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Viewpoint Friday, November 10,1989 the gamecock New Er Virginia, Yi show U can Ic In two of the country's more tions this week, a great thing ha the first time in their elections' very qualified and very dilligent L. Douglas Wilder became th< in possibly the closest race in th came New York's first black m; oecause, in a time wnen racial te racial incidents are definitely inc jor elections. Their qualifications would ha> of their race, but it is important a not an issue. Douglas was asked whether tl in the election, and he told a new was not a factor in the results bee Dinkins said at City Hall in N( office, "I got a pretty fair percent that's very important." Dinkins also promised one of 1 racial harmony to his city. And also in other major electii Young, 71, won an unprecedente Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire Mayor Xavier Suarez his third. Democrat John Daniels was el became the first black mayor of tl It is a credit to the voters of tl eral that race doesn't have to be ? office anymore. And these wonde to be black, were elected on their These types of victories should . ties to run for office, and it sho just maybe, we can forget a man' plans for the issues. ''WELL, NANCY THE Sl( RI6HT FOR THE d i ? i -sn yjtl I . 0 ' i" ' * "' ' > I ?IP" I nri I I hrv I I X 11^ VJQJ Editor in Chief WAYNE WASHINGTON Managing Editor HAL MILLARD Copy Desk Chief KATHY BLACKWELL Assistant Copy Desk Chief ROBYN THOMPSON News Editor KELLY C. THOMAS Assistant News Editor JEFF WILSON Carolina Life Editor ROBERT THOMAS Assistant Carolina Life Editor LYNN GIBSON Sports Editor CHRIS SILVESTRI Assistant Sports Editor BRANT LONG Photography Editor TEDDY LEPP Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to print all letters 300 words long. The writer should include full name, profes resident, or year and major if a student. An address and pho editorials should not exceed 500 words. We reserve the ri| Gamecock will not withhold names under any circumstance. a rn irk elections A wk past color I publicized and spectacular elecippened. Two black men won for ^ histories ? two very intelligent, men. ^ first black governor of Virginia e country, and David Dinkins beayor. These races were important ;nsion seems to be increasing and :reasing, two black men won ma- Fy? /e gotten them elected regardless is role models that their color was le color of his skin had mattered s conference, " it is not and jpMflRv :ause I was elected." iw York, where he will soon take age of the white vote, and I think lis major goals would be bringing WK|M 3ns around the country, Coleman v?vN d fifth term as mayor of Detroit, SJHh won her fourth term and Miami (BM lected mayor of New Haven and iat white-majority city. KKBR& lese places and the voter in geni factor in political campaigns for rfully, talented men, who happen merits, not their color, inspire other blacks and minori- w uld signal everyone that maybe, 111 i s color and worry more about his k When I about rap for an ab< 5HS mt CgJJJIWLY lAPAMfSE TRIP ? what reas is blessed how fortu Cy to^have a f % $ & SE -(/)|L sense. Of J ^ ^ \ I ^5 was generi son host tli since a cr fans was r< we could 1 , , . ,,, r and can c ?1909 f* "J* " >"* * ^ " since they roll busine such huge in the rock I and mayt m^rnrk generosity tllVVl/VIV plus they V biggest sh Assistant Photography Editor probably U. JULIE BOUCHILLON S.PS 0f Viewpoint Editor S*bly l? ^ JEFF SHREWSBURY 0131 W rx * u i rmi, or to con\ Datebook Editor JAN PHILLIPS \eie,s irdt Coinics/Graphics Editor ^ re t0? ROB LANE Graduate Assistant KRISTIN FRANCIS p,. # Gamecock Adviser J!