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Ethics Abolishing internal a good way to redu l Corruption. South Carolina I years. In 1990, Operation Lost shocked the state's voters as th< sentatives hauled off to jail. But now, three years later. have returned to "business as accountability tor lawmakers; of the two legislative bodies ha suing violations on their own o One would think the event more than enough reason to ft violations by legislators. A bill proposing shifting the tions to the independent Ethics Senate two years ago, a sign tl are not truly interested in hones A separate ethics commissic probe into lawmakers' possible mi t tee. This type of dilemma was I year when a Florence doctor c against Sen. Hugh Leathermai oihics rommiiiee It's great to see our repress pies. However, this incident stud Constitutional Laws Subcomn abolishing the legislature's int the Ethics Commission the po\ lems. The House and Senate woul ing and expelling their membe the complaints. It's about time they did th fn fioti no in t h o Canoto thp Kill iwiomit; in iiiv- oLiicuc, inv^ 1/111 However, shifting the powt would be appointed by the go^ that pervade the process. Instead of allowing the gove members, they should be chos ment including the legislature, il service investigators would t Even if they decide to ket members the governor's duty, be an improvement to the cum The internal ethics commit! the job. And we've had about < n/^A ^ :>u/\ senaie on issues of < This semester, the SGA sera has been working to approve t structure of student governme and formulate goals for tl 1993-94 year. Each of the sev committees has submitted a 1 oi goais uiey nope 10 accui plish. Previously unfilled seats pharmacy, education, social wo and nursing now have re prose tatives. A new positio Senate/City Council Liaison, li been created to report on ci issues that may affect USC. Most ot (lie executive cabii and the judicial board has be interviewed and approved by t senate. The structure of SC will be complete within the ni week. The accountability of senate to their constituents has al increased this semester. A Vice President's Panel v\ held last week to discuss imp< mm camnus issues such as visi tion, academic integrity a minority status based on scxi orientation. Representatives trt organizations outside S( expressed their views and qu< lioned administrators. Constituency reports, questic naires that determine studt interests, have also been given each senator to survey their c( stituencies. These surveys v\ put SCiA in direct contact w the students. The senate has consider pieces of legislation this semes pertaining to pressing camp issues. This legislation included unanimously passed resoluti endorsing RllA's visitation p posal. Dr. Palms, Dennis Prt and other administrators recei\ this resolution, which will part of a packet sent to the bo: of trustees as they consider ca pus visitation. i ethics panels \ce corruption i'ic c?=?r?n 1M11M111I1 <\f it lhw> rvivl li?\v v.. .1 Trust rocked the legislature and :y watched a number of their repreoperations down at the Statehouse : usual." There seems to be little and the internal ethics committees ive not been very aggressive in purDlleagues. s of the past few years would be >rce changes in who handles ethics responsibilities for ethics investigaCommission was killed by the state hat many of South Carolina's finest >t government. >n would be much more willing to ; wrongdoing than an internal com brought to the forefront earlier this iecided not to file an ethics charge ri because he was chairman of the mtatives serve as such good examc in legislators' minds as the House aittee unanimously approved a bill ernal ethics committees and giving ver to handle legislative ethics probd still have the final say in suspendrs, but the agency would investigate is, and with a little luck and armshould pass. ;rs to this agency, whose members pernor, will not eliminate the politics :rnor to appoint all the commission's ;en by different branches of governthe governor and SLED. Using civ'urther depoliticize the process. 2p the appointment of commission the shift of investigatory duties will ent system. ees in the legislature just don't do enough of their corruption. keeping busy :ampus concern ^mm he W^MM i n ! I JLl :n- BRIAN C O M b k ias ity legislation to amend die definition of a campus minority is iet being researched by the Minority en Affairs Committee. Once prohe posed, this definition will outline 'A the criteria for the formation of a :xt minority council next semester. ! lection code revisions are also being drafted. One of the so revisions establishes Swearingen ??I' _ i . as a permanent pwimig location. 'as Other senators tire exploring ar" the possibilities for revising the ta~ dining services contract with Marriott as well as the extension jal of the library and computer lab >m hours. 1A We me also meeting with the -s~ Law Lnforcement Division ol the university to revise the patrol >n* routes. By coordinating these snt routes with campus risk areas, to we hope to increase campus >n- safety. 