The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 06, 1990, Page 3, Image 3
Viewpoint
Friday, April 6,1990 The Gamecock 3
Deja vu
Then and now, 'c
editorials amouni
A Florida state House of ]
has approved a bill Wednesday
newspapers to publish unsigne
writers to disclose financial h
has reported. The bill would re
to file financial disclosure f
$5,000.
It would make it a misdeme
editorial not signed by the autf
The measure clearly infrin
and would never stand up in c<
ney for the Florida Press A
report
One of the 32 co-sponsors
Martinez, said the measure's
on newspapers' role as opinior
"The real molder of public <
said. "They can take you and
you, and they're immune. I
know if their views are ja
interest."
Well, isn't that special? Thi:
few years back. The same re
but the truth was far more rev
who wrote the bill then. Ri
Spartanburg, had been the sul
in the Spartanburg Herald-Jo
vorable image of him. *
Then and now, the measure
Those who write editorials
bers and the press is a very p
Editorial writers probably don
finQnrial "hnlHinoc" nthpr tha
IXltiUlVXVU. IlVlVMll^U V/Utvx WAM
unlike legislators and congres
tuities from speeches, donatic
tion committees, etic. This is
this proposal is tantamount
haystack.
Back then, Davenport wanti
sible for the editorial of a ne
exactly who he should call up
considered unfair statements.
But it doesn't work like tl
the opinions of the editorial tx
editors meet and decide what
And then they tell their edito
he believes in it or not.
So The Gamecock is firmly
torials, be it in the Soviet Uni
hassee or right here. It is j
Amendment, which guarantee:
gislature shall prohibit the ff<
editorials are more than a joi
essential part of our freedom t<
The other curious thing abo
is pushing for ethics in journa
calling the kettle black. But it'
Journalists have controls a
Code of Ethics to make sure
broadcast alike, behave in wh;
ner. That's surely enough.
But as a Gamecock editoi
nameless) wrote way back in
thp. leoislntors will realize the
listic tradition, not unlike thos
kick-backs and scandal. Whe
their time-honored traditions
ours."
The Ge
Robert D. Thomas
Editor-in-Chief
* ? ?
JEFF WILSON, News Editor R
SCOTT PRUDEN, Carolina Life El
TEDDY LiEPP, Photo Editor
' Lynn Gibson
Assistant News Editor
Elizabeth lynch
A ? v PJ'?
musiani Carolina L>ye cMuor
Deborah Ryan
Assistant Photo Editor
Renee Meyer
Darkroom Technician
Kristin Francis
Graduate Assistant
Ed bonza
Director of Student Media
Ray Burgos
Assistant Production Manager
Jeffrey b. Thompson
Assistant Advertising Manager
Letters Policy: The Gamecock will tr
be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words lo
fessional title if a usc employee or Si
a student An address and phone nui
Gemecock reserves the right to edit I
space limitations. The newspape
circumstance.
rusade' to sign
ts to sour grapes
Representatives subcommittee
i that would make it illegal for
d editorials and force editorial
toldings, the Associated Press
squire editorial board members
orms or face fines of up to
anor for a newspaper to run an
ior, said the AP.
ges on the First Amendment
ourt, said Barry Richard, attor
LO^VA/iaUV/11) UVWi viaai^ fcV Hiv
i of the bill, Democrat Elvin
intent was to shed more light
i leaders, the AP said. .
opinion is the press," Martinez
beat you and do anything to ~
think people have a right to
tundiced by some financial
n
s was tried in South Carolina a ?
asons were given at the time, f,
ealing about the representative
sp. G. Ralph Davenport, R- u
bject of an editorial campaign
urnal that didn't present a fab
was unnecessary.
are almost always staff mem- c
oorly paid medium in general, o
't make enough money to have i
n a car and possibly a house, ^
smen, who always accept gra- e
>ns from partisan political ac- 0
a generalization, no doubt, but t<
to looking for a needle in a
b
ed to make one person responswspaper.
