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Viewpoint Wednesday, February 3, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 3 [1 Alcohol ~ Trustee's desire to re, shows condescending In Monday's issue, we dealt with the opin Mikp Fair R .r^rppnvillp nnH a mpmhnr r?f fhp on coed residence halls and visitation right: dorm floors. We found his call for the elimi justified, misinformed and close-minded. Ti the other part of his letter to the Board, the p pressed his desire that USC eliminate alcol campus or to USC students at all. We find thi ing and likewise close-minded. Fair believes USC should prevent advertisei The Gamecock, in athletic programs, on scoi iseum and baseball stadium, and on televised ^ other programs featuring USC athletic reore coachcs programs. To put it plainly, Fair b should not be exposed to alcoholic advertiser USC name comes along. But it's not USC \ us. His letter says USC "should not in any fa encouraging kids to drink." We appreciate 1 also find it uncalled for. There is, of course, a financial side to Fair's opinion on alcohol advertising. As 1 Coors beer bought one of the ad spots on Carolina Coliseum, the baseball stadium ai outside Williams-Brice Stadium. This agrc $250,000 as one of four advertisers who corn building of the scoreboards in return for th< That aorppmpnt a Ifl.vpar rnntrar't Avriirpc * IIMV U^,l VVIUVIll, U A V/ J VUI VVIU1UVI) VApil VJ Still, as Athletic Director Bob Marcum to new scoreboards went up at Williams-Brice ? fall, after the drinking age had been raised I solicit alcohol advertising. Fair must not t alcohol advertisements until 1993 without br wishy-washy way and obeying the message < If you're underaged, it's hard not to be ins den concern with the choices you make. A large part of Fair's concerns about alee is the fact that the majority of the student drinking age. What really is behind Fair's sudden attem USC students conduct their social lives? In c tempted to influence how we relate to meml sex and whether or not we choose to pay ; advertisements, advertisements he thinks thr correct conduct as representatives of USC. 1 to freedom of choice? CThe problem is, in this case, Fair has sing drinking age because he doesn't think they c ment without responding to it. How condesc we've reached college, he should expect w< control and enough familiarity with the v advertising to decide to which ones we will i like cigarette advertising, in which the prodi as inherently deadly. This is a product everyc can and chooses to has a right to purchase. > lege students Fair doesn't trust? Their free w Th pir n ri m m n n cpncp? T ti u/Vir>lp tViinrr c m n n * ?iv?? VV/llllllV/ll DVI1JV A. 11V 1TIIV/IV tiling OlllUV patronization. We ask Fair to ask himself what is behind alcohol advertising. To put his argument o get at its root cause, makes it sound almost who are younger than 21 can't see alcohol _ being tempted to violate the law and purcl ^ product. It makes us wonder why he thinks why he is so interested in saving us from ou "ourselves" that he wants us to be. Or is th we don't fit his image of us, and he ws "problem" to suit himself? HHP* | MIOUkMVM.Mmi >.? iI m'asms rcft'UttwMv roa-> UM.KXMtomwJooMMWV MM* \ swcinwi I ? fi * W^-"r The Gamec -- - - .v....... . .. I:.-. Editor in Chief Photograph JEFF SHREWSBURY BRIAN SAL Managing Editor Assistant P STEPHEN GUILFOYLE KEITH JON Copy Desk Chief Senior Rep ANDY BECHTEL MARY PEA Assistant Copy Desk Chief Datebook I mi CCKI DACC 1PWMV QMJ tii.rxn ixujj fl* News Editor Graphics E TODD MINES TROY TAO Assistant News Editors Comics Edi TONY MORENO TRACY Ml) TOROD NEPTUNE Adviser Viewpoint Edior BILL ROGE j PETE MAC KEY Graduate > Features Editor KAREN AC PATRICK JEAN Acting Dir. Assistant Features Editors Media/Ad^ CLAIRE DIEPENBROCK MARGARE SUSAN NESBITT Production ; Sports Editor CHUCK NC i WAYNE WASHINGTON SON HA Assistant Sports Editor Assistant A 1 ^ JIM STUCKEY MELISSA F letters Policy: The (,amtcock *111 try lo print letteri received, letter* words long. Gueit editorial* should not exceed 500 words. We rewrve the r libel. Th* (iamtctxk will not withhold names under eny circumstance. \a Social liecnrtty numtxr. move ads attitude ions of State Rep. Board of Trustees, s to above-ground nation of both unoday we deal with >art in which he exhol advertising on s opinion patronizments of alcohol in eboards at the colathletic contests or :sentatives, such as elieves we students nents anywhere the le's protecting, it's ishion be a party to Fair's concern. We arguments against rhe State reported, scoreboards inside id on the marquee ;cmcm cusi ^uurs tributed toward the ; advertising space. in 1993. Id The State, when : Stadium this past to 21, USC did not hink we can stand eaking down in our *c 3f these ads. "7'F d Goodbye I )hol advertisements +* body IS below legal Ah, Thornwell, the dorm, it is a-ch University Housing Services has nt to influence how plans to close my home, the 'Well, for ^letter, he has ?