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Term limits
Restrictions on Congress
provide better representation
More than 150 House seats are up Tor grab in 1992, and
whether presidential candidates Bush or Clinton win office,
1993 should be an ideal time for reform in both the legislative
and executive branches.
The new Congress will look to the White House for leadership.
Unjaded, and still not under the claws of the special
interests, the new Congress will be willing to work for the
betterment of the country.
With the president's guidance, the Congress will also put a
stop to the privileges that have existed in the past. They will
address the issue of the incumbent's stranglehold on
Washington.
The only way to achieve the legislative reform needed is
through term limitations. Increased turnover in Congress
means increased representation. This is necessary in an age
of professional politicians who have proven to the American
people that they need to be watched constantly.
A good model for the future Congress, one that has been
offered by elder statesman Richard Nixon, proposes increasing
the length of a House term to four years. This would
enable Congress to actually work on legislation instead of
running a two-year re-election campaign. Congressmen under
this model would also be allowed to serve two consecutive
terms, if so elected, and once their time had been served,
they'd be history. They have four to eight years to make their
connections, but when they are gone, the connections,
alliances, and the seniority system goes with them.
With four-year terms, half the Congress would be elected
every two years instead of the whole House as it is now. This
would make for less campaigning within the House every
year and less chaos every two years. There would also be
more stability plus the guarantee of turnover.
The U.S. Senate would keep the same length for their
terms, but would be limited to serving three consecutive
terms, as opposed to unlimited terms. The Senate would be
allowed three terms to fulfill their original purpose to "advise
and consent."
When the heavy campaigning begins and both presidential
candidates enter the state of California, they will be facing a
state whose government cannot afford to pay their workers, a
state who has already addressed the issue of term limits for
their legislators. Their state congressmen are currently running
rampant and Republican Gov. Pete Wilson is powerless
to control them. Let us be hopeful the newly-inaugurated
president will take the example of .California with him to
Washington and change what needs to be changed.
(Baifltcock
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The Gamecock will try to print all letters received.
Letters should be 200-250 words. Full name and professional
title, or year and majorif a student, must be
included along with address and phone number. The
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Recycling mana:
I once heard a joke about recycling.
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Call me stupid, but 1 said the fact t
said no. They both don't recycle. Get it
I got it. I just didn't find it funny.
So then I asked him what he had in
take both of us out. I said no. You're be
Of course, I never dated him again,
point is recycling. Waste today, no futui
Those few words sum up how stror
opinion, if we keep wasting instead of
our days on earth, which are already nu;
Of course that is just my opinion. Ev
body has a behind and sometimes you
we sit on this issue we'll be sitting on
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I know you're probably thinking thai
won't help save the world, but it sure ci
If every American household kept a
in their backyard, each would have a st
feet in volume. That is four stories high
Do you realize if we saved those Per
throw in the trash, we would help redui
pers can be recycled into new packs of
can all use notebook paper. One ton
saves 7,000 gallons of water.
I don't know about you, but it bother
trash. From pollution to toxic waste to a
Believe me, I understand those of yoi
paper won't make much of a difference
probably thinking that recycling is a wa
is already doomed. I've taken all other
consider this.
It is not that hard. It's quite simple. 1
papers to the side of the road and a cits
There are drop boxes in our dorm fo
many of you drop your cans in the gai
cans to a recycling center and get paid t
taken to a recycling center.
But no. It's too much like the right th
You can't go wrong with recycling. 1
ue to do so, and for those who don't
don't think it can help save the world,
said before, it sure can't hurt it.
