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GAME "It Is-a newspaper's duty to prial BILL GRANT BILL OUTLAW Editorial Page Editor Eeptember I Parking I Some measure of relief may be in the perpetual parking problem. The gravel parking lot behind E available for approximately 250 pa that at least part of it will be used foi these spaces are now in use by facult Campus Security Director The Gamecock that approximately : be turned over to students with rei future. Concern was expressed by Key Booker T. Washington parking lot an there over night are subjecting themi hopes the lot would be used primarily Students parking their cars in the ) are subjecting their cars to either b ticket for "parking in a tree zone." A by the City of Columbia, not the CamF The University Parkihn Comm students gained 38 parking spaces t same time, faculty and staff memb spaces. These gains appear to be somewhat with student gains. Those figures show 338 student parkin 300 lost parking spaces are ones porarilyused for students last year. students are expanded parking area Street. It is commendable the University students additional parking spaces, only a temporary answer to a pern Plans are in the making for a new 1 Pendleton and Sumter Streets. Key wil becompleteby the fall of 1975. Thii If 1,000 cars can be housed in a new 1,000 cars parking now? The answer zones, in the yard at Booker T. Wash they aren't supposed to. It should be this way. After all, w and the University be without the rt towing cars? Can the seri Last night 64 students collectively down together to decide the fate of ce the lives of all of us, the USC student Becaude of early deadlines, we don transpired at last night's meeting. Iri importance will transpire in the ser ahead. But one thing is clear, what will I year depends solely on the motivat first of all, to attend the senate m motivation to correct some of the lon Senate meetings in the past have joke to the democratic process. Ye over the fate of such nonumental I tickets to give themselves or wheth overpass in honor of Harold Brunt< It is up to the senators themselve triviality and flippancy and turn in t legislation. And this is where the sti of such an reversal are greater if c known that they want to see the concern itself with issues having student lives. There are several avenues OpE motivating the senate into action. representing you in the senate, get t< Follow the senate through the cami and let him know your feelings on b be, before the senate. And if you are by the senate meeting and observe representatives are doing with our The student senate, or at least in I wants of the student body. It cannx they are not put forth. Lacking ad will be left on its own. And God knows whiat. if anything, the news, and raise hell." WIL,BUR IF. STOREY Editor ART FRANK Advertising Manager 2, 1974 Problems store for studentsconfronted with ooker T. Washington has space rking spaces and indications are student parking. Only 15 or 20 of y and staff members George Key informed 50 of the 250 spaces available will gular parking decals in the near Dver the lack of lighting in the I he said if it is used, cars parking ;elves to vandalism Key said he by commuter students. ard in front of the old high school eing towed away or receiving a tree zone parking ticket is given us Police. ittee released figures showing his year over last year. At the rs gained a total of 224 parking lisproportionate when compared g spaces gained and 300 lost. The Field "A", which was tem The "new" parking spaces for s at Bates House and on Senate has seen fit to make available to but the Booker T. parking lot is ianent problem. )arking garage on the corner of said he hopes construction on it facility will house 1,000 cars. parking garage, where are those is on yellow curbs, in no parking ington and virtually everywhere here would the City of Columbia ,venue from parking tickets and -BO ate change known as the student senate, sat rtain legislation which will effect body. 't know if anything of importance fact we don't know if anything of ate chamber during the months iappen in the student senate this ion of the senators. Motivat.on, setings. But more importantly, g standing ills on this campus. often been described as a cruel ur elected officials were arguing egislation as how many football er to dedicate the Pickens Street m. i to turn away from this trend of he direction of more constructive adent body can help. The chances oncerned students would make it senate stop playing games and a greater- bearing on everyday 11 to the student interested in First of all, find out just who is i know him and let him know you. Sus media. Contact your senator ills which are, or you think should free on Wednesday evenings drop first hand just what your elected campus. heory, is attuned to the need and t be responsiveto those desires if equate student input , the senate vill hapnen then. LETTERS... Departments To blame TO THE EDITOR: Perhaps The Gamecock has been a little hasty in reviewing certain aspects of this past registration. While I certainly will not dispute he fact that is fact that it was indeed the "epitome of ab surdity" I feel the criticism focusing on the administration was not as warranted as criticism should have been on various departments. While working with the data, which included the ridiculous number of course changes, several patterns emerged which perhaps will clarify why many students had prroblems. The master schedule was due from departments in February of 1974. It was assumed that depart ments were coherent enough to be able to efficiently handle this task, barring any. unforeseen emergencies. Let me qualify that statement by saying that an "unforeseen emergency" is not a professor deciding he (or she) only wants to teach on Monday, Wed nesdav. nr Friday, or on Tuesdays and Thursdays and only between the hours of 9 aid 1. Trusting that departments would never lower themselves to such obviously detrimental activities, the