The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 17, 1977, Page Page 19, Image 19
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To the Editor:
Just where do a bunch of chi
ministrators, totally ignorant of wl
the good of the athletic program,
Frank McGuire athletic director
Carolina?
What a slap in the face! This m
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university. It's pathetic when peopli
season. There are dozens of maj
universities that would give their lei
for just one or two seasons like that
that McGuire made the mistake of s
rotten with six consecutive 20-win se
the record slips for two or three se
start screaming for a firing. The pre
here isn't centered so much on the
and staff as it is with too many athl
outsiders wanting to control things,
had better watch out. Two or three
getting to the College World Series,;
once again raise their fuzzy heads
ftnp last nntp ? Mr Hnlrfprman
feel if the S. C. legislature and the b
decided that you shoudl step down
and become principal of Dreher Hig
you were just the man for the job'
insulted and you know it.
lim Wotcnn
(f nil f f m?ovii
Jour. Jr.
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responds
To the Editor: i
t
After reaching the cartoon 1
published in the Monday Nov. 7 r
issue, I feel that WUSC was r
dealt a somewhat unfair blow, s
Not one of us on the staff is a 20- (
year veteran of broadcasting i
experience. But then we do not 1
profess to be. Our medium-is g
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mistake is heard by all. While i
our ability to read news may c
not be likened to that of John J:
Chancellor or Walter Cronkite, ?
every announcer there gives I
100 percent of him or herself in i
an effort to come across as c
professionally as possible. I i
agree that there is no excuse r
for ineptitude in anything but s
please bear in mind that WUSC (
is a learning facility just like I:
any other "school" in the
university. Although it may not ii
be outwardly evident, every s
student involved in the o
operation of that station is t
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uusung meir conecuve duii 10 u
do the very best job they can. v
Perhaps if the cartoonist were p
to have to do his own live a
newscast during a show, he p
would be a little more em- \
, pathetic to our position, p
Thanks for letting me tell my a
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Glenn Henderson f-;
Jour. Jr. v
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P. S. Bitter as it was to take, I v
still got a chuckle from it. p
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It has come to be an ob- s
session with certain in- 1
dividuals to criticize things 1
I they really do not understand, I
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re fan
To the Edi
air-mounted ad- After re*
hat's needed for Frank Mc(
get off offering Whyshoulc
ship of Coastal forced to t
promises a
an built, formed Everyom
ccesses at this Board of T
e bemoan a 14-12 position wc
ior colleges and ? are letti
Ft you-know-what Football
The problem is because of
ipoiling this town tradition. '
lasons. And when tempts at
lasons, the bozos anywhere.
iblem in athletics simultanec
11
piayers, coacnes swanuw y<
letically ignorant reason yoi
And June Raines God.
s seasons without Carlen ii
and the bozos will bad his Te
i. more mom
hnw wmilH vmi His splfish
oard of education
as USC president McGuire
[h School because the ACC Y
? You'd be damn Competitio
instead of 1
watching s
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WC! lulling I
because th
M staff
;
md to make no sensible atempt
to understand them,
rhey compare the university
adio station with the comnercial,
professional radio
stations in and around
Columbia and logically come
ip with the assumption that
VUSC-FM is just a bunch of
itudents having fun at the
ixpense of the public. Well this
s definitely a misconception
m their part. True, we are a
>unch of students having fun
ind personally, I think that our
laving fun is what upsets so
nany people. They say, "How
:an working be fun?" We make
t fun. Sure some of us make
nistakes. We don't want to
ippear to our university or
Columbia listening audience to
>e sterile and mechanized.
rrui a.a. ' i *
i mis iiiauer 01 incompetence
5 totally out of order conidering
a great majority of
>ur staff are not formally
rained in broadcast
perations. It is easy for one
/ho is not involved in our
articular operation to sit back
ind snobbily say what is not
roper or professional. We at
irt rnn * - *
vtiau present nign quality
irogramming which our
iUdience enjoys. We have one
f the widest spectrums of
>rogramming in the state and
/e are proud that we are
apable of presenting such a
ariety. We may not be
irofessional in terms of exicrience,
but we are
professional in our taste, our
ense of purpose and our
onsciousness of resDon
ibility.
Srnest L. Wiggins
\USC-FM Asst. Music
director
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sback
tor:
iding various accounts dealing
juire situation, one big questio
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i uif uesi cuacu Carolina nas ev<
ake a back seat to a football c(
i lot, yet produces nothing?
e, save the football team and
rustees, knows McGuire's prop
>uld be a demotion. Politics ? n<
ing Jim Carlen get his way.
is the more popular sport,
r its "tradition." But look at C
rhat's right ? where is it? Ca:
using hometown boys is not gel
And he can't be Athletic
usly. Mr. Carlen, would yoi
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L/Ul pi 1UV. UUU UU V UlU JUUI till
i are here? You're a football c
s stubborn by staying indepenc
;xas background influences his
ey. Remember, this is an amatc
ness is making everyone suffer
will be the first to agree that bei
las cost his program many h
n now comes from independen
local rivals. Attendance suffers,
mall in-state teams is not as ex
he ACC powers. Also, recruitin
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e uas>K.eiuaii iever ana presu
Women's
To the Editor:
In Chuck Wright's arti<
women's athletics at USC, Bet
to be taking for granted th
conditions enjoyed by the r
team extends to the rest of the i
They do not.
