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ONLINE POLL Do you regularly read . the Garnet & Black magazine? Page 4 Let us know at Friday, April 1, 2005 www.dailygamecock.com. - r ’ Results posted Friday. AMECOCK EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR Michael LaForgia NEWS EDITOR Jon Turner VIEWPOINTS EDITOR Wes Wolfe THE MIX EDITOR Jennifer Freeman ASST. VIEWPOINTS EDITOR Patrick Augustine SPORTS EDITOR Jonathan Hillyard DESIGN DIRECTOR Chas McCarthy COPY DESK CHIEF Steven Van Haren To honor the 200th anniversary ofUSC students’arrival, The Gamecock is publishing a series of editorials and columns from the student publication’s 97-year history. IN OUR OPINION Reagan’syouth appeal clouds campaign issues OCT. 19, 1984 — As the College Republicans would be very proud to say, and the Young Democrats would probably never admit, President Reagan is more popular with college-age voters than with any other age group. We’re not trying to say this is wrong, but what is disturbing is why many 18- to 24-year-old vot ers are throwing their collective political weight toward Reagan. In an article on why so many young people like Reagan, The Vnrl- HTim^c nimlwl fwn 1 college students who demon strate well the feelings many young Reaganites have. One said she disagreed with Reagan on school prayer and abortion. But, she said, “I like his personality, his sense of humor, his strength. I respect the fact that he doesn’t wobble.” “The nuclear issue really scares me, but I have faith in Reagan,” said another student. The nuclear issue is scary, but what is really scary is that someone is willing to ignore the issues and make a voting choice opposite to his politics on mere faith. The people of Depression-era Germany, Italy and Japan adopted and supported leaders who had — at least at the time — attractive person alities. We, with historical hindsight, can see what that t 1 . 1 » . ^ gUl Liiyiii. wi ujuut, 13 nu miu 3 ^uung v wc ers don’t want a dictator, but their reasoning — or lack thereof — is disturbing. What is truly disturbing is that these are college students. These are the people who are supposedly taught to use their reasoning abilities to make sound political choices based on issues, qualifica tions and policies. A good personality, sense of humor and back bone are not issues — they are policies, but only of a personal sort. One way this lazy political thinking can be remedied is to keep an open mind and examine the candidates on the issues and quali fications. One good start in that direction would be to closely watch the debate between Reagan and Walter Mondale Sunday night. True, the debates are to a degree overblown media events, but they do offer a chance to watch the two men doing something besides wooing voters with campaign hype. GAMECOCK CORRECTIONS If you see an error in today’s paper, we want to know. E-mail us at gamecockopinions@gwm.sc.edu. I ..— ---—-\ Young people should choose leaders based on issues. ABOUT THE GAMECOCK EDITOR Michael LaForgia DESIGN DIRECTOR V Chas McCarthy COPY DESK CHIEF Steven Var Ha ren NEWS EDITOR Jon Turner ASST. NEWS EDITOR ' Kelly Cavanaugh VIEWPOINTS EDITOR Wes Wolff -* THE MIX EDITOR Jennifer freeman ASST. THE MIX EDITOR Carrie Givens SPORTS EDITOR Jonathan Hillyard ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Stephen Fastenau SENIOR WRITER Kevin Fellner PHOTO EDITOR Nick Esares SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR Katie Kirkland PAGE DESIGNERS > Jillian Garis, Staci Jordan, Jessica Ann Nielsen, Megan Sinclair COPY EDITORS Jessica Foster, Brindy McNair, Daniel Regenscheit, Jason Reynolds, Katie Thompson, Shana Till ONLINE EDITOR Ryan Simmons PUBLIC AFFAIRS Jane Fielden, Katie Miles CONTACT INFORMATION Offices on third floor of the Russell House. 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Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is the newspaper's parent organization. The Gamecock is supported in part by student-activity fees. One free copy per reader. Additional copies may be purchased for $1 each from the Department of Student Media. _X ... TO PLACE AN AD The Gamecock Advertising: 777-3888 1400 Greene St. Classified: 777-1184 Columbia, S.C. 29208 Fax: 777-6482 -I-l 1 BfASUZY FILMS MOTHez CAMP AM sp<jr,„ f JASON JEFFERS/THE GAMECOCK. SEPT. 29. 1994 Agitators uphold American tradition ■ Stop accusing every intellectual of spouting Communist propaganda MARCH 28, 1969 — In a recen WUSC editorial, John Rockholz station manager, warns us of subversiv groups in our midst. He speaks o “propaganda methods” which caus “unnecessary unrest on campus” anc makes an effort to analyze what h terms “teacher militancy.” If propaganda is wrong, Mi Rockholz and certain other self appointed protectors of the good anc wholesome are equally guilty. Teacher militancy is no more than catchall phrase for actions that appea to be somewhat out of line. Simply anything that a faculty member doe that appears to be anti-establishmen to any degree and in any aspect i militancy. It is astonishing that certaii groups and individuals can take such narrow view of some of our nation’ most educated people. Yes, we must be aware o communist-backed organizations lik SDS and SSOC because The State say we should. The State? that progressiv institution of journalistic impartiality has done it again. They have exposec the communist ties of those public enemies known individually as agitators who affiliate with such heretical organizations like FRED SDS and SSOC. I M APKITD All of this looks M AG N t K impressive on the COLUMNIST front page of a radical newspaper like 1 The State, but, being intelligent college students, we find it hard to digest, i The problem seems to be a : difficulty in reconciling the complaints , and actions of others. Sincerity is the t I ^ I 1 I f : factor that is always forgotten when it > comes to militancy and like subjects. It ; is quite possible that the “militants” are , no more than vitally concerned l individuals who have been frustrated by the lethargy of bureaucratic progress. They see progress as not being a function of the so-called establishment and have adopted a loosely defined plan of coercion from outside the structure. These people, on a national basis, are too intelligent and dedicated to be categorized as merely agitators. They may be agitating, but so are