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" THE GftMECOCK
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Student:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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prcsi*
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ize that
?g just
rectify
not be
even
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is not '*.*,
How OK
maids,
tclub in
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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.
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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!
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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
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&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.