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Viewpoint 4 The Gamecock Monday, January 22, 1990 Explore Compared to post Columbia success The space shuttle Columbia lan Edwards Air Force base in the M( successful, though much delayed, s While in space, the shuttle depl( rescued another. The rescued satel six years and was designed to te stances to the atmosphere of space. Though the shuttle's take-off d2 and its mission time was extended cause of weather changes and min cess of the mission is a small credi The desire to get into space, exf ize it reached a climax in the '6 space, the moon landing and the 1 lites had the U.S. government (anc the possibilities for man's future in TTien the space program slowed, a few short missions were made ? Then came the space shuttle ? again and again for space travel. A able to make the journey into spac this new space craft were disarmi interested in what the future could Unfortunately, disaster struck. Th ploded as it took off, and the lives While the Challenger disaster d in the space program, it also prodi in space. The Columbia mission is one have taken place since that time adventure and exploration return will the space program take anotl new, rather than schedule missio mances? When will sights be set Venus, or creating space stations a: The media is full of praise for i mission ? the longest shuttle High -i 1 J . L ,un< puilll SllUUlU nui uc uii uic iaci uiai day longer than it was scheduled ti (and would be if the government the country forward in space explc Jupiterian moon, or the ribbon-cu colony. But, because of slow progress space program, Americans are fore longest shuttle flight in history. Hurrah. I WELL, ACTUALLY there's about a NAlLUONl REASOMS... W 1 >0/ The Ga Robert D. Thomas Editor-in-Chief Jeff Wilson, News Editor Ke Scott Pruden, Carolina Life Ediu teddy lepp, Photo Editor Ro ROBB lane, Graj Lynn Gibson Assistant News Editor Elizabeth Lynch Assistant Carolina Life Editor Deborah Ryan Assistant Photo Editor Kristin Francis Graduate Assistant Ed Bonza Director of Student Media Ray Burgos Assistant Production Manager Jeffrey B. Thompson Assistant Advertsing Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try tc be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words long, fessional title if a USC employee or Sout a student. An address and phone numbi Gamecock reserves the right to edit lett< space limitations. The newspaper \ circumstance. m abilities, ijl is minor ded early Saturday morning at >|pS )jave Desert, ending a safe and pace mission. Smk )yed one satellite into orbit and mgHj lite has been in orbit for nearly ffltwjB st the reaction of certain sub- lENjS ite was delayed nearly a montn i for a day and a half (both beor technical problems), the suet to the U.S. iSJIS )lore it and perhaps even colon- UjMfl Os and '70s. The first men in iJMt. first deployment of space satelI the U.S. people) excited about space. A few sattelites were launched, - and then nothing. the vehicle that could be used dl rockets before this were only e one time. The implications of ng. Once again, people became possibly hold for man in space, e space shuttle Challenger exof those on board were lost, id serve to spur safety changes iced a lull over the idea of man of the few space missions that ? but when will that feeling of A a a to the U.S. government? When /-^Tl ler step forward, do something ns that repeat previous perforonce again on landing men on Un nd colonizing the universe? er ^a^a"r the completion of the Columbia nifjcant tu it yet. The focus of praise at this Thomas D r the shuttle remained in snace a w rvo "" ~ .IT JUV 3. At this point, focus should be blican Ari would fulfill promises to move Ireland an >ration) on the first landing on a ited State* tting ceremony on a new space and imprij held with< and lack of motivation in the tradition v ;ed to be content celebrating the AuSust Honorable Sprizzo the assert in its mo: for which nature an< was barren FOR.D) EXACTLY WHY of the con DID YDU RES1&M FROM In Febr CLEMSoM? an unprec \ serting S{ \ ^ In June 1' ruled Spr an a c^zen ifFfW T.I Processinj The pr< uc-a'-I "Vi"11 ?I H50 f* * lows then dit cour fees ... 