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Tickets Fo everyone. LETT] Hill TO THE EDITOR: Perhaps someone doesn't like SGA Vice-President Trey Lott. One gets that opinion reading the Sept. 11 Gamecock. Steve Hill said that "he's being paid to do a job, but he's not doing it." Jerry Bishop added, " . . . he hasn't been doing his job." Ac cording to your paper Hill also said there are grounds for Lott's im peachment. Are we to believe the statements of the president and a SGA senator? No. I suggest that perhaps Steve Hill and Jerry Bishop have neglected one of their duties informing themselves of the contents of the student government constitution. Hill talked about letters to senators that Lott was responsible for this summer. Personal letters about his vacation orjob? Probably, according to the SGA constitution, the clerk of the Student Senate shall "send, receive, and distribute all official correspondence of the Student Senate." Hill also said Lott was respon sible for codification of Senate statutes. The constitution says that the secretary shall "maintain the official student Government Archives." Hill hasn't read the constitution or has a bad memory. Hill wanted to talk about im peachment. Let's do talk about it. Mr. Steve Hill's impeachment for gross ignorance. JOHN H. MITCHELL Panty Raids TO THE EDITOR: The college days of old are most definitely dead at South Carolina. In a fit of early semester hellraising, 300 men from Bates ran over to Capstone and Columbia Hall for an old fashioned panty raid. Something rather harmless, slightly rowdy, and a means of getting your ya-ya's out on a Monday night. There were chants, cheers, a few panties, and a lot of toilet paper. T ERS... That's expected. Then camd water, ice, and some very heavy douche bags. So you figure some liberated, modern girl of today hasn't got a sense of humor. That can be accepted. But then came cans. And bottles. And dishes. And that's the stupidest damn thing I have ever heard. What's wrong with you? Did a few dirty words, - which I'm sure you've heard - and a few bare butts - I'm fairly sure you own at least one of those - revolt you to the point that you would want to physically jurt some one ? There's a place for people like you and I don't mean women's wrestling. I am certain that the chick who threw a saucer from the 12th floor will be immensly pleased to learned to learn that you scored baby. Hit some guy square in the forehead. Dorm girls continually complain that it isn't safe to walk around their residence halls at night. You're damn right MARK DRAKE Brunton TO TH E EDITOR: On Sept. 10 Vice-President of Operations Harold Brunton came before the Student Senate to talk about the. proposed changes in Green St. Among other questions raised was: what source of student input had been used. Brunton said repeatedly that his student input came from Leigh Leventis or committees appointed by Leventis. Brunton seemed highly pleased at the amount of information he had received. In Monday Sept. 15 Gamecock there was a story entitled "Green Street median: a barrier to students." The article goes on to lambast the present proposal and urge SGA and the students "to get back to the original issue, that of closing Green." It would be in teresting to have Brunton or Leventis explain this seeming contradiction, since Leventis wrote the article. MARK PITTS Ed. note-The writer is a student ,enator. Tickets TO THE EDITOR: Could you compare the function of the USC football games to the infirmary? Some people can. As amany students do, I loaned my ticket and ID to a friend for the Tech-Carolina game feeling sure that the stadium population would not miss my spirit. However, my friend was refused entrance with many apologies and a statement that "The tickets to the game is a priviledge, just like the infirmary. You could not go to the infirmary in their place, therefore..."W When the infirmary begins having ticket distribution tables I may begin to understand. When my friend returned with others who were turned away we discussed the priviledge and decided that the University was only hurting itself. I do not care to go into a literary comment on each facet so I shall leave the interpretation' to the readers: No one would be denied a seat, except my ghost since it was my fee receipt that had received the brutal punch, thus wasting tickets and space and - if I may become technical - our energy resources Also many groups are represented. at the games - sororities, fraternities, the team, photographers and sports writers, the band, cheerleaders -- etc. etc. and this may procuade others to participate or have their rich fathers to donate some recious athletic money Never have I seen the stadium full after attending all games last year so, of coujrse, program and refreshment sells could not have reached the maximum p ssible - also parking fees Those who work or never attend games virtually waste the athletic fee if they are not represented in some way There are others and branches off each of these. I hope I do not hear anyone say "Well, visitors can always buy tickets" - after USC illegally gave South Carolina legislators free passes to the home games. Feedback, please. Ann nos. Faculty Senate recommendations By LEIGH LEVENTIS This past March, Dr. Hugh S. Norton of the School of Business Administration, submitted one of the most meaningful pieces of legislation to the Faculty Senate, that body has received in some time. The proposal was in three parts: method of reducing the size of the senate, eliminating routine oral officer reports and finally the selection of a more suitable meeting time. Within the next couple of months the senate adopted the proposal. The Faculty Senate could be a very positive deter mining force of university policy, and deservedly so. Prior to this proposal, however, the senate consisted of 162 senators, a body so enormous that a quorum call was the traditional means of ending the meeting. Very seldom did the monthly meetings of the senate have a quorum for more than one and one-half hours. Another problem were the officers' reports which' usually consumed one-third of the senate's sessions. Now, however, the problem has been solved, or has it? Part one of Norton's proposal, dealing with reduction of membership is being implemented by each individual college. Part two and three have not been implemented as yet. At the September meeting last week officers, other than the president and the provost who need and should be heard, were given the opportunity to be heard from, but none of th m chose to report. As to changing the meeting time from 4:30 p.m. to a more suitable time, this matter is in the hands of the Faculty Steering Committee. As yet, no recom mendation has come from that group. The present 4:30 p.m. meeting time is a very poor time, as faculty members are tired and ready to go home. University business would have more significance if it were being discussed at the beginning or in the middle of the day rather than at the end of it. Thus, the senate is making the right effort towards becoming the viable, influential body it should be. However, before this can happen the steering com mittee must act. Any delay by this group merely delays the senate's effectiveness. The senate is to be commended on its effort to improve itself. But, at the same time, the steering committee must not delay the senate's desire to help itself, or the senate will continue to be another bland University institution. SGA proposal favors making dorms coed By BILL OUTLAW Student Government Association (SGA) President Steve Hill said Friday he favors a proposal that would make all the dorms on the Carolina campus coeducational. Hill said he hads prepared a proposal to be submitted to the Residence Swap Committee that would have students housed according to their major interest rather than by sex. As examples of this pldn, Hill said that the Roost would house both men and women athletes and McBryde Quadrangle could be expanded to house both fraternities and sororities. Bates House would be set aside for those interested in doing drugs. It would be renamed Freak House. Other classifications, according to to Hill, could include a dorm for rednecks, bigots and radicals Classifications of dorms could also be listed according to a person's major, Hill said. sent sHl no ladonger be a consideration in the housing of Hill said he decided to present this proposal to the Swap Committee after conferring with the governments of each of the dormitories. 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