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Budget
Bush's 1991
little more than C
President Bush has just released
budget amounts to $1.23 trillion,
U.S. save, be more productive and
tive world. It doesn't increase ?
nearly $16 billion in specific tax ii
service and user fees.
The budget increases spending
portation, agriculture, education, e
it cuts Pentagon spending and clos
military bases). It depletes fundi
relief.
But where is there any provis
federal deficit?
The budget does meet the Grai
duction target ? that promises a
does so by drastically increasing
local and long-distance phone cal
taxes (8 to 10 percent).
The 1991 budget proposal wc
venues and $1.23 trillion in spend
still be more than $63 billion. Is t!
ever trying to lower the deficit? If
edge in the competitive world, go
their maturity and ability to handle
How much does the average P
balance his checkbook? How man;
into with that man? How often w
his business? Not very.
The Bush proposal is little m
strategies handed to the U.S. in
worded and given a new name.
It's kind of like calling your mr
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The Ga
Robert d. Thomas
Editor-in-Chief
jeff wilson, News Editor R<
scott pruden, Carolina Life Ec
teddy lepp, Photo Editor K
robb Lane, Gi
Lynn Gibson
Assistant News Editor
1^1 T7 A T>T?nPT? T t/XTCTT
; Assistant Carolina Life Editor
; Deborah Ryan
I Assistant Photo Editor
v Kristin Francis
Graduate Assistant
' ED BONZA
1 Director of Student Media
i Ray Burgos
I Assistant Production Manager
Jeffrey B. Thompson
Assistant Advertsing Manager
-Letters
Policy: The Gamecock will tq
be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words lo
fessional title if a USC employee or S<
a student. An address and phone nur
Gamecock reserves the right to edit I
I space limitations. The newspape
I circumstance.
m
]et proposal
rOP re-hash
i his budget plans for 1991. The
and, Bush said, will help the
keep an "edge" in the competi;eneral
taxes but would create
lcreases and almost $6 billion in
for, among other things, transnvironment
and defense (though
es or realigns more than 70 U.S.
ing for things such as disaster
ion for lowering the enormous
nm-Rudman-Hollings deficit re- J
i balanced budget by 1993, but /A
specific taxes, such as those on 1//J
[Is (3 percent) and airline ticket /[XMI
iuld create $1.17 trillion in re- MlMMk
ing. Therefore, the deficit would
he U.S. government planning on
the U.S. really wants to keep an rfMww,
vemment officials need to show
i a budget.
American trust a man who can't
y financial ventures will he enter
ould he trust him to watch over -wHe
ore than all of the Republican
the past decade ? merely reExperienc
itt Phydo. often brings
than we w(
life is reall;
idealistic vi
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OBYN THOMPSON, Copy Desk Chief
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JELLY C. THOMAS, Viewpoint Editor increased
raphics/Comics Editor an imPrm
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Assistant News Editor cess spor
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Sharon Williamson portunity i
Assistant Copy Desk Chief
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Erik Collins computer
Faculty Adviser questions
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Production Manager who State*
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Advertising Manager
carolyn griffin ^ four
Business Manager $25Q has
t to print all letters received. Letters should above adt
ng. The writer must include full name, pro- was inde<
auth Carolina resident, or year and major if somebod;
nber are required with all letters sent. The digging '
etters for style, possible libel or in case of .
t will not withhold names under any
were sub
not revise
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Iping handicapp
:e brings knowledge, and knowledge ^
i a much grayer view of the world *
>uld like to see. Sometimes, when r Sl
y groovy, I tend to have a sort of M5"*
ew of things and am often caught P rw
y reality. Maybe my parents were
the rose-colored glasses. ?
realizations have a habit of shatter- M
le world at these times and, since r" *8 * *.**?*?*>
been really groovy the last couple
was bound to happen. on crutches. Again, I
id. and was met with th
into the Russell House the other the guy in the wheelc
a guy in a wheelchair coming tow- The other inciden
y first instinct was to stop and wait and flew into my coi
d hold the door open as he went hit with a realization.
These people lite
xiint, he looked up at me with a and surprised about
ession of thanks and incredulity and taking time to help tl
d "Thank you," and continued on his I heard
thing's-groovy/utopu
hadn't offended him, I went on, and through the chasms c
it was soon stashed away in some sound here) there it \
artment of my mind. But not for I guess I had tho
the handicapped ?
/ay to class in the Humanities build- pure courtesy. I gu
d to see if anyone was behind me (so people realized hou
li the door fly back into someone's can be to get througl
jaw a guy coming towards the door without the ability 1
TERS TO THE EDITC
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or ^orm before aPProvcd
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Maybe in the future people v
rCSpOIlSG not ^ so quick to criticize a p
* cess they are not familiar with,' a
we can all woik together to sei
. . ? ,, the students we claim to represe
ise to articles and letters T , T, ... u u
. , Lynn and I hope that we have be
>r in previous editions ot /. . ,
; ix able to represent the much i
cock, we would like to , . , . . 4 c .. ?
sunderslood ideas about ^ SP?
