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2 THE GAMECOCK Friday, April 8. 1988
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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.
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loiter* Policy: Tht (,amrcock will try to print Ir tiers received. let ten should
word* long f.unt editorial* ihould not eiceed 500 words Wr reserve thr right to e
libel. /he (>amecock will not withhold iiikim andrr my drcuimtancr letter* nu
Social Security number.
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nday afternoon. 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
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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
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ackslap to our:
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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
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^UIIUUCS sun titude is nc
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in dark ages Tn ^
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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
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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