He wanted to know and
take to task about what he 2
lat. Editorials traditionally are
Dard of the newspaper. The top ,
their stand on local issues is. J
rial writer to write it, whether
against any move to sign edi- i
on, the sunny streets of Tallain
infringement of the First J
5 that no Congress or state le- a
sedom of the press. Unsigned [
urnalistic tradition ? it is an v
3 operate. c
ut this is that a state legislator <
lism. It's not a case of the pot -j
c plncA
J VIV/iJV.
nd monitors such as the SPJ r
that all journalists, print and e
at we deem as an ethical man- c
c
rial writer (who shall remain *
March 18, 1987, "Hopefully, j
unsigned editorial is a journa- j
;e of political corruption, graft, i
n they feel they can part with 1
, then maybe we'll part with \
_ i
imecock :
i
; 1
KATHY BLACKWELL 1
Managing Editor j
' l
OBYN THOMPSON, Copy Desk Chief \
iitor JEFF NICHOLS, Sports Editor I
ROBB LANE, Graphics/Comics Editor
, 1
* "" ]
Lucy Soto
Assistant News Editor
Brant Long 1
Assistant Sports Editor
Sharon Williamson
Assistant Copy Desk Chief (
- kathy heberger i
Assistant to the Editors {
]
Erik Collins i
Faculty Adviser ]
Laura S. Day 1
Production Manager 1
Renee Atkinson 1
Advertising Manager 1
Carolyn Griffin
Business Manager
i to print all letters received. Letters should
ng. The writer must include full name, proouth
Carolina resident, or year and major if
Tiber are required with all letters sent 7he
etters for style, possible libel or in case of
ir willnot withhold names under any
Jsg
= The Match-heal
"i^g of fidugMtii
Groups fall vict
Spring is in the air, and you know what that
leans. (No, no^HAT.) It means it's time for
rganizations to plan banquets, award ceremoies
and other functions that tend to be painully
dull. j|
And at these aforementioned functions, one J
sually plans to serve what is commonly re- JK
srred to as "refreshments." Beware group presents!
Trying to have a function with refreshlents
on a shoestring budget is nearly impossible
at this university.
The one big university rule that may really
ramp your style is that if you plan to use one me
if the big rooms in the Russell House, your or- Slv
;anization must be catered by none other than Lhe
'arolina Catering, or in actuality ? Marriott.
Tie Carolina Catering office says they have an
xclusive contract with the university. "No
ither catering is allowed on campus," I was b<
M.
"What if someone in the group wanted to wh
ring their own brownies?" I asked.
"They have to get permission from the direc- ^h;
ar of catering first," she said. 1
Blue jeans were ^g'.istening
Linwise choice Contemporary
ro the editor:
It may be true that Cliffton
Iprings (author of the March 30 V/VCJ JJU
inti-blue jeans day letter) is homo- pQiirnr 4
>hobic, perhaps narrow-minded, vitllaCo I
>ut that is irrelevant. He has a very
'alid point If homosexuals wish to "0 e ^ , r"
lemonstrate support for their ee 1 a v
rause, then the choice of blue has ^ given
eans is a very unwise one. Mr. overpopu a on?
5ruce Lane (April 4) responded ?J (a" ?
hat blue jeans were chosen to de- . , .
_ . .i. to be the root o:
nonstrate that homosexual,ty is f
everywhere. Gay men and women Aeltmcun
annot simply be picked out of a in\aesmrl ?
erowd, separated from the rest of mcn ?^fr ^ve
;ociety, or held up as some sort of ncss an, sar'
example." If this is so, then what ma^ olhftr ho11
s the point of blue jeans day at 10 Pre. ^mu
ill? The best argument is useless if overpopu ation.
10 one can hear it. If recognition is ca ous' ^.l me
he objective, then stand up and be se ?ro ems
ecognized. If being clandestine wercn ao an
ind "in the closet" is what is to be . 1 Probably s
ichieved then do nothing. Blue large amounts c
ieans day merely serves as mental P?P" a lon 8ro
terrorism, causing many heter- ^.However, I
asexuals to have embarrassment 11 es no
and concern that they are support- or tw? an son
ing something that they do not be- see 1 we
lieve in. It is interesting that this Pr em, or M
blatant attempt at feigned support soon" c W01
for homosexuality is very similar lts Ph08601/"31
Lo techniques used by Adolf Hitler ou e in a u
and the Nazi narth. thouah not as continue to dc
__ . , . . ? rate continues,
effectively. This is not an attempt
to equate homosexuality with Naz- mon seJ}s .
