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VIEWPOINT xjjp^ Monday, February 19,1990 The Gamecock 3 Hoopla? S.G. elections, car flair, strategies of Last year at this time, there were stantly standing in front of Russell fice of Student Government preside campaigning for vice president and However, Thursday's S. G. elecl cncnpnsp nf nrprppHinrr ploMiAnc L OUO^/VXi^V V/1 yivvvvuill^ WV/VllWllO. ? in who's running for Student Gov not that interested in students? Although this year's election can ter than this past year's, no one who's running for what office and means the candidates should be car more silently. The candidates are simply not Spending far less money on their c contenders, the presidential candic and $160 for campaign paraphema Marie-Louise Ramsdale spent $3( spent the second lowest amount cor It's now three days until the eli debate for the candidates will not 1 there are at least two debates that al meet the candidates and to know ex And look at how many people ai past year, four people ran for pres three contenders. And, S. G. Treasu for re-election unopposed. Certainty dent on a campus of 24.000 wantim Except for Gladstone, there are r an executive office. And that is i half of the USC population will i after the campaign period. Where are the buttons? Where stickers? Where are the candidates? ENVlRONMEhlTAi The Gai Robert D. Thomas Editor-in-Chief Jeff Wilson, news editor rob SCOTT PRUDEN, Carolina Life Editor TEDDY LEPP, Photo Editor RO Lynn Gibson Assistant News Editor Elizabeth Lynch Assistant Carolina Life Editor Deborah Ryan Assistant Photo Editor Renee Meyer, da 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 to be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words long, fessional title if a USC employee or South a student. An address and phone numbe Gamecock reserves the right to edit lettei space limitations. The newspaper w circumstance. ididates lack years past ambitious, eager students conHouse campaigning for the ofnt. There was the same amount treasurer. ions lack the flair, hoopla and ^re students not that interested emment, or are the candidates lpaign time is two weeks shorwould know it or even know why. A shorter campaign time npaigning more vigorously, not making themselves as visible, campaigns than this past year's lates have spent between $60 ilia. Incumbent S. G. President )0 on her campaign, and she npared to her three opponents. ^ actions, and the first and only 3e until Wednesday. Normally, ?1^ low students the opportunity to actly what each one stands for. Ch ' q running for each office. This \>. ;ident, compared to this year's irer Debra Gladstone is running er D?R r, Gladstone is not the only stuI to be treasurer. T^e C] 10 women students running for worsening mfortunate because more than Workinj lot be represented during and bers of th< tatives' W are the flyers? Where are the more disti for import version sul Most di; Act (EF/ L CLEANUP million. By play mula and i . a shortfall / \ ing, the gc A/f \\\ 5! yLJ ^ Juj *?"' "' : I V \ ^bians. j ,n*tP:J>ai ~-20L\ V lauuu i\j \j \ ft could bee Ip*. haven for f In case toad in qu< erful hallu( "I don' across the g leash and iieeock to ' Would vent this f KATHY BLACKWELL to people Managing Editor Just ^ck 0 YN THOMPSON, Copy Desk Chief I EH ' Jeff Nichols, Sports Editor 'bb lane, Graphics/Comics Editor ^ ^ ^ ^ Lucy Soto hot < Assistant News Editor Brant Long Assistant Sports Editor Editor's I Sharon Williamson addresse< Assistant Copy Desk Chief ment Vice pi cMueiu rkroom Technician To the edi As a s< Erik Collins use (bu Faculty Adviser class of Laura S. Day press cone Production Manager ticle in tl renee atkinson Gamecoa Advertising Manager recognize; Carolyn Griffin ??urj*"df Business Manager controvers the USC print all letters received. Letters should President The writer must include full name, pro- So, I am { Carolina resident, or year and major if an^ vours r are required with all letters sent. The ^ rs for style, possible libel or in case of ique way ill not withhold names under any healthy is and then encourage mpbell not com ving column is by Rep. Timothy Ro- No new dollar ichland, whose jurisdiction includes Campbell's budge These problem: risis for education funding is in Governor Car barely acknowled g on