The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 05, 1992, Page 3, Image 3
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Japan
Insults to workforce
not wrong, but misdirected
Since the onset of the Bush regime, America has not done an
incredible amount of introspective studying.
That is, not until Japan gave us a smack in the face that
knocked our rose-colored glasses right off.
The Japanese are just calling it like they see it. A slumping
economy, high unemployment rates and massive importing of
technical products make up the picture they see.
Americans are losing the drive "to live by the sweat of their
brow," Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said in the latest
of a series of insults. Then the country gets highly offended and
claims it ca.'t understand why he would say something so
preposterous.
Miyazawa sees things from an outsider's view, based on a completely
different culture. He sees the symptoms clearly, but has
diagnosed the wrong disease. It is not a lazy populus, it is a mismanaged
one.
Just as there are lazy individuals in Japan, there are lazy Americans.
It is a fantasy to assume that people are going to slave at
low paying jobs when they can make more in government compensation
by being on welfare or unemployment.
Perhaps if people had to take a job from the government to get
unemployment funds or welfare, then our work force would be
larger and productivity would increase.
Why should single parents with small children work when half
the time they can't make enough to pay the babysitter for the day
because there's no comprehensive day care system.
Japan would be unable to accurately make the claim that a huge
portion of our work force is illiterate without the backing of a
poorly funded education system. A system unable to offer students
with special needs any alternatives besides falling between the
cracks.
And we would have a large number of intelligent students pouring
into technical fields if college and university costs were not so
astronomical. Now it seems that only people who get scholarships
or who are from affluent families can afford to attend.
America is definitely ailing, but it is from an ineffective political
machine with no social conscience, not from 250 million lazy
people.
THE AFFAIR?-LETh TAKE 1 OKAY Mow ABOUT
BILL CLINTON'S TtftSPeCTlVEj perspective:
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the editor- il' so il must be g??d " Tt
Thank you'for once again bashing |^8hed and D? Vou
Che greek system at Carolina in the Jan. *cr= ,s ^ correlation"
31 article "Greek life can be R?nd?" r "" . ,??
expensive " Kappa Sigma fraternity, 198
Anyone skimming the front page Advertisin8 Management set
would read the pulled quote (by Wai
Ng) and think all fraternities were 1 * 9
money-oriented and selective because 13USll OOllClC
of one's worth. *
In the article, however, Wai states ITli^fVlPll
that money should not be an object in "iWlvvUfltu
the organization. The context Ng used
is all fraternities have financial obliga- To the editor:
tions, and members should consider I am tired of complaints
these before they join. Why would you shortages and politics, like
take a quote completely out of context economics major Dan O'b
for a display piece? should focus on the Big Pi<
Also, the dues are exaggerated in the Bush pledged 30 million job
third paragraph in which a $240 to and has now created 30 mi
$250 range is incorrectly printed. through the "free trade"
Where does Alpha Phi Alpha fit in pushed by the economic proft
with $60 per semester? Maybe a $60 to With the "free trade" po
$250 range wouldn't present such a firms are forced to compete
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Question:
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Andrea Moore
Broadcast Journalism majc
"No, because 1.0 isn't t
high. If they make it <
lower, then just one glass
wine might register."
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Queer
I've said it before, and I'
the queen polarizes the unive
For the past several years,
her family have been booe
during halftime. The queen i
unites the university as it
supposed to do. She doesn't
thing to the university besi(
the field for five minutes on<
Maybe someday the que<
stated with a new purpose. !
different high schools in
tMrhina snmp.fhinp of imi
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students, such as drug and
ness or the importance of hi
But at this time the Homect
sion just doesn't believe it
money to support the traditi
the Homecoming Queen.
On behalf of the Homec<
sion, I'd like to remind you
ing as a whole is a tradition;
which there is a whole we
which a whole group of sun
hard to plan. Anyone can g<
the week either by joining
or by going to the events.
Homecon
)The Homecoming garni
most enjoyable football g;
of the season, and a Hon
makes the pageantry of sh
USC wonderful.
This past year USC had
Queen because racism, fei
dent apathy made the tradil
some than enjoyable.
