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Viewpoint Monday, March 28, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 3 Blunders Senate, Election ( should admit errc It's actually kind of funny, if not < continuing saga of USC's Student G The Student Senate voted Wedne: elections because of about 15 electic But this invalidation was all a d Senate went into an improper e: university invalidated the meeting. ^.Li. Elections commission met ana clcction because members said no > them, and if there were violations, influence on the outcome of the el meaningless. That already makes for a busy w there. The Senate met again Fri? resignation and/or impeachment of the elections commissioner and m Michael Hogue. But they didn't conduct business, so it wasn t an of That makes for an even busier w Senate meetings and an election tl notice. But still it doesn't end the The Campus Judiciary Board n voted to invalidate the elections agj the violations the Senate had consi noting there is no S.G. attorney g< results as the S.G. constitution req but he was graduated in Decemb To wran ud: the election was because of 15 violations of the validated because the Senate meetin ^validated elections were invalidated general to verify the election. The senators and S.G. need to g< now, they're making one mistake a The election should never even h is just one violation, then the electic to the candidates. Instead of making things worse j of ineptitude and embarrassment, screwed up and go on. Just accep well and try to learn from the mist Have another election, make sun make sure the commission does its ^Changes Student Govemn its house after n Wednesday's election has becon Elections Commission and Student i! a i* *: 4^ ?u negligent. 11 s> nine iu cnangc in people running it. The current Election Commissio guidelines and rules to follow; thes The 15 violations in Wednesday many ? are the sole reponsibi Commission and commissioner. 1 violations occured; they didn't. ^ It is the reponsibility of S.G., sp make sure the commission does it broke state law in the process. The pollsters or the candidates, the rules as well, were not at fault commissioner's and S.G.'s fault fc S.G. President Michael Hogue general to verify the election; the S position slip by; the commission < did not keep tabs c \ the polls. No scapegoat is needed, but we process to an acceptable level. I Singh should resign, because he Hogue should appoint someone w the same time, Hogue should app get more people on the commissic This is a mess, but it can be r a elections code will see us througl make changes to see this doesn't 1 11 "11111 ^ ^ * ^ .,y ^ Kditor in Chief 1 IHFF SHREWSBURY Managing Editor STEPHEN GUILFOYLE Copy Desk Chief ANDY BECHTEL Assistant Copy Desk Chief i WAYNE YANG News Editor TODD MINES I Assistant News Editor TONY MORENO Viewpoint Edior I PETE MACKLY I'aaliiMll li'HItnril CLAIRE DIEPENBROCK SUSAN NESBITT Sports Kditor WAYNE WASHINGTON Assistant Sports Editor I JIM STUCKEY Adviser BILE ROGERS ! i loiters policy: Th* (.amtcock wai try?*iKim i?ti*n *ordi long. edltoiUU ?hoald nol ik?4 JM?Of<* lltwl Th* <)mm*?nk wtM Ml wlthkeM aaam a*4*r *ay Serial H*r?rilr mnbo. I L Commission Tv^ )rs, start over downright ludicrous ? the ovcrnment election. ^ sday to invalidate the S.G. )n code violations. Iream because the Student xccutive session, and the Then, on Thursday, the validated the results of the ^ \ o[^A /iolations were reported to ? xl j\ they would have no direct ? ? r*I ( )/1 cction. bucn violations are j eek in S.G., but it doesn't day and tried to call for the the Elections Commission, laybe even S.G. President have enough members to CP Ticial meeting. ^ . , . _ _ ? , Gooooooood mc /pplf in Si t ? ? two n?;He? ~ ? ? i cp, inai s rigni. iat changes at a moment's got a few songs a re. Anyway, on Wedr met Saturday morning and Gamecock sta ? . ... o Senate meeting tha un, citing not only some of we wamcd lheBm ,c dered Wednesday, but also Wc did thjs for i rneral to verify the election No. l) the sena [uires. Well, there was