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Transition New ethics code for toj i n /^r i , y indicator oj Clinton s i President-elect Bill Clinton meets with Pi today to discuss the transition of governmen the installation of cabinet posts and the r appointee positions needing to be filled wit! the new term. With Clinton's new ethics code, the new difficult to find the kind of person who wou fit, his mold as an ethical federal official. The implications for a new cabinet and ne eral officials following public life would set severely limiting lobbyists' activities. His ba cabinet officials lobbying for foreign intere: step in stopping the "revolving door" and those seeking positions merely for monetary j n ? oaIva/I 4-^ * oemor uiiiciais wuuiu uc cu>r.cu iu picugc t tered as an agent on behalf of foreign gover U.S. government would not be allowed until ing office. It is not clear how these pledges would b would be any real legislation to keep such b place responsibility on the officials to keep clean ? something which the media could h of broken promises. And a five-year ban on domestic lobbying the ocurrence of conflict-of-interest issues \ office. But how does a president reduce problems when presented with a cabinet candidate 1 may affect future decisions? A dilemma of t for the budding Clinton administration. Vernon Jordan, who has often been mentio date for attorney, has held a board of directoi who owns interests in tobacco. He has since and removed himself from his Los Angel make himself more acceptable for the positio Does Jordan and potential appointees lik sympathies toward big business, specifically as a result of being involved major business ( Removing himself from his former posi move at best. The damage has already been fied candidates be removed from an atmos into another atmosphere which calls for the b try to be considered? It is not clear if this dilemma can ever 1 kind of people who are attracted to public Kftrilrnrn Kt?pir\r?pp a M/Viot if* plant uoiMvcid, uudiutoo yy 11&1 id v^i^ai made to check the natural tendencies of pol foreign lobbying. Foreign lobbying should be the chief < reform of the "revolving door." In a world future trade wars and economic competition, international pork barrel are a threat to our na Clinton may lack foreign policy experience foreign lobbying is an issue where the pres target. tSalti Editor in Chief Gi Managing Editor Copy Desk Chief News Editors Viewpoints Editor Features Editor Sports Editors Nan Photo Editor S1 Graphics Editor Kr Cartoonist Asst. News Editor IV Asst. Viewpoints Editor Asst. Features Editor Asst. Sports Editor.... Asst. Photo Editor Asst. Graphics Editors ( Asst. Copy Desk Editor Student Media Coordinator Production Manager Asst. Production Manager Faculty Advisor Advertising Manager Graduate Asst Darkroom Technicians [ The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Le than 250 words. Full name and professional title, or ye. must be included along with address and phone ni reserves the right to edit letters. The Gamecock is the ! University of South Carolina and is published three tin Wednesdays, and Fridays during the fall and spring sem both summer sessions, with the exception of university I periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communicatior Gamecock. The Student Media Department is the pai Gamecock. Change of address forms, subscriptions, requests ar should be sent to The Gamecock, P.O. Box 85131, 1 Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Subscription rates are $46 a year. First class postac The Gamecock is a registered student organization ol Carolina and is partially funded by student activity fees. View o officals erm resident George Bush t and the methods for learly 30,000 federal lin the first weeks of president may find it Irl fit or hp willinp to * O ? ;w restrictions on fed; a valuable precedent n on cabinet and substs would be a major -m ? ? -wr- -m * would help eliminate JMaiCOllll Xl JVI gain. lever to become