oris Club0 Council is
of 17 clubs with five Sports Club Councl1 Pres'dl
leers. It has been quoted v Jn" . ,e
, . , Equestrian Club Presidt
>orts clubs have taken a M
ee turn in presenting ,
Senate Finance. That is r^nnV-lTlol/pp
ecause if either the jour- IIHUVCl
^TToT" doesn't refun<
at the sports clubs have
they would have seen To the editor:
r itemized budgets and The shuttering shock of inj
e 180 degree changes ^ce. ^es' a babbling fool. An
e been in their thinking. considerate ingrate to say the
most very least. Universal is
same sense, the Sports word, the first word in dread
ncil believes the idea of service. Copies, the last wo
MUUC11L yai u^ipauwn u equaling uie lasi unic auyuno v
'ement. However, if the a conscience should go to the
tsking for this had dug called worldly reprint shop of I
d reviewed all the facts, versal Copies (located at Coll
d have seen that the pro- and Main streets),
t clubs use to allocate
indeed a very equitable Upon one cheery noon-timt
living each club fair op- entered Universal Copies to ret
in receiving said monies. a printed book I had purchased
day before. After request
t is unfortunate that the monetary refund for the materiz
that has raised so many Was told in monotone manner
was purchased prema- the owner that I could not retun
owever, if the senator He stated the reasons of: He
d in Monday's letter that too many already, the professor
iter was not approved by dered a certain number and
lministrators had probed could not accept them back,
to this matter, he would would have to throw the b
id that any purchase over away and he would have to eat
to be approved by the After I turned away to walk
ninistration, and that this the intellect said, "better you I
ed the case. In the end, me." I uttered the same and c
y must have done such mented on his cranial area. I 1
and probing into these thus vowed to never return to !
>cause the budgets that a poorly-managed and rudely
mitted in October were place again. I know of others
:d or changed in any way have had similar occurences t
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ed is not ha
legs. I guess
commonplac
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THOMAS we (or they)
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body for tryi
by myself. .
held the door back for him you're not c
e same type of reaction as am," as I he
:hair gave me. ity of those
t instantly unstashed itself crutches or
isciousness. And, lo! I was deaf or eve
their ankle ;
rally WERE both pleased little help or
the fact that someone was Don't we
tern. looking dov
the every- They won't
i-shattering bomb whizzing their indepe
)f my mind, and (explosion Most like
vas. "Thank you
ught people always helped bewildered ;
not out of pity, but out of Take son
ess I had always thought ery now ane
r awkward and difficult it you get. Tl
h a manually operated door one step cle
d use both arms and both into my hea
2B
in as well. Hereby, I request all students
and professors not to patronrill
ize this "establishment." I have
ro- written this in self restraint and in
md a calm but aggressive manner,
rve Peace.
nt. Jeff Gaines
sen Marketing senior
le2
Legal drugs
could do good
mt
To the editor:
If alcohol is abused, it can contribute
to or plain-out cause sickiness
and mental psychosis. Same
story is true with marijuana.
If too much alcohol is consumed
us. in too short a time, it can be lethal,
in- Not true with marijuana,
ut- If tobacco is smoked all day evthe
ery day for years on end, it can
Iful cause various illnesses. Same with
ird, marijuana.
/ith If used in moderation, alcohol,
so tobacco and marijuana can be very
Jni- enjoyable for those who choose to
ege use them.
Why is marijuana illegal? If it
was legal, the government could
j, I tax it and feed the poor (as if the
ffnvp.mmp.nt was concerned about
-Ulll
the the poor. They would probably
ing build bombs with the money). If
il, I marijuana was legal, it would put
by virtually every marijuana dealer in
i it the country out of business. It
had would take a big bite out of crime,
or- Didn't illegal liquor disappear
he when prohibition was repealed?
he America is choking on its phoook
ney morality. It's time to give up
it. the Cleaver family mentality and
out, try reality for a change, both sothan
cially and politically,
omiave
P.S. Everybody start recycling
such now or our planet is going to turn
-run into a giant garbage heap. It is a
who beautiful planet, you know,
here Mike Fair, quit worrying about
jjl^
rd to do
: I thought what I was doing was
e.
vas wrong.
caDDcd. while they are not helpless,
help every now and then, whether
want to admit it or not.
[here will always be a few strongicapped
people who will chastise a
tng to help, ("I can do it just as well
Just because I'm handicapped and
loesn't make you any better than I
ard it put one- time). But the major;
in wheelchairs, or walking with
canes or walkers, or the blind or
n those who have merely twisted
and have to limp are grateful for a
ice in a while.
>rry ? they won't think you are
m on them or making fun of them,
see you as someone who threatens
ndence or invades their territory,
ly, they will give you a very polite,
i," along with a half-thankful, halfsmile.
le time to help the handicapped ev1
then ? or, better yet, every chance
ten, maybe, the real world can be
user to my rosy little land that pops
d when things are going groovy.
our sex lives and get a 5-cent deposit
on bottles and cans so people
won't throw them out their car
windows.
P.S.S. Everybody listen to Jane's
Addiction.
Dan Jones
Media' arts senior
Registration
still difficult
To the editor:
After attending USC part-time
for 10 years, I am happily closing
in on summer graduation.
Although I hope to never have
-to endure another spring or fall
walk-in registration, I would like
* - ? ? * ? ?~aUah# tKn
lO niUKC a 1CW ICIUOIM auuui Uiv
system.
It is incredible to me that the registration
experience in spring
1990 was just as awful as it was
for me as a freshman in fall 1980.
In a decade, the university has
grown in stature, wealth and size,
but, for reasons that elude me, registration
remains basically the
same: terminally long lines staffed
by surly workers.
TIPS gave me hope. But I registered
by telephone only to discover
that I had to wait an hour in line
and go through the scanner to get a
bill anyway. What, really, is the
USE?
Students ? supposedly the most
important element of a university
? appear to be nothing more than
an annoyance to the workers who
staff registration in tne mepnani
Room and on the concourse. And
because they wield the power, we
students must meekly put up with
their rudeness and impatience.
It is my sincere hope that some
of these problems are resolved in
the NEXT decade, although I am
skeptical, given the "progress"
made in the '80s.
Jennifer Nicholson
Journalism senior