one, business about Wc cr No. 2) the close invalidated by the Senate W our iUu, codes. The election was or js aware of t ig was invalidated. Then the Freedom of inforr because there is no attorney And now, a long wonderful Studenl :t themselves straight. Right ^ ^ak^mTner ft#?r annthfr < , . j ka%v# . viU9in)( iiiMi uour iave been validated. If there You close me out. >n is not 100 percent fair 1 ?re?m and shou Goodness gracious md digging bigger holes full {^ZZloo!Z-t the Senate should admit it open the door no t that things have not gone Want to report ilk akes. You're wrong, e there are no violations and s? wro"8> . , How do I tell t J?b- wrong. I bite my nails an Anm nent must clean What's the old _ . eagerly anticipati nessy election from,ho as A1 Capone s s< ne a nightmare because the ril?-?inoo th^b! ? ? . , cursions to the b< Senate were ineffiecient and mering you durir e election process and the congratulatory n< that say bogus th ?n did not do its job. It had average qualified #? wprp ionnrfd tUn,ty ?r that y?l ,e were Ignored. credit to later t s elections ? that s 15 too i.?? c*;n IIIU1IVJ 11 J JVUI lity of the S.G. Elections If it's not an rhey were to make sure no usually for some when Field and Kcifically Student Senate to tj job, the Senate tried, but send away for i bold red letters t although they should know gram into the coi . It is ultimately the election publication. No >r failing to enforce the rules. tr?Gone wi? be didn't appoint an attorney timcs Gncc yol Itudent Senate let the unfilled prey. Take this; iid not educate pollsters and also need to get our election ilection Commissioner John 1 I A % t _ ^ 1_ A 1 nasn i aonc ms joo. /\iso, Academy Aw; 'ho will enforce the rules. At and two weeks f ioint an attorney general and handed out. Am ?n to supervise the election. ,0" a"d.di,rec101 ectified. Enforcement of the ,w the Ma h this election. Then we can Academy make happen again,. they ignore excc and science fict ; 'i --- "serious" works ^18a 8810cxam BBMBKM&&MI tin, who w8as sm superb perform 1 Viae c I nvauviiij iiaa ?j j mance in Roxi Photography Editor I nomination, esp BRIAN SAULS of actors who d Assistant Photography Editor And Roxannt TEDDY LEPP past year, deser Science Editor not serious enoi JIM NEWMAN Another mov Senior Reporter year's nominati MARY PEARSON RoboCof. Datebook Editor JENNY SHARPE Graphics Editor - '& ' W^w^m TROY TAOUE w &> 1 Comics Editor 1 lilsl TRACY MIXSON Graduate Assistant __ _ KAREN ADDY D|| A " Acting Director of Student Media/Advertising Manager mT*???mr ci MAROARET MICHELS VCIj SI Production RICHARD GRIFFIN SON HA To thc editor: Assistant Advertising Manager Saturday i MELISSA HENDERSON Association pla 1 party to have a ir*?*W*4. MtMthnB.lNKM HoUSC sinCC 1 9f W. rmtrr. tfc* rftM to c<* r^,$tjUot SUCCCSS. I WOUl (fcwUMw. uwh * ??< wimn ??* mtd i timr to thank' 1 Bob Darrow I OS/A v <0*- . Cr l^/ftiBBttLi? 'fe s of closed sessi >rning, USC. 9 r . After five days, I'm back. I've ind jokes to send out to you. lesday, two other members of ff and myself entered a Student it was in closed session because Stephen make the meeting public. Giiilfrwlo two reasons. viuinuyic tors were discussing important dnesday's election. d session they were conducting strious student senators has read he true meaning of the S.C. - nation Act. [-distance love dedication to that t Senate, a remake of that '50s I jump through the d -acious." They shake with fear, ves, and you fill up my page, "Take him from here makes the law engage. Goodness gracious, tl We're back. Anywi it. someone who says Tl i, they broke the law. to remember where T n now. from. So to Sen. E. J gc/esu. yuu, liiciuciiiany <\\\\ w. "Yakkcty Yak." :e a paper should. Lock out the paper *( and it won't get no s Throw out the press m that they're wrong, wrong. They ain't gonna roc Yakkety yak ? Don d I twiddle my thumbs. You just put your co oying junk ma: joke? You go to your box du mail I ing a postcard or slip for a care me, peer inside, and it's as empty ccret vault. Air mail ? yuk, yuk. ^ered something