As I always say when asked how 1
haste not. Here today, and gone tomorrc
-Le'Vaughn Perry is a j
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SC Young Demi
quick to accuse
To the editor: f
As a supporter of Bill Clinton t
and A1 Gore, I was very angry c
after reading the Sept. 9 issue of r
The Gamecock. I was first annoyed
while reading about David Haller's r
rash and unfounded accusation that /
USC's College Republicans tam- t
-| pered with the Young Democrats' (
fliers announcing the Bill Clinton (
rally. Although Mr. Haller is
unfortunately the president of 1
USC's Young Democrats, I hope f
the USC population will not view s
Mr. Haller's behavior as represen- i
k tative of the students at USC who a
support the Democratic party's
candidates. F
I was further angered when I p
discovered that while Haller's fool- (
ishness was plastered on The i
Gamecock's front page, the news- v
worthy Clinton rally was stuck at p
the bottom of page three. This is s
not the first time The Gamecock (j
has printed sensationalist stories in p
a cheap effort to attract more read- p
ers. t
Mr. natter woutu ao supporters n
of Bill Clinton a very large favor if f
he would keep his paranoid and c
foolish ideas to himself. It would c
also be commendable if The
Gamecock would quit printing sto- F
ries fit for The Enquirer and keep c
its focus on more substantial mate- t
rial. u
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Robin Fahringer
Psychology and Elementary a
Education senior e
Editor's Note ? David Haller is i
not the president of USC's Young F
Democrats. He is president of the t
S.C. Young Democrats. u
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To the editor: r
Americans have less faith in c
their political leaders today than at t
perhaps any other point in history. *
> Images of the selfless, idealistic
public servant working for the bet- s
terment of society have given way
to harsh reality. Many consider the *
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common with trash. He said you
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but that's besides the point. The
re tomorrow.
lgly I feel about recycling. In my
recycling, we'll continue to limit
mbered.
erybody has an opinion and everyjust
have to sit on it. Of course, il
five million tons of waste. That's
t saving a stack of old newspapers
in't hurt it.
lifetime share of hazardous waste
ack of 55-gallon drums 400 square
. It's ridiculous.
>si and Coca-Cola cans we usually
:e waste? An old stack of newspanotebook
naner. and I'm sure we
of post-consumer recycled paper
s me that over half of our world is
m aluminium can.
j that think recycling an old newsin
the ozone layer. 1 know you're
ste of your time and that the world
viewpoints into consideration, but
fou just set die stack of old news/
recycler will come and get them,
r aluminium cans (and I've seen
rbage instead.) You can take your
'or them. Glass bottles can even be
ing to do.
People who recycle should continrecycle,
you should try it. If you
I'll ask you to think again. Like I
[ feel about recycling, waste not,
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staff writer for The Gamecock
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>resent-day politician to be a slick
>reed of malicious bearing whose
mly ideal is that of self-advancenent
? no matter what the price.
Indeed, present-day politics are
unning rampant this election year.
proof, one need only look to
he front page of the Gamecock
"Haller claims Republicans altered
Clinton rally fliers," Sept. 9, 1992.)
David Haller is sinking to a new
ow in an effort to aspire to a new
leight. As a likely candidate for
tudent body president, Mr. Haller
s well on his way to perfecting the
a t of dirty politics.
The S.C. Young Democrats
Resident David Haller, in a three>age
statement, charged the USC
College Republicans with distributng
fliers for the Clinton rally
vhich were off on time by a cou
>le of hours. The young democrat
aid, "...there is no concrete evilence.
It's an assumption on my
>art." Would Mailer truly have us
>ersecute and condemn an instituion
and an individual based on his
nere intuition? Has this Democrat
orgotten one of our democracy's
entral tenants: that a man is innoent
until proven guilty?
While I do not lay blame for this
loax, facts seem to point towards a
lerical or printing error. Even if
he Young Republicans had distribited
the questioned flies, they
vould be guilty only of stupidity
? studpidity in offering free
idvertisement for a competitor,
ven if off on the time.
My purpose is neither to attack
he Democrats nor to defend the
Republicans. I am simply outraged
hat someone who sets themselves
ip on a pedestal as a USC student
eader would use sleaze politics;
lot only attempting to gain political
advancement in the process,
>ut expecting the student body to
all for it.
David Haller presently serves on
everal student government comnittees
and will most likely run for
tudent body president. Well, Mr.
laller perhaps you should listen to
:s
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When most people are asked
healthier and cleaner environme
waste. However, recycling certai
pollution and consumption of otht
A good example would be cu
gram would require more truck*
recyclable waste leading to more
Recycling advocates also argi
This past summer, I worked at a
like others, erows trees soecifical
need to cut down pre-existing ti
make paper.
Most consumers would agree
ones that do not decompose natui
Most of these people want more
solution to getting rid of these pr
ers impeding oxygen exposure.
waste is essentially nonbiodegrac
posedly biodegradable products J
contamination of water supplies.
