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Pressure
Machinery of mode
suffocates individu
S\nmfMimr?? in ihic hiah-nrpcQiiro '
accusiomcd to, we tend to forget wi
the machinery of everyday life.
The city and the university have a
and constantly driving us to produce
to make it through their classes res{
many hours a week in a simple efft
costs of education.
College is not for kids anymore.
Students no longer attend universii
information simply for its own sake
college at 18 knowing what they wa
lives. Four years later, they should b<
This place in our lives was once tl
about ourselves. Traditionally, colleg
tual exploration, not just a proces:
checkered bubble sheets. Sometime:
stop to smell the roses.
Why are we only studying yesterd;
Because we do little to foster th<
geniuses passing through today's e<
mnnev in nootrv It's almost imnoss
symphonies. There is no longer a \
world. Instead the philosophers must
like this, force-feeding Descartes' ide
What about that professor's idea
ideas?
And what happened to holding dis
Why is it that many students would
a paper based on his or her own the
what they have heard in lectures or
forbid we should discuss our place i
or where we're going, unless it invo
salary.
The university is evolving from <
into Real World 101. And that world
It is a somber example of Darwini:
'THE BAP MEIVS IS YOU
MR. PERFECT?THE 60<
BE RUNNING A6AINST
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Baptist control
legitimate right
To the editor:
The editorial entitled "Separation" in
April 8th's Gamecock inappropriately
relies upon constitutional principles to
justify the view that the South Carolina
Baptist Convention should be divested
of its historic control over the selection
of trustees at Furman University. The
editorial consists of a series of uniusti
J
fied, inaccurate, illogical and otherwise
lame assertions that serve only as evidence
of a need for you to increase the
suggested length of letters to the editor.
The first sentence ("Separation of
church and state") is impertinent. The
second sentence ("It's a constitutional
amendment securing us from the control
of religious influence") is true only
in the narrowest of senses and is misleadingly
incompetent. The first part of
the third sentence ("We fought for that
right") is historically false. And the
naivete of the remainder of the third
sentence ("and we live by it") is tempered
only by the charade of your
fourth sentence ("At least we try to").
Contrary to your rather direct implications,
Furman is not a state entity. It
is a private school founded in 1825 by
South Carolina Baptists to provide
higher education in an environment
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those who ca
heartbeat, strong and pulsing, ance themselve
Students today are expected
3ectably, often while working
)rt to keep up with the rising
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ties to obtain pure knowledge, I
They are expected to enter "
int to do with the rest of their
i out in the world doing it.
lought of as a time to find out
;e has been a time of intellec5
of cranking out accurately
s it seems we can no longer Nobody like
unless it's nart
ay's geniuses? J0^. ancJ even
e developing talents of those humour in it. lucation
factory. There is no Delta Delta si
;ible to make a living writing
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)lace for philosophers in this .
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settle for jobs at a university makes ^ al
:as to business majors. bimbos bul a[
is? What about his students' member "SNL
ing people lau
cussions and debates in class? rcotypes to gei
no longer dream of turning in For better or
:ories, instead of regurgitating fun of people
were assigned to read? God don't seem to <
n this world, why we're here In ?SNL>s?
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his gun and 1
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is not such a pretty place. Ford's preside
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controlled by them. Who would deny not to
the right of any religious organization I aj
to establish such a school for itself? affect!
Certainly not the Constitution. The first tion a
amendment provision frequently char- are pt
acterized as requiring separation of reasor
church and state is simply inapplicable thougl
to private schools. with i
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muicuvci, nuuuuy ^auiy, pcrnaps; v^aiuii
has ever done any real fighting for this and d
amendment. It was proposed and rather solely
peacefully adopted approximately 10 Baptis
years after the British surrendered to
the end of the Revolutionary War. P
None of our wars since then have had _ #
as even a remote purpose the securing | v||
of religious freedom (at least for white
folks). Too many examples exist of a OFC
true breach in the wall of separation to
support your statement that we live by j
it, and your assertion that we "try to" You
live by it, while facially laudable, is Grccn(
belied bv ihe course of action imnli
citly suggested by your editorial. ^
More pertinent to the Furman issue attemf
is that part of the amendment which Mr. W
you (conveniently?) overlooked: the subjec
right of people freely to exercise their My
religion. If the Baptists want to spend ncighfc
their money to create a school to serve place I
their religious purposes, who among us who li
would presume to come along later and friend:
lake their school away from them? Fur- them,
man students aren't captives. If they Some
dislike the rightful authority exercised friends
by the Baptists, they may simply opt dents ;
i: If you were president of the Un
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ijor Computer science gradu*
student
at the medical
r to find a sys- "I would reduce welfare pre
n balance the rams, because it's hurting t
stem of Dhvsi- economv. Thev're iust Da
uaranteeing at pering the public."
coverage for
in't get insures."
