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Palms should use nt
to give students reas
In what could be a major move fo
ed Friday to grant the power of d<
President Palms.
Students have been dissatisfied wit
inception several years ago. Most arg
and being "of age," they should ha\
whenever they want.
The present visitation policy is unf
consistent with its intent. That the it
four different visitation policies is ind
rent system.
Though the argument has been use
it really make sense that students are
every area except, based on credit h
ing with overnight visitation?
The argument for restricted visitat
safe from themselves ? has been cor
undisputedly unsavory housing area
remarkably low return rate from yeai
the current policy.
Problems may exist in implementi
chy that housing has predicted in the
act according to the level at which tl
Take Bates West, for instance. The
open, and problems are minimal. T
freshmen, but the argument that be
control oneself has never been prove
If the present visitation policy was:
lems within residence halls, there wc
typically, the halls with the most rest
the highest number of discipline pro
Now that President Palms has the |
as well ht should, The Gamecock h
have desired for years: open visitatio
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to kick arou
"There is an old Vulcan proverb:
Only Nixon can go to China."
? Mr. Spock, in "Star Trek VJ"
For those of us born in the early
1970s, the story of Richard M. Nixon
seems like a political fable complete
with heroes, villains and a moral.
The entire concept sounds implausible.
Who could imagine a president
elected with just 43 percent of
the vote, who posed as a devoted
family man while sleeping in a separate
room from his wife, who employed
a small army to discredit and
sabotage his political opponents,
who was openly hostile toward the
Washington press, who dragged the
United States into civil wars over
useless terrain, who underpaid his
taxes, who conspired with aides to
obstruct the Justice Department...ah,
never mind.
Nixon was, in many ways, a man
ahead of his time. A quarter century
before Bill Clinton was blowing his
sax on Arsenio, Nixon was playing
piano on "The Tonight Show."
Nixon was the first to master the
televised "town meeting," and the
first of many to attack the "liberal"
news media. He also was the first
president to propose a universal
health-rare nroeram. althnnoh he
later said the idea was a mistake.
Nixon's administration was made
up of the best and brightest of America's
young conservatives. David Gergen
and Pat Buchanan began their
political careens under Nixon. So did
the infamous G. Gordon Liddy.
Brent Scowcroft and Alexander Haig
gained their foreign policy experience
under the watchful eyes of
Henry Kissinger.
A young Nixon speech writer, Ben
Stein, would become a legend of the
big screen in the 1980s by saying,
"Bueller? Bueller?" Nixon also appointed
four men to the Supreme
Court, including current Chief Justice
William Rehnquist.
But with the best and brightest
came the worst and stupidest.
Haldeman, Ehriichman, Mitchell and
Colson became a Murders' Row of
political infamy and an albatross
around the neck of the nation. They
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the campus visitation policy to
h the present visitation policy since its
ue that, being away from their parents
re a right to see whomever they want
air to students, and its execution is indatively
few campus dormitories have
icative of the chaos present in our curd
to the point of being ludicrous, does
: considered to be adults in practically
ours, being allowed to live in a buildion
? that freshmen need to be kept
npletely disproven. Consider the most
on campus: the Towers. The Towers'
to year is a testimony to the failure of
ng a totally open policy, but the anarpast
is unlikely to occur. Students will
?ey are treated.
: visitation policy is almost completely
rue, the students living there are not
:ing a freshman makes one unable to
in.
significantly reducing discipline prob>uld
be less room to argue. However,
rictive policies, i.e., the Towers, have
hlems.
power to change the visitation policy,
opes he will give students what they
n.
vt Nixon
ind anymore
Pat McNeill
COLUMNIST
were reflections of the insecurity of
the president they served, a man
who had the I960 election "stolen"
from him and was determined not
to let it happen again.
In matters of foreign policy, Nixon
was the consummate tactician. Who
else could have come up with the
notion of playing America's then two
greatest enemies, China and the Soviet
Union, against each other?
During the late 1960s, many exnerTs
fpareH the threat of a nuclear
I?
powered China. Nixon helped turn
this unpredictable nation into an
American ally. Only a man who had
spent his entire political career denouncing
Communism could have
made peace overtures to the Chinese
government.