'ill Priorities for this summer are ith to provide a homecoming incentive package and to work on a ed system tor campus recycling, ter Phis year's SGA senate dis jJliiyS tiv.nn.uunu.1 1'V'IV.IIIKII. Much has hccn accomplished, ' a but much more remains to be on done. II anyone has questions or ro~ concerns, do not hesitate to come jitt by the Student Government C(I office in Room 112 of the Russell House. *rd in- Brian Comer is SGA vice president View] A. i V pro^bEEH] It seems Senate Republicans have as rather than help average Americans co wettk economy. In a blatant attempt to embarrass Pres stuck to party lines Thursday in killing nomic stimulus bill by continuing their 1 The bill included additional unemplo ate 700,000 summer jobs for teens ant and construction. In other words, this pr ployed Americans with a paycheck tl would have seen in a long time. But the Republicans would rather w which was the same fatal mistake fo failed "do-nothing" policy cost him the And now it seems congressional Repi thing; but this time, they want to ruin a It's April, and the economy has ren signs of improvement in the near futui job out there knows the employment ma Retail sales, housing starts and constr March in declinations not seen since 19' Even though corporations are finally : in profits, nobody is hiring. Clinton's pi unemployed Americans, including y< uiMV.au ui iiLijnuj; uic cuiu uiv.11 jobs would mainly be in public service ; The summer youth program, for ex; with jobs renovating housing, repairin work and providing nursing assistance kids off the streets and from causing tro Clinton's economic stimulus progra thanks to the Republicans, the Amerifrom the its own government. That's re; We have waited long enough for tin my. Doing nothing failed. Republican critics say the jobs pack; that is a possibility in the short run; 1 only clear way to lower the deficit and debt will unfortunately continue to rise. In the long term, the deficit would b< short-term sacrifices sometimes have to It is obvious Senate Republicans don term investment. The most further ahc presidential election. Don't be fooled. The Republicans' t to make America a better place or sup CIllUiUULV* 111111 clliu Will LWtN U1C JJICM else should we expect? Gordon Marnier is V MM |M| I JH Writer's justifications * for smoking pathetic u To the editor: Regarding Tige Watts' column 11 on smoking in the April 19 issue of The Gamecock: This can only he Y his self-masturhatory justification ^ to himself as to why he has decided ... . w to Kin nimseii, siowiy anu mcmouiii NV tally. First of all, I'm sorry for his friends, whom he equated with cof- ^ fee and cigarettes. I'd hate to he his friend knowing his other top priorities were things to he bought at a 11 convenience store. I'm also sorry that he can't begin a day without a cigarette. Break the cycle, Tigc. Second, smoking is not a "charai NEWSROOM 777-7726 P.O. BOX 85131 U l'ditor in Chief Associate Editors Viewpoint Editor Copy Desk Chief News Editors Asst. News Editors Lei Carolina! Editor Asst. Carolina! Editor Sports Editors N; Asst. Sports Editor Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Graphics Editor Asst. Graphics Editor Cartoonist Copy Editors Student Media Coordinator Production Manager Asst. Production Manager Advertising Manager Asst. Advertising Manager Eaculty Adviser Graduate Assistant Darkroom Technicians I Doint La DB0S5 Should Congress I 'resident Clinton's econ gmomi [c tain decided to play party polities Bi pe with die country's pathetically Dem more >ident Clinton, Senate Republicans any i the president's $16.3 billion eco- M ilibuster. goal: yinent benefits, a program to ere- dele; I more spending on infrastructure plan ogram would provide many unem- Tl lis summer. The first" one many econ late ; 'ait for the economy to fix itself, T1 nner President Bush made. This for r White House. es. 1 jblicans want to do die same exact wou Democratic administration. T1 mined terribly sluggish with little bill, e. Anybody who is looking lor a filibi trket is rotten. bill, uclion all plunged in February and the 1 )0. " Tl starting to see slight improvements year ogram was designed to give many rule, nuih, the chance to work. And, Kepi boards make more money, these B md infrastructure. tied unple, would have provided teens addc g public buildings, doing clerical billii . The jobs would also keep many and uhlc. thei m should have been passed, but. A can people will get no sympathy iy vv d democracy. I ; government to revive the econo- ;ue i up c ige would increase the deficit, and The lowever. a strong economy is the ed. ; I, until the economy improves, die the i die i i reduced as Clinton promised, but H be made for long-term benefits. die < i't understand the concept of long- hard ;ad they'll look is 1996, die next dose diffi ;oal between now and 1996 is not In iport the president's vision, but to bent dency. Pure selfishness. But what ing. wee 'tewpoint Editor for The Gamecock cteristic of who you are," it's a M abit ? a nasty, disgusting, repel- ing. :nt habit. ing < Mr. Watts points out tliat smok- its u tg, much like overeating, drinking ers j )o much and perfectionism, is rude othing more than a personal flaw, a se es. overeating can he a flaw cms ecause WE HAVE TO EAT, and puhl e sometimes eat too much. But polit 'e don't have