The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 13, 1977, Page Page 14, Image 14
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By BETH HILL
FMitorial Page Edit
Hilton Oliver of E
letter to the editor ir
Gamecock, callinj
mops" with "inc
toward both social a
An unidentified fri<
Carolina said he ha
date since his junio
Hereafter the "uncc
whom Oliver has n
Mops and other girls
, A typical female IV
on a moment s notici
to talk to. She's
problems sympathe
crete solutions to he
Top GirJs must be c?
advance in emergen
Planned Event -- mc
and supper invitatioi
help a boyfriend (sh<
merely "friends')in
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mwctfi A
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Margurite Ryan
Graduate Assistant
Mitch Sherwood
Sports Editor
Sally Wilson
Asst. Sports Editor
Ronnie Hutchins
Asst. Sports Editor
THE GAMECOCK welcom
subject and a maximum o
I Pseudonyms or other alia:
circumstances warrant. T
your mailing address and
class standing and major,.
to meet our space limital
lUSC, Columbia, S.C. 2V20
points
has IV
or
>avidson College wrote a
i the Dec. 13 issue of The
g USC co-eds "scrub
redibly poor attitudes
ctivity and academics."
2nd of his who attends
id "not had a really top
r vear in hi^h school
/ ?o
mgenial" women at USC
let will be referred to as
; as Tops, as in his letter,
lop will go out with a guy
e when he needs someone
willing to listen to his
(ticaJly and offers conlp
him. Everyone knows
ailed at least two days in
cies and a week before a
>vie date, football games
ns. When called upon to
e knows no boys who are
i a crisis, she can be
I
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Editor
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8.
lops/]
depended on to tell him the
work out -- he'll see!"
A top is a rambling toy the
top around it, pull the er
the top begins to spin wi
winding. It turns around wi
direction or purpose and do
hits another object or loses
girls simulate this toy
themselves at night for soc
spin through the evening f
the next and one topic ti
slowing down to questior
anything. They're care
against someone, because
their ceaseless and pointle
calling attention to their 1
A mop is used for clear
bucket of water, pushed i
remove dirt and wrung oui
water. A s female Mop dip
man's hrain cinlrincr thrnn
wherefors of that most inc
nervous system, the thin
game of relationships.
Mark J. Lundgrcn Ti
New* Editor
Edith McNeil
Asst. News Editor
II
Beth Hill
Editorial Page Editor 1
fc
Chuck Cromer A
Entertainment Editor
>ould be limited to a single d
th the writer's true name.' Ol
i name will he withheld if *
of writers, please include 'c
te reached. Please include
letters, not for content, but ?.
he Gamecock, Drawer A,
J A
wor<
she
of hi
- ops ~
JL fem
fron
seer
it "everything will one
i -11.
UtlK.
wind the string of of n
id of the string and the
ith the string un- fenn
ithout regard to its hist
esn't pause until it chif
momentum. Top thos
- they wind Cab
:ial gatherings and Top
rom one person to (mc
0 another without any
1 the reasons for
ful not to bump A
they don't want as ]
(ss turning to stop, unn
lomogeneity. ber
ling, dipped into a for
across the floor to the}
t to rid it of excess thoi
s into the wells of a that
gh to the whys and frie
redible part of the cerl
king piece in the thei
She questions his fem
V J
roilets h
o the editor:
In response to Porter Hoi
iform him that if his legs
w. ? r-K *
ic i iHjpuias cooper i <ir>rar
>r the handicapped. Didi
nyway I thought it was T
wivenience. Carry on Port
idn't choose to install the
ther restrooms on campus
1st enough to avoid being s
lichael S. Counas
rt Junior
is and may disagre
reaches outto him.,
is thoughts and wrin
eptions with his.
i a party of both Mo]
ales, it is simple to
tt the Tops. Top Gir
l and not heard, so I
side of the room, allc
about their "manly
o interest to the Top
Mops of the party.
tales) discussing
orical aspects of
>elago; - Top Girls <
?e foreign words! - c
linet selections of Pr
Girls know better
>re intelligent) dates
subject.
