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CIA Who is director of this age not as important as its mist Senate confirmation hearings of Robert Gate* pointless as the Clarence Thomas interrogation, accused by a former colleague of being slow-witt Veteran CIA analyst Hal Ford said Gates was si Communism was on its way out and repressed the that disagreed with him. Imagine that, Gates found it hard to believe tf was collansina rinrinfr the 1980s. The onlv nerson predicted the recent dramatic events in the USSR '80s would be Nostradamus, and he probably was the agency at the time. The other criticism of Gates is equally dubious Ford claims Gates had to know about the Iran-C cause Gates is so intelligent. That's supposed to Most likely, anyone we hire from within die intelli ity to run the CIA is going to have skeletons in the The Democrats are following the fallacious r< they reject Robert Gates in confirmation hearings, will see me error in nis ways ana nominate 1 in Mother Theresa, or even Walter Mondale. If G; Bush will put up another conservative clone. The I ical brinksmanship is pointless. Unless we find c member of the Manson family, let's just get this confirm him. ffie/comU toix\\taiuuiwt( fi/u\ iy \y^\vvu\u;itnit# W&P/ j-reAK"f^L9EAE6iw#M ~* jOVNEL M&46Ep.^25ff?B^tSTj i%?e>grcxres I 1GAMECO' News: 777-7726 Advertisii Chris Silvestri Editor in Chief David Bowden Brant ] Managing Editor/Viewpoint Editor Copy Desi Tige Watts Oct a via \ News Editor Carolina Lij Aaron Sheinin Teddy Sports Editor Photograph Patrick Villegas Gordo Asst. News Editor At Tracey Davis Ri Asst. Carolina Life Editor Asi Virginia Marshall Greg R Asst. Copy Desk Chief Asst. Phoi Wayne Williams 1 Comics Editor Darkr Renee a. Gibson l/ Asst. Media Director/Advertising Manager Proa Stacie Lewis R Asst. Advertising Manager Asst. Prod Erik Collins Caroi Faculty Adviser _ Lara Chapman Asst. Classified Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. L< maximum. 250 to 300 words long. The writer must include full name a USC employee or South Carolina resident, or year and major if a s and phone number are required with all letters sent. The Gamecoc to edit letters for style, possible libel or in case of space limitations, not withhold names under any circumstance. mcy don 5 are almost as Gates has been ^y\ ed and crooked. ( low in realizing / ^ j views of those / le Soviet Union / who could have / during me eariy ;n't working for \ ; and irrelevant. L 1*^ ontra Affair be- g / \ be a criticism? 1/ \ gence commun- I \ ir closet. \ iasoning that if ' President Bush nothy Leary, or ? ??k ates is rejected, democrats polit>ut Gates was a t over with and ^ ^ IjGAMC \k~l I x?^ X K ^? - flga?? $45.'? Violence n This week California Governor Pet< voted down the gay rights bill. Once ag wondering when we are going to < Q.'W |r judgemental moral codes out of the darl ' **** We can't, as a society, seem to ac there are homosexuals among us, who tinue to be homosexual whether we ledge them or not. rrr?l After the civil war blacks were n many rights. It didn't make them go AV1 only succeeded in oppressing a race ( in a pathetic show of narcissism and fe? Today people seem to think that bee; lg: 777-4249 have a more common sexual orienta their neighbor, it gives them the right the rules by which that neighbor she Well, no matter how anyone might try it, that's discrimination, which I find 1 ???? in anu frvrm ill UIIJ IVilllt LqNq However, as much as I stand behind t Chief " I /vright % Editor L? :y Editor Writer getting i even sillier < n Mantler j wf. Editor To the editor: c CH TAYLOR Alter listening to nge wans r .. c , r,rhetoric for two months, I finally e 't. Sports Editor , , . u e have to say, enough is enough. ICKABAUGH When he said the Communists 'ography Editor should remain as political party in the Soviet Union, just to keep a lRIC GLENN two-party system, I wondered what oom Technician flavor of Jell-O he was using for brains. Why not say the Tories , ID . o n 7 should have remained as a political p^y after the American Revolu]action Manager tion. We were only a one-party AY BURGOS system then too. But Mr. Watts' action Manager mmaiess oiauieni.g 15 puicucu , the First Amendment, so he has ^ ^YN GRIFFIN the right to express his view. siness Manager Yet, I Find myself getting more and more disgusted with his "point of view," ana his editorial on Sept. 27, 1991 drew the line for me. 1 First off, let's get beyond the fact 1 ^professionaltitieif that Ken Dew is a minister. Mr. < tudent. An address Watts' disdain for religion is 1 '.k reserves the right obvious The newspaperwill Bu, do something Mr. Watts doesn't do in his articles. Let's look at the facts. In the past < /"MR. COCKWHEAT, ISN'T IT" / TRUE THAT YOUR RECENT ? 1 APPEARANCE HAS SUCCEEDED /flggjflBklN WORSENING RACIAL { f^^j^ENSION ON CAMPUS?j Z TRIAL Of \ T MT M A I ffniifTmAi Ft?) A.J COCKS gjZfrCHAt-K-TA X x'v ll* ? f C'O * 0 O?o ?i CCT?OI W -f .