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Duke Louisiana gubernatorial shows state of American David Duke's campaign to be the next govt has had major repercussions throughout the nai Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, appeals to l Louisiana. His calls for an end to welfare sut audience in the state. Those familiar with the politics of the Bayou too surprised, however. Duke's opponent Edw paragon of virtue either. Yet two things make special: his past association to a neo-terrorist or message he is preaching. A point should be made about Duke's pasi member of the KKK should not preclude anyfc for office. It is unfair to punish someone for \ would mean no one can ever have a change of h A politician who renounces his membership zation should be given a fair chance. Senator Rc Virginia is a good example; Byrd is a former now a leading Democrat with an excellent recon On the other hand, David Duke is no Robei said quite recently that he admires Adolf Hitl America fought on the wrong side in World serves his bad press notices. The scary thing is that his message is falli receptive ears; his supporters are not poor an regular middle class people. Many whites do fe in their own country by rampant special intere verse discrimination. They feel the government against them. Duke plays on their fears and t legitimate concerns have to be addressed before get more support from Americans. W)>'f iKSSS miVJ /O-J'V PMLft.ofiky o\ ur ^jwkjiosoio 1GAMECO News: 777-7726 Advertis Chris Silvestri Editor in Chief David Bowden Brant Managing Editor/Viewpoint Editor Copy De Tige Watts Traced News Editor A i nmi Ciim\il\l Tnrvm aakui1* i tLUU \ Sports Editor Photograp Patrick Villegas Gord< Asst. News Editor / Amy Barcomb b Asst. Carolina Life Editor A. 7 in /"ITXTT A Af 1 T-fc PTV 1 V ? w? ? -W YIKUITIIA 1V1AK511ALL UKUU 1 Asst. Copy Desk Chief Asst. Phi Wayne Williams Comics Editor yyj Dark Staff Cartoonist Renee a. Gibson I Asst. Media Director/Advertising Manager Pre iSTACiE Lewis 1 Asst. Advertising Manager Asst. Pro Erik Collins carc ? . , . . r. faculty Aaviser v Lara Chapman Asst. Classified Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to print all letters received, maximum. 250 to 300 words long. The writer must include full nan a USC employee or South Carolina resident, or year and major if c and phone number are required with all letters sent. The Gamec< to edit letters for style, possible libel or in case of space limitation not withhold names under any circumstance. Z2*. Ti&v jrnor of Louisiana I (WRY** ij Lion. Duke, an ex- \ W*V * Le middle class of BB \ >sidies has a large State shouldn't be wH| in Edwards is no wjwy ? ^^5^ Duke's campaign IIBr ^jp ganization and the ? rjyjfti V t. Being a former gf V KQ ody from running \ \ , .# / jast mistakes; that I Yfliy* eart V c, in such an organi- yyi* I ^ >bert Byrd of West V 1 Klansman, but is 1 ^0j?L i on civil rights. rt Byrd. Duke has tap er and thinks that War II. Duke deng on millions of d uneducated, but eAi^, ||?1| ;el disenfranchised s :st groups and re- jtOZ) is now prejudiced heir anxiety; their TfcSTlPV^ s Duke and his ilk UWV iW\ir \ " News edit( I hear a lot of people are up in arms K Gamecock. ^ From the early comments we've C from those little suggestion boxes, ] \ / readers aren't completely satisfied v u -A j they're reading, r ? And why not? S Are we too sensationalist? A lot of p r quick to say yes. But sit down and th 1 tfcf Would you rather read an article a I 3$ - mer USC President James Holderman I dele about USC's Garden Club? ?/ Ju \ Speaking from experience, the new Py jrpj y tries to pick out tnose stones USC would be more likely to read. J \ Don't think we're not going to cl . 