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Viewpoint Wednesday, February 28, 1990 The Gamecock 3 Aid Nicaragua's new economic, moral; Strike another one for demo< On Monday, Nicaraguan Pr< Sandinistas, conceded defeat z old National Opposition Unioi fractitious parties and groups part by the U.S. Congress. When Ortega turns the gove Chamorro on April 25, it will < fer of power between rival part However, defeating the Sai that has ruled the country for siest task for Chamorro and hei She inherits a battle-scarred poorest in the Western Hemis nomy, healing the political syst help from the U.S. government. One of the first things the 1 the trade sanctions imposed in the U.S.-supported guerrilla v agua's economy. Also, House ; the U.S. might soon begin seni sent to the contra rebels in the i Chamorros' predicament is forming in Eastern Europe. He obstacles, and she must fini obstacles. Sunday's election was the fi: caragua's history, and the wii ; acknowledge. till f> DiirVl mnnl Vtsxl** ? ViV Wl L1113, UU311 1111131 llClp : helping Chamorro establish a p( i ?ii i maek^.1 1 The Ga Robert d. Thomas ,* Editor-in-Chief jeff wilson, News Editor r< ; scott pruden, Carolina Life Edi I Teddy lepp, Photo Editor ] Lynn Gibson ? Assistant News Editor Elizabeth Lynch ? Assistant Carolina Life Editor \ Deborah Ryan < Assistant Photo Editor Renee Meyer 1 Darkroom Technician Kristin Francis Graduate Assistant Ed Bonza ; Director of Student Media Ray Burgos i Assistant Production Manager \ Jeffrey B. Thompson Assistant Advertsing Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words lonj fessional title if a USC employee or Soi } a student. An address and phone num > . Gamecock reserves the right to edit le space limitations. The newspaper circumstance. president needs M support from U.S. ;racy. ssident Daniel Ortega, of the ruling ifter being upset by the six-month- J\ fl a (UNO), a fragile coalition of 14 LoS whose campaign was sponsored in J? mment over to UNO leader Violeta complete the first democratic transipc in Minoramio'c ViiofAwi ivu ill Iiivuiu^uu >3 HIOIWI y. ^21 idinistas, the revolutionary regime SS a decade, will probably be the ea"Party' rlii^i country, which become one of the iLMtt ;phere. Healing the country's eco- ujjj em will take lots of time, work and 3ush administration must do is lift ^ j 1985. These sanctions, along with "Hp /ar, have played havoc on Nicar- wh Speaker Tom Foley, D-Wash., said cjfcp ding aid in amounts similar to that 'mil )ast- I w like that of the new governments I it government is faced with many j [' d her own way to defeat those |'| rst truly democratic election in Nitiner is one the U.S. is elated to offer whatever guidance he can in ctaKIp rmintrt/ ?? ' u,"u,v VUUUUJ' R K_JL?n ' Th DIVORCES exca ?reSen K^B=S^ the ^ | Presii Body dent. ^ ^ ^ On E 0,9*? Ti< nn | To thi imecock va% ments share KATHY BLACKWELL worid Managing Editor tially accep menn 3byn Thompson, Copy Desk chief exci^ Itor jeff Nichols, Sports Editor duate: *obb lane, Graphics/Comics Editor ^in8 bers WAY Lucy Soto ^ d Assistant News Editor invest Brant Long day 1 Assistant Sports Editor Sharon Williamson w'lh Assistant Copy Desk Chief Kathy Heberger | Assistant to the Editors As Erik Collins mysei Faculty Adviser mem| Laura S. Day monj production Manager USL." RENEE ATKINSON |ust v Advertising Manager fice 1 Carolyn Griffin ^an c Business Manager 0 C< plishr lectio to print all letters received. Letters should next t g. The writer must include full name, pro- exclu* jth Carolina resident, or year and major if duatic ber are required with all letters sent. The tters for style, possible libel or in case of As will not withhold names under any few q the gi securi ' '' Precision B epresentative title isn't r< e bold claim made during the Student rnment debates was that, to prove the S.G. % itive officers were trying to be more reptative of all the students, they had changed O r raditional name of the officers from S.G. bTEPHE dent and S.G. Vice President to Student V Piiii rnv President and Student Body Vice Presi- T~ OUILrUY Etc> len I heard that, I started laughing. st, I wanted to know how that was done. ^ ivay the candidate said it, I thought it was kind of official action. So I called ud the ident. and she told me she Drefe office Tuesday, looking for the candidate. body president, I laughed inside. V asn't in. the candidate say that he was runri en I asked to talked to the S.G. president dent Body Vice President and that t like to call her), but the student body pres- the name to show they were represe (as she likes to be called) was not in. students, I laughed again, inally got Garry Malphrus, who works in The only time that an S.G. office and is also running an S.G. campaign. represents all the students is when othing official was done," he said. "The dents take part in the electoral pi dent just had new signs made for the time, one of the poorest turnouts e " ported. About 1,800 students voted aring that, I breathed a sigh of relief. tion on a campus of more than 22,0( it stands now, the only official name I can That's pitiful, for the offices is in the S.G. Constitution. I Student Government is just a a copy of it hidden away in a file folder than most that gets to dole out the si where, and it says, in ALL references, ities fees to the rest of the clubs. A ident of the Student Government." Ditto times tries to represent all the stu< te Vice President of Student Government never does it all the time. It never e he Treasurer of Student Government. the time. i the occasions I've talked to the S.G. pres- For example, who remembers tl ETTERS TO THE EDITOR nUpi llTTlit t0r' is this ceremony really aPPro" White (or LIVwL lllllli priate for the President's commen- etc.)