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Although reunifica
it is best answer for
Day X is inevitably drawing ne
"Tag X," as Germans have call
War II, referred to the unlikel>
would once again reunite. But thi:
it will Drobablv take, nlare hefnre
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Although West Germany has \
leading nation in exports (their 19
the U.S. had a trade deficit of $1C
tant to take pride in their nation's
guilt for the atrocities for which
that deep.
Then suddenly, the Berlin Wall
threw off its dictatorship. "Reuni
everyone's lips as soon as the firsi
away. Now the slogan "Wir sind
one's lips: We are somebody agaii
Reuinification will mean many
most 80 million, the new Germai
military forces will combine to cn
lars and reservists, which will t
though incorporating East Gernn
problems for West Germany, the c
overpower the other European nat
will also mean an upset in balarn
tries, and the redefinition of insti
European Community
Many of Germany's neighbors,
and France, as well as European
man power. They can never forgei
Reicht, and understandably so.
But Helmut Kohl is not Adolph
welcomed democratic values ov
understand history and have mo
learned from it.
For two weeks, secret negotiate
and West Germany, with Bush agi
best answer to the German quest
mula known as two-plus-four, an
four allies ? U.S., the Soviet Ur
the two Germanys that they would
first, then join the four allies in nej
Reunification does pose some ri
chance to reach its ideal ? a unil
and the world.
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Robert d. Thomas
Editor-in-Chief
jeff wilson, News Editor rob
scott pruden, Carolina Life Ediloi
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Assistant News Editor
Elizabeth Lynch
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Assistant Photo Editor
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Darkroom Technician
Kristin Francis
Graduate Assistant
ED BONZA
Director of Student Media
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Assistant Production Manager
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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
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circumstance.
tion is risky,
both countries
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Germany was responsible was < *>]?&
1 came down, and East Germany >
iication" and "Tag X" were on ^ . /
t pieces of the wall were chipped
1 wieder wer" is also on every- eJJes/eyJn
things. With a population of al- r>
ty will dwarf its neighbors. The j Jr;n
jate a power of 1.8 million regu- J??
>e the strongest in Europe. Al- tenet fir/}
lany will cause new economic ?
ombined country will eventually fob. J*
ions economically. Reunification "JGfanx
;e for the West European coun- * >~
itutions such as NATO and the ^ #
especially countries like Poland ***?
Jews, are scared of a new Gert
the barbaric deeds of the Third Some of the lad
were talking Thursd;
Hitler. And West Germany has fore spring break, i
er the past decades. Germans generally out-of-shaj
re than proven that they have aerobics classes an<
spiff up the ol' b<
)ns took place between the U.S. beach^s of Paradise.
. <- +u And I started thir
reeing that reunification was the ljfc ds on thc ve
ion. He proposed a simple for- season> when thous
mformal agreement between the denly disrobe. The
lion, Britain and France ? and luminescent skin mil
work out the reunification issue lifeguards always h:
*otiations on European security. get third-degree sui
isks. But Germany deserves the University of North
led country at peace with itself T-shirts and Levi's.
Of course, the foil
places drool and bre<
'EW MORE 31TES" ofHzU''ons of ove"c
and beer guts rollin
/ steel Venuses and Ac
Usually what hap]
/ getting tired and sore
/ is a pretty stupid ide
/ decidedly skinny fel
anything except the s
think I might want
f 'cause the big flabb;
Greed
Columbia wants it,
The new Columbi;
son Boulevard on (
will be the second
open in Columbia in
The upscale Rich]
has been plagued wil
proving in sales. Bi
more than half empty
ing as you walk t
corridors.
But, now comes <
duled to open this 5
y\ i f\ man Luiiici* mA rcvc
1\ U big bucks for the city
However, Columbi
its construction begar
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Managing Editor .T 61*1*011 S \
;yn Thompson, Copy Desk chief ^cscitlblc ]
r JEFF Nichols, Sports Editor To the editor:
>BB LANE, Graphics/Comics Editor MI' fen-ell's letter,
the Feb. 19 issue ol
cock, definitely desei
LUCY Soto tention, especially in
Assistant News Editor many recent attempt
Brant Long personal freedoms n
Assistant Snorts Editor States. Such opinion!