On the day Nixon resigned, he
gave a speech to his staff in the East
Room of the White House that many
believe reflected the real Richard
Nixon. He talked of his political idol,
Theodore Roosevelt, and read a
quote from Roosevelt's diary about
the death of his first wife: "And
when my heart's dearest died, the
light went from my life forever."
Nixon continued: "We think, as
T.R. said, that the light had left his
life forever. Not true. It is only a beginning
always. Always remember,
others may hate you, but those who
hate you don't win unless you hate
them, and then you destroy yourself."
Nixon HpstrnvpH hims#?lfanH his
presidency. But that was not the
end. It was another beginning for a
complex, stubborn man who refused
to let himself be defeated.
Rest in peace, Mr. President. Rest
in peace.
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It seems these days that most liberals have it in
their agenda to attack and try to dismantle America's
largest religion, Christianity. These are, of
course, the same liberals who teach love, tolerance,
equality and all that jazz.
Surprise, surprise! Liberals don't believe in tolerance
toward everyone, nor do they want equality for
everyone. A couple of examples come to mind.
First, there is Dick Harpootlian, the Democratic liberal
candidate for attorney general, who goes on an
anti-Christian rampage at the Richland County Democratic
Convention. Mr. Harpootlian said, "There
are two main requirements for being a Republican:
handling snakes and sneaking in tongues."
Harpootlian went on to say, "David Beasley is
well qualified in both." Then he added that gubernatorial
candidate Beasley was a "great guy" before
he became a Southern Baptist.
This speech proves two things. One, Mr. Harpootlian
is a bigot in his opposition to Christians,
and two, he obviously knows little about Southern
Baptists. I am a Southern Baptist, and I am terrified
of snakes, and I sure don't speak in tongues.
Second, last Saturday, both the Christian and homosexual
communities held large rallies. More than
6,000 Christian teen-agers gathered at the Coliseum
to promote sexual responsibility and chastity
Fear ot gays stems T J
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from misunderstanding we don't u
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To the editor: the first pla<
I am writing in response to Stacey
Griffith's letter to the editor that appeared
in the April 13 issue of The Psych
Gamecock. I am not concerned with
the issue of whether pro-gay fliers |7fr)fit-tV
should have appeared on campus bulletin
boards. What disturbs me is Mr. SuOWS ll
Griffith's apparent fear of homosexuals.
To the editi
Mr. Griffith acknowledges that he This is in
would be frightened if his RA was gay. the cover of
I found myself asking, "What are you Gamecock,
afraid of, Mr. Griffith?" Are you aware our school
that some of your professors are gay, been having
that some of your friends may be gay, our campus
that someone in your family may be What kind c
gay? our universi
Everywhere you go on this campus, of two hom<
Mr. Griffith, chances are there are gay the cover in
people there. I'm not saying this to week?
scare you or others like you who I've heard
share your fear. I'm saying this to week expres
make you realize that there is nothing our newspa]
to be afraid of. You have been living rible represc
among gay people all your life. Is BGLA in tl
I'm sympathetic to the fact that ity that it ne<
"young, straight" males like Mr. Grif- university's
fith may fear homosexuals. After all, I guess he
we usually fear things that we know nated week
nothing about. That does not mean pressing the
that we should deny the existence of of the news{
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its
jsident's authority to set policies on ca
ts and our department in establishing
to the students' needs than before."
ments typical of li
0 Tommy Touchberry
lyjsr COLUMNIST until
marriage. On the other hand, about 1,500 homosexuals
gathered at the State House to demand
"their right" to adopt innocent children and marry
each other.
The "True Love Waits" rally was not reported on
by WIS news, and The State buried a small article
in the metro section. But both gave the gay rally top
attention.
Let me get this straight. We have one rally with
6,000 participants who represent about 33 percent of
South Carolina (if you count only Southern Baptists),
and we have another rally with 1,500 participants who
represent about 4 percent of South Carolina.
This should clearly demonstrate the obvious anti-Christian
sentiment in the dominant media. And
don't forget that S.C.'s media are not nearly as liberal
as the media in many other states.
But it doesn't stop there. Take Hollyweird for example.
