The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 16, 1976, Page Page 15, Image 16
IFC clarifies vie
on yearbook
To the Editor:
Congratulations on j
Fohriiarv fi priitnrial "Voarl
vs. Organization"; we
thusiastically endorse
Gamecock's "Pro-Con" appn
to covering this issue.
The purpose of this letter is n
criticize any person or ar
dealing with the Yearbo<
Organizations issue, nor is i
attack on the 1976 Garnet & B!
The purpose is to set the re
straight on some of the mi;
ceotions dealing with Greeks
appeared in Gamecock arti
Contrary to previous arti<
group pictures of Greeks, i
with other organizations, arc
the issue (although we are
interested in retaining them),
issue is-the limited coverage c
Greeks; why the cut from 32 p
in the 1975 Garnet and Black
pages this year? Further]
there has been no reassurance
the coverage will not be cut
more next year.
It seems very unlikely thai
organization would want
Garnet and Black to consist of
after page of pictures. As is al
the case, a statement has
misunderstood, exaggerate
extremes and told over and
until it's stomped in the grc
the funny thing about it is, nc
said it in the first Dlace. All w
is for a suitable balance bet
pictures and copy. We do not
to change the format of
yearbook (the coverage in '7'
'75 was excellent)!
Bob Baker, Editor-in-Chief <
1976 Garnet and Black, ir
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mtitcu Tommy rowier, w
that wrote the "con" editorial. It w
cles. said that "Mr. Fowler - seemed
;les- have missed the point '
ilong disagreement." Mr. Baker goes
i not to say that Inter-Fraterni
very Council President, Tony Lowrm
The mentioned that he didn't care
>f the see group pictures in the yearbo
(ages But what he failed to sav in 1
V
to 16 letter was that Lowman was givi
more his personal opinion and was 1
i that speaking for the entire Gre
even system.
The editor of the Garnet a
; any Black asserts that organizatic
the once deserved coverage when 75
page per cent of the students were
ways volved in them. He now feels tl
utcu in ii> coverage is no long
id to warranted since, as he sees it, oi
over 10-15 per cent of the presi
mnd; student body is involved
body organizations. He has be
e ask misinformed. According to I
ween Office of Student Activities (a
want they should know), a total of 9,the
USC students belong to at least c
1 and campus organization. That coir
to 51 per cent, or the majority
[>f the Carolina full-time students who ?
i his indeed involved in student ?
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ay tivities. Following Mr. Baker's
ho own logic, it seems that since a
as majority of the USC population is
to involved in organizations, then
of these ^ organizations deserve
on coverage in the Garriet and Black,
ity Let us now clear up some more
in mio/>An/>nnfinnc tnUk
? i i>iiovuu\.\/piiuiio utaiing Willi II
to Garnet and Black. What are some
ok. of the reasons for the the cut in
he Greek coverage?
ng First, a readership survey was
lot taken in 1974 and showed that a
;ek majority of the yearbook readers
felt that there was too much Greek
nd coverage. The truth is-the survey
>ns was never valid in the first place. It
-80 was done by one person, (Fred
in- Merritt, former editor of the
lat Garnet and Black). Very few
;er people have seen this sacred
nly document. The results of it were
ent never tabulated, there was never a
in conclusion drawn from it and even
en if thp cnrv*?v wac t/alirl iiiKu
wv?a f V-J ?TMU ? UUU , TT1IJT
the weren't we dropped immediately
nd after it was taken. By the way,
435 does anyone know where this
me survey is today? We do! Mr.
les Merritt filed it under garbage,
of Second, it has been noted that
ire one of the reasons for the "rock
ac- bottom" circulation of the Garnet
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and Black in 1973 was too mu
coverage given to organizatior
But this is only an assumption; t
economy, the quality of tl
previous years'annuals or stude
apathy may have been the cause
the slump.
In reference to a point made 1
Mr. Baker, Greeks are out nur
1 IA 1 I '
ucicvi uy iu-1 ai uus institution, y
Greeks are among the largest,
not the largest, aggregate of i
dividuals. Furthermore, last yej
only about 1 out of every 5 studen
purchased a Garnet and Black. V
would venture to say a lot of the:
4,300 books were purchased t
members of the other 1'
organizations at the u niversity ?
well as Greeks. Also, what abo
the friends of these organizatioi
who's names don't appear on tl
roles?
Finally, we agree that Carolii
1975-76 is a unique school year; b
the strong support from stude
organizations has played a maj<
role in its making. Greeks aloi
have contributed this year to su<
dcuviues as Carolina cares, Ure<
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he projects, the Greek
he fest, etc, etc, etc, . .
int on all day. Why then
of are becoming mon
their coverage in th
Black being cut?
n- This is the first t
et years that the Greek
if out against any
n- university media. W
ar to manipulate anj
ts economic pressure <
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as speak out.
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