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Infirmary policy could cost lives A few weeks ago Brad Wehler, whiie working in the University Union Print Shop, was knocked to the floor by an electric shock from a faulty light switch. Wehler already had high blood pressure and asthma. But when Drint shoD emDloves called the USC health center for help, they were told that health center policy required that a campus policeman be called to the scene to describe the person's condition before a doctor could leave the center. Health center business manager Woody Carothers told The Gamecock the policy is justified because an injured person needs to get to the hospital and emergencies would disrupt the infirmary patient flow. But what good can a hospital do if a patient dies because of inadequate emergency aid? The ambulance for Wehler didn't arrive for at least 30 minutes. Emf?rffpnnv dope: not mpan a patient needs help when he or she gets to the hospital. An emergency must be dealt with immediately. And just what do the officlas at the health center expect an emergency to do but interrupt patient flow? They don't happen very often, but when they do patients that can wait need to wait. They'll still be in the waiting room when the emergency has been dealt with. The person in need of emergency care may not be if aid is not prompt. This university policy speaks for the judgement and priorities used by university officials-particularly health center officials. Dr. James Campbell, dean of Student Affairs, told The Gamecock this policy was approved by his predecessor Charles r>r.w.?U?n ?:J r? : J * tiMii: n-n ? which, v/diupucii aaiu nesiueiu wuiiaiu fauerson may nave never seen the policy. The health center, for the budget it is given, provides many services at a low cost to students. And for this Dr. Isao Hirata, center director, should be commended. But the total disregard shown for emergency health care for students and staff is outrageous. Media show bias against Carter The Boys on the Bus are at it again. Apparently the press has learned little since the 1972 presidential campaign. Anyone who has kept ud with the network's Drimarv coverage these oast few months cannot help but notice the bias against Jimmy Carter. The latest example is typical of the treatment Carter has been receiving. Several weeks ago much attention was paid to Carter's remark concerning ethnic purity while he was explaining his position on housing. Carter said that while he favors the right of any person to live wherever they choose, he would not use the power of the federal government to break up a neighborhood's ethnic composition. The ethnic purity remark was splashed across the front pages nf mnst nf thp rr.'intrv'u Hnilv npu/cnanprc anH nir^rl r?r? all throo ?. ...ww. V. ...V v.vvu... J uuu..; WI'U ?..v? WI? Uli Llli VV television networks. In addition to Carter's slip of the tongue being blown out of proportion, the media has not treated other Democratic candidates in the same manner they have treated Carter. While interviewed on "Meet the Press," Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson said homosexuals were "sick" and needed help. Were A 1 111 - 1 1_ . _ 1 i? A * J ? - - ? mese 111-cnosen woras smearea across me top 01 tne New YorK Times the following morning? No. Speaking of the Times, an interesting article cropped up in the April 16 issue. The article stated that Rep. Morris K. Udall shared Carter's position in regards to housing policy, however, instead of being played on page one, the article was buried on page 24. Udall has said essentially the same thing as Carter, but has not received one tenth the criticism and adverse publicity Carter has received tor his statements. When will this double standard cease? Jl/ST ONfMQfe u/rrj, ujcrMj^t /smrrn, ww... mr ^^2 /y/ss? Me Yoo nve fdJAA/7\ r/? I US frtCM 6yf'& _ offosed 70 ST#?ET: Stteer? f The il uamecocK i mil? m\nAn\wmmmmBa&mnaam fB d Tax reforms need m i.. . I 1 _ 1 sruaenr supporr To the Editor: Another April 15 has come and gone, and once more some 40 million Americans were hit with an income tax penalty of up to 20 per cent because they happen to be single (including many who are widowed, divorced, students, military, etc.) To end this tax ripoff, Rep. Edward Koch, D-NY, has introduced HR 850 in the House Ways and Means Committee, to establish the tax table currently used by married persons filing joint returns as the tax table to be used by ALL taxpayers. This bill would ALSO remove tax inequities from married couples who both work. More information about HR 850 may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed number 10 envelope to CO$T-Committee of Single Taxpayers, 1628 - 21st St., . ue UVdEA. , XoiJ$A/?n | r)t/ H/OM/e.5 A A, " mmc. t I sa>0eA>rsOSS. COOtt ICrO* f ) ) A *a .1 I r till . . 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