Sharon Williamson clusively reserved fa
Assistant Copy Desk Chiefour SWte Legislature
Kathy Heberger come fashlonablc "f
Assistant to the Editors P?Se 0Ile S OWn Valu<
upon the personal
lifestyles of others. It
erik Collins alized to many inhib
Faculty Adviser ais that a fantastic ra
laura S. Day vioral variation exists
Production Manager today. Many of these
RENEE ATKINSON one form or another,
Advertising Manager in human cultures
Carolyn Griffin corded umes. Mr. f<
Business Manager lsms. coincide with
sustain racist ideals ;
individual creativity,
print all letters received. Letters should cultural variations. Th
The writer must include full name, pro- of Nazi Germany thrr
Carolina resident, or year and major if Hnnintr naradifmi
' are required with all letters sent. The cloning paradigm.
s for style, possible libel or in case of s sel'
ill not withhold names under any knowledge of homos
ties and anal sex se
clouded his own se
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mergers andacquisitions received a.
\ln the early forties. Mr. Gen
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- cousin of the bride, bst 2 bid for Wdj
; break a charactt
ies around the newsroom ~
ay night about how just be
lormany iat, paie ana just
)e people descend on gyms, *
i tanning dens to try and ** ? >
3d to be exposed on the Scot
iking, what happens to the
ry first day of spring break
ands of ivory tx>dies sudlight
reflecting off all that the ones with the women,
ist be blinding. No wonder Speaking of the women,
ave such good tans. They dens of decadence like Dj
iburn the first time those that women on vacation
Dakota kids strip off their aloof. Never mind carrying
two unless you've got a
ts at the gyms and aerobics rhythm and say "Dude, mai
ithe heavy over the thought you might as well forget it
rnnded hips and spare tires Of course, money is a b
g in to become hardened- Some folks can afford to
Ionises. West and stay at a really nil
3ens is people just end up are those of us who end uj
: and deciding that exercise friend who just happens to
;a anyway. Myself being a tine, cruising south and the
How, I don't worry about heated wicker furniture wart
pare tire part. Sometimes I cold and rainy,
to fill out the beer belly But, as my dad has alws
1 guys always seem to be that are character building e:
plays role in Coli
and so does Irmo.
ana Centre mall off Harbi- f " %
Holumbia's northeast side r-| ^ ^ I
major shopping center to
two years. pnDr
land Fashion Mall, which w- ^ rlUDt
th bankruptcy news, is im- "
at, the mall still remains %
. It gives one an eerie feel
hrough almost deserted
fpmnnrsrv firp cfafinn on
Columbiana Centre, sche- serve its new citizens. To s
summer. And with a new umbia also had to annex an<
nue, which translates into land ? namely parts of Bro
nect the city with their new
ana was not in a city when Thursday's edition of 7
i. some terrible news for the c
sxed the land and set up a missing a 75-foot by 90DC
TH TUC CniTAD
Hw 1 \J 1 rib bUl 1 Uri
flPIJ/C ences. His concerns for higher grz
3 education and altruistic moral be- dal
havior may better be expressed brc
within the realm of contact sports
and American death squads.
James Errante
appearing in Archeology graduate student 1J
f The Game- H
ves some at- t * n , .
liaht nf thP I jftCK nt rirkpfs n
s to suppress j j i A
n the united hurts graduates t0
3 are not ex- 1
r members of To the editor: in
i. It has be- Once again USC students get rac
;e days to im- screwed ? graduates will only be oc<
is and beliefs allowed three tickets for gradua- poi
choices and tion. If all the graduates use all of
may go unre- their allotted tickets, only one third hei
ited individu- of the coliseum will be filled. Cor- ize
inge of beha- rect me if I'm wrong here ? I coi
in the world thought the ceremony was for the pai
behaviors, in graduates. Administration states tha
have existed "security reasons" for the ticket anc
since prere- limit, but do you think the coli- of
jrreH's critic- seum will be one third full on ]
those which commencement day? Hardly. Ev- lea
ind frown on ery seat will be filled, although not asl
choices and with graduates' families. While 7:3
le police state I'm glad Ms. Ramsdale is "excited the
ved on such a about the caliber of speakers we not
will be having," at least two mem- tha
["-proclaimed bers of my family won't be com- the
exual activi- ing. My family isn't traveling 800 foi
>ems to have miles to see Bush or anyone else the
ixual prefer- speak, they're coming to see me she
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dddomination in If 6C
;r-building <
Right, Dad.
I just don'i
some palatial i
couldn't be as
perience as be
t Pruden and several tl
furniture.
