoWtroow Jo? Ricker 777 7181 ButiitoM Offico 777 3888 y earn from others' mistakes fighting the General Assembly on topics such as the drinking age. But he doesn't have the university president and 23,301 students to answer to. The SG president must work for a happy medium, culling the opinions of all J ~ C 1 ^ l_ 1 A ! _1 Muui-iu*, iihicau ui ignoring prooiems 10 avoiu controversy. Be aware of what's going on that can affect students. There's the USC Faculty Senate, board of trustees, SG Senate, Residence Hall Association and the South Carolina General Assembly. The actions these organizations take invariably affect thousands of students, and a president who does not know what is going on is a president who should not be in office. Be available. Attend campus functions, from Tigerburn to nuclear winter conferences to cookouts on the Russell House patio. Promise to keep regular office hours. Then do it. Students should be able to stop in the SG office at various times during the day and talk to their president. This election could be the start of a new trend in USC student leadership. If it's not, respect for Student Government will continue to diminish and another leader will take that familiar road to obscurity. The Gamecock staff esults in spring !fan do about it. When burn-ou calls, the body sleeps. AND MY ROOMMATE is get ting disgusted also. I've goni through more mood changes in th< last semester than ever before She's ready to pack my bags fo the break, but she's coming wit! me. so that's nnt onino tr? ht*ln hp 1 any. gfjjflSS And what's left of my friends? i well, there's another story. I q - seems that most of them have gon< I OllO out to lunch permanently. I can' . . .. say I blame them ? after all, hou union editor much can one take of a derangec | Italian woman without getting i bit annoyed? Let L unprofessional on reful. cheered, but I w; I nately, no amound of flamboy^cy get to see Cyndi ver up the fact that Cyndia wasxp- but there was nc he entire song. All the time and ef- only Cyndi fakin went into the show seemed to be I understand t and irritating to watch as Cyndi did awards together, o match her mouth with the lyrics, company, wantet began to disregard the visual images only a recording :entrated only on Cyndi's mouth, tand the technics : performance was over the audience performance. He !' movie relevant, ciation and co- case studies and research on pline service *et homosexuality. s presentation, I Furthermore, if an individual :ablc number of wishes to debate the subjective jht the movie's matter of what is and is not "art," be either con- then he or she should feel free to i or uuin uue 10 ao so. but tnat person should not isions during the confuse those personal opinions of lines were jam- "art" with the importance of a g calls regarding very real, problematic dilemma that many families now face today states his belief and that this film attempted to motionally emp- explore. : characters and Finally, if the "subject" of s with proper "Consenting Adult" has been so mily members' often featured in such programs as isenting Adult," "That Certain Summer" and ely reflect at- "Making Love" (both exploring a viors of actual wife's discovery of her husband's in similar situa- homosexuality), "Soap" (a sen examined in satirical comedy dealing with a Bloom County ? 1 CAJWrHM ORPMtNG THEM I ?00 COfXS Of MOM \ WHAT 'BOX CAR WtUV'5 W/6R letters and guest HAPf&M? ffNORtTE PEKMM &NKU it editorials must be \ PRINKIN6 50^/05." UU-V Ct a 65,pad,ne. \ than 300 words end nited to one news f v"*\ i n four typed pages. 5 IUST be signed with ' number, mailing ad v L4 |5Q /' Ity position and ma * * 1 ) able, but the writer's ^Ar//\i"' * \X , ..quest if ih. c? I .-^,7 L\ J gwit editorials and Bloom County ns to: Opinion Page j ir a. use, Columbia, ves.ihis mm OPUS, ts MISTER THtS fS The P.OPVS. 'VGA" C&P/r MHO v OFFICE ,. /5 IT . Ad MiRag?r \ ^ )ouq Trueblood I iduata Aniitint /wUJ V Ron Buchanan <, r t y u break fevei t And it seems like everyone in the omce is taking a day or two ott tor mental health reasons. But then - again, most of them are pretty far - gone by now anyway, so it's a little J late for them. 1 think we're aU getting cabin r fever. After all, some of us can't i drink, don't have a car and are r stuck with the Russell House Theatre as our only source of - amusement. No offense to the t Carolina Program Union, but J after a while it gets a little old. t > I'VE BEEN TRYING to tell my 1 friends that everything is okay and i with a little rest and relaxation, not to mention a day or two on the ters American Mu! as disappointed. True, I did cfieat?d t Lauper di~ce and prance, thing I coi > band nor oacking singers, the advei g. Memorex' hat the people who put the Unforti , including Cyndi's record Cyndi Lai i her to sound as flawless as greatly d can achieve, and 1 unders- mance coi il difficulties of doing a live >wever, I can't help but feel , GSA presid variety of subjects, only