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Page 4 ? April 29, 198!") Opinion THE GAMECOCK Misguided Aiithnr misrenrecpntc f im k> iffiwi t/1 i/vi/irii/ (/SC in alledged guide t vm n.-> mm. el jit llL'l ill 1V lilVUIilOIC V1CW Ol OUT university, and it's distressing when publications such as the Insider's Guide to the Colleges paint unfavorable pictures of USC. A feu weeks ago, a representative of the publication, produced at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., sent I'he Gamecock a com of I !SC">. cmrv in lasi year's edition and a handwritten letter requesting our opinion and suggestions. I he article praised the university's Honors College but said the rest of our programs are "mediocre at best." ! li went cm to say that most students come to IJSC 10 pany, go u> toomaii games or join fraternities and sororities. Sorority girls, according to the article, often participate in "a quaint rite in which they slap each other with dead fish." Maybe the publication's most insulting blow was saving IJSC offers its share of opportunities to students, but few seem interested in taking advantage m mem. /\ecorumg 10 one optimist, mis makes n all the better tor the ones who are interested, since they have easy access to the faculty and facilities neglected by the rest." What the Insider's Guide to Colleges is saying is that USC students are lazy and unfocused in their quests for successful futures. Instead of having our newspaper respond to these allegations, we invite students to write the publicalinn ihtMlicolvPC nnrl pvnr/Kt fliotr \/inu?c A rvf the- entry is available for reading in The Gamecock newsroom, room 321, Russell House. It's time people realize USC isn't merely a school of lethargic students intent only on drinking beer and watching sporting events. Leslie Dunson, editor-in-chief 1 .. ... . I . * .. .1 I ? . 111 yuu ic wuMucnng wny uiuay s Gamecock is small and rather insignificant, our new typesetting system shut down, and we resorted to using an older system at the last minute. We hope our new system will be back in working order lor Wednesday's edition. Student dislikes i ? ii? IV/ I I IV. V.V.JIIV'1 . In an article in The Gamecock, Robert O'Connor criticized American musicians who participated in the USA for Africa session of providing aid to starving Africans simply because it is fashionable. Bloom County ? i ? nfe*/5 ^ H Bloom County 9W- '' 1 k i t, 11 m?\i $t , -11 ^ &-2, Life in for a c ll you hail heen reading this column a week ago. n would have heen an hour earlier. Did you remember to set your clocks ahead one hour Sunday morning? I did. It's a big occasion in my life. 1 set up a lawn chair under the stars every year to watch what happens when everyone turns their clocks ahead at 2 a.m. Of course, once again, nothing happened. It's what the change will mean in terms of sunlight that will make everyone's lives brighter. The days will become longer and, although we all sacrificed an hour of sleep, the change will have been lor the better. I think many of us are going through the same thing ? making sacrifices 111 preparation of a big change. I or those ol us graduating, the change is enormous as we move from the land of make-believe and stability into the real vt < ir l< I riiwl 11 l i? But everyone is about to have some change in their lives. Some students are studying now lor next week's exams, and then they'll pack their bags and go from absolute T A A setters critic's USA Ho considers their song and (he effort h py." and he specifically accuses Lionel Kit Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen i: the project only to boost their own egos. I ?i!l agree that the song "We Are the \ by E of** eveKifiort liKB Vf &M005 m ticm ft ^ fjff ?0 / mo cn M - f I _ by E W GOOPNett ' FOR | W MINUTE T THOUGHT J sh HMMIh MS TOM SeiLBCK MP Ur PePRBSt , coouwr now* ovr ^ incipcn HOW I WPPeHLV Mr | ^ W URKNtf VtJLY/ fZ ^ v " 1 III '*m" ''' ' ^ * 'iM''.' ' '.^' ' \''y hange? You're tjjLf!'<trnr) v/J!:r?Sl John Deiner Mannninn acWin/ | IVIUllUlJIIIIj I/UIIUI J freedom ai USC lo near-imprisonmeni at home. Others will leave USC for summer internships and jobs that will be career-oriented, pressure-filled and a t.v# i...x i > t . *i .. ...i i: i IWl VJI I III I . Dill >IJU Itlll 1 V.III WUIN IIKV you can a class. And then there are those students whose change will he nothing more than staying in Columbia and getting a job or going to summer school ? a small shift in lifestyle but still significant. I he rest of us will experience the for Africa ehind it to be "sap- weak. The melody is b ;hic, Cyndi I.aupcr, be memori/ed by a 2-y u ncmp involved in Springsteen is mvolvct not only untrue, it is Vorld" is extremely Springsteen has a li fort and his money to to use his money and lerke Breathed this \sorld. At his rec teen arranged lor the 7NK placcs in (I c lobby lor AtJ J ^ 'ans 10 douaic IO '',,s i miT k2f &emi 1 % Editor in Chief \ Leslie J Ounjon ^ yk Managing Editor \r? J?'in Dew ~*<1 -?X?? "3^ Copy Oetk Chief |'"|*'' Andy Ouncan Ifirkfi Rrpathnrf " *. Editor ^ Ann Parmer *,#t *im Editor tftNtrziv Giego Lasky WjMTtlX J; ( Entortiinmant Editor I J?|1 Robert O'Connor J\ A??t. Ent. Editor |\ /,''\ "om ^aVnB v - ' fjja Sporti Editor " xi A MjA **port? Editor 5^- i <Tr? ^oe SiUr/ J Wire/Opinion Editor Maris* Porto v^/7\ ^ N/- 'j Photo Editor ^ wl JoieDh Gamelt ' ~ A??l. Photo Editor ?^ Joe Ricker ^ N . bM,wmm< . ** ? **** /// ' y.y/, m not alone biggest change of all as we begin life on llie outside world. And if most people ate like me, they're looking at it in a selfish way. 1 keep thinking of how my life will v ii?iii^i , i ii iiii>> 111> ii niun, now things I was involved in will have to go on without me. And they will. Yet 1 worry myself a and put myself in a "me-against-the world" mood when I should be rallying to have the world on my side. I'm no stranger to change; in fact, we're good friends ? changing schools, moving from one city to another, leaving the North for the South, spending a summer 1,250 miles away from home. All changes, all for the better. So why worry ? Why start missing people when they'll still be a phone call away and presently a l()-mimite walk away from my dorm ' Why be upset that I'm leaving a great lifestyle for a A potentially beltei one? I don't know. Hut I do know that I'm not alone. And for everyone who's been going through the same thing, I just wanted you to know we're in this boat together. . .? column oring and repetitive, and the lyrics could ? ear-old. However, to suggest that Bruce I in this project to give his ego a boost is complete blasphemy. >ng history of donations of his time, elworthy causes, because he feels a need his name to help others who need it in ent concert here in Columbia, SpringsSouth Carolina food Hank to set up donations to be accepted, and he urged cause during intermission. 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