True chara
" things like strc
out 16, then ti
dancing with g
my experiences at NFL teams. Sc
lytona have shown on a wallet th;
can be amazingly stories, be com
a fresh condom or of course, v
baseball cap, no serious flesh g
n" a lot. Otherwise, members of t
mones should 1
ig problem as well. The wet-v
traipse off to Key you'd-like coi
ce hotel. Then there though. I'd liki
d calling a long-lost in the world \
live in St. Augus- water poured c
n staying in an un- around in from
ihouse while it turns break dudes, b
they run out ol
tys said, things like debt to the big
tperiences. the time.
imbiana Ct
along the river
a billboard.
What does th
Columbia ?
That's what yo
:RT THOMAS to get a mall. ]
ready have thr<
the beloved Ca
call its own?
Greed is wh
Harbison artery to why Irmo is fi
tnnex the land, Col- ties' bickering
Dther narrow strip of state will inter
ad River ? to con- trol Board mee
prize. Hopefully w
'he State headlines the fighting, b
:ity: the city may be Otherwise, Col
foot block of land of land, a billb<
iduate. Perhaps President Rams- wi
le would like to be the one to w(
>ak the news to them. ah
Marie Loughmiller ea
Journalism senior be
tic
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Lacism cnarge
ot valid
tir
the editor: w<
Unfortunately racism does exist N(
our society on both sides of the lik
:ial line. This will continue to
;ur as long as we stand back and
int at that line to make an issue to
it. To Allison Stockweather and yc
friends, I would like to apolog- di:
if they were made to feel un- as!
mfortable in any way at our th<
-ty. But Allison, it is obvious toi
i j\ju nwv 11^1 vuu3 anvj jV/ai^u yg
I searching for any slight sign
racial discrimination. ou
First of all, when I asked you to pe
ve (yes, I was the one who
:ed you to leave) it was only ev,
>0, and we were about to open ter
doors for the first time. Did it d0
t occur to you and your friends ex
t you had not paid at all to enter
show? And yes, I was dumb- fin
inded! I was dumbfounded at
; fact that you thought that you
)uld not have to wait outside
3
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experience
t see why being shacked up in
Measure palace right on the beach
much of a character building exdding
down with my roommates
lousand dollars worth of wicker
cter building experiences are
>lling into a nightclub looking ab*\;innr
tA niAb- im ,V%^
J k ll? IU piVlV up V>VJlU^iI W11U die
ays who look like linebackers for
>rry kids, but unless you're sitting
at could cushion a fall from four
lent to hang out and just watch,
vatching isn't all that bad. Some
ets flashed down at the beach by
>oth sexes, so everyone's horae
kept quite busy,
vhatever-piece-of-clothingitests
have always puzzled me
5 to think that there were women >
vho actually enjoyed having icy
>n their bre3sYs''and (hen dancing
t of a bunch of slobbering spring
iut I'm positive it's just because
{ money and don't want to be in
; guy who says "Dude, man" all
;ntre issue
and 1-20. The block is the site of
lat mean?
- in all honesty ? messed up.
u get when you head up a river
It's not like Columbia didn't a
ee or four malls. Why couldn't
pital City let Irmo have a mall to
y Columbia wanted the mall and
ghting to get it also. The two cihas
landed them in court, and the
yene today in a Budget and Conting.
hen the mall opens this summer,
ickering and greed will pay off.
umbia may be stuck with a block
3ard and yet another mall.
ith the other fifty people who
jre already in line. People who
so wanted to enter the show
rly but were waiting patiently to
admitted. Yes, Allison, the secin
that you referred to was rerved.
Not for Black Greeks but
r members of Phi Beta Sigma
d Zeta Phi Beta, the sponsors of
5 step show. If you had taken the
ne to inquire about this, someone
)uld have informed you of this.
), instead you shouted "racism"
a tbA 1 ittln U/M? -\ f\ 11f
x, uiv iiluu uyjy wnu ci iv^u wuu.
So Allison, my advice to you is
stop and think next time before
>u start hurling accusations of
scrimination. And if all else fails,
k someone why, and I'm sure
it the answer would be satisfacry
to any intelligent person. If
u can do that, I hope that your
tsoning will override your obvis
pettiness and racial insecurity,
rhaps then you won't publicly
splay your ignorance of social
ents and people by writing lets
to the editor. As for racism, it
es still exist and will continue to
ist as long as people like Allison
x;kweather search for it with a
ely-tuned microscope.
Leonard F. Knight
Engineering sophomore