one of which was a homosexual son), and "Brothers" (a comedy of how two heterosexual brothers and their homosexual brother attempt to understand and love one another after the discovery of homosexuality), then one would assume these varied aspects of homosexuality have all been grouped by Williams into one single category. Consequently, he is able to make his assertion that the film's subject matter is neither controversial nor relevant because it has been "so often portrayed." If Williams' 4: :, * _ li. a^cmun is tui i cxi via 11 is maimer of dumping all homosexual subjects into one category, then one can also assert that there has been nothing controversial nor relevant WW/ HAS/ ^ : A SCANS TO/ x HOW TfitNG. / 7BRRI0CV H? LOt fson | J igs? m& wb sh exceeper that v WKLKW1 IMP ORQtRei 9 XTJX, .o w*015 mm ic Gomgcocj ninin r 1D0NT RECKON \ YOU X) TAKE BWMEHTINKJND / FOR THAT... _J , rr i I r for newsp beach, I'll be fine. But it doesn't seem to be working out that well. They've all decided to go along with me though. They also keep talking about what they're going to do fmnstlv Htirino cnrino -? \ j f/ ??o wr""D break. I know I need the break, and I'm only the Wire/Opinion editor. Maybe it's just the length of winter. Maybe it's the fact that we've been stuck up here in this office (we're beginning to grow mold) for close to five weeks now. I'm not sure why and I've given up looking for a reason. All I know is people here in the newsroom are beginning to look very old. And these five weeks ste Awards., >y the whole affairjj and the only LilcUfunk of when it (pas all over was rtircinent, "Is it jive? Or is"lt }" i i jnately, when I see a superstar like iiper lip-syncing, her status becomes iminished, and the entire performes off being very unprofessional. Scott Zeiglor Business administration junior lent says in any television program or film on the "subject" of heterosexuality (individuals, ! relationships, ocnaviors or wnaieverj sincc mc 1950's, heterosexuality was accurately, definitively and completely explored in the television series "I Love Lucy." In closing, the USC Gay Student Association would like to thank The Gamecock editor and staff for having the wisdom to recognize the relevant subject matter of "Consenting Adult" and the ability and courage to report on a controversial issue in the most professional and objective manner possible. Tony Price Psychology senior by Berke Breathed I OPUS. K5 CM we I... OfFCR m RCitBF ? j j__ % 0^ / .[.A ^ ' iflttat L \ \ aj by Berke Breathed OW \ OU Villi WRONG CAN YOU my WPH0N 5" tmdeR. OR POM. r>A\/ ? W7- \ HflVt 10 I N SHwr you? . I g# 1<U [A\ I <nrt*1 k 11 iTI jlu. aBIWBwb 4 jftwiwrlS Br Si T wn jyBpWnL ^ ML | ] laper staff have dragged on for what seems to be ten years. I DON'T THINK think at this stage of the game it matters much anymore. After all, most of us got into these jobs knowing we'd never have a social life or enough sleep, money and time. But this spring fever, even before the groundhogs have admitted it, is a bit frightening. But I know when spring break finally arrives, it will be damn nice to make that 10-hour drive down to West Palm Beach, sleep in my own bed, play with the dog, fight with my sister and father, and get fed homemade lasagna by Mom. pi still issue ? * student rights To the editor: We would like to address the letter in the editorial page in the Monday* Feb. 19 issue of The Gamecock. 1 feel that the two ladies writing about being deprived /of their legal right to consume alcohol where they live on USG campus have tried to center the jjsue too much around their own age group i tttiici iiiuu uit; age group that mak^s up the campus as a whole. Now that some people who/are legally! old enough to dririk have realized that their own rights may be violated, thcfy are far more concerned anil* perhaps, more likely to get involved in the issue. I think these circumstances provide one of'many reasons why everyone g should be concerned about the issue of the drinking age, not just those people who think they ...sit li'w ww uc uiiGtuy nuwicu. The impact created by raising the drinking age goes beyond the people who are under 21 years 01 age. The impact is so far-reaching because everyone who valjjes their constitutional fights Is/threatened by the new drinkinc age legislation. If a minority in the population can be given full responsibility for their attions and-yet, be denied some/of; the privileges of full citizenship, what is to prevent legislation from being passed to discriminate against the constitutional rights of other mfcprities? r ; }; frhe concern of those students showed that this issue alone JitiU ' I. - uuuiu uifvnc hivic man mc people who arc indirectly af- I iTectcd. Thus, everyone should /consider the effects of raising < the drinking age, even if they feel H won't make a difference in their lives. Finally, oncc it becomes apparent to all of us, as students in particular, that everyone has rights at stake, we