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IFC presides Greek locati To the Editor: Although I don't wish to "beat a dead horse" I feel it is necessary to clear up some cloudy issues. I believe the unknown author of the letter entitled "Queen Snub Condemned" and Ms. Pippin should review the facts as well as the laws of libel before setting their biting pens to work. Well-trained journalism majors should know this. Let me quote the unknown author, "the fraternities resorted to booing and calling the winning candidate a racial slur." Ms. Pippin says "Boos could be heard from their pernor nf tho ctoHium '' I nol# vw? >?v? V* lliv OVUU1UIU. JL aoi\ how these authors know the fraternities were responsible for the booing of Ms. Rodgers. Since fraternities are not seated in inclusive block sections this year, who knows who the parties responsible were. We are seated vuccneua 'fair weal To the Editor: In the heart of the old South where tradition and school spirit run very high, you can come to Columbia, South Carolina and see a very strange creature known as " he fair weather fan." This is the fan who comes to the game late, boos when things are going bad and yells when things are going good. He knows that we are going to win before Saturday so he doesn't come to the game or he comes ana aoesn \ cneer. He's the fan you see leaving before the game is over because he knows we have either won or lost. The fair weather fan probably emerged during the Dietzel years but now there is no room for him. Carolina football is no lnnc**?p tHo ;? ? .?..0w. ?MV junv si used to be. We all have something to cheer about. There is a group of people that is working very hard to change the famed lack of spirit at Carolina. They are .the Prof en.; To the Editor: Your cartoonist usually does commenting on campus happe missed the boat Oct. 6 with his < the joggers who participated in t Cup Oct. 1. I only ran the two mile health jc be an understatement to say tl pressed with the number of ent five and fifteen miles. It might your readers to know why I jog. it's healthy, and I can cite me prove that. I jog because it's a go the tensions of a busy day, and t it questions on claims throughout the students section with "Independents" scattered among us. Perhaps some 1 "Independents" were in voivea. i tor one was unable to determine who the guilty n parties were. I am not 6 defending the guilty parties or tl condoning the actions of the li people involved, I am just " speaking up for the Greeks and other innocent students who u were not involved. Both these b articles make strong im- v plications towards the Greeks, and the Greeks are always used as the scapegoats for a others' actions. In closing, I o would again like to s eonffratulatp th*? Hnmwnmint? - ? ~ **'& K Court and hope all of this mess tl has not taken away the o creditability and prestige that 1< goes along with these positions. si 'Name Not Withheld by w Request Kaion E. Dawson President of Interfraternity ^ Council g s er chides i ;her fan' i cheerleaders. I know we don't please everyone, but we have done our best to generate the 1 spiru ai Carolina. So far it has been present at only two games Georgia and Georgia Tech. r Our teams need everyone's c support, especially when the j1 going gets bad. We now have b four games on the road and then Clemson. They need as s much support as we can give s them. r we cannot change what has r happened during the course of a the year. We can, however, y start a tradition that is s prevalent in so many schools r here in the South ? one of n great enthusiasm and school t] spirit. I certainly hope the fair weather ran will go. But there ^ is only so much that I can do. Again I urge everyone to go to these away games and support b our team. They work very hard and deserve more than they f have been getting. Bobby llartin Carolina Cheerleader V _ m r% 1 po,ysjogg as "healthy" als< nicest people on c n ?nrwf?rh inh ...? . ? ?-r? - uvvnuac *vc miuw nings. But he in the way we fe< Dutright jab at _ . he Governor's ?y the waY> ^ dc at 40 laps, but I would feel after c >g, but it would And, as for braf fiat I was im- brag? It's damn h rants who ran, run two miles," i I also interest about, as far as 1 I jog because tdical facts to od way to ease A. Jerome Jewlei hat translates Associate Profess Resident cri o the Editor: This is in rpsnnn?p in ilio loHnr k.. ??.. - r...ww .v, iiiv ivtivi ujt an u amed" University Terrace resident in the Oc issue of The Gamecock. Some of the claims tiat letter ? that the U.T. is "a great place ve" and those who raised questions wei habitual complainers" and "a bit ridiculous - are erroneous, grossly exaggerated ar njustifiable. If living in U.T. was such argain, I wonder what would explain the hig acancy rate for the complex? Most of the U.T. residents are very friend nd extremely nice people. A large percentaj f the U.T. clientele is composed of foreig tudents who are at USC for a