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Viewpoint Wtotaisday, Saptember 4, 1985 j A13 p " THE GftMECOCK Disconm Student: -I *. / dUUUl II I USC's new improved p | ing out to be a terrific p; While students have b mises of a telephone in < waiting and connections ntitArr AirNra ror?ol 1 i puivia, iiiwjr ivvvivvu . | Hello? Is anyone then Beep. Beep. Beep. Bet "We're sorry, youi completed. . . " And the ever-popular Let's start with day 01 Upon arriving in Colu to University Bookstore Not just any telephone, perfectly matched for phone system. Many lucky students don't, as the supply can Lucky Student rushes Upon plugging the fan telephone into the new in Student hears. . . nothi a dead. Dead as the batch protruding from the jacl the system. Homeless University, f make the be: Somehow, the Holiday In ty Center isn't exactly our ic ~ r * a nai nuubc. Nevertheless, that's \ quite a few USC frat brothers have been stayin past couple of weeks a university's expense. Whe students arrived on campus found that work crews \ t ? finished removing asbestos the buildings on schedule. To make matters wors< workers carted some frat furniture into the yard and there long enough to | repeatedly drenched by rail fraternities are upset, and for damages has been subi to the administration. The fraternities deserve fully reimbursed for the * ? furniture, but before a bs angry greeks bearing torch pitchforks masses or i I A popular Army "jod; goes, "Here we go { again/Marching down t week (month, day) and * @ glad and so will you." At the rate that P.W. before too much longer t teresting addition to the S anthem. Let's examine w "Here we go again/? relates to the governm Hpalino with th#? Nporn r VIVV4111i^ ?' ???V %/ South Africa. Several we< time this year, Preside "state of emergency, suspended the few civi t ^ have, and, in turn, gav 1 W even broader powers t< persecute Negroes. Even to mourn the dead was dc loved ones were killed regular police or the mili The government may that the masses of people the corteges of martyrs i hazard," although what be jeopardized by a mas guess. Furthermore, it ill HnmiriatAH onvurnmont'c UVIIIIIIHIVM gVTVllllllVIU O strategic problem that it MA to successfully control t tion (which includes Neg ty much anybody who Afrikaaner) of the coum these "coloreds" are a clannish lot, and to den) form these most person (which predates the Dutc by thousands of years) flames of discord or diss gasoline upon them. Be terribly surprised if the v pen to go up in his face "Marching down th either to black militants Beted Dial 'B' fo nproved' phc hone system is turn- Still Y ain in the rerpiver booksto een courted by pro- cond p] every bedroom, call does the with campus com- So St such "services" as: outlet ai ;? Hello? register, :p. perfect r call cannot be Now silence. The f le. and Da* imbia, students rush '9'. Ags to buy a telephone. by mist< ??/\i? Un* Hir\p Ur iiiinu ysju, uui wilt iii^o 1111 this new improved for assii plains t get phones. Others AT&T'j 't fill the demand. call you back to dorm room. "Hm tastically wonderful "I don' nproved jack, Lucky ing 49' < ing. The phone is The r of plastic and wires catch, a t, left by installers of or don' Hang I I raternities should >t of bad situation in Ci- Horseshoe in front of th< lea of dent's presumably asbest residence, they should real vhere the administration is doii crnity about everything it can to g the the situation. t the The Holiday Inn may n the Windsor Castle, or , they McBryde Quadrangle, 1 UferiaX ? i^gytfir,^rapped drinkinj infinitely preferable to i ?, the tents in the parking lot at ernity and Pendleton, which se left it real possibility for a time let it 1. The The university < a bill maliciously tear up furnit mittari tnnra (Kon iiiiiivu iiiviv mail 11117 illlvlIUCJIIa fed the frat houses with a: to be And the situation ruined without its brighter side ind of many fraternities have es and room service and a nighi 1 the the basement? Intercamp y," or marching song, the go' igain/Same old shit militia he avenue/One more Pretori fe'll be through/I'll be water-i carriers Botha et al are going, itself: 1 hat might make an in- by a na Jouth African national mored >U ii f Ur/\inii 'Iiy. U1IUVY1! Jame old shit again" Mussol ent's attitude toward the froi >opulation majority in the Ita eks ago, for the second against nt Botha declared a alligne< " which effectively dictato I rights that Negroes Mus? e the all-white militia and Ai ) harass, torture and dictato the basic