- ^ 'he "T"0" ?f - V . walls, they re going to gut the joint. ! Ders of the opposite 1>m sad> thoughf because the 'Well attention to certain about the same for the past four ye? eaten Olir Otherwise there. It's a dump, but dumps are be What has happened ri8ht people are there. And the guys in Thornwell have bei i j * 1-1 all of them, and they're not always gr< led out those below of the time these are the kjnds of gu :an see an advertise- see yourself hanging' around with fo :ending. By the time your life, your best buddies, all togel J have enough self- 40 years from now? saying, "Do yc rays and means of lha! dra/' be" wc s'leakeJd into ,lh< , rr,, . . ^ under the residence hall director s respond. This IS not Those were good times, and that wa ict has been marked draft beer." ?ne of legal age who Pardon me, those of you who ha> What is it about col- Thornwell or who have never been tl 'ill? Their maturity? me ^or a ^ew moments as I reminisce , ' o t j in the 'Well. ks of disrespect and Room No. 5 has always been som< in the 'Well ? the ultimate. Since '84 the concern over the ultimate in dorm entertainment. In ' Ut into the open, to were covered with Penthouse and Pla ridiculous: Students giving ,il that sPecial? sexist navor m advertising without appre^ate. w . /\iiu inc uuuMiasci were uncu i tiase that advertised residents' books, but with the residen so little of us. And _ _ _ irselves. At least the at the problem, that XyJlIJLIJI I ints to change that T, . . . , ? The jockeying for top positions in tial race is in full swing with the I coming up next week, and things ar ting to get interesting. in The mud is flying faster in direct cc pre-caucus desperation. IfK This marks an exciting time for v< ?ino?io ? they can see how quickly the candidj to accusations and what witty insults tOSIAUft"C*M.,M?>4 r*l> . . . , , - . , iKHAusui mimicsm>h The presidential hopefuls can also , yn (^fmean streaks, which usually provid ( tainment on the evening news. Of course, this past week feature neth, What's the Frequency?" Rath< a ^\(!vV==sr\ "Burning" Bush clashing on CBS. L (I- JK the two combatants resorted to diri belt tactics, showing that both of th no class. Speaking of Bush, "Weatherman' son is still fuming over what he thii __ ^ ly, tactics by the vice president in selectic I l( M in Mirhionn cavino Ituch ic hfino a I I " vv,,,e M * -j Robertson apparently still belief chance in that state, although televangelist might destroy any hope ! to get consistent and advocate elimin ly Editor . >? ?;< hotography Editor Letters tc IES orter RSON 1111 vrpe' Rep. Fair unfa Sf to USC studen XSON To l'ie editor: Sometimes our elected officials g< off course and come up with irrelev [ , ant proposals in their attempts t< 1,1 make themselves heard. , I am referring to the recent articl !7i student in The S(ate (Sat ^ Jan 30) jn whic, TMiruRK111^' our honorable state Rep. Mike Fair R-Greenville, suggested that US( ' eliminate coed dorms and also bai JKKIb A i a a? ? _ r _ i _i ; inc auvcrnsemeni 01 aiconoi in ai . At . .. the revenue-generating avenues w jr'^nf;?<!ni^anH8er ,lave' 1 certa'n,y would like to kno\ what contributions Fair has gener houid b?, it minimum, 250 to 300 ated for the upkeep of thi l|hl to edit Inter* for style or possible University. iters must Invlude writer's nime ind . ,, , . , . . ... I don t understand what this gu wants the university to do to rais If Flynt loses to Falwell, this is what your daily thought-provoking, funny, incisive, biting, satirical, parody filled editorial cartoon will look like. to my home for i langin'. ' ??? announced . renovations. ' j . load-bearing r^psF has been just Stephen irs I've lived C,,:tC 1 " > <f arable if (he Ouilfoyle ) Z^ . en great. Not ;at. But most W ys you could Jv ?r the rest of ^ :her in a bar, t ' 1 )u remember big bookcases filled completely with records. : dorm right there was a stereo, an awesome stereo. nose in *86? And late into the nights that first year, I s some good remember me and the guys sitting on the c( behind the desk, listening to music, everyt /en't lived in from Hank Williams Jr. to Van Halen to here. Pardon Country, playing Trivial Pursuit and glancing with the boys casionally at the walls and saying, "Wow." That was the year of the guys with the nickn? :thing special ? there was Butch, Penis, Zork, Schizoid, F< , it's been the Howie (named because he had the same last n 84, the walls as Howard Sprague from The Andy Griffith Si \yboy pinups, and one guy who had many names ? the Cat, 1 ost freshmen gets, Bloop and an even more unfortunate named Flounder. not with the In '85, the guys replaced the pinups with sj ts' records ? posters and rock 'n' roll posters, but the Ti iitg to fly as cam the presiden- ?????????? owa caucuses ;r and George ?????????