2 mecock 111 ne 111V V V Christmas The voic< Kathv blackwell rcctcd me Managing Editor *?? and the v lly c. thomas, Viewpoint Editor sorry for or Jeff nichols, Sports Editor telephone cojh "t? byn thompson, Copy Desk Chief plea^e ^ ohics/Comics Editor Now tl These LUCY SOTO fy> and Assistant News Editor definite p Brant Long a If V Assistant Sports Editor *em' Sharon Williamson ou1: Assistant Copy Desk Chief 0F * Erik Collins Faculty Adviser Km Im Laura S. Day Production Manager ^.1 Renee Atkinson v^UII Advertising Manager Carolyn Griffin Wl 0 Business Manager To the ed i print all letters received. Letters should jc The writer must include full name, pro- . h Carolina resident, or year and major if cent Wri sr are required with all letters sent. The and his 3rs for style, possible libel or in case of How cai vill not withhold names under any sorr the law f ^ "W j/? torney General ited States Attorney General is a pow- ? ? perhaps too powerful. le case which, last Friday, took a sig- " J rn ? the matter of Joseph Patrick 1 d lerty is a member of the Irish Repu- tL my who escaped prison in Northern ^ " ? d eventually made his way to the Un- n i. On June 8, 1983, he was arrested . Un , 1 :oned in New York City and has been s \ 3ut bail since. A request for his ex- 3SserU,?" 1 a* ^ /as lodged by the English government . nilc? inS^om of that year. It was denied by the .^rrc * c case / \flAnco fnr ra\Mo i John Sprizzo in December 1984, V^1 stated, "The facts of this case present mcanl * e J10" ion of the political offense exception ^a,r\ 1 rOU? oal st classic form." Because the crimes whether it shoult Doherty was sought are of a political 1 are not common crimes, extradition Gn ^une 9, 15 i under the political offense exception Ported t0 the Ui trolling treaty. ney General Ri< uary 1985, the executive branch filed 1989, reversed :edented lawsuit against Doherty, as- reopen the depor jrizzo had decided the case wrongly. 985, the Honorable Charles Haight Jr. What does a! izzo's ruling was not subject to re- 1990, Doherty > August 1985, the executive branch ap- Metropolitan Cc s decision of Haight. tended only for ;h 1986, the U.S. Court of Appeals af- means that two aight's decision in favor of Doherty. have ignored d 19, 1986, Honorable Howard Cohen, 0f Appeals and ration judge, ordered Doherty returned ^js past prj( public of Ireland, of which Doherty is fore a three-juc conditions appe .P.S. shows proi Spring registration, for all practical jh is over ? and with it ends the first *** % le university's Telephone Information % -4 I System registration program. m j| warn has some very positive points. pie to use, allows students to make """ changes after normal work hours, al1 to do everything from register to auses to list their schedules and permission to i ind it's extremely polite. not allow for i ver forget the day I called during special permiss > break to make a schedule change, a code system 2 on the other end of the phone di- students to spe ; as to what to do when, and was giv- students who 11 the information I requested. At one Perhaps each c machine had to pause for a moment, code prefix, an oice came on, telling me it was very to enter the c< the delay. When the "9" button on my code suffix, ar would not beep properly, the voice number only, I m sorry you are having difficulty, same type of s ng up and try again." ing overrides. S lat's polite. this semester st points are major credits to the univer- register, the T.I.P.S. registration system shows While the T, iromise. duce' the lines glitches still remain in the T.I.P.S. sys- seum to registe they can, and I'm sure will, be worked still long and si two and a half 1 ample, some courses require special into one class. 1 ITERS TO THE EDI" . m That's too bad. umnist has h's ciear that y?u hav< ( serious misconceptions abc inQ lrlpn^ cotics agents and their tactii ? make them sound like a bi Ya-hoos roaming the city ai litor: * and arresting and harassin tter is in response to Vin- cenj people for fun. ght's editorial on drugs friend Keith (Jan. 19). The men and women ir 1 you expect anyone to tics departments believe / for this guy? He broke they arc fighting for ? th; and got arrested (twice). enforcement of drug law V ((^j UP v >xuio ^ ^ 4 v*^C fields too * t SUSAN DUNBAR e t Guest Columnist t i 987, the Board of Immigration x ejected the executive branch's i iherty should be returned to the c . The Reagan administration re- ( to Attorney General Edwin a w" of the BIA's decision. This ley General's office, the losing , was given the final word on 1 