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THE GAMECOCK
Fumble!
For the s;
namiuu i
Here's a new one for yc
Republican Party, usually so a?
in matters of media, eleetione
riding and such, is fumbling ?
football.
It's a populist pigskin that hi
back and forth between the c
Reps. Carroll Campbell and Thi
and the issue it represents is v
GOP should tap as its gubernat
bearer in the 1986 general electi
Campbell's backers believe t
election between him and Hartr
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iu a uivisivc uaiuc mai wouiu c
tual nominee so badly that he \
chance in the general election.
Predictably, Hartnett ? the
says that's hogwash.
We agree.
The Campbell idea runs thus
head Hartnett off at the pass,
might even win!"
Exactly. That's democracy.
But there's more here than :
paranoia. The Campbell org
betrays its poor grasp of South(
We contend that an open Repi
would strengthen a Campbell
paign, for one simple reason:
Republicans are Republican:
something in the moss-ba
Democrat" South, where a rm
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U.S. must
Racist South Africar
threatens democratic
Some have said the national de
we should or shouldn't do about 5
strengthen or further erode the i
upon which our society is built.
Our Christian heritage that decli
trinsic worth and dignity of all
democratic values that rest upon
are being tested in our relations
Africa.
The debate was over for me whe
apartheid is and the extent to whicl
within the Afrikaners' culture. Apa
a large . ersion of the racial system
the American South before the '6C
Apartheid is in fact an enorn
sopnisucaieu, moacrn system
economic domination. It employs I
ed technology and psychology, mu
West, to regulate the lives of n
Afrikaners.
Because of apartheid's nature,
must be sustained through
psychological terror. Millions of I
dying in the so-called homelands be
considered citizens of the republic
To live within South Africa an<
citizenship is to be deemed som
human because the expression <
aspirations is "illegal" lor you.
The laws and actions of the A
rnent reflect the values of the 5 m
who dominate the government and
If this is true, the myth tha
"constructive engagement" enter
Afrikaners are "Western-like" ? i
dangerous because it leads one to i
simply an "error" (the word used
theid in the July issue of f'orerur
corrected through "friendly persui
Apartheid, from the nersnective
is not an error. The inhumane sy:
tion is accomplishing exactly whal
do: exploit the natural resources
force non-Afrikaners to particip
ploitation, and provide a psychc
well-being for their psychopathic <
This is clearly reflected in two
African laws, the Internal Security
rorism Act, which make expressi
apartheid illegal.
Because of this, it is a grave crr<
Afrikaners as Westerners. Althou
mpnf i<i mnrlHfH :?fr??r ?h<? Woci
British ? it cannot function like
ments, because Western ideas ab<
and political freedom are nowh
within Afrikaner society.
Staff columnist Andy Dun
with a letter to the editor, an
If you have an opinion yoi
I with the Carolina community
The Gamecock.
Letters must be typed, dou
I include the writer's name ai
number w here the writer may
verification.
ake of the ele
deserves a fai
)u: The state cuts to sav he's
stutc nowadays pretty facc ? o
ering, coattail- sway him.
i vital political Or, put anotl
won't vote for IV
as been punted Campbell. Simi
:amps of U.S. won't vote for
omas Hartnett, Hartnett.
yhom the state The political
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viiai oiauuaiu- UUUUIVI 11 L/wiiiuv,
on. but an inch
hat a primary Republicanism is
ictt would lead deep. Simply rec
ut up the even- of Southern sup
vould stand no 1964 even in the
Southern ? jugg
: underdog ? We believe, in
GOP side would j
ty for the elephar
: "We'd better alreadv-decided '
Good gosh, he didates running l
certainly would b
tinually shining c
simple political But Democrats
anization also Republican polit
:rn politics. paranoia and
. l_ I ? ... I _?
