Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- >T- ?!|| 'Lady 'C< sexisi By Brett Fried AttiataM Ipertt During the past few year have been taken in the area All over the country a r< place which has radically c ruies regarding ine am provided women the oppor sports at the intercollegiat At USC, the women's athl made equally great strides one of the major powers o Intercollegiate Atheletics past two years, the depart own athletic director, ! director and trainer to the UNDER THE GUIDANCE coach and athletic direc USC's women have done mi lot of the sexist connotatio associated with women's s Until Parsons arrived, teams at Carolina carried tl Chicks." Obviously a sexist changed two years, ago. 1 name that is now used, "the is less offensive than "the sexist. Although the women's a has control over women's te is still a part of the overal which is headed by football If this is the case, why si teams maintain the nickna ? so rJ^virmc c/valu ivuk: t title unne llander IF THE US< EditiK stance, were c could well imj s, many great steps i of women's sports. By callin Gamecocks" i evolution has taken ^women's isaxn1 StaSd* P y lerms with th etic department has tK^ut towards becoming women s i f the Association of .f n 0 for Women. In the w^,c^ IS a se> ment has added its ... sports information QfIJ(e? are ?ni ' women's staff athletics at I women s siati. shou,d ^ Qui help remove womens team: : of head basketball tor Pam Parsons, irh tn hpln r?mnvo n The name ns which have been nationwide wi ports. especially ba "Gamecocks' which are stri women's athletic themselves, w ie nickname of "the Also, it would r title, the name was sexism from iowever, while the department. Lady Gamecocks," Chicks, it also is gy doing so, be one of the remove the ch thletic department names worr lams ai Carolina, it i athletic program After all, the coach Jim Carlen. sex of the athle lould the women's fans don't reqi me "Lady"? the difference. U M AKE. ME FEEL ily female; icessary C men's basketball team for inalled the "Men Gamecocks" one agine the ensuing turmoil. g themselves the "Lady nstead oi iust "Gamecocks," the athletic department is implying ent from the male athletes. Even are obviously different from the y, they are supposedly on equal e men concerning recognition. g its teams a different nickname, athletic crew is admitting that n equal terms, perhaps inferior, cist concept. trying to imply that women's ISC are inferior or that they te the contrary, it is intended to the final obstacle for USC's s to become truly prominent. "Gamecocks" is synonomous th excellence in most sports, sketball. To be called the ' Carolina'c u/nmon'c tuomc m ww \#aaavii o ivuili J , ving to make a reputation for ould automatically attain one. emove any vestigial remnants of an already liberal athletic the Carolina Gamecocks would first schools in the nation to lauvinistic prefixes of the nick len's teams. After, 1 iL ? A. I _ 1 _ II A I _ ptnjpie in uie sianas can ieii me tes involved just by looking. The lire a silly name to distinguish OLD 1 S.C.Boi wins bi To the Editor: Since all of us buy books every semester, and since we are basically limited to the Campus Bookstore or the South Carolina Bookstore, I feel it would be valuable to share an experience I had with the two stores. At the beginning of the semester I bought my books mostly from the Campus store. I discovered one of my books is missing 30 pages, so I took it to the campus store to ex change it. I had with me a receipt for about $50, which included a sale for $4.95, the price of the misprinted book. The lady asked why the book no longer had a sticker. I explained I must have pulled it off or the book never had one. She checked the sale's receipt, checked her records, then told me that I hadn't bought the book there. I was quite sure that I had, but agreed to check at the other store. The man at Carolina Bookstore was nice, but after checking his stock and records, he told me that they never had the book. Back to the Russell House store. The lady talked to her supervisor, checked her files again, and decided they never got the book either so they couldn't give me a refund. I only wanted a good copy of the book. Next I asked my classmates where they had bought the book. Of the four who had a copy exactly like mine (same edition, No sticker), three had bought them at the Campus store and one had special ordered from the Carolina stnrp After telling the lady at the Russell House what I had found out, she pulled her files again and went to the office of the supervisor, Mr. Rory. No, they would not refund my money. I asked to speak to Mr. Rory. He (is& i CHAP.11 okstore mness was busy. I would wait. Suddenly he was out of his office, but should be right back I waited about an hour. Finally I saw Rory go the back way into his office. He saw me asnd knew I was the troublemaker. I was told Rory would see me later in the afternoon if I wanted to come back. I asked if he would deliver a message: I'll be here in grad school another three years, but I'll never come into your store again ? I figure you'll lose about $400 worth of business. I viront k no 1/ /> W a C r* " vuv uuv r\ lU iliu O.V^ . Bookstore, told the guy that I had no proof of purchase, that I didn't know where I bought the book, that one person in my class had ordered it from the S C. store, and that I'd appreciate his help. He refunded my money on the spot. The difference in the way the two stores handled the situation is clear; but there's another point. The Campus Bookstore should try to serve the students, their main customers. It should go out of its way to help students and faculty, but it doesn't. There are probably many illegitimate requests for refunds, but there are also many legitimate requests, like mine, which are denied. I would not advocate a student boycott of the Campus Bookstore; after all, I'm going to go to the S C. store from now on and I don't want long lines. I would hope, instead, the Bookstore in our student union would change its attitude. To serve, with courtesy, may not be free: if the store had given me my money and not been able to return the misprinted book to the publisher for a refund, the store would have lost about S3. The lack of service has cost them about $400. Den Trakas Kngltah graduate student gamecock Founded 190# M*rk J Lundgren Editor in Chiet Don Fob** Copy Detk Chief Jim Phillips New* Editor Berry j Glenn Entertainment Editor Mi** Hunt Sports Editor C>ev? Rotoeck Graphics Editor Aharon D -"-'tv" Wire Editor Judy Sims Editorlal Page Editor Janice Wood Graduate Assistant Jan Eastertirso Asst N?wi Editor Brett Fnediander Asst Sports Editor SkotGarnck Ami Entertainment Ed J.ll Grittm Advertising Manager Fran George Production Manage jonCltmmeoMfl General Manager SamMcKee Bui>neuManas?r The Gamecock welcomes letter* from it* readers Letters should be a maximum of 900 words and must be signed with the writer s correct name Psaudonyms or other allatat are not acceotahle h?ii --? _ ...? r.. ? IIV will be withheld if requested and cif cumitancM warrant Pleat* include the telephone number and mailing addresa wtiere you can be reached to assist us m verifying the identity o* the writer AI?o, mc'-xle class standing and malor We reserve the right to edit all letters for space limitations, but not for content Please ad dress letters to Campus Opinion, The Gamecock. Drawtr A. USC. Columbia. SC TTXX Opinions expressed m the Gamecock are mote. < signed, of me writer and, if un signed, of the senior editorial staff