regis- b s ^na^y ^ere- Spike Lee : nments. Lobbying the c?mes.t0 *e b|? sf*n todayfive vears after leav- of seeing blg black X s on ol years alter lea people of all races, I'm glad thai ly learn what that X means, e enforced or if there Malcolm X was assassinated ans in place. It would and has since been virtually era their collective noses history books. I remember one cl elp check in the event years of public school where Ma mentioned. I think I got a paragr I would definitely cut ^ anc* ^ wasn t on the test, vhich may arise after Every Black History Month Luther King s I Have a Dream _ _. ? ? . A ? one word about Malcolm X, Stol of conflict of interest or Marcus Garvey who were whose prior activities leaders with large followings, bi his sort presents itself t0 mainstream America. Many people don't understand ned as possible candi- because they don't know ai s seat at RJR Nabisco Malcolm or they believe he's a r; dropped this position pie only know of him throug es-based law firm to posters that show him holding j _ ~c i ranfinn "Rv anv mpanc nprp<s?arv ii ui auuiiiey geneiai. ?? J ?j ? j e him naturally bring ^P artisls have bcc" Pf'ng 1 the tobacco industry, lecisions? xx 1 X 1 * tions is a superficial Heigllt dlSCF] done. But can quali;phere of dog-eat-dog Aftekr lw? weeks ?. rap^ " etterment of Ore coun- J"? bas h",a st"mbh,nS bl<f don t have a transition team. It s in a Winnebago parked outsid be resolved given the House. life such as lawyers, gut, I digress. As my team ; is the attempt being over the serious issues confrontir iticians and to restrict came across a group of individu; been discriminated against for c< concern of Clinton's the most heinous and reprehe which will consist of which I can think. agents bargaining for ^ across America, men betv itional security. ~ of 4-foot-10-inches and 5-foc but the restriction of ^ f1 as ^ we ., , , . , president, I will not stand for sue ident-elect is right on course sjnce i am a tow inch man I'll be lucky if I ca White House desk. Why should for some freak nuclear accident height genes? As a result of my investigatioi J ed to file a class action lawsui W ft industries that violate our civil rij J Fashion: Why is it that the \ clothes in our size? I'm too big ^ 1 I w large size, and too small for m< Am 1 condemned to live in L Toughskins? They have Big & reg Rickabaugh n? 1 caU thal c Patrick^Villejjas y .Lee Clontz cy Salomonsky Tim Thorsen tephanie Newlin Cirr TTr\ istin Buehlman i'eii'ssa'PTennen COIlgratlllateS jennfferHFXnr IlCWSpaper ..Rob Rodusky ....Lea Clayton To the editor: Gregory Perez On behalf of my receni Chris Muldrow acknowledged kleptomaniac frat ..Brian Garland nity> Sigma Phi Epsiion, i j ..Jim McKellar inclined to write a response to I Laura Day front PaSe story regarding tl ......Jim Green Thursday's Tigerbum. Erik Collins ?L a11' 1 w0"ld s,n,ce" _ _ il'p tn r*trr?r m\r nnn rinipc trv r Ponoo nihcnn lv' "v ,v/ v 5 e r/To friends of The Gamecock staff .Brian MCollire weu as any 0f ^ readers w u k were not a^e 10 locate a copy Rika Hashimoto the school newspaper. I hope I tters should be no more absence of the newspapers was i ir and major if a student, too detrimental to the educatioi umber The Gamecock enhancement of the student bo< student newspaper of the nes a week on Mondays, and that the thousands oi other c *??,;nadnd~amiS?!!S culating papers were found a used to their maximum potential. editors or author and not T > . ? ?? . , I do believe we as students < is is the publisher of The privileged to have a quality scht rent organization of The . , ~ . .. newspaper with a staff as dedical fhe0tUnivCe?siteySPo?fnSou" and Seri?US t0 insurin8 ^ ^ target audience is satisfied a rthe^uni^sity'^t'oufh reached. This is very professioi and should be commended. In lij of this, I am grateful that T points 'sir, I'm curious if moo- ^ flli believe consumer com : Has risen with the APPROACH Of OUR HOUPAW ,'31 SEASON EVEN 7HOi/<SH OWR fi ECONOMY'S SVLLIN ft shambles. Em ~~~\ BELIEVE il? [ovie anticipation not un i i Malcolm X rAfter months d and young ^ t they'll finalLVfromX ASST CAROLINA EDnDR __ lass in all my ilcolm X was tive images of Malcolm X by sam] aph of notes on 0f his speeches in songs and n Many of these artists use Malcolir we hear Martin mick, but at least they are callinj speech and not the legacy of a man who rebelle :ely Carmicheal status quo. all civil rights Malcolm X's return to popular c it rliHn't annnnl ' 4 a t ? -? - j i umn i ayyvoi mainstream America oecause iney of a strong black man who belie\ the X-citement equality "by any means necessary, lything about doesn't mean inciting violence as acist. Most peo- believe. It means people should h T-shirts and for what they believe in and mak a gun, with the known in no uncertain terms, ev their job or social standing, to portray posi- it means instead of striving t< imination will not sta and I looked ig America, I | PRESIDENT-ELECT ^ jj als who have ' ?= mturies. It is Grocery stores: Why is it that nsible kind of stuff is too high for me to reach. 1 child, the Lucky Charms were a veen the height bottom shelf. No problem. But i it-3-inches are older, I need to keep regular, so I r re children. As high-fiber cereal. And where by cl h intolerance. located. Yep, on the top shelf! ering 5-foot-l- i have to imitate King Kong n see over the Empire State building, all in the na I be punished bowel movement, that injured my g Amusement parks: Why should be deprived of the joys of the amu< i, I have decid- stood in line for 30 minutes so th; t against many on the roller coaster. Finally, after ?hts: tion grew to enormous heights, I w ;y don't make the nde handler. He stood me next for boys' extra chicken with its hand raised, ther ;ns' small size. Son, you're not big enough to go oi iaranimals and Why? Was there some magical 1 Tall, why not i wasn't aware of. Was I going t< liscrimination, splatter on the ground differently Gamecock was generous enough to ? _ give our annual Tigerburn pep rally VT ^ the free advertisement that we \\T 5> received in Monday's article. I W<i! realize that a newspaper of this cal- - iber would normally charge a large 0<IS fee for this type of publicity. This leads me to my last point. I T fh am glad to see The Gamecock y finally putting a Greek event on a ' the front page, because I must ? admit that I have been disappointed . the f VK what cou in the lack of coverage of some ,. IK 0 hiOOPQt events in the past. If you are able jn^es j to accept friendly, constructive crit- T, . ' y icism, I would like to share with . >ur e ? . . , takes pa you a rew stones that many people raJj ^ ^ might consider front page quality. T h0 This year's Cockfest by Pi Imagine ? Kappa Phi was a hit and deserved ^ou 1 the c , . ? ... f dedicated a front page story as well. All of 10, these are very worthy of making 311) gr<fe the front page, and trust me, these y ?' are only the beginning. Hopefully e/~ c 1Fj hy putting Tigerburn on the front over. 1 re page on Monday, The Gamecock is onw d , taking positive strides toward pub- ?nwar ^ lishing an effective balance of front e Z"0.!11 5e?d page stories. Keep up the good ^meF work guys! ... eir ? things as "<! Andy Hill ^nal Prc ia President, Sigma Phi Epsilon arceny >ht these coi he worthy x r XN facx, i? I'M Comt>eNT CortSUMERS WILL BE SPENPlNG EVEN LESS TBAM ; LAST MEAR. J iderstood by most Americans twith their oppressors, people should concentrate on bettering themselves and their communities. People also conveniently delete the year of Malcolm's life after his trip to Mecca. Malcolm's anger toward whites was transformed and he became more humanist, but his ideas of social change didn't waver. nlincr cninneK Malcolm X's violent image is a result of insir videos ^ media portraying King and X as opposites. l X as a "im- *s a re(1 her"nS t0 divide black people a ? between King and X camps, and to alienate h or,o*n t tv0 blacks from Malcolm by calling him a racist, d against the A ., J ? . As