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VIEWPOINT
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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
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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 \>.
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irer Debra Gladstone is running er D?R
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to be treasurer. T^e C]
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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
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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