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Last time 'The Gamecock'urges students one last time to get out and vote The Gamecock can't "enter into partisan politics" of any kind. So say the bylaws of the Board of Student Publications, the university committee that chooses editors and managers for all of Student Media ? The Gamecock, Garnet and Black, Portfolio Magazine and WUSC-FM. Entering into partisan politics is pompous but clear language. Ti _ _ _ J ^ r? 1 i r? is i ii means no endorsements 01 any Kind or any political process ? from as high as this wonderful presidential election of which we are right now in the final throes, to as low as Student Government election ? are we allowed to make. But we have tried to be impartial in our news coverage for this election special. If you see a story on Massachussetts Gov. Michael Dukakis' South Carolina campaign chairman, former S.C. Gov. Dick Riley, it is balanced by a story on Vice President George Bush's campaign manager, former USC student Lee Atwater, of almost equal length. People who read The Gamecock regularly are probably laughing up their sleeves right now. "We know it's a damn liberal publication. The cartoons slam Bush and President Ronald Reagan all the time. The editorials always criticize the president's programs." Well, The Gamecock may as well take this time to explain those cartoons. The paper only has a small amount of money for editorial cartoons, and unfortunately for campus Republicans, the three we get, Jeff McNelly of The Chicago Tribune, Herb Blocker (Herblock) of The Washington Post and Doug Marlette of The Atlanta Constitution more often are Bush bashers than Dukakis disclaimers. We get these through two press syndicates, not directly from the papers. Trust us. We didn't call up and say, "Give us the ones who'll make Bush look like a weenie," or "Please, no one who'll make fun of our icon, Dukakis." First, he's not our icon. And second, they probably would have laughed at us. Out loud. So the cartoons are out of our control. If you have a problem with those, you'll have to call the Tribune, the Post or the Constitution. Ac fr*r thp pHitnriolc flip nn 1\r fViinnr tViof pin Kp coiVl Jo i ivi inv vuiiv/iiuij) niv vmj 1111115 llicit van uv oaiu 10 lhvj normally criticize specific programs. Columns are the opinions of the columnist, even if the columnist is an editor. Those do not represent the view of this staff or this paper. Finally, what we have endorsed, and what we continue to endorse, is the political process. Everyone at this university ? students, faculty, administration and staff, from university President James Holderman to groundskeepers ? should go out and express their opinion in this election. It's too important not to do so. If you feel the Democratic and Republican candidates don't meet your needs, two other candidates for president are on the South Carolina ballot: Ron Paul of the Libertarian Party and Lenora Fulani of the United Citizens Party, whatever that is. But vote. Again, it's too important not to do so. ia<l> | The Gamecock Best Non-daily Collegiate Newspaper, Southeastern Region Society of Professional Journalists, 1987-88 Editor in Chief Datebook Editor STEPHEN GUILFOYLE JENNY SHARPE Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor WAYNE YANG MICHAEL SHARP Assistant Copy Desk Chief Comics Editor kathy blackwell tracy mixson News Editor Adviser hal millard pat mcneely Assistant News Editor Graduate Assistant mary pearson phillip mckenzie kelly c. thomas Director of Student Media Features Editor ed bonza susan nesbitt Advertising Manager Assistant Features Editor margaret michels tom joyner Production Manager Sports Editor laura day kevin adams Assistant Production Manager Assistant Sports Editor ray burgos chris silvestri Assistant Advertising Manager Photography Editors barbara brown brian sauls teddy lepp Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try lo print letters received. Utters should be, at a maximum, 250 to 300 words long. Guest 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. Quayle stumbled In respor question about his opinion ot ocaust, In which 6 million Je slaughtered by Nazi force World War II. He said it wa scene period In our nation's Then, trying to clarify hi Quayle said he meant "thlj history" and added a conf< ment. "We all lived In lhl.? didn't live In this century,' Comparing the ofle saw Pact with the defe mangled a quote from basketball coach. B There is nothing that hetter offense.' In oth . ij un?: f \? also *PP .#r to \ * aVp?ct%eS' Ho* ** ^ \ -Target P"c". l60Ui Ian" 9 WrS^S \g?52i=? Candidates ai Many of you have seen the picture and are already asking, "Why is Stephen Guilfoyle, The Gamecock's resident comedian, writing a column in this most serious of election issues?" Well, in the opinion of this comedian, this election is a better joke than any I'll ever write. First, we have Vice President George Bush who, more than halfway through the campaign, discovered he was a "man" because he believed in forcing people to say the Pledge of Allegiance in this most free of societies, of course being oblivious ? as most Republicans are ? to the coercion implied in the bill Massachussetts Gov. Michael Dukakis vetoed. Were he a boxer, his nickname would be George "Rabbit Punch" Bush, because of his utterly disgusting exploitation of the Willie Horton tragedy for political gain. Horton is the murderer who raped a Maryland woman while out of jail because of a Massacusetts furlough program. But the Young Democrats shouldn't be hooting and hollering in delighted glee ? their candidate is no diamond to Bush's coal. Both are of the soft peat variety. tu: ...lit T-v-.i? 1 l;. 