to smoke. It's some- M ting we decide to do. You are a sym erfectionist because THAT'S THE insic /AY YOU WERE BORN. puff. We have no innate desire to N lhale tar and nicotine. To justify stan noking and drinking as a trait is dept Imost as ridiculous as The heca iamecock printing Mr. Watts' edi- on s irial when it constantly sponsors my 1 nti-smoking ads. St ISanti iMi\/rr>eiT\/ /^r c a 11 t u i w i v c k i i wr owuin Patrick Villegas .... I.cc Clontz. J. l . Wagcnheim Gordon Mantler Brian Garland South Jack Dunn. Melissa Tennen Wed IK 1 Clayton. Rochelle Killingheck VVCCkh lenniler Fuller mi i w i i vcrsitv Melinda vvaklrop . mcy Saloinonsky. Tim Thorsen 'P111 Roh Rodusky author Stephanie Newlin The Kelly Johnson nublisl Gregory Perez. .. ? Chris Muklrow ^ Pdl Paul Jon ClltU Chris Davis. Thorn llarman rCSpon Jim McKellar TllC U I.aura Day SUb Jim Green r^ , ? Colum Renee Gibson Michael Van Bergen Erik Collins dent a< Brian McGuire '.rin Galloway. Rika Hashimoto > 5FMFSE have passed omic stimulus bill? ill Clinton ran on a platform of change, claiming to be a "new" ocrat. As America has quickly learned, "Slick Willie" is nothing : than a tax-and-spend liberal who can smooth talk his way around issue. r. Slick's proposed "stimulus" package is a fine example of his real s. He learned a harsh lesson in Beltway politics when his package was ued by Congress. The Republican-led opposition defeated Clinton's for two reasons. ic first reason is that the plan would have had no real impact on the omy as a whole. It is hard to believe that $16.3 billion could stimua $6.5 uillion economy. le first part of the plan was a proposal to grant businesses a tax credit lew investments, out was seen as more 01 a tax loopnoie ror ousmessrhis part of the plan was quickly killed by both parties, because it Id have added more than $21 billion to the deficit over five years, le remaining part of die "stimulus" package was a $16.3 billion jobs The Senate Republicans were able to defeat this through the use of a lister. The Republicans had two main reasons for using it to defeat the The first reason is that they were opposed to the very substance of nil. tie Republicans tried to get all spending beyond die $6 billion in fiscal 1093 to be subject to the 1900 budget agreement's pay-as-you-go but Sen. Robert Byrd. D-VV. Va? used die rules to circumvent any iiblican cunendments. y failing to amend die bill, die Senate kept all of die spending classias "emergency" for die entire five years, insisting that its total cost be :d directly to die deficit. The amendment would have also forced S10 on in spending cuts elsewhere to pay for the "stimulus" funds in 1994 beyond. Surely $10 billion in spending cuts could have been found in >2.16 trillion of discretionary spending for fiscal years 1994-1997. s Sen. Richard Shelby. D-Ala., stated, "We preach fiscal responsibiliith one hand and spend money behind die back with the other." he second use of the filibuster was to show Mr. Slick that Republicans members of Congress, tot). Three weeks ago the White House passed >pportunities to negotiate the package with congressional Republicans, filibuster sent a message that Republicans, united and highly motivatare capable of forcing Clinton to back down. This is good news for middle-class taxpayer whose taxes Clinton is going to try and raise in lear future. illary and Mr. Slick pranced into Washington thinking Uiey could run :ountry like they ran a small, backward state. They have tried to play Iball with members of both parties, but they are now getting a harsh : of reality. Until Clinton learns to compromise, he is going to have a cult time breaking all of his campaign promises, i die end, the Senate approved S4 billion in extended unemployment Tits, saving the American public billions of dollars in useless spendAs Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., said earlier in die k. "The taxpayers won this one." Wesley Locklair is a Columnist for The Gamecock. pMmpnnmH r. Watts finds smoking relax- "try to understand" smoking, just I find, after a big meal, releas- as I refuse to understand how you giis relaxing. But 1 won't force equate jogging and enjoying basenfortunate side effects on oth- ball to smoking. That would be like iust because I'm tense. That's equating you to Dave Barry or any . I'm surprised dial Mr. Watts, oilier real columnist, lf-styled political correctness ader, would even smoke in Jamie Williams lie, since that's all P.C. is: Journalism sophomore an extreme degree. HMIfCTBH r. Watts says that smoking bolic of releasing the bad The Gamecock will try to print li* nl himtfll w/iiIt ci niirtn 1p I all letters received. Letters I Well, so acain is a fan.* should *M0'250 woIds xi" ..." . . . mum. Full name and profeso. ill. Walls. can l unilei- sional title or year and major, if d what il s like to have a a student, must be included .Mtdency sueh as smoking" along with an address and use I don't think I need to rely phone number. The Gamecock omethinc outside myself and reserves the right to edit for fiends lose! ihroush ihe day. f>"e' "bel or 3(,a" " ,,, - , .. . lunitations. The Gamecock will > Sony, Mi. 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