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4 The Gamecock Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Hizzone
Columbia mayor
with Campbell's
Columbia's mayoral electior
that was virtually ignored the
has become front page news.
Incumbent Mayor T. Pattor
zoner" in local media, nas dr
cause of Columbia's controvei
ound the Columbiana Mall ii
from folks across the county
side Columbia. Including the c
It is an interesting campaigr
tively seeking and getting the
Campbell, a staunch Republic*
last week partially because oi
But it is also an anti-endorsem
Adams' most serious comp<
the former Richland County C
Coble was an integral part o
Gov. Mike Daniels, who ran a
Also, Adams intends to bre
attack Coble for being too
Democrat.
There may be some issue
Safety, a big issue here on c
itself as well. USC is like a
itself. The majority of stude
might find it interesting that c
out 70 officers to the force ov
if he wins. Hizzoner himself ;
umbia both say Columbia has
Another candidate would s<
of the mayoral race. Temple L
build a convention center on "
ree River is thought to be an i
want to build a new coliseui
Carolina, even though its mosi
comes close to averaging sellc
Ligon is the A1 Haig of Col
big words that leave even the
scholars reaching for their Am
There is another candidate
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rauiicn ui nit/ latt. i m 1 aui
tinely gets a few thousand vol
pretends to himself that he is
chance of winning. Rick Baty
given little or no chance by o
but remember, they're the san
would beat Trumdn in 1948.
This is just a review of the
right now, because The Garj
USC students aren't eligible t<
that shouldn't stop them from
ing campaign unfolds. It's be
ing, and, if those who just lik
will probably get dirty as ele
dents and Columbians alike
called "Hizzoner" for the next
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Letters Policy: The Gamecock will tr^
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
space limitations. The newspape
circumstance.
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's race heats up
endorsement J
I, a low turnout, low-key affair a
last time ? four years ago ?
1 Adams, lampooned as "Hiz- j
awn a lot of fire recently be-sial
annexation of the land ar- !
1 Lexington County, not only J
line, but also from people in- I
>ther three mayoral candidates.
i with Arlamc a Dpmnnrat ar- ffl
; endorsement of Gov. Carroll
in. The endorsement was given M
f Campbell's belief in Adams.
ent. Cj
^tition comes from Bob Coble, jK
'ouncil member and milk king. f|
{ the campaign of former Lt.
gainst Campbell in 1986. 3
ak out ads that will reportedly
much like a national, liberal
s the students are interested. (
ampus, is an issue in the city
microcosm of the community 1
nts live off campus, so they an(
me candidate wants to add aber
his four year administration,
and the chief of police of Col- ^
enough officers as it is. an,
sem to be the Alexander Haig Th
dgon, the man whose dream to the
The Bridge" across the Conga- doi
mpossible dream by those who?
n for the University of South <
t active event, basketball, never me
>ut attendance. ha^
'umbia politics because he uses
most seasoned of reporters and ha^
erican Heritage Dictionary y0,
who would seem to be the Pat the
sen is the comedian who rou- lur
:es for president each year, and ^
a serious candidate who has a
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, an ex-USC campus radical, is aft
ther pundits in the local media, Crc
te people who said that Dewey wl
political situation in Columbia
necock knows the majority of
o vote in Richland County. But ?
watching as this most interest und
to get even more interest- H
e to watch politics are lucky, it
ction day draws near, and stu- II
will discover who gets to be
four years. To
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r will not withhold names under any
)prah does nothing
Ml those guys out there who have lots of fele
friends have heard the same thing over ^Hp mk
1 over again. T IP#
Men are all slugs. Slimy, slithering, icky,
il-leaving bits of low animal life. They do ' *
y little other than help propogate the race, * m
j women don't even need them to do that.
