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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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BBMBKM&&MI tin, who w8as sm
superb perform
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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
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W. rmtrr. tfc* rftM to c<* r^,$tjUot SUCCCSS. I WOUl
(fcwUMw. uwh * ??< wimn ??* mtd i timr to thank'
1 Bob Darrow
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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
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^ ??**"&??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
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ions, free infc
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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
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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.
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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