/1VIS ERIK COLLINS Director of Student Media O|-| ED BONZA ailVU Production Manager _ , LAURAS. DAY ^ ei Wc lUSt Assistant Production Manager , _,J RAY BURGOS the GTe' , . were dum Assistant Advertising Manager nhillnn'c h JEFFREY B. THOMPSON . , ? the long-dt Roll." It sc who come received. Letters should be, at a maximum, 250 to JUSt 3dvOC3 sional title if an employee with USC or Columbia values Whi( ne number are required with all letters sent. Guest led. Let's lC |ht to edit letters for style or possible libel. The fjg really W1 ledge that E ^lca^jbiioe, I Mil llli> 1 mweRBV UlllNl^I s MM* X st Say No to Geoi he was asked men ^ave n0 selt"contro e as a reason promiscuously are askin; ^rtion, our . * say so. Women should s trican presi- tm "m themselves in possible n women to m m who do not take these pi No to Rape." S W want to be raped. They s ompassion,' ft M dons say "yes." It's all v with! Oh Women must take res nate we are the morals of this great i president role, after all, is a social 'ers to such and family. And without rimes as rape. * nearly as effective. Her j ers are so Amy the home and in uphold! 1 obvious, Loomis She cannot, however, ful could we not doesn't Say No to Rape. ght of it be- George Bush. What wi: 1 makes dent. What a man. He wi course the best way to prevent a rape, of ours with his jnsi a pregnancy, and pertiaps an abortion wil| redefine whal jt6mea no. How simnle. We should havp ,^ al. . . what it means to b ^ D?n^'? guidance we will learn to ty No to Rape. -n ^ country t^at piagUl should take it upon themselves to Say No to Drugs. Say Nc pe. Afterall, responsiblity belongs to War. Say No to Rape, hey should not tempt men because And Say No to Abortic tters to the editor ^ 11 ^ ses at Graceland. And his wife! El LuUIU Vt vis married Priscilla when she was . a mere child. Was Elvis familiar COIICCTI with the term "statutory rape?" Now, let's turn to "The Dark editor. Years" of Elvis' career. Again it is arks and the rest of the common knowledge that Elvis nanagers must ave been ^rank excessively in conjunction hen they heard that^USC w^j1 COnsumntinn r>f nnmcmnc ous enougn to let i_lcm- recreadonal pharmaceuticals. Why le Rolling Stones concert are we maki a f of ^ 7 H ^ ?: m0re junkie? Is Elvis the role model for =duced to ,500. I guess America.s outh? ..H kid have hantUed it, though, ma bc if do we|1 jn'|ifc |ike mly laugh at Clemson E,vj ,? dje a? Woated and fa( aren t in the rock and one ni h[ on dle ? Now let.s ss and can t deal with ask if Hvis waJ ^ one of Ule ?r0,H ii I '' ey re country's most beloved and rean r0 usiness now, spited entertainers as Mr. Dhillon ?e they 11 spread the c|aims If Elvis were around loda by sharing the $600,000 he.d be just anolher good.fo?_ ga'" T r yeaf,^ nothing, rock-n-roll junkie. ,ow. Well, they will Rob Herron ie 'It0 urease scholar- Po|uicaI homore ) lower tuition, or pos- an(j place the coveted grass j Cajn , trampled by the stage, international studies sophomore 'ert Death Valley into r :tor Pull Paradise. No, A v umn'ttha.,1 A I 1V? fh WM oivii i U1V/JT; nnim umici Ken Loeber Hedia Arts Sophomore toast to USC h WJ1C ilicf To the editor: JUJ1, In response to B.L. Wilson's let I ter, I have the traditional answer to 101 JUI1K10 the sign at the end of the USC alma mater. During the last phrase, iitor: "Here's a health Carolina, forever happened to be reading to thee," the singer is supposed to :ock Nov. 1, and we raise his hand as if holding a mug bstruck by Mr. Paul or tankard in a toast to the univerleeding-heart defense of sity. The gesture is not the comsad "King of Rock-n- monly used extended fist, reminisjems to us that people cent of a Heil Hitler, nor is it the to Elvis' defense are equally common extended fist with iting all of the amoral thumb and pinkie straight out :h "The King" embod- which looks more at home in a x)k at the man for what heavy metal concert, is. It is common know- This answer was given to me '.lvis had many mistres- first by my father, who graduated {EPOFTOEMOMTO,... 1? 'tekwocovmtomt W > (bW&c. W5W AN \ ?HOTO OP P?WN IM b f?