worse in my exdx ? junk mail. They begin ham- Todd ig your freshman year with those H ines uuccs irum crcuu cai u tuiupainc^ lings about how your grade point I you to receive this golden oppor\ have to have one just to establish >uy a house or car. How about good isn't it? ad for fantastic plastic, then it's i??????? magazine subscription. Oh, sure, ordered National L Stream sends you a personalized My subscription i ion and hammers on the great deal will not go away. 11 len you almost feel ashamed not to home to counter th t. After all, it was your name in Magazines sell y hat they had taken the time to pro- sells your name t mputers. But let's say you want the reputable nature. I w you're in for a whole mess of But it began inn panies and other cU A*%\ic nf o?r mail anH cimnlpr if ! millH frilCf m i have taken the bait, you're easy dorm, I would ha\ advice from a guy who unwittingly O'Hara memorial demy tends to ird time is rolling around again, rom tonight, those Oscitrs will be J once again, deserving films, acs will go unrewarded. 'en worse about the annual movie Anrlv tant omissions the members of the ' in their nominations. Every year Rf>chft>1 llent films ? especially comedies ion movies - in favor of more __ A look at this year s nominations iple of this phenomenon. orst omission this year is Roxanne, antic comedy starring Steve Mariibbed a few years back despite his lance in All of Me. Now, the science-fiction mo< lighted Martin again. His perfor- which, by the way wne should have earned him a got little attention >ecially in the light of the weak set RoboCop transo id get nominations. a half-machine) to \ although not the best film of the man's search for i ves a nomination. But because it's movie. But the jgh, it got overlooked. RoboCop probablj ie the Academy slighted with this violence, which i: ons is RoboCop. Despite its awful masterfully combir t is the best thinking person's currence in cinema '' 'j*' " W( 11 illfawikin iliiAi^.i i i i r ft kifi m w*Ui iu r. 11 rt. n. .1 mmiii 1111 *? ^ ??**"&??4-w7 party chairmen, without whose < s uanj and determination this party w ~ _ never have happened; 111 ^ RHA volunteers, for spen W their Saturday night making everyone else had a good time; Don Kennev. RHA adviser night, Residence Hall cutting his Florida vacation two ycd host to the first short to give us your support; Icohol in the Russell BACCHUS/GAMMA, 13, and it was a huge' volunteering their services to d like to take some mote fun without alcohol; SAGA, for the beer; and Michael Cle/ie, Hootie and the Blowfish, I MLECtlim ' ions, free infc """ " ????| You'll do everyth P, And when you fi bring in (he dog Yakkety yak ? I We're going to +\n&s ' Yakkety yak ? t j. L|fr Yakkety yak. Ya W jMWC My fellow sena f Mm Bonnie Davis, fc the four-hour Sei it seemed like tl television. Do y got back on Dal oor, but a cop he comes. That's right ? , Except I thin! !.'* plies to what it [iev hroke the law. (Chorus) Senate's total ay, we've got a request from cause, even u: 'te Gamecock editor was told campus since Br< he Gamecock's money comes nonsense wrapp< . Cousar, this one goes out to tion of the Bible 3thcr remake of a '50s hit, This one's fc Brown, singing cause it's (rash I feel good, I kt pending cash. I feel good, I ki and lock (he door, So good. So go< k 'n' roll no more. I feel nice, like 7 talk back. I feel nice, like iat on right now; So nice, so nice il better than ??"???????- spoon set looke Then a wave ( week. My favo ! fishing rod-and whamrod." I waders amidst There was a leather purse (I on those compi and high tcch si the back of my things regress n ???????????J My name woulc ampoon once. mc iisis noting is terminated, but the junk mail And then th< have an arsenal of hefty bags at Either I'm the j e influx of worthless trash. ing up billions our name to a company who things. We're o those companies of a less giveaways; we t's a racket. Dollar Giveaw, ocently, stuff from plate com- embossed bath issy collector distributors. Man, the first round, y roommate and those in my Still, the