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4Whsa o may consider two
r,est to the Carolina student
n9S in the grading system
&fqgiveness clause." A grade of
-*Wld be given in place of D and F. The NC
f the student successfully completed the
Promoew changes are sensible ones which we feel
some-of the tremendous pressure and fear of
that haunts the freshman year of many students and
0 them to make grades instead of education their goal
he University.
CALENDAR
A change in the calendar of the University may be
brought up at today's meeting. If it were approved, USC
students would be able to relax and enjoy the Christmas
holidays .without the dark cloud of exams above them.
Exams would be given before Christmas, as they are at
other schools which begin the fall semester in August and
end the spring semester In early May. As it stands now,
students from schools on the earlier schedule have a head
start on summer jobs, as well as freedom from the guilt
whigh arises when one doesn't during the Christmas break.
We think USC students would support this. The possible
cpmplication would be one short summer during the
transition of schdules; which could be lived with.
Inertia--style of SG
Student Government ideally reflects the alms, wishes and
opinions of the student body.
The Student Senate presently has 62 members and the
addition of a healthy sized executive branch furnishes
Student Government with ample manpower, Intelligence,
ambition and politicians. Ingredients essential to a func
tional, smooth running and efficient organization are in
evidence.
Despite a continuing effort on the part of SG to be inept,
inert, nonsensical and less than mdiocre, a few gains have
been made in areas of student concern that require
comendation.
Lines of communication for students between faculty,
ad~ministration and the Board of Trustees are slowly
materializing. A concerted effort is being -made by the
Legislative Liaison Committee to humanize USC students in
the eyes of the state legislature, and pressure for a safer
campus has been a factor in obtaining better lighting.
____nfortunately the accomplishments of SG do not out.
weigh the excessive expenditures of student fees. The South
Carolina State Student Legislature consisted of a four day
cocktail party at the Sheraton Inn at a cost of $705. A total of
$4,000 was spent earlier this semester for a weekend
Ieadership retreat.
An analysis of funds spent and the overall effectiveness of
Student Government this semester is justifiable and in
order.
A sense of responsibility, awar.es gf U n needs and
more fiscal aCcountability Is not a Cyclopean request.
In fact it should not be a request, it sh~ould be assumed.
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The existentialist
His 'cool' is
,Another hypothetical incident.)
Marilyn basketball coach Hefty
I)rizzle told a press conference
yesterday that he intended to fight
USC coach Frank MacFire at the
Cold Field House, the home of the
Marilyn Terriblefins.
"I've about had enough of that
guy's suave comments. If there's
one thing I can't stand it's someone
who keeps his cool all the time,"
stated I)rizzle.
"I intend to fight him--man to s
man--at the Field House. Ain't
nobody else gonna be on the floor. I C
gotta get even with that man." h
Drizzle commented that he still S
felt the pain from the alleged blow S
to the mouth from the alleged John C
Ribhock. Drizzle refused to t
comment on the teethmarks one
reporter noticed on his left hand. S
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When Asked for his reaction to a
recent "Sports Illuminated" story e
on the USC team. Drizzle ranted c
and raved about "that commie- y
liberal Eastern establishmen't
press." h
The grad student
Math prograi
('oliunist t4
D)r. .James Wahah has been d
chairman of the Mathematics n
liepartment for the past two and 13
one haif years. "When I arrived," d
says l)r. Wahab. *'there was a rr
graduate program with little ac- st
tivity aside from algebra. Now we ft
have six or seven weekly seminars rr
in diverse mathematical areas. w
"'This has contributed to an e<
increase in research with no less rt
than seven original papers given
by USC math faculty this past year m
at meetings of the Mathematical ,w
Society." D)r. Wahab is par- b;
ticularly pleased with develop- w,
ment in the area of Foundations. m
' Which, as the name implies, is a It
study of the basis of proof in pr
mathematical theory. > di
Starting with a nucleus of one Ie
member. D)r. iR Phillips. the area ov~
now includes four active faculty fh
and is rapidly becoming the center th
for such activity in the deep south, of
While D)r. Wahab is justifiably
pleased with these developments
in the area of research, he is also
cognizant of the need to strengthen
the entire math curriculum. "We
now have more Ph. D).s teaching
undergraduate math courses than
ever before and have better than
doubled the number of un
dergraduate math majors."
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At USC. Coach MacFire called
iis own news conference. He and
.1thletic director Paul Pretzel, just
-ecently returned from a trip to the
Yorth Pole, announced that
,gmont Wade, Space Cowboy,
vould enforce the recent
;24.79;,4(R).72 grant to build the
-aul Pretzel Basilica.
"This is a contribution from the
4arilyn student body to get us to
itt more emphasis on football,"
"retzel grinned. MacFire
traightened his cuffs.
One reporter asked MacFire to
omment on rumors that Drizzle
ad flown to New York and had
pent four days on the Lower East
ide looking for 6' 10". Irish
'atholics throwing rocks at
ixicabs.