When was the last time a TV show or movie
ar. To the contrary, we what these potential stv
o learn more about what were touring our gre;
nderstand. Mr. Griffith, thought of this photogra
ty you came to college in hope that the editors of
:e? , cock think a little before c
thing like this in the futui
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regard to the picture on To the editor:
the April 15 issue of The Once again, a Gameco
Where is the integrity of has chosen to ignore the ?
's newspaper? We have of pleasing everyone. The
; potential students tour of the matter is that sec
; for the past few weeks, smokers and sidestream ?
if picture does it paint of absolutely been shown to
ity to have a photograph to nonsmokers in even tl
asexual males kissing on doses. Cigarette smoke is
celebration of gay pride It causes cancer, significar
risk of asthma, emphyser
many people in the past er respiratory problems, in
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per and how this is a ter- Even the EPA admit
mtation of the university, deaths per year solely due
hat much need of public- posure. One of the com
eds the front cover of the such smoke, when acted
newspaper? enzyme in the body, be<
terosexuals need a desig- haps the most potent c
so they can be shown ex- known to man. Come up
:ir affection on the cover I'll tell you about it.
Daper. I can only imagine The author of the edit*
ould the new visitation pc
might for all dorms. *5F 1 * t^1
lough responsibility f overr
weekends." c?nsc
Rod Dawkins
iminal justice freshman
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it visitation." onwi
Monica Wyche
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impus. I think it is an opportunity
a policy that is more responsive
Gene Luna
Director of Housing and Residential Services
iberal hypocrisy!
positively portrayed Christianity? I can only thinly
of two shows: "Home Improvement" and "Thf
Brady Bunch." Oh, that's right, "The Brady Bunch"
was made more than two decades ago, when it was
politically correct to be a Christian.
Of course, there are plenty of music and TV
shows that make fun of Christianity and its followers.
I always wonder why HollyCveird finds it necessary
to stick God with an insulting last name! Do
they really think we want to hear God's name condemned
for entertainment? Give me a break!
Now, a summary. We have Christians (many happen
to be Republicans) who: teach kids to wait until
marriage to have sex (that's safe sex to you con
dom pushers), advocate that kids should be parented
by a mother and father (not a mom and
another mom), teach kids that heterosexuality is
natural (reproduction proves this theory), preach
love and tolerance to everyone and invite them to
visit Christian congregations at any time.
On the other hand, we have Bill, Dick and all the
other big liberals chastising and attacking the beliefs
and traditions of the Christian religion through
both their policies and mouths.
I hope every Christian out there thinks about this
the next time they consider voting for a Bill or a
Dick.
idents who rect in indicating that smoking has
at campus been relegated to certain areas ot
ph. I would restaurants and bars for a long time.
The Game- These certain areas, however, are not
loing some- required to be separately ventilated,
rc- are not required to be entirely distinct
from the rest of the building and usulael
Barnes ally are directly adjacent to so-called
iophomore nonsmoking areas.
The author of the editorial states,
al "If a smoker's smoke was annoying
ir i i another customer, the smoker would
rUDluIl extinguish the cigarette when asked."
Not on your life! These folks hang on
, .. . , to the cancer .sticks like the addicting
ck editorial .... . ? . ? .
. , high that they are.
acts in favor . . . , c ... .
. c ^ Of course, jn this day of political
, correctness, I should be happy to be
:ond-hand r . ... .
smoke have *orcc" to some idiotic oaf to stop
be harmful "exPressin8 himself' so that I might
he smallest cn8a8e in what most people considpoisonous
er 10 not on'y a fundamental right,
it increased kul a function without which life can't
na and oth- continue, namely breathing!!!
creased risk Just as no one has the right to
punch me in the nose in a bar, so
s to 9,000 should no one have the God-given
to such ex- right to assault my nose, lungs and
[pounds in htStlth with tobacco smoke unless I
upon by an choose to be assaulted.
:omes perarcinogen
Barton K. Hawkins
?to my lab; Research assistant professor
Department of Chemistry and
orial is cor- Biochemistry
tlicy be?
kink Preston has a good policy ?
light on weekends with the roommate's
;nt. You should still have to sign in, but
owers' policy is ridiculous."
Reuben Cramer
Biology freshman
ik everyone should have overnight, at least
;ekends for some places."
Bonnie, Reyes
Pharmacy fourth-year student
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