***> uJ-ti, 7 ^ j f *, I ^ *L ? ? < /*/ 0 I \ Ch^*. r f i 0 0 ? I 1 A f f 11 ?s lakes discrimi 5 Wilson ;ain I am IufeT * SHELLEY MAGEE ot given for gay nghts, I must say that the retalia away. It pete wiison's decision can only be ci pcupic pr0ductive. ar. ause they After learning of Wilson's veto, 5,0 tion than monstrators came out to protest. This I a] to decide If people don't voice their disapproval >uld live, our government is narrow-minded, w to justify never create change. My problem lies in t oathsome that those demonstrators became destructi violent. the fight As frustrating as their situation is, ga> LETTERS TO THE E 0 years, today's youth are having want to be just ex at a younger age, getting pre- Finally, "Wh jnant more frequently, abusing (another quote) Irugs and alcohol, committing sui- compare the A :ide at an alarming rate, becoming to the rebellio nore and more involved in serious The former wa rime and dropping out of school against an oppj nore often than any previous gen- the latter is a ration. Also, in the past 10 years, from the moral: ve have seen the advent of MTV. But I guess one depending on what report you to lose them, ead, today's youth spend any- Watts? vhere between 4?8 hours watchng this daily. Now, I don't know about your lV'pYV' x)wers of deductive reasoning Mr. W JJ Vatts, but if you sit anyone, ado- a. escent, teen or adult, in front of 20CS li. he TV for 4-8 hours watching and ict#?ninor tr? TViioc nnH Rnrlr To the editor. n' Roll," whoever is seeing this . ihis 1S m re* vill not only believe in it, but will iaI wntten ?n 1 vantit. and P1 Maybe the m Mr. Watts, you say people will groups at USC not (and I quote), "listen to Ma- iem. Let's g< donna and go right out and imitate news! USC has tier." Then explain the thousands On Nov. 1,1 3f teenage girls back in the in a national \ mid-1980s who dressed just like jhe Streets. I the "Material Girl." Dressing like, dents, faculty, acting like, let's face it, people and communit; succumb to peer pressure and be- portunity to go come so imnro^ionable that they a day of comi COCKWHEhT!! __________________________J VAtj:oa/vX 1 Ii<I ~?o\ DO T T *: <x * #y j L T?) . - I ' - ' ' . : ' ' ; t I I ? I nation worse ists are certainly not going to succeed in making progress come more swiftly by breaking ; windows, spray painting on buildings and as saulting police officers. Martin Luther King led the greatest human J rights movement in history, peacefully. He was * wise enough to know that irrational and violent behavior would only cause his supporters to \ ition to l?se ground in their battle for equality. In anal- ?; Dunter- ?gy> the gay protestors' behavior will only give people a reason to feel Wilson made the right ! decision. The only people the protestors proved I 00 de- showed a lack of judgement was themselves, pplaud. To finally crumble the walls of prejudice, gay ; 1 when rights activists must prove to society that their ? e will homophobic attitudes are unfounded. Violence . be fact is certainly not the answer. If you hold someone ! ive and at gunpoint you can probably make them say anything, but that certainly doesn't mean they'll r acuv- Dencvc 11. * 1 : J' i i.i i. 11..,i i ,i| i i i , i i 1111 ij u.i.iimi.mnii iDITOR ________________________________ like their idols. ultimate goal of Into The Streets is at about rebellion?" bringing people to a lifelong com- l< How can you even mitment in community service, merican Revolution To participate, USC has had to n of youth today? form a coalition representative of is a moral uprising our campus. Our coalition has ressive government, brought together all kinds of peohedonistic nosedive pie ? a "mixing of all groups" if 5 of our forefathers, you will ? from across the cam: has to have morals pus and the community. Together doesn't one, Mr. we are identifying issues facing society and by going into the Keith Hoffmann streets we can begin to solve them. MIS junior The Into The Streets challenge rnaram statement says it all too well, "... * ^?5" ?11I We must strive to create communi~1 * a 1 _n X _ ucs inai mien iu auu vaiuc an ) SllCtllj voices. Our diversity is our greatest strength. Believing each individual has something to contribute to iponse to the editor- unifying the world in which we Sept. 23 concerning jjve j Wl\\ ? ejudice. It stated, i encourage everyone to accept | lixing of all ethnic this challenge by participating in will help the prob- inl0 jhe Streets. By doing so it ? jt started." Good win strengthen student community ! already begun. partnerships as well as diversify ! JSC will participate the leadership and the volunteer ; 3rogram called Into 5asc culturally, politically, ethnit will provide stu- caHy an?j economically. Look for ! staff, administrators it "77-5" coming, y members the op- Kim Lovelace > into the streets for Student coordinator, nunity service. The Into The Streets