the 1990-91 state budget, mem- Address: 5 South Carolina House of Represents and Means Committee learned ? Funds for tex irbing news about the lack of funding cent> leaving no ant education programs in the budget 300,000 needed be bmitted by Governor Campbell. Funds for sc sturbmg is that the Education Finance pteieiy eliminate! i) is underfunded by almost $11 some 600 to 700 buses could not be ing numbers games wth the EFA for- There is no reneging on a commitment to replace Target 2000 refon caused by earlier years' underfund- ment appropriatior wernor's proposal cuts 25 percent out $6 million f< >unt needed to fully fund the EFA for verted to balance t Funding for hig A is the cornerstone of education risk than first appe our budget. Governor Cam ) learned more about a very serious higher education fi i our public school libraries. Recent w^or "onty^the thirdve shown the average age of book tevel in three yean to be as old as 26 years. Some $40"? ?Tthe.gnver ; needed overall to remedy this prob- werc appropriate! lere is an urgent need for $1 million Fund, a non-recun ; out-of-date science and science re- one-tme expendit iterials. verted to cover a it say 'no' ... t :k that frog! vhat some legislators are telling Coln fact, lawmakers introduced legislalaw the act. Are they afraid that peo- I JB 1 Jt warts, turn into tadpoles or start | 4WL #, all fours? I : Harris, D-Anderson, feels his legismtlaw cane toad licking and kissing IB >ur only defense against becoming a rog-crazed drug addicts. ^ Failure to do s< you haven't heard, the slime of the imprisonment. . . jstion, when ingested, acts as a pow- ?gut officer I :inogen, much like LSD. ence p;ojec[ ' . t want to see somebody walking "Yeah, right, ki< State House grounds with a frog on a out pick him up and lick him," Harris , Somehow, I ca. ate newspaper. lay er i.o?,e !,k Lights, Big City. Harris have frog slime police to pre- scene in which th rom happening? Would they come up saying, "Pass the and say, "Excuse me, son, did you green," or "I w? r kiss that frog? Hand over your frog, would the nam ITERS TO THE EDIT .I wiLh the Senate as one lX\3 aCUOIl resentative opinion of older a in South Carolina. credible If you have a faculty advis your Senate, he/she ought t lote: This letter is also aware that sodomy (anal se I to Student Govern- still illegal in this state. Yet i ; President John Leary, homosexual males find that of the Student Senate. of erotic gratification highly p lar. And you surely have rea< tor: out the infamous bathhouse ^xagenarian alumnus of ?an Francisco where men coi siness administration, ga^? 0gje each other's gei 50), I am writing to ex- an(^ jater) seiect a pliant pa ;ern over a headlined ar- for concupiscent reveling (? le Feb 12 issue of The debauchery). Homosexual coi t entitled "S.G. Senate ^ave already attempted legal 5 gay rights." Doubtless riages in Western states. You ent organization realizes cent resolution to add "se utility of getting such a orientation/preference" to the ;ial resolution through to jjst 0f guaranteed minority r Board of Trustees and Could lead to the tolerance o Holderman for approval. d0my in commmunal shower jrobably wasting my time campus, a funded bathhouse with this letter. The unr to keep a democracy Greene Street for naked males to dialogue on problems the first lesbian wedding in vote your conscience. I lege Chapel by June of 1990. j you to share this letter sadly miss the point of a \ mitted to education s were provided in Governor and/or to cover the state's $40 million share of ;t. Hugo recovery expenses, there could be little or s compound other deficiencies no new dollars for higher education. Formula npbell's budget, which were funding could plummet as low as 82 percent. Iged in his State of the State South Carolina college students' tuition fees, already among the highest in the region, could skyrocket. Ltbooks are slashed by 40 per- Our budget picture for next year is complimoney for the purchase of cated by special expenditure needs, including xiks. Hugo-related costs, first-year funding of the hool bus purchases are com- governor's capital gains tax cut, and disappoint1 from the budget, meaning ing revenue projections, older, less efficient, less safe With no consensus among the state's leaderreplaced as