Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VIEW Parent USC must acce and allow Coas When parents nuture a chil let that child leave. That's the situation USC ad themselves in. The Coastal Carolina campi and other branch campuses ma When the decision was annt ident John Palms and trustees would ruin the system. The USC system was creat< lege students across the state, couldn't make it to the Colun earn their education from USC It was also created to height* And that's what it has done. Coastal has become a major means as reputable as Clemsoi Yet, they're respectable. And t through the system. Now, they want to try it oi there without having the Big 1 seeing their business. And they should be allowed accept the role of a parent whc have to let their child leave hoi h9C tr\ r?ffar 11UJ IW V/11V/I . Coastal has matured to the p and go on their own. Meanwhil that campus make it on their ov And if any other branch cam sure that those campuses can m; Parting with a child is hard, 1 sibility and stop acting overprol --rfuriiiii rr " t" 1 GUESS WH ISTUCK WITH" J" ( CANT i v ' o O I I A Free trade can hurt economy To the editor: American manufactureres cannot compete with foreign countries like Mexico, who pays thousands of workers as low as 55.5 cents an nour, ana sells billions of dollars worth of products to America. Many Americasn companies have moved to foreign countries, taking advantage of lower wage scales ? their products are sold in the United States at prices that bring them huge profits, resulting in these countries selling approximately one hundred billion dollars more annualkly to the United States than they buy from us!! Let's immediately contact our elected officials to: 1. Immediately stop all purchases from foreign countries until Ekiitor's note. Is something bothering you, c just ticking you off? If so, the letter telling us your views or about USC, the U.S., the world do our best to print it. What I: than The Gamecock? Put pen be heard ? now. /POINT pt responsibility :tal to separate d and watch that child, it is hard tc ministrators and trustees have found is wants to separate from the system iy be on their way out, too. xmced this past summer, USC Presbalked at the decision. They said it 3d to enhance the education of colIt was created to give students who ibia campus the opportunity to still sn higher education across the state. college in the state. They're by no l, Furman, or even USC-Columbia. hey earned that respect by working a their own. They want to go out Brother campus of Columbia overto separate. USC-Columbia has to ) sees their child leave home. They Tie and see the challenge the world oint that they can leave the system le, USC can take pride in watching m. puses want to leave, USC must be ake it on their own. but USC must take on that respon:ectively. 0 GOT I THE BILL'? I ji"; ;T ^r Dl D $ MENTION C PtAM TN? SAX? ' AS </lTHTU? UNCOMMITTED ArTTED' AS UB IS-Jusr they pay their workers wages and benefits comparable to America's. 2. Place barriers against all countries who have barriers against U.S. products, and against all fore- ' ign subsidized products that undersell our own. 3. Bar foreign countries from selling more products to the United States in monthly dollar volume than it buys from the U.S. 4. Immediately put a stop to so called "free trade," which has been a disaster to American manufacturers. 5. Let us work to rebuild our own deteriorating economy. Any American who supports free trade is actually helping to destroy our own economy and the American way of life. John O'Ban member, LET'S SAVE AMERICANS FIRST , ' / / jetting under your skin, or / n write about it! Send us a i whatever's on your mind /y I or life in general and we'll >etter forum for your ideas to paper and let your voice * I Question: Do y< Jenny Anderson Paul English Com "Yes, I do, because the U.S. "Ye: needs to give the world the We'i impression that they are their think 1 frianH onrl c?r/\nn ? 11: ~ ~ ?- L umv? au ui iy allied cilt? IU I very important to U.S. agaii strategic plans." <FEros Americans have We have been taught all our lives t honor free speech as one of the most im portant distinctions that sets our countr apart from totalitarian dictatorships. Because we have the right of free speech each of us is free to express our opinions consider the ideas of others, and to criticizi social policy without fear of governmen reprisals. There have always been those who argu< some speech is just so socially irresponsibh that it should not be permitted. The mos popular target has been erotic speech Others have suggested the same principle be applied to speech which offends racia! minorities, women, and gays and lesbians This is the thrust of the "politically correct' speech codes many colleges have adopted the past couple of years. Before them, of course, was the moral maioritv which toHav ctiii nft^n ^ ^ ? ? v~? j uuii v/nv/ii OUWWAld HI supressing religiously incorrect speech, particularly in school curriculums, libraries and local theatres in many communities throughout the country. Recently, intolerance for diverse points of view have been extended to music, principally rap. 2 Live Crew's "Nasty As They Wahna Be" album comes readily to mind as an example of speech which drew attacks from both the feminist and religious communities and resulted in criminal prosecutions in several towns in the Southeast under obscenity laws. Ice-T lyrics just "I'm about to dust some cops off," Ice-T exclaims. Ice-T then turns to the audience and screams: "What do you want to be?" "A COP KILLER!" everyone roars. Far be it for me to infringe on anybody's x-ii&i /\iiiciiuiiiciu ngnis, dui is mere a more subtle way to get you're point across without alienating the group of people you want to change?. It seems that a song like this would only serve to promote even more suspicion between the police and black males. While Body Count's new album is mildly engaging, especially in placing the heretofore rap-singer Ice-T in front of a metal/thrash background, it is not of any great consequence either musically or politically. The riffs and lyrics are interesting at first but drone on in repitition to the point where it becomes a tedious listening experience. I can't imagine that even Ice-T sees this album as anything more than a summer pasttime between rap albums. So it is not likely the song "Cop Killers," will catch on far beyond that of the first ou think the U.S. should offer e< Rucker Brett White iputer Engineering Finance 5. I