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Shuttle By denying funds to shuttle, S.G. shows it only serves self Student Government wimped out Wednesday. Its members had a chance to do some real good for the students they are supposed to be representing, and they wimped out. Instead of giving money to the Five Points shuttle, money that could have been used to help worried students who might be walking home alone, they whined and complained about potential liability and left the shuttle to live or die by itself. T1 n . in. m .1 A i ne aororny apa rratermty councils tnat are lunding and operating the shuttle went on ahead because the shuttle is probably the most appropriate response to the crimes that have been occurring in and around the Five Points area. Students are banding together, beginning to take responsibility for each other. And the group that should be taking the forefront in this action, S.G., is sitting back idly letting everyone else do all the work, bear all the financial burden and smugly saying that it is responsible. The liability question is legitimate, but not enough that it meant taking no role in the shuttle. What S.G. did was tell the Fraternity and Sorority councils, "You go out and take all the risk, and if you don't fall flat on your face, we'll do what we can." S.G. should have taken the risk. If the student senators did not consider this action because they were afraid of a veto from S.G. President James Franklin, then that would mean they don't understand the process of the government they are in. In the face of a veto, you take a vote anyway, and check to see if you have enough votes to override, or if you are close. You don't wimp out. And if both Franklin and the Senate were just concerned with th ^ mi octi an r\ f lioKi'lifi; f Vi on tVl of f aa oai i 1 rl 1~? Knar> fnl/am ?-v v^uvjuv/h v/i liuuini/) iiivii iiiut iv/v/ vuuiu navv uvui lafwCll care of. The university has a capable legal staff that is at the disposal of student groups as well as the administration. The university legal counsel could have investigated possible liabilities for such a shuttle and maybe reported to S.G. by Friday. But what S.G. decided to do was watch and wait, and maybe by so doing, have doomed a program it should have been operating from the outset of this crime problem. This weekend, the shuttle carried more than 100 people from Five Points back to campus. Perhaps one of those 100 people might have been attacked, robbed or even raped if the shuttle wasn't there. And that possibility, even in the remotest sense, is why we have to have the shuttle. And that is why the actions of the Fraternity and Sorority councils were those of responsible students taking charge not only of themselves, but of others. And that is why the actions of S.G. members were those of contemptuous vacillatory weaklings. Student Senate has another meeting Wednesday. They have a chance to rectify their error, but only if you let them know how you feel about this idea. Maybe if the students were to show up 1 a_11 xl i.- i it i * * anu len ine senators now iney ieei, tney mignt get some backbone. Maybe if some of those who rode this shuttle were to show up and let them know how useful this is, they might start serving and protecting USC students, instead of covering their collective ass. 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Letters should be, at a maximum. 250 to 300 I V words long. Cues! editorials should not exceed 500 words. We reserve the right to edit letters for style or possible libel The Gamecock will not withhold names under any circumstance. ^ ? /4 AM NOT iffi WW?W??Sw<^ r*?Ss0S^^ <-g2^"~^ , ^ jcfr.- -- Columnist po As we near the end of the Reagan nightmare two new guys on the block are making waves and trying to fill the Oval seat. They're wetting down their hair, straightening their ties and putting on their game faces. They're ready to kick some political butt. With the possible exception of Battlestar Galactica being shown on reruns, this whole funky presidential campaign has to be the single most talked about event of the year. It's sort of like the cream of the political social calendar. It's nifty and sleazy at the same time ? it's slifty. And because it is being talked about, and the candidates as men and humans are being scrutiniz ed by every walk ot lite in this huge old land mass, we should hear what they think. I took sort of an informal poll of my own to find out what some people around this campus think about the candidates and the campaigns. Here is what they said more or less. The names have been changed to protect the silly. Hal ? "George Bush is a neophyte, pandering weenie, and Mike Dukakis is a small man going after a big job. Bush is going to wrap himself in the flag, and Dukakis predicts gloom and doom. But anybody with half a brain will realize Bush will fall Gamecocks g To the tune, "Chapel of Love." Going to the Top 10, and we'll probably go hi-i-igher. Going to the Top 10, and I ain 7 no li-i-iar. Yes, we really beat Georgia, beat 'em with the short pass routes, and we're going to the AP Top 10 Yup, the Gamecocks sent a clear message to the sports world Saturday. We told all the sportscasters and writers who have ignored us for so long that, "Hey, we're still here." And we told all the teams we're going to play, especially Florida State and Clemson, that there's another kid on the Top 10 block. You could also make the case that we sent a message to Georgia. "We took your best shots, and we're still standing. Sha na na na. Sha na na na. Hey hey hey, goodbye." But the problem we have here now is quite profound. Who is our game hero? I think the entire defensive squad deserves this honor. But then again, their effort would have been for naught if Todd Ellis hadn't thrown for more than 300 yards, Letters to the Don't whine ments to\ about parking rs, gas monej To the editor: nnir nf u/n First of all, I am a sophomore, and I have always commuted to and from school. Quite frankly, I am sick and Ci tired of having all of the students who live on campus crying about not g having any place to park. I go to ItJLiI.2 Cooper Library two or three nights a # week. I always park in the Coliseum Olllftj parking lot and, may 1 add, without * having to wait 30 minutes to get a space. To the edi Hov/ever, each morning I go In refere hrough hell to get to class on time. son's lettei I his isn't because there are too many Gamecock azy students who live on campus and certainly r