. , T are really goini
ism, or to condemn homosexuals. I ... i
personally believe in individual 4 e .
freedom to do whatever one 0 co" nue
wishes, but blue jeans day in- yironmen , we
fringes on the freedoms of heter- suppo our
osexuals to wear what they wish ince su
without fear of the implications. f.reasetat ^ Si
v tion, starvation
Oh yes, by the way, I am heter- It is obvious ti
asexual, for those of you who are people there an
interested in that. If you are, it we will have s
does not speak well of your basis also obvious t<
for determining the value of an ar- can only suppc
gument. I guess that is my whole1 of people. In c
point. What a person is, or does, is eventually goir
never a valid reason for discount- pletely stop o
ing or refuting what they say. This increasing.
goes whether they are male or fe- I do not claii
male, gay or strait, black, white, population gro\
red or yellow, or any one of thou- that it doesn't
sands of other categories in which expertise to re<
we put people. If you want to get growth is a pr<
respect for your minority group ally need to 1
you must get people to listen to who think that stop]
you are. Blue jeans day does no- tion growth w
thing to improve chances of this problems, but
happening. Actually, it does the 0f our problem
opposite. The world will only be- iess we do so.
come a better place when we stop
listening to who people are and G<
im to high ca
& X.| AMY LOOMIS
?# - mC-x
Permission for brownies!
So what exactly does the university ? I
an, Marriott ? have to offer for this exclue
contract? Will we get more for less since
freedom of choice has been taken away?
^ou decide.
Suppose you have 50 people for a luncheon,
e catering service offers what they call
Dxed lunches." BL-2 includes a croissant
idwich, pasta macaroni salad, one piece of
ole fruit, brownies, condiments, canned soda,
; bag of potato chips and paper supplies,
at sounds thrifty enough, right?
Five dollars and 28 cents/person. That's $264
to what they are ]yflUSiC j|
James Hoadley j #>
European Studies IlOl 111101*11
sophomore
# To the editor:
DUlatlOn This is in response to
* of Sinead O'Connor's
trouble Tricia Titus. There are
lems I have with her i
"Sinead covers 'Nothing
ery little attention 2 U' with far better re
to the problem of Prince could have ho
one which seems Prince wrote that sonj
many who really himself or her, but for a
y're talking about) together five years ago.
f a very large num- broke up one month foil
5 in today's world, release of their self-title<
n of the environ- bum The Family. Th
lopment, homeless- yielded one top forty s
nation along with Screams of Passion. 1
rors all seem to me was a combination of soi
ich direct results of interspersed with violi
If this seems ridi- and synthesizers. "Not!
say that none of pares 2 U" in its origina
would exist if there tured St. Paul (Teenage 1
y humans on earth. ant Turtles Soundtrac
hould be gathering stronger and smoother v
>f information about ery, a complementary sa
vth to write this let- no drown program. It w
'm going to suggest mains, the better version
thing but a statistic 2) Tricia Titus expo:
le common sense to as a limited critic by h
lave a population knowledge of this fact a
rill have one very praisal of O'Connor's
Id's population, at vocal dynamic range.
:e of growth, will O'Connor's "voice reac
t 40 years, and will ing depths and ear-s
> so if our growth heights . . well that i;
What seems com- zoo but not in my CD p
me is that if we see, Ms. Titus, more tha
g to keep on grow- ity to sing low and high
ten we are also go- namics) one should flo
; destroying our en- those notes as silk, no
will have to do so would not want someor
growing population, maybe I do not lik
ipply does not in- O'Connor's voice. I ca
ame rate as popula- it. It grates me to no <
will also increase/ ever, I am basing my i
d me that the more songs I have heard he
5 on eartn, tne more Ms. ntus, on Hie otner
;uch problems. It is no idea how the orig
:> me that the earth sounds.