think thpu chmilH "I Hnn't raallu ll e a world power and I we are in a t it would be good for us ourselves mor lelp get them going getting out of a i." need to help ou s Firc^ right to choose 0 Vice President Dan Quayle's call this i_ past week for the suppression of Ice-T's y "Cop Killer" underscores just how important the right of free speech is to each of us. , Mr. Quayle obviously dislikes the message 1 this song conveys and has made clear that 3 if it were in his power to do so, he would t make sure no one heard it. So what does Ice-T say in "Cop Killer?" ; To me, he is saying that if the political and ? judicial system Mr. Quayle and other politil cians represent do not protect black people from brutal, racist police, the people will j protect tnemselves. [ Maybe Mr. Quayle is right and the message is socially irresponisble, but I would ? like to make my own judgement rather than [ relying on him to make it for me. Our right to free speech is a fundamentally American value which protects our right to say things and listen to things and entertain ideas even the Vice President of the United States does not like. We may wish others would not exercise that right in quite the way they do sometimes. but imagine a democracy where the right to free speech extended only to that which the government would permit. - Steven Bates Steven Bates is executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina. dangerous hype single "There Goes the Neighborhood." But if it does... It will mainly be due to the hype and not to Ice-T's songcraft. Th<=? nlK..m 1 I - niliuui uaa uccn oul lor qune awnne and it has taken police organizations from Texas and New York several months to discover "Cop Killers." And of course once somebody mentions it, everyone has to jump on the bandwagon - even our illustrious Vice President - in an attempt to find a black villian. It all goes to show you that the Bush camp doesn't have its act together. If Nixon were President, Ice-T would have already be on file as a dangerous subversive and this unpleasantness would be in the past. The song has gained such notoriety now only because of its misfortunate timing af- . ter the Los Angeles riots, and although the i song was recorded before L.A. burst into flames, Ice-T's song shows the feelings that 1 were brewing in the aftermath of the Rod- 1 ney King incident. s --Jack Dunn ^ Jack Dunn is the Sports Editor of The 1 Gamecock . a .. v^.n^oua_y, JUI1C Z4, 1W2 sonomic aid to Russia? r9 ' fcAl Mitchell Sitton Engineering link so. I think "No. I don't think so, because time to help they were our enemy for a e. We're just long time." recession, we rselves." ABC now getting its just desserts - Aaron Sheinin "Obviously, a lot of folks are trying to cause me difficulty." These are the words of C. Wilbur Hodge Jr., commissioner of the Alcoholic Beverage Control. He's talking about a State Law Enforcement Division in vestigation into, among other things, his wrecking of a state car on a night he was admittedly drinking. There's a billboard in West Columbia that says "I've only had a couple drinks, I can drive," and then makes some sort of plea against drinking and driving. Apparently, such things are trivial to men like this. SLED is also looking into allegations that ABC commissioners accepted free lunches, took trips to topless bars and received money in exchange for favors. Oh, my. Such a tangled web. I guess the saying about there not being any free lunches doesn't stick to them, huh? Ma* ABC is the thorn in the side of most college students, bar! owners and anyone else with a sense of decency. Its agents walk into bars as if the absolute power of God were behind them, which in fact may as well be true for any unsuspecting underage drinker or bar owner. Now, I know there are some who are going to rally behind the theory that these underage drinkers are in fact breaking the law and the agents are in fact doing their jobs. Were ABC employees doing their jobs when Ken Allen, a former ABC executive director and board phairmon rvoi/I * * V..UU.UH1I, paiu iui ^uiuiiiissujii uiciuocrs to eat luncn at various restaurants, which is among the allegations under scrutiny by SLED? Or where they, per chance, doing their jobs when they visited topless bars with Allen? Allen is now an independent attorney who often argues cases in front of the commission for clients seeking liquor licenses. Hasn't anyone stopped to think just maybe the commission is going to go a little easier on Allen's clients than others? Hodge has called Allen a friend. Well, sure he is. He'd be my friend, too. f "I'll tell you this," Hodge told The State newspaper. "You are not going to buy me for a grilled chicken sandwich." Yea, whatever, pal. I don't think anyone is going to accuse you of being that cheap. It probably at least takes a steak. "The Booze Police," as they've become known in certain circles are also coming under scrutiny in Greenville where Commissioner Wayne Crick called his son at a party to tell him to leave before ABC agents raided it. I wonder if the kid told anyone else at the party? Would you? Or would you let your friends lose their driver's license for 90 days and face a stiff fine for, gasp, drinking? And I just wonder if Crick was sitting back with a cold one when he made that call. Oh, but he's of age. It makes me smile to think this organization is filally getting accused of being what has been runoured for quite a while ? a corrupt, scandalous secret police bent on enforcing overbaring laws vhile they accept unethical gifts from people like Mien. If the SLED investigation turns up nothing at all, i small victory can still be claimed. At least the >ublic will become aware of the rumors, and maybe, ust maybe ABC's pride and shield will take a dent r two. tBafficocfr use *K. 1901 or in Chief Shelley Magee laging/News Editor TIge Watts y Desk Chief Jay King /point Editor Aaron Sheinin jlina Life Editor Octavia Wright 3hics Artist Sean McGuinness tography Editor Jeff Mabon 1s Editor Jack Dunn luction Manager Laura Day luction Assistant :...Ray Burgos ilty Adviser Erik Collins srtising Manager Renee Gibson . Classified Manager Neha Samagond he Game;j '< will try to print all letters received. Iters should be 200-250 words. Full name and Sessional title, or year and major if a student, must be luded along with address and phone number. The mecock reserves the right to edit letters for style, ssible libel or space limitations. The Gamecock will : withhold names under any circumstances.