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Party im
USC does
its party i
Party, party, party.
According to this year's batcl
seems to be all that USC studen
The books, which are writtcr
choose a college, describe USC <
age. Clemson University is descri
mospherc and offering a "solid
USC has long had the stigm
Drinking, partying and drinking
favorite hobbies of a typical US
This "party school" label tha
unfair to both the administrator
have worked hard to better USC
In recent years, the academic
has risen. The entrance requirem
stricter, and many schools with
business school, have been natio
schools.
As for partying, of course US'
college students do. Partying is
not just USC. This is a good sch
its "party" reputation.
Well, here I
The Gamecock advertising office
is a lot like a colony of bees,
with snprialiy^ri u/nrk<*r? Hnino
specialized jobs. While the account
executives sip martinis and
wonder just how many licks it
docs take to get to the center of a
Tootsie Pop, their office
assistants (OAs) take orders for
ads ranging from the sale of 180
back issues of Playboy to an announcement
of the 1985 season
of the Beer Busters Bowling
League.
OAs, being your typical busy
office slaves, are so busy they
don't have time to speak English,
so they speak and write a dif
fcrcnt language than the rest of
us. It consists mainly of shortened
words and sentences. It sounds
something like an Ewok speaking
pig latin after taking a deep
breath; ofi helium./vt
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speech, debate
To the editor:
A rccent Gamecock article
compares the intercollegiate
debating program of our Department
of Theatre and Speech with
our on-campus weekly debates of
the Athenian Society open to all
students and the public.
For many years before and
some years after 1 was a Carolina
undergraduate (1929-33) our
girl's Hypathian and our boys'
Euphradian and Clariosophic
Literary and Debating Societies
were our leading student
organizations open to all
students. Our student Debating
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council neia iry-outs for
Carolina's varsity debating team
and scheduled their intercollegiate
debates. But the training
ground for the debators was
the Literary Societies. And we
were in the Big Time. At Carolina
I debated teams from as far away
as Brigham Young, and on the
road I traveled as far as the
University of Miami, Florida.
As far as I know, as a special
studies student now, our
Clariosophic and Athenian
Societies are our only student
organizations open to all students
for Free Speech exchange of ideas
on any suojects. I nc historic
Euphradian Hall on the
Horseshoe has been peopled only
by ghosts for many years ? and I
do not recall that the Hypathian
had a special hall to follow it into
history.
In Carolina's Golden Era of
Oratory and Debating ? yielding
You, too, can
Divestment, President Reagan, th
football, campus parking, meal pli
dent Government.
What do you think about?
If you have an opinion about an
would like to share with the Caroli
send a letter to The Gamecock.
I Letters must be typed, double-s{
elude the writer's name and a tele
where the writer can be reached for
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h of coilcge guide books, that
ts want to do.
1 to help high school students
is having a "party-school" imbed
as having a "laid-back" ateducation."
a of being a "party school."
are jokingly said to be the three
C student.
it has been attached to USC is
i and the students. Both groups
"s academic reputation.
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cnts for freshman have become
lin the university, such as the
nally praised as being excellent
C students do a lot of that. All
a characteristic of all schools,
100I and it deserves better than
am again, a
So, when they write an ad to go
in the paper, they write it in the
style of their helium-induced i
state of euphoria. Here is an
example:
For Sale: 1980 Olds Cutlass
Supreme, tilt, V-8, AM, PS, PB, i
power wind., air, CC. b.o., call
after 5, 555-1212.
Boy, that just says it all,
doesn't it? i
Let's take a closer look at the
individual items in this twisted
wreck of abbreviations as we
translate it from the original
language ? "Adverteese."
1980 Olds Cutlass Supreme: I
can handle this. It's in English.
Tilt: I thought this was a pinball
term. Does it mean when you
take a corner too fast, the car
turns itself off and a big red light
comes on saying "TILT?"
r * V-8: Hmnv Docs this mean :t he v .
handfuls of gold medals to many v
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the ccntcr of student activity.
