The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 21, 1986, Page 4, Image 5
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4 Friday, February 21, 1986
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Paper shouldn't
suppress debate
To the editor:
Does The Gamecock wish to
limit or stifle debate on important
issues? Though The
Gamecock has not done so (or
seemed to do so) in the past, a recent
editorial comment seemed to
imply that certain issues such as
abortion, apartheid and "Star
Wars" should not be addressed
unless certain "new" events arise
concerning them.
The problem is these issues
often concern people who are
dissatisfied with the status quo.
Must those who are dissatisfied
with the status quo always wait
for some "event" to occur before
they may voice their opinions? It
seems that those in favor of
maintaining the status quo arc
least in favor of entertaining
debate.
A case in point would be Lesly
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Letters must be typed, douh
a maximum length of 30() wo
include the writer's name, adc
number and where the writer
for verification.
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10). Her argument for maintaining
the status quo seems to be
based on the idea that legal abortion
may "endanger" the life of a
baby, but making abortion illegal
would "endanger" both the
mother's and the baby's lives.
Many people feel, however, that
making abortions illegal not only
could reduce the number of abortions
(that "endanger" the lives
of babies as Ms. Adams puts it),
but would remove this society's
approval (and funding) that the
denies the right to life of an innocent
human being. I state this to
suggest to Ms. Adams possible
reasons lor people having "an
opinion on abortion nowadays."
If The Gamecock wishes to
limit discussion only to events as
mcy arise, men mose wno wish to
write should be informed of that.
Personally, I hope The
Gamecock will continue to pre
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Jon Ensminger
Music, graduate student
Parking problem
can be solved
To the editor:
I think enough has been said
on both sides of the SDI issue,
therefore, this piece of
"kraftespondence" will deal with
a more pressing issue ? parking
at USC. I am confident that all
students will agree that there are
far too many parking meters on
campus. 1, like many other
students, pay $20 per year for a
parking sticker, only to find that
there are no spaces available in
student lots near my dorm. Bates
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any good, since as a nursing student,
I sometimes leave for the
hospital as early as 6:30 a.m.
Shuttlecocks don't run that early
and it is quite dangerous to walk
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long distances alone to get to my
car. On days that I don't have
clinical, 1 sometimes leave my car
in one space for a day or two at a
time. This is extremely inconvenient
when there is a meter to
feed every two or five hours. I
also like to park my car close by,
so that I can check it each day.
There are several solutions that
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1. Allow campus residents to
park free at meters.
2. Eliminate meters in lots
primarily used by resident
students.
a. Capstone lot (Columbia
Flail lot is usually lull)
u. Bull Street (Women's Quad
has no nearby student lot)
3. Eliminate all meters and
designate specific lots for
students, faculty and
open/visitor parking.
Also, eliminating meters would
free the university police to attend
to more serious crimes,
rather than parking violations.
Janice Kraft
Nursing, junior
hdltor In Chief
Martsa J. Porto
Munuging fcditor
Jeri Rowe
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Linda Taylor
Assistant Copy Desk Chief
Buddy Moore
News hditor
Juliet Nader
Assistum News hdltors
Curl Dawson
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Democrac
It's students'
they owe it i
Every semester students are
given the chance to choose
those whom they want to
represent them on campus.
The process is called 'elections,'
and it is the main point
of every democracy.
Yet, this process is often
taken for granted, generating
apathy and resulting in leadership
picked by the few to
represent the many. It is a
tradition that students should
consider ending this semester.
Apathy is a wicked cycle
perpetuated every semester for
the same reasons. People stop
caring because they believe the
organization in question does
not work efficiently. And the
organization does not work efficiently
because nobody
believes in it.
But every year students are
given the power to end this
cyclical trend by voting. If
siuaents ao not teel they are
being adequately represented
they should demand changes.
They should be encouraged to
stand up for what they want
and need. They should not let
others deal with the problem.
No one else can speak for you.
And, student government
leaders should make
themselves more visible on
campus so more people will
know about them and their
platforms. This will cut down
TV worth wat
worth paying
I thought I would be the first
person to walk into the
Gamecock newsroom Wednesday
morning, but 1 was wrong. When
I entered, I saw the TARDIS sitting
atop the sports desk, and I
knew the Doctor had preceded
me.
Doctor Who, as fans of the
British TV show know, roams
time and space in the TARDIS,
an acronym for Time and
Relative Dimensions in Space.
It's a strange craft that looks
amazingly like a British emergency
phone booth and would look
at home on any London street
corner. It did not look at home
on the sports desk.
As I approached the door, it
swung open and the Doctor poked
his head out. He grinned and
handed me a sheet of paper.
"What does this mean, payment
due?" I said.
"Did you or did you not phone
in a pledge during your local PBS
station's last fund-raising
drive?" the Doctor asked.
"Yes," I said.
"Well, then," the Doctor
replied, shutting the door between
us. A strange noise filled
the air, sounding rather like a
whooping crane singing a duet
with a 20-foot electric fan.
"That was for five dollars!" I
shouted over the din. "This bill is
for five thousand!" But the
TARD1S already had vanished.
I dismissed the incident as a
hallucination brought on by an
overdose of space opera and one
too many liver pudding,
sauerkraut and Swiss cheese
sandwiches the night before. I
changed my mind Wednesday
night, when 1 arrived home to
find Julia Child waiting for me in
the kitchen.
"Helloooo," she said. "I took
the liberty of exploring your pantry
and making a few entrees
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Maria Fraius
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Lynn Cusick
Spotlight Kditor
Mary Jo Miller
Assistant Spotlight Kditor
Ed Chambliss
Sports Kditor
John ttoyette
Assistant Sports Kditor
Jeff Shrewsbury
Photography Kditor
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duty to vote;
to themselves
on the amount of people who
vote for a particular candidate
strictly on the recommendations
of their friends.
To prove this point, give
yourself a little pop test right
now. Can you name all five
presidential candidates and
their reasons for running? Or,
better yet, can you name any
of the candidates running for )
the remaining offices?
Having the candidates
engage in a debate is a good
step in the right direction, but
it is being held Monday, only
two days before the elections.
That is cutting it a bit close.
Students who do not know by
Monday who is running probably
do not care.
Patriotism is not often mentioned
these days because it
has become a dirty word of
sorts that brings embarrassment
upon the speaker. And
maybe SGA elections do not
exactly inspire people to hum
the national anthem. But we
should remember that people
are dvine in the Philinnines for
the right to express their needs.
Those people are fighting for
something that has become
commonplace in this country
? free and fair elections.
And history has repeatedly
shown that privileges that are
taken for granted are often
taken away.
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you like some wine with your
liver pudding souffle?"
"This is about the money, isn't
it?" 1 said. "Ij's all a mistake."
She shook her head. "Well,
young man, why don't you go
talk to Bill about it? He's in the
living room."
1 walked slowly down the hall
and peered into the darkened
room, where a familiar silhouette
sat draped across my father's
recliner. "1 don't owe PBS any
money," 1 told the shape.
"Please come in, Mr., uh,
Duncan," said a familiar Yale
accented voice.
William F. Buckley Jr. and I
eventually negotiated an agreement
whereby PBS renounced
immediate claim to my $5,00() in
return for my signature on a
document promising them my
first-born male child 20 years
hence. I consider myself lucky. 1
saw what he did to Tom Hayden.
The moral is: Don't jack
around with public TV. Those
boys play rough.
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