1 1IC UlggCM piuuidll Willi UUKaiUS ctllU 1115 tSIllpaign is neither have realized how big the stakes are. This is America's future we are talking about, yet they're naive enough to think people won't believe what they see and hear on TV from the Republicans if it isn't really true. Dukakis took months to start responding to Bush's numerous charges. But how were we to find out about the lies Irritating rattl It was a dark and stormy morning, the kind of Monday morning when you want to stay very asleep in bed, where it is very safe, very warm and very dry. But to do this, it needs to be very quiet. Residence hall quiet hours are supposed to last from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m., right? No one is supposed to blast Dokken at mind-altering volumes or scream at the top of their lungs so we poor, overworked students can study or sleep, right? Wrong. Well, a qualified wrong. Agreeably, at a little after 7 a.m. Monday no one was blasting Dokken. Nor was anyone screaming at the top of their lungs. But someone was cleaning the leaves off USC President James Holderman's parking lot. The word "leaves" usually brings with it peaceful connotations of autumn, squirrels, football and jumping into big piles of aromatic, brightly colored raked leaves. A soft breeze blows; a bird chirps; but basically "leaves" is a pretty quiet word. But Monday morning, the screaming, dull roar of a street sweeper and a gasoline-powered leaf blower trying in unison to remove the wet leaves off Holderman's parking lot brought to mind less placid thoughts. Whoever said hell hath no fury like a woman scorned was obviously never a college student awakened three hours before he has to get up. Monday morning, the list of options was pretty belligerent: Explode the gas tank on the leaf blower with Letters to the Greeks not "1* Zt tion doesn't unlike others To the editor: tions is just a J. K. York, I think your condem- i?g someone nation of greeks was a bit exag- sex> religion < gerated. I doubt that puking and You convii urinating behind dumpsters are yet you your criterion for pledgeship, nor would I same crime. A1 1. .1 ! 1 -1-- ^1- - assign inese nenaviors soiciy 10 mc fraternal system. These stereotypical images can be applied to any college psy< student, actually to anyone frequenting Five Points. I think the greek system provides a T" 11U chance to find one's niche in the , Carolina community. Each organiza- IQ OU tion offers a different "image" and * sells a unique attitude for those look- To the editor ing to belong. As long as people look I guess it for an organization comprised of time. First w people they enjoy being with and not porting Geo those they would enjoy being, I see Then we ha no harm. Michael Duk I am not just another greek defen- only natural ding my ego; as a matter of fact, I am "Don't vote ??5rAHct<5 ?F A V<? PRES^otML CANDLE U* Hol- \ *sVhne\ "Why wouldn't an enhanced deterrent, a mo s "woM stable peace, a better prospect to denying the on history" I who enter conflict in the first place to have a redi 5 rental \ tion ?f offensive systems and an introduction to < , century'8 1 fensive capability. 1 believe that is the route t using com-1 country will eventually go." / s&tej?s BobbV t0\d " t a \ _ / "77* Hhv 2 n0i beat t ^ / me on J?mertcan ^ensef ) /wj cr. t?sS!?C2y > - A en't funny, bu and distortions if the candidate doesn't answer and toll nr ,.,ko? tUo tn.tk :~0 tA? *1 I 1 : 1 iv.il uo Yinai mv 11 utn ia: uw nicy nave uictuia ui uu they just not use them? Dukakis would be a Southpaw like Rocky, in the first, only good Rocky movie. He waits, take punch after punch without a response, waiting for that one opening so he can slide through. The worse part of the campaign were those things they called debates. I think former Chief Justice Warren Burger summed this up best when he said "As ill-prepared and badly spoken both candidates were, they were more prepared and better spoken than the journalists who were asking the questions." Those weren't questions; they were sheep doodoo, and if the questions were that bad, how could the candidates give decent answers? le and hum be Ed I ' ^ j Chambliss | j ??? c a shot from a .44 caliber high-velocity rifle. s Open the third story window, shout, (edited) r "Please be quiet, sir, I am trying to slumber," and z throw a very large brick at the moron. Get out of your very safe, very warm and very dry bed (not recommended), put on a bathrobe and j flip-flops and trudge out into the chilling drizzle z and personally beat the living tar out of the guy. s Not being able to proceed with any of the r above, scream and make obscene gestures from your bedroom window while plotting the overthrow of the entire free world, which, seems to c you, to be a reasonable, if not meek, punishment t fot waking you up three hours before your first f class. You should at least ask yourself a few questions. Is making sure that Holderman's private parking lot doesn't have any leaves on it intrinsically more f. valuable than letting several