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Graft Ex-South Carolina le^ get richly deserved pu Yesterday, former state representative 20 months in jail and a $15,000 fine leagues James Faber and Frank McBride day for the same offense. All three were arrested as part of tl Trust, which indicted 28 people, includ S.C. legislators. All but two have plea victed. These crooks are now getting thei Triumphs of the American justice sys they deserve, but it is great to see that t vestigation is doing its job. However, it i olina needed the Feds to police the state have been doing it ourselves. South Carolinians were surprisingly qu victions of so many state officials. Is cor mon that Americans don't even bat an e paper hopes that is not the case. Voters should look beyond the fake c determine the real character of our elect are suckered by every snake-oil salesman tician, we deserve the national embarrassi South Carolina, pick your leaders car time, let's put the FBI on retainer. The S lar delousing. If "M HE WAS k (\ wcflv V HUH? IMMEC News: 777-7726 A Chris Silvestr - Editor in Chief David Bowden I Managing Editor/Viewpoint Editor C Tige Watts Oc News Editor Co Aaron Sheinin 1 Sports Editor Ph Patrick Villegas < Asst. News Editor Tracey Davis Asst. Carolina Life Editor Virginia Marshall C Asst. Copy Desk Chief t Wayne Williams Ljuuur Renee A. Gibson Asst. Media Director I Advertising Manager Stacie Lewis Asst. Advertising Manager A. Erik Collins Faculty Adviser _ Lara Chapman Asst. Classified Manage Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to print all letters r? maximum. 250 to 300 words long. The writer must includr a USC employee or South Carolina resident, or year and and phone number are required with all letters sent. The to edit letters for style, possible libel or in case of space ii not withhold names under any circumstance. Vie Distributed by Tribi *islators f C\? mishment I ?r^j Tom Limehouse received I lAMfl for vote-selling. His col- V were sentenced Wednestie FBI's Operation Lost /&K 0 ing 18 current or former ded guilty or been conr punishment. ;tem rarely get the credit JtI Jfc ( *1 he Federal Bureau of In- rfFiV ^ s too bad that South Car- H 's politicians. We should iet about the bribery conruption and graft so comjye anymore? This news- . iv inij aiiu jjiauiuuts <uiu 1 w ed representatives. If we I who calls himself a poli- I "Jk 6 / nent that results. I <^0 'j-Xoj efully. And in the mean tate House needs a reguAborl The Gamecock's Tige Watts, wrote column that the stat ? ^. // cause it is ^ "cost e be exactly that, but Mr. Watts. His con< diency and legality. She thought it o that abortion is diffc therefore Mr. Watts such money-saving I allowed the possit not pursue his argu sion, and would th HoW Fuxny system. ; However, I propc \ 11316 conclusive,y d onm, \ being, we cannot tx j f tion is, in any signi j**[ rent from murder, i slaughter, and for th: i Student OCK Pepsi sti To the editor: We've been taker dvertising: 777-4249 new generation of f and I'm sure every j whose choice it wa have been someone cruel joke. The cho generation, eh? The < JRANTLONG asked m?ghl be w :opy Desk Chief s"ilch 'he tradition FAVIA WRIGHT machines" rolina Life Editor The explanation j rEDDY LEPP Gamecock this sum otography Editor Pepsi was providing about $100,000 in scl luding to the fact ~ _ _ . might be part of the jOrdon Mantler sure ^js went thr0ug Asst. News Editor nosed negotiations be RICH Taylor Sion was made. One I Asst. Sports Editor 'f was '>' rREG RlCKABAUGH X* isst. Photography Editor Certainly after all rnyr ri troversy surrounding EK1C ULLNN President Holdermar Darkroom Technician should be above that should have rebuilt LAURA S DAY standard by which ' LiAUKA UAlcou,d |ive withou A/f/in i f vu-u^uufi inuriugcr ITlOnCy ray burgos Enough logic, we sst. Production Manager machines for re ^ _ heat and humidity, a Carolyn Griffin the caffeine to gei th, Business Manager The students and fa have been given a ' zr matter. Now, I am r have i done research sceived. Letters should be. at ferenccs of Coke and 3 full name, professional title if ers; however, the dini major if a student. An address chosen to Stay with G Gamecock reserves the right ^ mitations. The