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4 The Gamecock Monday, January 22, 1990
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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SUSAN DUNBAR e
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Guest Columnist t
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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
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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