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Viewpoint 2 THE GAMECOCK Friday, April 8. 1988 ? ?????????i??? ?????_ Research USC should take can at Savannah River PI Controversy continues to rage over USC's ment in the Savannah River Plant's laboratory decision is made, the university should carefull facts. The proposed plan would allow USC, C Medical University of South Carolina to do rese the nuclear plant near Aiken. This would prov sities with research opportunities beyond a previously known. As usual, as soon as any mention is made of hysteria breaks out in some circles. While t doubtedly have a genuine concern for safety, force USC officials to ignore the possibilities cloud of anti-nuclear fervor. But at the same time, USC should not jump without scrutinizing the pros and cons of gettii is serious business and needs serious considera Ultimately, what USC officials should do is g faculty (as they've been doing) as well as studc the matter. They should let facts ? not fears on from there. IVCtUlU Students should get it break world record w Students will have a chance to try to break a v do something for charity at the same time Su Plus, they'll probably have a lot of fun. Carolina Program Union is sponsoring a g chairs at one of the coliseum parking lots Sunda just $1, students can try to break the world reco game of musical chairs. The proceeds are goin Seals. CPU needs more than 6,000 people to partiei) to break the world record. The organization h; for months on this project, and students shouli preciation by participating. Apathy remains the rule of the realm at USC, way to work against it than to help a worthy cl get USC in the record books? So go out Sunday at noon and try to break a time will be had by all. The Gamecc HWMWHMMMaBWHHBMBHHMWI Editor in Chief Photography E< JIM SHRI WSHURY IJRIAN SAULS Managing Editor Assistant Photo STEPHEN GUIl EOYEE TEDDY EEPP Copy Desk Chief Science Editor ANDY BECHTEE JIM N1WMAN ! 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Birthday b: ;ame of musical Clem son University was spawned 1C y afternoon, ror jn tjlc retj mu(j of the Upstate regio rd for the largest Carolina, and witnesses say it was I g to help Easter bursting out of hell in John Milton Lost. It was kind of violent and shock .. , Yes, we've had 1(H) years of farm scl pate in this e e footballing. We've had 100 years ? a as been working John Williams' soundtrack would h d show their ap- heavy bass going BOOM BOOM B Know, like Darin vader's theme), son and what hotter striking and some thunder going BO< Parity and try to BOOM ~ ycs- 100 ycars of (GASP) purple. This university's contributions have i record. A good Collegiate athletics have never same. . . well, you can't say that in a college football has never been the Clemson hit the scene. And one of these days, Clemson is g Port ?ther sports as much as it suppoi r an(^ l',e co"c8'a,e sports world will be 1< ?? " and shake with the onslaught of the cc '*? ' If it sounds to you as if 1 love Clem; ^ as 1 love weekly full-frontal lobotor right. It all has to with that weirdest c the Clemson fan. Coming from Spartanburg, a quaint also in the Upstate, I've had my fill feiJ ** fans IIJ Students ? I was reading The State newspaper tl fy [I as I did my laundry. First, I read a s fit McDonald saying how wonderful USC dent James Holderman were. J I then read a story about how wo USC Athletic Department was going to ji' Dick Bcstwick was here to crack dowr ^jUi I then went to check on my clothes ar wasner naa stopped in mid-cyclc, clothes sitting in three inches of stan v?" water. /Mr The possibilities for irony here are let's control ourselves. The point here is a lot like what Democratic presidential candidates ai wrong with America these days. It'; K- smaller scale. The Democrats are saying Amer: economic prosperity overshadows th many citizens still must go withou necessities of life. 1 r It can also be said that while Holder; * pals on the USC Board of Trustees |/> |y catapulting the university toward ii renown, a group is getting left behind I Letters to iitor ^ graphy Kditor Fair's views don't fit USC r To the editor: It is my belief that Rep. Mike F air is attempting to shove his "moral j know-how" down other people's ant throats, and for this reason, I am urging the students of this university of Student lo seriously consider removing F air ing Manager from the Board of Trustees CULLS immediately. President James Holderman I IN should kindly inlorm rair that this university is not a seminary or a Using Manager theological institute, but a full IDI-RSON fledged university with people of different races and religious beliefs. If (>?,ii mnimum,2wto300 the way things are done in this hKiVa*^university is not ;n Fair's interest, lie should resign immediately and seek appointment elsewhere, where he can A I bYTHE WAY, MIKE, m ' DIP YOli EVER FINP OUT 1 A mTJESSEWHTS? Jg ackslap to our: K) years ago r*"????????? n of South ike Lucifer 's Paradise tooling and ind here the Stephen 1 ave mucho .,r , mmOOM (you (jruilroyle ne lightning 4 jjfl 3M BOOM f MT orange and been many. I???????? been the II truth. But same since Clemson fans are everywhere, just I but they're worse, because you can burr ping to sup- your lawn if it gets real bad. And mi rts football, might want to or need to, you can't bur sft to cjuiver fans off vour lawn untry boys. ion as much But this is a happy time for good ol uies, you're celebrating 100 years of happy universi >f creatures, if I'm not mistaken, the 100th annivei peat moss anniversary, so fill those car little hamlet boxes with your farming pal, peat mos of Clemson We here at The Gamecock have had 1 with The Tiger, Clemson's student-run r ;et short end o le other day r tory by Bill ? ana I'resi- PW vbc now that n. , , mW i on things. Richard > id found the Breen I endless, but your basic J-??