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? Viewpoint I : Wednesday, March 23, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 3 j W Election m Students should takt to look at issues, vo It's election day here at USC. We hope y vote. Polling places are set up throughout c majors. Who do you prefer? Monday's issue of The Gamecock provide presidential candidate's credentials and obje took the time to read and evaluate their plai inent is the most effective means you have Here. What are your concerns.' You may want changes in the way books < Some candidates are interested in doing s< problem of high used book prices and low effective lobbying campaign could be m ? pressure campus bookstores to alter their u S.G. could arrange for students to exchan] sell them to a campus organization that m handling the sales for a percentage of the give the buyer and the seller benefits. Whicli you support? V/x*i *-*lr?y-v Kr* nU/Mit n o rr* r\ 1 i l uu iiuiy anu ut luiiv,li uv,u auuui v.ani|m can be improved by, for example, better lig bus service, regular escorts, etc. Certain c? this issue a part of their platform. Who endorse? Or you may be interested in S.G. pushi Which candidates support that? And how 1 one instituted? There are candidates ready i these questions. Which one do you suppor Then, of course, there's the matter of Trustees. Why doesn't it include a voting sti W Can we put a fellow student with the right t tant body? Surely, if we want it enough. And why can't S.G. promote the mov Thomas Cooper library? A university is not ty library. Or maybe we feel the graduat deserve better representation on S.G. Or th separate activities fee. All these ideas come from the candidates dent interests. Decide which platform 5 which candidate's experience you prefer. 1 That way, when the results come, we'll form and experience USC students prefe make sure the candidate elected follows mises, because he'll know all of USC has h< what it wants. And he'll know the students sure they get it. ^ Jdle voters make tor idle promises. Here we go An ad in today's issue of The Gameco will be voting on four amendments to the ; constitution in today's election. The amer : are PL(88)004, PL(88)005, PL(88)021 and Do you know what that means? We do run an ad to explain what the amendme ^ 1 * A. C 1 I - * 1 * _ piainis irom stuuenis ana an eunoriai in ; Gamecock. ; The constitution requires that amendm J "in The Gamecock newspaper at least o jvote. . ." ; Those numbers are not amendments. : By failing to take any action to rectify tl ;again shown blatant disregard for the s again proved it doesn't exist to serve the st .'S.G. members and their resumes. 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I cjyess this met be travdlm^ to% A ^ i /tL 1* To d | iwiuiaa i ? ? moment ^ ?-? te today >f| ou take the time to /if fr\|ii Jfr, iiwllffl HI' / v ampus according to lj> d an outline of each ctives. We hope you WfflWWro are sold on campus. __ omething about the gggg&ggafig exchange rates. An ounted by S.G. to sed book policy. Or ww a ge books directly or 1-1 SI Til ight be interested in Jlr profits. This would i candidate's plan do My friend, Nick Normalguy, came Monday. He'd read in the paper abo IS safety. Certainly it election. And we got to talking about tl hting, more efficient election. ,.j , j Do you remember what Michael F indldates have made miscd us a year ago during his campai se program do you asked me. 1 didn't pay much attention to his c ing for a fall break. said wha< wcr(-' ihcy' ?ill they move to get ' ? campus "Nick said. , .... ? Is USC safer now than it has ever be ind willing to answer m;^ cQ;h <<wc ?n, t? dangerous, either, but that just s the USC Board of everything is about the same as it was a jdent representative? What e,sc? o vote on this impor- K, "A volling studcnt on ,hc Board of Nick said. I wasn't aware there was a voting stu e toward improving Board. hing without a quali- "That's 'cause there isn't one," Nic e students out there Are any closer to getting one? at they should have a , N?' y Is there any student representation o of Trustees? , and they reflect stu- "Yes," Nick said. "But that was at fOU support. Decide by the previous administration. And o \nd then vote never tells us what goes on there anyw all know whose plat- me""ing!fS 'cprcsemation." , , What do you mean? tr. And then we can * It was supposed to be a two-way si through on his pro- said. "The president was supposed to;loed choose who and arc watching 10 make [fOmOSCXI I Personally, I am uneasy at the thou] ^ or woman having sexual preferences ; -ha of the same gender. However, 1 adami VjU III the wide scale discrimination and hatre homosexuals, and 1 support them in th bring these injustices and prejudices t ck tells students they It is not fair for individuals, busin< Student Government stitutions to deny gay men and wort ldments the ad savs alienable rights to hfe, liberty and th i dwoo\a'v> says, happiness in America, solely because I PL(88)022. uaj preferences. n't, and S.G. has not Apparently, I do not stand alo nts are, despite com- recently aU.S. Circuit Court Friday's issue of The the u s- Army from denving re-enI soldier merely because he admits . homosexual. Having served two-years lents must be printed duty soldier and over a year in the Arr ne week prior to the am not surprised that the Army woul cncli oc fhic hnt I qpp nhcnlnfplv nn homosexuals should not be allowed t lis situation SC. has country if they are qualified. Let the / us situation, s.u. nas be a ,esson for anyone who advocates, tudentS Of USC and thinks they can get away with d udents, but serve only against homosexuals. With the recent epidemic of AIDS I mune defiency syndrome) ? most cor homosexuals ? I understand the ur many people feel about America's population. However, fear and unea justify the cruelty, hatred and c CJ) directed at homosexuals. \ CVT | < tt tiiliiiiiiii 11 III ' U9SU?