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SNL skits only come
s to be the butt of a joke, but from real life and ex
icularly cruel, then it's just a O.K., they sometimes
i the butt should find a little it's all in an attempt t(
A case in point is the 'Delta I would certainly aj
at on "Saturday Night Live." of Delta Delta Delta
have used the letters
nly understand why sorority organization because
ht be upset by a skit that cific a reference to a !
1 out to be fashion conscious But, at the same tim
the same time they must re- skit is both a joke the
" is in the business of mak- going to take all thz
gh. Sometimes they use ste- there should be enou
L a laugh, but it's all in fun. alumni, and people wl
worse, they've been making to realize the stereot;
this way for years, and they aren't really valid,
discriminate.
Delta Delta Delta a
history Garret Morris was an should ^ "SNL's"
irisoner who wanted to take je[ ds charity work an
dll all the whities. Chevy After all it's just a coi
ied his way through Gerald one that's not really ;
ncy. Dana Carvey made us other hand, have you
over-zealous Church Lady. thc journalists who ...
gotten a little emotional selfFranken's
psychobabbling -Dennis Shealy
hese are just a few examples Dennis Shealy is a
;haracters "SNL" has taken Gamecock.
>NL stereotypes soror
s, we can get a kick out of port their sororities' p
5-enacting the skits that were the Epworth Children'
tturday Night Live" a few and CASA, which arc
)wever, it gives non-greeks a cial advocates for abus
on of sororities. Many greeks also as
organizations on car
men aren't just air-headed government. If we're
bows and miniskirts. They the president of the
t majority of the leaders on Young, is a greek,
is. Many sorority women are Although "SNL" s
nor groups such as Omicron and Tau Kappa Epsilo
jamma Beta Phi, Phi Beta rcotyping all sororities
tar Board (along with many feel it would have beei
ersial if "SNL" used a
nization, however, we
y grade point average is would any other victin
; overall women s GPA on
nly do sorority women dis- -Margaret Buchan
lemic standards, they serve and Sandy Stewart
community by volunteering Margaret Buchanan,
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vi iTiwiiuiiai nu^piiai anu m oaiiuj' Jitwaii aiv^
)sis Walks. They also sup- members.
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attend. youth fulness I
*ree that Baptist influence likely which makes it
5 the nature and quality of educa- reason we live h
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)sitive is something about which are beginning v
lablc people may disagree. Who, vantages of livir
ti, may legitimately be concerned our neighborhoo
t? Certainly not the stale of South As for probl
ina or USC. Rather, the control hood, the main
irection of Furman is simply and and trash. But
the business of South Carolina mountable prol
its. landlords, tena
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olitical science graduate student fort, we could e;
litter under cont
ter, not people, dcs- Then u wo
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the yards msieai
... sympathize wit
; editor: .i ,
ir article headlined "Litter Upsets CrC IS simP !
Slrecl Residents" was interest- ^mg anywhe
ul ii did not accurately capture ?hut 1 lh,mk cve :
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ne and substance ol what I was . . , . .
innately, this p.