1-^r- fact, I'm going to have a meeting with jU staff today at 6 p.m. in Russell Hou (UQz)321 to see what we can change. For interested, come today. You don't hav writer, just a concerned newspaper reac ^ i | But what would you like to see ch; ?YT^ oun(* ^ere^ We need your help. I do w^at y?u want an(* * neec* help. We 11 suggestions. Another item my department has b cized for is the lack of campus covera a lot of stories have dealt with the pi as | : : ;x 1 Nomination embarrassing o i r To the editor: f ing* 777-4249 1 am ^ to the Su- a ?' preme Court nomination process. I r thought that what the Senate leaders and the American press did t was very embarrassing and shame- v ? ful. The reasons for them doing v ,, nxjr what they did was to prove s ^ whether or not Clarence Thomas ^ sk Chief was guilty or innocent, in which ^ t Davis case they were in no position to f ,ife Editor judge anyone's innocence. j r LEPP They (the Senate leaders) made t , it look like Clarence Thomas was a } J ltor in court and they were the grand jurors, but yet they were still ask3N MANTLER ing the questions as if they were isst. News Editor lawyers too. Why was this all 'ICH TAYLOR necessary? It only proved one j thing: that the process was very risst. Sports Editor diculous and he still got nomi- j ^ICKABAUGH nated. Why waste taxpayers' time biography Editor and money as they often do? 1 Tasha Squire ERIC Glenn Business maior t< room Technician . . a Meter rates aura S.Day way too high I eduction Manager b *AY BURGOS To the editor: p duction Manager 1 would lov? 10 iumP on the a bandwagon to debate the current n >LYN GRIFFIN and everlasting issues of racism, p business Manager homosexuality and environmental ; awareness, dm i would liKe to aa- l] dress a very disturbing topic: the t] rise in parking meter fares. I pay d $100 a semester to park in Bios- a Letters snould be, at ~ . . ie, professional title if som St- Garage, but on the occa- p a student. An address sions that I need to park at a meter ti ock reserves the right for a few minutes I am now COn- v s. The newspaper will fronted by the option to pay not a c nickel or a dime, but a quarter for i; 37 1/2 minutes. m \ 1 W4S *? \ mm 1 OF THAT..., I S8A *#% 8? hp Vj^ " JJJ&yi iHST OH, WIS OUR CHItJ oi^ifi s\n vmi ji uai uicd liu over The ?- gr received ^ Tige Wati I ^ see our ^ >eople are ink about office, senate and cnme. But we alsc help in covering some more student 1 bout for- * have no idea what's happening or an ar- single club, but I sure would like to need clubs to let us know a little n s section themselves and what programs they o students dents- That's why I want to try and s< sort of correspondence. Any clubs a lanee In zations interested, please call me at 7 ? ' S44-1S85 my news \r ise room Believe me, I really do want to lrr all those PaPer and mn stories that interest m e to be a student body. But I need your help. ler Paraphrasing a famous Transce anged ar- ^eave to y?u 10 *n tJl n't know P^an t0 localize, localize, localize a leed your storics. Along with story focus changes, 1 een criti- changing some of our style. ge. True, We changed the font style for the resident's our readers can read them better. W LETTERS TO THE This is my fourth year at USC transformed ind in Columbia, both of which I lying becom idmire, but the deletion of the op- information, ion to pay for parking meters in "troop initial ncrements of time really chafes come "unde ny pants! If I could see where this we avoid tl >ocket change goes, which really with terms idds up on a student's income, I ears. A prop nay be more receptive. vegetarian, I know that the city meters are ment, anti-al he culprits of my discontent, but rights activi: vhere does that leave the students their course vho have given these meter-gods their path. T acrifices of silver for the past few absurd. 'ears? Without a garage or decent Let's sts >arking spaces, that's where. I feel America anc ppressed as a student and I feel you are opp ike whining about this trivial mat- are anti-aboi er. Maybe I'll start my own affront to tl wareness group. voting comr Walker Bowen expunged f Psychology senior immediately. 