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Restrictions Lobbyists that seek term-limi have hidden, conservative age There is a growing movement at the state-level t number ot terms a state legislator can serve. California this restriction. The state of Washington will have a on this issue soon. CNN has reported that both the Ca Washington term-limitation lobbyists received money servative groups based in Washington, D.C. Eventually, term-limitation will be an issue at the f< as well. Supposedly, the term-limit movement is meant democracy by throwing out incumbent legislators that ] on their districts. Actually, term-limitation hurts der telling the electorate who it can and cannot vote for. should be able to elect whoever they want as many tii want. This goes for Congressional and Presidential elec The limit on a president's number of terms was p spiteful Republican-dominated Congress after Roo elected four times in a row. Now, conservatives are tr term-limitation to Congress and state legislatur npmnrratir-Hnminatp.rl assemblies will have their nn\ Incumbent Democrats will have to go home. It is bad that incumbents monopolize the Congress they should be pried out of office through the electo The idea of teim-limitations is a fad that will hopeful before it can disrupt American democracy any further. r Distributed by Tribune Media Services ! WcW could bHVoi \i\y :* a a cbob a a ci ? ? aL, ^vT^ \\Mwm & IGAMECOC News: 777-7726 Advertising Chris Silvestri Editor in Chief David Bowden Brant Lc Managing Editor/Viewpoint Editor Copy Desk C Tige Watts TraceyD, News Editor Carolina Life i Aaron Sheinin Teddy Li Sports Editor Photography 1 Patrick Villegas Gordon Asst. News Editor Asst. AMY BARCOMB RiC1 Asst. Carolina Life Editor Asst. I Virginia Marshall Grrh Rtr Asst. Copy Desk Chief Asst. Photog Wayne Williams E? Comics Editor wj. britt darkr?? Staff Cartoonist Renee A. Gibson Lal Asst. Media Director/Advertising Manager Produc Stacie Lewis ra' Asst. Advertising Manager Asst. Produc Erik Collins Caroly Faculty Adviser ^ ^usii Lara Chapman Asst. Classified Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Lett maximum, 250 to 300 words long. The writer must include full name, p I a USC employee or South Carolina resident, or year and major if a stu< and phone number are required with all letters sent. The Gamecock i to edit letters for style, possible libel or in case of space limitations. Ttv not withhold names under any circumstance. its o limit the has passed ) referendum /L_ L lifomia and from conideral level to promote V j| ^ . have a lock X- ^hk nocracy by 'S The people cJQ0K \ s""" *4?r lassed by a sevelt was d~^ yingtoadd XI P es so tnat ver broken. I have recently di South Carolina Coi However, disturbing, ral process. The section whicl ly go away with the necessary q dual to be eligible to of the state. The very first stip ?, shall be eligible to tl \l? denies the exist* MNKT& Being " 'El&oN I believe this stat* suiting to the people cation is completely / thic natirm to KocpH 11 y utiu nutivii 10 uuovu v* The First Amendn the United States re W no law respecting ar I / Stude / Sometimes I think W / stuck up their butt. / This is a very ap; f / cares enough to chanj r / I don't need to g< / dence. Look at last / voter turnout. Only a ??i m ^ body actually voted. " What about usual IWR time I looked, only \*\ *Homecoming queen. r\+\ !%%& I thought the quee ?/*] ie&3 ?^cers were suppos /? J the student body. In: j\WM representing just a ( /Jill campus population. only a few people re [$2* ound here. rDoes anyone care behind last year's to credit to the senate workers, but pure nui off in bills. Does anyone care Association is spendi conference? Regardle ference, that money wasted money when I practical items, like s 32 1 : 777-4249 Ex-presi wasted n To the editor: )NQ All of this busine ,,. f President James Hol< me sick. I could i WIS whether James Hole r? J*- _ . zauor mosexual, heterosexi iPP And, I feel very sor Editor dents whom he pro] for the fact that the; ture was so dependei MANTLER What I am mad News Editor Holderman used mo 11 TAYLOR have bettered my ed ^ gifts a?d give schoh Sports Editor pje wj10m feit KABAUGH tracted; people who < raphy Editor scholarship recjuirem his sexual fantasy. 'IC GLENN inexcusable. m Technician Nur; ira S.Day I Mercy k tion Manager A ? , burgos must be tion Manager n Griffin To toe editor: n orirmn in response t0 las, ness Manager concerning Dr. Japk ! his position on the nasia, I would also courageous actions a ers should be, at Euthanasia has b >rofessionai title if bate for many year; dent. An address 0f euthanasia would reserves the right ^ c . 