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' A' I I Vk'l ( $ By LLOYD WOODS Opinion Page Editor Manv nf vnn havp nuk weeks there has been so student government on you have even gotten because of my severe ci jd actions of certain SG i *W" ponent of the student 1JL w could be farther from t I am very supportive < government. An effecth should represent its coi Ttc nnf (nun r>U ?1 /4 ^ . no avuuiio oiiuuiu rV * w^ 'hese constituents, b? 1 SI and requests. An effect i cannot be expected to i stituency. Its actions majority of students, . minority of students inus _ I is not easy being a m \y_ government, and I wouic Our student governn members try hard to irrn ? r 91 Lloyd Woods Opinion Page Editor To the Editor: I have noticed in pas cS*"!vI,!?>n of The Gamecock that t Sports Editor , . members do not approv vmce Moore administrative staff of t Asst. sports Editor Student Government. I would like 10 Doint < Bill Fitxpatrick not all of tHe in AdAAanager afe "bad." I referring 10 !he action i; sihoutd be limited to a single y- Prpeirfpnt lop T I with the writer'* true name. Vice fieMUtlll JUt Ier's name will be withheld II It came tO 111V atteilti ?lty of writer*, please include . Prpcirlpn't rpppi in be reached. Please Include <ne fresiaeni recei ill letters, not for content, but Stipend of $1900.00 J , The Gamecock, Drawer A. whereas the Vice Pi does just as much vv ft 1 . - >i i: 11 i>i I '?<< ' '<i > ,i ??< - body. Mo: and for le genuine r ed me why for several students, much criticism of the there ar< these pages. Some of senators the impression that tickets 01 iticism of the political such posi embers I am an op- As I've government. Nothing because < he truth. Allocatioi )f the theory of student control o> /e student government how niuc nstituents, the student And fr( be in the best interests ving us m ised upon their desires South Ca ve student government Pug Rav< ippease its entire con- I have should appease a and a 1 but lhe wishes of a because 1 st be considered also. It power an ember of the student ment. If 1 be the first to admit it. simply ig jent is important. Its cannot ig represent the student ignore us ictions pri more) and receives t issues $1300.00. he staff Whereas the Vice Pres e of the does not have any other c he USC other than presiding ove Senate during ihe fall )ut that spring, and appointing embers mittees and their chairm am described in the constiti aken by the Vice President has >rawdy. tually nothing to do durin ion that summer except (as reqi ives a send out one letter tc i year Senators. Joe had an o esident town job that did not a!lo\ r?rk (or to return to Columbia but i i ' I ,, I st students run for seats in the senate adership positions because they feel a leed and desire to serve their fellow But I think that few will not agree that i some who have become student for selfish reasons, be it football - ihp jn-rallpH nrpslitfp ihpv fool in r. O- .vv. ... tions. said before the SG is also important of its involvement with the Student | is Commission. The SG has indirect /er the decisions of who gets what and h. >m ihe student government now seray come the future political leaders of rolina. Another Strom Thurmond or pnpl nmv ho in inHnv'c SH been critical of many of the actions ew student government members I do recognize the importance, present d future power of the student governI did not care about the SG I would ;nore it as most of you have done. We nore the student government lest they f I. Eased only every two weeks. Consequently, he felt the most ;ident honest thing to do was to turn luties bac^ in,? ,he school 11 of his r (he stipend. To my knowledge, this an(j has never been done before, com- Also 10 knowledge, en as President Wilsford, during the Lition, summer of 1976, went to g vjrl Europe for eight weeks and ip the drew his full stipend. . .. TUn 1L..1 Iired) 1,,vr pumi i? iiicti even > ,he though nobody suggested it, he ut 0f gave the stipend that he v him 'hought would be proportionate once 10 l^e 'hree summer months back to the school. Joe, in my opinion, is one of the best SG officers USC has I had and I think The Gamecock I should give him and the others Ik I Prnrtif fnr ihnir nccolc nnl 4no? - * ir v. ^V?i? UIVII UlHJVIO, IIV/l JUOl if look for faults. Bridget Wynn I'lidccidcd Major Term paper help .1 uncicu (To the Editor: In response to Brian Turner's article "Term Papers Must Be Attributed" in the Oct. 3 edition of The Gamecock anv stnrlnnt nt USC is entitled to a service ^ that is not immoral, not illegal, and not expensive. * The Writing Lab, located in Hum. 12-14, is staffed with tutors experienced in helping interested students with their s wrmiig, inciuamg term paper assignments. Given his in- <, structor's consent, we will help the student plan and write his term paper ? at no charge. Unlike Research Assistance of Los Angeles, mentioned in Turner's ar tide, we do not write papers for students. We give credit where credit is due: to the students themselves, as writers of their own term papers. Mary De Jong, Tutor The Writing Lab f