>rt a certain number I think if she could
)ther words, we are performed by Stepha
lg to have to com- Melba Moore, Jennifer 1
ur population from Angela Winbush, she \
an idea of vocal range <
n to be an expert on didn't prefer the type of
vth. However, I feel
take a whole lot of fn the future, if your
ilize that population t0 have any credibility
Dblem which we re- better be someone wl
focus on. I do not knowledge of what soi
ping human popula- ing to the ear and the
ill solve all of our make fair criticism and
I am sure .that few assumptions. No, one hi
s will be solved uri- with them but they v>
them.
Jack Drost Ai
eography freshman Pharn
tering prices
for 50 simple little lunches!
Well, perhaps hors d'oeuvres would be mort
affordable. Chicken drummets, mini-ham biscuits,
cheese, dip, pretzels, mints and stuff like
thai would be good for the group of 50. Let's
see how much that would be, shall we?
One hundred drummets ($52), 100 biscuits
($52), large cheese tray ($95), dip ($5.50/quart),
pretzels ($4.75/lb) and mints ($5.25) is $214.50.
This is $4.29 a person.
I don't know who this exclusive contract is
supposed to benefit, but it surely doesn't benefit
student organizations trying to cut corners. A
Five Points deli business, for example, charges
only $3.50 per person. Their trays include three
kinds of meat, bread, assorted cheeses, pasta salad
and tea. Now THAT'S affordable ? and off
limits.
The practice of exclusive contracts is nothing
new to the university. (When was the last time
you saw a Pepsi machine?) But how often has a
monopoly been in our best interest?
tic Student's letter
[led misunderstood
the review To the editor:
album by "How so much hatred and ignortwo
prob- ance could be compacted into one
eview: 1) individual, I'll never understand,"
Compares said Cory Ray of Jason Abraham
'suits than in his letter to the editor (April 4).
ped for." Well Mr. Ray, as a friend of Jason
I, not for Abraham (a white friend if it matgroup
put ters to anyone), I would like to say
The group that he is neither hateful nor ignorlowing
the ant Perhaps you found his letter a
1 debut al- bit hostile, but was the hostility di- ,
at album rec:ed towards whites in general,
ingle, The or towards a social system which
'he album favors some over others? You said,
ul and jazz "The only thing keeping the black
ns, cellos man down is the black man himling
Com- self." I firmly believe that it is
I form fea- each individual's responsibility to
efriup tr? Kptter himcplf hut ran
>mja iviui- ......uw, -k)
with a you really be so blind asHo not see
ocal deliv- that our system works to the adx
solo and vantage of some and to the disadas,
and re- vantage of others? I have long observed
the ways in which people
ses herself of different income levels, cultures
ler lack of and skin colors have been treated,
wd her ap- and believe me Mr. Ray, there is a
seemingly distinct difference. Perhaps you
She says were bom into a highly advantahes
growl- geous social position and never
shattering had to face being on the short end
s fine in a of the stick,
layer. You As for Jason's "ignorance," I'll
in the abil- bet that he is equally or more cornnotes
(dy- petent than you on White
w through American/European history, but
t burlap. I how would you compare with him
le to think on knowledge of Black American/
e Sinead African history, Mr. Ray?
nnot stand Jason said, "It's is A Black
??1 TT Thina anH vnn wmilrfn'f iinrt<?.r
CIIU. IIUW" * O ?? /??
critique on stand." Is this racist? Do you exr
perform, pect him to understand what it is
hand, has like to be white? You stated that "I
;inal song am sick and tired of taking the
heat for something I didn't do just
hear songs because I am a member of the
nie Mills, white race." Before you got defentfolliday
or sive, did you ever take the time to
vould have think that Jason wasn't blaming
even if she you for the way that our society is
music. (now in 1990, not 1690 or 1960),
but rather, was asserting his right
critics are" to try and change things for die
, they had better?
lo has the "This is 1990, a time for
inds pleas- change, unity, and progression for
decency to all races." You said this, Mr. Ray,
not pitiful but how do you expect it to come
as to agree about? Only by taking the time to
ill respect listen and understand each other
can the antagonism be resolved,
ithony Bell Johnny Lowry
lacy junior International studies sophomore