>P 0M2 FIR6-T 0I& j? F '1Mb fc'FA^A)" rge Bush's I. Women who dress An unw; g for it, even the courts it's a woma tay home and not put she's been < ipe situations. Women consequentl ecautions must really have her ba ay "no," but their ac- She was the ery simple and straight it's time for ana ner owi ..... . ... poor womai P?n H?y uphold landing, bu lauonThe woman s morals and one, tied to husband ; these ties she is not Those wh greatest strength is in just don't ur ng America's morality. fun at him fi [fill this role if she ting the date they refuse t sdom. What a presi- f00(1 for TVcwswcck w 11 lead this great nation Noriega oid< nd his great vision. He political blui ns to be mor- fuse to accet ? American. With his leadership, say "no" to the things e us and destroy us. And as a ? i to Crime. Say No to No to things how well it i >n ? even if it's rape. The man's r 1 11111111111' 1111111 111111111111" 11 T i' . :'i - : from USC, and later was reaffirmed by the late Dr. Arpad Dar az,a, luiiuci uireeior oi me UiL Concert Choir. The words to the alma mater were written by Professor George Wauchope of the English department in 1911 and were adopted in 1912. The tune is "Flow Gently Sweet Afton," a traditional melody. Jf more students here at Carolina took the opportunity to learn about campus history and traditions, B.L. Wilson would not have needed to ask about the correct way to do the alma mater sign. If USC wishes to become a prestigious university by the year 2001, attention to campus history and tradition is crucial. Big names stand for intangible things, and a campus steeped with 1 folklore is part of the magical attraction some schools have for ' prospective students. ' i Elizabeth Shull i International Studies M.A. ] i ] Give to Hugo ; out of caring ! To the editor: Solomon was gay; his wives were a front. Beethoven's father 11 immigrated to Holland from the ^ Dutch East Indies and later moved a to Germany. His father was not c black; however, he was a mix of ? aborigine and Cantonese. I think s Beethoven is here being confused with Gary Cooper, who was with- 1 out question black. As a pseudo-intellectual (too in- ? tellectual to be a true intellectual like Karl Wohlwend), I find Mr. ^ Wohlwend's case for a white Ludwig lacking any rational development, so much so that it would j i i i , ) rhetoric anted pregnancy is unfortunate, but n's responsibility to prevent it. If ;areless enough to get raped and y pregnant, she should be forced to by. Not to do so would be selfish. ! one who acted foolishly, and now her to act responsibly. Her desires 1 life is not important. Of course this 1 deserves our sympathy and underit she has failed to uphold American it is time for her to start. o attack our wonderful president iderstand him. They like to poke or his minor mistakes (i.e. forget> of the Pearl Harbor bombing), but o see that he is the pillar of what is lerica. Journalists (like those in 'ho attacked his handling of the ial) are always writing about his iders. But that's because they reKtft ..tinJ * a iu> minim., wisuum <11 iu great preat leader, he has told us to Say that we want to go away. And look s working, a genius. hhhhJ probably make a white Beethoven wish he was black. I recently wrote a letter which was clearly directed at the unscrupulous and heartless media. The inability of univeristy students to distinguish this theme from their - j- .... gumy iccmigs is disappointing but expected. Now, however, that the rating of the Hugo tragedy has arisen as a topic, let's call it to our attention. I went to Charleston immediately after the hurricane to help with the clean up. What I saw was inconvenience making better and happier people. Anyone who thinks a little inconvenience can't improve life, hasn't lived. I, myself, have lived under harder conlitions than what I saw there, and is close as I have come to breaking, I have never become so deluded as to think I was the only unfortunate soul in the world. Hugo-Mongers like Joelle Lastica, ivhose idea of hardship is a long jrocery line, desire more attention 'oelle hails from a relatively undanaged village 25 miles inland. Don't feel too badly about the oss of the beach house ? most of hem excessive and insured, and 11 ignorantly planned. Take this pportunity to give thought to the everyday homeless, the disillulioned, the sick, the hungry and he lonely. Don't simply give so hat others might be charitable to tou and don't give for the sake of conscience. Give with compassion, or they are more like you thanrou think. Dan Jensen Math senior