3 newspaper will 1? perform mercy k viduals who are hel sick. This may see some people who be nS<J lection requireme scovered a portion of the istitution which is quite ^ _ Chris Silves i I am referring to deals ualifications for an indivihold the office of governor mlation reads, "No person le office of Governor who or prohibiting free exercise ther< ;nce of the Supreme The qualification as stated in tution is in direct oppositic jment is offensive and in- Amendment of the U.S. Constiti of this state. This qualifi- to the S.C. Constitution an indi out of line with everything practice any religion so long as pon. not run for the office of governc [lent of the Constitution of For example, if a politiciai ads, "Congress shall make played that he is skillful in his i establishment of religion, liked by the people announc nt apathy annoyi people need a firecracker ^ athetic school and no one fr^ ^ ^ TlGE W ge this horrendous trend. * t far with Simr\r?rHn(T p.vi year's student government I^JEjr bout a tenth of the student gjjSM|Jigs^ Homecoming votes? Last Does anyone care that former 4,000 people voted for a James Holderman might have on former student interns with i ;n and student government in taxes? These allegations wer< led to be representative of top USC administrator the "m< stead, the officers are now disgusting violations of ethics ; :oncerned minority of the dent can make." And why not? After all, But who cares? Certainly r ally care what goes on ar- body, or else students would tel to put pressure on their regional that the student senate is Does anyone really care that ital of bills passed? I give severing teaching ability at U . They're a pack of hard gjrjS) t00 j don't want to be c mhprc chnu/ fhp.re's a rtrnn. c ?_n i ? i ? ?iruill UUKlHg W1UI pcupic, I CiUl really can't afford any more cuts ^ that the Residence Hall Students for a Better Carolin ng $9,000 to only bid for a of College Presidents, the Gov jss of if they get the con- on Higher Education and othe is gone. They will have are working on this. But, we r they could have spent it on volvement. Don't sit in your ro tudent needs. out there and bitch at the right p LETTERS TO Th j . killing, no matter what the circum- job" c dent stances are. To others, legalization you v of euthanasia may come as a bless- not e> flOriPV ing, allowing them to put their implic J loved ones out of their hospital comm bed graves. someo No matter what the opinion, the ment, 'ss concerning fact is the issue has been "swept Yes derman makes under the rug" and the ability of serioui not care less Dr. Kevorkian to inform others of is a ha ierman is ho- at ieast one 0f the issue is iction lal or celibate, beneficial to everyone. Each of us lightly ry tor the stu- needs to consider every option, dividir positioned and Whether it be to let our loved ones persor / felt their fu- hVe and breathe by life support should it upon him. machines for the rest of their lives, ing en about is that or anow them t0 have their freeney that could (j0m from pain, ucation to buy Denise Cade irships to peo- Psychology freshman ? TC sexually at- Ul embuVmatof Issue requires no I feel this is in* new definition To lhe RobynMeditz ;|] sing freshman Totheeditor; ednod H? This is in response to "What is tion ol 11I1J12S sexual harassment" in The State on ? Ra ? Monday, October 21 in the Busi- becaus 1 pprol ness Section. In the last month, I di ? sexual harassment has become a there prominent issue. There needs to be Amer a definite definition. Ameri week's article Is it a job threatening matter You < Kevorkian and when someone of the opposite sex many ...tk. I . , issue ui euum- maxes a comment or Keeps asxmg cause like to say his you out? It seems to me the article cultur re admirable. was saying if a person you work that is een under de- with asks you out, it is sexual har- not co; s. Legalization assment. That is crazy. It is part of Do allow doctors the dating game. have a illings of indi- I think it should be job threaten- attend pless and very ing if someone higher up on the they c< m immorat to work forces makes comments such ture fa ilieve killing* is as "Go to bed with me or lose your ing in w?icm WOWHS? vw& WIT mows!