11 women at Caroline
Mops, nor do only J
/ersity. And all male
leatly categorized as
people aren't one/
are personalities
jghts. Anyway, it
t guys such as H
nds have only met
tain that they hav<
r reputations as T
lales at this school.
C / Msd
' *
andicc
Vinson's letter of Dec
are dangling when h
y, he is most likely u
n't the handrails gii
homas Crapper that
ter. You should be hi
fly-up seats that it
with. It takes a very
macked on the "kato
e with his beliefs ,
squeezing him c\ei
iging her beliefs ai
p and Top males a
distinguish the Mo
Is are supposed to
they are gathered
wing the Top Guys
subjects" which a
Girls. They sneer
who are (males a
the political a
The Gulag /
can't even pronoun
>r the potential of t
esident-elect Carte
than to bore thi
i with their teeling
j cannot be classifi
rop Girls attend tl
is and females canr
i either Mops or To|
dimensional objec
i with feelings a
hardly seems lik<
ilton Oliver and I
Mops at USC. I
e firmly establish
op Guys with (
ip ma J
6, 1976, I would li
e visits the restroo
sing the toilets inte
/e you a clue Port
invented the pore
appy that the unive
has engraced so r
agile person to jun
okus"!
si Ca
: w<
1 De
iro
at
n(] To the E
nd
Vr- Let us
ice outsiders
he resource <
r. With ai
eir (Oliver's
on general, ii
find some
Nice girls
ed someone
lis opinion of
lot Oliver pre
ps, his stat^rr
ts, abilitie. c
nd because t
i\y him to be
tiis far as the
t's should de
ioH fhaf ho ic
1VU V11UV IIV/ AO I
he to offer.
women
academic
they leav<
One migh
skills of
friends ar
highschoc
a long Wt
operate (
t
miuuici i
limits one
people co
available
In conc
Hilton 01
farm and
system ii
petent.
reier u.
Engineer
To the E
I under:
Davidson
with the c
at USC.
service (j
he woi
guideline:
women (j
up to his
First, 1]
By her in!
intelligen
USC won
made a s
records?
said that
beholder.
ai: o \
wnver r)
eAs an 4
talked to
this camj
to me tha
in their di
of a "top
their dor
ke to IT*pn a
mat afraid to;
fear of
^er9 while the
olain fuck-up.
rsity t0 strai*
n?ni about ma
a world c
Jean L.1
History <
rolina
irripn
Jk Jk A V/ JL, A
fended
ditor;
men of USC not allow
to deride our greatest
3f beauty and morale,
i attitude such as his
) towards women in
t is no wonder he cannot
one nice to go out with,
will not be bothered with
who has such a low
them. Why doesn't Mr.
;sent statistics to backup
lents about the academic
?f our women? Simply
he statistics would show
woefully incorrect. As
i beauty of our girls, he
flate his ego a little so
lot blind to what USC has
I have found that our
are quite capable
ally and socially. To me
e nothing to be desired,
it consider also that the
tmt? AI:.. t ?
1*1*. wnver s iresnmen
e still most likely at the
il level and that they have
ly to go before they can
>n a university level,
hought is that one who
iself to dating fraternity
nsiderably decreases the
options.
lusion let me invite Mr.
iver to stay out at the
1 not enter into a social
i which is is not com
Raeth
ing Freshman
Iditor;
stand Mr. Hilton Oliver of
College is dissatisfied
juality of female students
It would help the dating
admissions committee) if
lid designate some
s for the admission of
ust so they can try to live
standards!)
iow does he rate a date?
telligence or her looks? If
ce, why does he assume
ueri are aumDY Has he
lurvey of their academic
As for looks, I've heard it
beauty is in the eye of the
(What's in your eye, Mr.
'objective outsider," I've
many men and women on
his, and it becomes clear
t while the men are sitting
orms bewailing their lack
date," the women sit in
ms wondering where all
ire. The women tend to be
ask men out men out for
seeming "aggressive."
men think the women are
Maybe both groups need
jhten out their attitudes
le-female relationships ir.
>f changing social mores.
Cooper
Graduate Student