civilized right Adolf ;nied to Negroes whose chumn in clashes with the "On itia. througl have had a point, in Botha t who invariably follow course could pose a "security near fu kind of security could lilted s is funeral is anybody's ger anc "I'll ustrates the white- self-exj ignorance of the basic Each must overcome if it is whatev he "colored" popula- brace, roes, Indians and pret- theid. isn't an Anglo-Saxon ferent, try; that is to say, that posed I close-knit (relatively) violenc ? *Viom lha riftkl not* fVlic "t r iiiviu niv 115111 iw pvi - mia o al acts of their culture first pi :h appearance in Africa menca* is not to smother the Write t ;ent, but rather to pour the coi >tha should not be too United /hole thing should hap- Africa e avenue" can refer demonstrating against r bothered ma cwctom PIiu uyu 10111 lopeful, Student rushes back to the re to return the phone. Student's setione doesn't work either. Neither ; third. udent gives up, goes to a telephone id finally hears a ring ? it's the cash charging from $30 to $60 for the phone. Student has a phone that works, un really begins. Trying to call Mom d to ask for money, Student pushes lin and again. Finally, he punches '8' ike and gets a busy signal. So Student ough University Telephone Directory stance. A paragraph of tiny type exhe process of "trunk-queuing," or, ? way of saying, "Don't call us; we'll i," when a line is open, mmm," Student buzzes to himself, t remember having any trouble dial3ut from the dean's office." noral of the storv is. there's alwavs a nd don't beleive everything you hear, t hear. ; in there. IPIflHHH prcsi* :os-free WKBM V^vOvr; : ize that ?g just rectify not be even 3Ut 'ts Bl l)L )itching ^|p|||^^g|igg^^pt|^^^ Pickens emed a . , ,v :. ' / \^..~-;C i 1 Iill iidn't ure any iiystuf sbestos. Hr ' ' is not '*.*, How OK maids, tclub in j uz> vernment's harshness or, more likely troops rolling down the streets o a, Johannesburg and Durban in thei cannon-toting armored personnel In this fashion, history is repeatin n 1936 Italy, another country governe rrow-minded, racist philosophy, sent ai #?nuinfti(?nt intr* Pthirmin noainct tn^ai ng, shield-toting Masai tribesmen inis's Italians gained great successes z nl against the Ethiopians, but eventuall Hans' former allies and friends rose u him, especially after he had disastrous! i himself with another racist, absolut r and destroyed him. iolini's friends were England, Franc istria; Botha's is the United States. Th r Mussolini aligned himself with wz Hitler; Botha has lately been gettin ly with Mikhail Gorbachev. e more week (month, day) and we'll b h" is really an irrelevant line, becaus et al show no signs of giving up th of calculated foolishness any time in tli iture. The "state of emergency" may t oon, but don't worry, it'll be back, bi| i better than ever. be glad and so will you," well, that 3lanatory. i of you, whatever race you may be, an er political philosophy you may en must have formed an opinion on apa Some may support, some may be indi but certainly the majority of you are oj :o this terrible form of bigotry. Althoug :e is definitely not the answer (that's ho itate of emergency came about in tl ace), each of you can help to combat th :e to the world's collective intelligence o your congressmen, urging them to tal irse of action that you feel is best for tl States to follow in dealing with Soul in this matter. The Crimson and Wh University of Alaban SuGO S"W> AUertrt I _ ^ JftoteiSo >C**XT CO ?CCL >CtAS5 xc CD V-0?v>? 5 i** ffl ffl i '* ^ ~ \ '^m Jti M| M KiiSflHI H|HH ' m Letters The Gamecock wants ? to know what you ' think about the world, the nation, the campus ~ . i i, i _ vi,yvui uwn udtK yaiu. d Send your thoughts in a letter to the editor at Drawer A, Russell i. House, USC, Columit bia, S.C. 29225, and let y Carolina know how P you feel, y Letters must be e typewritten and double-spaced. You * must sign your name and provide your adg dress and phone number for ,e verification. ;e Letters cannot be. is returned. ie L__ j- i?<aomccock? S I Ann Farmer ; Editor-in-chief d 1- Andy Duncan Copy Desk Chicl r- Marisa Porlo NewsEditoi f ?- Roni Bea Kaync Spotlight Editoi J- urcgg I.asky Sports f-.ditoi [h Joseph Ciarneti Photography Editoi w Assistant Editors: 1C Linda Taylor IS Jeri Rowe C. Juliet Nader CC Jelf Owens Ray Gronberg th Adviser: Bill Rogers Director: Bill Clements Production: l.ewis Covington Mark Armstrong ia |?TIV $ To "*H Osc ft ciwwSTl ^t^ITTV\. ^ mri & ?o b V S3 >0"^ 0 ) t %os.V.o? 7 A C UrtS IT 205 A ^ -?C *303 ' \ r >* sa?