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Viewpoint 4 Monday, April 28, 1986 OMHHnnMwraMnM GAMECOCKnnHMHnHHMHHMnHHnnHHHiMH Inexcusab Phil Lader ac during Winthi Former Winthrop College President Phil Lader told college officials in 1984 to speed up a building renovation project even though he knew doing so would violate state purchasing laws. Lader justified this by saying it saved the state money and benefited Winthrop students. Maybe so, but the law that says the state engineer must approve construction spending of more than $2,500 exists for good reasons. Lader had no right to deem these reasons insignificant by ignoring them, no matter who would benefit. Reds infect every USC department "Well, boys, I reckon this is it. Nuclear combat, toe to toe, with the Rooskies!" ? Slim Pickens, "Dr. Strangelove," 1964 A letter in Wednesday's Gamecock condemned the "pseudo-intellectual" USC nro fessors whose Marxist sympathies have "provided a pulpit for the bankrupt doctrines of communism to be preached as truth to the youth of America." You may scoff, you may jeer, you may hoot with glee and derision ? but this letter backs up something I've suspected for some time. 1 first heard of Red influence at USC a month ago, when a friend showed me the class notes he had taken that morning. Scattered throughout were the phrases "five-year plan," "class struggle" and "proletariat." My friend didn't remember writing them down and didn't know what they had to do with physics anyway. But there they were, as plain as the nose on Joe McCar thy's facc. "Good golly," I muttered grimly ? the way we hard-boiled journalists always mutter. "Subliminal messages inserted into a physics lecture. Will the Red fiends stop at nothing?" My friend scratched his head. "Well, given our nation's nuclear deterrent, 1 trust they'd stop at direct armed action against U.S. or NATO forces ..." "Shut up," I told him. "It was a rhetorical question. Have you heard of this happening in any other department?" I waited for about 30 seconds, but he just looked at me. "Well? Say something!" "Oh," he said. "I thought it was another rhetorical question." In the next couple of weeks, my sources across campus told me of other incidents. For instance, a math professor used red chalk in demonstrating the Pythagorean Theorem. "He wav ed it around while he talked," a student said. "It was very pointed. We all knew what he meant." An accounting exam contained this word problem: "Ivan owns a business that employs 15 workers. His capital totals 500 rubles. His liabilities total 150 rubles. What are the total assets of Ivan's business? Bonus question: How long will it be before Ivan's workers rise up and overthrow the lice-ridden capitalist swine?" Send us a Express your likes and dislikes ter to the editor or a guest edito Letters must be typed, double more than 300 words. Include dress, telephone number and wl reached for verification. Letters also should include wl student, staff or community i ! editorials must be limited to 5 writers must come to the newsr picture taken. lie ted unsuitably rop renovations The laws violated are there to assure proper and unbiased hlivina of hnilrl ino riiQf oriole ? ?/ ---Q -W II1U1V1 HAltJ and labor and the correct awarding of contracts for the work. These arc all necessary and fair safeguards that protect state interests, funds and resources. Approval of the Winthrop renovations came when the work was nearly complete. Lader's bending of the rules may indeed have better served the students, but his actions were wrong and inappropriate, whether he admits it or not. : 'I r, : |?{|> ! ^ 1 ^ShTI ^^jg! Andy r\i m/>^n |ju?miv.gn | Every semester, hundreds of USC literature students are forced to read novels by Russians. This is a fact, and no one in the English department denies it. English department ? Ha! What an ironic name! As the letter writer indicated, professors with Marxist sympathies regularly tell their students baldfaced lies in the classroom. Some of the most common ones are: "1 see your point." "Your point is well taken." "If you've kept up with the reading, you should have no problem with the test." "We'll finish class a little early today." "If you have any complaints, I'll be glad to talk with you after class." "The papers will be back Wednesday." And the spreading cancer nasni con lined itself to the classrooms, either. What lay behind the decision to show "Reds" in the Russell House Theater? And how many of our pseudo-intellectuals went to see "Duck Soup," starring the Marx Brothers? And where is the ticket money going? Angola or Nicaragua or McBryde Quadrangle or some other international trouble spot, no doubt. Ladies and gentlemen, I have a proposal that many will call radical ? but Sam Adams and Paul Revere were called radicals in their day, and I'm proud to be in their company. 