dozen students sleep t until a reasonable hour? I think not. j editor at all. Just because I Mr. Sarlitto (The Gamec* join a greek organiza- 31) has tried to take the in mean I am going to high road by endorsing aps who HiH rinlv cliAiilrl thic Kn on ""v wiu. j uugmg, anvuiu tmo uv an v/j upon their social affilia- anyone who truly believes s discriminating as judg- two candidates, but it is disc based upon one's race, to those still trying to or party affiliation. around all of the campaig :t the greek for racism, and mirrors in an attempt t< self seem guilty of the decision. First of all, let me state tht no way I can justify the subs Deborah Burkhard campaigns that have domii :hology/business senior cent memory. It also seems ? that a "none of the above ii7|?At1 would win hands down were 1Trvffli? ballot. However, that does , _ tionalize the thought that be Si! STIdthV are not particularly fond of '"J didate or the other, then w ; not vote. Mr. Sarlitto, you was only a matter of have the courage to make wl e had the editorial sup- viously a very difficult ch rge Bush's campaign. some People. I realize it is 1 id a letter supporting to abstain from voting and t akis' campaign. So the be r'-le to say "it's not mj approach left was the didn't vote for him" for for anyone" rhetoric. four years. re ies JCje his ,l " years in ^ / t are jokes The only decent moment in the debates came when Bernard Shaw, the CNN anchorman told the audience to withhold its applause. The other two anchors begged and pleaded with the audience ? Bernie said, "Look, I'm only going to say this once. . . ." He looked ready to take off the coat and tie, pull out a tire iron and starting whooping some butt. The debates might have been more of a challenge if Barbara Walters (Baba Wawa) came on and asked both, "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" D,,* D..?L ...^..1J 1- -1-1-- ? ? - uui uuiu wuuiu piuuauiy say i m tne mignty oak that is cut down to make the flagpole to support our wonderful American flag," and Dukakis would say "My parents were immigrants . . . Etc., etc., etc. And now it's time to discuss the bad sitcom of the election ? "That Libertarian." Has anybody ever seen Ron Paul? If his son didn't come to USC last month, I would seriously doubt the man's existence ? maybe "The Invisible Man" is a better name for the Paul show, but according to "Doonesbury," Bush has that one locked up. The Democrats played this kind of election year joke on us when they nominated Fritz Mondale to run against Reagan last time around. Now the Republicans and Democrats have both gotten into the joke. But it isn't funny this time around. I wonder if Pat Paulson is on the ballot. gin morning What idiot feels it necessary for these employees :o get up before dawn in order to get to work and spend two hours blowing leaves around? Does this same idiot believe that if the leaves aren't blown Dff the parking lot until later, say 10 a.m. when quiet hours end, it would cause too much noise too ate and present an image not conducive to The Florseshoe environment when people come to vork? How about the students? We live there, in hose residence halls all the time. Shouldn't we be 'ranted the same courtesy that anyone would be in heir own home? This is far from an isolated event. Ask any on:ampus student. I bet any one of them can tell you tories about lawn ipowers, garbage trucks, naintenance carts and leaf blowers rattling around it all sorts of ungodly hours of the morning. I challenge Jim Cooper, director of USC grounds, to take the residents into consideration ind help keep the university quiet hours qutet. Just witch some of the less noisy jobs with the lawn nowers and leaf blowers until 10 a.m. If not, well, there's always one more option: Show up at Mr. Cooper's home at 5:30 a.m. >n a Sunday morning and mow his lawn and blow he leaves outside his bedroom window around for fee. It'll be no problem, really. Just returning the favor. Ed Chambliss, a member of The Gamecock's production staff and former columnist, ended his wo-year sabbatical to write this because he was ust so ticked off Monday morning. ock, Oct. I submit to you that there are diftellectual ferences between the candidates, difithy. Not ferences which myself, Mr. Yoder, PfAMCA \/fr Niiillmov \ifr Aront ol l i viiiu "ii. "luiiiiioA, iTii . ni out, vt cxi, vanin of the not possibly address adequately in ouraging this forum (as you pointed out). If navigate you need help clarifying the distincn smoke tions between the candidates, I sug3 make a gest you refer to sources that are not dominated by the shallow campaign it there is rhetoric found on commercial televitanceless sion and local newspapers. Good lated re- sources include The Christian Science i sure bet Monitor, The New York Times (back " choice issues of both are available in the it on the library), the MacNeil/Lehrer Hour not ra- on public television, and "All Things cause we Considered on public radio, one can- I also submit that despite the seeme should ingly poor quality of the candidates, may not the even poorer quality of the canlat is ob- didates and the even poorer qualilty oice for of their campaigns, there is still an tempting important decision to be made. Let herefore us not succumb to Mr. Sarlitto's fee' fault I k'e attemPt t0 endorse apathy, the next Hartwell Hooper geography graduate student