Along these same lines, most
able diapers are wasteful. The
sound option to disposable diaper
effect, use energy and a signific
This wastes valuable water resour
try where water is not in great suj
Another consideration that is
types of solid wastes. Some was
might be considered harmful to
valuable space for other nonrecy*
other wastes of bulk. This in tui
and slows the need for the creatio
The principle of recycling is o
tain idealized conditions. The e:
sent stage of recycling, expendec
factors that impede the benefits
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ment is to cut down on waste thei
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Republicans
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these ethics cannot effectively represent
the needs of the student
body."
If indeed a party is guilty ol
malicious activity in the flier hoax,
then shall justice be done. But until
that time, Mr. Haller, keep your
dirty politics, empty promises, and
false accusations to yourself.
Matthew Denton
Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae
To the editor:
I am writing in regards to the
Sept. 9 article dealing with the
false accusation by Mr. David
Haller. Mr. Haller, who is president
of the Young Democrats at
USC, ridiculously accused the
Young Republicans of USC of
tampering with the fliers concerning
"Slick Willy," I mean Bill
Clinton's speech he made at the
State House, Saturday, Sept. 5.
I don't understand why Mr.
nailer wouia stoop 10 such ennaisn
and immature behavior as false
accusations. This is nothing more
than a ploy for Mr. Haller to
receive campus support for the
upcoming student elections. Why
would we, the College
Republicans, want to alter these
fliers with an evil and hating
heart? 1 hate to burst Dave's bubble,
but we have better things to do
with our time besides trying to
mess up "Slick Willy" and Hillary
"Mad Dawg" Clinton's campaign
trail. Our supposed tampering of
fliers wouldn't matter since "Slick
Willy" is not going to win the
election. We have better things to
do, like campaigning for Bush.
In closing, I'd like to state that I
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Haller are foolish. Is it the fault ot
the College Republicans that the
people who made the fliers can't
prorifread correctly?
William Broome
USC College Republicans
Finance sophomor
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what they can do to contribute to/a
:nt, most would agree on recycling
in waste products only leads to more
;r resources.
rbside garbage recycling. This pro?
and energy to collect this type of
fuel consumption and air pollution,
ae that recycling paper saves trees,
paper manufacturing mill. This mill,
ly for paper production, avoiding the" I
-ees not intended to be harvested to
that nonbiodegradable products, or
rally, are harmful to the environment. ,
biodegradable products. Our current
ooucts is lanamis, wnicn coniain lin i
Without any exposure to oxygen, lill
iable. Plus the concentration of supleads
to runoff seepage and possib'e
consumers would agree that dispo.<- ^
alternative and the environmentall;
s are cloth diapers. Cloth diapers, in
:ant amount of water just to clean,
ces, particularly in areas of the counmlii
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overlooked is space in landfills for ^
te like plastic and disposable diapers
the environment, but they provide
clable items as opposed to glass and
rn puts less of a demand on landfills
n of others.
ne that can be productive under cerxamples
given show that in our prej
energy and added air pollution are
offered by recycling as we know it.
>erson could do to help the environeby
creating less of a problem.
-Jon Nunnery
International Studies
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Neo-Nazis
should be ,
watched f
To the editor:
I would like to applaud Cf.E.
Holman's poignant article on the
rising tide of Neo-Nazism in the
now unified Germany. Nazism
should not only be "feared,"\ as
Holman suggested, but watch?ed
closely and kept in check at tall
times.
Unlike the Japanese, the Gemjan
people have confronted, acknoivledged,
and taken responsibility /for
the sins of their past. But be thatt as
it may, the fact still remains it ivas
German aggression that plun/ged
the world into two devastating conflicts.
Also, one should not frnrget
it was the defeat of Nazi Gear/nany
at the end of the second World
War which created the political
vacuum in Eastern Europe] that
Joseph Stalin and his Soviet jcornmunists
so readily filled.
It's ludicrous to imagine
Germany being suckered down that
road again, yet recent events seem
to indicate the possibility may stjill
exist. Maybe it's that soiW
Germans are fed up of be!ng
reminded of their dark past <md
vent their rage on the latest immigrants
as a way of placating tlieir
collective guilt. But whatever the
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current rise in German xenophobia
?, it's definitely not healthy ana js
a recipe for further trouble.
It is said disasters happen in
threes. For example, when a major
airliner goes down and hundreds of
people are killed, two more such
disasters always seem to follow
The Earth can not afford another
World War disaster; number three
would surely hurt. So I suggest we
keep an eye on our Teutonic
friends. They've done it belore,
they'd do it again.
William Claiborne
Undeclared sophomore