4nti-abortion Adver,is lot "pro-life" TTC~ Vv tU A't o the editor: I want to bring attention to a rir|f" f"| ;rm which has to be the daddy of [J 11 recently-coined euphemisms: pro-life." To the editor In the hypocritical public rela- As chairm ions battle for popular sentiment, Committee, 1 10 one wants to be anti-anything; to Kipp Shiv eing for something is much more titled, "Cam ositive, right? I guess being placed prioi gainst something is viewed in the complained tiodem era as rash and not quite and asked t( olitically correct. campus polic But the fact remains, most "pro- In point ol iters are simply against abortion; stopping in bey are not, in fact, averse to the hours ? or leath penalty or to sitting down to lice are help nice juicy steak. Indeed, most rapes and o eople are not for life in all situa- only very fe ions, as the bored label "pro-life" checked are yould implicate. They are for life is well worth nly in situations they've rational- There arc sed to be important. campus indi\ In a land where the elderly are have commit nnuM^ ofrw isconceptioi rid of that little flipped con onds graphic. Other plans ; 'S tures and run more feature st While I'm on the subject want to take the last few inc to clarify some miscon newspaper. I do not write all of th > need your jajs onjy ones j have ife- ones titled "Hatred" and "Fa with every the editorials are written by know. We this staff, nore about g \ye are noj close-mil ffer to stu- criticized for being "racist" it up some press the individual's opinio nd organi- opinion of the entire staff. 77-7726 or j encourage everyone whether they're white, blac iprove this biue? polka dot, etc. to help j ore of the rent angles of coverage. Eve rently and we need to on ndentalist ideas e name), I g yye d0 noj waste your lot of our tegg 0f your student activity but we put that money to gi1 we're also We like to inform you and w what you want ; briefs so But, in order to give you e also got want we need your ideas. Pie (MM* pnt M MI _ EDITOR to "senior citizens," but for various ri es "disseminating dis- secute. When th " invasions change to of these individu Lives" and the poor be- warned to stay rprivileged," I suggest have the right to te temntation tn lahe.1 thpm with trp?n to save our sensitive policy of checki er "pro-lifer" would be tect Mr. Shives, anti-capital punish- others that have bortion and an animal to be on campi ;t who would veer off believe that mo when an ant steps in pathizes with t his, as you can see, is homeless. Howe^ was an attempte irt a new trend in sault in the ca I call a dog a dog. If homeless person, osed to abortion, you rtion. "Pro-life" is an ^ P?tice do le intelligence of the including crim A ?1 ij i _ nrpupntinn nrrtrr iiuuuy uuu biiuuiu oe rom our vocabulary on campus paid programs, bro Wyatt Urmey printed in The C ing/journalism senior ^ey wou^ not' purses and book high risk areas. safety ?1 ?ls? *ondcr "V his friends are roblem ?1^$, dorm room or of : on security, ass; an of the USC Safety ID number that [ felt I should respond police agencies es' guest editorial en- and the officer pus police have mis- that number on t rities," in which he room, about being stopped ) show his ID to the One more thinj Law Enforcemem f fact, by occasionally dent Governmen taiviauais at "odd" Committee and whenever ? the po- sored a Safety W ing prevent larcenies, usual, though, m ther crimes. Even if that really needed ;w of the individuals tend the various p trespassing, the effort the free printed it seldom seem to l i a number of off- these opportunitie uduals who we know ted crimes on campus, Chairman, S I toU | ? 'I ID V TV"* IS ner on the 20 Secare to enlarge picories. of The Gamecock I ;hes of this column iceptions of the te unsigned editorwritten include the imess." The rest of other members of ided. We've been Columns only exin. They're not the to join the staff k, yellow, purple, pve us many differyone thinks diffe'er those different money. A percenfees do support us, ving you a service, e want to give you more of what you ase, let us know. masons cannot proe police stop any als who have been off campus, they arrest and charge assing. The entire ng IDs is to prohis friends and all legitimate reasons is. Incidentally, I st everyone symhe plight of the /er, last year there d rape and an asmpus area by a many other things e awareness and rams. If everyone more heed to these chures and tips jamecock, perhaps leave their wallets, bags unsecured in if Mr. Shives and aware of Project campus police or>ily come to his Tice, give him tips ign him a special can be traced by around the world will then engrave he property in that z. The Division of t and Safety, Stut and the Safety others all sponeek last week. As ost of the people I to be there to at>rograms and read materials given cake advantage of s. Richard Conant iafety Committee