." Bu fair* to crreiHc 13177 Further' we really not 100 wouldn't it ldll iO naive to believe that some of our Anothei sacrificed tickets will not be going Man," the ^ editor: to community members that are realize is a senior, I have had the pri- either local government officials or races don'i > to witness some great mo- have enough clout and interest to to suppres: in Carolina's history. I have pull the right strings for tickets, ity of the I d in the pride of hosting Lastly, as we near the end of our thing is ii leaders on our campus. Ini- careers at Carolina, why are we al- The white hearing of President Bush's lowing the powers that be make blamed foi tance to speak at May's com- our ceremony into a three-ring cir- tion in so sment, I found myself iust as cus of celebrities and politicians ? each indivi d as many of my fellow gra- isn't this a day for us? or creed, s. Then, as news of tickets Karen Smith niche in so cut back to two family mem- Sociology senior I also 1< rumored, I thought, NO when we ! After all, this is our day. p 1 1 Advancemi lay for which my family has rriae in mina, , papers con ed thousands of dollars. The _ # when we i hat I've envisioned as my not on shirt with racial ? a goal that I've shared sis. Maybe family and friends. A day To the editor: able to "w my family, dispersed across As a freshman, and South Car- fulfill the Duntry, has agreed to come olina resident, entering the USC haps "REE ler in celebration. community, I am shocked by the in mind thj racial tensions on this campus, mind and n rumor becomes reality, I find There are interracial attention If excluding important family grabbers all over campus, and I bers from the actual cere- found yet another example on FriNot only do I question day, Feb. 23. This time it was the <; mntivA hut I rpullv u;r>nHf>r flior ViaoHaH mith- Tt'c a V\1qa1t fhincr w . V, 1/MV * rr v/nuvi 111V1 UVUUVU YTIUI. 11 O U lyiliVXV UU"^ yhat USC is willing to sacri- that some blacks don't even under- fYlflfN n the quest of recognition. I stand! But then again, how could IlIlJI \ inly feel better as President they? Some of the statements on irman adds another accom- the flier made absolutely no sense! To the edit* nent to his photography col- The black community, espe- Where i: n ? maybe this one will go daily the ones responsible for this all the peoj o Mrs. Sadat's picture ? as I flier, must realize that while black be lookinj 3e my loved ones from gra- pride may indeed be beautiful, it needs? Wh >n photos. must not go so far as to further ernment? . a seasoned student, I have a prejudice them against their fellow Parking an [uestions to be considered by students. The example on the flier: Committee aduating class of May '90: If "Don't worry be black" could well other studei ty is really the deciding fac- be refuted with "Don't worry be wind? Whe epresentative office Ecology Committee "compromise," which resulted in the USC Board of Trustees annihilating the right of freshmen students living in two ~ of the Towers to meet and study overnight with N certain friends of the opposite sex? . p The S.G. appointees and S.G. elected offi cials on the Student-Trustee Liaison Committee endorsed that proposal even though they couldn't vote for it And the S.G. president en dorsed that proposal before the full Board of Trustees. But no normal, plain student wanted rred student that proposal, or any change. / hen I heard As one candidate said during the debate, S.G. ling for Stu- set itself up to compromise before it tried to hey changed fight the change. ;nting all the I like "S.G. President" as a title. It makes no bold claims that aren't backed up by the facts, r can say he In my long memory, S.G. has only once repall the stu- resented all the students at USC ? in 1986-87, rocess. This when former S.G. President Amy Houser (who iver was re- was quite satisfied with that title) successfully in this elec- lead visible and large enough student protests X) students. that helped put enough pressure on the university to prevent a tuition increase, at the same bigger club time putting pressure on the State House for the tudent activ- best formula funding in recent memory, md it some- A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, lents, but it But a bunch of weeds calling itself a rose is a :ven tries all bunch of weeds is a bunch of weeds .... If the students wanted a Student Body President, he so-called they'd all show up at the polls. Chinese, or Indian, Where is everyone while the dit that would be racist rector of Parking and Vehicle Re:? gistration, Bill Baker, is investing r thing "REEL Black another $27,000 in a computer source of the flier, must gadget when the demand is for that whites and other more student parking, not less\ t systematically team up Where are all the revenues that s the economic prosper- the university pumps out of these black man. That kind of kids each semester? Is James Holllegal and impractical, derman doing that poor of a job man can no longer be with managing the university? r the black man's posi- Where do all those fines go? I can ciety. It is now up to tell you where they don't idual, regardless of race go ... to providing more student to carve out their own parking facilities, ciety. Go ahead Mr. B. Baker, spend x>k forward to the day our money (from fines) for your can have the National toys! You'd be out on the street snt of All People, news- looking for a job because of your ibined for all races and incompetent insensitiveness to the no longer have to deal stress placed on students finding a attitudes on a daily ba- parking place, fines, tardiness, we all will one day be parking illegally to "get by," 'alk hand in hand" and pumping more change in the meDream. Until then, per- ter, not having enough change, getL Black Man" will keep ting towed, moving the car, etc., it all pride lives in your etc. I have one positive thing to ot on a shirt. note. Those shuttle buses are a Carmelo Sammataro blessing, too bad it's the only thing English freshman the Parking and Vehicle Registration De.nartme.nt has done, ripht! 1 - "O pi"|f"C TiPPfl * don't have time to work, do homework, go to hour-long lec^ tures and then walk to school! I C pell fvlllj* live off campus, and my education is being financed by the state and r: the blessings of God, don't antas everyone? Where are gonize your students Mr. HolderDie who are supposed to man, I ask you, please? I present I out for the student to you now and all the world, the ere's the Student Gov- students of USC need, not want, . . the Chairman of the but need more parking facilities, d Vehicle Registration Thank you. (Peter Becker)? ... the John Kevin Mann ats caught in this whirl- Government and international re is everyone? studies junior