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Don't run
Jenrette's return to politics
a silly and terrible mistake
^ John Jenrette, former Democratic congressman from South
wCarolina and indefatigable symbol of moral strength and high
values, is threatening to run for office again.
You probably remember him if you are from South Carolina.
He's the guy who likes to make love on the Capitol steps. He's
the guy who "inadvertently" took a $50,000 bribe from an FBI
agent posing as an Arab sheik. He's also the guy who spent 13
months in a federal prison after that little goof with the money
caused him to be convicted in October 1980.
Run, Johnny, run.
He's the guy whose ex-wife found $25,000 stuffed in his
brown suede shoe. He's also the guy whose ex-wife posed seminude
in Playboy and then capitalized even more on a bad situation
by writing a book about her hard-luck husband.
C'mon, Johnny, run.
To top all of that he's a disbarred lawyer, a recovering
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ciicunuiiL. anu is noi anowea 10 vote until ne gets ott probation.
But he can still run for office.
^ Now he is doing a poll in his district to find out whether or not
a successful run for Congress against incumbent Robin Tallon
would be possible. Since 1974, he has been very popular among
his constituents, especially blacks. He lost a close election in
1980 even though Abscam exposed him as a crook. He is also a
personable man who you can't help but feel a little sorry for
because of the mistakes he's made.
But popularity and sympathy are not good enough reasons to
wage a serious campaign.
He says the poll is aimed at finding out two things ? if voters
are dissatified with Tallon and if they will back Jenrette. He has
already been doing the things politicians do. He has been going
to weddings, funerals and public events, and people everywhere
are anxious about his decision to run.
Democrats in the state, however, have more sense than that.
They know that a man such as Jenrette could wreck the party in
^the state. Jenrette should know it too. Considering a run for office
again after the stupid things he has done is totally inane.
He should limp off gracefully and disappear from politics
forever. After a summer of watching hacks, losers, henchmen
and inept deal-makers on our television screens become national
heroes just because they thought what they were doing was right
doesn't mean that Jenrette can pull the same hocus-pocus on us.
We all know politics is crooked. That's why it is stupid for us
to even entertain the ridiculous notion of a confessed, true-blue
crook running for office. As South Carolinians who have been
slammed by the press lately for our attitudes about the pope, we
should also learn that supporting Jenrette for Congress is just
plain dumb and sets us up for more ridicule.
The only running he should be doing is running away from
politics.
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The flyer is bright yellow, and you can't miss it.
It's from an obviously upset person. J f
At the top, we see in big, bold letters ? f n
That's How Much of Stephen
Your Money Guilfoyle Phas
been spent to bring B
Left-Wing Radical Abbie ,
Hoffman to campusl ; !
UPSET! ? !
Call CPU at 7-7130 ^
and complain
I almost was upset, but then 1 did some figuring. campus is about .223 percent ol
First of all, the money used to bring Abbie Hoff- And there's only $1,426,523 le
man to campus comes from student activities fees, citing things with.
which not all students pay. The fees are optional How will we cope?
for part-time and graduate students. How will we make ends meet
To be precise, 14,518 students pay student ac- UPSET! ? !
tivities fees, and they paid, all told, 22 cents each to I think not.
bring Abbie Hoffman to campus. Just taking a look at that fi
UPSET! ? ! make it look like some kind of a
By gosh, those dastards at Carolina Program to take a look at it another wa<
Union have denied me the potential of putting a it, and you can see it isn't all ti
stamp on a letter so I can tell my mom how boring In fact, it all seems rather cl
life at college is these days. bringing this left-wing radical a
UPSET! ? ! to ante up two bits to bring hii
Not really. offended were 1 the radical Ho
And to be more precise, those 14,518 students spending $1,426,523 to bring At
pay $98.50 each. So activities fees account for But you know what's even w
$1,430,023. this left-wing radical to campus'
And the $3,200 used to bring Abbie Hoffman to to bring a right-wing reactio
We need alternative t<
This is in rcponse to the guest editorial in your
Sept. 11 issue by Philip Cardaci. I too feel strongly
about the sky-high prices of textbooks, especially
since I am a freshman and this is my first confron- CxtlCSf A
tation with this issue. ?
What really intrigued me was the lack of an EdltOricll m
alternative. It seems to me that "the bookstore ^
monster below Russell House" as Mr. Cardaci apt- Afflit
ly put it, and South Carolina Bookstore, have a vir- |
tual monopoly in the textbook market. And IVlltal
enlighten me if I am wrong, but I am sure that 5ii555*555515iiB5
these prices are more than just a wee bit above
prices elsewhere.