newspaper will j 5 lW0 SOaaS arC and I see no reason cannot occupy the sa It would provide a iWPOINT KjAMKCOCK jne Media Services of\ma 5 nl'mfiF! 10 tion issue cannot b( Irrationalist in Residence, : in an absurd and tasteless Ddiam M rvinTrn e should fund abortions be- DHIAN MCCARTER efficient and legal." I was end when I read this, and uiai Mr. wans migni jusi as an act of Congress legalizy for incontinence and pov- be more careful. Because, I said, R( :hanged noticeably. notwithstanding, the philosophical ictive "abortion" of welfare proof lies with the pro-abortionists ins (and, what the hell, old pense with the "pro-choice" euphem oe as cost-efficient as well, tushood, is not simply a stage of hi is his only apparent moral lopment, like babyhood or adolesc She offered that that would what is it? I replied that, yes, it would it is widely overlooked that this that is not what concerned metaphysical question than a biolc cerns were economic expe- People spend their time searching fo What did she say to that? fining physical trait (Does it have a ver and politely submitted Does it have brainwaves? Does it 1 irent from murder, and that miniature human in there?), or borrc would not approve of any from healthy adults (Is it capable measure as I had proposed, awareness?), all of which, if tak )ility that Mr. Watts would criteria for humanhood, rule out em ment to its logical conclu- of people we now routinely grant tl lerefore disapprove of my ijfe. If my heart stops beating, it is >sed that until we demons- upon a doctor to try to save me, if Ik lat a fetus is not a human not, until I am dead, considered anyi \ altogether sure that abor- than human, ficant moral respect, diffe- Brainwaves? A man who loses thi or at the very least man- ally considered brain-dead, but what is reason Mr. Watts should fetus does, has a damn good cham LETTERS TO THE CO\7C anc* an actua* choice for the stu- your insigni !S<1 J 3 dents who drink them. are fact. I While we are on the subject of The only IlKS service, let me point out that the your article Pepsi machines failed to provide a ot USC bas choice in their own machines for have looked i over by the very long* The towering machines You said >epsi drinkers |n f"= C?h;seuum were aSlo? w;th J? should, one wonders 1 red llghls meaning make Thcre s a d s must another selection," as if there were citement am ,'g j(jea a one to be made. The supply in the Do you, Tq ice of a new machines quickly diminished after away from ti question to be Just a ^ew days- ?y end die Yes' ho chose to week, there were several empty of the schoo al Coke ma- machines and a few selections re- you rememt alien Pepsi maining in some. Here it was the "To err is hi first week of classes and they of your char; given in The couldn't keep up with supply and Who are j mer was that demand. I'm sure the problem was of the omni the university not specie to the Coliseum. who needs , holarships, al- There are, of course, lots of that's the c that money ways 10 get that soda "fix" before need an attiti ? reason. I'm class, but it used to be easy and other things. ?, taste eood. Ultimately, immedi- It's one t ,11 OUIIIk/ IIOIU- v - J ' fore the deci- ale'y ^ possible, we would like to cated guess lias to wonder see Coca-Cola in our university ways to rect incentive of- buildings again, but this will make different bal e corporation some P^Pk feel better anyway. norant opini Anson E. Seaman opinion on I of the con- Journalism junior knowledge o former USC out ''ncEditor just some moral . . # _ he university beillg StUDld t involving ~ r To the editor: J rely on those This letter is a reply to the arti- f|Q VP lief from the cle written by Tige Watts Sept. 9 C s well as for concerning Joe Rhelt and the baT>ugh classes. skctball team. To the editor culty should Tige, you are the one who is We are wi voice in this asinine, with the nerve to print very one-sid ^nll/M.n r\?, Qrtiflp imr\1 tr i"1 naivu iiui sutii tauuua gaiud^c. u\j y\ju impuv into the pre- know Joe Rhctt personally or are the USC bas Pepsi drink- you just more than willing to give involved in a ng halls have your opinion when not requested? The first p Dca-Cola. I am sure you could have found phas were mi not the same, something a bit more important to within the a that the two write your viewpoint on. It's appa- how the "fig tme building. rent that you are a busybody with ally a fight) )etter service no purpose in life except to give mentioned 1 / l^gac i based o course, of deveU brain? To interfer considered profoui Physical resemt circus freaks and entitled to the rig ?