* nts discriminatory nounced, that he is an atheist, then he is not eligible to become governor of this state. TRI There is something rotten in the state of South Carolina when the S.C. Constitution preempts the people from making a decision as to who is to serve them with such a ridiculous stipulation. Of the five states I checked (Alabama, Georprtf " ??ia_ North farnlina Npw Tprcpv cmH Ppnncu1i;Q_ \,\Sj o ? - * W ?? ?r v*ov^ uirn x VIIIIJJl vu~ the S.C. Consti- nia), not one of their constitutions has any proin to the First vision listed under qualifications of governor jtion. According even dealing with religion, vidual is free to To put it simply, this archaic provision 5 he or she does should be withdrawn from the S.C. Constitution >r. and if religion is to be an issue it should be left n who has dis- to the people of the state to decide. After all, ; field and well- this is a democracy in which we live, is it not? :es, or has an- Congress shall make no law . .. ng to news editor Does anyone really care that racism is splitting some parts of the campus apart? It's a uniIA TTC versal topic and only the interested parties are arguing over it. The bystanders could give a rat's ass about it. By the way how many people complain about The Gamecock? Quite a few, huh? Now, how many of those people are putting their sug USC President gestions in those little boxes? Not as many. fondled and hit These little boxes are the only way we know money we paid how t0 imProve the newspaper. We make * called by one chan8es everyday to this rag, but we need your 3St serious and help. We need your involvement and with a college presi- apathy running around here, it would be a miracle for people to become active, lot the student So you say you want to see The Gamecock 1 mom and dad change. You have so many opportunities at trustees. your hands, it's incredible. You could join the budget cuts are staff. It's easy to do and you don't need any SC. Guys (and experience. called a sexist), You could write a letter to the editor. The tell you that we only prerequisite is that you need to know how :. to read and write. Or you could come up to our ia, The Council office in Russell House 321 and scream at us. ernor's Summit You can take the same steps with any organir organizations zation. But, you first need to become involved, leed student in- Quite frankly, there's too much complaining om sulking, get going around this campus and no action. Please, eople. get off your butt and get involved. IE EDITOR r "Go out to eat with me or background? It should not be that 'on't get that raise." Maybe way. People should understand that /en that severe, simply the there are differences and that ation of harassment. If the everyone will get their chance to ents of sex are coming from have their own culture fair, ne on your level of employI think it is simply obscene. . * do a8ree racism is split, it is wrong. No, it is not as our campus, t>ut racism has al5 as harassment Harassment ways ^een at USC. Some people irsh word, like the word add- think nobody is wUUn? t0 st0P . It should not be taken racism- Wel1' ***** have becn and . Our society must create the P^?P^e attempting to end lg line between business and ^ lake dme 10 ^el P60' lal relationships, and what P^e 10 rea^ze lhal everyone has be acceptable in the work- different views about^ sltuaU^svironment. Pe?ple don 1 die same- 11115 iwo o? does not only happen between Concerned"fresh'man "hnic groupsl it happens within these groups. 5C diversity USC is a melting pot of its own. " People come from everywhere to trPPnOni7Pfl share t^ie^r cultural backgrounds, I but whQ is wilUng tQ learn? Sq many of us turn our heads and crieditor: > ticize the various cultures. Instead , V ? 011 on i J of turni"g away, we need to try Jn " understanding these differences, f The Gamecock, re: Hatred cism is dividing university ^ *s difficult to look over situa;e of student intolerance." tions that cause racial tension, isagree with the fact that There is 100 much harassment and is hatred among European- stereotyping, and not enough sensiicans because African- tivity towards each ethnic group, cans hold "culture fairs." wc need to appreciate the diversiio not seem to think that bes that exist here on campus bewhites attend these fairs be- cause now they are revealed more there is not a different- 10311 everes-of-all-sorts fair." Well, not a reason for whites to There will always be various me. That is an excuse! P?ints of views because everyone European-Americans need to *s not same- Take a few mifair of their own in order to nutes and answer lhis: have y?u another fair? Why can't ^ 10 understand the differences ame out and support the cul- among students at USC? ^ irs even if they are not shar- * . Felicia Hope formation about their own 1 Minority freshman