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I. "V iewpoint Friday, September 5, 1986 ** 3 fiflplfpnrrilmnwi hiiiibiihii in 11 m mi a in I Uversighl I Too much publicit] ft onlufinnc* ohnu t}uiuui/ir?7 oiiuuiu ul I Too much attention 01 I drugs in sports has taken a equally conspicuous issue < eel aside. It seems the recent spi j famous athletes has led tc the nation's media and a frr\m on iinano i 11UI11 U1I Iiliug^-VWIIOVIUUA ' In the process, the dru known managers of profei teams seem to have been 5 | ^ But it is a harsh reality. In the aftermath of L Maryland basketball pla> from a cocaine overdose, 1 ! , 1 r? o ? inio me iorerront, and alee ncnt problem in sports, w< Shouldn't we try to look the issue of substance fervor? These athletes problem raise people's awareness,ar % over-dramatized. ! Word on th> 1 I I W t "I, personally, think it's unfair that students here at Carolina have to suffer because of the decisions made by the South Carolina legislature to raise the drinking age." Harold Ellington Junior, finance/real estate !#: * Write us i Tell us what's on your mind. I be typed, double-spaced and onlj Include name, address and number for verification. Nan withheld upon request. Guest e< limited to 50() words. Indicate v are a student, a USC staff mcmb munity member in letters and m ? y on drugs in sports; 9 offered instead i the recent crackdown of dangerous turn, causing the 3f drunk driving to be pushate of drug arrests among > a storm of attention from flurry of legislative action Congress. ,1 i ^ iiN-uiivmg recoras 01 weii?sional baseball and football ?wcpt under the rug. en Bias, the University of 'er who died this summer drugs in sports was brought )hol problems, also a promiere ignored. ; a little closer and deal with abuse without sensational s should be publicized to id to promote solutions, not e street iat do you think of th V i" I I^JI s .tmJjkff- 1 '*r5* I '''IjjjpF " "I think if we are able to vote and elect our own of- fc ficiels at 18, drive a car at yc 15, then we ought to be tr given a little bit more ar responsibility then they're yc giving us credit for." be Fred Vansant Junior, HRTA Swhy Goody the Wat' C r^SlNPLE^ mmmmammm i , i a letter .etters must There is a limit of two 1< i 250 words. the same writer, telephone We reserve the right to les win oc on outdated topics to rr Jitorials are topics. vhethcr you Write to: Viewpo; er or a com- Gamecock, Drawer A, R I editorials. Columbia, S.C. 29208. i e "21" drinking age? K K K K V:: K W ? K K 3 MfMF/y &a . _ <? y j "I feel that it should be 18 "I think it sf ir beer and wine because if a little lower < )u can fight for your coun- go up. If we'ri y, and go to college and be own we shoulc 1 independent person, then what we want )u should be able to drink a ler if you want to." Bryan Preacher Freshman, pharmacy Fresh 'ear didn't join 1| >n Dpuas; H "llTlu* da tm* w umir m0W* MMMtnHMBMWMMM HMIMttllMMMMJMMMMMMIMMimMtt .. . Kdltor In Chief Maria liters per month by Unda Tayhr vkw()0 Managing Editor Julie! i stop printing letters John Boyette Money lake room for new Copy De?k thkf Patrick Stephen GuUfoyle Feature int Editor, The Paula Urtll?. ,,cr Buddy Moore Aialitai House, USC, Awlstant Newt Fallow Kathry Amy DelPo Mary I 1 had I * "Ted Koppel is a waffle."?a ^ j? - certain Banana PC Junior 6000. ^ $ Hi there once again to all you Ofc folks in Gamecock land! It's me, your partially (if not totally) insane Wednesday columnist, bringing you another semester full Ti'f*"' of unbelievably large amounts of toxic, unhealthy, cancer-causing, but yak-healing material. "Why," you ask, "am 1 being blessed with this idiot again?" innld hp pit hp r "And why'" you add' "is the IUUIU Uc clillLl Wednesday columnist writing on 3r it Shouldn't Friday?" Well, Mr. Steve i liuinn nn nnr Ouilfoyle was gracious enough to i iivmy uii uur fin jn for mc Qn Wednesday whiie I be able to do I was recovering from a trip to Ofl OUr OWn " l*lc hospital f?r bronchitis with a 105 degree fever. Rllt