"I really don't know why," he
iid, slowly grinning. "And as for
iat alleged smack in the mouth
'om an alleged John Ribhock, it
Duldn't have happened to a nicer
oach. And besides--I wouldn't
'ant the dirt under his fingernails
)r anything, not even to plant my
egonias."
n growing
While much of the preceding
'nds to cast a rosy glow over the
epartment of mathematics, this is
t an entirely accurate picture.
r. Wahab painfully admitted a
eplorable lack of com
lunication between graduate
udents in the department and the
iculty. Tlhis lack of com
unication seems to extend out
.ard to the rest of the academic
>mmulnity, a situation much
gretted by I)r. Wahab.
He( feels that "users of
athematics and creators must
ark together with a minimum of
Irriers," and that "we must find
tyvs to encourage the develop
ent or interdisciplinary people."
is the feeling or this writer that
ogress will be made in this
rection when the departr. ent
rns to communicate within its
ni b)ounderies and most certainly
' responsibility for achieving
is rests squarely on the shoulders
the department chairman.
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Dear Miss Manning:
It is indeed reassuring to note
that the simple, down-to-earth,
unsophisticated manners of
Gamecock students and players
have not been affected by national
ranking and a "big-league" field
house.
The manner in which McGuire's
New Yorkers handled Maryland's
basketball team should further
relieve any apprehension on the
part of Carolinians that Nor
theasterners are "effete in
tellectual snobs" who might sully
the reputation of our "hard
drinking-hard-fighting-good-old
boy" student body. What is this
nonsense that "Learning Polishes
Men and Does Not Permit them to
be Rude"?
IA WRE:N('E E. M I N'17
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Assistai Professor
iniversity of Maryland
'Glass Menagerie'
Dear Miss Maiming:
I write merely to make public
feeling too often kept private. The
University's production of "The
Glass Menagerie" was terrifically
moving.
Needless to say the choice of this
play was important---the play is a
beautiful one. However, without a
good performance the play is
plodding---lacking the superb
performance that it was given on
Priday night (Dec. U)--the play
fails to move.
However, the performance was
exceptional as was the play.
Making what is called artistic
experience a reality. I thank and
praise those who afforded me such
an experience. They are all too
rare.
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ihar Miss Manning:
I would like to comment on a
certain letter or, rather, emotional
wallowing of a certain Doug
Williams in the December 14
edition of The Gamecock. I realize
that was sometime ago, but it's
taken me this long to get my
nerves back in order after that
moving little bit of goo Mr.
Williams entitled "Starstruck." It
dealt with the universal theme,
universal for Americans that is, of
meeting one's favorite sports idol
in the flesh and groveling before
him in speechless adoration and
worship.
I winced throughout the article
as such horrifying clinches as
"teeth promptly fell to the floor"
(when Mr. Williams catches sight
of John Ribock), of having
" asthritis of the tongue" (when he
tries to ask John Roche a question)
and much more flew by; the least
of which was, "There he was: John
Roche...sitting on a stool. Not
walking on water." If Mr. Williams
would like a sacred relic I could
take him to a certain room on the
ground floor of 'N' in the Men's
Towers, where Mr. Ribock was a
neighbor of mine for a full
semester, and point out a trash can
I once loaned to him to keep beer
and ice in for a small party.
Now, it is not so much Mr.
Williams' atrocious journalism
that moves me as it is the spirit of
the article--and Mr. Williams is not
the only guilty one of this sort of
thing by any means. In short, I find
the spirit of Mr. Williams' article
and millions like it across the
nation, not only unfair to the rest of
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its on
lanners'
the Carolina Community (and
other campuses across the nation,
of course) because it eclipses all
else that's going on, both on
campus and in the world, but it is
really demeaning to those fine
athletes themselves by placing
them on a very high pedestal all
alone and sorely tempted into God
knows-what because they must
succeed--if you'll notice it's not
how you play the game any more
it's how many you win and that just
about applies to any thing in
America these days. We are
destroying ourselves with these
"traditional" values--this lack of
moderation--and it's rather sad to
see America in such a condition.
What I'm trying very awkwardly
to say is that if The Gamecock
insists on so much sports coverage
and the rehashing of stale news
concerning it over the many other
things that are aesthetically more
satisfying and also insists on an
overdose of clear-as-mud
editorializing. then it should at
least make its comments on our
noble athletes of some an
thropological worth i.e. what
makes them tick) and of somewhat
more humane and considerate
value than cheap orgasmic tribute.
They have feet of clay just as you
and I do and I'm sure they must get
tired of being treated as demi-gods
for the full twenty-four hours in the
day--12 perhaps. but not always.
But then again I can only assume
such things because not only does
The Gamecock not tell me such
things. but the people in question
ire separated from the rest of us
by that million dollar Valhalla-in
the-Sky i the Hoosti ad. as Lhave.
4aid. the glorioug:. bo of Mr.
Williams.
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