scheduled. ship as to how to resolve the budget crisis, we new money to implement are faced wth the prospect of a budget freeze ns, and last year's down pay- which could further jeopardize funding for i is cut by one-third. primary, secondary and higher educaion. or school building aid is di- In his Sate of the State Address, Governor he budget. Campbell spoke eloquently of sacrificing her education is even more at "whatever we must" for our children's i rwckA Ar1n/?ofi/\n *uv/Vi. wouvai.iv/xi. pbell proposed funding the But speechmaking is not sacrifice. Deeds are Drmula at less than 90 percent needed now, not lip service, time this decade, ther lowest South Carolina stands in jeopardy of losing >. the momentum in educational reform and prognor's higher education.dollars if ress for which we have worked so hard, i from the Capital Reserve The governor must provide the leadership, ring source for emergency or and the General Assembly must be prepared to ures. If these funds are di- work with him now. Our children are counting t possible revenue shortfall, on us. o licking frog slime? Lights, Green City or No Time for Slime or The Greenfather .... i I realize that no matter how I write about this subject there will be criticism. I will hear that the war on drugs is serious and that I shouldn't f AMY LOOMIS make light of it. I will also hear that it doesn't deserve to be written about at all. But whatever may be the case, it's still pretty dam funny. I mean, think about it Frog slime junkies. It sounds like the next Geraldo show: "The lick that kills. Teen-agers on frog slime. Next on ) will result in fines and Geraldo" , . - . But, the most puzzling thing about this activave o ca c rogs or a sci- jty js how anyone ever discovered this informa. ., , .. tion. Would you want to take credit for it? i. You re coming with us. , . , "Hey, dude, like if you like lick this frog then n t see it becoming a screenp- you.? |ikc ^ ^ ; man ? e Less Than Zero or Bright Can you imagine the movie 1 can t imagine contessing that 1 had nothing e main character is at a party, better to do than lick slime and consequently frog, dude," or "Gimme some discover its hallucinogenic effects. And why inna get slimed." And what would anyone want to lick a frog? Hallucinogen e of the movie be? Bright or not? that's gross. rep- Southeastern university by the year avowed homosexual can migrate dults 2001 if you think homosexual for a most liberal college educarights are consonant with USC tion. I prefer that USC remain magnanmity. Like rape, incest, committed to excellence in higher er ,n spouse-battering and child abuse, education, altruistic moral beha0 be homosexuality does exist in South vior, and exemplary charitable >0 is Carolina, but it should better be work at home and abroad. ThinknanY treated clinically rather than hon- ine holisticallv of the needs of our form ored with approbation via the neighbors is far more humane than opu- equal opportunity clause for mi- searching rapaciously for sexual i ab- norities on campus. The article expression through illicit acts. *s in quotes: "Now it's fashionable to I suggest that your Senate have ngre_ discriminate against homosexuals." lengthy and informed discussions ratals on future issues of so inflammatrtncr If the writer refers to cross- ory a nature Adult speakers from i.k.a. dressing (transvestites), men hold- die city could be invited to address uples ing hands in public, women fon- such topics with far more expertise mar- dling each other in public, then I dian you or I possess. To suddenly r re- agree with the veracity of this pass a resolution which ignites xual quote. Such behaviour is so dis- your reading public so negatively USC gusting to so many South Caroli- could well reduce your credibility ights nians that they will probably con- as a responsible legislative body, f so- tinue to react with discrimination Your recent resolution regarding son against such minority homosexual rights as a guaranteed e on exhibitionists. minority is, to me, "full of sound , and I, for one, intend to continue to anc* ^ufy? but signifying nothing. Rut- encourage this majority mindset quote from William You here in Columbia. There are far Shakespeare. John R. Ferrell ;rreat more permissive states to which an USC alumnus