master schedule was printed. Students were advised and pre-enrolled according to that schedule. One could reason that students, believing they had seats held in their courses, planned their fall work schedules around their pre enrollment. However, many departments negated these schedules with ,their lack of cooperativeness and in competence. During the summer well over 400 course changes were sent in to Administrative Services. All departments were represented. When various department heads were asked for explanations, they had an answer for every question except the question of what .the students were going to do. And several departments had the audacity to voice the sentiments that what happened to the students wasn't really their problem. Were they, perhaps, waiting for God to make an appearance? In the meantime, if you weren't too picky, you may have done alright. But if you were picky, and you had every right to be, you may have encountered any one of a multitude of problemr that these course changes caused. There's a gdchance that the courses you're sitting in today are courses you had no intention or desire to originally take. And in most cases, that is the fault of the depts. But we must give credit where credit is due. There were a few departments that turned in a minimal number of changes. But for every one of these depart ments, there were two more that destroyed the concept and working of pre-enrollment. Various alternative systems for the betterment of registration are being seriously considered for Implementation. However, through the precedent set, perhaps the best system would be one that aleviates any responsibility on the part of departments. Admittedly, this attitude may be somewhat premature. The list of courses for the spring semester is due from departments Ot. 18. Registration... TJ Campus Opinion Hopefully, this time the depart ments will be able to prove that this past registration was the exception rather than the rule. For the students' sake, let's hope So. EILEEN BERLIN Graduateassistant Administrative Services SGA Secretary for Student Welfare Students must Share Blame TO THE EDITOR: There has been a lot said lately about the quality of our registration. The vast majority of it highly critical of the Administration and the academic departments. It seems that the blame for any given bad registration experience falls .on either or both of these organizations. I feel that I can speak from experience as I have been on both sides of the registration table the past two years. This vantage point has given the gist on which my opinion is based. The two orgarizations mentioned are not immune from error, but neither are students. I offer tha, students ingnorance--stupitity account for the large share of registration day woe-for-everyone. The failure of students to read the information on the first pages, of the master schedule and the apparent inability to refer to the map that is given on the schedule are the most evident of many students' neglect to find out wjat is going on. The students who fail to read signs, follow directions, look over their forms, sign their names, list Social Security numbers and check over their course cards for possible error is one of, if not the, major problem at registration for all of us. * The sum of ignorance and or stupitidy, shown at registration is huge and its cost in time, money and patience is equally high. We all pay the price, behind as well as in front of the table. Read all the information and act within the system, It was con structed to protect you and the University. It can and does accomplish this end as expeditiously as possible dependent on the amount of help you give. Next registration, go prepared. Read where to go and The G,amecod welcomes lette be limited to a sind? subject and must be signed withg the write other aliases will not be used,l withheld if circumstances warra identity of writers, please inclui telephone number where you ci right to edit all letters, not for limitations. Address: Campus Columbia w9nOu ie pardon what to do. Pre-advise with each department and get a seat number. With your card packet, check the cards and answer all the in formation spaces. Double-check everything. Read the signs at registration they will help. Leave nothing to chance by knowing what is going on at registration. Ignorance and or stupiity can cost you hours of hassle. Th procedure is not hard or unnecessarily time consuming if one understands what he is doing. If you got a question at registration , ask a Redhat. Their paia to know. If everyone came to spring registration properly prepared and informed, I feel that all would be amazed at just how smooth it could really go. The information is easily avalable, but no one can make you read it--unfortunately. So, be informed next spring and let the "mess" of registration be alot easier on everyone. THOMAS F. LESESNE Ford's pardon 'Sickening' TO THE EDITOR: AN OPEN LETTER TO GERALD FORD: I once wrote "The Watergate investigation shows the rest of the world that our democratic system of checks and balances is a system that really works. It proves that no man, not even the President, may rise above the power of the American people." I was wrong. Your pardon to Mr. Nixon has cheapened the legal system of this land, and your lack of confidence in "due process" has degraded the work "justice" to that of mere spittle on the White House floor. For the first time in my life I am ashamed to be called an American and ashamed to liave been in the service of this country. I'm afraid that the term "New Deal" will have a different con notation for all Americans from this day forward. Mr. Ford, your lack of ethics and sense of fair play sickens me. DENNIS W.GREENIA rs from readers. Letters should a maximum of 300 words. They rs true name. Pseudonyms or but the writer's name will be nt. To assist us in verifying the Ie your mailing address and a mn be reached. We reserve the ~ontent, but to meet our space