It's a shame we let issut
terfere with having a good
The Homecoming Queer
a part or the Homecoming
band and the singers. Lil
flowers and music, the Hoi
is a beautiful part of the sh<
^ Complaints that the trac
people to stereotype wome
are unfounded. If a won
would like to represent an
be a focal part of the Hon
she chooses to be on di
glory. And she should b<
crowned.
Unfortunately, the Hon
elections also have been \
tensions in past years. A
students support AfricanIfy
you would like to
drop it in a Suggestion
ign government su
je Game- like Airbus. When 1
; the new this unequal conte
ass. One Douglas or GM, tl
eks liked or join the compel
le others subsidized countrie:
cnnnose ine to Taiwan.}
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While this elimii
9 Big Picture is that i
ijor job at $8 per hour
jobs at 25 cents pe
chanan says, Bush
^ jobs in Mexico and
The bad news is
can expect higher I
ernment as the tax I
occurs when S.C. i
. eral and state taxes
VoV0of laws b
leal. Dan
;ture: that Dan O'Neal sh(
is in 1988 trade and open m
llion jobs universities in the
policies tenure for econ
>ssors. coupled with open
licy, U.S. professors for the
with fore- cheap, cutting tuil
Should the state lower
^ j?f jh
mm
Ryan McCormick
>r Economics major
hat "They should leave it whe
iny is because if they make it
i of lower, it's too iffy as
whether the person is rc
drunk or not."
1SS Fi
i serves no pur]
11 say it again, to keep a good trac
irsity. dent body.
, the queen and When you vote ir
:d on the field lion on Feb. 20, y
event no longer poll regarding the
was originally issue that was intro
contribute any- in November. 1 en<
les standing on one of you to ans1
:e a year. the commission has
in can be rein- a queen, that doesn
She could go to zation cannot contir
South Carolina However, I don'l
)ortance to the A whole year has ?
alcohol aware- tee composed of a c
igher education, reviewed the Quee
)ming Commis- the conclusion that
could spend its purpose at USC.
onal purpose of showed it feels diff<
The last queen el
anting Commis- an opinion poll. 0
that Homecom- 900 voted. That a
al celebration in less than 5 percei
'ek of activities cared about the fut
dents work very Queen.
2t involved with ? liana Myerson
the commission liana Myerson is
That is the way Commissioner.
tiing Queen par
5 is one of the dates, and white sti
ame experiences didates. This fact
lecoming Queen May the woman
owing loyalty to votes win.
People don't g
no Homecoming football game to
minism and stu- society. They com
ion more hassle- the Gamecocks wi
tertainment, ready
js and apathy in- Imagine. It's h;
time. are leading some
i is as interesting Strains of the
pageantry as the Williams-Brice as
Ice the balloons, Band forms a perf(
necoming Queen President John
r>w. field and centlv I
lition encourages into the arms of ;
n as sex symbols who has promised
nan decides she the university a wt
organization and And somewhere
lecoming events, ing fans, who've
splay in all her school, someone is
j applauded and crying and enjoyi
life in the America
lecoming Queen
ilagued by racial - Katliy Hebergei
ifrican-American Kathy Heberge
American candi- The Gamecock.
oIThave an Issue or questic
see addressed in Cross Fire or USC
Box or Call The Gamecock New
bsidized industries, fighting inflat
J.S. companies lose gurus respons
st, like McDonnel jobs could joii
ley either bankrupt in searching
;ition in low wage, Buchanan.
5. (Douglas is mov- W. L. Clark
Second year I;
lates U.S. jobs, the
svery exported U.S. \Jt3.1TIC
creates 32 Chinese
x hour. As Pat Bu- COOSI*
created 30 million ?
Red China.
To the editor:
; that USC students ' *m goi"8
not been temD
kees irom state gov- ^
base erodes. Erosion %nntn ProKK.
nduslries evade fed- glp i
and minimum wage ?.
^ b was articulate
MeHC0- neared the en
was sharing n
)uld hope that free excitment duri
arkets come to the Ms. Crabb
form of abolishing overall quality
omics professors and I think it i
bidding by Chinese complishment
jobs. They'd work Roger J. Sulli
Lion costs and thus Philosophy pr
the legal blood alcohol le
Yvette Mann
Interdisciplinary Studii
major
re it
any "It should be lowered b
i to cause it's proven that wi
jally where it is now, people a
still getting into accidents."