Now the action is out around the
Russeli House. But stii! in the
Clariosophic and Euphradian
Halls there are Historic Fur- I
nishings and Wall Portraits of the '
days when Carolina oratory was
in full flower. 1
When 1 was here before we did
not know anything about the 1
Department of Theater and
Speech. But now that we have s
one I think that under its leader- s
ship we should challenge the pre- j
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its own. I think selected historic
furnishings should be moved
from the Euphradian and
Clariosophic halls to an appropriate
size Russell House
room or Hall of Free Speech
Oratory, Debating and General
Public speaking. On regular
assigned weekly nights the
historic wall portraits of some of
our great orators of the past
could monitor the deliberations
of our present ? and possibly
some new ? Literary and
Debating Societies.
There could also be InterSociety
nights of the Oratorical
(just plain stand-up public speaking
now) and Debating Contests
which used to be great fun bet- s
ween the Euphradian and I
Clariosophic Societies. All this t
could give more and more i
students a place to try to learn c
how to blow off steam without
getting themselves blown away, i
recruit more students for our c
Department of Theatre and f
Speech and give that department t
a farm league of candidates for c
its varsity intercollegiate debating d
teams. The historic wall portraits p
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ic World Series, Letters should als<
ins, Sting, Stu- student, staff mei
community.
All letters are prii
ything that you A 350-word maximi
na community, not be withheld excc
cannot be returned.
paced, and inphone
number Send your letters
verification. Drawer A, Russell K
CMo^TJ .
md this one
glove compartment is filled with
tomato juice or, more precisely, a
delicious and nutritious natural
blend of eight fruits and
vegetables? Or worse still, does it
mean that it runs on this delicious
cocktail starter? Gad. Upon a little
research, I have discovered it
would cost about $5.04 a gallon if
you bought it in 12-ounce containers
in the Country Store at
the Carolina Mall. Hmmm.
AM: This means you can only
drive it between midnight and
11:59 a.m. Perfect for those
workaholics out there who love
to go to work, but hate to come
home until it's real late or, more
precisely, real early.
PS: Commonly used in letters,
it means postscript. In this case,
it probably means some kind of
information or extra charge that
the seller hasn't told you about in
vould smile down on all of this.
James Galloway
Special studies
Jrine testing
/iolates rights
lo the editor:
Mass urine tests of employees,
itudents and college athletes for
iigns of drug use have become
jopular with some authorities.
Where such tests have been coniucted
by the government or
ichool officials, however,
lumerous courts have ruled the
ests to be unconstitutional infrngements
of Fourth Amendment
?rotections against unreasonable
;earches.
The Fourth Amendment
guarantees that the government
vill not search anyone without
jrobable cause to believe an inlividual
has violated a law. Scarfing
hundreds of students on the
)remise that a few will turn out to
>e guilty, does not meet the contitutional
requirement of pro
>able cause.
For university students this has
neant that school officials may
earch an individual for drugs ony
after they have reason to
>elieve the student is under the
nfluence of illicit drugs while on
ampus.
Society has a legitimate interest
n curbing drug abuse. Programs
lesigned to steer people away
rom drugs are appropriate. But
hat is entirely different from
onductine random #r?
liscover whether people are com>lying
with the law. The professr>
include whether the writer is a
uuci ui a mcmocr 01 tne
ited and arc subject to editing,
im is suggested, and names will
pt by special exception. Letters
i to: Editor, The Gamecock
louse,.Columbia, S.C. 29225. ,
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the ad, something weird like "the
steering wheel costs extra" or
"the only gear that works is
reverse." Buyer beware.
PB: Peanut butter. The abovementioned
car was probably not
made in 1980. Like most cars
made up into the mid-1970s that
took both regular and unleaded,
it takes both V-8 ? that delicious
and nutritious natural blend of
eight fruits and vegetables ? and
peanut butter. The peanut butter
is like unleaded gas: more expensive.
Checking my source at the
Carolina Mall again, it would
cost $17.02 a gallon to fill your
car with Peter Pan peanut butter
from 12-ounce containers.
Power Wind: This is stupid.
Everybody knows the wind is
powerful.
Air: Boy, this guy is generous,
isn't he? Itutead of taking the
cd motive of the test givers, no
matter how well intcntioned, is
irrelevant.
Common inexpensive urine
tests only indicate probable
previous drug use, not whether
someone is under the influence at
the time the test is given. Even so,
iaise positive results can be produced
by certain non-prescription
drugs in cough syrup and cold
medicine. Drug use can be hidden
by adding a number of common
kitchen ingredients to the sample.
Chronic drug use, on the other
hand, can be detected by means
far less intrusive than random
urinalysis.