ey say uiey nxe you ana iney uon t can you,
y stand you up, they forget birthdays, they
n*t deserve to live. Men Who Beat W<
Sound familiar? Widows, Yard work
Husbands Snore, Hu
3f course, I also hear the same thing from ]yjore jjian Qnce ^
n, and in both cases, it's from people who on the stuff
rt recently been snubbed or dumped. I had
j friend who took to writing a lengthy man- If I had a nickel fc
3to against women simply because he was say "Yeah, I heard a
dng such bad luck with the ladies. Maybe Enjoy Looking at W
1 found one under your windshield wiper and I'd be optioning Dor
>ught it was the work of some woman-hating tan Island,
latic. That lunatic is in law school now. One day, I'm sure
rhe ladies have it easy. When women get to stand up in the audie
ling nasty toward the guys, all they have to that a national spern
is sit back and flip on the TV. Oprah and the that all men be rourn
ernoon sit-on-the-couch-and-eat-bon-bons camps somewhere in
>wd are glad to parade around loads of men Since Geraldo is s
10'11 gladly admit they're complete jerks. he'd wholeheartedly
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LETTERS T(
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1H P ?1 ^ leave ours alone' Have a little fai
^ IvtC<lo jn our parents and this wonderl
1 rnt\t>ni*4 state undersupported institutii
iCCCI SUppOll that students of THE USC knc
the difference between what is rc
the editor: and what is fantasy. If you canr
It is not often that students get trust the music, trust us and knc
solved in local city politics. This we are not going to jump off I
ar, however, Rick Baty's call for top of the Coliseum after seei
major recycling program in the GNR or Motley Crue in conce
y should spark student support We have all their albums and >
his campaign. are still alive.
Many student groups are already If you really want to help t
'are and acting on recycling and students of USC, why not work
lated environmental issues. A lowering the price of concert tic
ning of USC with the broader ets for students ($22.50 for Aerc
dumbia community on the recy- mith ? give me a break!) inste
ng issue will not only serve to of adding a disclaimer to the b<
hance all efforts to improve our torn of tickets? (Isn't it about tir
* ' ' * 1 1 * ' "11 -T tr\/\lr fAf ?-* 1 K1 1 "
mmunuy s neaun, out n win 01- ?mi surncunc iuuiv i^uumuhi
a rare opportunity for the uni- for something in this world?) i
rsity and the community to work even better, how about teaching
?ether for the common good. Re- time management class? I'd like
cling goes well beyond the im- know how my roommate
xliate (and significant) effects of weekends went; and maybe, ji
iproving our environment. It maybe it will keep you out of c
es toward improving the stan- business. That is, of course, if y
rd of living of all Columbians; have the time,
d in so doing, it can have tre- Becky Huntl
mdous economic and social ef- Journalism juni
cts. Improving USC's environent
makes it a better place to y *4-4arn,
and it makes Columbia a .L/SWSUll StOT1
tter place to live. # *
, , ? irresponsible
Baty s mayoral platform is well *
arth taking seriously, and I urge To the editor:
i students to consider supporting It seems that The Gamecock 1
m in the forthcoming mayoral forgotten a small, but import.
:e. detail of the U. S. Constitutic
Stanton Green people are innocent until prov
Anthropology department guilty. The Gamecock's covera
of the female graduate studen
l\lil* nrnhoo in sexual harassment lawsuit has be
JJrODCS in irresponsible, bordering on depl
TU/\ ?-?1 A nnKlicb/iH An t
A pp % auic. 1 lie ailieie (JUUIUIU/U un i
irivate attairs day>March 23 was s? ionsa
clearly biased toward the plain'
) the editor: that 1 found myse,f forgetting j
I fail to see how a state rep- hadn 1 already been to trial a
sentative, a member of the Board won l^c casc- Umil she has,
Trustees of a major southeastern defendant must be presumed ini
iversity, who is talcing one class ccnt' no matter what outcome 7
said university finds the time to Gamecock stall is rooting lor.
ick his nose where it's not To make matters worse,
in ted, and therefore does not be- JJ1P.11 n 10 n published cin it
ng. I personally am taking five Viewpoint page on March 26
isses and working two jobs; and ?rs 10 f115 lawsul1 and us
Jo not even have the time to talk , ^-evaluate our attitudes bcca.
my roommates, let alone prop- lhcrc 15 nT? reason xual
,? , ,. assment. In a time of suppoi
e the university add a disclaimer . y
. . ? / . . equality of the sexes, this type
the bottom of concert tickets! . 1., \ . . e . . , J.1
incident is infuriating and insi
Mike Fair ? get a life ? and ing. . Yes, it can be infuriati
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Widows, Women Whose
sbands Who Demand Sex
Month ? women seem to anyway.
joy domj
Thing
>r every time I heard a lady talking a
bout that on the Men Who The w
omen edition of 'Oprah,'" tually ge
laid Trump out of Manhat- men. Me
and the s
an angered housewife will mitting i
nee of Geraldo and suggest But e^
a bank be established, and and girls
led up and put in detention rate tabl<
New Mexico. someon*
;uch a good feminist male, knocks tl
agree, patting himself on cycle bej
?M?t?
ith but let's wait until a court of kn
Eul tells us that harassment really di
an occur (or not) before we write ed
)w torials about the effect of the a
^al leged incident on society. One
lot again, this "Viewpoint" was
)w biased statement which can onl
he serve to damage the "women'
ng struggle for equal rights" that Th
rt. uamecock so valiantly tries t
ve support.