rolafiv^iv cho eriod of time. Many of these students live le U.T. in spite of its severe problems becau; f the friendly atmosphere and the conveniei >cation. Had it not been for the foreig tudents living at U.T., the vacancy rate thei rould be much higher. I have lived in U.T. for the past 4l2 years at ave noticed the living conditions and servie radually deteriorate while the rent increase ubstantially (about 40 per cent). The on actor U.T. has in its favor is its location < ampus and the accompanying convenienc lothing concrete has been done by the housir Issues delig To the Editor: While reading your Thursday, Oct. 6 edition loticed a letter from several school leade riticizing The Gamecock staff in the udgment of which stories deserve first priori _e tccwuse 01 importance. Having transferred from a small cc ervative college which naturally had a cc ervative media, I was delighted to see issu f national importance, such as gay righl narijuana use, housing problems, affirmati1 ction policies, etc., in print. After reading t\ ears' worth of campus newspapers devob trictly to college related events, it w; efreshing to have accessible a paper that w< ?? ~r?:J l- - * w mioiu 10 ioucn controversial issues. Cou tiis be an indicator of the difference between ollege newspaper and a newspaper writt< nd published by university students? I do not mean to detract from school spir ut within four or five years, the Homecomii Open up ) 13U1 a letter. J ^ ? 9 X a i\ rff To the Editi AsCarolin s. I jog with a group of the support o ampus, and we're all running groups such what a difference it can make Kazoo Band el and live. oftheCaroli >ubt our lungs would collapse J?8??! wonder how your cartoonist I? m 'Hf loinff ten. uamecocK. &wao^U,fljn?l?infavW"iy can "ola^of iard work, and to say I can nr^nt ^Zlnr?g,HVVOrth bragging high-quality m concerned. game show faculty, alu r fans at (he or Journalism This does no spenf by our ticizes U.T. oince in response to the legitimate complaints and problems such as peeling lead paint, n- garbage mess, poor playyard facilities for :t, children, parking and pest control. I suspect in that the main reason behind this indifferent io attitude is the recognition by thfe housing office re of the highly transient nature of the U.T. population. Some apartments in the complex id are in such bad shape that they should not be a rented until the problems have been corrected. ;h Recently a housing official claimed, that to correct a problem, all the resident needs to do is to submit a written request. Significantly, no |y mention was made as to the time taken to take je action on the request. My personal experience ;n is that in spite of persistent follow ups, it takes rt an undue amount of time to get anything done Sn lKr/\?irtU V*. ?? - "" Ill Iiuuugll U1C IIUUMIIlg UIUCC. ?e it Regardint the other advantages cited in the ;n previous letter ? ranging from /ree movies fo -e ROTC parades ? I only need to point out that every single one of these activities is available to all USC students and do not come as a special id priviledge to U.T. residents. es Lastly, if the letter of Oct. 6 were an accurate id account of the conditions at U.T., I wonder why ly the writer chose to keep her identity a secret? >n e. Naval K. Modani lg U.T. 155 lit rpsiilpr .m. Queen, the Cockfest of 1977, and membership on various campus committees will be a simple , memory of importance only to those in' dividuals who participated. And I certainly . protest the notion that the criticized articles are ' "self-fulfilling," "nit pickin," or " "humiliating." They are stories concerning ideas, beliefs, and policies of a societal im?n portance and are greatly enjoyed by those of us >n- who have a broader viewpoint on the meaning pet nf ww vi v.uuvaiiui i. s? I do not doubt the necessity of campus funclions which are a source of enjoyment and entertainment. But the main function of USC is to educate people to take a nlarp in ^ p I world; a world which is composed not only of parties, football games, and beauty queens, but also "gays, marijuana, female impersonators, mosquitos, etc." it, Sheila M. McCraven lg Journalism Junior id members I slighted jr: in the preparation of each show. a students we fully t ? ? _ ? -? ? igain&cu spu n we iwi u is nme ior me stall as the Bates House? of The Gamecock to reevaluate , but as members its priorities. The paper is here na Band we deeply for the students and to promote implications set one group at the expense of !)ct. 10 issue of The another is in poor taste. It is The 240,members unfair to both groups menlina Band sm?nd a to nl?rv? ih<?m in iKa man-hours a week same category when both an entertaining, groutos.serve entirely different halftime and pre- purpwes^aJvl: are of a totally for the students, different taring, fc. mni and Carolina * Carolina games. Betsy Bowers. Psych. Sr. t include the hours Margie Bowers. BA Jr. directors and staff Sara White. Ilist. Sr.