Ionian primary ooogcymen simp
general cam- "true believers."
ignore common
>. That means followers a choic
ck, "yellow- And even if yo
in has to have believe that's a si
condemn ai
I QVQtpm Therefore, there
I oyolCIII is legal to ban or j
4 \;oil ipc apartheid. There <
/ VdluCo understand it in tt
the South African
bate about what strengthen racial
>outh Africa will domination.
deas and values ?"Law and ordc
tive, means no one
arcs 10 us inc in- meia. because oi
men, and our entrenched within
this declaration, position from th<
.hip with South digenous black po|
way of life. Oppo
n I realized what white Africans' cu
(i it is entrenched Anthropologist
irtheid is not just to South Africa to
that prevailed in the dominators, c
>s. "morally crippled
ri mi cits r*nmnl?v 1
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of racial and about human righ
:he most advanc- It must be i
ch of it from the Afrikaners, is noi
nillions of non- norance. It is a vi
our national ident
the status quo tion and the Bill o
violence and embodies and exp
)lacks are slowly In all sincerity,
cause they aren't them to change? A
of South Africa. us if we continued
j not be granted criminal system? I
fining icss man suaac Americans
sf basic human persuade the Afril
By providing tl
frikaner govern- from the engine
illion Afrikaners already compromi
run the country. them long-term lil
t supporters of economic gain,
tain ? that the Constructive en
s dangerous. It is entertains the my
/iew apartheid as that they share V
to describe apar- makes us accompli
rner) that can be investment fuels tl
asion." I support ecoi
of the Afrikaner, Africa because it I
stem of exploita- ing of millions of
t it was set up to doubtedly psycl
of South Africa, Western investme
ate in their ex- West has not only
>logical sense of economic might, 1
:ulture.
important South We should seve
Act and the Ter- with them and bef
ng opposition to economic develop
Afrikaners, who >
ar to perceive the of the new South
igh their govern- assured that they >
t ? namely the for supporting a
Western govern- freedom.
>ut human rights
ere to be found Michael Piltcki
Anthropology
:an got his start Letters shoulc
id so can you. writer is a studer
i'd like to share of the communit
, send a letter to All letters are
editing. A 350-w
Letters cannot b
ble-spaced, and Send your <
nd a telephone Gamecock, Dra\
be reached for umbia, S.C. 292
Let us know w
ctorate,
r chance
a Republican. A Democratic
r a primary defeat ? won't
her way, a Hartnett backer
like Daniel instead of Carroll
larly, a Campbell partisan
Phil Lader over Tommy
scientist's axiom runs thus:
ratic support runs a mile wide
deep, while Southern
only an inch wide but a mile
all the perverse stubbornness
port for Barry Goldwater in
face of an incumbent ? and
ernaut.
i fact, that a struggle on the
garner much more free publiciit
party than would a ho-hum,
"unity campaign." And canower
on the Republican ticket
enefit from the spotlight con?n
their party for a change,
may rest easy: The history of
ics is rife with electioneering
invicihlf? rnncniratnriQl
ly waiting to pounce on the
If history holds, the GOP will
sense and deny the party's
e.
u're a Democrat, you have to
lame
partheid
can be no free speech, because it
ail those who show opposition to
can be no law and order as we
le West, because the function of
lauic ic fA rnl?
iuft j to iv viiiiviivii ttiiiiv i uiv auu
1 exploitation and economic
r," from the Afrikaner perspec:
is expressing opposition to aparthe
extent to which apartheid is
the Afrikaner culture, any opz
West, the Soviets or the insulation
is seen as a threat to their
sition to apartheid threatens the
Itural identity.
Vincent Crapanzano, who went
study the effect of domination on
lescribes the Afrikaner as being
unable to make moral decibe
in accord with Western ideas
ts.
remembered that racism, for
i jum a view or a rcsun 01 igtal
part of their identity. Just as
ity is expressed in our Constituf
Rights, the Afrikaners' identity
resses the laws of apartheid,
can we really cxpect to persuade
,nd how seriously would they take
to support, and profit from, their
I think it would be easier to perto
give up their liberties than to
caners to give up apartheid.
ie investment fuel and profiting
of apartheid, Americans are
sing the ideas and values that give
berty in exchange for short-term
gagement is unfeasible because it
th that Afrikaners are Western,
/estern ideas and values. It also
ices in the crimes because Western
he engine of apartheid.
nomic sanctions against South
takes the profit out of the sufferAfrican
people, including the unlopathic
Afrikaners. Because
nt makes apartheid possible, the
' a moral obligation, but also the
:o put an end to apartheid.
r rmr wnnnmip ami nnlitipal tint
;in to inv st in the education and
>ment of the millions of nonvill
eventually become the rulers
i Africa. In this way we can be
vill not be antagonistic toward us
tpartheid in their struggle for
ney
senior
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printed and are subject to
ord maximum is suggested,
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opinion to: Editor, The
ver A, Russell House, Col25.