have lost. I 88, Meese ordered Doherty de- j lited Kingdom. Current Attor:hard Thornbureh on June 30. an earlier BIA decision to ( tation proceedings. ( I 11 of this mean? On June 18, , vill have served seven years in j jrrectional Center, which is in- j short-term, pre-trial detention. It j i successive Attorney Generals ecisions of the BIA, U.S. Court three presiding judges, day, Doherty's lawyers went be- J Ige appellate panel, after which 1 ar favorable for him to present 1 tnise, desp gl . , i kelly c. i : ^ Thomas y | enter. The T.I.P.S. system does .tudents who have obtained this ion to register by phone. Perhaps could be created to allow these , scially register, while excluding ] have not obtained permission, lepartment could have a special j d each student given permission , Durse could be given a unique id then be permitted, with that to register for the class. The ystem could be used for obtaini tudents who had to get overrides ill had to trek to the coliseum to < .I.P.S. program did serve to reof students waiting in the colir at the scanners, the lines were ow. A friend of mine and I spent iruirc cfan/iintr in linA tr\ m/ArriHA 1VU1 J Jiuiiumg ill 1U1V iu V/TV111UV rhat's a long time. roR usually the people who \ z some illegal drugs who com >ut nar- their rights are being viol es. You Narcotics agents mu Linch of strict rules and regulati nd state they make arrests, and I g inno- make a case out of sor they don't have good re* SLED and Richland Co 1 narco- excellent narcotics depai in what the agents are well traine it is the form their duties in a pi s. It is manner. much power lis request for asylum. Despite these facts, and he 100 co-signers of Resolution 62 favoring his equest, Doherty remains in an institution ? exempt from regulations that require educaional and vocational facilities as well as recreaional programs. I do not support the actions which led to Joe Doherty's imprisonment in Northern Ireland. He vas convicted of murder in the death of a Britsh Army captain. However, the actions of the jxecutive branch and the office of the Attorney Jeneral are also disturbing. The implications ire equally startling. The Attorney General's office is being given be power to decide if it is really fair for them o lose this case. This allows the office of the \ttorney General the power to say that if they lo not agree with the decision of a particular ludge, they may set it aside as wrong. Joe Doherty has the support of the American Divil Liberties Union, various Irish-American I xganizations and the 100 co-signers of Resolu- ; ion 62. Despite all this support, Joe Doherty ivill soon begin his seventh year in prison, havng committed no crime here, being held on an mmigration warrant. What could you or I do if he Attorney General rules against one of us? Susan Dunbar is an International Studies and History junior from Lexington, S.C. She is an ictive member of Amnesty International and hopes to one day work in Irish politics. ite problems Another-possibility the university might consider, if administrators are unable to come up with a suitable way to allow students to register for override and special permission classes using T.I.P.S., would be to buy a few more scanners to accomodate the thousands of students who semi-annually flock to the coliseum to register. Currently, only about five or six scanners are ivailable for use, and, after my two-and-a-halftiour wait, only three of these were operating. How much more quickly the lines would diminish if there were 15 scanners to run students' icansheets through. But, in spite of these problems, the T.I.P.S. registration system has proven itself worthy of lie time and money invested in it. It has suc:essfully registered the university's 30,000 stulents, and allowed for hundreds of thousands of ; schedule changes during drop-add week. The university administration made a wise choice when it elected to implement the T.I.P.S. system. Good work, guys ? keep it up. lse or sell I think there is more to your plain that friend Keith's case than you're let- .; ated. ting on. st follow So, Mr. Wright, accept the fact ons when that if you use or sell illegal drugs, Lhey don't you take your chances on getting nething if arrested. And until (or if) those ison. Both laws do change, that's the way it ; unty have is. tments ? d and perofessional J?e West Criminal Justice senior