-* Shall we allow in >e v. Wade not yet developed burden of cal examples I've (let us dis- way. ism). If feiman deve- We are able to l ence, then equality because < metaphysically ba is more a wil1 very hard>gical one. ing alternative. r some de- ... heartbeat? The pro-abortio nnV nw? a compelling metap . . fetus and a baby, iwing traits .. . Jt of moral up w en as the P^hcal over Uie , ences of the latti tire classes . . . , . . , . must come to terrr tie right to My friend at t incumbent mosj students in 5 can. I am do when I make s thing other a sexist, and I mut palling ideologies em is usu- ments of the USC if he, as a mean by that, si ee, in due would explain it tc EDITOR ficant views, as if they some beholi impressive thing about story, was your knowledge phas i ;ketball. Anyone could Sin that up. house if Joe's heart is bad, Game quit playing ball, stone ifference in game ex- dow < 1 the anger in fighting. would ;e Watts, always walk your rouble? Bray) jles are representative really 1, but also human. Can q^v >er that famous quote? at aman; to be silent, out han(js aclcr* . . at sen 'ou to take the position voivin scient one and judge fratcri an attitude change. If bccn f :ase you, my friend, moon jde adjusuncnt, among which herald hing to give an edu- GulfV on occurrences and ify them. It's a whole The Igame to give an ig- shaky ion. Try giving your ments hings you have more ing tc f. This time you were persoi prints Shirley B. Knot Game Psychology senior Tuesd; least g cock i r didn't all facts Invoivi story; - side's riting in response to a That's ? J i i _ 110 eu anu pooriy written UV/V-UUJ mating two members of ^'na iketball team as being thank fight. for the iroblem is that the Al- peace." entioncd at least twice rticle in reference to ht" (which wasn't rebegan; that we were would indicate that El Friday, September 13, 1991 implete J! -Ikoiery: J j ?. U * . i?M ^MM. ' * ^L * n logic ^ping a healthy, functioning e with his recovery would be ndly immoral. )lence? Are not all manner of human biological anomolies ;ht to life? Moral awareness? fanticide because babies have this faculty? All the biologiheard can be answered in this think in terms of human moral 3ur notion of human rights is sed. Anybody who denies this pressed to provide a convincnists need either to provide a hysical distinction between a or they need to admit what hich is namely to uphold the moral Rut ihprp arp ron?pnn er position with which they is. his point became angry, as journalism or the humanities uch comments. She called me tered something about the apil uniformity of certain segstudent body. Just what did I te asked. I answered that I ) hef ? column after next. " of us were there and, lo and j, might have a side to the Why were none of the Alnterviewed? ce the Alpha Phi Alpha is a stone's throw from The cock office (by the way a was thrown through our winon the night in question), it have been too much for non-roving reporter (Chad to come and find out what happened. 'iously it was simpler to sit lies* sanvaung ana wringing at the chance to take a shot sationalizing an incident ing basketball players and a nity. Geraldo would have >roud of the "braying" at the but why the huge headline, is basically the size of the ing of the end of the Persian Var? Gamecock's credibility is at best and accepting comfrom a pay-phone is not go> establish credibility. One a whose statements were d in the paper called The cock at about 7:00 p.m. ly. Chad, you could have at one downstairs to the Game p.slanrant anH lalkp.d In fhp person. Bray, until you decide to le time to talk to all parlies ed, you don't have a news you are merely printing one indictment of the other, not even poor journalism e it's not journalism at all. lly, we also wish to publicly Mr. Rhett and Mr. McKoy iir attempt to "increase the Robin Roberts F.PF. inninr Telford Jamison lectrical engineering junior