_________ Jnfortunately, industry. After all, cars ? like tobacco ? ty, below-the- thousands of Americans every year. ese guys have Meanwhile, The Des Moines Register has dt ed to forget about tradition and endorse candid Fat Robert- for next week's big hoedown in Iowa. In iks are unfair editorial this past weekend, the newspaper sele in of delegates Kansas Sen. Robert "Dull" Dole as the sad Christian. Republican candidate and Illinois Sen. Paul "L /es he has a at My Bow Tie" Simon as the best Democrat the former The paper chastised Bush for his part in the I : if he decides Contra affair, but Colorado Sen. Gary "Moi ating the auto Business" Hart got the most mud in his eyes, v the editor * funds for the athletic department if state, which I beli ir the university goes along with his the House, rather proposal on limited advertising. And ado about nothinj tethe idea of a coed dorm is important Solorr since their residents are no longer high school kids ? after four years r~yfT, A n 3 of college they will be bound for the Mi X Ja. real world. Maybe our honorable 3 representative should introduce a bill in the House suggesting that aparte mcnts in South Carolina be built To the editor: h separately for men and women. Zeta Tau Alph , Also, the fact that the General annual Rock-A-T r Assembly has been unable to provide through 13, 1987. n the university with full-formula Pi Kappa Alpha II funding in the past few years makes money for the Pre e it difficult for me to understand a result of the don v where the university would come up from USC studen with the funds for the new dorms for this cause, s that would be needed to accommo The Providence date Fair's reasoning. I suggest that for troubled and y this state representative take care of who seek refuge, e other important issues facing the rent-free for thes< the past 4 years ""Vi Plircilit VK/nc ctill thprp anrl thr* mucir? uroc Knf <?r ! And I was drinking, so I had other reasons for glancing up at the walls and saying, "Wow." Now the room has a better stereo, hundreds of compact discs, a VCR, a lava lamp, a lounge chair, and Zork is still around. And Thornwell is not just Room No. 5. It really is the guys. the resident advisers ? Jay, Terry, Robert | and the new guy, Cliff, O the guys who lived there my first year ? Kotrady, Andy, Danny, Jerry, my roommate Howie, Terry, Ed, A1 (who I still owe 10 bucks even though he's graduated and gone), Matt and a And bunch of other ouvs who's nampi; I can'i remember, can the guys there now ? Roland, Darryl, >uch Wayne, Todd, Andy, Tim (a pest, but he's OK), hing Chris, Zork, Grey and a host of others. . . Big . . .have all been a part of Thornwell, shaping a [ oc- tradition of guys who have been the mutts of housing, never letting on what damn good time we were imes having behind USC's back. :tus, Thornwell is always loaded with guys full of lame character, fun and life. And if USC can keep filling hri w\ it u/ith that t\m/? a f roci/4i?nt If u/AnN ^ug- they fill it after they (sob) gut it. Thornwell kid residence hall will be nothing; the 'Well will be where it's at. >orts Just tell whatever contractor you get, housing ivial people, to be gentle. :uses draw near nthe paper called him a celebrity who has nothing going for him but name recognition. And Democrat Bruce "Rabbit" Babbitt, a former governor of Arizona, has more or less declared war on the other Democratic candidates, saying he'll lash out at his competitors. He's already lambasted Massachusetts Gov. Michael "Iron Man" Dukakis and Richard Gephardt, and it should be fun to see what he says about the Rev. Jesse "Pot at the End of the Rainbow Coalition" Jackson. Conspicuously absent from the recent frays are j Republican Pete "My Name Is A Corporation" du Pont and Republican Jack "Perfect Hair" Kemp, kill If they want to stay in the race, these guys, who are both facing early elimination, had better get with it :cid- and launch into some diatribes. latcs t qn Finalli/ nnp ranHiHafo vuKa hac nnt hoH on\? mn/l cted hurled in his direction is Ron Paul, the candidate best of the Libertarian Party, the largest third party. ,ook Paul will speak right here at USC Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Belk Auditorium in the Business Adran ministration building, and considering the pitiful nkey array of candidates on both the Republican and vhen Democratic sides, Paul is definitely worth a listen. . eve are pending in children. It is operated by donations than make "much the home receives from various 5." organizations and agencies. As a ion A. Kzembakwe result of our donation, the ProGraduate student vidence Home was able to make some necessary improvements in iFHuflli.w their shelter. On behalf of ZTA, 1 want to thank 8VOll l^e stlK'cn,s 'or l'lc'r kind J w donations ? whether it was a penny, a quarter or a dollar, it all added up! a sorority held its For college students, spare change is hon November J1 considered a precious commodity, ZTA was joined by and we appreciated everyone's fraternity to raise generous giving. >vidence Home. As To USC students ? we hope this ations we collected new y;ar will return the kindness you its, we raised $600 shared during our Rock-A Thon. It was greatly appreciated. Home is a shelter I battered women Christine Olle This home is open President, ZTA e women and their CilNT senior