* ????_??. c?5"" Facts missing ~ - m,.,. from column In reference to Stephen Guilfoyle's Feb. 19 column about the "Spring Homecoming," the Homecoming Commission would tike to thank him ;ditor , for the free publicity, however MAN misguided his information might eporter have been. The "Spring HomecomIARSON 'n8" 's actually a Spring Showcase k Editor sponsored by the Alumni Association HARPE ai,d not the Homecoming Editor Commission. ^GUE We recently held a theme contest Editor f?r Homecoming *88, which you /IIXSON could have taken advantage of by submitting a theme of your choice. qers But instead, you chose to write yet > Assistant another slanderous article against the \I)I)Y Homecoming Commission. director of Student The 1988 Homecoming festitivie? advertising Manager will take place next fall, Sept. 21 RET MICHELS through Oct. I, and we encourage al on organizations to get involved anc D GRIFFIN slart Panning now. To aid your plan ning, we are having a Homecominj t Advertising Manager Premiere April 7 to announce ncxi A HENDERSON year's theme and events. We do plar to make sure that Stephen is on th< guest list. i?r?ikoaMt*.*i maximum, lso 10 300 In closing, we would like to use < hf rlahi intdll kiltrt for tlvk of domIM* ulintP from fh<- rnllimiv "I i>t'< iiiQ Uilm n,u,< Itta* ..d (ake a hjnt from (he fojks a( C|emsor _..._J ? as always, this past semester thcj JiS We ll J w *?x\ ether {o I J mtk \.a *1 romises add i ,, up to me pryps mt today's si!18)jl ic previous W&v* logue pro- Stephen gn?" Nick Guilfoyle - tf ampaign, I wStSSSSmimmk any more hows that . year ago." tell the board what students thi issues. But he was also supposed Trustees," what was going on, especially in th executive sessions. We've heard nt dent on the about that. And I want to know \ the board do behind closed doors k said. "There isn't a voting student Nick said. "And nothing indicates to getting one." n the Board What else did Santa Claus pron "Well, there was the situation w xomplished athletic events," Nick said, ur president What? Are we getting more ticl ay, so it's a "Not one extra," Nick said. Well, we're at least getting the tickets we had last year, right? ireet," Nick "Probably not," Nick said. - and has ? Why? lals deserve si ;ht of a man for someone {antly oppose d directed at w2 eir efforts to M 0 an end. rsses and in- _ t len their in- oamuel le pursuit of Starks of their sex- > ne, because f j prohibited istment to a *???????????? to being a 1 as an active Something I don't understand ny Reserve, I believe is how some women, d try a stunt minorities in this country can c reason why part in gay bashing when hon o serve their rights organizations are fighting irmy's lesson ties against injustices that ar< , condones or minorities in this country, iscriminating Minorities and those concern and justice in America must noi (acquired im- and personal dislikes for homo nmon among issue of gay civil rights. Their s icasiness inai Americans, u we ao not oppos homosexual treats our gay citizens, we ailov siness do not undermined. ondemnation Let us not forget that we li foremost democratic society, a > the editor ' 1 ' > -- ' had 'Homecoming.'" Well, Stephen, presid if you like Clemson and their ideas so ning i much. . . Transfer! portai |"i'K ? from Pal Pittman Amen Homecoming Commissioner over t of re? 'Evil One' best L;: for president S* * peopl haras To the editor: man i Last year, my name was Angus jng a Smythington Farnsworth III. This his ri| year, I am Malcom, the Evil I win Brother of Angus." I < I was born because your Student who Government .with the help of a man 1 becai will not mention by name out of recon respect for his kind daughter, for a : murdered, killed, sanctioned the "Mai death of Angus. The proverbial l ives "they" plotted to legislate my fine > brother, who did no harm to anyone, An i * ? itu?..?* ...i ;? ? i i uui ui CAiMCiitc. i iicy bUttCCUCU. Ill II I It appears that every effort has been founi made to keep my name off the ballot your 5 by only announcing registration to ones, t the greeks (who I love and respect for vote i their fine work with area charities) mcor i and S.G. The efforts of the con- a litt spirators have succeeded. 1 am not Thar the one on the ballot for S.G. dent; i president. t Unfortunately, "Evil" does not i die as kind Angus; I am again runn/ ing as a write-in candidate for S.G. /""whan.