efuse to take the shuttle or walk to wood. Th :lass. One solution to the commuter toward qu 3arking problem might be to stop ad- deal of pr< ling "generic" parking places and lective sen iesignate certain lots for commuter thereof), >nly and give us separate stickers. number of 3r, if that's too much trouble or ex- applaud S >ensive, maybe we should address to make th he real problem. We (commuters) bit better :an't walk to class from Cayce, Lex- should not ngton, Irmo, West Columbia, etc., sarcasm, >ut you can walk to any classroom publicatioi in campus from any student housing less fortun )n campus. Also, S V- ; f ARE TOO I B? ARETOO L^_. {, ARETOO I TM / _] L' ! ^r!5p|p^^ T'll. / Pead. React Us feeUngs abc i ^kpib ' Jeff Shrewsbury like a dead dog in the heat. " Hal's not much on tact. Son ? "Personally I don't like either one of them. I don't trust Bush, and I have no love for Dukakis. I think I'll watch basketball on election day." What do you expect from a guy named Son? Jim ? "Bush is a pilot flying in the wrong direction. Dukakis needs elevator shoes to fill the podium of the presidency." A keen eye for observation, this one. John ? "They seem to be big talkers with very ' little to say. Maybe someday someone will say ;oing to Top 1 in only four games surpassing the 1,000 yard mark. And then again, there's Robert Brooks, the true freshman who came out of nowhere but is making people say, "Sterling who? Ryan who?" Todd has had the laurels nlaced around his head after many a victory. And the defense this year is the same creation as last year, the much honored Black Death squad. The faces are different but the song remains the same. So, I think it's time to make the freshman 1988 1 " editor n't you solve the real pro-, creative outlet to tho; ad of making crude com- journalists in the area vard administration and lack the talent to write the responsibility off on publication. As you knc ? driving to class, save the the field of journalism ' and buy yourself a good easiest one in which to 1 Iking shoes! ment. Again, I app Magazine's efforts to Dennis Rabon forum for the writing of riminal Justice sophomore ly deficient. >azine not X e worthless Portfol D /\ni tor: ACMUCUId :nce to Mr. Andrew Robin- _ in Friday's edition of The TO D?L1*IC SL , Shout Magazine is most * lot a waste of good pulp e readership it is geared To the editor: lite obviously has a great I would like to resp jblems with their own col- Brown's complaints ab se of self-worth (or lack students parking in co: and their pitifully small dent lots. First of all, I a brain cells. We should all parking situation on can hout Magazine's attempt lacking; it has been fo: lese people feel just a little and, now with the lot o about themselves. We being repaved, it is < treat them with scorn and However, being a residei as you have done, a bia Hall and owner of on l's attempt to help those resident cars in the com ate than ourselves. would like to know just v hout Magazine gives a pects us to park. She say 1 iut candidates something having to do with anything." Wow, what ambiguity. Mary Anne ? "I think I'll move to Australia where the politics revolves around Koala bears. Bush is clueless, and Dukakis means well, but I'm not sure he has the know-how." Another corner of the political spectrum heard from: Kevin ? "Bush. Yeah, man, Bush." Straight ud. cool breeze. Wayne ? "I don't understand the question." Probably a Senator in the making. Caryn ? "lam pro-Bush so that makes me antiDukakis. " A flare for the obvious. Amy? "What candidates?" Says it all doesn't it? Steve ? "Sam Nunn is a great guy, But Mr. Andropov is my personal favorite." Yuri Andropov is dead, though. Steve again ? "That's why I like him." Not into politics, I guess. Hector ? "I think George Rush is one of the upcoming young receivers on the team and should provide an added threat as the season goes on. " No, George Bush, not George Rush. Hector again ? "Oh, never mind." 0, I'm happy first Big Man On Campus, who apparently took the following old song lyrics to heart ? "You've got to be a football hero to go out with the beautiful girl." Robert Brooks, Big Man On Campus, sports hero of the week. If you see him, thank him and tell him he did a stand-up job. That one-handed toucnaown snag, to quote load fcllis, was a major college play." People are looking at the USC football program again. Now we've got to keep their eyes on us. But speaking of Saturday's game, our Black Saturday didn't quite work out. But black is back. Get with the program, sports fans. A little unity of color goes a long way to impressing a national network and a national audience. Why do you think Clemson's on the tube so much? That Orange school of theirs looks OK on television. But it doesn't look as great as a wave of black. When we played Florida State in 1984 on ABC, Williams-Brice was black from endzone to shining endzone. It was awesome. se would-be Columbia Hall and Capstone house who simply well over 1,000 students, and there for a better isn't nearly enough parking space >w, Andrew, within walking distance to accomi is not the modate half that number. Pendleton find employ- Street garage is full every semester. I laud Shout have neither the time between classes provide a nor the money to continually feed a the creative- parking meter. She also suggests the Blossom Street garage. Call me crazy, but I dislike the thought of rid O. Lucas having to walk all the way across nglish junior campus after dark if I should happen liter in chief to need to use my car. Not only is it lio Magazine inconvenient, it's also quite dangerous. Several times, more than 1 I can count, I have driven out to |f 3, t V Bates and parked my car there, then ridden the Shuttlecock back to the I SkO dorm; perhaps this is an idea for some commuter students to consider. If you allow for extra time, the Shuttlecock should be ample transportaiond to Ms. tion. I do park in the commuter lot out resident on Sunday nights occassionally but _ ,,tAt. rfit nnlv if I n't finH a cnorn onuu;Kflra llllil U IvI JIU" V"V " * VM" ? **"? W HUJTT1IV1V gree that the else and only because we were told by npus is sadly our RAs that we could do so. r some time There is definitely a problem, and n Pendleton it needs to be solved. But don't place ;ven worse, the blame on resident students. We it of Colum- need a place to park just as much as e of those 15 commuter students, imuter lot, I vhere she ex- Kathryn Fitzgerald s the dorms. Education junior