I ' rr* KqpI/ fllllu wva? a in UUW rv , lUII J IVVUVtUU, typing away in my padded cell next door to President Holderman's house for at least 14 more weeks of columns. Mike Slogar , T?kfa.d'epbref""' a"dI? . ? to disturb the professor while you man, business rea(j (his. He has worked very hard to come to be where he is today. Begin. A few days ago, my roommate Mark and 1 went to HQ (you know, "I'm H! I'm Q! Together we're HQ! (what an icky jingle, I LOW 1 _ - < uuiirjj 10 ouy a piani ior our x huge apartment on the Horseshoe. We walked into this huge, and I mean huge, ^ warehouse, chocked full of all the stuff it takes to build anything. I mean if you wanted to break in one n'8ht anc* build your own ' > personal, life size, functioning replica of the Death Star, you could. And you'd still have enough junk left over to build a gold-plated Mercedes-Benz, compjete wjth AM/FM stereo, duel chrome bumpers, a gun rack, in door plumbing and a license sporting the slogan, "Keep On TruckinV Anyway, after successfully guiding Mark through the plumbing/bar-b-que grill section we made it to house plants where we picked out a friendly, psychotic, little corn plant and took him home with us. With a little help from John, a friend of nnrc WP namf>H him U/inctnn after Winston Churchill. Naming our young foliaged friend Winston reminded me of when I was nine years old. My grandmother handed me a piece mecock t rams Sports Editor Social Assignm int Editor Jeff Shrewsbury Editor Sader Assistant Sports Fxlltor Ha! Millard Editor Wayne Washington Advisor t Jean Photography Editor Bill Rogers Editor Jennifer Steib (.ruduate Asslsti Wethington Assistant Photography Editor Margaret Renk it Features Editors David Dotson Director of Stud ri jcjjnr.\ Mckorr/(iraphic> Kditor mil E lements Pearson Tracy Mixson : Winston, my liotic plant I of paper with some writing on it and said it was something neat about my past. I couldn't read cursive yet, so my mom wrote it down in print for me. When she had finished I could see how I was related to Winston Churchill. "WOW!" I thought. "I'm related to someone famous!'' Upon discovering this fact, I commenced to drive all of my teachers, friends, acqaintances, enemies, pets, and those of my parents crazy by telling them about it. It didn't matter that he was something like my eleventh cousin seven times removed who had died two years before I was Knrn Wr? \A\/ will, i IV/ TT UJ , JUOtJ 11^ WU3 1VA 1 cousin and I wanted to make sure that everybody in the world knew it ? TWICE. These attempts to inform my peers of my brush with greatness started many arguments with many insults involved. 1 simply ignored those peasants and walked away holding up my first two fingers in a "V" like Churchill did. Heck, I thought it meant Valvoline. I look back now at those episodes and wonder what kind of reaction Churchill would have given if he had been confronted with the same remarks I had been. I doubt he would have walked away holding a "V" like I did. Churchill was very good at getting back at people. While attending a party, Churchill was pestered by a lady. Shocked at Churchill's behavior at the time she uttered, "If you were my husband 1 would poison your coffee." Not one to be outdone, Churchill quipped, "Madame, if you were my wife, I would drink it." Churchill was known for drinking a little bit too much here and there. This offended a few people, some of them women. One of them seemed shocked as to his state of intoxication and pointed it out to him, "Sir, you are drunk!" Churchill took a drink and replied, "Yes madame, and von are uclv However in the morning / shall be sober." 1 still wonder what he would have done in my shoes. He'd probably have a snifter of brandy, paint a painting, and then ignore the whole bloody situation. Ahh, what a master. And guess what? He's my cousin. No, honest! ?z= I ents Production Mark Armstrong Lewis Covington Advertising Manager Margaret Michels >nt AisWtant AdvertUIng Manager (I Jan Hodges lent Media 1