The only justification for mass
urine testing is to identify private
behavior disagreeable to
authorities. It is a way to look
through bedrooms without going
to a person's house.
The principle of drug testing is
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testing blood alcohol levels in all
students under age 21. Indeed, it
is no different from searching
people on the street or going
through one's home. Urinalysis is
simply easier.
Our Founding Fathers learned
from King George that
"investigatory" searches at will
are inherently incompatible with
liberty. Recently, several states
have enacted Right-to-Privacy
statutes that severely limit the use
of blood tests and urinalysis by
private employers as well as
government. South Carolina
would do well to follow their
example.
Steven Bates
Executive director ACLU
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time and spending the money to
take all the oxygen, nitrogen and
other trace elements out of the
car and turn it into a vacuum, he
left the air in the car and, if he's
nice, in the tires. It's like him selling
the fact that the car comes
with two-way glass. "Hey folks,
you can see in and out!"
BO: You've heard of that
"new car smell?" This car was
probably owned by an old Italian
cab driver from New York. He
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Grateful Dead
ultimate 'tripp'
To the editor:
This message is written to all of
USC and Mr. Andy Duncan, who
did not go to the concert.
This, this going to the Grateful
Dead concert has got to be one of
life's greatest experiences. The
"dead heads" have their weird,
wild, fun own characteristics.
After talking to several and
observing many other "dead
heads," I have come to the
following conclusions about
them and the Grateful Dead concert,
which are the following:
1. That's what it is...a following.
These "dead heads" fnllnu/
the "Greatful Dead" around the
country. Some will hitchhike
from Washington D.C., such as a
guy there called "Tim." Others
travel around in vans or buses
around the country following the
rock group. In these vehicles,
they make, take their own acid
(as one guy there who was walking
around ? through the crowds
was saying...trips...trips,
trips... trips, trips...trips...trips.
To everybody who he passed and
looked into their eyes would
say...TRIPS!) It (the :oncert)
was a "trip."
2. Speaking of people who
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was one guy there who would
shove (gently), push, squeeze,
slither, and slip through the
crowds saying "sorry,
sorry,...sorry ? Sorry...I'm not
sorry!..etc....and so on. THAT'S
DEEP1
3. Another "dead head" this
writer talked to was some guy
MHwl* thief
A nr. Farmer
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Andy Duncan
AMletMt C*fy Dt*k ChWf
Linda Taylor
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Mar ha bono
Jerl Rowt
Juliet Nader
Spotlight Mrt?r
Ronl Bea Kaynt
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Ed ChambHu
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ate cloves of garlic while he
waited for a fare.
And finally, the one I skipped ^
over, CC. My friends over in 'J
advertising keep telling me that
this stands for cruise control, but
I don't believe them. I think it
stands for the equivalent of super
unleaded for this car. 1 have contacted
a local dairy, and they
have assured me they can give me
500 gallons of this stuff for about
$50.
CC stands for cottage cheese.
what- "can do m
ivithahat siuff^i S t
who, when asked his name,
replied "Issbitzz" (?). Tell this
writer what that means. When
asked what he was on (meaning
the drugs he had taken) he (this
"dead head") replied "Tssker- ife
vishh." That still can't be figured
out either. But, one conclusion
(possibility) has been drawn. This
"dead head" has taken so many
of these "trips" that he has learned
so many different responses to
a question that his response to a
question is a cluttered phrase of a
"word" (or many words) that
has no answer to the question!
4. The concert itself (meaning
the music, lights, crowd, and, of ^
course, the Grateful Dead!) was "
the "thing" that concluded and
has a lasting image, memory, and
special feeling to this writer. The
sight, sound of the band (and
music) beginning with that
gliding first note to the last show
of stage lights was an experience
that will not fade away. By the
way, the Grateful Dead's last
song was "Fading Away," and
that's exactly what they, the
band, did...faded away on to
Richmond, Va... and the "dead ^
heads" were on that same
"tripp" to Richmond! The
Grateful Dead and the "dead
heads" have faded away, but not
the memories of them. This concert
night was the ultimate
"tripp." 1 went there with
everybody else who was there... 1
am the writer of this. But the
question is...who am I? And who
was that guy walking around the
concert dressed as a mushroom?
Michael Johnson
Hotel, restaurant and
tourism freshman
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Jeff Owens
Ptwteflrapfcy Editor .
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Bill Rogers
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