For instance, the baseball tc
any away games, but then v
12,000 people at every game
crack, ana neither does any w
We also ride in cramped var
hear any of the players comj
Blind face 1
To the Editor:
Unfortunately there are
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amount of obstacles for blind
students to get by on many
areas of the Carolina campus.
Many times I have ennAlinfAt*A/1
no r?lr^k/4 AAMA
wuiiwa vu jput i\c\i taia ctiiu
trucks on sidewalks. Not long
ago, I had the displeasure ol
meeting a bench in the middle
of the sidewalk on my way tc
(jrambrell Hall one morning. I
Kansas c<
To the Editor:
We were curious whether Skc
ho Kan&OG r?nnr?Art FVnm
gathered that he was not. We
sounded exceptionally well, e:
noise, but not as much as he n
How Garrick could fault t)
beyond us. According to the
Journal, "Phil Ebart, the drun
which effectively showed
quaiiiiud ui uiu uaiiu a d^caiv
believe the Journal has a betl
reviews than Skot Garrick.
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Also, me enure snow was sn
encores as he states. We feel tl
the encores because he was fa
McGui:
ACC lures talent away fi
of Carolina.
with the If we brought in a
n arises: Athletic Director, both <
er had be building winners ? Ca
>ach who McGuire for the thirty
nnfro nr?o ;nfn app
^nu unv.v 111 lw uic nw,
the USC Greg Davie
osed new Jour. Soph.
ot results
To the Editor:
probably I find it hard to believe
Carolina's to remove the one man
rlen's at- tradition to Carolina. I
tting him Frank McGuire. Here is
Director basketball program an
u please power with a long strir
le to the President Holdermai
oach, not shipping McGuire off to
Jim Carlen. He claim:
ient. Too promotion. This is an i
quest for intelligence of those wh
?ur sport. Frank McGuire has s;
basketball. To lose a nat
coach and member of 1
mg oui 01 ior a coacn wno nas me:
ardships. tradition of mediocre f
t powers Personally, I think thi
because would be better off if
:citing as Holderman to Conway,
g suffers Frank Knight
ge of the Engr. Sr.
sports need
we just feel it's
USC, and take p
cle concerning After finishing
T~~*l ~ A. A. 1 A. A. 1
sy jriaii appears lasi uiree years,
at the excellent preferential trea
nen's basketball have to complai
men's programs. Don't get me
athletics 100 per*
?am doesn't fly to there has to be
/e don't bring in program time ai
at live Ducks a ceuence jusi as
omen's program, chuck McLean
is, but you don't USC Baseball
riaining, because pe Sr.
unnecessary ol
could have injured myself, but j
fortunately I did not. <
i Not only me, but many of my ]
i other blind friends have en- i
I countered the same problems I
of finding things like cars, <
trucks, benches etc. on the \
sidewalk, which we all think I
I could be elsewhere. s
i As for cars and trucks, 1*11 be * 1
glad when the university
> HptiHas in hiiilH mnrp rtarlrincr
> spaces, because now, it is
evident that there are more no
mcert $oun<
one of their song
We believe that t
>t Garrick was at the better concer
his review, we quite some time
felt the concert
tcept for a little Our belief ws
lade it out to be. Garrick's reviev
le drum solo is ' the concerts tha
Nov. 1 Atlanta are usually the I
imnr knrl a cnln *
off the stereo
er system." We Kelly Evans
ter reputation at BA Fr.
Kirk Parker
ong, not just the Fngr. Fr.
lat Garrick liked Tommy Oliver
imiliar with only BA Jr.
re
om the "excellent facilities"
man to serve full-time as
:oaches could concentrate on
irlen for the first time and
-first. That, along with reis
the ultimate solution.
i that an effort is being made
who ever brought a winning
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a man who took a struggling
d built USC into a national
lg of 20-win seasons,
i appears to be intent on
Coastal Carolina to appease
> to be offering McGuire a
nsult to McGuire and to the
o follow Carolina basketball,
aid he just wants to coach
;ionally prominent basketball
he Basketball Hall of Fame
rely continued Paul Dietzel's
ootball is ludicrous.
e sports program at Carolina
we keep McGuire and send
I time
a privilege to be playing for
ride in it.
second in the NCAA two of the
you don't see us getting any
itment., so what right do you
n?
wrong, I support women's
cent, but just as anything else
a starting point. So give the
id I am sure it will rise to exother
USC programs.
bstacles
parking spaces on USC's
:ampus than parking spaces.
I'm sure that the drivers of
vehicles will be pleased when
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ione, and the sooner the better,
hen blind students may not
lave to meet as many obstacles
while traveling along
iie university campus.
J. Duvall
Jour. Jr.
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(tea nne
s, "Carry On Wayward Son."
iie Kansas concert was one of
ts to be staged in Columbia in
is confirmed when we read
v in The Gamecock, because
t The Gamecock does not like
t>est ones.