1 think a loyalty quiz should be administered to all USC faculty. Questions could include: No. 1. Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party? Have you ever been invited to join the Communist Party? If you were invited to the Party, would you be asked to bring a beverage? No. 2. What type intellectual are you: (A) pscudo; (B) semipseudo; (C) anti-pseudo; (D) su, su, pseudio. And so on. Join me, loyal Americans at USC! God bless America! Ciod bless USC! And God bless us, every one! Except the communists. letter by writing a let- The Gamecock rial. ' letters a month b :-spaced and no only be withheld your name, ad- pseudonyms are i tere you can be let her you are a The Gamecock -nember. Guest and guest editori; 00 words, and returned. Send oom to have a Gamecock, Draw bia, S.C. 29208. Letters to the No place for practical jokes in classified ads To the editor: At 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, i received a call from an inquisitive female asking why 1 liked "small furry things." This came as a complete surprise to me until she explained that "I" placed an ad in The Gamecock seeking companionship. The ad stated: "lonely white male seeks attractive female who loves small furry things and video cameras Whilf it i?; lrnr> thnf I ~ ~ - .. .S/ ? MV %>IUI ft IIMTV. IUI1VII IU a "harmless" practical joke, I find it hard to believe that your staff was allowed to print such a degrading classified ? in fun or not. It is my hope that you will spend as much time answering questions about why the ad was printed as I have had to. In the future I request that classifieds bearing the name "Craig" from Bates West be withheld from your publication, for 1 am not lonely ? and 1 don't own a video camera. Craig Martin Accounting, junior Reagan justified in his actions against Libya To the editor: We arc writing this letter in reponsc to Dr. Rosati and Mr. Avi-Ram's comments. The United States of America is one of the world's superpowers; we cannot, as a nation, be pushed around by a crazed Third World dictator. Col. Khadafy represents and sponsors government-sanctioned terrorist attacks on civilian airports, hospitals, cruiseships, embassies and nightclubs. In our opinion, we think President Reagan did the right and just thing in attacking the Libyan terrorist training camps. The president has tried, to no avail, other economic sanctions, and military threat. None of the above mentioned actions would quell the murderous violence perpetrated by Col. Khadafy; the United States had no choice but to counter with a "military escalation." President Reagan acted within the rights given to all members of the United Nations under Article 51. This article states that all members have the "inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if armed attack occurs against a member of the United Nations until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain internationl peace and security." Dr. Rosati stated that, "Going after Khadafy is a simple-minded reaction made by people with a simple view of the world." We do not believe that President Reagan and the United States are simpletons. How many innocent people have to be killed before the rest Best Newi SC Press Aj Fall 19 ; Kdilor in C will print no more than two Murisu J. y the same writer. Names will Managing I , . . , , Jen Rowe d by special exception, and lot allowed. ? . Desk Linda Ta) reserves the right to edit letters Buddy M( als, both of which will not be Ncvvs letters to: Editor, The Juliet Nac er A, Russell House, Colum- //"/So/ Paula We< IIJ11 ^ ^ editor of the world wakes up and takes a stand against this insane avenue of political aeeresiinn'J The honorable Mr. Reagan did not become president for a second term by chance or luck! He became president for his stance in the world as an Ameican, and because he was the best qualified for the job. As devout supporters of all that America stands for, we fully agree with the actions the president took. We have just one more comment to make. If there are any left-wingers, Alliance for Peace-niks, pro-Khadafy and pro-Libya people who do not support the actions of the United States, or support the actions of Col. Khadafy, we suggest to you to go visit your pal Khadafy and his demented regime and