^ MBf*"- 9 iii^o lack of action I j "Well, at Hogue's direction, a bill was passed in Student Senate saying the tickets arc ours, and ~ '1C s'8"cd it," Nick said. "And this would prevent thousands of tickets from going to the Athletic Aiy "But President Holderman has to sign it, too," Nick sa'^- "And he hasn't. And probably won't with the Athletic Department mess as a convenient excuse to let it slip his mind." I'm almost afraid ,o ask, but what else? I "He said he'd continue to fight a tuition increase ?4 and for full-formula funding," Nick said, nk about some Is tuition increasing? to let us know "Yes." c board's closed Will USC be fully funded? Mhini! from him "No." vhat the boys in Oh. "And," Nick said, "he also promised to 'have on the Board," open hearings with the USC administration and we're any closer board of trustees,' which would 'ensure dircct student input to the tuition problem.'" nisc to bring us? When did we have those? 'ith the tickets to "Beats me ? I don't think we did." Nick said. "He also said he would have an investigation of kets? student fees and would push for open files on LSC expenditures, which would 'ensure maximum same number of benefit and minimum waste."' Are USC files open? "Nope," Nick said. "In fact, USC is in court right now to keep expenditure files closed." lpport, equal rights ^ founded on the principles of a free and open democratic society. So whether we approve or disapprove of homosexuality, our fellow citizens do not become second class citizens if they choose to live as homosexuals. ( Comprising about ten percent of the American nnnnhtinn liAmnspvnalc haup Inno hppn (hp vir Sf" tims of verbal and physical abuse. In this country they are beaten, raped and even murdered simply because of their sexual preferences. In addition, kSBI they face employment and promotion discriminaMm tion as well as difficulties gaining acceptance in churches, schools and cc ^ " r Although homosexuals are socially outcast across the nation, they have organized and are and find hard to showing their strength, calling for civil rights laws blacks and other to protect themselves from harassment, discrimina:ondone and take tion and violence. They are also demanding inlosexual and gay creascd AIDS funding and laws prohibiting and winning bat- discrimination against AIDS carriers. Their re: directed at all quests are reasonable and worthy of citizen support and government consideration. ed about equality Having become a well-organized and vocally t allow their fears powerful group, the homosexual community is sexuals cloud the making effective use of our country's democratic truggle affects all process through lobbying, marching and picketing ;e the way society to let America know they are not going to tolerate v our rights to be being mistreated and disrespected. Their movement, which gains more and more support daily, is vc in inc woricrs saici to oe one 01 me most organized grass roots nation that was movement in America today. > , < , , ,/ +. I/,' . >m'X' V ' r*'; . ' } i * ^ (ft} f t ^ >' . / ?i??Lj>MaiSttiiiiii n'nl*??iiliHi....rt I Ill 1 lent. The fact that I am still run- ell 01)17 C igainst all odds is not at all im- ?3 nt ? what is important is stop- ? a pompous and obsessed S.G. PCfllUS Ol SKIS denying individuals their First ? idment rights. (Has anyone here at S.G. ever even thought To the editor: iding the Constitution? Believe In response to Todd Mines' colnot, that piece of paper isn't umn in Monday's issue of The a bad concept.) Besides, deny- Gamecock about Spuds Mackenzie i person's First Amendment endorsing beer, I would like to sugis against the law. Funny how gest a few things that Hines might e are more than willing to want to consider. s poor President James Holder- First, if he plans to discuss or md not think twice about deny- criticize advertising, I suggest he poor student, a veteran at that, either take a few advertising classes i?hts as an American. or at least talk to an advertising major about the technique of advertis?sk all you apathetic students ing. The Spuds campaign is pure find it impossible to vote genius. I agree it's silly to expect peojse it really doesn't matter to pie to believe that Spuds, or any dog, isider the possibility of voting is actually the life of the party, but cause, a good cause. Write in ? hey, it grabs your attention, and you Icum, the Evil One, the First remember the product. If Hines knew anything about advertising, he 1^1 /\f VIA I/\K C A VTUUIU Miun niui ^ai i ui mv jv/u 10 iv nerica is one of the better places do just that. le world to live because it is Secondly, about Bud Light disguisded on some good ideas. Show ing the idea of getting drunk around support for one of the better a dog. If Mines actually had seen And remember ? when you some of the commercials, he would Malcum, you're voting for so- know that they actually use some of ic who graduates this year (with the spots to advertise moderation in le luck) and already has a job. drinking. ik von. IJS(\ We can't hp nresi- In the future. I sueuest that Mines wc won't be here. do a little research before he expresses what he believes to be true. Jeff Ham Orlsfophcr (Iva> Accounting graduate Advertising junior