the people who express anti-agitator sentiments. Agitation is an American tradition. Patrick Henry, Sam Adams and Thomas Jefferson were agitators. It is probably only timing that kept them from being called communists. Militants are actually no more than individuals who direct their problem solving energies toward some sort of confrontation with the establishment. Agitators are those who see the problems and let the people know about them. “Communist” is a collective adjective referring to everyone objectionable from Chairman Mao to the local Gamecock Room hippie. It is commendable that everyone knows something about agitators and militants. It is amazing that children can pick out a communist from a block away. It is tragic that we waste so much time creating problems when so many already exist. McCarthy has campuses seeing red ■ We should watch out for silent persecution of independent thought MARCH 19, 1954 — As this is apparently the “Age of McCarthyism,” it is not surprising that some of the McCarthy proponents have adopted some of his tactics. Not only political friends, but political worshippers as well have started to beat his drum. The effects have been felt as far south as North Carolina and perhaps farther. Considerable publicity was given to the rumor a year or two ago that communism was being taught at the University of North Carolina. We cannot say whether this is true or not. But it certainly impressed some into associating UNC with pink images. A similar situation has again arisen at UNC. An editorial in the Daily Tar Heel supports three religious leaders at Chapel Hill who have been “given the opportunity to resign” or have the recommendation made that they be dismissed because they are too liberal. The editorial reads, “Three more men of God are about to pay the price of thinking for themselves. They are adult leaders in the state’s Baptist college student program who are to be fired if their inquisitors have their way. “The source of rmnhlf* k rh/* JOHN W. “uaI ,sour“ °f _ . „ Chapel Hill s church trouble: EDITOR IN ‘liberalism.' The CHIEF suggestion that they get out — it is understood that they have refused — came from a seven-man committee made up of Baptists appointed last fall to investigate student work and liberalism’ in the college groups. Immediately prompting the committee’s appointment was the students’ protest that followed when their elders cancelled a talk by a Tennessee theologian charged with liberality. But behind all that lies years of suspicion of the student program, particularly the non-segregated aspects of it.” There is not today a common, accepted meaning for “liberalism.” Certainly there should be more grounds upon which to base the dismissal of three religious leaders. It is acceptable, however, that any attempt to argue politics, segregation or religion is negligible in its results; and when religion and politics are combined, results, as to truth, are even harder to ' obtain. Religious leaders in South Carolina, as far as we know, have limited their interest primarily to religion — with the exception of one state bill. At least, they have not expressed any so-called “liberal” views to any great extent. If, in any event, such leaders should attempt to come out into the open with any views that they may have, they, too, may have answers to give. However, we hope that the approval of McCarthy evidenced at the Buckley speech is not indicative of most of the students and faculty at the University of South Carolina. The Education President. % ’ CARTOON COURTESY OF JEFF MACNELLY/THE CHICAGO |RIBUNE. PRINTED IN THE GAMECOCK SEPT. 6, 198«J Democracy should give both parties fair chance m Yeltsin’s chokehold on Communist leaders shows hidden hypocrisy AUG. 26, 1991 — It’s nice to see a major superpower turn away the Communist Party, but it sure isn’t the best thing to do. Boris Yeltsin shut down the Communist Party and claimed new reforms were on the way. He’s even teasing us red-, white- and -pipr^ blue-blooded Americans by WATTS saying it’s to be more COLUMNIST democratic. Isn’t that kind of contradictory? If Yeltsin and his shadow, Mikhail Gorbachev, wanted to be more democratic, wouldn’t they want the Communist Party to stay in the USSR? My policy is that you need something bad around to know when something’s good. In this case, they’re getting rid of the bad and, in the process, inadvertently limiting political Not all of the Reds over there hate 'the Communist Party, and those people need a vehicle to support their views. The party may be weak, but it should still be there. Yeltsin scares me. He’s too power hungry and domineering. He’s a political genius, and the showing during the coup put the cherry on the sundae. Gorbachev, however, is about as powerful as a pussycat. He let his opponents capture him, and now he’s walking in the shadows. First, he comes back and tells of his terrible ordeal, then he appoints moderates to top cabinet positions. After pressure from Yeltsin and company, he appoints more reform minded politicians. Now, when Yeltsin kicks the Communist Party out of Russia, Gorbachev resigns as the party head and suggests it should disband. If he really wanted to speak for 1991 reforms, he should have resigned but suggested the party stay together. This way, the Soviet Union could still have a choice of politics. After Yeltsin and Gorbachev’s moves, the Soviet Union doesn’t have any choices. They still have one “party” and a raving maniac and a mannequin at the head of it. I hate the Republican Party as much as the Communist Party, but the Republicans are needed to show fault in politics and to be the brunt of all my bad jokes. We need the Republican Party to preserve political freedom of choice. The Communist Party is also needed in the USSR to preserve political freedom of choice. Soviets need the party to have a choice. If it turns out the Soviet people want the Communists in power, wouldn’t it actually be better to give them what they want than to play Stalin and demand they not have it? Bush needs to step in and say, “Hey you wild-eyed Russians, keep the Communist Party to preserve political choice.” I guess the chance of that happening is the same as USC beating Clemson in football. What was more controversial during the past 50 years — racism or Communism? racism 69% Communism 31% FROM VVWW.DAILYGAMECOCK.COM