--??-----------?---?-?-???-. re saying is ? just on a The students. The ones who are being left out are t ica's recent who no longer go to USC not becaus e fact that academic standards, but because of hig t the basic Not every daddy can shower his son i with tuition, American Express cards man and his Samurais for four years. say they're These arc students who can't get nternational graduation because for all the shoutinj patting the old USC diploma still doesi the editor preach his moral know-how. ? if they a This university has had enough God give th bad publicity and does not need so- If you th iiicuiic iikc rair 10 pawn n up more. out ol the In order to salvage the image of the reel, but if university I adore and care for, Fair too open-n will be given a choice to refrain from many with making further comments on his pro- wrong, posed agenda or resign from the I applaui Board of Trustees immediately. telligent, homosexua Solomon A. K/rmbakwc someone fa (irHduute student witnessed minds slam A J ^4*11 Unfortun ^UIIUUCS sun titude is nc . _ _ pus. Cirant< in dark ages Tn ^ O discrmun.it Carolina c< To the editor: Dark Ages. I was shocked when I read your stantly hars stories about homosexuals. I can't and unash believe you'd suggest that queers They have I aren't disordered. They arc perverts calls, jeers ; A ? (^ 1 aged pal, Gemson I???? papers were founded in the same year, 1908. Hut The Tinker came out a week before The 'Cock, so they have been Haunting "The Oldest Collegiate Mn..,r^a^r C C* ? ~ .1 I ^ Ml JJv I 111 Ull IIILIl IIUIII I'ti&L MIILL 11 ] L 11 . Let them be the hoary, aged geriatric case of this state's college papers, I've always said. 7 Our Hag has normally said things such as "Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism," and / "The Best Collegiate Newspaper in S.C." Let 'em y eat cake, I've always said. j But they're OK Joes up there at Clemson, I guess. Clemson does a vital service to this state as it has since its inception ? keeping rednecks off the ?????J streets and in school learning new and better ways to farm. So I, for one, don't mind that they are ike kudzu, celebrating the big 100th anniversary. 1 probably | 1 kudzu off wouldn't even mind the fact that Clemson fans arc jch as you arc getting the Clemson flag on court houses across n Clemson the state. I wouldn't mind if it were a nice flag, but it's ugly and has tigers all over it. And it's ? ugh ? orange and purple. Ooooh, ' Clemson, chills. tying. And So, a toast to Clemson. "Here's a health, Clemsary is the son, forever to thee." ds and gift And, if we spill some of the drinks we're toasting s Clemson with, we can wipe up the spill with a Tiger ittle rivalry >apcr. Both Sorry, couldn't resist. f USC's progress # ???? ring of Harvard or even the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ^ Not every daddy can hire his baby as a junior assistant vice president after graduation. L ^ These are students who live in dorms where all iSB * !?l ^iey see's ^ut Order" signs, and all they feel is jW It7 the stare of Big Brother Fair looking for ways to V|, I take away the rights and priviliges that non '| i collegiate young adults take for granted, f *; , Somehow, I doubt the Holdermans ever have to l-Vf worry about their washing machine stopping in i mid-cycle. Don't take this as just sour grapes. I'm ?~Jl graduating in a few weeks and already have a job lined up. My clothes usually come out April fresh. Still, like the guy that's been married for 20 years ne students to the tirst girl he ever dated, the question lingers, e of higher "Sure, this isn't too bad, but could I have done her tuition. better?" or daughter Probably, but it's a little to late to find out, so and Suzuki you just have to make the best of it. It just would have been nice if the gang that runs a job after USC had cared as much about the class of '88 as I and back- they do about the buildings. l't have the So how 'bout those Tar Heels, anyway? ren't disordered, why did an environment supposedly geared em AIDS? toward expanding our minds, ink that attitude is right Congratulations to The Gamecock Dark Ages, you are cor- for taking a necessary first step you believe that USC is toward understanding in the linded a place to have Carolina community. Your readers that attitude, you are are the people who will teach future generations whether or not to be pre J Rita Cosby for her in- judiced, and these are the people who unbiased series on will hopefully give equal rights to all lity. It's refreshing to see people, regardless of their sexual irly cover a topic that has orientation. many so-called modern I would like to conclude with a shut. word to Rep. Mike Fair: you will not lately, the reporter's at- influence the morals of USC students >t prevalent on this cam- by banning overnight, opposite-sex d. the administration vici?c i.. ,?:ii if -? ? I.ni.j. W III liavt 1VA II IIIVJ y helpful and non- want it, and your actions will not inory, but many in the fluence the sexual practices of 10 per>mmunity are still in the cent of the Carolina community in My friends and I are con- the least. ' Kp issed because wc are open anted of our sexuality. become adjusted to crank Michelle Schohn md threats, a sad state for Journalism junior