wake up to the reality of the horrors they instill! / . Jeff Menne Psychology, sophomore Robin Bowden GINT/History, senior Minority students deserve their honors To the editor: The Office of Minority Student Affairs presented their first Minority Student Honor's Night Program on Thursday, April 17 in Rutledge Chapel. The small chapel overflowed with students, family and friends of minority students who had excelled in academics, service and leadership. These students may not have been recognized or honored otherwise. Some may say a GPR of a 3.0 or better is "no big thing." But the 12 percent of the total minority enrollment that received certificates for their effort would argue different. Ralph Johnson, the assistant dean of minority student affairs, would like to see that fieure rise to 10 nr 40 pcrcent. Johnson's decision to honor these students was not based on statistics but on his earnest desire to see minority students attain the best out of their college experience. With that in mind, and with the fact that this is a traditionally white campus, Johnson's program was designed to be an incentive program. The first 1. DeQuincey Newman Award was given, as well as the first Ernest E. Just Award. These men have made outstanding contributions in the humanities and the sciences attesting to the type of excellence in role-models black students must emulate. My hat's off to the Office of Minority Student Affairs and the university administration for establishing and supporting such a program as the Minority Student Honors Night. A step in the right direction beats the backward step ? the Gramm-RudmanHollings act ? any day! Sallie Butler Journalism, junior ?- 5 WW HF1-* ^ ^ isociation i iic vjam 03 . hief Business Editor Photo Porto Maria Fra,us Kuy < ,^|,nr Viewpoint Editor Asslsti Carl Dawson Sean SpotllRht Editor Senior Ed Chambliss Da via V Assistant Spotlight Editors tnwn 'U)T Stephen Guilfoyle " f opy Desk C hief Patrick Jean Wre Sports Editor ^" r John Boyette 'er Assistant Sports Editor Shan ews Editor* jeff Shrewsbury Amy rd Datebook (Editor Roni fhington Laurie Rhoden Joant Il l' Disagree by debating, not defacing posters To the editor: In its efforts to promote free speech and to ^ provide a forum for student opinion, the Athenian Literary and Debating Society organizes debates each Wednesday for the Carolina Community. We have worked with organizations as disparate as the College Republicans, the Alliance for Peace and the Gay Student Association. As a service to students and faculty, we place posters around campus, posters that are sometimes controversial. Such enterprise is costly in raw materials and time. Unfortunately, our posters, particularly ^ those advertising less mundane topics, are often defaced or torn down. This vandalism is a disservice to those interested in attending our debates and, consequently, a disservice to the aims of our Society. We ask that those who are presently damaging our posters express their displeasure with our topics in a more mature and more effective way. Please accept our invitation to attend our meetings and to say whatever is on your mind. If our topics incense you please let us know; one of our major goals is to serve our audience. As an amalgamation of nearly all majorities and minorities found on campusblacks, whites, Baptists, Atheists, Africans, Englishmen, conservatives, liberals, overachievers and underachieves ? the Society promises to offer you fellowship, regardless of your heritage or ideology. David Godshalk Athenian scribe Nobody should make * 'Jesus' a curse word To the editor: SAVIOR OR CURSE WORD? To all the professors and students, Americans and international students: I am extremely delighted when people call upon the name of my savior, Jesus Christ. However, 1 am utterly disgusted when people use Jesus' name in vain. The name of Jesus that you mingle with ^ other foul words is your only hope to escape ? the fires of hell. The bible says Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. All l want to say is stop blaspheming the name of Jesus; Jesus who suffered the pains of the cross and death, so that you might have abundant life. Or is your heart so hardened by the deceitfulness of sins that you could not grasp this truth? Moreover, after years of education, do you have to resort to foul languages to express your displeasures? Chin Ming Lim Finance, junior _ 1 ^ ? ecock I graphy Kdltor Kalhy Lewis \ Iron berg Tracy Mixson ml Photography Kdllor Fred Steppe i Keefer ah*i.? 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