a woman said on a talk show, featuring illlure annnvc Minister Louis Farrakhan, "We (blacks) are , tired of vou (whites) trvins to Dick our friends." rear me loeas Jt. ' "? . . . red in "ettino If you re weann? m x hat because it s in " This nhrase sty^e' see mov*e* ^ y?u eQuate Malcolm X neonle David Duke, see the movie. If you support make a stand Spike Lee's effort to educate and entertain, see e their views the movie' if it risks Whether you like the idea or not, go and see for yourself. As Public Enemy said, "Don't ? be buddies believe the hype." ?iy administration! person? I didn't think so. . Fast Food: How is it that McDonald's, Subway and all these other fast fCk5d chains can get away with having these four-story counters. When they're back there making my sandwich, how do I know what they're ? For all I know they could be slicing up all the good rodents and feeding them too me. When I was a Considering the recent Food Lion scandal, I lways on the wouldn't be shocked to find this to be true, now that I'm Randy Newman: I, like all vertically-challeed to have a lenged people, are greatly offended that Mr. lance are they Newman, singer of "Short People Got No Reason To Live," got rich and famous at our ; scaling the expense. And so on behalf of all of us short ime of a good people, I will distribute the winnings equally. We were short-changed, and I guarantee that we short people be victorious. >ement park. I at I could get The morale of my story is really quite simple, my anticipa- Discrimination is stupid. There is no reason to as stopped by treat people differently. Whether you're short or to this stupid tall black or white, Christian or Muslim, it I said, "Sorry should make no difference. We all have our difII this ride." ferences, and only by accepting these differaw of physics ences can we learn to grow as a people. a fall out and Understanding comes not from looking at the than a taller similarities, but at the differences. paper stand by some fraternity guys. Now that's news! Front page nViaifn news! Hardly. SGIiWCllTI Let's pretend for a moment, Mr. I Wagenheim, that you were trying VtFCCKS t0 do something good for the university (don't get nervous, I said jjjtor. pretend)?like organize a pep rally. _ ,. , , And you needed, say, 5,000 newsglanced across the front mners Monday's edition of The m , 1 . , , r >k I WaS amazed to find ,, ?W pretend y0U don 1 WOrk for ,1) u u ,i ^he Gamecock. Where would you Id very well have been the .. . , . . . _ 0 ^ _ :' ... . . think to get them from? Certainly waste of twelve column- . e? u . ? ' ... not the famed old issue room. So have seen this semester. , , ? . II- uC- r?u- c "ere we have a few guys who, iline: Sigma Phi Epsilon , ? 3 . ' ? t granted, didn t use the best judgepers, rack for Tigerburn ? ' . J ? fhe kirn- oreek hashino ment when borrowing the rack. ^ c, . , .. c' They saw before them an opportuthat... To think that one ., \ . , .. . . . . . , ,, r nity to help their cause, which in tnd valuable front space . _ ,,v, , .. e ' ... i . .u i-u i turn could help all of us, and they I to the liberal mindset of ? , * ., ., . ' , .. .. ... ? are all of a sudden residents of k sentiment! Well, this is - . , . . prime front page Gamecock real not a first. v v ? pctofp Irvine mv tears of lauehter ... ' ' ? f " well, l think this time me lgnocomplete waste of space ' . .. , , t j j j . V . rance back-fired on you. Thanks 3nt page, I decided to look f . . , J. A . u . i u for making me laugh. And now to see what else, besides . . T <- u a fu e , * , T that I am finished with my issue of ics and personal ads, I ^ , T ... . T,? . . , ' The Gamecock, I think 111 take it id amusing. Ah, page two: . , ' ... .mti j V , . to Tigerburn where it belongs, leport. Here I found such 6 6 "Malicious injury to per- e,. ? ,, 4,1 T J J ? , Steve Robinson iperty, Harassment and President USC Fraternity ." But of course, none of fresident, fraternity uld possibly be as news- ounci s the borrowing of a news