"*S?L ^ai
re* toy
? Rahul Sli
I don't k:
nO^lP take pleasur
At the ba
trips over a
lition and unite the stu- might feel :
instantaneoi
i the Student Body elec- Why do
ou will see an opinion jump when
i Homecoming Queen . in his bathti
duced by Senator Lister ing Sylvestt
courage each and every of ferocious
wer that poll. Although World W
; decided not to sponsor give a gra
't mean another organi- how millior
lue the tradition. sacred and
l think that will happen. make soaj
;one by since a commit- household
liverse group of students ball season,
n process and came to the stadiun
the office has no real ghoulish gl
No organization has mayhem on
jrently. The upse
ection was somewhat of have had a
f 26,000 students, only manifests ii
lone proves to me that only have t
it of our student body ically remo
ure of the Homecoming his activity
know what
Needless
; the 1992 Homecoming reflected c
lems. A ch
adopt a figl
and other fc
f of fun When was
v *uii being repre
or a swan?
Lidents support white can- Violenct
is nothing to sulk about. also runnin
who generates the most ciless Mass
authors are
;o to the Homecoming Into Gandfc
look for problems with and their ai
e home to USC to watch And our
n. They're ready for en- result of r
to laugh and cry. Man A bu
alftime. The Gamecocks banged his
school by a long shot. On the I
alma mater penetrate instincts ai
; the Carolina Marching Man had fc
ict arch across the field. of Primitiv
Palms walks across the instead of
daces a dozen red roses giant mam
a smiling female student problem i:
I to do her part to make we're teai
mderful place to be. that's not c
amid the 80,000 scream- Ql
come to support their isi ,
: smelling those roses and .
ing a great afternoon of
in pageant. o1wo,
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backing Michael Bolton Asst s
and professional. As I Faculty
d of the article, I felt I Asst. Ad
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ng this event.
's writing reflects the The Gam
' of the paper this term, 200-250 v
is important that such ac- ifastuder
_ .... Tha rtarr,
be recognized publicly. |jbel or Sf
van under anj
ofessor
I
vel for drivers?
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Ben LaPierre
es HRTA major
"It should be lowered to make
e- it tougher on people who
ith drive drunk."
ire
i attracted
iolence
larangpani
now if you've noticed, but we seem to
e in the oddest of things.
isest level, we laugh whenever someone
bannana peel and breaks his spine. We
sorry for him later, but laughing is our
is reaction.
we enjoy watching poor Mr. Wilson
he finds Dennis the Menace's pet lizard
Lib? What do we find so amusing in see\x
the cat being torn to shreds by a pack
hounds?
ar II movies are so popular because they
phic description of
is of Jews were mastheir
bones used to \
p, toys and other *, . I
items. During footthousands
throng to <
ns to watch with a 4, V
lee as people inflict j
their fellow man.
;tting fact is that we
sadistic streak in us since birth, and it
[self quite often in our early years. You
o watch an angelic-looking brat systemat
ving the legs of an ant in his backyard,
punctuated by six sequential smiles, to
I am talking about.
to say, our propensity toward violence is
luite often in our choice of college embicken,
per se, is much too docile, so we
titing chicken as ours. Tigers, bears, lions
iclligerent carnivores are all too common,
the last time we saw any establishment
rented as something as serene as a deer
5 fostering modes of entertainment are
g rampant. Books like "Mussolini's Mer>acres"
are selling like hotcakes and their
! getting awards. Books like "An Insight
lian Philosophy" are going unappreciated,
Lithors are getting ulcers,
penchant toward violence is not merely a
nodernization. I am sure that Primitive
rst out laughing when Primitive Man B
head against his cave ceiling.
3righter side, we must realize that all our
e little aids to our survival. If Primitive
ieen composing love songs for the benefit
re Woman at the edge of a tranquil lake
happily tearing away at the entrails of a
moth, we wouldn't be around today. The
s, we've been over indoctrinated. Now
ing away at each others' entrails, and
;xactly encouraging our survival.
lr propensity toward violence, it is hardly
hat man has accumulated enough weapons
this planet several times over,
s suprising is that he has not done it
harangpani is a graduate student in the def
electrical and computer engineering.
iOH ISNT THIS BETTER THAH ALL THAT
STUFF MOOT THE RECESSION?"
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