& co*W6tt. -j oort^t1 ibM ! V-1 PM . WHAT'S 1 C/>?!r^ THAT? loo n) Y "i (&/M& p _mz Don't tell r you did thi BHr . With the nnjK^ihlc ?xcantian& nf .J 5* chcs; nothing Ift thisWis as btff and hearing everyone tell what the The fact that you held a prestigic of Woonsocket, Wapcapplet, McC enril?s fascination for von and vr counts of officc intrigue and Wall 5 reversible coma. I try to do the honorable thing 1 what I've been up to since May. I lit interesting conversation. Ask any five passersby in front o mer experiences, and you will h< travels, summer vacations, summ assuming you can stay conscious ir put to me last week, I replied: "I helped the United Nations ai My acquaintance blinked seve mouth, frowned and then said, "\ "Yes," 1 replied, warming to along the Gulf of Guinea are suf duty, multi-passenger recreational and me ? flew them in from a bai range to Garoua, and then drove gave them to the local chieftains ii which we rode back through the 4-year-old rhino holds as many pa! but without air conditioning and i "Now wait a minute," my assoc over the mountains?" "We sure did. We flew them i ) World War II Greek cargo planes olives to the freedom fighters in Sj my life until June, I swear to you, gladly train anybody they can get By this time, my acquaintance v* "Well, I'll see you around," he s; "Wait!" I cried. "I haven't moonrise over the mud flats of P dashing for the exit and scatterin twice before asking anyone else a! Thic crpativp Ivino ic u??rv ?imn * VIVWH.V V"'? few dozen of the silliest or most e> pair these up with the most impr Just to get you started, here are you can lie through your teeth ab Philanthropic enterprises: helpi 1 salvage the Velcro crop ravaged multi-cinema and game room ft weasel farmers in Tuktoyaktuk; r sian pike from lint eruptions in K Espionage activities: dallying \ three-legged Paraguayan naval a r ritual to corner the Balinese groi r luncheon-meat foundry on the M r : Exploration: probing the ancie Rosul Pass; mapping the ocean fl Perth Amboy, N.J.; tracking dov between Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., am You could also conjure up you pie you saw Orson Welles at the I I that you helped Paul McCartney I the English hamlet of Bishop's St himself, alive and well and v\ restaurant behind the Iron Curta J Actually, he was running the cj SVrr<en9 A Kit/lr /? l \? UlAJt V>v ffl ffl kt- * ==H a.o.^s V I ne what ic Qiimmor flndy isuncan (mm Austen novels and cricket matlfr? &s returning to campus in the fall y did during the summer. >us internship at the investment firm 'arthy and Prell may be a source of )ur kin, but pardon me if your acStreet derring-do send me into an irwhen my associates politely ask me s to them. It makes for a much more f the Russell House about their sum sar the familiar litany of summer er jobs and summer romances ? lat long. But when the question was rlift Winnebagos into Cameroon." ral times, opened and closed his Vinnebagos?" the subject. "The African nations fering a woeful shortage of heavyvehicles. So we ? that is, the U.N. ?e on l ake Chad, over the Mandara them overland to Tibati, where we a exchange for domesticated rhinos, brush to the airstrip. Actually, a >sengers as a brand-new Winnebago, eclining bucket seats." iate said. "You flew the Winnebagos nside the holds of specially refitted the ones used by the Allies to run ilonika. I had never flown a plane in but the relief agencies over there will 9 9 'as edging away toward the cafeteria. aid, glancing behind him nervously, shown you my snapshots of the vlaroua." But he was already gone, g freshmen in his wake. He'll think bout the summer, believe me. le. Just pick up an atlas and select a (Otic place names you can find. Then obable adventures you can imagine, some suggested summer experiences out, grouped by category. ing villagers in the Furneaux Islands by Typhoon Ethel; constructing a >r the culturally deprived Canadian escuing a colony of walleyed Malay ?uaia Lumpur, vith the nymphomaniacal niece of a ttache; using a centuries-old voodoo undnut market; blowing up a Soviet [edveditsa River. nt Transylvanian golf courses in the r* r wr\ A t f ? rt /-I lAtAMA f r uui in me miuirtp-imcMCU wctici 5 v?? /n all the "See Rock City" billboards i Fero, N.C. r own brush with greatness. Tell peo-loliday Inn in Cannon Ball, N.D., or fix a flat on his Volkswagen outside ortford, or that you met Che Guevara waiting tables at a small doughnut in. ish register when 1 saw him. Trust me.