What has been published so ft
he has been damaging enough. I
at however, The Gamecock goes an
:k- further, this could become
)S- showtrial; and if the USC con
ad munity shows a clear prejudice,
Dl- may be a mrnrail (which means n
ne verdict will be given and we'
ity never hear about it again). Even
Or the situation does not reach sue
a extremes, the verdict hande
to down, whether "guilty" or "n(
s' guilty," may not be worth th
ist paper it's written on, given the ci
,ur cumstances of the trial. I certain!
ou hope The Gamecock will let justic
run its course ? alone ? an
ey have a media field day only whe
or the timing is appropriate.
Susanne Fishi
International studies senk
y
Seniors should
1 A. 1
as oe outraged
int To the editor:
in: Lori Knapp's letter to the edit<
en on March 26, 1990 is totally co
ige rect. Graduating seniors should 1
t's outraged by the treatment we a
:en receiving from the university. IV
or- parents too have poured sort
ri- $30,000 into THE USC over tl
nd last four years. My college gradu
tiff tion, for them, (and many other p
;he rents like them no doubt) is som
nd thing they've planned for ar
Ihc looked forward to since they g
lo- married. Now, they must tell the
"he parents that as it stands right no^
they won't get to see their on
an grandson graduate,
he In effect, Dr. Holderman h;
re- told his customers (make no mi
to take this university is a busine
jse first) they are sacrificial lambs f
iar- political brown-nosing. South Cz
;ed olina's registered voters shou
of watch to see who attends and kei
alt- this in mind during the next ele
ng, tion when these political animt
e dilemma
as he was loaded onto the cattle car.
n's magazines don't help either. Hangn
the line at Food Lion I always take
read the covers of Cosmopolitan and
lies magazines. The bold titles on the
lways declare "Why Men are Such
1 What You Can Do About It" just bc1
New Sexy Looks for Spring." Somethere
is a mystifying bit of girl logic,
still haven't figured it out.
es, men have the same kind of rituals.
drunk and say we don't need women
They're useless, because they don't enl
the things we manly men like to do.
s like sitting around, getting drunk,
hnnt hnw wp. dnn't nppH wnmpn
orst part is, the conversation will event
around to how much we do need won
desperately need curves and soft skin
:mell of perfume. We just don't like adt
to the women who have ticked us off.
/entually, all of the disenchanted boys
end up in the same bar, sitting at sepals,
bemoaning their terrible fates, when
i of the opposite sex appears and
hem silly again. Then the whole terrible
?ins once more.
Q
rl
v tell you your interests come first,
d As for the concern for security, I
i- fail to see how South Carolina
I- could be seen as a hot bed for tcre
rorism. After all, past Presidents
a have spoken outdoors in much
y more densely populated areas such
s as THE OTHER USC, Harvard,
\e Yale, Howard University and
o others.
I have decided, and hope other
ir cpninrc u/ill fnllnw suit, to voice
f, my disgust with this affair in two
iy ways. First here in The Gamecock,
a and second by not contributing to
l- "The USC Annual Fund;" thus reit
nigging on my pledge to the 1990
\o Senior Challenge.
11 David M. Abner
if " Journalism senior
h
1 Camp needs
= more publicity
iy To the editor:
;e A friend and I took a trip this,
id past weekend to Bell Camp, and I
;n was amazed to see that there were
only five people there on a beauti>r
ful, warm Saturday. I couldn't be>r
lieve it!
There are so many activities in
I which one may participate, and
these range from tennis to canoeing.
If a charge exists, it is minimal.
For example, a fishing boat
may be rented an entire day for
fivp Hollars.
ar When I returned, I called a
r- bunch of friends to tell them about
)e Bell Camp, and one told me that
re the university wishes to sell it be[y
cause there aren't enough students
ie that visit. I think that's ridiculous!
ie It's a great place to go, and I bea
lieve that the university is partly to;
a- blame for the low turnout. If they;
e- would put a little more effort into
id promoting Bell Camp, there would
ot more than likely be an increase in;
ur the amount of students that go.
iv, The only time I was ever informed;
ly of its existence was in a brochure I
received at Orientation, and many;
as of my friends still don't know anyS
thing about it. This is my arguss
ment, and not that the property
or may or may not be for sale. How
ir- can the university expect Bell
Id Camp to be a thriving location if;
cp no students are aware of it?
c- Kelly Bailey
lis Accounting/Spanish freshman