)ting to convey to your editor, . . . . ,
A .u which probably
ralts, who interviewed me on the . , . /
by the university
wife and 1 love the east campus ^?.' ^1,lhouy'1
torhood. We think it is a splendid "at<Td bf thc ho1
Lo live. We consider the students l^rh(X)d 10 ^
vc on or near Greene Street to be 1 al I110sl 0 1
i of ours. We enjoy talking to whal 1 havc saiJ<
Some of them babysit for us. |s,lhal lhc sllldl
arc thc sons and daughters of old 1 s a Srcdl nu^
> of ours. We think that these slu- cvcn bcllcr as w
Kid a certain energy, vitality and
ited States, what would you c
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ate Journalism major Ma
"Defense spending. We're "Tl
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end up walking off ol
aggerated a little bit. For some unknowi
exaggerated a lot, but credible importance (
) make us laugh. son looks, talks and
*ree with any member so important, it's scai
that "SNL" shouldn't When a person m<
of their real and vital one's appearance, th
that's a bit too spe- tating, destructive ant
large group of people. Yet, we still make
e, I would argue the We voted for Ron
average person is not because he looked
it seriously, and that made us feel go
gh Delta Delta Delta ourselves. Pure appea
to know these alumni, The results? A t
ypes used in the skit great-grandchildren
A savings and loan <
grandchildren can't
md its sister sororities disparity of wealth
ribbing in stride and middle class gasping
d GPAs do its talking. Germans voted f<
medy skit, and frankly country,
all that funny. On the The results? The \
heard the one about Jews were killed pure
Why was he elect
filfvt fn thf Hprman rt
We should have
i columnist for The didn't because we're
? act as though we don
I saw a bumper sti
self. Question authori
jfipc That's the whole
ourselves. We put ol
us. Is this a democrac
>hilantrophies such as Is this what the c
s. Home, Manor Care Cracy thought? Is thi
i court-appointed spe- have died for? To pi
ied children. office and let them le;
re involved in service When your represe
npus and in student something, ask him (
not mistaken, even sion Make sure they
student body, Tom for yourself.
Question authori
olely used Tri-Delta whether it be the pr<
n letters, they are ste- y0ur fraternity presid
j and fraternities. We sit there Become
n a little less controv- environment,
fictitious greek orga- When we lose intei
can laugh it off as become more worth le
i of ""sNtl V' humor
an, Lile.s Robson
Liles Robson and
Delta Delta Delta f \ J*
; Please
at 777-772(o. #1 to
the neigh borhood
unique, and that is one ?|i*V
ere. In fact, a lc?t of our I
a homes in the suburbs %.
o notice the many ad- ^
ig downtown, including ^
d.
ems in the neighbor
one seems to be inter
this is not an insur- ?
3lem. If all of us ? g V_F 3. .
nts, homeowners and
3uld make an extra ef- .
ii .u i Editor in Chief
isily keep the trash and
/ . : , Managing Editor
"t ^ t" 'V" Copy Desk Chief
uld be Ihe City s job 10 Copy Desk CI"
3mpt y. Viewpoint Editor
,rs being parked up in News
d o on Che streets, we Ass, News Editor...
h the tenants because Car0|ina, Editor
/ not enough student Asst Carolina! Edito
re near the university. Graphics Editor
yonc agrees that cars in .cartoonist
an attractive sight. Ul- photography Editor".',
arking problem is one AsM Photography E(
will have to be solved SpoTts Editor
and the city. Asst sports Editor..
1 have not been dcsig- Facufty Advjser
ncowncrs in the neigh- Asst Advertising Man
ik lor them, my bet is Asst. Classified Man
hem would agree with
1 in this letter. My bet The Gamecock witi try toi
cnts would agree, too. 2,00',2l?Trdi,'t^"
? if a student, must be includ
hborhood Ihut will The Gamecock re serves
C all work together. libel or space limitations.
under any circumstances
Henry McMaster
hange and why?
trick Harvin
nagement major
le way governmen t opers
because it's too iineffec;
right now, especially the
y it treats certain segments
q n r I P t V 9 c I a e e a r
ments."
ist think
we follow
follow end up walking off of a
follow because of appearances
f Mount Everest,
a reason, our society places in)n
appearances. The way a perpresents
him or herself to us is
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9 HAr>icir?n KqcaH r*n cnmp.
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e ends are devastating. Devasi
catastrophic,
those kinds of decisions,
aid Reagan
for help.
3r Adolf Hitler to lead their
folocaust. Almost eight million
ly out of hate.
ed, though? Because he appe)mmunity.
learned our lessons. But, we
stupid. We don't learn, and we
't want to.
cker that said, "Think for yourty."
How true those words are.
problem. We don't think for
fficials into office to think for
y?
riginal philosophers of demos
what some men and women
it idiots who appeal to us into
ad us to destruction,
intative says Congress is doing
ar her why. Question the decimade
the right decision. Think
ty in every case you can.
^sident of the United States or
lent, question them. Don't just
active and care about your
rest, we become worthless. We
ss than a politician's promise.
late returns
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