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Reader defend: To the Editor: Periodically, and with amazing frequency, I read an article in The Gamecock that either irritates, angers or amuses me to the point that I feel I must respond with a letter. For a couple of years, I've been able to control ' these rash impulses, but an opinionated article in vour Anril fi isum* v 2 v vwmw vtawVlVVI "Columbia Police actions offensive" simply begs a reply. It also raises questions in my mind: Who is Wayne Brooks anyway, and what is he babbling about this time? At the risk of incurring the wrath of several hundred persons, many of whom are friends of mind, I hereby publicly admit to being the "complainant" referred to in the Brooks article ? and I'd like to set the record straight with a few facts. On the Saturday night in question, I retired before midnight with a high fever and a migraine headache. Realizing that an alley party was in progress, I shut my window and turned a fan on, for my room overlooks the alley and outdoor party sounds travel easily. For two long hours I tried to sleep, as the party noise accelerated from a rumble to a roar. When I could stand it no longer, I called campus police to ask that someone walk over and try to quieten things down. Being off campus, the party was not under the jurisdiction of campus police, so 1 I ? union From page 18 Carolina community and when it is having sucl problems, then all students are effected. I, too, re administration to investigate the Union's situation appropriate action, which I would consider to be the r Gretchen Laatsch from her position. Please, for the s students and for the many students who have given time and energy to the Union, do something about it. I wish I could be so brave as Mr. Brooks to reveal i but because I would suffer serious consequences, I Thank you for saying what needed to be said. 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Interestingly enough, Mr. Brooks reports that the police broke up the party ; Pun Nio, the hostess, stated in another article in the same issue that the party continued. Yes, Mr. Brooks, I could have easily called Pun directly ? she and I are friends and I've been invited to her parties in the past. With such a large outdoor party, however, it is doubtful that she could have done much to quiet the crowd, if I could have reached her by phone. After going to the trouble of checking police logs i ?" ... - - - auu seeing mac a complaint was indeed filed, it seems ridiculous to me that the writer should then waste two paragraphs doubting that a complaint was filed. And the assumption that "almost all (if not all)" nearby residents are students is erroneous. Several faculty members, for example, live in the white apartment building at the top of the alley, next to Wade Hampton dorm. 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Or do you have absolutely no conception of how much noise 150 to 200 people can make after three to four hours of partying? I was disturbed; many of my residents were disturbed at 2 a.m.; that much noise made outside in a residential area warrants a complaint, neighborhood prominence or no neighborhood prominence. Had I felt better that night, I may have wheeled over to the alley party myself (with both legs in casts, it would have been difficult to walk over.) Had tnat been the case, I may have also been among those who were angry when the police arrived ? assuming, as Mr. Brooks does so well, that someone else would have complained of the noise. What I would not have done is let my anger dictate a letter of protest to The Gamecock which clearly overrode my objectivity and rationalization, which Mr. Brooks did with his editorial ? or whatever it was supposed to be. 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