/hat you think.
All the world'
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uan you pas
I read in a rival newspaper a
few days ago about some
minimum competency tests administered
in Florida before people
are allowed to abandon high
school.
I think something like that
would be useful before letting
students bail out of USC. I even
suggest some questions to test
wnemer mc nopciui graduate nas
gotten everything he deserves
from the university.
No. 1: The president of USC is i
named: a) James Holderman; b) i
Bob Haldeman; c) James ;
Holdupman; d) David j
Halberstam; e) Alexander i
Hamilton; f) none of the above.
The answer is f The enrrert
answer is James B. Holderman. i
You may think this is being very
picky, and it is. But the object is
to weed you people out, after all.
No. 2: T.S. Eliot was: a) a
writer discussed at great length in
English literature class; b) a
writer discussed at great length in
American literature class; c) the
misspelled alumnus for whom
Elliott dorm is named; d) both a
and b; e) both b and c; 0 both d
an/) a
C4IIV4 V#
The answer is d, If you got this
one right, but think Eliot is the
one who wrote "Stopping by
Woods on a Snowy Evening,"
you miss it anyway. If you got it
right, and can recite "The
Hollow Men" and identify with
it, you get 15 extra points.
No. 3: The first line of the USC
alma mater is: a) We hail thee,
Carolina; b) We like thee,
Carolina; c) We think you're all
s a stage...
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right, Carolina; d) We don't gag
uncontrollably when we think of
you, Carolina; e) We are the
hollow men/We are the stuffed
men, Carolina.
The answer is a. If you
answered e, and are just trying to
make up for missing No. 2,
forget it. We're wise to you.
No. 4: Which of the following
did not visit USC during the past
year: a) Jim Lehrer; b) Jihan
Sadat; c) Ira Koger; d) Dr.
Spock; e) Mr. Spock; f) all of the
above; g) none of the above; h)
some of the above.
The answer is h. Don't try
changing your answer now,
either. We have your name.
. 5: John, exploring his
room in Columbia Hall, finds
two pounds of life-threatening
usucmus in me liosci ana anomcr
three pounds in the bathroom.
How much asbestos is in John's
room altogether: a) four pounds;
b) five pounds; c) nine pounds; d)
12 pounds.
The answer is d. John hasn't
looked in the ceiling and under
the bed yet.
No. 6: When John tells the adEdltorln
chlaf
Ann Farmer
Managing Editor
Tracy Mlxson
Copy Dt?k CMot
Andy Duncan
AMktaat Copy Dttk Chlaf
Linda Taylor
Kiwi Editor
Marlsa Porto
Assistant Hows Editors
Jtri Howe
Juliet Nader
Spotlight Editor
Roni Bea Kayne
Assistant Spotlight EdHor
Ed Chambllis
?
gS/1
* II .
trivia quiz?
? n 'm
ministration about the asbestos,
they will: a) remove it; b) refund
John's money; c) move John
somewhere else; d) smite John
dead; e) none of the above, at ^
least for a while.
The answer is e. In the meantime,
they will place signs in each
room instructing students to go
to John's room in case of fire.
No. 7: The news editor of The
Gamecock is named Marisa: a)
Porto; b) Pancho; c) Honcho; d)
Groucho; e) Gepctto; f) Psycho;
g) Mongo; h) Congo; i) Bongo; j)
Bonzo; k) Tonto; I) Hi-Ho,
Cherry-O.
The answer is a. If you read
past answer c, you flunk. It's
freshman orientation and little
gummed paper ID tags for you,
buddy.
If nnvhnst\) hnr /IM"
mj Mily l/VM^ fiUJ
on this or on any other issue raised
in this column since the
semester began, please drop me a
line at the address found
elsewhere on this page. I reserve
the right to dip all mailings into a
pail of water before opening
them, and to hoot and jeer any
opinions found therein.
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