onlj hmioht one of those Scarlett vou at least ni plates. The Revolutionary War around getting ignore desen Yet anothei nomination at But the Aca vie since 19H2's Blade Runner, Ermey's amaz , is another excellent film that drill instructc at Oscar time. character strip ends its simple idea (a half-man, l'l'es arK' repl become a gripping portrait of a brutally convi dentity. It's also a great action ^he ''sl * Academy members ignored 'hat should ha / for both the film's title and its anc^ on- Thes s a shame because RoboCop slanted, simp les action wun a siory, a rare oc- man these days. than what shi V ,, ^ > ',#* ,? 111111 n | <^ M.. I iim i I? I m II fii n fcniii I <H nil K * III III Mil it k t M |1|W|W|||M.W>W?. I UII Hit? n n n i i*, Jrive playing a great gig on very late ould notice; >- o:her campus organizations, for .Hirtn fVilLiu/itio r?nr lf?nrt anH rnnfinnino to sure give students a responsible and safe environment in which to enjoy , for themselves without catering to the days over-21 crowd; and ? most of all ? the students for who attended. pro- Although about 700 people passed the doors throughout the evening, there were no incidents requring the for involvement of hired security: no M w <^s # (rotation ling we say and how! nish doing that, and pul out the cat. ')on V /a/A ftacA. le no dirty looks, it knows what cooks. idlum press outside ake them for ride. Don 7 talk back. kkety yak. ite buster, Student Semite reporter >und a great analogy for it. After tiate meeting was declared invalid, ic stupidest excuse ever aired on ou remember how Bobby Ewing las? - it was all a dream. t there's one song that really apwas like to challenge the Student ignorance of the FOl act and nintcntionally, the biggest stir on other Jim spouted a bunch flowery :d up with a very conservative porly another Jim, Brother James music the way it should be sung. lew that I would now. lew that I would now. ad ? I got in. sugar and spice. sugar and spice. ? I got news. . . . nothing d pretty good, too. of simpler things filled my box each rite of all was the innovative, new -reel combo called the "telescoping could just picture myself in leg a rushing stream casting for trout beauty in my hands. Iso a choo-choo train for $5, a guess they don't figure out gender iter lists), a battery operated razor un glasses. What I kept thinking in mind was genetic mutation ? when lore and more and begin to mutate, i be there on worse and worse lists, people who actually buy this stuff. : sweepstakes stuff itarts to come, stupidest guy in the world for passof dollars, or you never win those not talking about Ed McMahon 're talking about Joe's Million ay. If you buy a set of mallardtowels for $19.95, you qualify for / compensation of junk mail is that ill something out when people are more air mail. ing films example of the Academy's iginubbing of Stanley Kubrick's Viet! Metal Jacket. Although it doesn't ibrick's other works, such as Dr. id A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal s a different view of the Vietnam c .'i1w:ivc hiirWffl the Hollv*vond he unorthodox style of Full Metal : his style. So the Academy ignores it is Kubrick, leaving him emptyicar time, although he deserves a least. idemy really goofed by ignoring Lee ing performance as the Parris Island >r in Full Metal Jacket. Ermey's >s the recruits of their civilian idenaces them with killers, and Ermey is ncing in this role. jreat performances and great movies ive received nominations could go on e awards ceremonies are inherently ily because they tend to reward lages to garner the most hype rather >ws the most quality. r " , - ' ' . <{* }" >in..,jam ; underage drinking, no fights and no unbecoming behavior. I want to especially thank you for going to the Russell House; if giving you the option of staying on campus rather than going to Five Points (or elsewhere) prevented even one drunkdriving accident, then RHA served its purpose magnificently. I hope the option to stay on campus is presented more often. Todd Chri*ten*en President, Residence Hall Association