This is called monopoly (oligopoly) pricing in
action. The return policy for the
Demand is high; options are few; prices arc high! ridiculous.After oavine $50 for
The resigned acceptance of this condition by the textbook, if 1 am lucky, I can ex
students is a facet of the problem that, frankly, of the semester or nothing at all
amazed me. Is it that they really don't care about whims of the professor teachii
the cost ? after all, it's daddy's money ? or is it term.
that they feel that nothing can be done aout it? Anyway, I stand to lose at lea
Students should know
Forget about rising tuition costs, visits from ij
religious leaders and the like. ^
i iie oiggest issue on tms campus is thai students
don't know proper elevator etiquette. Jj
Rule No. 1 ? Do not take the elevator for an unnecessary
trip. j Paula
Unless you are physically handicapped, there is Woitowicz 'USUI
no need to take any elevator on this campus up just - >,
one floor. ml-.
A possible exception is the Russell Mouse freight g|S?&j
elevator that goes between the first floor and the
mail ? an exception only because it is twice as big
as most elevators and travels fast. ________
Expansion of Rule No. 1 ? If you are in the
Humanities classroom building, please take the Rule No. 3 ? Let the handu
stairs unless you need to get to the third or fourth the elevators.
floors. This should go without saying
Everybody knows that the Humanities building just this past week three elev
is five floors high instead of four, which means ground floor of the Humanitie
that room 212 is up an extra flight of stairs. The before a handicapped student c
problem is there are only two elevators in that Rule No. 4 ? Talk about any
building. Leave the elevators for the top floors. the elevators are.
Rule No. 2 ? You can 7 get a "down" elevator For a change, try talking abc
faster by pushing the "up" elevator button. Rule No. 5 ? You can al\va_\
Anyone who does this should be shot. of stairs faster than you can wc
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or niujuseyj?(j?inoiSS.
t left-wing speaker
???????? North, to campus. Someone is seriously suggesting
that we spend some of our money to bring the
| "loose cannon on the the dcck of the National
WSSj? Call me at 7-7181 and complain.
f Jfflj Some of the people who are trying to bring
B North here are a bit upset that CPU is brinRina
* , Hoffman here, a friend of mine at the Union tells
me. They're upset because this campus attracts just
gHla few conservative speakers, but loads of liberal
& & jE speakers. Never mind that North isn't even on the
lecture circuit.
' But my friend also tells me that the reason more
left-wingers are brought to USC is they're cheaper.
" the activities fees. Think of Henry Kissinger. USC didn't want to
:ft to program ex- tell us how much they paid to bring him, but it
came out and it seems every time this guy shows
up, not only does USC have to pay him five
? figures, but we pay for transportation and security.
But CPU is providing Abbie with one guard
who's there only to make sure no .one absconds
gure. $3,200 does with the cash box, probably from the same security
wful. But you need group that provides guards for those bands and
U really examining conservative Tipper Gore, who came here in 1986
lat bad. to spout her garbage about how evil rock 'n' roll is.
leap. The students But the disinformation campaign needs to cease,
re not even willing Someone needs to tell the campus that relatively
n here. 1 would be speaking, $3,200 isn't a lot of money, and Abbie
ffman. USC is not Hoffman doesn't carry the number of the beast
>bie Hoffman here. just because he believes in social reform and
orse than bringing justice.
' Someone is trying UPSET! ? !
nary zealot, Ollie Ain't no way, baby. Ain't no way.
> book monopoly
cost of the book.
Therefore, my question is as follows: Is there no
? alternative? If not, why not?
It should not be too difficult to have some sort
of book exchange or a circulating library for textbooks
where a student would have to pay a
; nominal cost ? say $5 ? for leasing a book out for
a semester, together with a security deposit.
| This would serve many purposes:
i'iimi, 11 wouiu ureaK me aosoiutc control over
prices, which the two bookstores currently have.
Secondly, it would make it much easier for
students to pay for books, especially for those who
can scarcely afford it.
: books is quite Thirdly, it should cut down on book theft, which
a used engineering seems to be a big problem on this campus.
pect $20 at the end After all, if it does not cost much to lease a tex,
depending on the tbook, why bother stealing it?
ig the course next
Other constructive suggestions will be
st 60 percent of the appreciated.
elevator etiquette
It amazes me how some people on the third and
fourth floors don't realize this. You can run down
a flight of stairs. Repeat: You can run down a
( - "SbK K?le No. 6 ? If you want someone to hold the
Otherwise, you're likely to find some piece of
y?ur anatomy crunched between two heavy
' I elevator doors because someone didn't sec you in
_ _ - ~ Rule No. 7 ? Do not purposefully skip floors,
m l, s hecn said that certain elevators will skip
floors by pushing the "stop" button. While it may
be annoying to stop at every floor, to purposefully
:apped students on skip floors should be a crime.
Certain elevators on this campus will also rani
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ators came to the in. Common courtesy states that if you are closest
s building and left to the elevator's controls, you will make sure the
ould squeeze in. proper buttons arc pushed.
thing but how slow Rule No. 8 ? Do not eat, smoke or wear heavy
perfume in packed elevators.
>ut the weather.
>>s go down a flight In addition, don't wear your backpack on your
lit for the elevator. shoulder in a packed elevator.
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